KAWAII CUPCAKES!
Kawaii Kupcakes is owned by the Amai couple, Haruna and Hansuke. The couple are Sunan civilians in their prime of their lives. It had taken the pair over 10 years to make enough money and earn enough credit to be able to open the very successful bakery in the heart of the Golden Crystal District. Though they weren't readily welcome at first, the sweet delicacies and treats were to the point of near perfection, enough so that the couple became a huge hit with the wealthy folk of Suna. And unlike many of the businesses around the area, they are happy to cater to both the rich and the poor. They are humble people whose only expectations in life are to work hard and love each other.. and their only child; Hanone.
The bakery is fairly plain looking from the outside, with wooden shutters and a welcoming, overly large front door. The sign for their business is that of a large (like 6 feet wide) cupcake with pink frosting and the words 'Kawaii Kupcakes' over the wrapper portion also in pink.
But the fairly disinteresting outdoor look is forgotten the moment you walk in. Baked goods of every kind lay on display with beautiful bright colors and decadent flavors and aromas. There are sweets from the mundane up to the extraordinary and exotic.
Hanone arrived at her parent's bakery later in the afternoon. The location closed at 3:30 in the afternoon so she arrive at 3:35 and immediately came looking for her mother.
"Naaaa!" the young shinobi student called, entering the tasty-filled room, or rather... barging in loudly. A plump woman with raven hair and a flour covered apron came from the back room and smiled lovingly at her rough edged daughter. Hanone hurried over and wrapped her arms around her mother's thick middle. "Na. I need cookies. And some cupcakes." The request was very very odd coming from the rail thin, red haired girl since she basically hated eating sweets.
Curious, the older woman asked, "Um, alright. What for?"
Releasing the woman, Han pushed her hair away from her face. "I made a bet with one of my classmates that I could beat him at the transformation jutsu for 30 yen, but I lost so I said I would pay him but he said he didn't want money so I said I would give him baked goods worth 30 yen, or more probably, and told him to be here by 4. And it's almost 4 now!" The girl spoke rapidly, hardly taking a breath and ended with big puppydog eyes at her mom.
With a laugh, the flour-dusted woman turned around and headed back toward the nice display shelf. "Well, you know we can't sell these cookies here tomorrow or the very berry cakelets, so if you want, you can give him as many of those as you want." Hanone's parent's had high standards and... fairly high prices to make up for that. They would only put certain things out more than 2 days and some items were only displayed or sold at the bakery the same day they were baked. They were delicious for up to 4-5 days, but they only sold the best. So! There were always leftovers. Usually they could sell the next day items at a small restaurant in the Sietch Zensunna for a much lower price (and still make a profit) but clearly she was okay with parting with them. Then her mother smiled slyly as she started bagging up some of the toffee and caramel cookies, "So Hanny, tell me about this boy. Is he nice?"
Han made a face. She knew what her mom was thinking... Scooping around to the back of the display case, she started picking out the nicest looking berry cakelets (which were a berry flavored cake with cream cheese berry middle and decorated with a fanned strawberry and white chocolate curls. They were little cakes about the size of your palm) and put 4 into a white box. "Na, boys are gross. He's nice and he's smart, probably the smartest guy in the academy, but we never talked before. I guess he was really just too quiet to notice. Other girls in class said he was weird, but he'd really nice... but not like that!" Her mother had that smile about her. Evil mom, trying to embarrass her.
After they had cookies and cakelets bagged and boxed, Han sat down in one of the oversized, plush chairs in the dining room (it was fancy there) and shooed her mother away with frantic hands. She didn't want her there when Juzo arrived.
Complying with a little chuckle, because she needed to clean up anyway, Haruna left the room. It was almost 4 pm so Han just waited.
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