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First slice: I love my brother but I love cake, too.
"Cake-O! Cake-O!" smiled Takumi.
The two happy parents looked at their son with glee. Whenever he was happy, he would run about their pâtisserie, sweet with the scents of fresh cakes, hand decorated with elaborate designs. His mother was pregnant now, and they teased him with his upcoming sibling.
"What shall we name your little sister?" asked his mother.
"Cake-O! Cake-O!" he said, eyes wide.
"Well, Keiko it is!" his father smiled back.
*****
"Takumi loves Keiko!" The boy, still just a toddler, held the young baby in his arms, and gave her a good squeeze. As they grew together, he shared many hand holdings and hugs with his younger sister. Protecting her from bullies, learning their parents trade, there would be nothing that would separate them apart. Nothing.
*****
"Please decorate this cake and deliver it to this address," the cold note said.
Takumi and Keiko almost never saw each other outside the pâtisserie since their parents died. Even when they worked together, a distance separated the two siblings. His bright happiness became cold obsession, as he labored and slaved over every cake. His mother taught him to bake the most delicious cakes, and his father taught his sister how to decorate them. But, on the day they were to learn each other's skills, their parents were caught in a terrible accident, and Takumi's smiling wide eyes disappeared. Despite their best attempts, the competitiveness of the big city's confectionery industry drove them out of business. Takumi would be hired by a local hotel chain. Keiko would go to cooking school in Kyoto. They would never see each other again. The phone rang. A cancellation. The last cake Takumi would bake was now unwanted. It's two layers of small round cake would never sit atop each other. The small rolled cake between them sat between them, lonely. Keiko entered the room, the cake and frosting ready, unaware of their unwanted fate. But cakes were meant to be decorated. Keiko was meant to be with Takumi.
For Keiko loved Takumi, as well.
"Cake-O! Cake-O!" smiled Takumi.
The two happy parents looked at their son with glee. Whenever he was happy, he would run about their pâtisserie, sweet with the scents of fresh cakes, hand decorated with elaborate designs. His mother was pregnant now, and they teased him with his upcoming sibling.
"What shall we name your little sister?" asked his mother.
"Cake-O! Cake-O!" he said, eyes wide.
"Well, Keiko it is!" his father smiled back.
*****
"Takumi loves Keiko!" The boy, still just a toddler, held the young baby in his arms, and gave her a good squeeze. As they grew together, he shared many hand holdings and hugs with his younger sister. Protecting her from bullies, learning their parents trade, there would be nothing that would separate them apart. Nothing.
*****
"Please decorate this cake and deliver it to this address," the cold note said.
Takumi and Keiko almost never saw each other outside the pâtisserie since their parents died. Even when they worked together, a distance separated the two siblings. His bright happiness became cold obsession, as he labored and slaved over every cake. His mother taught him to bake the most delicious cakes, and his father taught his sister how to decorate them. But, on the day they were to learn each other's skills, their parents were caught in a terrible accident, and Takumi's smiling wide eyes disappeared. Despite their best attempts, the competitiveness of the big city's confectionery industry drove them out of business. Takumi would be hired by a local hotel chain. Keiko would go to cooking school in Kyoto. They would never see each other again. The phone rang. A cancellation. The last cake Takumi would bake was now unwanted. It's two layers of small round cake would never sit atop each other. The small rolled cake between them sat between them, lonely. Keiko entered the room, the cake and frosting ready, unaware of their unwanted fate. But cakes were meant to be decorated. Keiko was meant to be with Takumi.
For Keiko loved Takumi, as well.
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