A/N: done for a prompt on tumblr where Gohan was also requested and I figured I might as well post it up here too. No real updating schedule to this honestly, just if and whenever I feel like writing more or it gets requested on tumblr.

It was well into the night when Hanayo abruptly stood up and announced, "I want some cookies." Maki blinked up at her before she looked back down at her arms as if to tell herself that yes, Hanayo was no longer in them.

And now Hanayo was off to the kitchen, gathering up the ingredients she needed. The sudden scratching against their hardwood floor meant Gohan had woken up as well, eagerly following after Hanayo into the kitchen.

With her cuddle partners gone now, Maki stood up and yawned loudly as she stretched, shuffling her way to the kitchen afterward. She went over to where Hanayo was and leaned against her, sleepily mumbling. Hanayo giggled, playfully tapping her nose before returning to mixing together the butter and sugars.

"Don't we have an electric mixer somewhere?" Maki asked, glancing around the kitchen.

"I forgot where we put it and I was already pouring everything into the bowl before I remembered." Hanayo let out another laugh, sheepish this time. Maki sighed, shaking her head. "Can you get the rest of the ingredients, Maki-chan? Um…" Pausing from her stirring, she reached over to grab her phone on the counter. "Here's the exact measurements of everything."

Maki read through the list several times before she finally nodded and regretfully pulled away from Hanayo. She couldn't stay too sad though, not when Hanayo smiled gratefully at her and leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek. Feeling slightly rejuvenated now, Maki gathered up the dry ingredients and mixed them into another bowl before setting them aside.

"Done!" she called out as soon as she finished.

"Can you see if we still have any chocolate chips? I remember we had some but I'm not sure."

"Yeah, I'll find them." The brief energy spurt from earlier wore off now, and she lazily searched through their cabinets, muffling yawns behind her hand. It took her longer than she expected but eventually, she found a ziplocked bag of chocolate chips. She opened it and reached inside, grabbing a chocolate chip to inspect.

It… it looked normal, and it didn't smell… like not chocolate either. She wasn't sure how long they had this bag since Hanayo was usually the one that baked and knew how old things were, but it had been a while since Hanayo baked as well. There was one more thing she could do…

Shrugging to herself, Maki popped the chocolate chip into her mouth. It tasted normal enough, the dark chocolate just barely sweet. Another one wouldn't hurt. She put another one into her mouth. And another.

The sudden feeling that she was being stared at made her stop. Maki looked down, and Gohan's pleading eyes met hers, his ears flat against his head.

"No," she said, reaching into the bag to eat another chocolate chip. He lowered his head and scooted closer, still looking up at her. "No," she said again, putting the chocolate chip into her mouth.

Ignoring her words as he always did, he scooted closer, and closer still, until he was all but leaning against her leg. Maki frowned at him. She leaned down, reaching out to pet his head as she spoke again, her voice softer. "I meant no, you can't eat this, because you'll get sick and make us—er, Hanayo sad."

"… and you'll make a nasty mess," she muttered.

Gohan eagerly wagged his tail, his whole body shaking with anticipation. "No!"

She stood back up and ate more chocolate chips. Gohan scooted closer still and he was practically sitting on her foot now. Still, she refused to relent. This wasn't even something he could eat! He had accidentally gotten chocolate so many times and they had all paid the consequences for it! Why didn't he understand that?

"Maki-chan, where's the chocolate chips?" Hanayo called out. Maki froze, her hand halfway into the bag. "Maki-chan?"

"A-ah, right here!" Maki handed over the bag, panic shooting through her when she realized it felt lighter than when she pulled it out. Hanayo took the bag, blinking confusedly at it.

"Huh… I thought we had more… maybe I used too much last time."

"I-I'll buy some next time," Maki quickly said. Hanayo nodded and returned back to the cookie batter, pouring the chocolate chips inside. Maki let out a sigh of relief, she and their dog went to stand on either side of Hanayo. Maki reached out—and yelped when Hanayo swatted her hand away.

"Maki-chan, you can't eat the batter! That's how you'll get sick."

Maki frowned, wondering why this conversation suddenly seemed familiar. "It just always smells so good," she said instead, sullen at being caught. As she looked at Hanayo's face though, she realized she still had a chance. She reached out quickly, swiping some of the batter on Hanayo's cheek and put her finger into her mouth before Hanayo could protest.

