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Takes place after Yumeiro Patissiere Professional! Kashino and Ichigo are opening their own shop in London's Marie's Garden. Dispite running a shop, the two are in a relationship, so they try to make time for themselves. However we cant forget about Johnny and Koshiro-san! They are not going to give up on them so easily. Will love, drama, and envy ruin their Relationship and their Shop? KashinoxIchigo

~A New Beginning~

Ichigo's POV

You know, I honestly used to doubt that inspirational poster with the turtle crossing the finish line saying, "If you think you can, you can!". I mean, coming from a girl like me, I do the most stupidest stuff most of the time (Okay well, all the time) and those stupid actions come from me trying. Its like when I first entered St. Marie Academy, I screwed up before I even made it to the kitchen; in math class, science class, and even French class.

But then I started to wonder, "Maybe I can- with a little help!". I thought that after I met a little Sweets Sprit named Vanilla. Other than my family, friends and 3 teammates, Vanilla was literally always there for me when I needed it the most. I have really come a very long way, I know that for a fact. But then again, I just discovered that I wasn't even half way there when I received a phone call from Henri Lucas a long time ago.

"Next," I remember him saying. "I was thinking of building a Marie's Garden in London."

My uh, friend- friend? Yeah, friend! My friend, Kashino stood next to me as Sensei was speaking. "London? That's amazing!"

I heard Henri-sensei chuckle in the background. "Now, down to the point: would you and Kashino-kun like to run the main shop in the Garden?"

White puffs of air came out of my mouth, my heart raced and my face turned red. I was that happy. Without waiting for Kahsino's answer, I quickly answered, "Yes! Please let us do it!".

"Alright then, I'll call you later with more information."

After that phone call, I couldn't stop thinking of idea's for what kind of cake and sweets we're gonna do. Sometime, I'd even write notes down in class when Sensei's not looking or doze off and get scolded by Ameya-sensei.

Thankfully, was able to make it until I graduated high school. Henri-senei said the construction of the Garden would last until I graduated so both Kashino and I decided to wait. And speaking of graduation...

"Finally, I would like to bring up one of my most honored students," Henri-sensei said over the mic. Over these past few years, she has improved so much along with her 3 other teammates, who I can see are in the audience. "She has won the Cake Grand Pix when she was in middle school, which made the world buzzing, and got to study in Paris for 2 years. And so, it is my honor to hand out the last diploma to, Amano Ichigo."

I didn't realize they called my name. Vanilla tapped my cheek with her small hand. "Ichigo, he called you!"

I quickly stood and walked towards the stage, thankfully without tripping. As I did, one by one, people started clapping. What made it so special is that they were clapping for me and only me. I wasn't at one of Natsume's recitals, I wasn't competing in the Grand Pix with my team or anything. I had the spotlight.

Henri-sensei smiled at me as he handed my diploma. "Congratulations Ichigo. As of now, you have completed your studies here at St. Marie Academy's Japanese Campus and here by graduated."

I smiled with my eyes starting to tear up. As I took the diploma out of his hands, again, people started to applaud, louder this time. There was cheering and whistling. I can say that I've never been so happy in my life. I feel like this is just the beginning.

"UGH! COME. ON. YOU. STUPID. LUGGAGE!" I can't believe I was fighting with myself struggling to close my luggage. When I finally did, I threw my hands up. "Victory!" I shouted.

"The room is so empty..." Vanilla said looking around.

I followed her gaze. Rumi-san moved out a few days before me so I was all alone until today. I miss her already; she said she went back to her hometown and was preparing to move in with Takuya-kun. I wonder how she's doing...

As I moved my luggage and other things near the door, my phone started buzzing. I opened it and it was a text from, speak of the devil, Rumi-san.

Hey Ichigo-chan! I'm in the middle school cooking classroom! Come and meet me as soon as you can!

-Rumi

"Huh? Rumi-san is here?! Since when? And why didn't she tell me until now?!" I smiled what I knew was a goofy grin because I heard Vanilla giggle.

"Ichigo! You're still in your dress," She said stopping me as I headed out.

I looked down and saw that I was still wearing the pastel pink dress I wore during graduation, but I didn't care. "It's okay! Come on or I'll leave you behind!" I ran out of the dorm like there was no tomorrow.

