#Custom Ice Cream Boxes Packaging

[beomiracles]

HI SERENE :3 okay so first, love the new theme and i LOVED trocyj. it’s genuinely impressive how insufferable you made yj like u had me taking walks around my room out of frustration 😭😭

and also!! i was hoping to place a request :3 so recently i had this dream where soobin and i worked at an ice cream shop and soobin was my coworker who i was also crushing on 🤭 (not to mention the fact that he looked adorable in the pink uniform). during the dream while we were closing he literally like backed me into a corner amd was about to kiss me.. like lips barely grazing each other.. and then i woke up.

so i was hoping maybe u could reimagine it? pick up where the dream left off? and maybe make it a little spicy 😇 thanks again lovie!!

-⛸️

⌞ 𝐅𝐎���𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 ⌝

DREAM RECALL the closing shift with your far too handsome coworker leaves an even bigger mess to clean than what you had originally started with.

wc -> 2.7k

pairings coworker!soobin x coworker!reader (afab) warnings unprotected sex + pullout method, some fingering, mutual pining kinda?, kind of perv!soobin but also perv!reader, lots of kissing, big dick soobin + size kink

#serene adds ✎ hehe thank you for liking the theme!! and trocyj omg, I could talk about that fic for days.. I see why everyone's pissed with yj but his character was genuinely so much fun to write >.< I'm also like insanely jealous of your dreams because wtf is this. lend me your mind.

I skimmed this once, let me know if I missed anything !

“Ah, no sorry, I’m afraid we’re out of chocolate..” You apologize as you watch the young girl’s face fall. She turns to her mother with a small pout and you bite your lip as you think of a way to salvage the situation. Just as you’re about to suggest the strawberry or mango flavor instead, your colleague's voice cuts you off. — “I’m sure we have some leftovers in the back”, Soobin chirps as he leans over the disk to peer down at the girl, “would you like me to go check?” Her face immediately brightens up as she nods feverishly and her mom gives him a thankful smile. 

Upon leaning back up, his large hand brushes past your lower back and you feel your breath hitch at the small touch. “Be right back”, he grins before disappearing through the door leading to the large freezer. — Despite having worked together for nearly three months now, you couldn’t help but do a double take whenever you saw that the two of you would be having the next shift together. Nor could you control the way your heart almost beat out of your chest whenever he as much as glanced in your direction. 

It was a hopeless crush that you were not planning on pursuing. Because there was no way that someone like Soobin would even consider someone like you. Not that he had ever mentioned a girlfriend or anything of the sort, or that you had even dared to ask. But you still refused to acknowledge your feelings as anything else besides a small heartthrob. 

Not before long, does he re-emerge from the small storage unit, a package of chocolate ice cream in his hands. You find your gaze lingering on his pink uniform, sleeves rolled up, exposing his forearms, and you bite the inside of your cheek as you follow their movement when he places the box down. — It isn’t until the mother goes to pay that you’re snapped back to reality, stumbling over your words as you squeak out a quiet, $2.35. 

“Here you go”, Soobin smiles as he hands the little girl her cone of ice cream. She giggles as she takes it from him, making a shy comment about him having soft hands. You refuse a small smirk, watching the tip of his ears turn pink as he chuckles. 

⸝⸝

As the last customer leaves an hour later, you walk over to flip the ‘OPEN’ sign to ‘CLOSED’. Somewhere behind you, you can hear Soobin shuffling around as he moves the ice cream from the disk by the front and into the freezer in the back. — You had shared plenty of shifts together, but this would be the first time you closed up just the two of you. Without the bustling noise of customers, the air suddenly felt twice as thick and you swallowed a small gulp before joining him behind the counter. 

Immersing yourself with popping the lid back onto the containers, you think of something to say, something to break the silence lingering between you. “Here let me help you”, he suddenly exclaims and you almost drop the three boxes in your arms, startled by his sudden appearance. If he noticed it, he didn’t make a comment on the matter, flashing you a small grin as he took two of the now sealed containers from your hands. “T-Thanks”, you stammer, trying your hardest not to let your cheeks flare up at the way his fingers brushed over yours. 

"Jesus christ pull yourself together", you mutter as you follow him into the storage room. The cool air in there was refreshing, easily washing off the heat emitting from your flustered body and you exhaled in relief. — You let him go first, watching as he places the ice cream boxes amongst the rest, gaze lingering on the way his forearms flexed as he did. He turns to you with a small grin and you blink a couple of times before springing into action as you walk over to the small corner. 

Your hands feel clammy against the container in your tight grip despite the cold temperature of the room. Thinking that he might leave and allow you a minute to yourself to regain your composure, you take your time as you lock up the small freezer in which the ice creams were kept. But there are no sounds of his retreating footsteps, and you can feel his gaze on you the whole time. 

It isn’t until you turn around that your heart practically leaps out of your chest. Soobin was standing barely three inches from you, his chest near pressing against your own and your eyes widened as they flickered up to meet his. — You knew that he was tall, like really tall, and there was no mistaking his broad shoulders either. You would be lying if you said that you hadn’t fantasized about his large hands a couple of times, not that you would ever admit it out loud, you think you would rather face death itself. 

But when this close, the back of your thighs hitting the cold steel of the freezer behind you, with nowhere to escape, you suddenly felt very small in front of him. He doesn’t say anything, biting the inside of his cheek, Soobin leans closer, so close that you could feel his warm breath hovering above your lips. — What was going on?

His gaze doesn’t stray from yours as he reaches a hand up to your face. Your eyes flutter closed at the sudden invasion of your personal space. Thinking that he might just actually kiss you, your heart almost beats out of your chest, the sound thumping in your ears like that of a heavy bass. But he doesn’t. Instead of grazing your cheek, just like you thought he would, his fingers aim for your hair as he brushes through it. Your eyes reopen, this time in slight confusion as you frown. 

“You had something…in your hair”, he murmurs before letting his hand drop to his side. “O-Oh”, you breathe, running your own fingers through your locks as embarrassment flushes over your cheeks. He takes a step back and you feel your stomach drop, beyond ashamed over your obvious overreaction to the small gesture. — You don’t dare move as you watch him head for the door once more. God he would never want to work with you ever again. 

It isn’t until one of his hands wraps around the handle that he stops. Still unmoving, you shift awkwardly by the freezer as you eye his tall frame, seeing him shake his head as he mutters something under his breath. — Then he turns around, the action so quick that you barely comprehend what’s happening until he’s in front of you again. Except this time he’s all over you, chest pressing against yours, his large hands easily covering the sides of your face as he pulls your lips to his. 

He kisses you roughly, as if he was trying to convey a thousand words with a single move. Gripping on to the freezer, your eyes widen as your mind tries to process what was happening. But he’s quick to pull back, his breathing is labored when does. — “Fuck I’m sorry I… I just”, he cuts himself off with a sharp inhale, taking a small step back as he lets go of your face. “Look I.. I don’t know what came over me I just–”

But you won’t hear any of it. Shaking your head, one of your hands snake around his neck, pulling him back down as you force your mouth onto his again. This time there’s no hesitation from either of you as his hands quickly find your waist. Pushing you further onto the cooler behind you, Soobin wastes no time in squeezing himself between your spread legs. “H-ah, been wanting to do this for so long”, he groans, and you sigh against his lips as his tongue finds yours. 

Wait. Did he just say that he’s been wanting to do this? Then that would imply… All those lingering touches, the small grins, the quick glances.. Your mind was reeling with the newfound information and your hands quickly braced themselves on his shoulders as you pulled back for a short second. — Upon breaking apart from the kiss, Soobin looks at you, a flash of worry striking his features, almost as if he had done something wrong. 

You quickly try to ease his nerves, “I…I’ve been wanting to do this too”, you quietly mumble, biting your lip as the color on your cheeks only rises. His tense face immediately relaxes as he lets out a short sigh of relief. “Oh thank god”, he murmurs, his hands gliding along your thighs as he pushes your pink uniform up. — “Wait”, your fingers around his wrists stop him and his eyes flit to yours with a hint of concern. “We can’t…I mean.. not here”, you whisper, throwing an anxious glance around the small storage room. 

“You locked the entrance, right?” He wonders, head tilted to the side as he studies you intently. Slowly nodding, you’re still not entirely convinced. “Then we’re good, yeah?” He says in a somewhat smug voice, his fingers drawing small circles on the skin between your thighs, creeping higher with each passing second. You consider his words carefully, he did have a point, there were just the two of you here right now, and it was past working hours. 

Oh who were you kidding? You’d had a crush on the guy for nearly three months now and here he was, openly asking for what you had been longing to do for so long. There was no way you’d pass him up. With a short nod you let him reconnect your lips as his fingers quickly move to glide across the already drenched fabric of your panties. You felt him smirk against your mouth as you squirmed beneath him. 

