Récipe 3: Koshiro Miya learns a lesson

(No use learning it though!)

Author's note: Hello, everyone! And a HUUGE thanks to AnimeGirl4576 for being the first and only person to review so far.. It means a lot!😊

If anyone has ideas, please tell me! I have ideas but I welcome more!

Too many exclamation marks.

😁 So anyways, I have decided not to include Lemon or Mint in this one. She's… gone on vacation to enjoy the summer! That gives me an idea.. Hehe..

And I realized I spelled "Makoto" as "Makato", so I just edited the chapters a bit.

Koshiro Miya looked at the mirror. Then she laughed, her usual annoying chortle ringing out in the air.

"Perfect! Are you ready yet, Johnny?"

She was a bit angry at Johnny. He had suggested they leave Ichigo and Kashino alone, which enraged her. But she decided to try out his idea anyway.

She was disguised so that no one could recognise her. It even took Johnny a while to confirm it was Miya. Her hair was now a light blonde colour, and her curls were straightened. She had disguised her eye colour, and Marron had gone to the Sweets Kingdom, so there was no way of recognising her unless you were really close to her.

Johnny was also dressed well. His hair was dyed black, and he wore plain, unattractive clothes.

"Yes, Miya!"

The two of them along with Maize, made their way to the La Rêve Couleur, and sat at a table. It was pretty late, just half an hour before closing time. The shop was half full even though it was so close to closing time. It was six months since Koshiro Miya had tasted defeat. Summer.

Ichigo came to them in her frilly uniform. "And what would you like, ma'am?"

Miya barely succeeded in holding a drooling Johnny down.

"Oh, sorry. He's always like that." And she proceeded to order the biggest cake on the menu.

"Oh, and feel free to take your time. We only came to try your shop."

"Oh, thank you so much! We will try to serve it as fast as possible."

Miya almost laughed (it would have definitely given her away) but Johnny covered her mouth just in time.

"It's alright. Take your time."

Ichigo smiled and nodded. She went into the kitchen.

Johnny looked at Maize, and nodded.

She flew off into the kitchen, with her usual excited spirit, shouting in her awful Japanese, "Kashigo time!"

Miya hissed to Johnny. "It was your idea in the first place, dimwit! Don't drool over that disgusting girl! You deserve more!"

In the kitchen, Ichigo was stirring cake batter as fast as she could.

"Ichigo, we have to do something about this! Everyday near closing time the cakes go stale! We need a proper refrigerator already!" Kashino was hurriedly tempering the chocolate.

Hanabusa nodded, his green hair swaying with him. He was adding the finishing touches to a cake, decorating it with roses.

"And the hot items can't be kept in the fridge. So we have to figure out something."

Ichigo was getting stressed. She was already trying to make this cake on time to avoid an angry customer, and now Kashino and Hanabusa were relying on her too! She wiped some sweat off her head with the back of her hand.

Kashino looked at her and smiled.

"Ichigo, baka." He was behind her, and his hands were on her shoulders. "Don't fret. We're not relying on you alone. We're in this together."

She looked up and smiled at him.

"Makoto.. Can you make me calm down?"

"How?"

Ichigo blushed. "A h-hug will do the trick.."

Kashino smiled more, a red tinge on his cheeks. He took his hands from her shoulders and wrapped it around her.

"Better, Ichigo?"

"No! This isn't a proper hug!"

Hanabusa smiled, blushing slightly. He went to Kashino's counter and continued tempering the chocolate.

"Sheesh, Kashino.. Don't leave your precious chocolate in the open like this!" He paused and looked at the two of them.

"Well, I guess you like strawberry more than chocolate now, huh?"

The two of them, after bickering for a few minutes, finally hugged to Ichigo's satisfaction. Kashino then spoke up.

"Isn't this supposed to calm you down? Why is your heart rate increasing dramatically then?"

Ichigo's face turned the colour of strawberries.

"Sheesh, Makoto!"

She heard a sound and turned around. It was Hanabusa, baking their cakes for them and humming.

"Hanabusa..Oh no! Sorry!"

Hanabusa flashed his trademark smile, the one that sent all the girls swooning.

"It's fine. Ichigo chan. Let's continue making the sweets, huh?"

Ichigo nodded, beaming. Kashino, unable to wipe the smile from his face, covered his mouth.

Meanwhile, Maize waved her wand in the air. A glowing card appeared, and she flew as fast as she could, back to Johnny and Miya.

"Johnny! Here!"

She stood on the middle of the table and made the card bigger.

Maize said, "Both of you. If you don't stay calm, I will kill you."

Both of them gulped. They knew that Maize meant what she said.

The card started playing. They saw the while thing with clenched fists, though one look from Maize silenced them.

When the card stopped playing, there was just silence.

Johnny sighed. "I will give up."

Miya was red-faced. "Baka! Why are you giving up!"

"Because I want her to be happy. Don't you want Kashino to be happy?"

She paused for a moment, and then her trademark smile appeared.

"He's happy with ME!" She sighed. "Okay, I know that Makoto and Ichigo are meant to be, but.. Without hardships, everything is boring, isn't it? I can't.. I don't want to give up just yet."

Johnny's face softened.

"Okay, Miya. It's fine for now."

Ichigo walked to Table 6 to tell them that they would get their cake only tomorrow.

They were gone. She found a note.

Ichigo, I will not trouble you again. You are happy with Kashino and I know that. Sorry, Ichigo.

Johnny, and ignore what Miya s-

Hahaha! Can't say the same for Makoto-kun though! Watch out!

I've decided to do only five chapters. Tell me if you want more!

Thanks for reading!