*~ I Don't Love You, I Can't Love You ~*
*~ Chapter 4 ~*
*~ If You Like The Cake That Much ~*
"Here you go, your strawberry shortcakes," Ichigo said happily as she placed the dishes in front of the girls round the table "Enjoy!"
"Thank you!" they all cried in a chorus picking up various plates and spoons and forks.
Ichigo bowed and walked away. As she passed Masaya, who was delivering someone's key lime pie slice, she pecked him on the cheek and he smiled happily back.
"Ichigo, next order!" came Ryou's commands from the kitchen.
"Yes, sir!" she cried returning to the kitchen area.
She almost jumped a mile and screamed when she saw Kisshu standing next to Keiichiro...helping and working. Pai and Taruto were cooking too.
"Oh my god! Please no!" she hissed her tail popping out and puffing up. She stared wide-eyed at it, "Christ! Really? I thought this thing had disappeared!"
"I told you that you lost your powers when they left," Ryou explained uninterested whilst pushing a mint cheesecake in to her hands, "Table three."
"So they came back and I'm part cat again?" Ichigo whined.
"Sorry Koneko-chan," Kisshu sang as he was applying icing to a cake.
Ichigo huffed annoyed and stormed out of the kitchen into the staff room instead of main hall. She made sure her ears were flat against her head and that her tail was safely hidden under her skirt. She picked up the dish that she had momentarily put down and went back to delivering it to table three.
How annoying! Just when she thought she could be normal again!
The Kagome's approached Cafe Mew Mew, one trembling and the other looking cautious.
Keira climbed the steps and began to open the door.
"No," Uma said taking her mother's hand pulling her round to the back, "Round here. They were talking round here."
"What were you doing round the back of the café?" Keira asked suspiciously.
"They were out front but moved round here. I didn't see the alien at first and I wanted to know if I was right," Uma explained, "Turns out I was."
They got to edge where Uma had seen the boss and the Kish alien. She peered round, as did Keira out of curiosity. But there was no alien and blonde boss.
"The boss is probably back inside," Uma mumbled.
"And the alien?" Keira asked making Uma flinch slightly.
"I don't know," Uma confessed, "But I know that the boss said that he was going to be watching his every move because apparently the aliens are staying."
"Are you absolutely sure in what you're saying?" Keira asked uncertainly.
"YES!" Uma cried looking Keira in the eye, "I am sure! Why? Don't you believe me?"
"No, no, of course I do, sweetheart, but like I said I find it very hard to believe its possible," Keira told her trying to calm and quieten her down.
"Excuse me," both of the girls jumped and snapped their heads to the young man who had sprung up beside them. He smiled at them charmingly and placed the bin bag he was carrying in to the dumpster they were next to. He then brushed off his hands and continued, "You do realise that you can't cut through the back of the land in to the park, right? There's a hedge all the around the café. So I would like to know what you two lovely ladies are doing round here."
The man stood up straight and waited for their answered with a charming smile on his face. His hands were clasped together in front of him and he looked patient and calm. So he wasn't annoyed? Uma hoped so.
Uma realised then that Keira hadn't said anything yet and looked at her, Keira was staring up at the man eyes shining and mouth hung open. Clearly mesmerized. To save her from further embarrassment Uma cleared her throat loudly. Keira jumped regaining her senses and stumbled over her words.
"O-oh! Right, y-yes," Keira averted her eyes to the ground to keep from getting distracted again by his beauty, but her eyes kept trying to travel up the man to his face again, "W-well, you see we're looking for...m-my mother's cat! Its black and white, keeps running away. Sorry, about trespassing."
"Oh, I see," the man nodded, "That's absolutely fine, but I haven't seen a cat pass by lately, then again I'm hardly out of the kitchen. I'm the chef, or at least I'm the head chef now that we have more staff."
He chuckled and Keira followed suit. Uma felt slightly uncomfortable here. It wasn't that she didn't like the idea of Keira liking someone - no, she'd love a dad - it was that they seemed to have forgotten her there because of their never breaking eye contact. How Keira's eyes were shining with excitement right now and...yep, his eyes were somewhat interested.
Uma slowly slipped away to let them talk and successfully escaped the awkwardness. Wow, they must be into each other. Keira was a terrible liar but he seemed to have bought the story, either that or he was being overly nice.
Looking around, Uma sighed.
"Maybe I was seeing things..." she grumbled.
"Hey, it's you," Uma turned to see the blonde boss jogging down the steps towards her, "Are you alright? Why did you run earlier?"
"Oh, hey. Yeah, sorry about that," she apologised, scratching the back of her head, "I thought I saw...it doesn't matter," after a slightly awkward pause she said, "The cake was nice!"
He chuckled, "You said."
"Oh, yeah. I did, didn't I?" she blushed, "Um, my name's Uma Kagome, by the way."
"Ryou Shirogane, head of this establishment," he introduced himself, seemingly proud.
"I, um, I know," she smiled shyly, she then stuttered thinking about how creepy she must have sounded, "T-that you were in charge - not your name! I didn't know your n-name! That would be weird!"
He just stared at her and she almost fell in to his bright blue eyes...how beautiful.
He smiled then and said, "If you like the cake that much, why don't you come in and I'll get you another slice," he offered holding out his hand to her, "On the house."
"Oh, um," Uma's blush deepened and she looked over to see if Keira was coming back. Nope, probably still drowning in the presence of the chef. Uma looked back at Shirogane, she slowly reached out and accepted his hand, "Okay then. Thank you, Shirogane-san."
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