“Fuck, how long have you been this wet for me?” He asks as his hand slips inside your underwear, index and middle finger circling your throbbing clit. You bite back a small whimper as your nails dig into his broad shoulders, tearing his pink uniform under their grasp. “Three months”, you breathe, and you immediately feel his hand stutter against you. “Fuck.” Is all he says before immediately shoving two fingers inside of your aching cunt, “we’d better change that.” 

In one swift motion he wraps your legs around his waist, groaning as your hand trails down his chest to palm and grope him through his jeans. — It felt almost like a fever dream, having the guy you had fantasized about for so long right in front of you, his fingers knuckle-deep into your core as he drew lewd moans from you. 

When he pulls himself free from his pants, you gulp as you take in the size of him. Sure you had expected him to be big, given his height, but this was… He quickly catches on to your hesitation as his lips part, “if you don’t want-” — “It’s fine”, you give him a reassuring smile which he reciprocates before lining himself up, only to be stopped by you once more. 

“Do you have a condom?” 

He freezes, and it doesn’t take a genius to guess his answer. A small silence falls over the two of you, the sounds of your heavy breaths filling the storage unit. Soobin clears his throat, awkwardly readjusting the grip on his cock as his gaze avoids yours. “Maybe we should..” he trails off but you don’t need to hear the rest in order to know what he was thinking. But come on, you had waited three months for this. You couldn’t just let the opportunity slip through your fingers just like that. 

“No, it’s fine. You’ll just pull out, yeah?” 

His eyes snap up to meet yours the second those words leave your lips. “Yeah.” He agrees, his free hand wrapping around your waist as he pulls you closer, the tip of his cock sliding against your folds, nudging your clit in a way that almost made you squeal. “I’ll pull out”, he mumbles, more to himself than you before slowly easing himself inside. 

The stretch was near torturous and your nails practically tore his shirt in half as you braced yourself against him. “You okay?” He sounds almost alarmed but your quick nod makes him relax. — Once fully inside of you, he stays unmoving, littering you in soft kisses, trailing from your jaw down your neck and collarbone. His fingers twist at the small lace, neatly sewed into your pink uniform. “You look so pretty in this”, he sighs against your skin, inhaling the perfume you always used, the one that always seemed to get his mind to wander whenever you were around. 

He moves slowly, his thrusts deliberate as his cock slides against every inch of you and you whine in ecstasy. The dull burn flaring within you was now replaced by an almost addicting sensation. “Fuck, you’ve really got to stop bending over the counter like that, anyone could see up your skirt”, he grunts, snapping his hips against yours, making your eyes roll back as your jaw slacks. 

“R-Really?” You stammer, though you knew exactly what you were doing as you so often would purposefully lean forward enough to where you felt your clothes lift, hoping that he would see. Originally, it had been for your own pleasure, not thinking that Soobin was actually going to pay attention to your subtle movements. But he did, he picked up on every single one of them. 

“Yeah”, he drawls, upping his pace as the hand around your waist pulls you impossibly closer. “God you don’t know how many times I’ve had to jack off in the bathroom to the thought of you.” — “Fuck, is that weird to say?” He wonders, and you shake your head, gasping as his thumb rubs against your clit. “N-Not at all”, you whine, thighs squeezing around his waist as you clenched on his cock, making his breath hitch. 

“Mhn, I.. I do too”, you shyly admit, catching the smirk that etched its way to his face in a mere second as he pressed his lips to yours. “That’s so fucking hot”, he groans into your mouth. The kiss quickly grows sloppy and wet, his thrusts transitioning into uneven and jagged jerks of his hips. — “I won’t forgive myself if I don’t have you cumming on my cock.” He states, pulling your lip between his teeth as he refocuses his attention to his fingers on your clit. 

Up until this point you had thought that this might as well all just have been one big dream. A big prank that your far too imaginative mind was trying to pull on you. But as your orgasm washes over you, your throbbing cunt clenching around Soobin’s cock, undoubtedly buried deep inside of you, you realize that this was most definitely not a dream. His name falls from your lips as your nails cause rippings to the pink fabric of his work uniform. Somewhere in the background you can hear him uttering small words of praise, the sound is muffled by the feeling of euphoria coursing through you like electric shockwaves. 

With a small hiss, he pulls out, and your hand reaches for him before you have the chance to think twice. Wanting, no needing, to feel him between your fingers, your fingers that barely manage to wrap around his cock. You pay the wicked smirk on his face no mind as you stroke him to his high, letting him soil your work attire without as much as a second thought. Hot liquid landing on both your hand and stomach as Soobin groans into the juncture of your neck. 

Once you’ve both regained your composure, he pulls back to look at you. From his dazed expression to the way his blonde hair stuck to his forehead, or his wet lips as they stretched into a grin, you found him to be more handsome than ever. — His gaze drops to your lips before flitting back up to your eyes, the tip of his ears turning pink as he clears his throat. 

“So uh, think I can get your number?”

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[aidaronan]

Welcome to the Lube Chute!

Some We're-A-Package-Deal Summer Job Stobin crack, dedicated to @griefabyss69. Also shout out to @wynnyfryd who said the Lube Chute sounded like the location of Stobin's next fail summer job after Family Video got destroyed. "No, I'm telling you, Steve. We have to say it every time."

"We have to say, 'Welcome to the Lube Chute, where our main goal is fillin' all your holes,' every time?"

"Every time." Robin shrugged her shoulders. "It's the whole 'ocean of flavor' thing all over again." She'd started at the Lube Chute a week before him, owing to his need to hover over Eddie while his body knitted itself back together. By the time Steve had decided Eddie could get to the fridge and the bathroom on his own, she had been deemed competent enough to show him the register and inventory procedures.

"Yeah, except 'ocean of flavor' was about ice cream," Steve said. "And this is about, you know, rubber dicks."

"That's the way of stupid retail, huh." Robin sighed dramatically and hopped upon the counter. Next to her sat an open box of flavored lubes. She picked up a pricing gun and started affixing them with stickers.

A few minutes later, the door dinged with the sound of someone pushing their way into the shop. A regular-looking latino man in jeans and a faded Zeppelin tee stepped into the shop.

Steve gave Robin a pleading look, and she pulled her lips thin in sympathy and mouthed, "sorry, your turn." God. Welp. He may as well rip off the Band-Aid.

"Welcome to the Lube Chute," Steve said flatly, "where our goal is fillin' holes."

The guy snorted softly and went on his way, moving toward a rack of adult video tapes. Meanwhile, Robin kept her head down, looking pointedly to where she'd slapped a $.3.99 label onto a bottle of Maxxx Slick Strawberry.

"Like obviously I don't care," she said. "But it is 'where our main goal is fillin' all your holes.'"

"Ugh." Steve rolled his eyes up at the ceiling. "Why is it, like, so long?"

Curling his chin back around, he found the customer at the counter holding Dr. Lovesmuscles's Foot Long Schlong. The customer looked between it and Steve before raising his eyebrows. Shit and fuck. For the first time in literally ever, Steve wished he was back in those tiny Scoops shorts.

"I wasn't... I didn't mean the... I..." Steve stared at the guy over the counter and then gave up on trying to explain, punching things into the register as fast as he could so he could end the interaction. "So for the video and the toy, that comes to $18.39 with tax."

Steve made made change for a $20, put the guy's things into a nondescript brown paper bag, and then bit back a groan when he realized he had to embarrass himself one more time before it was all over.

"Thank you for visiting the Lube Chute. Remember if the base ain't flared, it doesn't go up there. Have a nice day!"

Next to him, Robin coughed into her elbow. When Steve looked over, he found her reading the back of one of the lube bottles, this one watermelon flavored.

"What do you think potassium sorbate even is?" Robin asked. "I mean, I know what potassium is. I passed chem and got into college—go Wildcats. Just... potassium sorbate. What does it even do?"

Steve stared at her for a long moment and then snatched the pricing gun from her hand. #

It was late July. August loomed and with it so did the end of possibly their last summer job together. After this, they were both slated to leave Hawkins. Robin to Northwestern, Steve to Chicago to be near her (and because it made sense as a base for Eddie to work on growing his music career.)

On this particular Wednesday, they had a huge shipment of video tapes to go through. Other than the scantily clad and sometimes fully nude women on the covers, it felt a lot like being back at Family Video. They quickly priced and stocked the tapes that were for sale, and then they worked on storing the covers for the rentals and putting them in the rental cases and then into the system.

"God, Steve, I am just, like, so gay," Robin whispered under her breath for the fifth or sixth time as she stared wide-eyed at a VHS cover. On it, a redheaded woman stared into the camera, her breasts exposed, her hand disappearing down the front of her very thin white panties. "You do know you can just, like, check one of these out, right?" Steve asked. "You're an adult. No one would—" Steve cut himself off when the bell over the door jingled. Jumping at the sound, Robin almost dropped the tape, fumbling with it several times before Steve snatched it from the air and handed it back to her. She was blushing hard when she went to put it into the computer.

