Disclaimer- I do not own Prince of Tennis, but I own the OC!
This is in the girls PoV and mostly random fluff I wanted to write. My first update for the summer! Whoo!
Over Coffee and Cake
He's there again. I don't know why but he keeps coming everyday for the past two weeks. He keeps trying to talk to me, but I don't want to, he's creepy, like a stalker! He has short….ish, red hair and purple eyes. Oh great! Now's he's smiling at me with that perfect smile. Ignore him, I thought to myself. I could so feel myself blushing. Maybe I should just quit this job and get another, one with out freaky people. Come on really why me! He's never even told me his name. There are so much cuter girls then like Akira. She's a sporty type, captain of the track team, nice legs, just broke up with her boyfriend or Yuki, she popular and has a cheerful attitude.
The only quality I have is that I'm tall, that is a good thing right? I'm not as pretty as some girls, I'm quite boring. I have long brown hair which I put into a messy ponytail and I have gray eyes that are hidden from my bangs. My favorite clothing is jeans and a comfortable sweatshirt. I'm not that good in school, B's and C's, average in sports, horrible in music and art and very crude with a horrible temper and I talk to myself. So why a cute guy like him would be interested in me?!
"Karin! Stop daydreaming and get back to work!" A hand slammed down in front of me snapping me out of my rambling trance.
"Oh, sorry." I said in return. A girl named Shia tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around.
"Karin, can you cover my shift for me? I have a date you see, and I can't be late." Shia pleaded. I gulped.
"I guess that's ok..." I mumbled. I couldn't say no, I don't think I have the ability to say no.
"Thank you so much! I owe you one!" She said before running out the café door. I sighed it was going to be a long day. I picked up the tray covered with tasty treats that varied from cakes, cookies, milkshakes, ice cream, coffee, lattes, and yummy original blend tea. I could smell tiramisu from the kitchen; the rich chocolate and coffee smell overwhelmed the others.
"Lets see, table five…table five." I mumbled scanning the room for table five. "!!!" I almost fell over with my horrible luck."
"Darn it!" I said under my breath. My feet shuffled quickly over the tiled floor to where he was sitting.
"Here's your order, sir." I placed the Strawberry Shortcake and the Black Iced Coffee on the table and turned around to leave.
"Wait!" I stopped and turned back around.
"What is it?" I smiled my best fake smile.
"Um… I was wondering if you would like to talk over coffee and cake sometime." Again he asks. I sighed, how many times have I told him no.
"Sorry, I can't." I began to walk away.
"At least tell me your name!" He franticly said. I guess that can cause no harm.
"It's Karin." I told him with my back turned.
"Karin! That's an awesome name. Mine's Marui!" He hyperly told me with a grin. I smiled; I hope he didn't see me blush. I walk though the kitchen doors and put my apron on.
An order came in for our Cinnamon Chocolate Pound Cake Supreme. I took out the flour, eggs, butter, sugar, cream, cinnamon, coco powder, and my trusty wooden spatula. I started stirring the ingredients together. The cream looking batter looked and smelled delicious when I poured it into the 18 inch cake pan. I popped it in the oven at 375° and set the timer for 50 minutes. As I waited I took out the ingredients for decoration. The table was filled with strawberries, bananas, butter cream, sugar powder, and a bowl of chocolate ganache. I took the strawberries and glazed them with sugar and water to give them a shiny finish. The oven beeped and I slowly slid the cake out. I used a cake knife to cut the light and fluffy cinnamon cake in two parts. In the middle I placed cut strawberries and bananas and whipped cream. On the top I slowly covered the cake in the chocolate ganache, placed whole glazed strawberries on and poured some whipped cream in between each one. I graded some white chocolate and sprinkled it right over the chocolate top and I put it in the fridge. I sat down on the cherry wood stool and took out my math book from my school bag.
"Lets see. The square root of x is twice the number of 3 and 5 more than x multiplied by 61 and 61 is divisible by 8 less then x. what is x?... HOW THE HECK SHOULD I KNOW!!" I slammed the blue covered text book shut, and leaned up against the wall, and went to sleep.
I twisted around, to find myself on something soft. My eyes shot open, to find that I was on my bed in my pink bunny PJ's. What the?! How the heck did I get here? A note? I peeled the yellow sticky paper off my arm. 'Karin! Your manager called me yesterday to pick you up 'cause you fell asleep. Anyways, I'm out to work so remember to go to work! -Love Mom!' I looked at the clock 6:00 it read in bold red numbers. The sun was bleeding through the thin fabric of my curtains. Realizing it was Saturday, I clamped a pillow over my red dried eyes trying to block the bright light.
"Stupid Allergies! Stupid sun!" I muttered. I was futile against the sun; I laid tummy side down, my head pressed down on my soft feather pillow. Slowly going back to sleep.
