Short summary of Rough Diamond
Sakura Amori, an orphan arrives at Saint Marie's. She is a tough tomboy and has trouble fitting in. On the first day of school she slaps Hanabusa when he offers her a bunch of his signature roses. Sakura worked hard to get to Saint Marie's and dislikes the way Hanabusa is always seems so carefree and flirty instead of focusing on baking. Later, when Alicia, Henri Sensei's niece and queen bee of Saint Marie's bullies Sakura about being an orphan, Hanabusa comforts her. Sakura begins to wonder if she may have been wrong about Hanabusa. Meanwhile, Alicia continues to bully Sakura. Sakura impulsively insults Alicia and Alicia becomes bent on revenge. She frames Sakura of stealing an expensive wallet of hers. For awhile it looks like Sakura may be expelled and sent back to the orphanage she worked so hard to escape. As it looks like Sakura may be gone soon, Sakura and Hanabusa confess their feelings for each other. However, Alicia's minions turn on her and reveal to Henri Sensei that she framed Sakura. Alicia is sent to the French branch of Saint Marie's in disgrace.
Imperfect takes place after Rough Diamond. I had requests for a sequel of Rough Diamond so, here it is! Please REVIEW!
Sakura vigorously whipped a batch of cream. Perhaps too vigorously….. A huge splotch of cream ended up on her nose. Hanabusa smiled and licked the majority of it off her nose. Sakura scowled at him.
'That's pretty unhygienic, you know!' she complained. Hanabusa made a wry face.
'You're so unromantic.' He grumbled.
'Is that a bad thing?' retorted Sakura. Hanabusa let out a dramatic sigh.
'Oh, come on. You know you love me.' He whined. Sakura smirked.
'Seriously, Hanabusa? Justin Bieber?' she said.
Hanabusa's shoulders slumped noticeably and he went back to frosting his cake. Sakura went back to her own cake. It was a milk tea cake with light whipped cream topping. Sakura had recently discovered that her specialty was dairy products. Milk, cream, butter and cheese were most definitely her forte. The couple focused on their work, although occasionally pausing to taunt each other and sneak glances behind each other's backs. They both hummed contentedly while they worked.
Later that evening
Sakura was in the practice room having another go at perfecting her milk tea cake. Suddenly there was a poof and a tiny sparkly little butterfly appeared. Sakura cringed, she was secretly afraid of butterflies. Then in front of her very eyes, the butterfly seemed to morph into a tiny fairy girl. She had pale skin and dark eyes. Her hair was a soft silvery white that seemed to glow. She was wearing a pale pink puffy dress and wearing matching pink ballet slippers. Sakura stared at the tiny being. Sakura attempted to speak but ended up mumbling a bunch of incoherent words.
At last she managed to blurt out 'Are you a fairy?'. In response to Sakura's question, the little creature sniffed disdainfully.
'Typical human, I'm not a fairy! I'm a sweets' spirit!'
'A sweets' what?'
'Sweets' spirits pair up with human partners and help them become successful patissieres( I don't know if I spelt that right….). In return us sweets' spirits gain lots of experience and can become successful patissieres in the Sweets' Kingdom.'
'Um… so you want to become my partner?' asked Sakura.
'Sure, my name is Crème and I specialize in dairy products, just like you. So please can I be your partner?' asked Crème. For the last part she used the puppy eyes method. Sakura shrugged.
'I guess, but you've gotta get rid of all that pink!' Crème smiled happily and held out her miniscule hand for Sakura to shake.