One crisis averted, Steve turned toward the door to find one of the owners coming in. Shit.

Steve had slacked off on the welcome and goodbye phrases over the course of the summer because, well, he didn't want to say them. And now he wasn't sure he even remembered them properly. Shit, shit, shit.

He smiled and nodded as the owner approached the counter. Stephanie was a sleek, blonde woman who looked nothing like the kind of person you might expect to own a sex shop.

"Order come in okay?" she asked.

"Oh, uh, one damaged tape so far," Steve said. "Definitely an improvement over the last order."

'If the base is too...' No, that wasn't it.

"Love to hear that since I spent 3 hours yelling at the distributor after that incident."

'Where we fill holes for...' Definitely not.

"Yeah, right, sucked for us too beca—" Steve froze as a customer walked into the shop. He looked over at Robin, hoping to catch her eyes for a save, but she was laser-focused on sorting another box of tapes into alphabetical order for processing.

Fuck. Steve smiled at the incoming customer. Okay, he could do this. Deep breath, winning smile. "Welcome to the Lube Chute, where our main goal is fillin' all your holes."

Robin inhaled a deep gasp right around the same time that Stephanie burst into raucous laughter, throwing her head back and exposing her slender throat. In another life where he wasn't already tits over ass for Eddie Munson, he would've had to fall a little in love with her.

"Oh my God, that is too good." Stephanie wiped tears form her eyes with her thumbs and then giggled a few more times. "Jesus, Steve. Did you come up with that on your own?"

"Wha—?" Steve snapped his eyes over to Robin, who had her teeth set in grimace that would have been comedic at any other time. Shoulders pulled up around her ears, her eyes bled with apology.

Steve clenched his jaw and turned back to Stephanie, slipping into the most suave persona he could muster under those conditions. "Oh, you know, just thought you'd get a kick out of it."

"Well, you were right about that." Stephanie shook her head and grabbed the money bag to take it to the bank. "'Fillin' holes!" She laughed again on her way out the door.

Steve watched like a hawk as her car pulled out of the parking lot and then rounded on Robin, voice low as the customer browsed the "New Videos!" display.

"You told me we HAD to say..."

"Oh my God, I was gonna tell you after, like, a week, but then you stopped doing it on your own, so I just kinda..." Robin made a wobbly gesture with both hands, and Steve sighed deeply.

"You're walking home today," he said, but they both knew he didn't mean it, especially when his lunch break rolled around and he saved her half his orange as usual. # It was still July, and they could see the customer approaching from the parking lot. "Steve," Robin said. "Steve, please." "I want to point out that it's your own fault that you have to do this now, officially, as part of company policy. Because Stephanie liked it so much." "Steve, but..." Steve jutted his hip out against the counter and crossed his arms, waiting. With the same put-upon sigh he'd grown used to at Scoops and Family Video, Robin drew herself up taller and slapped her hands down on either side of the register. Through the front door, a fat woman with curly brown hair stepped into the shop. Robin beamed at her. "Welcome to the Lube Chute! Where our main goal is fillin' all your holes."

[gallusrostromegalus]

You mentioned once that Mai Valentine likes her sweets boozy and also you had a bunch of other preferred flavor profiles for TPOFATGIF. Any chance of something similar for AEIWAM?

I know Kubo made canon notes on everyone's favorite and least favorite foods, but this is for the AEIWAM versions of the characters. Here's much of the cast's food preferences, as characterization practice:

Ichigo:

As much as he gets teased for it and his name, Ichigo loves him some fruit. He will inhale any fruit or juice left unattended within arm's reach of him in seconds. Melons, berries, pineapple, pears, guava- he does not care. There is fruit, it's going in him. Isshin is pleased his son likes healthy snacks but sometimes the grocery bill can get alarming. Ichigo's least favorite food is anything with capsaicin in it- being a ginger means he's unusually pain-sensitive and with an equally touchy tummy. It burns on both ends and all the way through the middle too.

Orihime:

Tatsuki likes to joke that the gods were drunk when they made Orihime, and they put her taste buds in backwards. Truth is, Orihime is a sensation-seeking kind of autistic girl and loves novel flavors more than anything else. She read "salt, fat, acid, heat" and took it's advice very literally, so you end up with things like "cream (fat) of tuna (salt) balsamic vinegar (acid) sriracha (heat) casserole" . The only thing Orihime really dislikes is foods she's gotten bored of.

Chad:

Beef. The boy needs beef. Chad spent his early adolescence on his Grandfather's Cattle Ranch in Mexico, allowed to eat as much red meat as he wanted and his physique shows it. Now he's back in Japan where it's prohibitively expensive and he is DYING. Please. He is a large carnivore. He can't live like this. Chad's least favorite food is ironically, his most reliable source of red meat: the fast food burger. It's not the same. It mocks him.

(More Karakura Gang and Some Captains under the cut)

Uryuu:

Uryuu is the son of a doctor and a little weirdo in his own right and he will assemble a baked potato or disassemble a slice of pizza with surgical precision. He just sort of likes customizing his food before he eats it. Hence, his least favorite foods are things where all the ingredients are mixed together and inseparable, like stews and casserole.

Tatsuki:

Tatsuki is a hot wings afficionado- she likes all the flavors, because there's a lot of really nice flavor interactions in the milder sauces, but also, the hotter the better. She once entered a hot wings eating contest in middle school where every round was hotter than the last and sailed easily into the "scorpion death pepper" round before being declared the winner, much to her disappointment. She was still hungry, and those were a 5/10 at most for her. Tatsuki's least favorite food with anything with even a hint of clams or other mollusc shellfish in it. She hasn't been diagnosed with an allergy, but given her extreme aversion to shellfish, she's not going to press her luck.

Keigo:

Keigo lives on a rancid diet of junk food, novelty soda, and instant ramen and likes it that way, thank you. Ichigo periodically makes him eat an apple at sword point to get some kind of fiber and vitamin into him. Keigo's least favorite food is anywhere can't cook in a microwave, and all vegetables.

Mizuiro:

Mizuiro is way too vain about his skin and hair to live on Keigo's garbage raccoon diet, but he can't cook to save his life. His favorite foods are multivitamins and everything he can get delivered, and his least favorite is anything deep-fried and greasy

Rukia:

Rukia was raised in fantasy medieval Japan, but is a "I'll try anything once!" Girl and this has lead to her favorite food being Oregano. Favorite condiment. Puts it on everything, even ice cream. Once things calm down a little when she returns to soul society, she gets Orihime to send her a "care package" of assorted spices, snacks and modern "puzzle" foods (juice boxes and ramune) to show to Byakuya, who starts inviting friends and coworkers over to try these things too, and the resulting video makes Ichigo laugh hard enough to rip out a few of his stitches. Rukia's least favorite food is jellybeans, because she can never remember the flavors and keeps putting bad combinations of them in her mouth.

Renji:

Like Chad, Renji needs his fucking protein, and sure loves him some beef, but he's also got that ADHD Hyperfocus going on and regularly forgets to eat so while he's not specifically partial to the flavors, his favorite food in terms of 'keeping him alive and hale' is nutritional protein shakes. Like Ichigo, Renji is also partial to fresh fruits and has the spice tolerance of a recipe blogger from Kansas, but he does have an extremely strong aversion to Bananas that he refuses to explain.

Byakuya:

Byakuya is a sensation-avoidant autist who has had his aversions largely ignored in favor of "you need to uphold the clan honor by being POLITE at this dinner and EATING WHAT YOU ARE SERVED, you can throw up in private later", so his regular diet is quite mild and limited, which moderately terrified Unohana (she IS partially responsible for keeping him alive). A chance encounter with Zaraki Kenpachi accidentally saved the Kuchiki line because he introduced a New Food to Byakuya by being normal about it, and now Byakuya loves BEANS. All of them. Red, Black, Soy, Kidney, Mung, Great Northern, Purple String, Adzuki, Anasazi, Edamame, Pinto, Pole, Striped, Yard, Garbanzo and Navy. Peas too- English, snap, snow, lentil, black-eyed and split. Paired with already-acceptable rice, this makes his limited diet startlingly nutritionally complete and high in fiber. He'll never eat squid or octopus again if he can help it though.

