Close To You 3
Jin walks straight to his locker inside their classroom. His brows automatically knitted when he saw a small box inside as soon as he opened his locker.
'What's this?' He mumbled as she picks up the box.
Jin's knitted brows got even deeper when he saw what's inside the box, it's homemade cookies!
Jin turned to his classmates to ask who put the box of cookies in his locker, but then he froze when he saw Margaux standing behind him as soon as he turned!
"Oh!" Jin staggered, he didn't expect to see Margaux behind him!
"I made those cookies," Margaux said in a low voice. " My Mom owns a bakeshop and she taught me how to bake," She explained before Jin could ask.
"Oh! I see," Jin said as he nodded his head.
"Why are you giving this to me?" He asked.
"Huh?!" Margaux was a bit stunned!
'Yeah, why did she give that box of cookies to Jin?'
'Probably, because she was thinking of him while she's making those cookies?'
'She wants him to taste the cookies, to empress him perhaps?'
"Um..."
Margaux tired to find for an alibi, she can't tell Jin what she's thinking, she doesn't want to be called a man chaser!
"We're planning to add these cookies on our items in the bakeshop, just consider it as a free taste," She said.
"Oh, thanks," Jin replied. He then turned back to his locker and put back the box inside.
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In the afternoon, Yumi got home earlier than Jin. She waited for him to arrive in the garage to start the tutorial as early as possible.
After about fifteen minutes of waiting, Jin finally arrived.
"Hey," Yumi greeted Jin as soon as he reached the garage.
"I have been waiting for you for a few minutes now, " She complained.
"Why?"
"Have you missed me already?" Jin teased Yumi.
"Tsss..." Yumi twitched her mouth,
"Nope," She said. "I have been waiting for you to arrive because we have to start the tutorial as early as possible." She said as she looked at Jin, but her gaze fell to the bike's carrier.
"What's that?" She asked when she saw the box on the carrier.
Jin followed Yumi's gaze, "Ah, that's a box of cookies," He said.
"Oh, so, you liked cookies, " Yumi mumbled.
"Where did you buy them?" She asked.
"I didn't buy them," Jin replied, "Someone gave it to me," He added.
Yumi froze when she heard Jin's last words, "W-What?"
"Someone gave it to you?"
"Ennn..." Jin nodded, "Wait for me in the study room, I'll just change my clothes," He said as he walks past Yumi, but Yumi suddenly spoke.
"Wait," She said as she turns to Jin.
"What again?" Jin asked.
Yumi walks closer to Jin, and she took the box of cookies from the carrier. She then looked at Jin with a sharp gaze, "The one who gave this..." Yumi raised the box of cookies.
"Is she a girl?" Yumi asked with her raised brows.
Jin looked back to Yumi, "Yes," He replied.
"Ha!" Yumi put down her hand.
"You can't eat this," She said.
"What?" Jin knitted his brows.
"I said you can't eat this," Yumi repeated.
"Why?" Jin throws Yumi a questioning look.
"From now on, you are not allowed to accept any gift from other girls!" Yumi replied.
"Hey, hey, hey, Yumi, isn't it too much?"
"That friend of mine gave me those cookies,"
"And I'm taking them away," Yumi insisted.
"Hey, I want to eat those!" Jin said.
"I can bake cookies for you if you want to eat, but you are not allowed to eat these cookies! " Yumi replied while showing to Jin the box of cookies.
"Tsss..."
"Ha!..." Jin let out a laugh, "As if you know how to bake," He said.
"Hey, Jin, are you trying to challenge me?"
Jin stared at Yumi, "Alright, take that away and bake cookies for me," He said.
"Alright!" Yumi walks away with the box of cookies in her hand.
Jin's gaze followed Yumi, 'Does she really know how to bake?'
Jin narrowed his eyes, 'I doubt,' He said inside.
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Yumi entered the kitchen, she slammed the box of cookies on the table which startled the servants.
"Get me my baking utensils and the ingredients!" Yumi ordered the servants.
"I'm going to bake cookies!"
The servants looked at each other with stunned expression!
Did they hear it right?
The Young Miss requested to get her baking utensils?
It means...
She will bake again?!
It's been a few years since the Young Miss stopped doing what she likes to do like baking.
It was when the lady of the house, her mother died.
"Hey, didn't you hear me?" Yumi looked at the servants.
"Y-Yes, Young Miss!"
"I'm getting your things!" One of the servants hurriedly took Yumi's things for baking.
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Yumi tied up her hair, she puts on her apron and washed her hands before she gets ready the ingredients.
The servants silently watch Yumi, they just felt happy to see the Young Miss baking again.
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Yumi and the servants are cleaning up the mess in the kitchen when Yuhan came.
"Why are you here?" Yumi asked Yuhan when she saw him in the kitchen.
Yuhan stared at Yumi, " Sister Yumi knows how to bake?" He asked instead of answering his sister's question.
"Yes, why?" Yumi asked back.
"Little rat wants to bake too," Yuhan said, He is not scared of Yumi.
"Hey, kid, I am busy here and you can't interrupt me," Yumi refused.
"And besides, I'm almost done here, I won't need your help anymore." She added.
Yuhan lowered his head, "Alright," He said and then he walks out of the kitchen.
He met Jin in the living room.
"Brother Jin!" Yuhan called Jin as he runs towards him.
Jin turned his head to Yuhan's direction. He had just done doing his work in the garden and is heading to the study room when he heard his voice.
"Yuhan!" Jin smiled, but then he noticed Yuhan's upset expression.
"Hey, why you looked upset?" Jin asked.
"Sister Yumi doesn't want me to help her bake," Yuhan said as he pouted his lips.
Jin knitted his brows, " Your sister Yumi is baking?" He asked.
"Ennn..." Yuhan nodded his head repeatedly.
'She really means what she said?'
After a while, Jin smells the freshly baked cookies in the living room, he followed the smell until it brought him to the kitchen.
Jin saw the servants who were watching Yumi taking out the freshly baked cookies.
"I wonder what made her decide to bake again," One of the servants whispered.
"Yeah, whatever it is, it's a blessing in disguise,"
"It's like this is the start to bring back our Young Miss' cheerful attitude," the other servant replied.
Jin looked at Yumi, 'So, she wasn't like this before?' He asked inside.
'She wasn't rude?'
Jin continued to watch Yumi.
Her apron is a bit messy with flour, Jin smiled.
She may look a little messy, but she still looks pretty to him!
Yumi let the freshly baked cookies to cool, just then, she notices the servants, Jin and Yuhan were watching her.
Yumi looked at Jin, she raised her brows as she put her hand on her waist, "See?"
"I told you, I can bake," She said proudly.
"Yes, I know, " Jin said.
"So, would you like to try this?" Yumi took the cookies.
The servants were excited, they used to eat Yumi's homemade cookies before and they missed the taste already!
"Can I have some too?" Yuhan asked excitedly.
Yumi looked down at the child, "Alright, you can have one," She said as she stretched her hand to Yuhan, which is holding the tray of cookies.
Yuhan's eyes sparkled and he excitedly picked up one cookie.
Yumi gave Jin a cookie and the servants too.
Everyone was excited to taste of Yumi's cookies and Yumi waited for their reactions,