Recipe 4: Strawberry tarts and graphic scenes

So this time they're on a plane! I have been on quite a few of them myself, and I am extremely familiar with ears popping and the nauseating feeling when you take off and land.. I am a bit like Kashino in that area😄 I don't know if Kashino really feels sick, in this fic he does so… Yeah.

Wait.. Another idea just popped up! Well, enjoy this story!

Ichigo ran to the airport as fast as she could.

"What if I miss my flight? No!" She thought as she ran, her suitcase bumping up and down behind her and an angry Vanilla flying beside her.

Kashino, Hanabusa, and Lemon were waiting along with their Sweets Spirits Chocolat, Café and Mint.

"Sheesh, that Ichigo!" Said Kashino, glancing at his watch.

"Well, she at least won't be late. I told her the plane would be leaving at 9:30, but it's actually leaving at 10. There's no other way to bring her here early."

Hanabusa, the tallest in their group, spotted Ichigo.

"There she is!"

Ichigo hurried over to the other three.

"What, the plane hasn't left yet?" She asked, her tangled hair bouncing.

Kashino smirked.

"I knew you'd be late, baka. Which is why I told you the plane would leave at 9:30 when it actually leaves at 10."

"Makoto no BAKA!"

And the bickering started again. Hanabusa chuckled.

"We'll never be bored with these two around.."

Lemon smiled too. Chocolat told her, "Hey, isn't it time to go?"

Lemon and Mint jumped. "Uh oh! Ichigo senpai! We have to hurry!"

The two of them froze midair and turned.

"We have only fifteen minutes!"

The four of them ran to the gate. They barely made it in, just before it closed. They ran into the aeroplane, put their luggage up and sat down as quick as they could. Kashino had the window seat, Ichigo had the seat left of him, Lemon had the seat left of Ichigo and Hanabusa was the furthest from the window.

The sun shone brightly as the plane took off. Hanabusa and Café made sure their hair was neat while they took off. Lemon admired the view, leaning towards Ichigo. Ichigo fiddled with the monitor in front of her, and Kashino looked very sick.

"Here!" Ichigo said, handing him the sick bag. Kashino pouted at her. "I'm not THAT sick, you know?"

Ichigo smiled. "Whatever. When will they be serving the food?!" She said, the special look in her eyes at the thought of food. Kashino turned green.

She looked at the clouds outside.

"Ooh! They look like cream!"

Kashino rolled his eyes.

"What about those grey ones over there?"

"They.. Are soggy marshmallows! And those are chocolate ones!"

"Ichigo, you're not making sense.."

Meanwhile, Lemon and Hanabusa were talking about the best spots in Sydney. That's right, they were going to Australia!

"I've heard that the Harbour bridge has beautiful fireworks on New Year!"

"I wonder what kind of cakes we'll get there."

"Have you heard of the flower garden in Canberra?"

Finally, after what seemed to be years to Ichigo, the food cart arrived.

"Do you have any cakes?"

"Yes, a few. We have juice, and fresh fruits too."

Ichigo proceeded to order all the eatables and a few drinks. Kashino and Chocolat did heir usual exasperated sigh as Ichigo gobbled them up. She grinned at Kashino, offering a piece. "Want some?"

"Yes, but Ichigo, you already bit that-"

Before she could hear him, she shoved the cake piece into his mouth. He spluttered, blushing.

Ichigo blushed too. She suddenly pointed at how beautiful the clouds outside the window were and started fiddling with a cake wrapping. Kashino smiled.

Hanabusa decided to tease Kashino a bit, because he was bored. So he sent a paper saying:

Having fun with Ichigo?

Kashino blushed and started shouting (chibi version!) to Hanabusa. The green-haired patissier replied, "But Ma-kun, there used to be nothing that could get you flustered back when we were in middle school. Now there is something, I should make use of this opportunity shouldn't I?"

"Don't you have anything better to do? Don't you have a girlfriend?"

"I do, but I don't love her as much as I love myself. Shalalala.. A lovely heart.. Shalalalalaaa.."

"There are people watching!"

