I'm gonna update all my stories as much as possible before school starts lol. Eeeek I'll never be able to update during marching season. :(
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Sakura was humming a random song as she added the ingredients that the wedding cake needed. She dumped flour into the large bowl as Syaoran was next to her, getting a platter ready for the cake. Sakura was now adding sugar into the concoction and after a few seconds, Syaoran suddenly said, "Stop! Arisu doesn't like things too sweet."
Sakura groaned, rolled her eyes, and turned her head to him. She stopped tipping sugar into the bowl. "I know. You told me at least 84 times!" Sakura turned back to the mixture. Syaoran started to say, "Yes, but I was just reminding—"
"ALRIGHT! Say it once more and I'll add salt!" Sakura threatened. She shot him a death glare.
Finally, Sakura finished dumping the ingredients in the bowl and she brought it to a red battering machine. She lifted the top, placed the bowl under it, and covered the top. But before she pressed the button Syaoran stopped her.
"No, don't use that," Syaoran said.
"Then what do you want me to use?"
"This," Syaoran replied, pulling out a hand batterer from his pocket. "It tastes better when you do it by hand."
"Are you crazy, you retard!" Sakura shouted. "This cake is four freaking layers. By the time we're done, it'll be dawn of the next morning!" (It was 1 PM then.)
"That's why we're here all night. I thought you knew," Syaoran chuckled. Sakura stared at him incredulously.
"Calm down, Sakura, that's why I'm here too."
Syaoran helped her mix it by hand since he was much faster than she was. When they were finished, Sakura tasted the mixture and stopped to savor it. She shook her head and sighed as she emptied the bowl into the sink. After many, many attempts, they finally made the cake taste how they wanted. Sakura placed two platters of cake at a time into the oven.
"That wasn't too bad," Sakura commented, glancing at her watch. It was now 7 PM. Syaoran gave her a look that could only mean "Told you we're not gonna stay until dawn."
While waiting for the cake, Sakura brewed two mugs of coffee and they sat down at a table in the restaurant and enjoyed it. She lifted up her cup to Syaoran saying "Cheers," and the clinking of two mugs could be heard. As they put the mugs back down on the table, they swirled the taste in their mouth with their tongues and swallowed.
"Arisu is really lucky," Sakura suddenly said. Syaoran's head shot up to look at her at once, heart beating fast.
"Why?" He demanded.
"She's getting married to a rich man...and she still has an ex who still loves her," Sakura explained. "Every woman should have such luck. Too bad there're not enough rich men or enough men to be exes." She giggled.
Syaoran chuckled, mostly to himself. 'Of course,' He thought. 'In her point of view, Arisu isn't lucky because I still like her. What was I hoping for?'
"When you get married, Sakura, I'll also bake you a cake," Syaoran promised. Sakura smiled at him. "I'll hold you to that promise, mister."
They took another sip of their coffee, swirled the taste in their tongues, and swallowed. Sakura eyed Syaoran's face. She inched closer to him until her nose was centimeters away from his cheek, or rather until Syaoran was starting to fight a blush. She giggled and reached out a hand to wipe something off his face. Syaoran slightly flinched at her touch. He felt his face burn where her fingers and his cheek came in contact. Chuckling, Sakura said, "You've got flour all over your face."
She continued to wipe his cheek off with her fingers when Syaoran reached his hand to her cheek and said, "It's all over your face, too." He laughed as he brushed off the flour from her cheek.
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"I know I shouldn't be saying this," Sakua began. "But until she says 'I do,' you still have a chance."
She placed a small figure of a bride, arm under the groom, on top of a magnificent cake. It was tall, four layers as promised, and snow white. There were large red roses made of icing lining the edges around each layer of cake. The cake was neatly decorated with creamy outlining. "It's beautiful. She'll be so happy with this cake that she'll want you back."
Syaoran rolled his eyes and Sakura stuck her tongue out at him.
"Well," Sakura said, "Ready to make this delivery?"
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Arisu was in her own house on the second floor, trying on the wedding dress she picked out. Her family was around her, straightening out her gown as Zen watched. Outside, Sakura and Syaoran arrived by car. Sakura honked loudly when she saw that Arisu was inside.
"Who's that?" Zen asked.
Arisu ran up to the window and glimpsed outside. She smiled when she saw Syaoran in the car. "I knew he'd come for me!"
Sakura opened the door and got out of the driver's seat and made her way to the trunk. After opening the trunk, she reached both arms into it and brought out an enormous box. As she slammed the trunk shut, Arisu came bolting out the door and into the driver's seat.
"Hey! Wait!" Sakura yelled as Arisu drove off without her cake. "Syaoran!" Sakura was being squashed under the weight of the enormous cake and fumbled to keep hold of the box without dropping it. Giving up, she set the cake down and watched her car drive further and further. 'Syaoran better drive that car back.'
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Arisu drove Syaoran to his own house and when they got inside, Syaoran brewed a cup of coffee. Arisu was talking on her cell phone. "Um yes, I had booked a flight for Shanghai. But now I want to cancel it. I want to go to France instead. Hai...hai. Alright, thank you."
Arisu hung up and she looked around for Syaoran. When she saw the bathroom door ajar, she walked up to it and gently pushed the door fully open. She saw Syaoran sitting on the bathroom table, drinking coffee. Arisu raised an eyebrow. "Does coffee taste better in the bathroom?"
"Why don't you try it?" Syaoran said as he handed the cup to her. He left the bathroom and strode into the living room to his coffee machine. Suddenly, Arisu stomped up to him. She slammed the cup down on top of the coffee maker. "What is up with you lately! You never used to drink espresso."
Syaoran remained silent. Arisu sighed exasperatedly and pulled out the cherry blossom necklace from her pocket. She also slammed that on top of the coffee maker. "And you never used to give me gifts like these. Why? If I wanted this crap, I could just ask Zen and he'd buy me 2,000 of them! Why did you come back for me?"
"I didn't," Syaoran said simply.
"Excuse me!" Arisu commanded. "Try saying that again."
"I didn't." Syaoran repeated, angrier this time.
"Did you not just honk your car, and declare your love for me to the world! Why did you come?"
"I was delivering your cake," Syaoran replied. Arisu was fuming. She stared daggers at Syaoran. "I could be in Shanghai right now, enjoying my honeymoon!"
"Then why don't you go?"
"Because you showed that you'd do anything to have me." And with that, Arisu started to leave. She stopped in mid-step when Syaoran muttered, "Then this must be a mistake." Arisu turned back to Syaoran. She threw him a punch square between the eyes and spat, "You have another woman."
When Arisu left the house, Syaoran was left, rubbing his nose. 'What the hell was that!'
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Sakura was riding a taxi, since her car was currently at Syaoran's house. Her head was sticking out of the window and she was enjoying the cool breeze in the sunlight, smiling. Suddenly, her cell phone rang and she picked it up from inside her purse and looked at the caller. Smirking, she flipped her phone open, held it to her ear, and said, "Are you two lovebirds fooling around now?"
"No, I'm alone at my house," came Syaoran's voice.
"Ah, I see," Sakura responded. "Anyways, I'm on an important mission right now!"
Laughing, Syaoran asked, "What is that?"
"Delivering a hot order of rice with duck blood. Ichiro just called to tell me that he was dying to have some. Maybe this is his way of saying sorry?" Sakura questioned.
"I see. Well, good luck." Syaoran hung up. Sakura did the same, but not too long after, her phone rang again. She picked it up and held it to her ear. "Moshi moshi?"
As she listened, her eyes widened in shock.
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El fin. -bows- Now it is time for you to review. -wink-
