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You all remember that Shige College AU I started to somehow writing?

Part 1 Part 2

Well, here’s a part 3 to it, and, no, I have no clue how many parts this will have overall.

Title: When The Cookies Crumbles Part 3

Rating: PG

Characters/Ship: Matt, Shiro/Pidge

Summary: Shiro goes to Pidge’s house to bake, and things don’t go quite as planned.

“Sssooo, let me see if I’m understanding this correctly?” Matt said as he clapped his hands together. “You invited the guy who works at the cookie shop to come over and bake cookies with you?”

Pidge twitched an eye as she tried to focussed putting the bowls on the table. “Yes, Matt, that’s what I did.”

“To bake, as in to make something edible when I’ve seen you struggle with a cake mix box?”

“Yes, Matt,” Pidge said as she pulled open the drawer to reach for a wooden spoon.

“And a complete stranger at that,” Matt continued as he leaned against the counter. “You just went ahead and invited him into our home-”

“YES. MATT,” Pidge growled as she poked him with the spoon. “Except for the fact he’s not a stranger. I see him all the time at the cookie shop.”

Matt gave a half smirk. “Have you considered this speaks volumes of your cookie addiction?”

Pidge scowled as she slammed her mom’s cookbook on the table. “Look, I’m not stupid. Yes, I barely know the guy, but I figured inviting him to my house when I know my older brother and my dog would be home it was a safe location.”

Granted, this was a conclusion Pidge convinced herself later after Shiro left and she felt like yanking her hair out. Why? Why had she just invited him to bake cookies with her?! Just what was she thinking?!

Pidge was beginning to wonder if Shiro had some weird hypnotic power that caused her to lose all common sense.

“What if he’s secretly a mass murder?” Matt teased as he poked her shoulder. “Huh, Sis? What if this guy is just playing innocent to kill us all?”

“Then you can taunt me all you want in the afterlife.”

“.....Can I get that in writing?”

Pidge’s eye twitched, but was forced to set her annoyance aside as she heard a doorbell and Bae Bae barking. “Looks like he’s here,” Pidge grabbed the wooden spoon and pointed it at her brother. “Behave.”

Matt rolled his eyes and his held up his hands. “Fine, fine, although I have a feeling this kitchen will be mess when you two are done and I am NOT cleaning that up.”

Pidge decided to save her snark for later as she rushed to the door. She pulled Bae Bae back on his collar as she pulled the door open. Shiro stood there, with a bag full of ingredients and waved at her.

“Hey, Pidge, hope I’m not too early,” he said as he entered.

“Naw, you’re fine,” Pidge replied as she pulled her dog back. “Bae Bae, sit, boy!”

The dog twitched his ears, but promptly obeyed her command. Pidge sighed in relief as she let go of his collar, but then noticed the excited look in Shiro’s eyes.

“You didn’t tell me you had a dog,” Shiro said as he set the bag on the floor.

“Uh..slipped my mind,” she said as she tilted her head. “That a problem?”

Shiro smiled like a little kid. “No way, I’m a huge dog lover.” He pointed at Bae Bae. “Is it okay if I pet him?”

Pidge nodded. Shiro then kneeled and reached to scratched Bae Bae’s ears and watched her dog instantly wag his tail in response.

“Ah, you’re a good fella, aren’t ya?” Shiro cooed at him.

Bae Bae panted and seemed to melt in his hands.

“Yeah, you’re a good dog,” Shiro continued.

Pidge had to place a hand over her mouth to cease the giggles. Oh, man, that was too adorable.

Shiro then finally let go of Bae Bae, despites the dog’s whines of protest and then looked up at Pidge. “You’re wearing a dress?”

Pidge blushed as she tugged at her hair. “Uh..yeah, is that a problem?”

Shiro shook his head. “Oh, not at all, you look nice. I’ve just never seen you in a dress whenever you came into the shop.”

