LET'S BAKE ((im screaming this is gonna be cute af))
15. Gingerbread
[ TEXT FROM: oba chan đź]: wheres the gingerbread house?????
[ TEXT TO: oba chan đź]: omg
[ TEXT TO: oba chan đź]: uhhhh ill sort it??Â
[ TEXT TO: kahi kai]: hey kiddo ive got somethin fun 4 us to do!!!!!
So, sure, maybe sheâd messed up. Maybe sheâd forgotten sheâd promised Rei that sheâd bake a gingerbread house over the weekend, for the Kahiâs autumn decorations. Maybe now she only had, like, a few hours to produce an entirely decorated gingerbread house. So, maybe sheâd dragged Kai into the whole mess in the hopes that theyâd be helpful.
Flora flipped the sign on the door over to âCLOSEDâ, not wanting to deal with, like, a million customers while she was trying to become a bakery architect. While she waited for Kai to show up - hopefully they could get ready fast, since sheâd messaged them pretty much out of the blue - she started to dig through the back cupboards to find the shit they needed. The baking shit was mostly Reiâs realm, and she felt like she was handling sacred artefacts as she laid out the whisk, rolling pin and baking trays. Finally, the door jangled, and she glanced up, clearly relieved, âHey, itâs my favourite co-worker! Ready to make some gingerbread, kiddo?âÂ
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âSure, kid - weâve got no idea whatâs goinâ on up there. Better to give a shout out to all of âem, so they donât fuckinâ curse our gingerbread house, right?â Flora shrugged, sucking her teeth. Sheâd seen enough religions and weird shit in her time - she wasnât about to piss anything off, in case they sucked her back to wherever her soul was meant to be. As a sheaf of papers was thrust into her hands, the ghost yelped, before laughing. âJeez, Kai-cakes. Donât give a girl a papercut.â
Gods, she was so glad sheâd called them in - sheâd be lost, but they seemed, like, completely in control. Gotta love the youngâuns. She blinked as they started prancing around the kitchen, suddenly more confident than sheâd ever seen âem before. Dutifully, Flora sifted through the piles of paper before she found the recipe she thought they wanted. âGot it here, kiddo!â
Kai was still glowing from being called âKai-cakesâ when they emerged from the back room, balancing a smorgasbord of ingredients on a tray theyâd found that was perfect for making gingerbread. What a cute nickname! They hadnât had a nickname since they were a kid. That was something close friends did, they assumed. They hadnât really known.
They grinned at Flora over the collection of containers stacked up to their chin, which threatened to topple off the tray. Kai quickly slid the tray onto the counter and began to unload ingredients, spreading them all across the counter.
âOkay!â they announced, skipping over to Flora. âDo we need a mixer for this frosting?â They were still bouncing up and down on the balls of their feet. Oh boy, this was going to be so fun! What a classic holiday activity. Suddenly, they had an idea, and snapped their fingers in excitement.
âWould you put on some of your music?â they asked Flora, smiling from ear to ear. âI think we need someâŚâ they giggled and dipped their voice into a dramatic accent, ââŚambiance, as it were.â
Flora gave a low whistle, eyes roaming the heap of containers that Kai had dug out from gods only knew where. âYou havinâ a yard sale, kid? How much gingerbread dâyou think weâre makinâ?â She really was, like, so out of her depth here. In comparison, Kai was like a little spitfire. Shit, the things you learned about people, huh? Maybe thisâd been Reiâs plan all along. Could never put that kinda shit past the wily old cat.Â
Her eyes glazed for a second at the question before she found the recipe again and skimmed it quickly. âUhh... Aw, yeesh, itâs all hand-mixed. Kai, Iâm way too fuckinâ lazy for this. Sounds like a lot of hard work. You wanna run over to, like, Kinoâs or whatever and see if theyâve got readymade stuff?â
âOh, dude, now weâre talkinâ! Letâs get some fuckinâ ambiance.â She flipped through her playlists rapidly before swiping up the aux cord and plugging her phone in, hitting shuffle. âThis mix pops off, my guy. Youâre gonna love it.â

















