#donmin

*CLANG* "Ow! Shit!"

Minnie sat up quickly in bed, waking up to what sounded like a pan crashing to the floor, along with a muffled cry. Living and working in a bakery, she knew that sound all too well, but wasn't used to hearing it at this hour. She groaned and turned her head to look at the miniature clock at her bedside. 3:30am. It was then that she noticed how cold the bed felt. She turned the other way, only to not find her soft boyfriend at her side. She sighed and slowly got out of bed, wrapped a robe around herself, then headed downstairs.

As Minnie approached the bakery kitchen, the familiar yet horrible smell of burnt sugar and cake filled the air. It was so potent that it made her eyes water. She blinked away the tears forming in her eyes, and opened the kitchen door. Standing in the kitchen frantically looking in a cookbook was her boyfriend, Donald Duck.

"Donnie?" Minnie said softly as to not scare him. As she spoke her eyes lingered around the room beholding the massacre of cakes, fruit, frosting, and various ingredients. Donalds head snapped up as he turned to look at Minnie. "Minnie! What are you doing up?" He quickly moved in front of the counter, trying to hide the horrors of the kitchen. "I was gonna ask you the same thing. Why are you baking? It's three in the morning!" Minnie raised her voice, slightly annoyed at the situation. Not only had she been woken up, but her kitchen was an absolute mess, and smelled even worse.

Donald nervously chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well remember how you were really stressed about that order you got? the one for 15 strawberry shortcakes?" Minnie slowly nodded her head, the gears turning to piece everything together. She couldn't understand why she had accepted an order so big when she barely had any time. All she could really recall was sobbing in Donalds arms, overwhelmed by the stress of it all. "Well I wanted to help you. It's a big order and I know how stressed you were. I don't like seeing my girl upset..." Donald gave her a soft smile, which made Minnie blush slightly. "But...As you can see...It's not going well."

Minnie looked back to the mess that littered the kitchen, before her eyes looked to Donalds hands. Even in the dark, she could see the red and darkness on his palms. "Did you try to take something out of the oven with out mitts again?" She softly giggled, before going to grab a mop and bucket from the closet. "Heh...Yeah..." Donald sighed softly, before following Minnie to grab some supplies to help clean up.

After what felt like forever, they finally finished cleaning up the disaster that Donald had created. Donald slumped into a chair with sigh. He wanted to make Minnies job easier, but he just seemed to add more work. He wasn't the best baker by any means, but he couldn't stand to see Minnie upset. "Well, since we're both awake, how about we bake some of the shortcakes together?" Minnie smiled at Donald as she picked up the cookbook Donald had been using. "I'm sorry Minnie...I really wanted to make things easier for you, but...I just make things harder." Minnies smile faded seeing the sadness in Donalds eyes. He looked like he was about to cry. "Oh Donnie..." She hugged went over to Donald and hugged him tightly. "You didn't do anything wrong. I'm so grateful that you wanted to help, and you still are!" Donald looked up confused "How?"

"By being here with me." Minnie placed a gentle kiss on Donalds lips, making him so as red as the strawberries he had been cutting. As Minnie pulled away, he smiled at her before getting all the ingredients out for the cakes. "Well...Let's get baking!" Minnie showed Donald step by step on how to make the soft vanilla cake for the shortcakes. Donald seem to absorb every word like a sponge. Too bad they weren't making spongecake. As Minnie placed the cakes in the oven, Donald was vigorously whipping the whipped cream in a big bowl, his face growing red from intensity. Minnie couldn't help but laugh. Donald turned his head around to face Minnie, before he put some whipped cream onto her nose. She pouted and took a strawberry, placing it on his bill. The pair laughed happily, enjoying the time they were spending together, and before they knew it, the cakes were done.

"Phew! That took awhile, but they all turned out amazing!" Minnie squealed and clapped her hands, looking at the beautiful confections in front of her. Donald picked her up and spun her around in a hug. "There's that beautiful smile!" He laughed and kissed her on the cheek. Minnie sighed happily looking into Donalds eyes. "Thank you so much for helping me Donnie. I really appreciate it." Donald blushed and chuckled "Just wanted to help you out Minnie." Minnie leaned against the counter. "Maybe you can help me in the bakery more often! Even if you can't tell the difference between powdered sugar and flour without tasting it, or that you constantly get eggshells in the bowl, or that you constantly drop ingredients, or-" Minnie was silence with a kiss from Donald, which she gladly returned. He pouted as they parted "Alright I get it. I'm no master baker. Phooey..." Minnie hugged him tightly, before they both left the kitchen to get some sleep. Minnie loved sweets, and thought she knew the best ones, but she now realized that the sweetest one was standing right beside her.