Kenpachi:

AEIWAM Zaraki Kenpachi was raised by eagles and it shows through in weird places, like how he insists on eating poultry and fish bones like his mother taught him to. In fact, the bones from deep-fried chicken are his favorite, and he will help himself to the bones other people don't want. He has a cast iron stomach that rarely gets upset and a notable sweet tooth, but is extremely picky about texture. This surprises some people who think that living as a beggar for a few centuries means he'd eat anything, and comes as no surprise to anyone who HAS been that destitute- an off texture is often your only warning before a potentially lethal case of food poisoning. Hence, Kenpachi's least favorite foods are anything "slimy", which puts him off many sauces and seaweed-based dishes.

Yachiru:

AEIWAM Zaraki is significantly more amiable and cunning than his canon counterpart because, realistically, he had to keep Yachiru fed. No village will let a random murder-hobo in to eat, especially if he's broke, so Zaraki got exceptionally good at ingratiating himself with strangers and getting hired at odd jobs in a hurry. This was an extremely sharp learning curve because he found Yachiru when she was an infant and not yet weaned, and he had to go to some fairly extreme measures to get milk for her. It's a point of pride for him that his little girl has never gone to bed hungry, even if he did. Yachiru is very aware of the fact she has historically eaten better than her father, despite his best efforts to disguise it, so her favorite foods are anything she can share with him- bags of small candies or chips or other snacks she can divy up and insist he eat too. She gave Zaraki his sweet tooth sharing candy like this, but anything she can share while eating is a favorite. Her least favorite is boiled vegetables. There is nothing that can make boiled broccoli worth eating.

Unohana:

Retsu Unohana has severe ADHD and makes food choices based first on the dopamine reward she gets from eating them, and the medical knowledge of "you need vitamins and fiber too, bitch" second. She would live on high-octane coffee with an excessive amount of sugar and cream if it were nutritionally complete, but alas. She does have a notes fondness for organ meats like liver, kidneys and lungs because they taste "richer" to her, and the novelty appeals as well. However, she has seen the horrors of what The Wrong Mushroom will do to a human body up close far too many times, and it's put her off eating fungi entirely. She'll eat her own hand before she'll eat a mushroom.

Komamura:

Food is both a joyful and distressing experience for Sajin. Joyful, because his exceptionally sensitive sense of smell and taste means he gets to experience layers to even the most simple foods that humans can't even begin to comprehend. Distressing, because humans have a very weak sense of taste and over-season their food accordingly, often with poisons. A lot of the reason he started wearing a helmet was less about fear that humans would attack him for being a wolf man, or that he would inspire undue fear in others, and more that he has a hard time saying "No" to people, who keep unwittingly offering him food full of toxic onions or worse, grapes. The helmet was not easily removed, and kept the dangerous gifts at bay. Fortunately, modern humans are more aware of things that will poison him and more willing to make accommodations on his behalf. Still, his least favorite food is Raisins, which keep being added to otherwise perfectly good dishes, like someone deciding to sprinkle a bit of Water Hemlock in their tacos. He still keeps the Occasional "Carnivore Outing" he and Zaraki take to the distant mountains to celebrate their shared cultural heritage a secret though, because he's not sure most of his friends and colleagues are ready to learn that his favorite food is "Elk bone marrow, either still hot from the kill or after it's been buried in dirt for a week", but at least these days he has Zaraki "You know how it is with Liver and Eagles" Kenpachi to commiserate and split the carcass with.

Tousen:

Kaname did his required tour of duty in the living world in Oaxaca, Mexico and while he was there he developed a taste for Chapulines, or fried grasshoppers. He didn't mention this delicacy when he returned to soul society, not out of fear that people would think he was a freak- his coworkers already largely did, either because of his blindness or his Blackness, if not both- but because one of the few coworkers who he genuinely liked and got along with was Lieutenant Mashiro, whose favorite animal is Grasshoppers. His least favorite food is any alcoholic beverage or boozy dessert, because the one time he tried drinking with some friends from Shinigami academy, he developed a case of the spins just two drinks in and immediately became completely disoriented and couldn't right himself, and quickly became too nauseous and panicked to speak. His friends were having a GREAT time and thought Kaname was doing his usual wallflower nonsense until Liza Yadomaru finally realized something was amiss and she and Love Aikawa ended up taking him on a drunken sprint to the emergency room. He got better by morning but now even the smell of alcohol makes him feel sick again.

[pockyteau]

SUMMER AND STRAWBERRY CAKE

✩ chishiya x reader where there is an abundance of strawberry cake, and also a blonde customer that just keeps coming back

You remember the customer that always orders the strawberry cake. 

You had taken up a part-time job working the register at a café run by family friends of yours as a summer pastime, delighting in the chance to be around desserts as well as being able to earn some money on the side. Occasionally, you were even given the option to take any leftover treats home at the day's end, which you gladly accepted - you were particularly fond of the summer specials offered in the café, the desserts and drinks often featuring pink strawberries dusted with icing sugar. Your favourite of these was definitely the strawberry shortcake, a simple cake layered with cream and red fruit.

It was also because of this you began to take notice of the cafe's recurring blonde customer, who frequently came in just late enough to grab the slice you had been hoping to take for yourself. 

This customer, who you and the rest of the staff had come to refer to as 'Strawberry Cake' (or less colloquially, 'The Strawberry Cake Guy'), came in almost every second day to order your beloved dessert. He had shoulder-length blonde hair and a somewhat amused quality about the way he spoke, his lips quirking at the corners during the small pleasantries you exchange with him while taking his order. However, you found it strange - you didn't consider him to be arrogant, as his manner would suggest, but became curious about him instead. The strawberry cake he bought in bulk seemed out of character for someone like him, anyway.

"Would you mind closing up today?" your co-worker gives you an apologetic smile, and you assure her that you wouldn't mind at all. It's just about time that Strawberry Cake pays the café a visit, after all, and perhaps he will give you the shock of the century by ordering something different. 

"Go ahead," you reply, taking her apron from her with a smile of your own. "I've got time to spare, anyway."

You help her package one of the other summer specials for her own family, an assortment of neat little strawberry and custard tarts. To your knowledge she has two children, both of which you've seen visiting the café before. She thanks you and takes the pink confectionary box from you, before leaving the café in a flurry of dessert and puffy coat. 

It's late when a familiar blonde head appears in the doorway of the café, letting the glass door swing shut on its own. You give him a warm smile and he dips his head slightly, coming to the counter to take his order. You shoot a quick glance at the dessert display case - two slices of strawberry cake left. Your customer service smile changes to an I'm-taking-cake-home smile, and the blonde seems to notice the slight change in your expression. His lips curve slightly upward with that amused quality, and you try not to look embarrassed.   

"Hey! It's nice to see you again," you offer, indicating the display case with another smile since you already know his order. "Will it be strawberry cake again today, then?"

A huffed laugh escapes his lips. "That's the one." Your blonde customer's voice is rather throaty, low and teasing in a way that makes you admittedly look forward to the small snatches of conversation that occur between the two of you. "It seems you've got me figured out already."  

"Ah, it's the psychic powers you get from working in a café." You laugh as you carefully transfer a slice of cake into one of the café takeout boxes. Unsurprisingly, your blonde customer never eats in the café. "Well, why not surprise me for once? We've got loads of summer specials, if it's the strawberries you're after."

He hums, surveying the glass display case with half-lidded eyes. "I'll give it some thought."

"Glad to hear it." you grin. He slides cash over the counter and you hold out the pink confectionary box for him to take - his hands close over the box's handles, warm over your own hands before you quickly let go in surprise. The way his eyes flicker to yours momentarily, almost as if he was expecting your reaction, makes you wonder whether the fleeting touch was intentional. You blink, quick to compose yourself as he turns away.

"Oh! wait a second!" You reach over to catch the tip of his sleeve, careful not to pull the fabric. Now was as good a time as any to ask, you decide. He looks back over to you, a trace of impatience flickering over his eyes, but you do your best to remain undeterred. "Would it be alright if I got your name? Since I see you so often, I thought it might be better if I could address you properly."

"My name?" The blonde tilts his head at you, his expression easing. When you nod, he hums thoughtfully. "Didn't you say you had psychic powers?" he points out with a smirk, his tone more amused than anything else. "Well, if you really want to know, why don't you use those abilities of yours to find out?"

"You want me to guess?" You laugh. "Hmm...I'm afraid I only know you as 'Strawberry Cake', so that's about as good as it'll get from me."

Your response brings his brows higher; you notice the way his lips twitch, and for a moment you think he may actually laugh. His reaction to the nickname brings another smile to your face, waiting as he carefully picks out a composed response. "You call me...strawberry cake?" 

You gesture lightly to the confectionary box in his hand. "Ordering the same thing every time you come in does give you a bit of a reputation, you know."

He snorts. "I see. I'll keep that in mind, I guess."

"Well, if not Strawberry Cake, what should I call you?" you venture, still hoping to achieve your objective.  After a moment's pause you add on as an afterthought, "although, now that I think about it, 'Strawberry Cake' is pretty cute." 

