cupidsammo | marcoh (does not make a polo joke)

... Right—sorry. You probably just wanted to enjoy the mood around here instead.

No, it is fine.

It's unavoidable to think about what happened, but I don't want to make the mood darker either.

Whatever he thought, he's gone now. And your energy is better spent trying to settle.

Yeah...

Okay. Do you want to celebrate a little bit of Valentine's Day?

It is just giving chocolates, isn't it?

[ Well it's also dates but like... obviously... ]

Making chocolates, giving chocolates, confessing to your crush—if you have one...

But we can skip that last part. I've mostly been playing with the doves around, but if you're interested in making up some safe-to-eat chocolates...

I've never made a chocolate before.

[ Isn't that some fancy bakers' shit? ]

To be honest....... neither have I.

...Really?

[ THIS WAS YOUR SUGGESTION KOHARU. ]

...Maybe there is an instruction somewhere? I did work with it a little bit at a job but I don't remember too well...

There's recipe books sitting around, at least. I haven't done much besides play with the doves a bit, but I did take a look around too.

If you want to try, I will try it with you.

[ Nonzero chance it's going to be a mess but what's cooking fun without a little mess. ]

Alright, then let's give it a go. What's your favorite kind of chocolate?

...Um...

[ There's kinds? ]

The bar is standard, yes?

Mmhm! Why don't we start with milk chocolate, then? It's probably the safest bet, but dark and white chocolate is popular too.

We can do milk chocolate.

[ God bless, thank you. ]

Alright. Luckily we've got everything right over here, so...

[ wow look at this convenient setup right next to us!! amazing. Koharu starts skimming over the instructions. ]

[ Apparently it's only four ingredients. Wow! ]

It is this easy?

[ Looking at what they have like... wow... glancing over to Koharu. What are the instructions? Truly the vibe of my deda day PCs being sad about it and then this one. We all need a break from the horrors. ]

[ ... gently googles a recipe ]

Uh—you know, I wasn't expecting it to be this simple either.

[ we can escape the horrors by going back in time... ]

It looks like all we have to do is melt the coconut oil and mix everything in it.

Okay. Easy enough.

[ Just gets an appropriate sized pot and turns on the heat. ]

How much?

[ You don't need an actual number just give him Some Amount. ]

[ while watching him measure: ]

I thiiiink... there! That looks like it should be right.

[ Me belatedly like what recipe are you reading that is asking for coconut oil. This is some bougie-ass milk chocolate. ]

This is "cacao butter"? I guess it does... look like butter.

[ Going in. ]

[ ?!?!? I CHECKED LIKE THREE RECIPES... COCONUT OIL AND COCOA POWDER.............. what the fuck DID i google then ]

I think some things with the same consistency is called butter, but I couldn't tell you why.

[ Tags on phone rn but it was like cocoa powder cacao butter sugar and milk or something. ]

Oh, okay.

[ Sure why not. He hasn't got room to question that shit. In goes milk. ]

[ i'm going insane. okay. throws google in the trash. ]

And then, some of this...

[ WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE I CAN'T TRUST ONLINE RECIPES ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!! ]

[ HELP I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT I JUST THINK IT'S FUNNY WE APPARENTLY ARE GETTING TOTALLY DIFFERENT RESULTS. ]

And then you just cook it, right?

[ COOKING? IS THAT CORRECT? ]

Oh, you have to keep it stirring. Okay.

[ That can be done. And soon enough the smell of chocolate real fills the kitchen. ]

It's looking good so far, at least! You got this in the bag!

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