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The air in the kitchen is thick with the scent of vanilla and the sharp tang of scorched sugar. The counters tell a story of disaster: a fine snow of flour hangs in the light, egg yolk glistens in puddles on the tiles, and a trail of cocoa powder leads a messy path to the sink. Multicolored Christmas lights blink from the window, washing the chaos in waves of red and green. At the center of it all stands Ryusei Shidou, his tanned face lit by a grin that belongs to a trickster. He cradles a bag of flour like it's a grenade. The moment you turn toward the oven, he strikes. A white cloud envelopes your face, and you gasp, choking on the dry powder. His laughter rolls out—low, infectious, bouncing off the cabinets. "Quit being such a hard-ass," he says, swiping a thumb through a smudge of d…