DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN YUMEIRO PATISSIERE NOR DO I OWN GAKUEN ALICE.
Chapter 3: Sweet Memories
Mikan was astonished by the sweets her teammates made. Each looks so delicious and amazing. She didn't even know that these kinds of sweets would exist! Amano's sweet was really cute. Her Opera Cake was rectangle in shape. It has 3 vanilla cake layers each with strawberry jam filling. It was also decorated with different coloured strawberries. It looked so good that it left Mikan's mouth open. Her eyes then moved to Hanabusa's Opera Cake and it made her feel like she was in a rose garden. It was a round kind of opera and it was decorated with rose candy art. Its base of the cake was almost the same with Amano's but instead of strawberry jam as fillings, it had almonds with creamy peanut butter. The smell of the cake danced around her nose making her smile. Next, she placed her eyes on Andou's cake. It was astonishing! It was a Japanese version of an Opera! The cake layers were green in colour and had red bean paste as its fillings. It was topped off with chocolate ganache and some Japanese flower candy art as decorations. It made Mikan feel like it is a waste eating something so beautiful. At the other side of the table she saw a chocolate Opera Cake. It looked so shiny so sweet she almost wanted to gobble it up right away. It was Kashino's cake. It was a thin chocolate cake with ground almonds, filled with ganache and coffee buttercream, and topped with more ganache.
"Sakura-san, would you mind tasting them first?" the teacher interrupted her thoughts.
"Uh, I thought you were supposed to taste them sensei, since you'll be the one grading them." Mikan answered.
"Yes that is correct but I want you to taste each of their cakes. To give you an idea of their skills and to give you a head start on sweets." the teacher explained.
"Souka. Jaa, itadakimasu~!" Mikan said hiding her smile.
As she ate each of the cakes her eyes widened and she suddenly had a big smile on her face. Each sweet just didn't look good, it tasted good, wait, scratch that, it was marvellous! The flavours were exploding in her mouth. They were soft and sweet. She felt like she was in heaven and that Kami-sama just rewarded her.
"So, how is it, Mikan-chan!?" Amano said while her eyes were shining.
"It's, it's was ASTOUNDING! I had never eaten a sweet this good before!" Mikan said joyfully.
"Hai, that's enough for now, it's my turn to judge." the teacher interrupted.
Soon, the teacher gave A group's marks which were all perfect marks, well, except for Amano. The teacher said that her strawberry jam was stiff so he gave her a 95 mark. I didn't really notice that though, maybe that's what's like to have an advanced palate. After a few more minutes, the teacher was done with all the checking. He congratulated everyone for improving in their sweets and then dismissed all of them. Amano told Mikan that she might be late in going back to their room so she told her to go ahead. She obeyed and went to her room ahead and saw the moon shining. She remembered Natsume. Natsume proposed to her a few months ago, while she was still in the academy. A tear broke out of Mikan's eye and she wiped it away quickly. Then, she remembered that she was alone and that made her assure that no one could see her. Natsume, I'm so sorry for leaving you. I promise I'll come back and grow stronger, for you and everyone else in the academy. I'll save you from the ESP so for now, please stay alive, Mikan thought and prayed that it could reach Natsume's mind. She went to her bed and cried herself to sleep.
*Back at Gakuen Alice*
Ruka, Hotaru, Yome, Yuu, Anna and Nonoko were staying in Natsume's room due to the fact that their rooms were destroyed from the war of the ESP. They divided the room into two to avoid the boys and the girls clashing. Hotaru made a stone wall barrier with a door that only she can open. They were all talking about one thing though, and that was Mikan.
"I wonder what that stupid Mikan's up to now." Hotaru commented in a painful tone.
"I don't know. I hope she's okay." Ruka answered.
"I hate to admit this but it's been really lonely without that baka around." Hotaru said as she polished her baka gun.
"Me too. I miss her voice. I wish I can see her again." Ruka replied.
"Hey you guys, look at Natsume! I think he's dead! He hasn't moved from that spot in hours! He keeps staring at the moon." Anna commented.
"Nope. He's actually replaying some scenes of her and Mikan. Most of those scenes in his head are actually perve…" Yome stopped before saying the word as he noticed Natsume glaring at him.
"You just awoke Nii-chan, aho." Yuu scolded.
"I know you miss Mikan, too! You're…" before completing his sentence, Yuu unleashed his Alice and made ghosts appear around Yome. After that experience, Yome passed out at the corner of the room.
"Well, that made him shut up." Anna said with a it went better than expected look on her face.
"Mm. I was scared that he might read my thoughts." Nonoko agreed.
As the girls were talking and teasing Yuu, Natsume was deep in thought. He thought of Mikan every day and never forgot her. He yearned to see her, to hear her voice, to see her smile once more. She may have saved Natsume's life but Natsume thinks it was just a waste since he feels dead without her around. Then suddenly, he heard a voice in his head.
Natsume. He winced hearing his name. He thought he was hearing things. But then the voice came back again.
I'll save you.. He couldn't make out any of the other words but he was sure that voice belonged to his fiancée, Mikan.
His eyes suddenly let out a tear hearing her voice. He then confirmed that Mikan is alive. She used telepathy though was rather weak, but that didn't matter to Natsume. The very fact that she was still alive made him smile. He concentrated hard to give her a reply and he managed to say
Polka, glad you're alive. Please come back, I'll be the one to protect you this time. I miss you.
Natsume was sure that his telepathy wasn't weak since the Telepathy Alice stone that Mikan inserted in him was barely used. He looked up to the moon again and remembered her nonchalant smile under the moonlight. The words he told her was still ringing in his head, the moon is our witness. He looked around and just noticed that Hotaru already closed the door to their barrier. He assumed that they were already asleep. He didn't move though, he kept sitting by the window and looked at the moon thinking if his beloved Mikan was looking at it too. He closed his eyes and thought, I love you Mikan, I wish you'd come back.
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I'm so sorry if I can't make the sweets more mouth watering since, I don't really know how to do that.
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Before i forget, I didn't actually re read this sorry but i got lazy :p so please bear with the errors.
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made with love:
~Rin-chan. :)
