A/N: Thankyou for your reviews, as always! :)
This one is for Iris Petals, who suggested it-
I hope you all like it.
Birthday Cake (3rd Person POV)
"Misaki!" Erika hissed, hiding behind the curtain that led to the passage to the Staff Only room.
Misaki, who was serving Usui, looked at the woman "What is it?"
Erika gestured for her to come quickly. Blinking, Misa walked over inside the room, where Aoi, Subaru and Honoka were already present.
"What are you all doing here?" Misaki asked "Who's serving the customers?"
"There are not many, so Satsuke will manage." Erika waved off casually "But Aoi, you can go help."
Aoi sighed, took a tray and disappeared. Erika turned to Misaki, Subaru and Honoka, hands on hips "Satsukes' birthday's coming up. And we have to make it special, guys!"
"How exactly?" Misaki asked.
"Of course, Misaki's so helpful, but when it comes to this she doesn't have any ideas. It's so depressing when everybody depends on her and she disappoints everyone and we can't…" Honoka started to rattle off, emitting a dark aura.
Erika, Subaru and Misaki sighed and ignored her.
"So I was thinking we decorate the whole of the café and celebrate it right here at Maid Latte!" Erika said happily.
"That's a brilliant idea!" Usui's head popped out behind Misa, who spun around, glaring at him.
"Wha- what are you doing here! This is for staff only, you stalker, get out!"
Erika looked at Usui with shining eyes "You can make the cake!"
Both Usui and Misaki who were busy with each other, stared at her.
"Really? I'd love to!" Usui smiled.
"No! What if he messes up?" Misaki protested "He's an alien- what if- what if he poisons it? You can't-"
"Misa, you can't deny he's the best cook we have. Satsuke will like it." Subaru said.
Usui smirked and eyed his girlfriend "Have a little faith, honey. I'm your boyfriend."
She went red and went away, fuming.
"I'm all set up!" Misa smiled, tying her hair up. It was a Saturday, Satsuke's birthday, and she had come to Maid Latte early- 3 hours infact- before opening hours to decorate the café in Satsuke's absence. Aoi had assured them he'd distract her as long as he could in case she 'felt like coming early'. In other words, Aoi had left them to do all the hard work.
"Okay!" Erika cried happily, looking around "Usui, you can bake the cake!"
"Subaru and I will decorate the first floor." Misaki said, smiling.
Erika nodded "Then Honoka and I will be down here-"
"I'm sorry, but I'll be needing my partner" Usui smirked.
Misaki went pink. That creep…
Erika smiled knowingly and winked "You can have Misaki, then-"
"N-No! No way- I refuse! I decline!" Misaki cried but Usui carried her away.
"Let's go, sweetheart"
"They're really perfect" Subaru said.
"Ofcourse Usui had to go for Misakis' lack of feminism . I mean, she never wears outfits that girls do. It's almost as if she was a boy who grew his hair long because…." Honoka started babbling again.
Subaru adjusted her glasses and went away, avoiding her.
Erika sighed "I hate when Honoka gets this way…"
"Put me down, you alien!"
"Yep. We're all good" Usui set Misaki down, washed his hands and began sorting through the ingredients.
"What do you mean? YOU CAN'T GO AROUND PICKING ME EVERYTIME YOU…"
"Hmmm….chocolate or vanilla? I guess I'll go for strawberry" Usui said thoughtfully, then threw a bowl at Misaki, who caught it, looking surprised "Get me some cake flour in it, will you? Thank you"
Boiling with rage, grinding the bowl in her grip, Misaki walked away to the closet and filled it with cake flour. The nerve of him…..
"There!" she smashed the filled bowl down on the table with all the force she had in fury. There was a shatter, a poof! and both their faces were filled with flour, the bowl broken in her hands.
"Now, now. You are a disaster" he sighed, cleaning his eyes and mouth. He made to brush the flour off her face but she shook him away and did it herself, teeth gritted.
They started again with another bowl.
"I want you to separate the whites of the egg now, and do it carefully. Like this" He demonstrated with swift and easy hands. Misaki thought it was quite easy…
She nodded, took an egg, and broke it. Before she had any time to close it again it so that only the light part of it- the egg white- would come out, the whole yolk plopped down into the empty bowl where Usui had separated the egg white successfully.
