INTERMISSIONS

JULY 31 INTERMISSION

Short AU
Inspired by Cathy Doll Fan meet
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There are 3 dozen more cupcakes to frost and decorate before Bright and Win could call it a day.

Their little baking gig was supposed to be a sideline, a way to augment their meager earnings from their 9 to 5. But the way it was going, it seemed like baking was going to take over their lives.

Win really needed to talk to Bright about it - their future. He blushes at the word. He means the future of their business. Nothing else.

Did he find his roommate slash baking partner attractive? Yes.
Did his heart flutter every time Bright would wipe away the stray bit of dough or flour that would cling to Win's hair or cheek? Yes.
Was he going to potentially ruin his friendship, living arrangement, and source of income over his feelings? Nope. Gotta be wiser than that.

Besides, why would Bright crush-of-everyone be interested in him?

He was just Win. Bright's buddy. Bright's little bro.

"Earth to Win," Bright says waving one hand in front of Win's face.

"Huh what?"

"Glad to have you back on planet Earth. Your cupcake is about to drown in sprinkles."

"Oh my God, am so sorry."

Bright smiles at Win. "No problem. Am sure Prim wouldn't even care if you sold her a burnt cupcake as long as it came from you."

"What are you talking about?"

"Win we have 5 dozen orders of lemon drop cupcakes today. And that happened because you posted on IG that they're your favorite. Face it, the reason we're doing so well is because everyone has a crush on you."

"They do not."

"They do. I wish they wouldn't but they do."

Win snorts in disbelief. "Are you jealous?"

Bright almost drops the bowl of icing he was carrying. "Huh what?"

"Are you jealous? You know, because people usually have a crush on you."

Bright didn't know if he was relieved or disappointed. For a moment there he thought it was finally obvious to this adorable yet infernally dense man that Bright was head over heels for him.

He didn't even like baking yet here he was spending every waking moment learning to make pastries because he wanted to spend every waking moment with Win Metawin.

Why was it so hard to just tell Win he wanted to be more than friends?

"Bright, we should really talk."

Bright swallows down his nerves. "What did you have in mind?"

"Our future."

Okay his nerves are not going to be swallowed down after that. "What about our future?"

"Well, I was wondering. We spend so much time baking together and so much time updating our pastry webpage and social media. We're together almost all day and night at this point..."

"Go on..."

"Should we accept what's right in front of us? And do this for real?"

"I've been wanting to make this real for so long, Win."

Win feels butterflies flutter inside of him. How he wished Bright meant more than just the bakery. But of course he didn't. They were just friends. "It's decided. We should resign from GMM Accounting. "