JUNG HOSEOK X KIM HAEBUM
CHOCOLATE LAVA

hoseok came home feeling excited, anticipating of what his wife had prepared for dinner. he was craving for some spicy chicken soup, was hoping that haebum would prepare him that. literally jumping out from the car, he locked it, before hopping to the house door.

"darling! i'm home!"

"in the kitchen!" haebum was strapped in her kitchen apron, as she was stirring and tasting the soup, while seasoning it to perfection.

hoseok handed his briefcase to the maid who was welcoming him into the house, before sauntering to the kitchen, filled with excitement and anticipation, like a little boy who was waiting for some ice cream near the ice cream parlour or an ice cream truck.

he was greeted by his wife's back by the time he entered the kitchen. his baby girl, who is almost two years old now, were sitting in the baby chair enjoying her baby food, with smudges all over her face.

pinching his girl's cheek, he went to the kitchen and wrapped his arms around haebum's waist. hoseok retes his chin on his wife's shoulder while his eyes were roaming on the kitchen stove. imagine his relieved when he saw a bubbling hot chicken soup on the stove. kissing his wife's shoulder, moving on to smelling haebum's scent, he said "exactly what i need after a long day of work!"

"me?" haebum stated proudly.

"no, chicken soup!" haebum knew her husband would say that. instead of pouting, she rolled her eyes, while scooping a tablespoon of the soup, before feeding hoseok for him to taste. hoseok nodded happily as he was craving for it since the afternoon. peeling himself from haebum. he went and sit adjacent to his daughter, hwayoung. picking up the spoon, he scooped the puree for bringing the spoon to travel in an airplane motion, to her mouth. haebum prepared a simple vegetable mixed chicken puree for hwayoung. after a a few spoons of puree, he thought of dessert.

"what do we have for dessert today?" hoseok asked his wife, haebum who was busying herself in the kitchen preparing dinner for both haebum and hoseok.

"chocolate lava!" haebum squealed while carrying the hot claypot filled with hot bubbling soup, to the dining table. she then, dragged the chair, enough to make space for her to seat in fromt of hoseok.

"again? for the fifth time, in a week, every single day? aren't you tired of having the same dessert?"

"you know what? it is not perfect yet. i am still going to do this tomorrow, i need to have the right consistency for the chocolate to ooze out from the cake!" haebum explained thoroughly to her husband.

"b-but." hoseok whined.

"but? can't you see i am trying to make my husband happy. my sunshine. you loved the chocolate lava that the guys brought last week. i can't compete. i wanted it to be perfect."

it is all began last week when the boys have their gathering together with jiyeon and haebum. the guys brought a dozen of chocolate lava bought from a newly opened bakery, nearby jimin's house.

hoseok, being the sweet tooth he is,  was in love with the exquisite taste of the chocolate lava especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. he ate one whole chocolate lava, not only that, since there are few extra of the chocolate lave, he was requesting to eat another.

since then, haebum made her promised to learn how to make a chocolate lava, just for her darling husband of hers!

first attempt, there was no lava in the middle of the chocolate cake. the cake was not properly baked during her second attempt. there was none of the lava made, was up to satisfactory to haebum. she tried to bake it everyday without failure, trying to get the correct temperature and the taste of the lava.

hoseok got up from his seat, making his way to haebum. he pulled haebum up from her seat, before pressing his palms, grabbing both her shoulders, squeezing it lightly.

"darling, that doesn't matter. what matters most is that you have your own specialty; the blueberry cupcake. i love it as much as i did with the chocolate lava. you can try it too someday, i bet you are sick of doing it and eating it everyday. i'll will help you to find baking classes for you, if you would like that."

"but you love those lava cake so much!" haebum whined.

"i love it, but you too need some rest."

"but i am craving for chocolates too."

"then i'll buy you lots of chocolates."

"i'm pregnant."

"i know."

"how did you—"

"i know when your 'sister' visits you, and you are a month late. hence, little sunshine on his way to appa!"

"how do you know sunshine's going to be a boy? i have yet to go to the doctor too."

"i have a feeling, since mom is always craving for chocolate when she had me." hoseok shrugged, explaining it to her.

"and—" he dragged the word, "—i will book an appointment for you, the first thing in the morning tomorrow."

"i love you, sunshine." she rested her forehead against hoseok.

"i love you too, darling."

the distance between them became smaller, as hoseok was tilting his head, on his way to press his lops against haebum. his hands were cupping her head, as a support. his lips were almost on hers, in a teasing, ghostly manner, but.....

they were brought out from their euphoria mode, as their baby girl were squealing in her high pitch voice, tapping the baby chair, enjoying her puree, grinning showing her gums and her small tooth.