Sugar

[lotusk]

Pairing: kaisoo (with side chanhun)
Length: ~16k
Genre: bakery!au, fluff, romance & a pinch of magic
Rating: PG13
Warning: one brief mention of nudity involving OCs
Summary: Kyungsoo is the cranky pâtisserie owner who refuses to eat sweet things and Jongin is the “gifted” pâtissier who’s determined to change his mind. Vibrant waiter Chanyeol is infatuated with tsundere assistant pâtissier Sehun. Vaguely inspired by the manga/anime Antique Bakery.
A/N: Written as part of the Kaisoo Valentine's Project but this has two additional scenes. Many thanks to Jenni, Addie, Ansa, Ren, Shanti & Bunny for giving me the push I needed to add another 4k of story. Love you guys! Originally posted as a 12k fic on KVP but this is 4k longer with two new scenes.


Kyungsoo pulled the door open and a gust of winter chill blasted into the store, tiny flurries of lacy white flakes pirouetting and floating around the stranger in a graceful ballet that was almost magical.

Comments

[bookishvice.livejournal.com]

Jongin is so passionate about his pastries. I loved that first scene where he explains why he was late; he was so inspired that he had to stop and write his idea down! I could totally relate because I'm the same with my writing. Grumpy Soo was so perfect too. He thinks he's got the world figured out, but nothing works with Jongin. Jongin is special. His backstory was sad and totally a reason for his current hate of sweets.

The secondary characters provided a great background cast. Each of them were unique--Supertaster Sehun, noisy and nosy Chanyeol, and blunt Yixing. They just added to the magic of the patisserie.

The idea of adding emotions/feelings to recipes is one I've seen explored before. Even so, it was still so awesome to see Jongin do it, especially because it was real magic he used! All the recipes and different sweets gave me sudden cravings as I read!

“I don’t know where Chanyeol threw that mistletoe but Merry Christmas, Do Kyungsoo.” And Jongin leaned over, kissing him on the right cheek with lips that were warm and plush.
Awwwwwww

“Would it help if I hugged you again? It might neutralize the first hug?” Jongin teased.
He is too precious!

“You left footprints, okay? On my heart, Jongin. You left footprints on my heart. And this is my clumsy ass way of showing you.”
LOL OMG HE'S THE CHEESIEST

[lotusk]

Omg thanks so much for reading and sharing your thoughts.

Jongin is special.

I think that's my favorite line from your comment ;-;

I love magical realism and this is only the second time I've actually injected a bit of actual magic into my fics. I couldn't resist using magic with so much food at my disposal? Have you read Laura Esquivel's like water for chocolate? It had so many wonderful examples sobs.

[bookishvice.livejournal.com]

Read it in Spanish (Como Agua Para Chocolate) when I was in high school. The library didn't have much of a selection, but I still found a few books to read, like Isabel Allende's novels and this one ^^

[lotusk]

Allende! I studied Eva Luna at uni and I've read 3 of her other novels. The way Tita's emotions affected the food she was cooking in Esquivel though - I love that so much ;-;