Blue Coffee Mugs and the Agoraphobic [boyxboy] ✔

Cooking

TWENTY TWO

to memorize (v.)
to remember (to think about a memory of) a certain thing

"No no no, you're doing it wrong."
"But how can you do something wrong with pasta?", Austin whines.
I sigh, "You can't just throw the cooked pasta into the pan like that. It's gonna stick to it, plus it's pointless because it's gonna taste the same."

"So, what do I do then?"
"Well, first of all you should turn off the stove and move the pan, because else, the pasta is gonna burn."

He rolls his eyes, but does as he's told. "Great. Now...", I walk over to the fridge and get a pack of butter out.

"Here, cut a few pieces off and put them in the pan.", I tell Austin.

So this is what happens when we're home alone. Not very spectacular, is it? Oh well - Austin said he was hungry and I asked him if he wanted pasta. He said he'd never made any, so I wanted to teach him. That's what we're doing now.

Turns out, Austin has absolutely no idea how to cook - anything.

"Okay, what now?"
"During the time they melt you take this", I place some garlic in front of him, "and here's the garlic presser, I assume you know what to do with that?"

"Yes, yes. I'm not stupid."
"Great. Get started then."

He's actually doing pretty well, but then again, this is seriously the easiest thing ever.

"Put the garlic in the pan, mix it with the butter, and then the noodles."

"See? It's not that hard, is it?"
"It's actually not. Thanks Mr. Cooking-Teacher.", he laughs. I smile and begin to shake the pan a bit.

"You're the cutest", Austin says out of nowhere. Blushing, I look at him, "Stop."

"Nuh-uh", he shakes his head and leans forward to give me a small kiss on the lips.

"Ha! I fucking knew it!", my sister screeches, jumping out from behind the half-closed door, "Oh my god, this is great!"

Austin quickly moves away from me and I'm so startled, that I hit my hip on the counter. "Ow! What the hell Ina?!"

"I knew it! I knew there was something going on between you two!", she exclaims, grinning widely. "Please don't tell mom and dad.", I say quickly. "Oh, mom wouldn't care. She'd be excited for you. But dad... I don't know about dad.", she said, faking a sad tone in her voice.

"Ina. Ina, please. You're my older sister, I love you. Please don't do this."
She rolls her eyes, "Of course I'm not doing this. I'm not that evil. However, I am gonna have a talk with... Uh, Austin." She gestures for him to follow her and he takes a step forward, but I grab his wrist, holding him back.

"No.", I say. "It's fine", Austin says, giving me a soft smile, "I'll be right back." I let go of his wrist and he walks after my sister into the living room. I sigh. I can hear them talking but can't make out what they're saying.

I finish the pasta and put it on two plates, letting it cool off a bit.

I quietly walk after them, trying to get closer to hear what they're saying.
"Alan, I heard you. Go away!", I hear my sister shout.

Great. I decide that it's better to do what she says and go up to my room with the pasta. I see Mittens sleeping peacefully on my bed. After placing both plates on my desk, I sit down next to him and pet his head. He rolls over so that I can reach his belly and I he starts purring as I pet him there. I smile, "Your life is great, huh? All you do is eat and sleep, you don't have to do anything else. I want to be you", I whisper, smiling at him.

After a few minutes, Austin steps into my room, smiling. I look up, "What did she say?"
"Don't-hurt-him-or-I'll-kill-you stuff.", he grins. He comes over to me and just randomly gives me a hug. I hug him back, giggling.

"What was that for?" He shrugs, "I don't know. I just wanna be close to you right now." I smile and pull him down to sit next to me, "You're cute."

"You're cuter."
"Stop", I giggle, leaning my head on his shoulder.

He places a kiss on my hair and I sigh contently.

"We should probably eat the pasta now, before it gets cold."

[um hi once again sorry for not updating in a while. still kind of having writers block and yeah. I've got the whole story line planned out but I need it to be long and idrk what to do in all of the single chapters yet. we're getting there though. thanks for reading! also please comment, I love reading what you all think!]