Treat-Azusa

"Azusa! Azusa!" Sabrina ran up to him late Saturday morning, full of energy from who knows where, with a basket on one arm.

"Calm down. What are you, a child?" Azusa sighed.

"Maybe." Sabrina grinned at him and he couldn't help but smile ever-so-slightly back. "I've got a special treat for you, but you'll have to wait until after lunch!"

"Then why tell me about it now?"

"Because I wanted to make you wait, and if you don't know you're waiting, it's no fun for me!" She gave him a cheeky smile and he rolled his eyes.

"You spend too much time with me, if you're starting to act like that." He sighed.

"To bad." She replied, "You're stuck with me!"

"Whatever." He grabbed her hand, "Let's go." He led his girlfriend to their special place, the clearing with the stump. Once there, she immediately let go of his hand and pulled a blanket out of her basket, spreading it on the ground before pulling wrapped food out of the basket and placing it on top of the blanket. He watched as she laid out what had to be the most elaborate picnic he'd ever seen. Just how much time had she put into this?

"Ready!" She plopped herself down on the clear end and patted the spot next to her, "Join me?"

…. …. ….

Later, after the midday meal was done and Sabrina had cleaned up everything into a pile, she turned to the basket, "Time for dessert!"

Azusa groaned inwardly. As much as he adored her, she loved to eat impossibly sugary things that made his teeth ache and his stomach churn, and those were the kind of desserts she usually made. He looked over and saw her pull out two cupcakes, chocolate from the looks of them, one with a red frosting, one with a white frosting. He gave her an "are-you-kidding-me?" Look and she just smiled, "This cupcake is different. You'll have to trust me and try it!" She held out the red-frosted cupcake to him, trying to tempt him into eating it. He sighed-he knew from experience that she wouldn't stop until he at least tried it. So, he took it from her and peeled off the wrapper, taking a bite.

And froze. This was no super sweet sugary creation. This was faintly bitter and sour. It was really good.

She grinned at his creation, "I know how much you don't like sweet things, so I thought I'd experiment. It's a dark chocolate cupcake with raspberry buttercream frosting. My cupcake's also dark chocolate, but I've got white chocolate vanilla frosting."

"It's good." He said, taking another bite. She giggled and started her own. Soon, both had finished. She was smiling happily, proud of her success. He noticed she had some frosting at the corner of her mouth and leaned over, licking it off.

She squeaked, "A-azusa?!"

"You had some frosting on the corner of your mouth." He smirked, "You know, I think that sweets not all that bad if it's tempered with some Sabrina." He grabbed her wrist and pulled the red-faced girl into his lap. He kissed her before she could manage another word.