A/N: Valentines Special I did for a contest but I was too lazy to post this here as well on the day so yeah its 'late'. Meh!


Burnt Chocolate

"Shit"

This quiet curse greeted the former Fuuka Academy kaichou the moment the jingle and turn of her keys reached her girlfriend's ears.

"Shit. Shit. Shit" The suppressed mutters continued, along with the tell tale signs of shuffling and panic.

"Natsuki?" Shizuru called as she took off her shoes in the foyer of her girlfriend's apartment and smelled the burnt scent in the air.

'Oh dear.' The older girl thought as she ascertained that the sound of her girlfriend's worried movement were indeed in the direction of the kitchen.

"U-um, just, er- wait right there Shizuru! I-I'll just be a second." Natsuki called back distractedly before the loud clang of metal sounded, then a splash and another curse.

"Crap!"

"Natsuki? Is everything okay?" Shizuru asked – ignoring her girlfriend's instructions to stay where she was and ventured to the battlefield in which the biker's kitchen had become.

The blue headed girl was frantic as she spun around to shield the accursed item that had fallen into the sink behind her – presenting a queasy smile upon her pale features that did little to curb Shizuru's worries.

"Um, hey, Happy Valentine's Day." Natsuki greeted uncomfortably as her hands fiddled behind her back and her gaze fell to the neatly cellophane-wrapped sweets in the Kyoto-born girl's hands.

"Happy Valentines, Natsuki." Shizuru smiled back hoping to reassure and swipe away the newly formed frown on her girlfriend's face.

But it was to no avail, as the biker turned to face her secret disaster.

"Were you making something?" Shizuru asked cautiously – weary that Natsuki may have deemed her creation a failure.

Burgundy red eyes peeked over her lover's shoulder to peer into the water filled sink that held a black mass sunken below its surface – no doubt a burnt cake still in its cake tin.

"I was trying to bake a cake for you… But I burnt it… and then I dropped it…" Natsuki grumbled with her back turned to her girlfriend – her shoulders slumped and face downcast dejectedly.

"Natsuki went through so much just for me?" The brunette cooed as she placed her gift onto the bench top and slipped her arms around her lover's waist in comfort – embracing Natsuki and snuggling her face into those midnight tresses.

"I'm sorry, Shizuru." Natsuki said in a mere whisper as she turned to return the hug – with her head hung in shame – and an adorable pout in tow.

"There is nothing to be sorry about, love, it's the thought that counts and I can feel all the love and care that Natsuki has put in for me today." Shizuru reassured as she planted light kisses onto her lover's forehead and tightened her hold.

"Mmm." Natsuki whined in turn – snuggling closer to her girlfriend like a child craving affection, and Shizuru could only melt and squeeze her love in reaction.

"Well, actually…" Natsuki started while she pulled back smoothly and looked over to the bench top beside her. "The chocolate icing turned out okay…" Her hand reached out and picked up a plastic bowl.

Shizuru took a step back – leaving a little room for Natsuki to hold and present the bowl of brown creamy substance to her with a desperate grin.

"Ara? Thank you, Natsuki!" The brunette received the gift in deliberate cheer before dipping her finger into the chocolate sauce and dabbing a dot onto the blunette's nose and licking the rest of it off her digit with a mischievous grin. "Yum!"

The biker flinched away in shock before smirking back playfully – finally recovering from her bout of depression.

The younger girl whipped her fingers into the icing and smeared chocolate on her lover's retreating face in retaliation as the two's giggles and laughter filled the room.

"You know you look pretty cute with whiskers." Natsuki teased with a broad smile.

"Do I, nyan?" Shizuru asked with one hand up like a paw - her face painted with three whisker-like lines of chocolate icing on either cheek and a dab on the tip of her nose.

But instead of the outburst of laughter that Shizuru had expected from her antics she found Natsuki's face closed in and a soft moist sensation brushing the tip of her nose.

"Yeah – cute enough to eat." Natsuki managed to murmur as she pressed her own chocolate covered nose onto Shizuru's trembling lips.

"Ara." Shizuru mumbled while the taste of chocolate seeped past her lips.

Their faces blushed red.

A burnt scent was in the air.


A/N: All this about chocolate makes me wanna eat... Gherkins... lol