Oh my, what will Kashino and Ichigo feel while in their homes now?
I was back in Spirit's world as their holiday lasts for a week but decided to check on those two for sure, although I'm sure Vanilla and Chocolate wouldn't mind…
I sat and meditated, finding Ichigo's significant aura among the million others.
Ah, there it is!
Ichigo flopped on her bed, the evening's events replaying in her mind.
Vanilla looked at her, slightly worried.
Flashback
"Ichgio"/ "Onee-chan!" The sounds of her family greeted her home as Papa put her bags in the other side of the room and all had a group hug.
Vanilla stood lonely, in the corner, a dark blue aura enticing her figure.
Later as her mother prepared her favourite dishes for dinner and she got into a small fight with Natsume, she reminisced about her loving family of three, happy to be home again.
She suddenly wondered how Kashino-san was doing.
"Ne, one-chan, thinking about the Sweet princes?" teased Natsume.
"Nani o i~tsu teru ndesu ka? Mochiron sode wa nai no!*" shouted the girl, although she was blushing.
Vanilla grinned and whispered to her, "Your sister is right!"
"Really, Ichigo? Is it Hanabusa-kun, Andoh-kun, or Kami-sama forbid… Kashino-kun?" asked her mother as she set the steaming plates of food on the table.
Her father put down the newspaper he was reading and said, "Papa objects you to be dating any boy so early and young in your age!"
"Dear, she's fourteen and later she can get married and we can have lots of grandchildren!" said her mother gleefully.
Natusme was the only one (besides Vanilla) who had noticed that Ichigo was redder than ever at the mention of Kashino-san's name and had kept quiet.
"Ano, Onee-chan, it really is Kashino-kun?"
"Enough about that, let's just eat dinner shall we? Oh, Mama you're the best, cooking all my favourites for dinner!"
All through dinner, Ichigo talked non-stop about everything happening to her except Kashino while her parents smiled knowingly, Natsume was interested and Vanille was very, very worried.
End flashback
She moaned in her pillow as Vanilla grew more and more worried.
She remembered….all those little alone moments with Kashino, their first confrontation, where she had been scolded, first-rate from the devil himself in front of everyone, how she had gotten stronger by him…
He even knows how to cook, and she could picture him making diner not just for approval, but only for her. She blushed heavily and Vanilla smiled.
I sent her the thought of the night that Ichigo discovered him tempering chocolate, only a few nights after she transferred there, was it fate? She smiled at the sent thought.
That time when she hardly slept at all and was rescued by him…The first time she was praised by him, that fall in the lake and how warm his body felt against hers.
When she fell down the stairs, and was swept up bridal style by her Mako-kun; that was the first time she realised how dead-set determined, sexy and kind a person he was and she had fallen for him, fallen damn hard.
His blatant jealousy of Henri-sensei, how dumb was she to only realise it now…. The first time she had woke up to see his handsome face in the sunlight in the kitchen…That time in when he had chased her all over the place in the sweet shops.
His smile, when he did smile, was one of beauty, the action making him look more handsome.
Although, he was a little evil, that was what had prevented her from thinking of him as just a friend and treated him a little more special.
Then, he'd given her a voice to make sure she was the model for the beautiful chocolate dress, she was stunned. Then, he was the last as always to walk her, they walked down the red carpet, they were the prince and princess…
The blunt, honest truth he had given her time and time again…The realisation of missing him when he was working with the Heiress that hit her harder like a thrown brick.
Her first dance with him, how he swooped that close to her and how she could practically smell him…The time when the oven had exploded, he held her in his arms, protecting her, and how his amber eyes looked as she stared deep into them.
Heck, they even shared a bed together!
She sat upright in determination and realised what she had been thinking about was him all along!
"I know now, I love him more than ever…I must tell him!"
"Yosh, Ichigo fight on! That's the spirit!"Shouted Vanilla.
She blushed, she never knew she had shouted that mild thought out loud then gaped, "Vanilla you knew?" accused her.
Vanilla smiled and said of course. Ichigo slumped and I smiled, thinking, don't worry, Ichigo-chan, your relationship is in good hands.
Now, time to go to Kashino's mind! Man I sound like some demented shrink.
Searching, searching, searching…
Ah, there it is! He's in his sister's house, no wonder, no wonder at all…
He laid on the bed as well, his hands behind his head as Chocolate prattled on endlessly.
He thought of Ichigo Amano.
That day, when he'd allowed his feelings for her to come out, he never had really thought of her feelings, maybe for a certain Henri-sensei…
He remembered….all those little alone moments with Ichigo, their first confrontation, where she had been scolded, first-rate from the devil himself in front of everyone, how she had gotten stronger by him…
The moment she had held the batter bowl to him and gotten this close, no a long time ago, he knew, that she was the one.
Man, she is cute….mused Kashino, perfect in every way, if not only in sweet making. He did get jealous easily; everyone from Hanabusa to Ricardo to Henri-sensei, but it's all her fault.
That time when she hardly slept at all and was rescued by him…The first time she was praised by him, that fall in the lake and how warm his body felt against hers.
How worried he was for her all the time, though he struggled to hide it, when she fell down the stairs, when she was working too hard, it all showed in his face and hers lit up knowing that he really did care…
The first time he had woke up to see her radiant face in the sunlight in the kitchen…That time in when he had chased her all over the place in the sweet shops. Her blunt honesty and truth, that made her seem all the cuter.
That rivalry with Team Francois, how he'd chosen her of all people to represent the team, because he had full confidence in her.
That night at Monsieur Blanc's how she had whispered his name in the bed, and he had gotten a tight slap, he had actually liked it…
How she made sweets with her imaginative ideas, making everyone she saw smile after eating her sweets, just like her Obaa-chan, Kashino could feel his heart quicken at her general density…
His first dance with her, how he swooped that close to her and how he could practically smell her sweet strawberry scent…The time when the oven had exploded, he held her in his arms, protecting her, and how her chocolate eyes looked as he stared deep into them.
How she had accepted his harsh criticisms and scolding's, maybe that was what bonded them together, a strong hold on each other.
He sat up straight he now knew what the real problem was, "She was right beside me all along…"
Choclate smiled and silently thanked me as she said, "Good luck Kashino!"
He spluttered. "You knew?"
She smirked, of course…
They both waited, longing for each other through heart and soul.
After one week
Ichigo stepped out of the bus the same time Kashino stepped out of his sister's limo.
'It just couldn't get any more cliché than this…' thought I.
"Ichigo?" whispered Kashino. His Sweet spirit lingered behind and so did Vanilla.
She didn't say a word however, but instead chose to run over and hug him like she did when they won the semi-finals of the school Cake Grand Prix.
He let her hair brush his face and both said, "Gomen."
They separated, and Ichigo said "We can't say it now, we have so much to learn and become successful patisserie…"
He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I can wait and so can you, let's go and achieve our dreams together."
They walked hand in hand into the academy, a broad smile gracing each one's features.
I smiled, " Mission accomplished."
Come nightfall, the four sweet spirits thanked me and I left, with a large report to submit.
'Till then see you at my next romance report, ne? Mata- ja-ne!
Hey guys, the ending was NOT a spoiler, check out episode 50 yourself, I swear!