TASTE TESTER🥖
Eva(Coral Island) x Original Female Character
🖋️With the difficulties of being a farmer, Lila never lets her work be imperfect or have flaws but in addition, she is a taste tester to help the cook of the island, while giving her feedback in recipes, she realizes that her love goes beyond her role as taste tester, an intense love for the person who makes the recipes, Eva.
A life she never really imagined, this year everything changed, she became a farmer in a place where she practically knows no one, Lila never imagined she would be able to make this decision, start a life from scratch, meet new people and create bonds with the villagers. How ironic this is, it's almost the end of the year, Autumn where everything seems magical, the weather starting to cool makes love blossom more, seeing Noah and Alice together in the city square, reading and talking about various subjects and Lila ponders how long it will take for the two lovebirds to realize that they love each other, the whole city knows but them. She shakes her head at the thought and goes on her way with that. Today it's a nice and quiet tuesday soon deciding to go to Sam's store to buy some seeds and also sell some veggies and opening the store door feeling the familiar smell of bread being made, of course she couldn't help but notice the person who makes the bread, since the first day it never fails to takes her breath away when she sees the baker, Eva.
Lila truly wasn't the most close of her and for oblivious reasons that she couldn't keep her head in the right place when Eva is around, Macy figured out soon enough her not that hidden crush on the baker and haven't stopped messing with her whenever the two were in the same place, it got worse when Sam and Emily noticed the strange behavior of the farmer around the baker, Sam always tried to make hints of romance and hints of how he won over Emily in his time, Lila could have sworn her face looked like a pepper.
So definitely a big NO to stay more than 10 minutes there.Getting lost in her thoughts when she reminded herself that she still was staring at Eva, almost tripping in her way to Sam and notice the man laughing slightly at the embarrassing behavior before speaking:
—You know, nobody ever had tripped in that place before.. Making me wonder if are you really that clumsy or there's something else distracting you in the point of not being able to walk straight.. — Lila couldn't believe at what point her life had come to be in such humiliating position.
—I'm quite clumsy.. — Shyly the farmer said while trying to hide her red face and trembling hands as possible with the poor excuse.
—Oh, all theses vegetable are the greatest quality, you really work well in your farm, young girl!
Farmer was the happies that he changed the subject and let her go with her poor excuse and thanked the man, feeling proud of herself in the quality of her products, after all, she have been working nonstop for the last two seasons and hopefully in the winter she can rest more. What Lila didn't expect was Eva to call her when she was walking to the door, trying her best to keep a neutral behavior while going slowly to the woman.
—Hey! Um.. I made a new recipe of this bread, It's supposed to be softer.. would you mind being my taste tester?
Eva asks the other woman with a tone of hope, without being close to her so it means that it would be a great way to connect with the person everyone in the city speaks highly of.
—Oh.. Of course! it would be a pleasure, Eva!
Without thinking Lila said to the baker, smiling brightly when Eva smilled at her answer and offered a piece of the bread, gosh she could be whatever Eva wanted her to be, definitely.
The soft texture and explosion of flavors made the farmer gasp, she didn't expect that Eva would be able to surpass her skills even further. Chewing the piece slowly and taking into consideration each characteristic it could offer in its description to the baker.
—Eva, this is really good, the texture is actually much softer! I just think it lacked a little sugar, maybe it could make the bread even tastier.
Lila made her suggestion and didn't stopped praising Eva's work till she notice the baker red face.
—Thank you! I will make that modification and soon you can see if it gets better than before, I know I can improve this recipe for sure.
—Eva, everything you do is the best, I'm impressed that you want to get it better.
And for her dismay, she had to show her gay side, as soon as that comment got out of her mouth she looked at the bread seems like suddenly it got more interesting than see Eva's reaction to her stupid confession.
And that's how her "side job" started.
The seasons goes by, the spring of the second year and Lila can be sure she made the right choice to chase her dreams. Now more stable, Lila making a wonderful job as a farmer and also being a great adventurer and ocean cleaner, true to be told Lila have more than one job, she was everywhere and doing everything to make the city better, that was her job as a citizen. Also over time she gained the trust of many residents, she really felt part of the community, every Friday and Saturday she went to Franky's tavern to talk to everyone and have fun even though she still hasn't managed to win against Yuri in snooker, according to his own thoughts, Yuri makes magic when it comes to playing.
— This doesn't even make sense, how it's possible to do that??
Lila is outraged at losing yet another round of Yuri, not knowing how she managed to reverse the roles when she swore that tonight would be her victory's moment.
