14AmyChan: I don't own anything~! *^_^*

Kashino: So, why are you using the Disney version?

14AmyChan: Well, first off, a lot more people are familiar with the Disney version

Ichigo: And?

14AmyChan: I have read the original, but it was so long ago that I can't remember the little details I need.

Ichigo: oh…

Kashino: You are a kid…

14AmyChan: What do you mean?

Kashino: Well, first off-

14AmyChan: Please enjoy the story~! *^_^*

Kashino: YOU CAN'T ASK WHAT I THINK AND THEN CUT ME OFF!

14AmyChan: just did~! *^_^*

"You sure we can even touch this thing?" Kashino asked as Ichigo dragged him into the kitchen. "We don't know if it's a character or not. And 'Belle' and the Beast are probably going to hear it" Kashino didn't know why he was protesting, but he had to admit that he was spouting off some sense.

"They won't hear it" Ichigo said. "They're probably off in their own little world now. And look" Ichigo patted the barmuchuhen machine. "I can touch it, and I don't think any characters would be made into food" Ichigo said as she went around the kitchen to grab all the necessary ingredients for barmuchuhen. "Just put what you want to tell her in the barmuchuhen" Ichigo said. She saw a bowl up on a shelf and was almost surprised when Kashino's hand shot up with hers. Then she remembered that they were chained together.

Kashino helped Ichigo get the bowl. He saw her make sweets to convey feelings most of the time, but he didn't really get it. Whenever the heiress made sweets, they were overdone and tasted poor. Whenever Ichigo made sweets, they were usually warm and good, but he'd never tell her that. Then she would really be spoiled. "So how do you 'put your feelings' in barmuchuhen?" he asked as he handed the bowl over and Ichigo turned around for the next item.

"For you" Ichigo thought for a minute. "Well, for me, when I think about what I'm making and who I'm making it for, it seems to just…" Ichigo thought about it some more. When she was making sweets, she just made them based on how she felt. Like that one time! she thought as she remembered. When she wanted to beat out Kashino in chocolate. When she made chocolate with those feelings, they tasted bland and awful. Then, Kashino made her a drink to perk her up and told her a little about himself. For some reason, it wasn't a competition anymore; it turned out to be a thank-you to Kashino for picking her up when she was lost. That's it!

"What do you think of when you think of her?" Ichigo asked suddenly after a small bout of thinking. Kashino didn't want to answer; he didn't want it to be too obvious… "What does this have to do with anything?" he asked. "Just trust me" Ichigo said with a smile as she dragged him back to the table along with all the things necessary for barmuchuhen. Kashino thought for a bit. When he thought of her, he thought sweets. Mainly because that was how she communicated most of the time. He also thought of her smile. It usually made him smile…

Ichigo watched as Kashino started to think. In a matter of seconds, he started smiling faintly. Now I really want to meet this girl…Ichigo thought as she smiled. A girl who can make even Kashino smile like that just has to be amazing! "She's like…" Kashino started, thinking again. To Ichigo, it looked like he was trying not to say the wrong thing. "I don't know" he said. "You can just say it" Ichigo said, spreading out the barmuchuhen necessities. "For some reason, I don't think you're being real honest with yourself" Ichigo said, then she thought of something.

"You don't have to tell me what she makes you think of," Ichigo said, taking an enormous pressure off of Kashino. "Just make the barmuchuhen with that in mind. It doesn't have to be the best, because there's no grade on it" Kashino shot Ichigo a glare, to which she just chuckled nervously. "But just make sure that this can convey those feelings." Kashino looked at the barmuchuhen, then at Ichigo. Then he sighed. "I guess you won't let me be until I try and make something, huh?" Ichigo shook her head with a smile. Kashino just sighed and got to work. Make barmuchuhen while thinking of her…?

Ichigo watched as Kashino's movements were a little bit awkward. That may have been because she was attached to his hands, though. At one point, he stopped. He just looked up and thought for a second. Ichigo wondered what he was thinking, but she didn't want to press or make him stop, so she just watched. She wanted to make something for Kashino, but the chain wouldn't let her go to the other end of the kitchen where the stove was. So she simply watched over Kashino as he made sweets with his feeling in them.

Kashino just dragged the recipe from memory and made the barmuchuhen that way. At one point, he remembered where he made food like this before. It was the only time he made Ichigo something to drink. He remembered finely chopping up some strawberries and putting it in, just for the heck of it, and she really liked it. Kashino looked around and saw some strawberries over by the sugar. How convenient…Kashino thought as he grabbed a strawberry. If there were any more than that, then it would probably be too sweet. He started chopping up the strawberry and completely forgot that Ichigo was standing right next to him.

