Okay, this is my first hit at a TMM story. So please don't hurt me!
Disclaimer: I don't own TMM or any of its' characters. All I own is the character I came up with. And the new villains.
Ages:
Ichigo, Mint and Lettuce: 17
Pudding, Berry and Tasuku: 16
Zakuro: 18
Ryou: 17
Keiichiro: 22 (I think….)
The first chapter is merely a beginning and an explanation. The second chapters on are the ones that are going to be fun!
Burning Wax Roses Chapter One: Café of Frosting and GumdropsSuika Omochiyana stared boredly out the window of the bus taking him to Gods only knew where.
The seventeen-year-old sighed; gently letting his head hit the cold glass over and over again.
"What are you doing, Suika?" asked Keiichiro, petting the boys' watermelon-green hair. It even had the lighter green stripes going through it. Bright red eyes stared at his uncle, sighing.
"I don't wanna come live with you, Uncle Kei."
"Why not? It'll be fun. You get to help me out at the café and I know you like being a waiter. We have a lot of job opportunities open where I work—"
Suika rolled his red eyes and turned back to looking out the window at the passing people and buildings.
He really missed the orphanage.
The nephew of Keiichiro sighed, eyes remaining trained on the streets.
After his parents, Keiichiro's older brother and sister-in-law as well as Suika's older sister, had died in a fire, the courts allowed Suika to live with a friend of his named Plum in the New Hope Home Orphanage.
But Keiichiro had heard what had happened and had taken a week off of work to come up to Nagasaki where Suika was and stayed with him, filling out court applications of guardianship.
Thankfully the pastry chef hadn't forced Suika to change his last name.
Minutes later the bus stopped, "Mew Mew Café." The driver called and Keiichiro got up, helping Suika with his few bags.
"Come on, Sui-chan. This way."
Suika picked up his backpack and guitar case, following his uncle to the pink building.
Suika winced. "God, Uncle Kei, THIS is where you work? And you designed it?"
"Yes, Suika. This is the Mew Mew Café; your new home."
"I'm not living in a building made out of frosting and gumdrops."
"It's not made out of--::sigh:: Suika, just come on. I know you don't want to be here, but I'm the only family you have left. So let's try to make the best of it."
Suika rolled his eyes but shoved his hands into his pockets, pouting as he followed his uncle into the slightly empty café.
Girls littered the café, sipping at tea and munching on cakes while gossiping and laughing shrilly.
Suika winced. He had extremely sensitive ears.
Six girls and one guy milled around, passing out food, taking orders and bidding farewells.
They were all pretty cute in Suika's opinion, but he never really paid attention to anyone anymore.
A girl with red hair and cinnamon brown eyes glanced at him. "Hey, Keiichiro! You're back!"
His uncle smiled at the girls. "Yea, it's good to be back. I'll have something to tell you all once you're finished. Close up early." He turned to Suika. "Come with me, Suika."
Suika followed him, brushing by a girl with blue hair and grey eyes.
Why were all of the girls' wearing different-colored uniforms? The guy looked like a butler… and were those roller blades?
Suika smirked, remembering his own pair in his backpack. Maybe they could have a race.
Keiichiro led the teen up to a room on the second floor of the café, allowing the teen to go in and inspect the room.
The walls were painted a deep emerald green color, accenting the soft and thick cream carpet.
Keiichiro had even gone to the trouble to buy identical sheets, comforters and pillows like he used to have.
His desk looked nearly the same, situated under the wide-open window with its' emerald green velvet curtains swaying heavily in the breeze. A couch, made of brown leather, was big enough for him to lay on if he decided and was situated right next to the door, taking up the majority of the space between the door and Suika's small closet.
"How do you like it?" Keiichiro asked.
Suika gave him a small smile. "Thanks, Uncle Kei."
Keiichiro smiled back. Suika smiling was a very good thing. "You're welcome, Suika. Get unpacked and come downstairs. I want you to meet everyone."
Suika nodded and the door shut behind his uncle, leaving the teen alone for the first time since his parents' died.