"M-Maki-chan!" Hanayo pouted at her, a tinge of pink on her face.

"Delicious," Maki only said, smiling cheekily.

"And I was going to let you have the rest of the chocolate chips, but now…"

Maki widened her eyes with realization. Hanayo slipped away from her with a giggle, reaching down to pet Gohan on the head before continuing on her way to get the cookie pans. He let out a whine, tapping his paws excitedly against the floor. "If you help me with the baking sheets, I'll let you have them."

With a tiny smile, Maki shook her head, helping Hanayo shape the cookies onto the baking sheet. The batter was still just as tantalizing as ever but Maki held back.

"Ah!"

Maki looked down at her hand, realizing Hanayo had accidentally gotten some of the dough onto it. Before she could clean it off though, Hanayo leaned down and licked it up. Maki froze, unable to do anything but gawk and turn redder and redder as Hanayo cleaned up the dough on her hands. When she was done, Hanayo straightened herself back up, gave her the same cheeky smile Maki had done despite the blush on her cheek, and went back to shaping the cookies, even humming a tune.

Maki let out a shaky breath before going back to the dough, trying to calm herself down.

Once they finished setting down the batter onto the sheets, Maki turned to the oven. When he realized neither of them was going to pay him any attention, Gohan had made himself comfortable in front of the oven door, laying down and staring up at them. He made no motion to move even when Maki came over and began to nudge him with her foot.

He made a sound that sounded like a refusal, wagging his tail. "Oh come on!" She bent down to push her hands against him, trying to make him move from the oven door himself before she had to. He refused to budge, whining loudly and trying to push her away with his paws. "If you're not going to helpful, don't be in the kitchen!"

"Maki-chan, Gohan." Hanayo stood over them, a disapproving frown on her face. The both of them immediately stopped and guiltily looked down at the floor, Gohan letting out a whimper before he finally scurried away. Hanayo smiled then, opening the oven and sliding in the first cookie pan. Maki pushed herself up to grab the second pan, putting it underneath the first rack.

"Ten minutes," Hanayo said, adjusting the timer on the counter. "There!"

Maki stared at the oven, tapping her fingers impatiently against her arm. Now that she had smelled the batter earlier and the scent of cookies was starting to fill their home, the craving Maki didn't even know she had was growing by the second. Wasn't Hanayo the one who wanted cookies?

"Maki-chan!" She looked up—and the bag of chocolate chips hit her in the face. "Here you go. We don't have that much anyway." Hanayo opened the bag and reached in, grabbing a handful and putting a few into her mouth to eat.

An idea came to Maki.

Hanayo put the rest of the chocolates into her mouth. Maki waited a few seconds before she swooped in, capturing Hanayo's lips. Taking advantage of Hanayo's gasp of surprise, she swept her tongue into Hanayo's mouth, taking in the taste of chocolate. She pulled away afterward, licking her lips with a satisfied smile.

Maki opened her mouth, to say something she knew would be embarrassingly cheesy like Hanayo tasting good with the chocolate but what came out instead was, "I love you."

Hanayo's eyes widened, her whole face turning increasingly redder than before. She leaned forward, against Maki, hiding her face from sight now. "T-that's not fair, saying something like that right now."

Maki couldn't even say anything, not when she was also more than embarrassed at herself as well. All she could do was wrap her arms around Hanayo and laugh slightly in their shared embarrassment.

Hanayo pulled away slightly, to set the bag of chocolate chips on top of the counter before turning back to Maki. She wrapped her arms around Maki's neck and pushed down lightly. Slightly confused, Maki slowly lowered herself to the floor, sitting down with her legs spread out and Hanayo inbetween them.

"Really? R-right now? We're not going to remember our cookies." Despite her words, Maki's lips were twitching upward. Hanayo only smiled at her, moving to brush back Maki's bangs.

"But you were the one who started everything!" Hanayo pouted at her before she began to lean forward. Maki's eyes slowly closed. "And it'll be fine," Hanayo whispered.

And Maki felt herself being pushed away. In the next second, a furry body all but tackled her down onto the floor, with wet tongue that was decidedly not Hanayo's attacking her face and slobbering all over her. Maki yelped and sputtered, quickly pulling back and covering her face. Gohan whined loudly as he followed after her, trying to nudge apart her hands with his wet nose. Hanayo stood over them, grinning as she laughed.

"Because Gohan won't let us forget," she said cheerfully.