"Yes, very charming," he says, his tone dry - yet you are sure you can the the ghost of a smile around the corners of his lips. "But Chishiya is fine."

"Chishiya?" you smile. His name, albeit slightly odd, does suit him better than the dessert he frequently purchases. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Chishiya."

He only waves his hand in dismissal at the nicety as he turns away again, ready to leave, although you swear you can see the amused expression gracing his features before he is gone. You let him leave this time, watching as he steps out of the warmth of the café. Perhaps it's just the sensation of achievement, having finally found out the name of your strawberry cake customer, but a sense of satisfaction settles over you as the door closes behind him with a quiet click. His name, Chishiya, lingers in your mind long after he is gone.

And for whatever reason, the feeling of his hands on yours returns to you briefly as you box up a cake-slice of your own. -

When Chishiya had refused the take-out box for his slice of cake, instead informing you that he would be taking one of the tables at the far end of the café, you had stared at him in disbelief. 

The blonde had simply snorted, taking his plate from you and leaving you to wonder why he had suddenly decided to eat in the café for once. 

With the sky darkening outside, it's just the two of you in the café. There are two slices of strawberry cake left in the display case, and with such little to do and an undetermined amount of time before you can close up the café, you decide to eat one of the two last slices. Surely no one will mind, since you'd most likely be closing up soon; Chishiya is usually the last customer of the day, and it's unusual for anyone to come in so late in the afternoon anyway.

From the counter you can see that the blonde has papers spread over his table, his cake placed carefully to the side, and he studies them with a pencil in hand. You hesitate for a moment, dithering on the spot before taking your cake and making your way over to the blonde's table. You decide that if you had to wait for him to finish before you could go home yourself, you might as well go and acquaint yourself with the cafe's regular. 

You'd be seeing a lot more of him anyway, since there was still plenty of summer yet.

"Hey! Is it okay if I sit here?"

Chishiya looks up at your question, and although he raises his eyebrows slightly, he nods and you take a seat in the chair opposite him. You don't want to move the papers he has spread over the table and so you hold your plate of cake above your lap as you eat. It's a bit awkward, you'll admit, but neither of you seem to mind. You peer over at the documents Chishiya is annotating; his handwriting, doctor's scrawl that you can't make out, fills the margin of text you are able to catch a few words from. 

Systemic anatomy, you read, chewing on a slice of strawberry. You mentally run through the fields of study that would involve such a subject. He's a...medical student? You trace the movement of Chishiya's pencil with a small smile. It somehow doesn't surprise you that this would be the type of material he was studying. You attempt to read the rest of the text, unaware that Chishiya has stopped writing.

"Do you call every customer here by what they order?" 

"...Sorry?"

You look up from Chishiya's papers in astonishment, surprised that he would be the one to break the silence first. He looks back, leaning into the back of his chair with his brows raised expectantly.

You stare at him, before you begin to laugh.

"Were you really bothered by the name?" You wave your fork in disbelief, your bubble of laughter subsiding into a wide grin. Considering the answer to the question might be yes, you then attempt to apologise, but you can't keep the lilt out of your voice as you speak. "Ah, sorry. Maybe I shouldn't be laughing, then," you offer. His question was an unexpected one - Chishiya seemed to be the kind of person to be unaffected by nicknames given to him by café staff. Except, when you look closer at his expression you see the slight smirk upon his lips. So he is amused, you think.  

The man sitting opposite you shrugs, although his smirk never lessens. "You tell me," he says, and raises a forkful of his own cake to his mouth. With a glance to Chishiya's plate you notice that he has separated the strawberry slices topping his cake from the cake itself and lined them along the edge of the plate, scooping up one for each forkful of cake. You find yourself thinking the action is uncharacteristically cute, in contrast to Chishiya's more collected appearance.

"Well," you begin, munching thoughtfully, "we know the names of most of our regulars, so I think it might just be you."

Chishiya snorts. "Lucky me." 

You smile. "I mean, you never gave us your name, right? So there wasn't much to go off besides your order." 

"I suppose," Chishiya says, before taking another somewhat sardonic bite of his cake. "Well. Am I at least 'Chishiya' now, then?" He feigns exasperation, tilting his head to the side as if waiting sullenly on your answer. You feel the smile again on your face before you know it's there - the blonde is able to make you laugh more than you'd expected, his sarcastic nature perfectly suited to his personality. You shake your head.

"Oh no, you're still Strawberry Cake to the rest of the staff," you say teasingly, the undertones of your voice dancing as you speak. "Honestly, I can't see why you don't like it. It's so cute."

"Is that so?" The blonde sets down his fork, the playful look you are slowly growing accustomed to returning to his face. "You think it suits me, then?" 

"Hey, I never said that," you say, although the retort comes out more gentle than jesting. You stifle a yawn, the ticking of time causing you to speak in more subdued tones. You wonder whether you should supply an additional quip to drive the point home - except, another glance to the strawberries on his plate and you think that it just might suit him after all.  

Chishiya chuckles, moving to sift through the papers spread over the tables. "You know," he says thoughtfully, "I think I should get a discount on my cake, what with all the insultery going on." 

"Pay for your cake, Chishiya."

"It was worth a shot."  -

"Honey toast?" Chishiya comments, peering over his strawberry cake at your own plate opposite to his. 

"Mhm," you say through a mouthful of the sugary toast. You swallow before speaking again, Chishiya smirking at you in a way that clearly said speaking with your mouth full?  "I used to eat it all the time as a kid. My mother used to take me out to buy it from the street vendors when I still lived in Tokyo."

You had passed the same vendor on your way to work that morning, and after a lengthy chat had decided to buy some to eat later in the day. Since it was late now, as it always was whenever Chishiya visited the café, you had decided to eat your honey toast instead of your usual strawberry cake. 

The honey toast, a thick slice of bread toasted golden with honey and dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar, reminded you of childhood - to this day, your parents would still buy some for you when you came home for the holidays. Back when you were younger, the scent of honey had a stronghold over you and every other kid in the neighbourhood. It was a simple treat, though one that sat tucked away in your memories like a little golden star, your fondness for the toast ever growing. 

"You attend university out of the city?" Chishiya asks curiously, the strawberry on his fork paused before his lips as he asks the question just as you take another bite of your toast. You squint at him as you chew, sure that he has done this on purpose, but he merely puts a forkful of cake into his mouth with his brows raised in amusement as he waits for your answer. 

"In Osaka," you confirm, after swallowing, "but my parents still live here. So I come back during breaks to visit." 

"I see." Chishiya's half-lidded gaze flickers for a moment, just barely enough for you to notice. "Isn't that lovely." Despite the change in his expression, his voice is still teasing as ever. You give a small nod, although you're still curious about the sudden change in his demeanor. He catches the look you give him and tilts his head at you, swiveling the fork resting between his fingers to point in your direction. "Yes? What's the look for?" 

You blink. "Oh! It's nothing," you say quickly, setting your fork down. You pick it back up again after a second and cut another square out of your honey toast distractedly. You can tell Chishiya's interest has already drifted away, your peripheral vision depicting the blonde separating the strawberries from his cake. You hesitate, cutting your toast into an even smaller slice. "Do you...see your parents often?" 

"My parents?" Chishiya looks up from his cake, setting his own fork down. The strawberries previously on his cake are now all lined along the edge of his plate. He leans back in his chair thoughtfully, steepling his fingers. "No," he says casually, "I don't. I only ever really knew my father, and we don't speak now." His voice is perfectly even, almost conversational. You feel your expression soften at his words.

"I'm sorry to hear that," you murmur, but Chishiya gives you a dry smile. 

"Don't be," he shrugs. "He wasn't much of a father, anyway." 

Chishiya returns to eating his cake nonchalantly, as if the previous conversation never took place. But you can't let go of what he'd said so easily, the careless tone of his voice pricking something within you. You want to at least give him a hug, or something of the sort, but you doubt Chishiya would want that. You chew the inside of your cheek, deliberating on what to say.  

Eventually, you break the silence. "I'll pay for your cake today, Chishiya," you say, even as you hear your wallet make sounds of distress.

Chishiya looks at you, a hint of surprise tinting his features before the smirk spreads across his face. "Oh, really?" he says, his eyes glinting. "Maybe I should talk about my father more often, then, if it gets me free cake."

You can't help but snort, your sympathy already beginning to fade as you grab your empty plate and stand up. There goes 250 yen, gone with the wind. Only, the grin on Chishiya's face is infectious, and you find yourself laughing. "You're making me regret my decision already."

"Oh no, I'm very upset right now. So much so that the only thing that could console me is another slice of free cake."

"Don't push it, Chishiya."

-

"You're in early today, Chishiya," you comment, giving the blonde a smile in greeting as he slips through the cafe's glass door. 