-BEEP- -BEEP- -BEEP-
"Hnnn" My eyes glanced to the clock, 12:45…. "DARN IT! How did I sleep through my alarm! I'm LATE FOR WORK!!" Spiriting out of my bed, I frantically searched through my closet for my Starlit Café uniform. It was a dark blue Victorian Style uniform with yellow ribbons. "It shouldn't be this hard to find!" I shouted to my closet door. I felt something underneath my feet, I looked down, it was my uniform. I laughed to myself while I got changed. I had 10 minutes to get there while it usually takes 20 minutes on my bike. I put on my running shoes, and sprinted away.
15 minutes later, I was panting and sweating at the front doors of the Starlit Café.
"I'm here." I said panting. My legs felt like jelly and my head felt light, I wobbled in and picked up my order booklet.
"Hmmmm Lets see today's special is the Raspberry Chocolate Moose Rum Cake." I happily said to the air.
"KARIN!" Shouted a voice, which was gave me a chill up and down my spine. "You where suppose to be here two hours ago! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW IS?!" Naomi (My manager) Yelled.
"Um…a Columbus Day?" I tried.
"NO! IT'S VALENTAINE'S DAY! AND WE ARE SO BUSY TODAY FOR LAST MINUTE CHOCOLATE ORDERS!" She yelled.
"Oh… sorry…" I whispered. I walked over to the cash register "Dang it, I didn't know it was Valentines Day, like I ever celebrate it."
"Well you should!" I looked up to see Marui in front of me. "How old are you?" He asked. I was taken back at his question.
" Um…. I'm 17." I stated.
"REALLY!! I thought you were younger."
"How old are you?" I asked
"15…"
"Pfft!" I tried to holding laughter. "15!! AHAHAHAHA!" I broke out laughing!
"You're cute when you laugh." I blushed at his statement.
"So what do you like to do in your spare time?" He asked.
"Um…I like to bake and and I love gardening. What about you?"
"I'm the part of the tennis team. " He said
"Are you any good?"
"Of course! I'm a genius after all." He grinned.
"Seriously?! …Cool! What school do you go to?"
"I go to Rikkai Dai." He said
"I use to go there." I said. I got quiet; I didn't know what else to say.
"Sooooo" He said quietly "Would you like to talk over coffee and cake?"
"Sorry, but no. Why do you keep asking me?"
"Because I like you. Plus 'cause you never said yes and I want to know more about you."
"What can you possibly like about me?"
"I think you're a very sweet person and you're not like the other girls." He quietly said. I was getting mad of how he can say those things so bluntly.
"I'm not like the other girls, what do you mean? I'm not pretty like them? Not as sporty as them? You think I'm pitiful! DON'T YOU!"
"What?! That's not it!"
"I think you shouldn't talk to me anymore." My voice sound irritated.
"Huh? W-w why?" He sounded startled
"Don't you get it?!! It's because you're annoying!" I shouted. He looked very hurt. He walked out of the café and I felt like I did something horrible.
The rest of the day was horrible. I served three girls who I knew but they hated me. I served a little devil who threw his cake at me, and a woman who screamed at me and yelled that the food and service was bad. I couldn't take it anymore and smacked her. That was a bad idea; I would have got fired if I wasn't such a good baker.
When I got home that night I was so tired, my parents weren't home once again and I ended up skipping dinner and going right to bed. I was feeling so alone, did I push away someone who liked me or did I do the right thing? I'm so confused! I stared at my ceiling and started to count the glow-in-the-dark star I plastered to my bedroom ceiling. I did like him, I couldn't deny that, but did he truly like me? Would I get hurt if I did go out with him? Was I expecting too much from a guy? Am I reading to far into this? My head hurt, I couldn't think anymore. I put my ipod in my ears and put the volume as high as it could go. My eyes started to hurt and turn red. I rubbed my hands over my eyes.
"Stupid allergies." I mumbled as I went to sleep listen to the soft music that was playing in my ears.
The next day, I was up before my alarm rang and was propped on top of my bed, in a ball, with the lights off. I sighed for the 80th time that morning. I was frustrated with myself and I didn't want to go to work.
"Karin?...Karin?" I heard from outside my door. After a few moments of silence I hear my name a couple more times followed by knocking. I finally gave in.
"Come in." My mom came through the door.
"Is everything alright dear?" She asked
"Yeah everything's fine. Peachy Golden!" I said faking a smile. I totally could tell my mom was not buying this but I also knew that she knows I won't give in and tell her what's bothering me.
"Alright, but Karin just remember, I'm always here if you need me." She gave me a reassuring smile.
I slowly got out of my bed and went to take a shower which I neglected to do yesterday. The warm steam shower felt good. I got out and got changed with plenty of time to spare.
