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"BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!" Sakura's eyes flew open at the sound of the alarm. She had a killer headache and the last thing she wanted to do at the moment was go to class. Nonetheless, Sakura gritted her teeth, got ready and made her way to class. The hallway was buzzing with conversation again, mainly about Rosalind. One particular conversation infuriated Sakura.
"Rosalind is so perfect for Hanabusa senpai! The two of them were totally meant for each other." said a giggling junior to her equally giggly friend.
A thunderstorm raged in Sakura's head and she started chewing on her lower lip ferociously.
Sakura finally managed to get to her classroom. A cluster of students were gathered in front of it. Sakura craned her neck to see what the fuss was about. Rosalind and Hanabusa were the centre of attention. They were arm in arm and were smiling. Rosalind spotted Sakura and waved daintily at her with one hand, the other hand was clutching several parcels from admirers. She beckoned to Sakura to join her. Sakura reluctantly took her place on Rosalind's right.
Sakura seemed to shrink visibly. She felt self conscious standing next to Rosalind. Rosalind had immaculate long pink fairy tale hair while her own hair was a short, dark, spiky mess. Rosalind had a beautiful dimpled smile while Sakura was famous for her fearsome scowl. Rosalind was demure and graceful while Sakura was awkward and clumsy. Sakura sighed inwardly; Rosalind not only was beautiful on the outside but was also beautiful on the inside. Even that very moment she was talking to three people at the same time, listening to them all attentively and making all the right comments. Basically, Rosalind was perfect while Sakura herself was so imperfect.
Then Sakura glanced at Hanabusa. He seemed happy enough basking in the attention. Sakura found her heart aching as she looked at him. There was no denying it, Sakura liked rose boy. Sakura clenched her fists in determination. Rosalind as kind and beautiful as she was couldn't have her rose boy. One of the things Sakura had learned to do in the orphanage was to fight till the bitter end.
"Ding Dong Ding Dong" The bell rang, signalling the start of class. All the students hurried off to their classrooms including Rosalind. Strengthened with new resolve, Sakura walked into the classroom flashing what she considered her best smile at Hanabusa. Hanabusa smiled tentatively back at her with a perplexed look on his face. Sakura tried extra hard at her baking, her milk pudding got almost full marks. Almost at the end of the lesson, Sensei's mobile phone rang. Sakura's classmates tittered, mobile phones were not allowed during class. Sensei hushed the class and talked into her phone.
"The whole class?"
"What? Now?" she said.
After ending the phone call she announced to the whole class that they were going to visit another class. Apparently, one of the students of 10A had produced a masterpiece and everybody was invited to admire it and sample it. Sakura's class lined up behind Sensei and they all set out. Hanabusa nudged Sakura.
"I'll bet you a cake at Salon De Marie that it's Rosalind."
Sure enough he was right. Rosalind was at the centre of the classroom, eyes cast down modestly. In front of her was an elegant three tiered cake. It was decorated with a blanket of white cream and ornamented with sugar roses that looked so real that Sakura was tempted to check whether they were real or not. Apart from the sugar roses and white icing, patterns of raspberry syrup were painstakingly weaved around the cake. When Sakura sampled the cake, she was amazed. She could not describe in words how delicious it was. The closest she could come to was "a slice of heaven".