—Natural talent, farmer girl! — Yuri jokingly mess with her before seeing Eva enter the tavern, Macy that was taking photos of some plates for Franky stopped and grin at Lila and noticed the farmer was already smiling at the baker, not remembering her lost rounds and going to meet with the person that stay in her head all the time.
— Go talk with your baker — Yuri wink at her and tapped her on the shoulder letting her know it was okay to miss this round, not like Lila would win in either way.
— Hey miss baker, may I know what brings you here in this night? — Lila sitted at Eva's side and gave her a side hug, smiling till her cheeks hurt when she's around.
—Hey miss taste tester, I'm just chilling this night and wanted to speak with Betty about new recipes!
That excited Lila, after all that means more taste testing for her and she couldn't help making a silly happy dance to make Eva laugh.
— Let's go then, Betty is probably watching TV right now..— Not missing a beat farmer held the baker's hand and the two were almost running into the stairs to see Betty.
— Oh my goodness, come in dear, a blessing seeing two lovebirds in front at me! — Betty happily affirmed as if it was a fact, if she noticed the two red face and stuttering when trying to explain that they weren't girlfriends, she definitely pretended not to hear.
— I assume you two are here to test new recipes, am I right?
— Bingo, Betty! — Lila told her and soon Eva and Betty started talking about the modifications of the recipes and what should be better with that dish or things like that, this was definitely not her part so she stands by not wanting to disturb but also helping in ways that she can.
— Miss taste tester, can you please give me the salt? it's right at your side
It didn't take 10 seconds to Eva see the salt being placed right beside her, smiling slightly and murmuring a quiet thank you to her favorite person.
Thankfully it didn't take long to be ready, Lila could almost jump of excitement when Eva offered her a piece and ask for a description of the taste.
— Oh my god, this is definitely new... it's not bad, it's just not what I was expecting but this is awesome, the salt in this dish made a great contrast, I love it as usual, Eva! You rock it — Farmer always try to improve her vocabulary to praise the baker more and more but still, she loves it, as always.
Eva's face clearly got a relieved expression at this, surprising Lila by holding hands and getting closer while thanking her. Seems like she didn't saw how Lila's eyes widen at this act.
—Oh my!! Are you seriously? I'm so relieved hearing this! I have been thinking of this recipe for weeks and I'm so happy it worked out good, this is so special! We should have a round of drinks to celebrate, don't you think?
— I-I, y-yes, I agree.. — Her voice betray her but Eva didn't seem to mind, grabbing her hand and bringing her to the tavern, asking for a bottle of wine and they two decided to drink outside.
A half bottle of wine goes and the two were not in right mind anymore, giggling at the air and talking nonsense.
— Can you believe it? I saw Alice and Noah kissing the other day, freaking finally!
— Finally oh my god, they're so sweet that it was getting irritating to see them not realizing their emotions but I guess, they knew it at the right time, right? Everything happens in the right time.. — Farmer also share her opinion on the new couple of the city.
— And you? — Eva asked quietly without looking at Lila.
— What about me? — Confused Lila looked at her trying to understand her question.
— Are you interested in someone? It's been two years that you're here, I'm sure you found someone attractive already — If only Eva know that since day one it was her, exclusively her.
And with the effect of the alcohol in her body, farmer let it escape the true.
— Actually I am interested in someone for months but I'm not sure the person likes me back..
— Oh come on, it's impossible. You're the bestest ever, you have all the best qualities, it's impossible to not like you.. trust me.. — .. Lila stopped her line of thoughts, what did she mean by trust me? She looked in Eva's eyes and got quiet.
— I'm seriously, you're so pretty and so talented and you're so smar-
Acting on impulse, Lila placed herself as close to Eva as possible, their faces were so close that she could feel Eva's breath against her face, noticing that her eyes widen at the proximity, but that wasn't enough, Lila brought her hand to Eva's cheek, gently caressing her delicate and perfect face, smiling when the baker lean in her touch, letting a gasp out when Eva turned her face and kissed her hand. They got into a staring contest till they both have enough, they both lean in and close the distance..
"It's so soft, so good" That's the only coherent thought in the farmer's mind. The hand that was caressing the baker's cheek, was now pulling her closer by the back of her head, trying to be as close as possible, Eva's opened her mouth and let Lila devour her, it didn't matter anything, nothing matter at that moment, finally they had done it. Only stopping when they couldn't handle the the lack of air, even in that short period of time Lila didn't stop, she kissed Eva's neck and looked for that sweet spot that made Eva's breathing become faster.