The teen put down his backpack and looked to the two bags his uncle had dropped onto the couch.
He picked up the first one, a large canvas bag that held all of his clothing and the like.
All Suika owned were four pairs of jeans/shorts, ten shirts, underwear and tank tops as well as sandals and one pair of boots.
The teen sighed and put it all away, straightening out his current outfit.
The green-haired teen wore a black t-shirt with a gray long-sleeve shirt underneath it and baggy grey cargo pants along with his only pair of boots. They were scuffed and worn but comfortable as all hell.
Suika sighed, picking up his second bag and ripping it open since that was the only way he could open it. That means I'll have to sew it back together later…
Inside was his limited CD collection, battered speakers, CD player and his sheet music for his guitar as well as his tuner.
He set everything up on his desk and then pulled everything out of his backpack, flinging it on his new bed.
Pajamas (which consisted of a wife beater and holey plaid pants), tooth brush, tooth paste, deodorant, a hairbrush since his hair was too long for a comb, his only bottle of cologne, shampoo and a battered stuffed velveteen rabbit.
All of his bathroom stuff was placed in the bathroom adjoined to his room and his rabbit was placed on his pillows, propped up. "There ya go, Meron. Having fun?" he smiled at the rabbit. It only had one eye and one of its' ears was falling off, but he'd had it since he was a baby. Keiichiro had given it to him.
Suika finished his unpacking when he hooked his roller blades on his doorknob, then headed downstairs to meet whoever it was his uncle wanted him to meet.
All of the girls and the guy from before were sitting on the balcony eating creampuffs and tea, joined by his uncle and a blonde boy Suika had seen in a picture. Actually, all of the people on the balcony had been in a group picture the teen had seen in his uncle's bag.
Keiichiro got up. "Suika, there you are. Everyone, this is my nephew Suika Omochiyana. He's my older brother's son. He'll be living here with Ryou and me. Suika, the blonde is Ryou. He lives here with me. He and I are co-owners of the Mew Mew Café."
Suika nodded, "Nice to meet you."
Ryou shrugged.
"And the others here work here. There's Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, Zakuro, Berry and Tasuku. They all attend Daikanyama High School."
The redhead, green-head, blondes and the boy smiled and waved to him. The girls with the purple and blue hair just stared at him, sipping at their tea.
Suika sighed, "Nice to meet you all."
They nodded.
"Where're you from, Suika?" asked Ichigo. "I'm Ichigo Momomiya, great to meet you."
"Nagasaki." He said, picking up one of the cream puffs and the extra cup of tea his uncle had put out for him. He blinked as he took a bite out of the cream puff. "The chocolate's a little too bitter, Kei."
Keiichiro laughed as he sat down near his nephew. "Really?"
"Yea, and the cream is a little too thin."
Berry blinked. "Are you a pastry chef?"
"He's a food critic." Keiichiro laughed. "He loves to critique my food. He's been doing it since we met and he's been trying to prove he's better than me when it comes to cooking."
"That's because I am," Suika smirked. "Mind if I help you out in the kitchen, Uncle Kei?"
Keiichiro smiled brightly at his nephew. It was good to see the boy trying to get over everything and get used to his new life…or maybe he was just trying to prove even more so that he was better than him at cooking still. "Sure, why not? What do you think, Ryuu?"
Ryuu shrugged. "I don't care. It's just another person to lighten the workload. You're the one who needs the help, Keiichiro."
"Wonderful. So you'll start tomorrow, Suika."
Suika rolled his eyes and laughed, sipping at his tea.
Later the workers all left for home, leaving Suika alone with his uncle and new boss.
"Well, see you guys tomorrow." He said by way of goodnight as he headed to his room and locked his door.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, letting him stay here? He doesn't know anything about the Mew Project." Ryuu asked of his partner, concerned.
"It's the only choice we have. He'll probably find out soon enough, he's a smart boy." But I don't want that to happen just yet.
But the days to come would bring many surprises for everyone involved with Tokyo Mew Mew.
A/N: Well, there's the first chapter. I hope you all liked it!