When I got to the Starlit Café it was packed jammed of girls getting chocolate to give to their crushes and boys getting chocolate for their girlfriends. With a sigh I walked up to the front counter.
"KARIN! Hurry up and fill these orders." Naomi gave me a big stack of little pieces of paper. I ran to the kitchen to start making these outrageously giant orders. One by one the heart shaped boxes disappeared into the hand of various people of all ages. Karin do this, Karin do that, Karin it's 12 to a box not 13, Karin, Karin, Karin! I had enough of my name. Going to the kitchen, filling boxes of chocolate, handing them to people at the front desk, back to the kitchen. I was getting so tired of doing that over and over again. Once in awhile I would scant the seats for Marui, whom I hadn't seen all day.
"Oh, lookie here. Little Miss Karin covered in flour. No wonder you never had a boyfriend. You're such a loser. You're going to end up alone in life, if you stay the way your are!" My classmate Hara stated. I had to suppress the urge to spit in her chocolate. I gave the chocolate with a great big fake grin. I was exhausted. I sat down, behind the counter, on the floor covered flour to take a breather.
"Karin! You're slacking! Get back to work!" A girl name Lori yelled. I closed my eyes for a moment and got back up ready to work again.
It was now seven and I still haven't seen Marui. He's usually here by now. Maybe I went to far this time. Why did I have to be so mean to him!? Darn! I was cleaning the counter, one more box of chocolate was left, the one I was planning to give to Marui today to apologize. When I exited the shop and started to walk home. I saw him standing there with a girl next to him; she was clinging on to him like a bee to honey. I was now furious. He said he liked me, but there he was with another girl. I'm not the type who jumps to conclusions but today was not my day. I stomped up to them and stared Marui right into the eyes.
"I hate you." Was all I could say before running away without anyone saying anything more.
Once again I found myself alone on my bed counting the stars. The box of chocolate I had was now tossed in my school bag. Naomi was kind and for my hard work gave me the leftover cake that we didn't sell. So I was pigging out on some of the leftovers. I was eating some of the Lemon Berry Cake, a piece of the Mocha Chocó Chip Chocó Melt Deluxe, and a bit of the Fruit Custard Tart (it was topped with a bunch of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, melon, lychee, and cherries! YUM!) While sipping a warm cup of green tea with a tad of honey. I was set. Sweets were the best things to eat when you're sad after all.
"Ugh, I feel horrible." Was the first thing I said when I woke up on Monday morning. I was lying on my bed with cake and candy surrounding me. "I don't want to go to school today." I whined. I got up anyways, because I had to. I put on a pair of faded jeans a pink t-shirt and put a large gray sweatshirt over it. I waited out side in the chilly air and waited for the bus. I could see some girls had chocolate ready to give to that certain someone. This is why I hate Valentine's Day, gigglely girls who are obsess with boys and their looks, and guys who think there all that after receiving chocolate or guys who brag about who they're giving chocolate to.
School that day can be described in one word, horrifying. There were too many people being all lovey dovey with one another. Like their going to be your solemate. When I entered to café, it was fairly empty now with the exception of a few of our regular customers. I gave an old lady (that I knew for the past year when she came in every Monday and Thursday) a cup of coffee, and she talked to me. She was always very nice.
"Karin, why don't you have a boyfriend to spend your Valentine's with?" She asked.
"Um… well I just didn't feel like asking anybody." She replied to me with a nod. Snow started to gently fall down on the streets. The front door bell rang. I looked over to see Marui standing by the doorway.
"Karin, do you have any chocolate left? No other store seems to have anymore." He asked hastily and out of breath. Was he going to give it to that girl yesterday? I looked behind the counter, there was one left. The one I brought for me to eat later.
"Um…yeah. There's one left. Here." I handed him the small heart shaped box that contained the chocolate I made.
"You made this right? When do you get off work?" He questioned. I was confused, why did it matter?
"Yeah I did and I get off about now." I hesitantly said.
"Good." He smiled. I turned away to go put my apron away.
"Karin wait!" He grabbed my arm and turned my around.
"Here." He pushed the chocolates towards me. I was surprised. "That girl yesterday, was my cousin, she came home from college yesterday and I had to spend the day with her. That's all!!! I swear!" He said all in one breathe. I genuinely smiled and laughed a little. I took the chocolates gratefully.
"I was wondering, when you get off work, would you mind talking to me over coffee and cake?" He smiled.
"I don't know, I think I'm busy." I said childishly. He nudged me and I smiled.
"Gladly." I softly whispered.
As we held each others hand and together we went out the glass doors in the slowly drifting snow to go talk over coffee and cake.
This was fun to write! I might make another chapter for Marui's PoV depending on my mood and my schedule but I probably will because I really wanted more Marui in it but couldn't accommodate it. So anyways Please Review!!!!!