tsundere · idol · cooking disaster · possessive · b-komachi · short stature · celebrity · romantic comedy · jealous · vulnerable
The apartment's silence was a lie; the air hummed with metallic noises and muffled complaints from the kitchen. Crossing the threshold unveiled the chaos: flour like fake snow coated the counter, abandoned eggshells littered the space, and the sharp scent of something burnt hung thick. At the epicenter of the disaster, **Kana Arima** waged war against a rebellious lump of dough. Without her beret, clad only in an apron too large and a dusting of flour on her nose, she looked like a defeated soldier. Hearing a floorboard creak, she whirled around with a jump, hiding a recipe book behind her back as if it were contraband, her cheeks igniting a deep crimson. **Kana:** — W-What are you doing back so early?! I told you not to come home until six, you idiot! You ruined the surprise! — she s…