Puppy Love

Chapter 9

Puppy Love

Truth and Lies:

Marianne woke at the sound of her phone alarm going off beside her bed. Upon swiping it off, she noticed a slight difference in how this morning was beginning. Looking around her bed, she noticed Chanyeol was not beside her like he was the night before. He wasn't even at the foot of her bed cocooned around her.

"Where did he go?" Marianne whispered to herself, scratching her head. On cue, she began smelling something peculiar in the air. It smelled like it was coming from the kitchen. She couldn't help but laugh to herself, "What's he doing in there?"

After getting up out of bed and putting on her baby pink nightshirt and slippers, she made her way into the kitchen, seeing the tall Park Chanyeol standing at the stove with the tablet on the counter. She noticed he was playing a French toast tutorial and giggled to herself once again.

"How's it going over there?" Marianne called out softly, obviously startling Chanyeol by the way his broad shoulders flinched and turned around so quickly. He blushed at the sight of her standing there witnessing his struggle at cooking for the first time.

"It was supposed to be a surprise." He looked down at the pan containing soggy pieces of bread with eggs that were definitely not mixed right with clumps of cinnamon dumped on top. "But I'm not doing a very good job."

"Oh, Yeolie. It's okay." Marianne laughed more as she came closer to hug him for assurance, "Do you want some help?"

"I think that would be great." Chanyeol chuckled deeply, his cheeks pink with embarrassment. 

Marianne showed him how to whisk the eggs in the bowl properly and how he shouldn't just drop the bread in so it wouldn't get so soggy. She showed him how to use the spatula so he would be able to flip the toast himself.

"Perfect." She grinned in excitement. She noticed the way he stared back at her with complete admiration.

"Yeah." He brushed the back of his hand on her soft cheek. "Perfect."

She couldn't help but be a blushing mess from that. She giggled nervously, "Why are you like this?"

When she looked up at him, he answered by gently holding her face in his hands and placing a kiss on her forehead. He then took her hand and sat her at the table so they could eat the breakfast they made together.

"Oh," Chanyeol suddenly thought of something. He stood and went off into Marianne's room to get something. "Here."

Marianne looked at the object he put into her hands. It was his old collar. The collar she had forgotten to put back on him when he had given him a bath before he had changed into what he is now. The collar that read his original name, "Yeolie".

"I don't think I need it anymore." Chanyeol smiled with confidence. "I think I like human life way better."

"And why is that?" She received a similar answer he had given before. Only this time the kiss he gave was longer and on her lips.

"That's why." He kissed her again on her lips then on her nose. "I wish I could do that all the time."

"You can." Her response made his chocolate eyes sparkle. She let out a playful scream when he suddenly grabbed her and pulled her close to him so he could start kissing her all over her face. "Yeolie!"

When the playfulness finally winded down, Marianne quickly got ready so she could go off to work. She offered for Chanyeol to come with her like the last time, but he expressed that he wanted to go visit with his brothers.

"Do you know how to get there?"

"Of course. Cousin Yixing already showed me the way yesterday." There was no way that thousand-watt smile of his could ever get less beautiful. "I'll miss you."