"Mm. I thought I might come in before class." He says, leaning his folded arms onto the countertop. You nod and begin to reach for the display case, but he stops you with a slight glint in his eye. "I was thinking it might be a good time to try something new, considering the unfortunate reputation I've gained here."

You blink. "Oh my god."

Within the hush that falls over the café you can practically hear universes implode and galaxies collide, because Chishiya Shuntaro is about to change his order. You stare at him, raising one hand to your mouth in mock disbelief. "Did i just hear you correctly? No strawberry cake today?" You hover your free hand suspiciously over the display case, the other still suspended over your lips. "Who even are you?"

"Your favourite customer, of course," he quips, grinning. "If you have any recommendations, I'm all ears."

"Hold on, I need to get out my calendar to mark this momentous occasion. And you're really not kidding?" 

"I can take my business elsewhere, you know."

"Okay, okay! Just, give me a second to get the menu. Wow. Hey, don't leave!"

In the end, after much deliberation, you press a square slice of the cafe's summer matcha cake into his hands. The cake, layered with matcha cream and dusted with matcha powder, is topped with a small, red strawberry. Since you are at least sure of Chishiya's fondness for strawberries, you tell him you are sure he will thoroughly enjoy the dessert you have presented him with. 

"Because you like strawberries!" You tell Chishiya, who looks back at you with an amused expression. "Ah, and, I was also hoping you might try one and tell me what you think? I'm a bit out of practice with baking."

"You made this?" Chishiya examines the matcha cake, raising his brows. You nod in affirmation - trying your hand at baking had led to the matcha cakes being a new summer installation in the café, courtesy of your family friend; while not especially difficult to make, you were proud enough seeing the little squares of matcha dessert in the display case. Chishiya gives a noncommittal hum, turning the cake slightly as if closely inspecting it. 

"I'm not really a matcha person," he muses, although the curve in his lips tells you otherwise. You snort.

"Regardless, that'll be 250 yen." 

Later, when you'd inquired after Chishiya's liking of the matcha cake, he had responded with: "It was okay." A lackluster response that had slightly disappointed you - but despite Chishiya's complaints, he began to purchase the matcha cake almost as frequently as he did the strawberry cake. You pretend to tease him for it, but you can tell the golden glow in your chest slips through into your voice and fingertips as you hand over the confectionary box. 

"Wow, Strawberry Cake changed his order? Never thought I'd see the day." Your co-worker comments after Chishiya has left, and you wonder if you've been smiling all too much lately as you replace the empty matcha doily in the display case. 

-

On your last day at the café, Chishiya comes in with a confectionary box of his own.

You inquire about it jokingly as he places it before you on the counter. The pink skies outside are melting away and the two of you are the only people present in the café once more, your co-worker having squeezed your arm gently in goodbye as she'd packed up her strawberry and custard tarts earlier that afternoon. Summer is drawing to a close, and she makes you promise to return to the café as soon as your university goes on break again.

"You're buying cake from another store? Gosh, I almost can't handle the betrayal," you tease, examining the box. Unlike the confectionary boxes from your café, this box is white and marked with curly lettering. You catch a glimpse of strawberry within the box's see-through plastic panel. "Wow, the box is lovely, though."

Chishiya rolls his eyes, ignoring your quip and pushing the box forward slightly with his index and middle fingers. "It's your last day, right? It's for you."

You blink. "You bought me cake?" Although the gesture is nice, you wonder whether he hasn't realised that you do, in fact, work at a café. As if sensing your thoughts, he taps the box.

"Just open it," he insists. Then, after a moment's pause, he shrugs. "Or, I can always take it back, if you want." 

"No, no, I'm opening it now." You hastily pull the box towards you, and Chishiya smirks. Ignoring the smug look on the blonde's face you carefully unhook the box's card slots, folding the top of it back to reveal the cake Chishiya has brought you. A soft laugh escapes your lips as you look at the dessert in your hands. 

"Strawberry cake?" You glance up at the blonde with a smile. It is strawberry cake, but different to the one the two of you usually eat - the layered cream is pink and the strawberries are cut into heart-shapes, pressed into the top of the slice. Your grin widens in Chishiya's direction. "Strawberry cake with hearts?"

"It looked like something you would like," he says impassively, although he avoids your gaze.

"Aw, Chishiya, that's so sweet." You look back down at the cake in your hands, the grin still glowing upon your lips. "And it looks delicious. Here, you take some, since you bought it." Looking at Chishiya's gift causes a strange twinge of melancholy in your chest, and you busy yourself with searching for cutlery to distract yourself from it. "What am I going to do without you in Osaka, hmm?"

"Oh, right," Chishiya peers over the counter as you rummage around for forks. "You're going back to Osaka." You nod, presenting him with the piece of silverware. His blonde hair falls forward slightly as he reaches for it, and you blink at the sudden urge to reach over and tuck it behind his ear. "When do you leave?"

"Hm? When do I leave?" You repeat his question distractedly. Chishiya sends you a humorous glance, and you narrow your eyes at him. It's just the familiarity, you tell yourself.  "Ah, I leave tomorrow. I'm back in Tokyo for the longer holidays, though, like now. Stop eating all the strawberries."

"I see. My money bought these strawberries, thanks." Chishiya says, swatting your fork away as you poke at his.  

"I was under the impression that this was a gift," you say wryly. 

"Who said that?"

"You did!"   

"Don't recall," he says, chewing mildly, and you slide the cake away from him in mock exasperation. 

Despite this, the two of you share the rest of the cake without much further issue, and once the final crumb is gone you have to close up the café for the last time. You'll leave for Osaka tomorrow, and spend your last night in Tokyo with your parents when you get home. Chishiya waits outside the store for you, his hands stuffed into his coat pockets. The air has an unusual chill to it for a summer night.

"You know, I'm going to miss you." He remarks with a grin as you lock the store doors. "Where will I get my matcha cakes now?" 

"Come back for Christmas," you say with a laugh. "I'll make whatever matcha you want."   

He hums, peering down the street for any signs of cars. The streetlights cast a gentle glow over his features, making his expression appear softer than usual. "I'll be holding you to that, then."

"Good," you say, and the return of that gentle twinge of melancholy that occurs in your chest as the words leave your lips make you realise you really mean what you say. How do you say goodbye to someone you'd grown so used to over a the span of a month? 

You hear the blonde chuckle beside you at your response; judging by the way Chishiya is glancing down the street, the two of you will walk home in opposite directions. After this, you won't see him for at least another six months - even though it's irrational, the thought lingers in the back of your mind that he might forget you. You figure that, since you leave tomorrow, you'll allow yourself to utter the soft words that come next. "Ah, but there's just one more thing."

He tilts his head at you curiously, the forever amused look still dancing across his features when you lightly press a kiss to his cheek. You draw away just as quickly, holding back a smile at the way Chishiya blinks at you in surprise. "I'm going to miss you too, you know," you shrug, mimicking his usual stance. "You're my favourite customer, after all."

Chishiya's eyes crinkle as he laughs, a genuine and slightly reserved kind you've never heard from him until now, and you feel your heart melt completely. "Your favourite customer, hm?" he says, and you complain that really wasn't the point through the hand you raise to hide your smile - but you already can't wait for the next holiday, when you'll come back to Tokyo and work at the café again. There won't be strawberries anymore, with the coming of a new season, but maybe Chishiya will find a new favourite dessert. You'll be there to tease him for it, in any case.

"Look, you'd better be coming back for Christmas."

"I just told you I would, didn't I?" 

[cindersfireplace]

4town Valentine's Day 💘

Jesse, Taeyoung, Aaron T, and Aaron Z walk through the hallway to their hotel room after taking a stroll around the neighborhood:

Taeyoung: There's nothing like bird watching on a calm afternoon.

Aaron T: I'm just glad there was an ice cream truck. That was one of the best chocolate cones I've ever had. Thanks for helping me chase it down Z.

Aaron Z: *walks behind him exhausted* Anything for you buddy 😊

Jesse: You good Z?

Aaron Z: *gasping * Yeah when I catch my breath next week I'll be able to function again 😮‍💨

Jesse: I wish Robaire came with us. It's good to get outside once in a while.

Taeyoung: I'm sure he has his reasons.

*Jesse opens the hotel room door*

Jesse: Yeah probab- sweet cheese and crackers! What's all this!?

*The room is decorated with heart, banners, balloons, pillows, roses, and LOTS of candles*

❤️🌹🕯️🕯️🕯️

Robaire: Welcome home my friends! I thought I would put up some decorations for Valentine's Day. *Sigh* Love is in the air.

Aaron Z: I didn't know love smelt like *sniffs* vanilla and *picks up a candle* … Late winter breeze. Whatever the heck that smells like.

Jesse: We were gone for like an hour? How?