— O-Oh my god, you're driving me insane, baby...
And hearing that phrase almost made her cry out, Lila got aware of everything, they were in a public place, it was spring but she felt more hotter than any summer. And also, she didn't want to do anything and not remember later, so she grabbed Eva by the waist and started to walk to Coral Inn.
— Huh? What're we doing? I'm not done with you!
Eva almost screamed in her ears, and started to do the same treatment that she received earlier, now it was Lila turn to tremble, praying to every god to give her strength to resist this.
Soon they reached the door and Eva could barely stand straight at this point, apparently the effects of alcohol and tiredness from the day were hitting her so farmer decided to carry her in the bride style, taking care of her in the most affectionate way until she saw that she slept and tried to leave as silently as possible but Suki was already at the reception looking at her mysteriously.
— For a moment I thought a thief had broken in here, but it's just you. You and Eva...
She really didn't feel like answering Suki's countless questions, even though she liked her more than anything, she said goodbye quickly and walked to the farm, falling into bed and sleeping in record time.
Oh fuck.
Farmer woked up feeling extra tired, hungover and worse... remembering what happened the night before and started to overthink, did Eva kissed her because she wanted or because of the alcohol? Did Eva liked her? Did Eva remember that? A thousand questions running through Lila's head and her solution was to hide on her farm, no one would suspect after all it's spring and there's a lot to do, until she has the courage to face Eva again.
And so it was, days passed with this routine, Lila only went out at night or when there were few people around, avoiding as much as possible any interaction that could lead to a meeting with Eva and that lasted for almost a week till Macy had enough and went to the farm.
— Now I want to ask you, have you gone insane? What happened? Why are you ignoring everybody and specially Eva?? Why are you doing this?? — Worried about her best friend Macy started firing too much questions, not noticing that it was overwhelming Lila.
— WE FUCKING KISSED. WE WERE DRUNK, I DON'T FUCKING KNOW HOW TO FACE HER NOW, OKAY? — Lila screamed at her best friend for the first time and let out her emotions out, her eyes tearing up when she told Macy about her worries of Eva not liking her.
— And that's why you're a idiot, Eva is trying everything to connect with you, she wants to confess and you're hiding away? don't be stupid!!
— But what if sh-
— What if nothing!! You're going to talk to her today, she was crying her eyes out to Betty because of your stupid act..
—Why was she crying? What do you mean?
— Ugh, why do lovebirds cause so much stress — Macy sighed and started helping farmer in her activities, and after a good shower and putting her best clothes farmer started running around the city to find Eva.
After asking the entire town if they knew where she was Lila found herself in front of the Coral Inn, the only place she hasn't went yet. Opening the door and seeing Suki again and got surprised when Suki guilded her to Eva's door, not even leaving the chance to give up, only mouthing "You better fix it up" and going to the reception again. She knocked on the door three times until she heard a broken voice, clearly from crying, which broke her heart.
— Please leave me alone.. — Eva's voice was heard and she felt a lump in the throat at that sight.
—Eva.. can I enter? — After a few seconds Lila said and heard movement in the room, soon after hearing the sound of the door being unlocked and took the signal as a yes.
She entered the room and didn't even care about the mess, she went towards the person lying on the bed and when she got closer she didn't even know exactly how to act, what to say. So she decided to speak the truth and all of it, all that it was on her mind.
— Since the first day I saw you it was like a lightning strike into me, you are everything I want in those two years and I was so scared of ruining our friendship with my love for you, I thought maybe we can become friends and this feeling may go away but it wasn't a simple crush, I love you Eva, every time I'm with you, I feel like the luckiest person alive. Even when the recipes goes wrong or got burned, it was the best moment of my live just because you're in it... I'm sorry for being stupid and not talking to you after what happened that night.. I was scared of what would you say, please forgive me for acting so reckless. I want to ask you, do you feel the same?
She didn't even realize that she started crying till she felt Eva's hand on her face, trying to dry up all the tears, Eva's eyes were tearing up but she was smiling so openly.
— My love.. I fell in love with you over a year ago and the feeling only intensifies, so please.. don't torture us any longer, kiss me please..
Happily Lila did it and kissed Eva with so much love, feeling her salt tears into the kisses, and it could've been only seconds but feel like eternity, she felt in peace, where she belongs. And they stopped with little kissed and pecks, smiling at each other before Eva suggested:
— Do you want to be the taste tester of my heart?
~ THE END ~
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