"Sheesh, Kashino, Hanabusa! Stop it!" Said Ichigo, who was trying to watch a movie on the monitor.

Kashino looked at the screen. It was the Disney movie 'Trolls' in English, and Ichigo clearly didn't understand what they were saying.

Kashino took out an earplug pfrom one of her ears. "I can translate it for you, roughly."

Ichigo turned to him, her eyes shining. "Arigato, Makoto!"

He blushed. "It's nothing."

Both of them watched the movie, one earplug in each person's ears and Kashino explaining to Ichigo.

Meanwhile, the Sweets Spirits were fuming. They had been packed in along with the luggage just in case, and they still hadn't been taken out.

"And since the plane is moving, we can't use a spell." Café said with his usual logic.

Chocolat was the angriest. She kept on banging into edges until she was bruised.

Hanabusa suddenly remembered Café. "Oh guys, we forgot the Sweets Spirits in our luggage!"

Kashino paused the movie, spluttering. Ichigo paled, and Lemon worried over Mint.

Hanabusa stood up and opened the luggage rack, and out flew four indignant Sweets Spirits ('indignant' is not a word for Chocolat though, she was fuming).

"My hair is messed up, Satsuki.. Where is my comb?"

Hanabusa handed him the tiny comb, and in no time the two of them were talking about rose gardens and salons in Australia.

"I was so scared!" Mint cried to Lemon, who was apologising profusely.

"Sorry! I'll make it up to you! We can go shopping!"

Vanilla was scolding a sheepish looking Ichigo.

"Sheesh, Ichigo! How did you not remember us?"

"He.. He.. Sorry, Vanilla! I'll buy you five mini cakes!...Don't glare at me like that, it's scary! Fine, I'll buy you five normal sized.. Fine. Five large cakes. I'll carry you when you get plump like a grapefruit!"

"I. Chi. Go. Now you've done it."

"V-Vanilla? Sorry! Sorry!"

"I am NOT forgiving you until you give me those cakes!"

Since I am the writer, it is my job to cut out the extremely graphic scenes unfit for human beings. So I can only give you a brief account of the exchange between Kashino and Chocolat.

Chocolat screamed her head off, and I don't think her thoughts are necessary for me to tell you. One of them was Kashino being deep-fried. They was the least of them.

Kashino ignored her the whole time. At a point, he remarked about the likeness of a huge storm cloud in the distance to Chocolat, and then denied it and compared her to a tiny fluffy white cloud instead.

I really can't say what Chocolat said next. It scarred me for life, and probably all the others who could see the Sweets Spirits. The mole on Kashino's left butt was the least of them.

Ichigo's soul hung out of her body, and Lemon looked very dazed. Hanabusa even lost his calm façade for a moment.

Kashino then proceeded to crush his Sweets Spirit in his fist, choke her, pretend he hadn't heard anything and then run into the lavatory, steaming.

Kashino sat at his window seat, his anger at Chocolat already vented and energy levels completely depleted. Ichigo yawned beside him, and then leaned to see through the window.

"Wow.. What a beautiful sunset.."

Kashino nodded.

"We'll be landing in an hour."

"An hour till I eat the cakes in the luggage!"

Kashino rolled his eyes, smiling. "Cake pig."

She smiled at him sleepily. He didn't notice because he was looking out of the window.

He suddenly turned. Ichigo's head was on his shoulder. Blushing, he took out a blanket and wrapped it snugly around her.

"Baka.."

A few minutes later he was asleep as well, his head leaning on hers. Their hands were intertwined, and they shared the same blanket.

Chocolat and Vanilla giggled, nudging each other. This was one of the few things they agreed on. Lemon turned and blushed, and Hanabusa smiled calmly, an aura of roses around him. Their Sweets Spirits eerily did the same thing.

"What would you like to eat, sir and madam?"

Hanabusa looked at Ichigo, smiling.

"A strawberry tart, please. And a chocolate cake."

Oh, they were in for a surprise.

BTW Baka means idiot in Japanese. I don't know much about the cakes in Sydney, (though I know Sydney better than other places in Australia) and I know that they don't serve cakes in the sky..😁 Let's just pretend they do! Thanks for reading!