Meeting at the Bakery [character event]

[adversarykills]

Who: Sakura [adversarykills] and Roxas [oathtooblivion].
Where: The bakery where Sakura works.
When: Wednesday 12th September, around lunch.
It was getting on for lunch, and Sakura's morning of quietly making bread and adding decorations to cake was finally over, her employer once again smiling fondly at her efforts. She was a sincere worker, always delighted to help and

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[oathtooblivion]

Roxas blinked, slightly bemused. He was positive she'd told him she would be on her lunch break right about now, so, unless he'd arrived early, why was she still working? It wasn't that surprising, though; Sakura would always try her best and work her hardest, even if she didn't need to.

"Uh, I didn't come to buy anything," Roxas said, walking over to the counter where she was stood and looking the shop over, before fixing his gaze on Sakura. "I came to see you. Remember? I said I would."

[adversarykills]

"Oh?" Sakura looked surprised - she hadn't yet actually taken to looking at her customer. Her eyes brightened, and her face stretched into a wide smile. "Oh, onii-san! I-I didn't think that.." she blushed a little. "I guess I was so busy today, that I almost forgot..." she shook her head.

[oathtooblivion]

"It's fine," Roxas said with a lopsided grin, partially out of amusement that half her face was covered in flour and she didn't even seem to take notice. Too amused to point it out to her, he continued, "I did come on pretty short notice, anyway. Are you still busy...? I can always come back later if you are."

[adversarykills]

"Oh, no, no!" Sakura said sincerely. "I've just finished, f-for lunch... I heard the door, so came to help, since everyone is working their hardest.." she trailed off, leaving the thought of 'so I must try my hardest, too' hanging, before she continued. "I was just about to leave..."

[oathtooblivion]

She looked anything but 'about to leave', in Roxas' opinion, but he shrugged it off. He frowned slightly, concern evident in his voice when he said, "I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but you shouldn't work yourself too hard all the time. You'll tire yourself out."

[adversarykills]

"I want to do my best," Sakura said sincerely. "For.. for you, onii-san, I guess," she smiled a little, before rounding the side of the counter and lifting the entrance to the backway, and stepping into the front of the shop, next to Roxas. "I... I'll be fine... really."

[oathtooblivion]

Roxas sighed, shaking his head in defeat. "Well, it's not like I can stop you. Still, I hope your boss pays you extra for all the hard work you do. You deserve it." That said, he turned towards the door, the bell tinkling softly again as he did so.

"--Oh, um, before we go," he paused, grinning sheepishly at her. "Did you realise you've got flour on your face?"

[adversarykills]

Blushing lightly at his first remark, she remained completely clueless to his second. "Hoe?" she replied blankly as she abruptly stopped a foot or so away from him, before her hand went straight to her face - recovering flour.

There was no reply, except for a very, very, dark red rising in her cheeks. "O-oh.."

[oathtooblivion]

Roxas laughed, closing the door again. "For someone who's good at baking, you sure are messy," he grinned at her embarassment, stepping fowards. "Here, I'll get it for you." Not even bothering to ask permission - this was Sakura, after all - he moved fowards to brush it gently off, wiping his hands together when he was finished and surveying her to make sure he'd gotten all of it off.

"There. Ready to go?"

[adversarykills]

Throughout it all, Sakura could only stand there, a slight look of embarssment over her face as her eyes adverted to the floor. As he finished, she looked up. "A-arigatou. Y-yes... now, I am.."

[oathtooblivion]

"Okay," Roxas said, turning back to the door, the bell ringing once again as he reopened it. He stepped outside to hold the door for Sakura, watching her expectantly. "So, is there anywhere in particular you wanted to go? We could get lunch, too."

[adversarykills]

Gratefully, she stepped through the door, into a surprisngly light wind on a surprisingly bright street - the light was almost blinding, as she covered her eyes, as she looked over at him. "O-oh, not really, we could just... walk around," she offered. "T-there's a take-away-café nearby, we could go there for lunch..."

[oathtooblivion]

"Sure," Roxas nodded, allowing the door to swing shut behind her. He paused, also having to shade his eyes with a hand to see. "It's a nice day for it, I guess."

Realising he'd just been as pathetic as to initiate a conversation on the weather first, he said quickly, "Are we heading to the café first, then?"

[adversarykills]

"Uhm, if you want to?" She smiled a little. "It is - it's so bright," she looked about. "I thought it was bright under the lights in the shop, but out here is much brighter.." Sakura paused, deciding to send the topic back to the café. "It's over this way," she nodded to her right.