Light Touch
1210 Words
There are many restaurants that sophia wants to try, but she has just recovered from a fever, her appetite is not as big as when she was healthy.
"c'mon~!"
"h-hey!" sofia protested suddenly pulled by him into a busy street, "arsenio, no."
"why not?"
"no. i've taken a lot of leave, i can't leave anymore just because of my status." sofia tried to explain, "maybe next time, ok?"
"aw, man ..." disappointed arsenio failed to try to comfort him after finishing giving testimony at the police station.
sofia refrained from being carried away by her sadness. he wanted to, but now wasn't the time to be having fun.
everyone is waiting for them to come home.
***
sofia made it to new york, she even went straight to the restaurant intending to work, but instead she was asked to rest at home directly from faye.
sofia couldn't protest, taking orders from her superiors for granted.
'honestly, what am i doing during the holidays?'
her friends work, sofia can't hang out together.
sofia wonders around her penthouse looking for something interesting.
'ah yes. i can make a new dessert creation for killing time.'
sofia takes notes she writes while creating new food creations. he went to the very last page to see what he had made.
'yuzu dessert, huh?'
sofia can make it now. he picked up his utensil, nearly fell over by the sudden sound of the doorbell ringing.
don't want to repeat the mistake a second time.
sofia checked who the guests outside were on the screen, "arsenio?"
is it time for lunch?
sofia opened the door.
"hey." arsenio greeted awkwardly, "nice to meet you again."
"why did you come here?" sofia closed the door, "it's not break time." he continued after checking the clock.
"i know." arsenio put down the big white plastic he was carrying, "uh ... arlyne asked me to take a day off even though i was against it. you know how he is."
"oh?" sofia is surprised arlyne didn't fire her considering dominic is still in las vegas, "he didn't say anything about dominic?"
"surprisingly, she taking it well," arsenio mumbled, "she has suspicious about you two, that's why she refuses to promote him."
"i felt bad. i was the one who came in between them," sofia regretted her actions, "i didn't continue our relationship after i found out he was in a relationship with arlyne."
at that time he decided to stay because he started to like him again, hoping that dominic could make him forget arsenio.
and before she knew it, she fell too deep into a complicated and forbidden relationship.
"to regret the past is pointless, that's what i've learned. now is the most important thing so we don't look back and think we could have acted differently." arsenio said, "anyway, how about your relationship with dominic? done?" he was a bit awkward and excited at the same time.
to be honest, sofia herself doesn't know, but with dominic's crazy attitude, it's clear that she doesn't want to continue their relationship anymore. he knew that if he answered, he would put his hope in him, so he preferred to prepare the ingredients to make yuzu dessert.
arsenio smiled bitterly didn't get an answer, soon turned cheerful again. this is normal for him, "do you want to make dessert? i remind you not to be too sweet."
"i won't. i'm a professional chef, you know," sofia boasted.
"really? i just found out~"
sofia rolled her eyes, her hands still preparing the ingredients.
"i'll wait until it's~ i'll be the judge. is sofia harrington still the same or has she changed."
"we will see." sofia will show her progress in the last two years. she will amaze him with his cooking. he was so enthusiastic that he misjudged the flour, "ah!" he hastily replaced it, but his elbow nudged the piece of yuzu fruit in the bowl so that it fell to the floor.
"what a change~" arsenio gave a sarcastic comment seeing in seconds the clean kitchen turned into a battlefield.
"stop laughing at me. help me, jerk!" sofia criticizes back.
"tsk, tsk, tsk," arsenio clicked his tongue, but get up anyway to help him, "too bad this fruit had to be thrown away because it was contaminated." he was a little sad to throw it in the trash.
"it's because of you too." sofia blames him for distracting her.
"this chef is really professional," arsenio said with his innocent face, "should i atone for my sin to have you mesmerized by my charm?"
now he has definitely lost his mind.
sofia chose to ignore it, remade pieces of yuzu fruit, not long after she was interrupted by him touching her hand, "what?" his voice was irritated, but his heart was pounding in his chest.
this is just a little touch, but her body is overreacting.
"leave me alone, you take care of the others," arsenio said, "as we used to often do."
sofia remembers she likes helping him prepare the ingredients in addition to being an impromptu judge judging her desserts.
"sure."
sofia shifted the knife from her grip to him. he turned around, realizing he didn't want to move at all, "arsenio?"
"yes'?"
"could you move a little so i can pass?"
"hm..." arsenio pretended to think "what if i don't want to?"
"you got this." sofia shows her right fist.
arsenio immediately gave him a way.
sofia took a little distance away. being around him is not good for his heart.
with her feelings for dominic have faded, her feelings for arsenio slowly begin to dominate.
sofia doesn't know how to respond to her feelings of being able to love two men at the same time.
"sofia?"
"hmm?"
"you put too much flour on the scales," arsenio said awkwardly. he himself was surprised to see him keep adding pats to the already full scale until it fell to the floor.
sofia blinked her eyes, and screeched at the realization of her mistake.
"i'll help you clean it up."
"no need." sofia refused his offer, "i can do it myself, you continue to cut the fruit."
"if you say so."
oh god ...
sofia took the roomba that was in the cupboard, then turned it on, cleaning the flour that was scattered on the floor.
unfortunately the results are not optimal.
sofia swept the rest using a regular broom.
'indeed i should have bought an ai robot to make it easier for me to clean.'
sofia wiped the rest of the flour, then stood up, "what's wrong?" he asked hearing a small chuckle escape his mouth.
"no ... just ..." arsenio tried to say in between laughs.
"what?" sofia said impatiently.
"there's flour on the tip of your nose~"
serious?
sofia tried to see, but her eyes hurt doing so. he used another method which was to take a mirror to see his face, but was startled by the sudden action of him licking the tip of his nose brushing off the flour, "wha—?"
"my bad. i can't help myself." arsenio said shyly.
once again he put sofia in a dilemma.
she is pleased with his initiative, but also fears whether she sees him as a rebound only.
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