A/N This is my first story on . Of course it's about my favorite anime, Yumeiro Patissiere! Have fun reading and please review!

Of course, I don't own Yumeiro Patissiere! nor any of the characters in this story.

"Amano! Just what the hell do you think you're doing! Didn't I tell you to watch the temperature of the water! It shouldn't be warmer than 60 °C! Look at your thermometer!" Kashino Makoto was trying to teach his groupmate Amano Ichigo how to use chocolate in sweets. Both of them were second year students at the middle school department of St. Marie Academy, a school which teaches its students how to make delicious sweets and which trains them to become professional patissieres. Both of them belonged in group A, the best of their class. Kashino wondered how a complete beginner such as Ichigo ended up in his group.

"Aaaah! It's almost 70 °C! What should I do?" Ichigo was used to Kashino's anger, but still she didn't like it.

"You already ruined a lot of chocolate. How often do I need to tell you, always pay attention when making sweets! You space out all the time." Kashino sighed.

"To make sure you will never forget, I'll write it on your arm."

"Eehh?" Ichigo tried to pull her arm away, but she was too slow. With big letters, Kashino wrote:

'Chocolat should be 60 °C. White chocolate 35 °C to 40 °C. Always pay attention!'

"Kashino, you devil!" Ichigo rolled down her sleeve to hide the letters. Kashino looked hurt for a second but Ichigo didn't notice, as dense as she is.

"Why do you have to be so mean? Hanabusa-kun doesn't write on my arm whenever I do something wrong and neither does Andou-kun. So why do you get mad at me? I'm a beginner and I'm trying very hard to pick up everything I missed!" She threw the tools she was still holding on the table.

"I've had enough of you bossing me around! I'll study how to use chocolate on my own!" Ichigo turned around and started to walk with big steps towards the door.

Kashino was shocked. She had never reacted like that ever before. Maybe he WAS a little to harsh?

"You'll need help if you want to get better." He could slap himself. Why did he say that? He was ruining their relationship, even though he wanted it to grow so badly.

Ichigo stood still for a moment, her shoulders shaking. She turned around, opened her mouth and closed it after a while, without saying anything.
"Whatever.." she mumbled as she ran away, leaving Kashino to clean up all the mess.

"Geez, what a bothersome groupmate," Chocolat said as she peered down from under Kashino's hat. "Kashino, you better clean up all her mess, or both of you will be in trouble!"

"..."

~YP~

Where.. was she?

Ichigo stood still and looked around. This place didn't seem familiar to her. How exactly did she get here?

"Erm, don't tell me... I got lost... again?" Ichigo sighed. Well, as long as she didn't know what to do, she could sit down and enjoy the lovely weather.

You'll need help if you want to get better.

"Geez, Kashino is always saying things like this. He doesn't understand my feelings at all." Ichigo pouted.

"You weren't very nice to him either. It's not like you to act like that," Vanilla said.

"You're right. I guess I just couldn't take it anymore. Why can't he be nice to me?" Ichigo buried her face in her hands. She didn't notice her face was wet from the tears she was crying.

Vanilla looked at her partner. She knew Ichigo was in love with Kashino. She had asked Chocolat if Kashino liked somebody, but she said Kashino didn't need any other girl besides herself.

"Hey Ichigo, don't you think we should get back?" Vanilla laid her small hands on Ichigo's, trying to comfort her.
"Come on, or you'll miss Hanabusa-kun's lesson."

"You're right, I have no time to be sad." Ichigo stood up, wiped her face with a handkerchief Vanilla handed her and looked around.

"Ermm, wich way shall we go?"

~YP~

"..chigo-chan! Ichigo-chan!"

"Wh.. What am I doing here?" Ichigo opened her eyes and looked around. Then she remembered. Vanilla and her had seen the pond after a long time of walking and they had decided to lay down for a moment, to rest. Apparently, they had fallen asleep.

"Ichigo-chan, are you ready for your lessons?" Satsuki stood next to her, holding out his hand.

"Eeeh, it's already time? I'm sorry! I was spacing out again!"

Satsuki chuckled.
"It's okay, Ichigo-chan." He helped Ichigo up and together they walked to the classroom. As they were walking, Satsuki explained to Ichigo what they would practice today.

"Figures made from marzipan, right? Hmm, sounds difficult." Ichigo worried.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine. I won't yell at you if you can't do it right from the start. Just give it your all." Satsuki smiled at her.

Ichigo looked at the ground. "I guess Kashino told you everything."

"Yes. I believe he does think he was wrong treating you like that."

Satsuki said things to make Ichigo feel a little better and before they realized it, they had arrived at the cooking classroom.

"I will apologize to him tomorrow."

"He'll appreciate that." Satsuki was happy now Ichigo looked happier, too. He helped her improving her marzipan and taught her how to make roses with it.

Ichigo showed him her first rose.

"Uhh, what should I say? It's better than what most people make when they start making roses from marzipan." Satsuki hoped he wasn't too rude.

Ichigo laughed.
"You can say it looks like used toilet paper. Just teach me you secret then."

He laughed, too.
"Alright then, it doesn't quite resemble a rose. Pay more attention to the details of the petals."

At the end of the lesson, Ichigo had made several beautiful roses and Satsuki was very proud of her.

"Here, you can have one of mine." Ichigo smiled, holding out her best rose.

"Are you sure, Ichigo-chan? It's the most beautiful one you made today."

"Yes, you helped me making it. See it as a way of saying thanks, also for cheering me up."

Satsuki hesitated for a moment and then took her rose. He couldn't resist her cuteness and innocence after all.

"It's truly beautiful, Ichigo-chan. You've improved a lot."

"Thank you." She smiled even brighter.

Satsuki looked at his own flowers he made as examples.

"Would you like to have the dahlia I made?"

~YP~

Kashino was laying on his bed, thinking about Ichigo. What was it that made him act the way he did? He knew the answer, he knew it a long time ago. He just didn't want to admit it and the way he treats Ichigo was to hide it.

He loved her. Kashino Makoto was desperately in love with Amano Ichigo.

With a sigh, he stood up from his bed. He would go check out Ichigo's lesson, and when it was finished, he'd say sorry for the way he treats her.

As he walked over the grounds, he wished he had put on a coat.
"It's pretty cold for this time of the year," he muttered to himself.
Suddenly he looked up. He heard voices near the cooking classroom and recognized those of his friend Hanabusa Satsuki and Ichigo.

"...for the lesson, Hanabusa-kun. See you tomorrow!"

"Wait! There is.. I have.. something I really want you to know!"
Kashino stopped behind the classroom building, from where he could see both Ichigo and Satsuki, but where they didn't notice him. He prayed for the first time in his life, he prayed Satsuki wasn't going to say what he thought he was.

Ichigo stopped walking and turned around, her head slightly tilted. Kashino couldn't help but think she was so damn cute.
"Something you'd like to tell me?"

"Yes. Well, it is.. You know.. I lo.. Ah! I thought I could do this, but it's much harder than I thought."
Behind the building, Kashino secretly cursed himself for waiting too long to confess, but at the same time he was happy Ichigo was so dense she hadn't realized what Satsuki was trying to say yet.

"The truth is... You are very important to me, Ichigo-chan."

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Edit: I edited the chapter a little and I'm working on a new chapter.