Robaire: I'm very efficient when I'm passionate about something.

Taeyoung: So that's why Jess is always yelling at you to do your taxes.

Aaron Z: Were you not efficient enough to get any cookies or candy?

Robaire: That will be for the gift exchange.

Aaron T: Why can't we just buy cards?

Robaire: Because first of all the 4town best friend Valentine's super special gift yearly extravaganza exchange -

Aaron Z: I still say we should shorten the name.

Robaire: -is a time to appreciate each other's gifts and is a testament to how well we know each other. I love giving gifts and I put a lot of thought into them.

Jesse: And I very much still appreciate those custom ‘Art Dad’ oven mitts, but shouldn't we be focusing on our gig that day? The 4townies are so excited to see us perform One True Love live for the first time next week, and after the show I want to go to bed.

Robaire: Then go right to bed on another day of the year but you have to be there for the opening of gifts. Besides we've already drawn names for it so no going back now.

Jesse: Fiiiine if I must.

Robaire: That's the spirit.

Jesse: Uh I think a spirit is what we'll be if all of these candles stay lit. This is most definitely a fire hazard. I'm only agreeing if I get to put half of them out.

Robaire: Fiiiine. If I must.

Aaron T: We've known each other for a while shopping for each other should be easier. Right Z?

Aaron Z: Totally….

*Skip to the day before Valentine's Day at the mall*

Aaron Z: …Not.

Jesse: Come on Z it'll be fine.

Aaron Z: Not when I'm shopping for Robaire it won't. I don't know what to buy and he's definitely gonna try to one up us with his amazing gift.

Jesse: Does anything else in this world motivate you quite like your need to be better than Robaire?

Aaron Z: Absolutely, this is just a continuous priority of mine.

Jesse: So no then. Got it.

Aaron Z: I will search through every isle of this mall if it kills me. I will be victorious.

Jesse: Or you could breathe and let it go…and he's gone. Valentine's is gonna be fun.

*The next day*

Taeyoung: That must have been our best performance yet! Everybody was so excited, and despite my mild fear of heights trying to convince me otherwise, the rising heart platforms weren't so bad after all.

Robaire: Told you it would be incredible!

Jesse: Anyways now that that's over we can open gifts now.

Aaron T: Yeah guys the sooner we get this over with the sooner old man Jesse can take his nap.

Jesse: I'm not ol-

Aaron Z (whispering to Aaron T) You just want to get candy from your gift don't you?

Aaron T (whispering back): Shhhh I just care about Jesse's health…and my blood sugar.

Robaire: Anyways, who wants to go first?

Taeyoung: Me! I got T! Here you go! *Shoves present box into his hands*

Aaron T: YESSS! *Opens package* *gasp* It's a book of skateboard tricks! These are some of the most advanced out there and….a box of chocolate. Thankyou *hugs Taeyoung and whispers* This is why your my favorite.

Taeyoung: No problem at all.

Aaron T: So I guess it's my turn to give and I got Jesse *gives him a very messily wrapped package with 50 bows on it*

Jesse: Geez this looks interesting *opens the box* *gasp* ITS THE SUPER SMOOTH 3000! I've been trying to find this blender for months! My fruit smoothies will be so much better now! Thank you *lifts Aaron T off the ground in a hug*

Aaron T: Your *cough cough* welcome. Could you please put me down now?

Jesse: *Drops Aaron T* I'm next and I got Taeyoung. So here you go?

Taeyoung: *Carefully takes the box from his hand and opens it* Woah! Bird watching goggles! They even have little doves on them! Thanks Jess. I'm gonna have so much fun taking these to the park.

Jesse: I'm so glad you like them. They were some of the best I could find.

Aaron Z: I guess Robaire and I are last. You can go first Ro 😊

Robaire: No, I insist. You go first 😁

Aaron Z: Well this day means the most to you so you should go 😊

Robaire: And I like to share that joy with my friends so you should go 😁

Aaron Z: You.

Robaire: You.

Aaron Z: YOU.

Robaire: YOU!

*While these two keep going back and forth Taeyoung and Aaron T give each other a look and then open the presents themselves (whilst Jesse has too little sleep in him to deal with this)*

Taeyoung: Wow Robaire this is a really nice Destiny ‘s Child record.

Robaire: That's the exact one we listened to when we first met 🫢

Aaron T: Dang Z you got this cool basketball trophy. It even says ‘best basketball player I know ‘. Nice Sentiment.

Aaron Z: That was one of the first things I told you that I dreamed of receiving 😯

*They hold the gifts in their hands for a moment appreciating them*

Aaron Z: *clearly struggling* Th-th-th-

Robaire: Are you trying to say thank you?

Aaron Z: Nah I'm trying to say ‘That's all folks’. Yes I'm trying to say thankyou. Anyways thank you … for … this.

Robaire: Then I guess I want to say thank you too…I guess.

Jesse: Awww this is too sweet.

Aaron T: Maybe it wasn't about who got the best present after all?

Robaire: Mhm. Even though we all know it was me.

Aaron Z: Wh- if anything it was me!

Robaire: No you didn't!

Aaron Z: I got you the record that you sorry self was too BROKE for when we first met!

Robaire: I got you a CUSTOM TROPHY 🏆! Do you know how much that is in this economy?!

Aaron Z: But did I ask-

Robaire: But my-

Aaron Z: No but Robaire answer the question. Answer the question! Did I ask though? Did I?

Robaire: No but you can't just throw that in my face when I'm trying to be nice.

Aaron Z: Clearly not nice enough to admit I'm better…

*Senseless arguing continues in the background*

Jesse: T! They were this 🤏🏻 close to having a nice moment.

Aaron T: Sorry, I was just trying to bring some positivity.

Taeyoung: I'm positively sure they will be arguing for a while so I'm just gonna go now.

Jesse: Agreed. *yawn* 🥱 I'm going to sleep.

Aaron T: And I shall consume all this chocolate within the hour. I love Valentine's Day!

*Later that night Aaron Z and Robaire go to bed setting their gifts down on their night stands smiling at them and then turning the lights out to sleep*

❤️

[onceuponmmy]

Mother Day Ideas

Whether your mother is someone who likes the outdoors, or someone that enjoys doing things inside. You can't go wrong with anything bought or homemade...

Bookish

(reader/writer/linguist)

<Homemade>

Write her a Story

Homemade Bookmarks

Homemade Puzzles/Crosswords

Write a Poem/Haiku/Family Quote

<Bought>

Her Fave Books (Date with a Book) with Bookmarks

Personalised or Cute Stationery (Pens)

A new Journal/Scrapbook (With Stickers)

Book of Puzzles/Crosswords/Pattern Colouring

Foodie

(cook/baker/foodie)

<Homemade>

Make her Breakfast in Bed

Bake her something

Cook her something

Make or Personalise Apron or Utensils

<Bought>

Cooking Utensils/Equipment or Apron

Get her Fave Treats/Snacks

A selection of her Beverages (Hot or Cold)

Make up a Foodie Kit (Ice Cream Kit, Movie Munchies Kit, etc)

Outdoors

(gardener/active/animals)

<Homemade>

Plan a Day Out (Park, Beach, Gardens, Museum/Gallery, etc)

Grow A Plant/Tree

Make something from wood/glass (Jewellery/Trinket box, etc)

Take care of the Animals for the Day.

<Bought>

Choose a Cap/Hat/Sweatbands/an article of Active Wear

New or Personalised Water bottle/Exercise Equipment

Plant/Flowers/Gardening Tools

Handy Tools (Hammer, tool bag, etc)

Pet Accessories or Mementos (Mugs/Shirts/etc)

Creative

(artist/crafter/memento)

<Homemade>

Photography Projects (Digital Slideshow) Scrapbook

Make Cards/Paintings

Make Candles/Soaps/Bath Salts/Sugar Scrubs

Sewing/Knitting/Crochet (Scarf, Beanie, Slippers, Blanket)

<Bought>

Art Mediums (Paints & Brushes, Pencils, Clay, etc...)

