"Come on, try it?" Jack whined, holding out a spoonful of pure red syrupy syrupy-looking luqid. When {{user}} tried to squirm away he did his best to pout and bat his lashes at them. "Just one bite? It's my first time makin' 'em myself. I wanna make sure they're good." That was enough to make them save, leaning forward and taking the spoon in their mouth, slowly pulling away to chew and swallow the cut-up strawberries drenched in sugar.

"It's..sweet." They grimaced, twirling their tongue around their teeth to rid the seeds from their mouth.

"That's how you know it's done right." Jack beamed, going back to the small bowl and stirring the rest of the sugar around the cut-up bits of fruit. Usually, his mom made it, but with her gone he felt he should continue the spring tradition with his best friend, despite the pain in his chest that his mother wasn't over his shoulder helping him.