Strawberry Parfait by SaphyreFlame
Chapter One: Zakuro-chan's Homemade Birthday Cake!
Momomiya Ichigo was watching Akasaka Keiichiro design a cake. Zakuro-chan's birthday was coming up soon. He had planned on a three layer cake with pomegranate seeds sprinkled on top.
"Akasaka-san, why don't you mix sugar and chocolate powder together and sprinkle it along with the pomegranates?" Ichigo asked. She had been helping Akasaka since last week. She adapted ideas from other cakes and if it sounded good to her, she would suggest it to Akasaka-chan.
"Good idea, Ichigo-chan. We'll mix them together and taste the mixture to see if it is good. "He took out sugar and chocolate powder, and mixed them together. Akasaka-chan took a teaspoon, scooped up the mixture, and tasted.
"This is good, Ichigo-chan! Let me just finish Zakuro's frosting face and then we can put the pomegranates and powder on the other two layers. Don't let me forget the candles, okay?" The cake looked beautiful. It had white bread, with white frosting and lavender frills. Ichigo-chan was practically drooling just thinking about the cake. She walked over to the counter and looked at the cake from the top. Keiichiro-chan was trying to make a portrait of Zakuro-chan's face with frosting. It looked good, but Keiichiro-chan had smudged her right eye. Anyway, it didn't ruin the effect.
"Ichigo, come and help me sprinkle the powder." Ichigo heard Keiichiro call for her. After they were done, they stuck 18 purple candles on various positions on the cake. Now it was finally complete. Keiichiro and Ichigo stared at the cake, in splendor and elegance.
"Keiichiro-kun, it is wonderful. Can I go home now? It's getting late." Ichigo yawned. She was lazy, just like the cat DNA that was in her.
Keiichiro grinned and then nodded. Ichigo marched back into the locker room and changed out of her strawberry colored waitress uniform and into her normal clothes. She brushed her red hair into two pigtails, gathered her tote bag and left the café. She was greeted by her boyfriend, Aoyama Masaya-kun. His black hair shone in the sunset and he was still in his kendo uniform. He greeted Ichigo with a quick peck on the cheek and offered to walk her home. Ichigo grinned brilliantly.
"Hai, Masaya-kun!!!" She accepted in a happy singsong voice. When Ichigo got home, she waved and winked at Masaya-chan before coming inside her house. Her mother greeted Ichigo with a smile. Ichigo skipped upstairs and changed into a pink strawberry patterned nightie. She crawled into her bed and slept with the anticipation of Zakuro-chan's birthday tomorrow.
Note: You don't make names that are next to verbs have a following like –chan, -hime, -sensei, etc., and last names go before first names in Japan. "Hai" Means yes in Japanese and "Ie" means no. I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew.