fandomhigh | In the Cupcake of Good and Evil, Tuesday 2nd Period [4/9]

"It's kind of a shock that we haven't done cheese in cupcakes yet," Summer said, with a note of realization as she started class, "which is why that's exactly what we're doing this week. Now, of course, you've got things like cream cheese and ricotta that lend themselves very well toward cupcakes, if you're feeling particularly good, but what about things like cheddar? Very popular with apples, actually. Or blue cheese? I actually have some apple spice cupcakes right here that use blue cheese! I also have some made with mac and cheese!

“Mac and cheese is a meal and it doesn’t belong on a dessert!” Stark protested with a heavy sigh. “Some of those shouldn’t be cupcakes at all. But these strawberry ricotta ones should be.” They were even pink! Not that that was on purpose except for how it totally was.

"And some places do cheese cakes....not like that...traditionally!" Summer offered. "Like these cheese cupcakes that takes a cue from a popular Filipino-style cake with cheese in it."

“That’s not what cheesecakes are supposed to be,” Stark started to say but he looked at those with interest. “But those look…good?” What sorcery was this, Summer? “I’ll try one.” He was picking it up already.

"Let's all try one!" said Summer. "And see what other weird things we can do with cheese and cupcakes!"

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"I feel like I ought to be concerned," Stark said, nodding to the tub. "But I'm mostly curious."

"My dad went through a phase where he ate a lot of cottage cheese mixed with ketchup," Summer responded, which was the sort of answer that she imagined would shift things more toward concern.

She could say more, but...nahhhh, let's just see where that took them.

"With ketchup?" Stark repeated. "You're not putting ketchup in your cupcakes, are you? And... why? That doesn't sound appealing. At all."

But then again, Summer ate fly ice cream. Maybe her whole family had weird palates.

"But Stark!" Summer protested, though it was far, far more amused and teasing than it could ever be actually argumentative, as she absolutely reached for that ketchup bottle. "A tomato is technically a fruit, right? And you love fruit in cupcakes!

"I'm making it the filling," she then informed him proudly. "I'm thinking the cake'll be chocolate."

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"Summer."

Nothing else. Just her name and a small shake of his head.

"You're ridiculous, sometimes."

Tomatoes might be fruits but ketchup was a condiment!

"I know," Summer said.

What she didn't say was the unspoken and you love it, bit it was there in her smirk as she upended the tub of cottage cheese into a large bowl and started squirting the ketchup into it with wild abandon.

Of course he loved it!

And he was fascinated by it.

"I was hoping the cottage cheese was going to be the filling without the ketchup," he said with a little sigh. "Or... you can make cake with tomato soup so it might work better in the cake than the filling?"

No, Stark couldn't believe he was suggesting this either and yet here he was!

"I mean," said Summer, "you can do that. I'm doing this."

And now she was mixing that ketchup in with a big wooden spoon.

"I'll take suggestions for frosting, though."

"Something horrible," Stark said. "Green, maybe. Vegetables? I'm not eating it."

He was going to stand firm on that one, sorry.

Summer took a moment to consider all the weird shit people tossed some cottage cheese over and called a salad or something.

"Spinach?" she offered, turning an eager look Stark's way. "With pineapple!"

This may be her grossest cupcake yet!

Well, second grossest. Nothing would ever top those pus ones.

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"That's..." Stark shook his head, grinning.

"Gross. Perfect."

Someone was so very smitten.

Someone really, really was, wasn't he? And Summer was clearly doing nothing to alleviate that as she grinned right back and tilted her head toward Stark a little.

"You suuuure you don't want to try it?" she asked, oh-so-sweetly, really.

"I'm very, very sure," Stark said. "I'll be happy to watch you try it, if you like?"

Ha. Like that would happen.

"It sounds too gross for me, Summer."

"Mmmmm," Summer hummed, and surely everyone believed that she was actually thinking about it, too! "Pass. I am definitely going to enjoy taking pics of it for my Instagram, though.

"You're right, though. It does sound pretty gross."

Said with the utmost pride, of course.

"Did you take pictures of the other ones?" Stark asked, looking around at the array of cupcakes already available.

"And did you try the strawberry ricotta?" Not that he'd chosen those with her in mind. Of course.

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