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I opened the door to the cooking classroom and the cool air surrounded me. Even though it was Mid-Spring, I ran here so fast I was sweating a little.

As I walked in, I noticed three things: 1.) It was pitch black. 2.) It was insanely quiet. And 3.) It smelled... good.

"Rumi-san? Are you here?" I honestly don't think it was a prank because the text was from Rumi's phone and she would never do something like that to me. I walked further into the room and bumped into something- or someone. That someone grabbed my shoulders and laughed. Wait a second, I know that laugh. The person released me and the light illuminated the room.

I rubbed my eyes a little and I heard, "CONGRATULATIONS ICHIGO!" I was so... I can't even describe what I felt at that time. All of my friends: Rumi-san, Kana-chan, Miki-chan, Sayuri-chan, Sayama-san, Rie-san, Nakajima-san and Youko-san. There were balloons everywhere, streamers, noise makers, music and of course, cake!

But wait... something is missing...

"Amano Ichigo," one person said behind me making me jump a bit.

"To celebrate your graduation from St. Mare," another one continued.

Then one last person said, "We've put together this party."

I couldn't help but to get teary eyed when my three Sweets Princes, who were dressed fancy I might add, bowed right in front of me and said in union, "Just for you."

"Come on you guys, I've cried enough today.," Was all I could say.

Vanilla came up to me smiling from ear to ear. "I'm sorry Ichigo, I didn't want to ruin the surprise."

Chocolat, Caramel and Cafe came up behind her. "We all thought that you defiantly deserve something," Cafe said gesturing towards the food.

"As soon as the graduation ceremony was over, we all came here to prepare-desu!" Caramel was so cheerful as usual.

"After all you've been though, I guess we don't mind," Chocolat said with a soft face.

I wiped my eyes when Rumi shouted, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get this party started!"

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"I hope you already started packing," Kashino said as he took a sip of non-alcoholic champagne.

I sighed, "Yes I did, thank you very much." Man, I don't know about you, but Kashino's just been acting... weird lately. More sadistic somehow, I don't know.

Andou-kun laughed. "So, you're heading back to your hometown tomorrow?"

I nodded. "Yeah. And Kashino is heading to his sister's mansion I think. Right?"

Kashino just shrugged. "Yeah... I guess..."

Now I'm curious. I sat down my champagne glass. "Are you okay? You've been acting strange these past few days."

He looked at me like it wasn't a big deal. "...What do you mean?"

I gave him an "are-kidding-me" look. "Come on, don't give me that- !"

Hanabusa-kun cleared his throat. "Kashino," he said. "Can we speak with you for a minute?" And then he and Andou-kun led him to the other side of the room.

I raised a curious eyebrow, but shrugged it off and walked over to Rumi-san and the others.

"So, are you excited?" Sayuri-chan asked eating a piece of cake.

"Of course I am," I laughed. "So how are you guys doing? Anything new?"

"Well," Rumi began. "I just moved in with Takuya-kun and I'm working on saving up for my shop by working at a cafe of a hotel owned by a relative of his owns." She turned to Kana-chan. "How's the shop going?"

Kana-chan blused a little. "It's going well. It's been a little busy, but Sen-kun and I have been managing it perfectly."

I smiled. "I can't remember the last time I've been there. How's Ichita-kun? I heard he's planning on enrolling in- "

"I SAID I WILL, NOW SHUT UP WILL YOU!" Kashino's yell echoed the room. I turned around and he was red. I couldn't tell if it was because he was mad or...

"Geez! What is with you?!" Now I'm starting to get mad at him. "Now you're starting to get mad all of a sudden?!"

Kashino looked at me, looking like he was trying hard to scream."I-it's not... I'm not mad! Just leave me alone! It doesn't concern you!"

My friends were looking back and forth from him then me. Hanabusa-kun and Andou-kun looked at Kashino like he just made the worse mistake- which he did. I grabbed my shoulder bag and headed towards the door.

Rumi-san and Vanilla sounded like they were going to say something, but I slammed the door shut before they could stop me.