Ichigo saw Kashino's brainstorm and decision for the strawberry. For some reason, Kashino chopping up the strawberry seemed familiar. Ichigo dismissed the feeling as lack of sleep and sudden awakenings. Kashino chopped the strawberry into a fine powder and stirred it into the barmuchuhen batter. Ichigo twisted around to turn on the barmuchuhen machine without messing Kashino up. She knew that it needed to warm up for Kashino to use. As Kashino worked, Ichigo got more and more comfortable. Soon, she was just content in watching Kashino work. He turned barmuchuhen into a song, and that song was very passionate. Ichigo smiled. Kashino was really putting his whole heart into this.

Kashino looked around to see the barmuchuhen machine on, and then stirred the batter up so that way it would be fine, but stick to the machine. The batter was ready when the machine was, so Kashino just started putting it on slowly and smoothly. He remembered the last time they tried making barmuchuhen.

"Amano" Kashino tried to warn her. "You're putting it on too fast!" Kashino watched as their grade, along with their barmuchuhen, fell into the fire.

"I'm sorry" Ichigo said, bowing her head. "I was just really hungry and I couldn't wait to eat it!"

Kashino nearly laughed at the memory. He made sure to learn from Ichigo's mistake and took his time putting the barmuchuhen on the machine. It took it's time cooking and slowly started gathering one layer after another as Kashino put them on. All too soon for him, Kashino ran out of batter. So, he let the last layer bake and then switched off the machine. He didn't even realize that he had been cooking one-handed for the last hour. Kashino turned around to see Ichigo asleep with a smile on her face. He was kind of glad that she fell asleep. Maybe it was better if it was a surprise.

Kashino took the completed barmuchuhen off the cooker and started cutting it into little slivers. He saved one for Ichigo to 'test'. He turned around to see Ichigo starting to wake up. He hid away the one for later and placed the tester so it would sit halfway between him and her.

Ichigo woke up to the scent of barmuchuhen. She didn't know when she fell asleep. All she remembered was watching Kashino and…and… nothing. Ichigo rubbed her eyes and remembered that Kashino made the barmuchuhen for his crush, whoever she was. She instantly snapped awake and looked down. So this was it. Kashino's barmuchuhen. Ichigo was surprised at how big it was! Either this was done on purpose, or he just got carried away. Judging by the look on his face, Ichigo guessed that it was the latter. "This is for her, right?" she asked, feeling dumb. "Actually, this is the tester" Kashino said. "The other one's already bagged." Ichigo was a little surprised at how on top of this he was. Usually when he talked about this girl-for the hour or so she knew that this mystery girl existed-he was pretty flustered. Now he seemed pretty calm about talking about her. "So, you want me to test it?" Ichigo asked, looking over at the barmuchuhen.

"Yeah" Kashino said. He saw Ichigo attempt to conceal how extremely happy she was. But the question was: Why was she trying to hide it? Usually she's pretty obvious about what she thinks about food. He got his answer in the next sentence. "This barmuchuhen was something you made for someone special to you" she said. She looked Kashino in the eye instead of at the barmuchuhen. "If you need it tested, you should do it, because that girl should be the only one to eat this" Ichigo said. Kashino got it, a little bit. To Ichigo, this was something he made for some mystery girl. It wasn't something she should intrude on.

"All right" Kashino said, pulling the barmuchuhen out of Ichigo's way, and she was glad he did. If it was there any longer, Ichigo thought she was going to burst. Kashino took a bite of the barmuchuhen and nodded. "I think she'll like it" was all he said. Then, he put the rest of it in a bag and placed it in the fridge. "They'll never know who made it" he said. "And if they ever find it, they won't mind eating the rest." Ichigo shrugged. She wanted to name it, but it was Kashino's, so-wait, they… 'Belle' and the Beast! Where were they?

"I think they're having lunch" Kashino said, guessing Ichigo's thoughts. "That, or they're having their snowball fight in the yard." Right after he said that, he could hear laughing and the soft POW of a snowball against a tree. "Want to go see?" Kashino offered. "It's not as cold outside as it was yesterday" he said, standing up. Ichigo just got up and followed him outside.

14AmyChan: okay, I hope that brings some peace to some of the readers~! *^_^*

Ichigo: how would that chapter bring peace to the readers?

14AmyChan: some of them might be mad because there was no cooking in this story. *^_^*

Kashino: So that's why you put the barmuchuhen machine in…

14AmyChan: actually, that was a last-minute addition to the kitchen, and I'm glad I did it. *^_^*

Kashino: so childish…

14AmyChan: please R&R~! *^_^*