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02-04-2013, 03:38 AM

Name: Rei Mikaze
Age: 24
Info: Rei is a freelance photographer and he's pretty successful as one too. When he isn't traveling for work, he works part-time at a little cafe that mostly caters to a highschool crowd. He lives alone in an apartment a couple blocks away from the cafe and seems to lead a happy life. He appears to be a kind man who is always smiling, but what could be under that smile?

Rei pulled his arms behind his head, stretching them until he heard a satisfying pop. This elicited a shudder from one of the other employees that was currently in the kitchen with him. Instead of apologizing for making his coworker feel uncomfortable, Rei chuckled. He tangled thin fingers into his long tresses and quickly braided the strands of hair together so that they wouldn't get in his way while he worked. Once done, he washed his hands before heading to the side table to look through that days menu. There was a baker at the cafe, but Rei liked to bake whenever he was in the cafe so he normally worked on the days that the baker was off work. His eyes quickly scanned the single sheet that showed the day's offerings and smiled to himself before gathering the ingredients to make the strawberry shortcake that the cafe was famous for. Honestly, even he didn't know where the rumors about the cake being able to work magic with relationships came from, but it was business. And he couldn't complain, the cake was fun to make.

He glanced at the time as he worked, going through the motions he had long since memorized after having volunteered in the cafe during his teen years. They should be ready by the time the highschool crowd got out for lunch. He rolled his head, to get the kinks out of his neck as he slid the finished products out of the oven and set them on a rack to cool. Then he automatically reached for the materials to make the decorations and the frosting. Years of practice made it so that his motions were precise and each cake looked like it had been taken right out of the photos that were printed on each menu.

Rei placed a final strawberry on top of the last cake and smiled at his work. He'd missed doing this. He had only recently gotten back from a job abroad in a desert-like country and he couldn't be happier to be back home. A glance around the kitchen told him that the other kitchen worker had left for the day which meant he'd be the only one in the kitchen that day. Well, that was fine with him. he preferred it that way. It wasn't like he was the only one left to manage the cafe anyway, there were servers who worked in the front of the house after all. Another glance at the time informed him that there was still a couple of minutes before crowds started entering the cafe. He leaned casually against the counter-top he had been working on and contemplated the small cake he had finished last. His smile dropped at the corners and became a frown as he swiped a finger through the icing, effectively ruining the perfect image. He stuck the appendage into his mouth, sucking lightly on the sugary substance.

"..." He tilted his head slightly before picking up the cake he's just ruined and taking a bite out of it. He chewed and swallowed silently. "...I don't see what's so special about them." he muttered before finishing the cake off. He walked over to the sink to wash his hands again. "...it's sweet though." He added as an afterthought to his musings aloud. Oh well. Maybe he didn't understand it but... he glanced again at the finished cakes as he slid on a pair of serving gloves... his little sister had adored the cakes. Maybe that was why he had learned to make them so well. It was all for her after all. He pulled out the plates designated for the cakes and plated them all quickly right as the bell above the door in the front signalling the beginning of the lunch hour. He snapped covers on top of the plates. They would be removed and a drizzle added before the cakes were served if they were ordered. there were never any leftovers.

Through the rest of the lunch hour Rei alternated between helping out sparingly in the front of house and preparing any food that was ordered in the back. After working here for a while, he could pick out the majority of the regular customers, so when he saw the purple-haired and eyed boy sitting by himself, Rei paused and tried to remember if he'd ever seem him before. There was something somewhat familiar about him...

Rei returned to the back and found his eyes drawn back to the strawberry cakes again. "It wouldn't hurt...I suppose." he murmured to himself before picking a plate up and popping the cover off. He offhandedly added the drizzle before bringing the plate out and snagging a small fork from the service table. He set the plate down at the boy's table right as he got up and set the fork down beside it with a smile on his face.

"Won't you have a cake before you leave?"