The sky was half gold half royal blue and the moon was peeking out of the horizon. The lake was glistening as I sat down on the bench beside it. I can honestly say I'll miss this place; this little park. The park where the day after we defeated Koshiro-san and Johnny on that stupid contest we had 2 years ago, I took a walk with Kashino. The park were we...

"I knew I'd find you here."

I looked up and there he was, standing in front of me panting, still in the suit he was wearing from my party. I sighed.

"I came here to be alone." No, I didn't mean to say that.

"Look, Amano- "

"Save it Kashino. I'm just exhausted. I have a lot on my mind, save it for tomorrow okay?"

"No," he said holding out his hand. "I can't."

I felt my face turn red but brushed away his hand. "Fine, what do you want?"

He took my hand anyway and held it in both of his. They were so warm and larger than mine that I reacted and squeezed them, tight. "I'm sorry. I just... I just had a lot on my mind too."

"But of course you take it out on me like always..."

"You know I didn't mean it," he said softly. "...Look, we're leaving in two days so this is the only chance I've got."

I stared into his gold eyes, a few strands of his gold colored hair fell across them. "What do you mean?"

He took a deep breath. "We've been dating for almost 3 years now, we're both 19 and about to take the next step towards our dreams. I've been, what you call, "acting strange" lately because like I said, I've had a lot on my mind."

My heart started to pound. "O-okay..."

"I yelled at you back there because... Because I was nervous I guess..."

My hands were starting to sweat in his. The cool night breeze gave me chills but it helped a little. "Nervous about what?"

And then the unthinkable: Kashino got down in front of me on one knee and looked at me steadily in the eyes. "Never in my mind I thought I'd love a girl like you, but I was wrong. I never thought a girl like you would have so much passion doing what she loved, so much that it would impress someone like me, but I was wrong. I never, ever thought I'd be doing this to someone like you... but I was wrong."

My lips trembled as I spoke. "W-what are you..."

With his hands still in mine, I felt like time had stopped when he smiled and said, "Will you marry me Ichigo?"

I forced my hands out of his grip and stared. My mouth slowly fell open as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, blush colored box. Inside was a gold ring with a little raspberry colored heart shaped diamond in the middle. I felt like I was dreaming. Was he really doing this to me right now?

I covered my mouth and managed to muffle out, "Yes."

Kashino smiled and took out the ring with trembling fingers. As he stuffed the box back in his pocket, he grabbed my hand again, slipped the ring on my finger and pulled me up. My legs were shaking so much that I nearly stumbled on my white heels and made my bun loose, making my brown curls dance around the both of us. Kashino chuckled and pushed the hair out of my wet eyes.

"I can't believe you cried and didn't notice," he said in a hushed voice.

"You... you're unbelievable," I said burring my face into his chest. "I said that I've cried enough today!"

He lifted up my chin. "But it was worth it right?"

"Right..." I slowly closed my eyes and I melted into his kiss. His free arm was wrapped around me while the hand that was under my chin, grabbed my neck, pulling me in closer. Starting to feel like I was about to fall over, again, I leaned into him and gripped the front of his dress coat and I deepened our kiss just by doing that.

I felt like I was in another world. I mean, every girl dreams of getting married to the one they love, even if they sometimes think that they'll never find that one true person. I thought that so many times that I started to believe it was true. But I guess I was wrong.

When we broke apart, we smiled at each other. "Are you nervous?" He asked.

I didn't even bother asking what he was talking about. I shook my head, "It's a new beginning, why would I be nervous?"

Kashino slowly leaned his forehead against mine and whispered, "I love you, Ichigo."

For the first time in my life, I felt like I didn't have to worry about anything at all. "I love you too... Makoto."

This honestly took me about 3 hours! XD With the proposal scene, even I was fangirling. And I've obviously been reading too many books to make a good kiss scene. X3 Anyway, I'm glad you guys are still reading and I love you all for that. Here's some story statuses!

Dancing with Demons (Shugo Chara!) - Chapter 2 in process

Sweet Melody(Yumeiro Patissiere) - Chapter 6 in process

The Reason Why I Smile (Shugo Chara!) - Haitus!

New York, New York (Yumeiro Patissiere) - Haitus!

I am Me (Shugo Chara!) - Haitus/In Process

From Me to You (Pokemon) - Haitus/In Process

Again, thank you all so much!