Disclaimer – I don't own Persona or Yumeiro Patissiere. I'm not quite sure how I came up with this one. I was trying to come up with a Valentine's Day fanfic and didn't expect to come up with a Mystery Story. I also didn't plan on coming up with another chaptered fanfic and was trying for a one-shot... it just didn't work.

Shibotsu Shokora
~ Shibotsu Shokora ~

The sunlight shown through the large glass windows of the cooking classroom. Amanao Ichigo had remained up all the night making chocolates for her friends and she had finally finished her surprise for each and every single one. She finished up by wrapping the chocolates to give to everyone and left them at their spots in the classroom kitchen. She then took off her apron and with bags under her eyes she went to head to bed for a few minutes.

As she was walking along she suddenly came across a conversation between two people. One of the voices she recognized as her boyfriend Makoto. "I'm honestly hoping that idiot Amano doesn't come out and find us."

"Isn't she your girlfriend?" A female voice suddenly laughed causing Ichigo to suddenly flinch.

"She's my girlfriend. Sometimes I wonder why I bother with her stupidity. I think it has to do with the fact she is a genius at what she does but with everything else she is dense. She hasn't noticed anything the past month and it annoys me to hell." Makoto spoke up rather suddenly.

Ichigo felt tears roll down her cheeks. She stormed around the corner only to find that the female person was in fact gone. "Makoto!"

The boy turned around and saw her teary eyed but seemed nonplussed about the whole situation. "You shouldn't be listening on other people's conversations Amano."

"You were kissing another girl!" Ichigo suddenly slapped his face.

"Yes I was. So what of it?" The boy glared at he in frustration. "I've been trying to tell you something this past month and you've been ignoring me."

"Maybe I just didn't want to hear that you were breaking up with me!" Ichigo noted the fact that he had been hiding something from her the past month. "Maybe I didn't want to hear that you were cheating on me either!"

"You really are dense! Avoiding stuff is not the answer. If you noticed I was acting strangely why didn't you come and speak with me?" The boy snapped his words out before getting slapped again.

Ichigo hurried away and back to her dorm room. She threw a few books across the room before flopping down on her bed and sobbing into her pillow. She didn't notice whenever the door opened and closed. Finally though her roomate Rumi came in. "Ichigo... there is a package left on the desk."

Ichigo glanced up and looked at the wrapped up chocolate that included a note. She walked over and sat down. She picked up the note and read it.

"Ichigo... I'm sorry for this morning. I liked the design of the chocolate you gave me but I'm waiting to eat it until I can speak with you. Kashino."

"Baka!" Ichigo crumpled the note and threw it into the trash. She then scribbled down a note of her own. "Do you think I want to ever forgive you Kashino? What you did... cheating on me was despicable. You hurt me so much I want to die!"

Letting out a deep sigh she leaned back in the chair. Rumi raised an eyebrow. "I'm not eating that chocolate. Kashino made it himself for starters and it would be an insult to him if the chocolate he made for someone went uneaten. Also... eating other people's valentine candies unless they are from minor people is just rude."

At first Ichigo didn't touch the chocolate but finally she let out a deep sigh. She put a piece into her mouth and ate it. She swallowed and frowned. "Rumi... the chocolate tastes funny. I think Kashino is being mean to me. His is usually... different. It is as if he wants to spite me."

"Nonsense. I don't see why Kashino would ever make funny tasting chocolate in the first place. That is an insult to him." Rumi turned her head only to suddenly pale when she saw Ichigo suddenly clutching her throat. "Ichigo?"

Her friend collapsed to the ground and she rushed over. The female's face was turning blue and her tongue was sticking out of her mouth. The roommate got up and hurried to the hall in order to get help. Eventually the ambulance came to pick her up but Amano Ichigo was dead. Her body was being taken away for an autopsy.

Rumi found herself sitting in the chairman's office. She heard an officer speak up. "It was poison."

The girl looked up in surprise. "Kashino Makoto wouldn't poison her! He loves her very much!"

"He's the one who gave her the chocolate though?" The police officer asked. "He's the son of that famous hospital chain isn't he?"

"Well... I don't know. It was just sitting there on the desk when I got into the classroom." Rumi held her hands tightly just as two of the three Sweet Princes came hurtling through the door.

"What is going on? We heard that Amano was carted off to the hospital." Andou frowned at the officer.

The chairman spoke up. "Where is Kashino?"

Hanabusa let out a deep sigh. "When we heard that Ichigo was being taken to the hospital we decided to come and see what is going and not worry him. He's still working on Ichigo's chocolates."

"I thought..." Rumi paused. "I thought that he had finished! I was talking to him this morning about his final plans. He said something about this being very special occasion and he had to get it just right. I thought that was the chocolate that was on Ichigo's desk."

"He could be pretending he didn't get it done." The officer scolded.

"You don't know Kashino and his chocolates." Hanabusa sighed. "It is his specialty and if it is for Ichigo he's going to be even more particular about it."

"Then the chocolates weren't from Kashino. Ichigo was quite sure that something was off about the flavor." Rumi suddenly looked up in horror. "Do you think that someone tried to kill her?"

"You mean do we think someone killed her." The officer let out a deep sigh.

"Wait..." Both of the males in the room glanced at each other. Andou decided he would do the speaking. "You mean to tell us that Ichigo is dead? Whose going to tell him? I mean..."

"We could possibly do it. But..." Hanabusa glared at the officer. "You have to be mistaken!"

"He isn't. Ichigo was gone by the time the ambulance got there." Rumi glanced at the ground.

"Anything you can tell us?" The officer flipped his page in his notebook.

"Ichigo was mad about something Kashino said."

Another officer came into the room. "Amano Ichigo wrote this before she died. It could have been a suicide made to look like murder."

"You seriously have both Amano and Kashino figured out wrong. First you accuse him of murder and now you accuse her of this!" The green haired youth glared at the officers.

"I am going to have to ask you officers to leave." The chairman stood up. "Also listen to me very carefully. You aren't to make accusations against my students without proof. The Kashino family will be quick to file a lawsuit and despite the fact the Amano family can't afford a lawyer the school can. Just do your job."