Rui threw his duffel bags out the plane. He sighed.
"Finally, Paris…I wonder where Shizuka could be. Paris is so big." He jumped out of the plane and grabbed his bags. "Well, I better check every bakery in Paris."
Tsukasa's mom drank her wine slowly. "Tsubaki, how are things?" Tsubaki faced her mother.
"Good. I made a deal in Hong Kong, and how are things over here?" Tsukasa's mother looked at Tsukasa and back at Tsubaki.
"Great! Except for a certain someone, then we'd be better off." Tsukasa looked away and rolled his eyes.
"Mother, Tsukasa's only human, humans make mistakes."
"Not a mistake like this! If Shizuka had married into the family, then that would've helped the business, but then again… him?" Tsukasa threw his napkin on the table and shoved his chair back. "Tsukasa sit down! Mom, that's enough."
"You're 27, when are you going to grow up?!" Tsukasa's mom yelled.
"Tsubaki, I'll wait outside." Tsubaki sighed.
"Mom, why do you insist on ruining his life?"
"Because Tsubaki, you made it too perfect for him."
"Is that wrong? I want him to live a good life."
"I gave him a good life! I also wanted one for you too."
"You wanted a good life for me? How? By taking me away form my family and changing my identity?!"
"If I didn't, you wouldn't be living this life!"
"I never said I wanted this life!"
"And yet, you never refused."
"You've taken everything away from me but you can't take Tsukasa!" Tsubaki rushed out and got in the car.
"Drive!"
"Sis, what's going on?"
"DRIVE!" Tsubaki sobbed. Tsukasa floored it. Tsubaki wiped her tears away. "Hey sis, what did she do to you?"
"Tsukasa, what if we weren't siblings?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I'm just saying. Would we even know each other?"
"Of course we would! Or I mean, either we would have never met or, you'd be a cougar and we'd be married."
"Married? Seriously?" Tsukasa looked away.
"Well… That would never happen, because we're siblings…" Tsubaki looked over at Tsukasa.
"Yeah… I guess you're right…"
The oven beeped and Tsukushi rushed to take out three round cakes. She set them out to cool and focused on them. "Lately our business hasn't been so good. I have to think of a new idea to get it going again." Tsukushi looked for inspiration; she saw a picture of the Eiffel tower and thought of Shizuka. She looked down at one of her cakes and began to draw a cartoon version of Shizuka. Before she knew it, she had drawn Tsukasa and Rui also. She walked over to the sink to wash her hands. Yuki came in and saw the cakes Tsukushi made and had an idea. Yuki took the cakes out and put them on display. Tsukushi wondered where her cakes were and went to look for them. Outside, there were people swarming all over the place. "Yuki! What's going on?"
"Tsukushi! You're face cakes are a big hit! Please write your name and address here." Tsukushi looked at everyone surprised. "Tsukushi! What are you doing? Start cooking! We have tons of orders!" Tsukushi ran back into the kitchen and began mixing the cake batter.
"Hey, Tsukasa, isn't that Tsukushi?" Tsukasa looked at the TV.
"Well, I just started with three round cakes and thought of my friends then before I knew it I had drawn all their faces on the cakes." Tsukasa smiled. "Hey, that one looks like me, oh and there's Shizuka, and Rui!"
Rui walked past a shop and looked at the TV. He walked in and listened to Tsukushi's fame. "So you're ok?" He smiled.
A French waiter came up to him. "Sir, would you like to order anything?" Rui looked around to see this was a bakery. "No, thank you." He replied in French. "But could you help me? I'm looking for someone. Do you know anyone by the name if Shizuka?"
"Oh yes, yes. That's the boss's wife. Do you know her?"
"Oh, I'm just an old friend. May I speak to her?"
"Oh, I'm sorry but they are getting married soon and had to prepare. May I take your name and phone number?"
"No, I'll come again. Thank you." Rui walked out and looked at the sign. Délicieux Délicieux. He laughed. Rui hears Shizuka's voice and hides. He peeks. "Oh so that's Darien."
Yuki locks the doors. "Whew, what as busy day." Someone knocks on the door.
Yuki sees a tall man with a suit on. She slowly opens the door. "Yes?"
"Hello, I'm president of the SCU. May I speak to Tsukushi Makino?"
"Uh yeah, hold on. TSUKUSHI!" Tsukshi ran out.
"Hello…" She quietly said.
"Tsukushi Makino. I'm president of the SCU. We would like to buy some of your cakes and sell them in our restaurant."
"My cakes? You mean face cakes?"
"No, all of your cakes." Tsukushi looked over at Yuki.
"Hold on, what's the catch?"
"No catch. For every cake you sell, we get 50% and so do you." Tsukushi looked at Yuki. Yuki nodded. "If you want to, Tsukushi."
"If you'll follow me to the SCU, we can settle things tonight." The doors opened and Tsukasa came through with Tsubaki. "Congratul…" Tsukasa saw the president.
"Hello." The president said very formal.
"What's going on?" Tsubaki asked.
"I came to make a compromise with Miss Makino here. Why don't all of you come down to the SCU and eat dinner. I'll treat."
