001 - Crepes

Ben shows Mal how to make crepes.

Rating: K-K+

Word Count: 1,062

Universe: Post Descendants

"I never imaged life would be like that in the Isle" Ben looked right into Mal's eyes as he found out how different he lives compared to all of the Isle. Ben took hold of her hand as they walked aimlessly around the corridors.

Since the citizens of the Isle are villains and such, poverty and crime ruled the Isle. One man's rotten fish for dinner, was another's by stealing.

People of Auradon had it easy, the best available meals for the wealthiest of the land, making sure they get three meals a day. Meanwhile, Mal and the rest of the kids from the Isle resorted to stealing for their family. There was no dessert after a mix of meat fillers.

"Ben, where are we going?" Mal asked as Ben started walking much faster, dragging Mal with him

"Just come with me"

As the corridors became familiar to Mal, she realized where they were heading to. The kitchen. Ben pushed the door open, revealing the clean, empty kitchen.

Ben let go of Mal's hand and headed towards the fridge, "Let's see… eggs, butter, and milk" Ben fished all the ingredients needed in the fridge. "How about you grab a mixing bowl, whisk, and a pan"

"Ben, what are we doing here?" Mal shrugged her shoulders, unamused face, unknown to anything Ben had spontaneously planned.

"We're going to cook. I promise you'll love this" Ben then headed to the pantry to grab more essentials, he looked at Mal who started grabbing the mixing bowl and others that he listed. Ben brought the flour to the table they were going to work with.

Mal came and dropped all the metallic items down to the prep table.

Ben folded both of hands together, "Let's go wash our hands first" Mal gave a disgusted look but eventually did, splashing Ben a bit as she dried her hands. Ben just laughed, knowing that if he splashed her as well, it would cause a mini water war between them.

"Alright… So what do you know about cooking?" He arranged the needed items, pan on the stove, mixing bowl and whisk together along with the ingredients.

"Well, my friends and I made the cookies… took a while to realize what the recipe means but we got it down"

"Alright, so ma chere Mademoiselle, we are making crepes" Ben smiled widely at Mal but Mal simply didn't understand what crepes were.

"What in the world are crepes? And ma chere Mademo-somthing, Ben, please"

"Just go along with it and I promise you… You will love it, and if you don't you can just spit it out"

Ben started off with cracking an egg just using one hand while Mal's eyes widened at his trick.

"Why don't you try" Ben handed off the other egg to Mal.

"Oh, no thanks… You have no idea how long it took us to get the egg shells out of that cookie we gave you"

"Uhm… Alright then, why don't you add the flour in first, one cup of it" Mal did as told, then handed the cup to Ben. You have a little something on your nose" Mal then sprinkled flour on his face, mostly near his mouth area. Mal gave a laugh at his white face.

"Hey, why don't you give Benny-Boo a big kiss, Mal" Ben extended his arms out and started coming towards Mal.

"No, you stay away from me, lover boy" she tried to escape but Ben already had her held in his arms, he leaned it and gave Mal a full kiss, trying to smear flour into her face.

"I'll come back another time" Lonnie entered the exited as fast as she could, taking Ben and Mal's attention away from each other.

"We should be cooking" Mal wiped the flour that got onto her face.

"Right, just add milk, butter and a pinch of salt" Ben started pouring milk in a half a cup then mixed it in with the rest of the ingredients along with the butter and added a pinch of salt. "Here, why don't you whisk"

"Alright… Something I'm actually good at"

Ben was behind Mal as she starting whisking all the ingredients together, he hand his hands on her waist, he watched her whisk until it was smooth and the consistency was right.

Ben started the oven and threw a small piece of butter and melted it around. "Watch and learn the pro do it" Ben poured a small amount of batter in the pan and waited a bit, smiling at Mal, who had one hand on her hip waiting for Ben to do something

Ben then took the pan off the stove and flipped the crepe in the air and successfully catching it. Waiting a little bit more to cook, he placed the cooked crepe into a plate.

"Come here, I'll teach you" He took her hand, she tried to resist saying she's going to mess up but Ben was very persuasive.

Ben then added a decent amount of batter, waited for it to cook on one side.

"Alright, take hold on the pan" Mal did, and Ben wrapped his hand around hers, both holding the pan. "You ready?"

"Do I have a choice?"

Mal flipped it up the air and with Ben's skilled hand, he caught the crepe back in the pan.

Once they were done, Ben headed to the fridge and grabbed a bit more ingredients. Strawberries, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream.

Ben started chopping up the strawberries into small slices, grabbing the made crepes, he placed the neatly in the middle, a bit of chocolate syrup, folding it to the middle and placing it nicely on the plate.

"Missing something" He grabbed powdered sugar and sprinkled some on top of the crepe, adding a finishing touch of whip cream on top. "Voila! It's done"

Ben grabbed two forks and both took a bite and Mal simple fell in love it. The sweetness and texture of the entire thing made her mouth tingly inside. It was the best thing she had ever eaten in her entire life.

"You like it?"

"Mhmm yes"

"We have a lot more so eat up"

Mal looked at Ben's grinning face. "Thanks for this, Ben" Mal gave Ben a quick hug then went back to making more and eating more.

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