"Try another one." Usui smiled.
After 7 eggs and continuous failure, he broke the silence "You know what? Just let me do that-" he took the tray of eggs "Who don't you go add the baking powder and the flavour in it?"
Misaki stared at his hands, which were a mere blur as he took the eggs and cracked them open, then another one- then another one- she felt pathetic.
"Where did you learn all this from?" she gaped.
He smirked, handing her the bowl "Beat the egg white in one direction. I'll get some butter."
He walked out of the kitchen to the refrigerator, a smile tugging at his lips.
"How're you guys doing?" Erika came up to him, her hands strongly smelling of glue.
Usui took the butter and they made their way back to the kitchen. "Everything's fine. Misa's not that bad, I suppooooo…." A screech, a cry and a bang. His voice trailed away as both Erika and him stared at Misaki.
He had only been gone for one minute….what could've possibly gone wrong in 60 seconds..? And yet still, Misaki lay there on the floor, the bowl on top of her head with all the egg white dripping off her hair and down her face. She looked shocked and close to tears.
Erika whipped around and walked away without another word except for "I trust you, Usui…"
Usui walked upto Misaki "Misa-" he pulled her up "Mind explaining?"
She looked away, bitterly "I-I slipped-"
He sighed "Yes, of course."
He looked at her fiery red face, her cute pout and the way she looked so disappointed with herself. He chuckled softly, taking the sleeves of his full-sleeved white shirt and wiping her face gently.
"Why are you laughing?" she went angrily "You can make a very good cake- I'm just hopeless, happy?"
He looked at her fondly "Yep, you are my Misaki Ayuzawa. Come on- wash your face and get back in here."
She clenched her fists "You don't need me! I'm only going to make things worse!"
He laughed "No, you just need supervision. Now do you know what happens when I leave you out of my sight for one minute? I always look after you, you've gotten used to it." He grinned at her blush "Go now."
She went, and he made to break the eggs and do everything again, laughing to himself.
Overall, it wasn't that bad. They managed to make the batter, pour it out and put it in the oven without any more accidents.
The oven gave a ping! around half-an-hour later. Misaki leapt up to see her first ever own-made cake.
Erika, Honoka and Subaru, who had finished decorating by then, sighed with dreamy eyes, losing themselves in the fragrance as Usui brought the cake out.
"Time for the icing. Misa, if you would do the honors" Usui smiled.
"This is the best birthday ever!" Satsuke squealed. The customers were clapping, smiling at the close friendship between the staff of their favourite cafe. Satsuke flung her arms around Usui and Misaki, her face smeared with icing "Thankyou, guys! The cake looks sooooo cute! And I just tasted it- It's amazing! And Erika and Subaru and Honoka! How can I forget you!"
"MISAKI BAKED A CAKE! IT LOOKS YUMMMYYYYYY…" cried the Idiot trio.
Amidst all the yells and celebrations, Misaki smiled down at the pink cake- her first one. It had the picture of a blue-haired maid (who was supposed to be Satsuke, according to Misa) and a 'Happy Birthday Satsuke' written with tiny purple-pink rosettes adorning the periphery of the circular cake (courtesy of Usui).
Usui smiled, took Misaki's arm and pulled….
Erika was smiling, Aoi was going blue because Satsuke was hugging him too tightly, Honoka holding up the cake knife to Satsuke and Subaru wiping her glasses that were smeared with icing during the time when the maids had tried to paint Satsuke's face with the icing.
And just at the corner, if you looked carefully, stood a blonde boy, eyes closed, his lips locked intensely with a blushing, black-haired maid.
A/N: Yeah, I managed to update really quickly again, but don't get used to it; I might not be able to later on :(
I'd give up this stupid summer job if not fot the fact that I need the money. Why couldn't I just get a normal job at McDonald's like everyone else?
Okay, so tell me how this one was, Iris Petals- and everyone of you guys out there who are reading this! :)
Impressing the parents will be next, MaidSamaFanGirl, and then the School Trip, Iris Petals. :D
I'll be open to any of your ideas, as always ^^
Oh, and I got the perfect way to end this fic! Don't worry, it won't be anywhere soon, though.
Thankyou for reading and please review!
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