[Juneberry]

"Please don't be so touchy-feely..." Shawn mumbled. "It's sort of annoying to be touched too much by people you barely know..." He didn't want to sound harsh, and his voice was soft as he said it, but he really couldn't handle the constant physical expressions of comfort or other such ideas. "Sorry, it's just... I find it really irritating... I'm not one for overdoing touch when I can keep it from happening."

"As for my sister, I don't fully know her reasons, but she says it's because she felt I was useless to the family during the worst of things, and it upset her. I can sort of understand that... I couldn't find work and yet in middle school and above she was working in a bakery to help pay the bills when mom couldn't get out of bed. But still...I did more then I think she knows. Mom never really told her though, I guess."

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"Well thank you but... I want to do this on my own. It's my first big task as a pastry chef, so I want to do my very best on my own." Chloe smiled silently, digging through a bag near her for a container, taking it out to reveal a set of cupcakes, lined up neatly with white frosting and a strawberry topping each one. "If you'd like, though...I could use your input on the cupcakes I made. I wanted to give some to my cousin while I'm there. She loves cupcakes, especially if they're a sort of Neapolitan flavor mix. I love getting input though."