Ikuto: I want some Amuto
Kashino: Heck no, Kamuno shall start!
Ikuto: Fuck no! Amu is mine!
Hime: *sweatdrop* I own nothing...
There were 4 cupcakes on the dish.
One was a moist, flavorful banana cupcake spiced with cinnamon, loaded with chocolate chips, and topped with tangy-sweet strawberry cream cheese frosting, Megumi named it "Berry Sweet."
The second one was a moist dark chocolate cupcake topped with perfectly thick, creamy, fluffy white chocolate frosting, loaded with chocolate sprinkles and melted chocolate. Rather simple but a sure eye-catcher for chocolate lovers. Amu dubbed it as "Chocolate Heaven."
The next one was a hazelnut coffee cupcakes with vanilla mascarpone frosting that closely mimic the aroma and flavor of a mug of hazelnut coffee. Cheiko called this, "Nutty Coffee Delight"
The last one was a brown sugar and caramel flavored cupcake; swirled on top of the caramel cupcake is a thick layer of salted caramel frosting and adorning that luscious frosting is a petite salted caramel candy. Natsuki grinned as she proudly introduced it as the "Caramel Overkill"
(Cupcakes are not mine! Links can be found on profile!)
Each member of Team Ichigo took one and rather unsurprisingly, Ichigo took Megumi's and Kashino took Amu's which left Andou Cheiko's one and Satsuki with Natsuki's.
After they took their first bite into the beautifully crafted cupcakes, the teens just continued eating the cupcakes, avoiding making eye contact with their gifted kouhai. Honestly, they had no words to describe that delicious savoury sensation they felt on their tongues. It was so good, they were speechless.
Kashino looked over at Cheiko warily, "Was this an attempt to cheer us up or intimidate us?"
Cheiko smirked, "Pity presents actually but you can take it as both if you like."
Kashino scowled whilst Natsuki rolled her eyes.
"In her twisted way, Cheiko is trying to cheer you guys up. It's not the end of the world you know. The weather will change eventually. The cupcakes will give you guys energy for later when you get customers!"
However, Natsuki's words did nothing to aid the situation. In fact, to Amu's dismay, they looked even more down.
Crap
"Sakura flavour?"
The teens turned to see Megumi hunched over to look at the display.
"There is such a thing as Sakura flavoured gelato?" Cheiko asked aloud.
"We actually came up with that flavour ourselves" Ichigo informed her, flashing a smile.
Natsuki grinned, "Was the idea inspired by Amu any chance?"
"Why do you say that?" asked Andou, curious.
"Because Amu's middle name is Sakura"
Amu blushed as the teens looked at her curiously whilst Megumi giggled at her friend's plight.
Satsuki smiled then, "Actually Ichigo-chan came up with it. We all got to talking how France came up with their creations from flowers and since the sakura flowers we got were pickled in salt water, we made Sakura Salted Gelato."
Amu perked up immediately, "Mmmm, sea-salt ice cream is pretty delicious; bet salt gelato would taste good too…"
Immediately, Team Amu looked at each other and smirked. Team Ichigo watched as the girls dig into their pockets and pull out some money, "One Sakura gelato please!"
Andou's eyes widened, "Seriously?"
The girls nodded and Ichigo immediately sprang to life. She got to work immediately.
Satsuki was a little uncomfortable with the new development, "But you gave us free cupcakes, it's only fair that we-"
Natsuki shook her head, "Cheiko gave those to you as sentiments not products."
"Besides, I haven't had a gelato in ages!" Megumi told them, a little excited.
Cheiko deadpanned at that, "Damn, we better not let her eat anymore sweet stuff after this. God knows what could happen next."
Megumi pouted causing Amu to smile, "Also, we want to help when we can."
"As long as it's not pity" mumbled Kashino.
"Here!" Ichigo says as she passes the girls their gelato.
The girls simultaneously licked the gelato and froze. After a few more licks, they looked at each other and then at Team Ichigo.
"How is it?" Ichigo asked, a little alarmed.
"It's…" Megumi started.
"Delicious!" Natsuki finished causing Team Ichigo to breathe a sigh of relief.
"You used Silican salt right?" asked Cheiko.
Kashino nodded in confirmation causing Cheiko to give him her usual half-smirk, half smiles.
"The harmony between the sakura petals and the Silican salts is perfectly aligned."
Kashino smirked, "Thanks Fumio."
Cheiko gave him a full smirk in return before licking the gelato again.
"It reminds me of home" Amu admitted. "But in a good way!" she added in hastily.
Kashino chuckled, "That's good to hear."
After the lunch break, it turns out the weather became scorching hot!
Team Ichigo just could not sell their gelato fast enough! However, Ichigo was troubled to find that nobody had ordered a sakura gelato yet.
"I want people to taste it…"
Then, one female voice and two male voices were heard.
"Sakura-salt gelato?" the girl asks aloud.
"Hmm, sounds interesting…" mutters one of the guys.
"How about we try it?"
"Why not?"
Ichigo finally looks up and blushes instantly.
One of the males was 5 ft 11. He was thin, yet lean. He had blue azure hair and midnight blue eyes. He had on a black leather jacket with a white shirt under it, a chain on his dark navy jeans and black Converse low-top sneakers.
The other guy was shorter but not that much. He had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail with bangs framing his face. He had these dark violet eys that reminded her of someone but she couldn't put her finger on who. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a red line going across his chest. Under that, he was wearing a dark purple long sleeved shirt with long baggy jeans to compliment the look. He had on purple Converse low-top sneakers to match.
The girl in the group, looked she was an infamous French celebrity. She had long curly platinum blonde hair and baby blue eyes. A branded handbag only Ichigo could ever dream of affording rested casually on her shoulder. Ichigo guessed the girl was actually as tall as the Iro Hime because she noticed that the blonde was wearing black pumps on her feet. The girl wore a combined dress which included a floral white patterned top and a frilled dark purple skirt which Ichigo could swear she had just seen that dress featured on the latest cover of Pretty! Magazine. Ichigo also noticed a butterfly hairpin, the same colour as the blonde's skirt was worn to keep her fringe in place as well.
She wore a mixed metal, Mr. Moustache set of 3 necklaces' one gold, one pink and the last silver. On her ears, the blonde wore champagne pink, crystal ball earstuds. On her wrist, she wore a silver charm bracelet with several multi coloured charms and on her finger; she wore a rather, simple gold infinity ring.
She even wore a little make-up too. She was the prettiest European girl Ichigo ever saw…
"You're Japanese too aren't you?" Katsuo asked her.
Ichigo nodded, officially broken out of her trance and smiled, "I'm Amano Ichigo, so you guys want to try the sakura gelato right?"
The trio nodded and spoke with Icihgo as she worked on their order.
"So is this a common flavour or is this something you guys made up yourself?" asked Lulu, curious.
"We made it ourselves" Ichigo answered proudly. Ichigo was really glad that she kept it to herself how surprised she was when she heard Lulu speak Japanse so fluently. Maybe she's half Japanese?
"But it doesn't seem to be selling though" Ikuto bluntly pointed out snapping Ichigo out of her thoughts.
"That's the sad part" Ichigo admitted as she gave the teens their order.
Lulu licked her gelato and froze.
"This isn't making sales, are you kidding?! This is good!"
Ichigo beamed, "Thank you!"
Ikuto smirked, "I agree with Lulu and I believe I might have an idea on how you can get the flavour to sell."
Ichigo listened eagerly as Ikuto told her of his idea.
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