Pidge scratched her cheek and she gave a sheepish smile. “I do like them, but I’m practical, and wearing jeans, and shorts is a lot easier for going to school.”

“And Pidge thought she go for the homemaker look today,” Matt chided as he entered the hallway. “Savor it because I can assure you I have never seen her try it before.”

Pidge twitched an eye as she shot daggers at Matt and shook her head. “This is my older brother Matt and, yes, he is often this annoying.

Shiro gave a small smile as he offered his hand to him. “Um, hi nice to meet you.”

Matt took it. However, he looked over Shiro and then glanced to Pidge with a bemused grin. “Huh, Pidge you never told me you liked guys with muscles. Never figured to be your type.”

“MATT!” Pidge cried as she proceeded to shove him out of the hallway and prayed her face wasn’t nearly as red as Shiro’s face was. “Just go will you?!”

“Yeah, yeah,” Matt said, but then leaned close to her ear and whispered. “Seriously though, I’m just in my room if you need me. I’ll check on you later.”

Pidge frowned, and gave a nod as Matt finally left. She then sighed, straightened her hair and turned back around.

“Okay, so ready to attempt baking?” she asked.

Shiro gave a smile as he held up a bag. “You bet? Did you decide what we should bake?”

Pidge nodded as she lead him to the kitchen as Bae Bae decided to curl up in the corner to take a nap. “Chocolate chip cookies, it’s a classic, right? So, surely to heaven we can’t screw that up.”

Shiro laughed as they entered. “I’m sure it’ll be fine.”

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It was mostly fine. They mixed the dry ingredients, but split two cups worth of flour on the floor, and then three cups worth on themselves. They almost mistook the salt for the sugar and got cookie dough stuck in their hair when they attempted to mix it all.

However, they somehow got the cookies into small mounds on the baking sheet and placed it into the oven. They both watched like hawks to make certain they didn’t get burned until the timer went off.

They took out the baking sheet, set it on the counter and couldn’t say anything for several minutes.

“Did it...blend into one giant cookie?” Pidge asked as she removed the oven mitt and poked at it with her finger.

Shiro scratched at his head. “I think so. Well, at least it looks editable.”

“I don’t get it,” Pidge said as she poked at the cookie. “We followed the recipe right, didn’t we?”

“I thought we did, but we must have placed the cookies too close together on the sheet, or the dough was too runny, or something - it looks like they merged in the heat,” Shiro said as he wiped the leftover cookie dough from his hands. “Maybe we’re just cursed.”

Pidge sighed as she rubbed her eyes. “Well, I suppose we could break it up into small chunks.”

It wouldn’t be very elegant, but at least they could eat it.

Shiro gave a sly grin. “We could, or we could get some ice cream.”

Pidge raised an eyebrow. “Why?”

“Because we could spread it on the cookie, then sprinkle candies and make one of those ice cream pizzas they sell at the store.”

Pidge opened and shut her mouth. “Huh...hey, that’s a good idea.”

Shiro shrugged as he leaned against the counter. “With that said, it is funny they melted together.” He chuckled. “It almost looks like a giant dog biscuit.”

Pidge froze and cringed as she heard barking. She didn’t blame Shiro. How could have he known the Bae Bae’s favorite words were ‘dog biscuit’ and were forbidden words in the house since Pidge’s 21st birthday party.

Bae Bae’s paws scratched the floor and before Pidge could turn to stop him, her beloved dog collided into the back of her legs.

Pidge yelped as she fell forward.

In an attempt to help, Shiro stepped forward to catch her, but only got caught in the crossfire. As a result he felt flat onto his back, and Pidge landed on top of his chest.

Pidge grunted, but became still as as a statue as she stared into Shiro’s eyes. Neither dared to move, until footsteps were heard and Matt let out a whistle.

“Man, and here I thought I had to protect you from the Cookie Guy, never imagined it would be the other way around.”

“MATT!!”

#shidge #voltron #pidge gunderson #katie holt #takashi shirogane #matt holt #fanfic #my writing

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