Christmas & Cookies
Alžběta Belejová
''Ya! Bika! Wake up!" I heard my boyfriend waking me up by yelling my name and jumping on bed. He made this ''nickname" for me out of my name written in korean alphabet - [헫비가]{Hedbika} Sometimes I think that he's just a 5-year-old baby trapped in a 22-year-old body. ''Serim! Let me sleep for a bit longer! Do u know what time is it?" I threw a pillow at him and pulled the blanket over my head. He just laughed and sat beside me: ''It's 9:30 am, Bika. And it's finally Christmas eve. I've been looking forward to this for the past 3 months AND you promised that you'd bake cookies." ''5 more minutes." I murmured back. Serim sighed; ''Okay, but just 5 minutes!" He gave me a kiss to my hair and went away. I heard him making something downstairs in the kitchen.
After some time, Serim was back: ''Hey baby. You really should get up now," he chuckled. ''But I don't want to," I murmured again. But Serim knew the only way how to get me out of bed: He picked me up like a princess and carefully carried me into the kitchen. I was still half asleep when we got there. I smelled something familiar... Suddenly I was completely awake and looking at Serim with bright eyes: ''YOU MADE PANCAKES???! WITH NUTELLA??!!" He smiled: ''I did." ''YOU ARE THE BEST, SERIM!!" I hugged him so tight that after a moment I heard him making strangled sounds: ''I... c- can't ...breathe..." ''Oh sorry!" I jumped out of his arms, rushed to the table, sat down and immediately started to eat. ''Don't choke on it." Rim said, tapping my shoulder before sitting down too.
When we finished our breakfast, I washed the dishes and we started our morning hygiene routine (which consisted of face masks, brushing our teeth and lotttts of mirror selfies xd). Then we cuddled together on the couch and watched some movies like ''Home Alone'' and ''How Grinch Stole the Christmas.''
''What about eating noodles for lunch, then baking cookies and then going out?" I asked Serim and he agreed. We ordered Asian noodles from a nearby restaurant. ''Can I try your noodles?" I asked Serim, although I hate spicy food. His noodles were slightly red from the chilli sauce he always puts on them. Serim looked at me with a smirk on his face and laughed: ,,Are you sure you wanna try them? Last time you did, you had to drink a half bottle of milk before your mouth stopped feeling like it was on fire." My face got as red as Serim's noodles so I quickly turned back to my own food.
''Are we gonna bake the cookies now?" He asked excitedly after I washed the dishes and put them back in their place. ''I'M gonna bake the cookies not you." Serim made a fake sad face: ''Oh come on! I want to help you! I was looking forward to this almost as much as I was to Christmas!" I sighed and turned around to face him: ''You don't remember what happened last time do you?" °
•It was Halloween day and I told him to bake muffins in the shape of little bats and cookies in the shape of spiders. I had to do some shopping for decorations and such. When I got home..... the kitchen looked like a bomb had exploded there. Flour and sugar were everywhere and there were also some spills from oil and eggs. And in the centre of all this mess was standing Serim, holding a plate of burned cookies. ''What the heck happened here...?" I asked slowly. Serim opened his mouth to explain, but I didn't let him say anything: ''You know what, I don't wanna know. "I took the plate from his hands, threw the poor cookies into the trash can and went upstairs. ''You can clean up this mess at least." I said, leaving the kitchen.•°
''So the answer is NO. You seriously can't help me." I said, but I hadn't counted on one thing: Serim's puppy eyes and aegyo ( = acting cute) he makes when he REALLY wants something. He stared at me with his cute face and after just a minute I melted: ''OKAY, FINE you can help me!" ''YAAAAAAAAAAAYYY" He screamed almost on the whole house and started to excitedly jump around. ,,BUT! I won't let you touch the eggs, oil, flour or even the mixer. And I am gonna look after the finished thing. I don't want it to end up like last time." ''Fine." he replied. The funny thing was that Serim was actually a really good baker (if we don't count the mess he always makes of course), and those Halloween cookies were just an accident.
He handed me the ingredients and I started to make the dough. I shaped it like little stars. I sent Serim away, just in case. It took the cookies just an hour to fill the whole house with a pleasant smell. I took them out of the oven and decorated them with icing. ,,It's done already?" I heard Rim's voice from the kitchen door. ''It is." I smiled: ''And I didn't burn them!" I added proudly. ''Then you're better than me." he laughed. ''And now come on and get ready. We're going out!" He added before leaving the kitchen. ''Okay, give me 15 minutes!" I shouted after him and ran to my room. ''You mean men's 15 minutes or women's 15 minutes?" I looked at him with questioning eyes: ''What the heck is the difference?" Serim smirked: ''Men's 15 minutes are 15 minutes. Women's 15 minutes is half an hour." I rolled my eyes: ''I mean JUST 15 minutes." and walked to my room. I put on elegant trousers, white top, and took a light brown handbag. I completed it with light makeup.
''Are you ready?" Serim was already dressed and was standing by the door. ''I am." I put on my shoes, took my purse and phone, put on a mask and walked out. Rim locked the door and hugged me around the shoulders: ''Then let's goooo!