Print Photography Portraits

Scrap-booking Supplies and Book

Sewing/Knitting/Crochet Equipment

Glamour

(fashionista/beauty/shopping)

<Homemade>

Give her a Home Spa Day (Massage, Facial, Pedi-Mani)

Homemade Jewellery (Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings)

Paint her nail, Create Hairstyles

Have a Fashion Show Runway

Design a Fashion Line with things at Home

<Bought>

Self-Care/Skin Care Kits

Gift Cards/Vouchers

Fashion Accessories (Wallets, Purses, keychains, etc)

Shopping Trip; Choose a new Outfit

Beauty Supplies (Lip balm, Perfume, Make Up, etc)

Entertainment

(singer/dancer/play)

<Homemade>

Compose a Song

Perform a Play

Create Dance Routine

Make a Playlist/Mixed Tape or CD

Homemade Music Memorabilia Crafts

<Bought>

Music Memorabilia

Go to a Show/Orchestra/Play

Attend a Concert of Music Festival

Find Personalised Packaging

Technology

(gamer/computers/devices)

<Homemade>

Play a Game with Her

Design a Game Together

Create something from old Tech Equipment

Laptop Decals/Stickers to Decorate

Sewn Laptop Case

<Bought>

Choose Accessories (Earphones, Speakers, Charger, Bags, Chargers, etc)

Personalised items (Mouse pads, Pictures, etc)

Desk Decorations (LED Lights, etc)

Portable Chargers & Desk Lamps

Smart Devices (Watches, Lights, Alexa)

Chill

(cozy/relaxed/homely)

<Homemade>

Do her Jobs for the Day

Give her a shoulder robe

Movie/TV Series Day in

Junk Food Day

<Bought>

Slippers/Ugh-boots

Fluffy or Soft Blanket/Robe

Sleeping Mask

Massage Tools

Any Mother

(What to get if you're unsure) :

PLAN FOR THE DAY (Doesn't have to be everything, choose what you feel she would love to do)

BOUGHT (Can never go wrong with a custom gift basket)

Build a Gift Basket -

Basket/Gift Box

Treat/Snack/Drink

Self Care/Relaxation

Scented Goodie

"Mom" Goodie (Jewellery, Mug, Cozy things, Bookish...)

Fresh Flowers (Preferably Her Favourite)

Card/Poem/Haiku/Quote

MOTHERS DAY COUPONS (Just some options, or you can make them yourself in to a small booklet)

[beatotsundere]

[FOR SALE] Official SNK FINAL Season Merchandise

New SNK Final season Merchandise orders are made and a few Snk Merchandise are still looking for a home and are left open to buy/reserve from my box splits. They come with official packaging, were never used and are from Japan imported. No cheap china bootleg Versions!

Green crossed out = Reserved from a Customer

All Merchandise are in brand new condition and were never used. Japan import official products!

Feel free to message me for any questions!

Instagram shop: https://www.instagram.com/kusomegane1992_snk_shop/

Released Merchandise and the only left from the sets!

SNK MYSTERY BOX : Price EACH: 5.00-30.00EUR

SNK Final Season LOTTERY Event postcard + badge set : Price EACH: 15.00EUR

Eren red design

Eren

SNK Botania acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Eren

Eren child (SOLD OUT)

Eren Mikasa Armin trio

SNK lottery Merchandise: Price EACH: 20.00EUR  

Hanji badge

2x Hanji circus badge

Sasha circus badge

Eren/Mikasa/Armin/Jean/Sasha keychain

Eren/Levi/Hanji/Erwin keychain

SNK GSC big Cushion keychains (12 in total) : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Eren (SOLD OUT)

Mikasa (SOLD OUT)

Armin 1 left

Levi (SOLD OUT)

Erwin 1 left

Hanji (SOLD OUT)

SNK Final acrylic stand: Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Jean

SNK gallery cafe event badge : Price EACH: 30.00EUR

Hanji

SNK FINAL E-Diner event acrylic stands: Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Connie

SNK New Year acrylic stand set: Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Ymir

SNK painting gang acrylic stand set : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Annie

SNK Final chibi acrylic stands : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Jean

SNK kids acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Jean

SNK P. Cafe event cat acrylic stand figure: Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Jean (SOLD OUT)

SNK saluting acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Eren (SOLD OUT)

Jean

SNK ice cream event clips + acrylic stands : Price EACH: 30.00EUR

Eren acrylic stand (SOLD OUT)

Connie acrylic stand

SNK limited Levi ikebukuro badge: Price EACH: 30.00EUR

Levi

SNK FINAL Detective vs Thief acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Gabi

SNK GSC double face keychains : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Eren (SOLD OUT)

Eren 2 (SOLD OUT)

Mikasa (SOLD OUT)

Armin (SOLD OUT)

Levi (SOLD OUT)

Erwin

Hanji (SOLD OUT)

Jean (SOLD OUT)

Marco (SOLD OUT)

Sasha (SOLD OUT)

Connie (SOLD OUT)

Reiner

Bertolt (SOLD OUT)

Annie

Historia

Ymir

SNK Final Nendo figure face plate set : Price EACH: 20.00EUR

Armin

PRE ORDERS READY TO RESERVE!

(Finished reserved sets can be checked in my Instagram store)

SNK FINAL Tea cup keychain set: Price EACH: to be determined

Annie

Zeke

SNK paraverse figures : Price EACH: to be determined

Eren (Reserved)

Titan Eren (Reserved)

SNK royal moble’s acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: to be determined

Connie

Reiner

Erwin

SNK zodiac sign acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: to be determined

Jean

SNK christmas acrylic stand figures : Price EACH: to be determined

Reiner

Annie

SNK final mini figures : Price EACH: to be determined

Eren (Reserved)

Jean (Reserved)

Oversea shipping:

Shipping costs: 4.50EUR

Deutschland:

Versand: 2,90€ oder Einschreiben auch möglich.

I ship my keychains out with airmail.

COMBINIED SHIPPING IS POSSIBLE! GROUP ORDERS WITH FRIENDS IS POSSIBLE!!

Oversea Payment:

ONLY PAYPAL PLEASE!!

Deutschland:

Paypal oder Überweisung möglich!

Write me a message if interested.

ONLY SERIOUS BUYERS PLEASE!

Thank you very much!

[awkward-teabag]

A big fucking hint that shrinkflation happened is the packaging gets a whole new design, they slap a BONUS on it, or it boasts about a brand new recipe. It's not 100% accurate—especially these days—but it's a sign they messed with the packaging and/or contents and are distracting customers or getting them to doubt themselves.

Of course that doesn't help when companies mess with it and don't say anything.

But if it comes in a box, be wary if it gets larger from the front as they cut down on depth to hide that they removed contents, and plastic and glass jars get a larger indent to hide they reduced volume. If it's something they can add air to, such as chips or ice cream, the packaging will stay the same but the listed weight will be lower. If the intended price is printed on the packaging (e.g. Arizona iced tea), the contents may not change but there will be a price tag or sticker on every single one in the exact same place.

Oh and count your bagels.

companies are delusional if they think consumers don't notice shrinkflation. less food in the package, less medicine in the jar, less whatever in the wherever, it doesn't matter where and it's almost always noticeable. like i just finished one box of medicine and we opened another allegedly identical one that we just bought and lo and behold, the four middle medicine segments were gone from the package. they took out four pills from the same sized box and sold it at the same price without any indication on the box other than the small number in the corner. ridiculous

[beapoptoy]

Children Desktop Games Ice Cream Pop It Toy 

[lisadennard]

How Does DoorDash Ensure Food Quality During Delivery?

Packaging for Freshness

DoorDash places great importance on food quality. One way they ensure this is through proper packaging. Restaurants use special containers to keep food hot or cold. For example, pizza boxes are designed to keep pizzas crispy. Containers with tight lids prevent spills and leaks. Good packaging helps maintain the food's temperature and appearance.

DoorDash drivers are also trained to handle food carefully. They are instructed to keep food upright and avoid rough handling. This reduces the chance of spills or soggy dishes. For instance, salads and soups are kept in secure, leak-proof containers. This careful handling helps ensure that the food arrives in the best possible condition.

Tracking and Timeliness

Another way DoorDash ensures quality is through tracking and timely delivery. The app allows customers to see where their food is in real-time. This feature helps prevent delays. Drivers are encouraged to take the most efficient routes. The goal is to get the food to the customer quickly.

Timeliness is crucial for maintaining food quality. Hot foods need to stay hot, and cold foods need to stay cold. For example, ice cream or frozen yogurt is delivered in special insulated bags. This keeps it from melting during the trip. Fast delivery helps keep food at the right temperature and ensures a better dining experience.

Customer Feedback and Quality Control

DoorDash also relies on customer feedback to maintain quality. After each delivery, customers can rate their experience. This feedback helps DoorDash address any issues with food quality. For example, if a customer reports that their food was cold or damaged, DoorDash investigates the issue. They work with restaurants and drivers to find solutions and improve service.

DoorDash’s commitment to quality is evident in their response to feedback. They use this information to train drivers better and improve packaging methods. For instance, if many customers report soggy fries, DoorDash might work with restaurants to use better packaging. This focus on improvement helps ensure that food quality remains high.

[sofiaalice]

How Important Is Branding in the Dessert Business?

Introduction

The dessert industry is booming. With countless bakeries, ice cream parlors, and confectioneries popping up, it's clear that people have a sweet tooth. But how do some dessert businesses stand out in this sea of sugar and chocolate? The answer lies in branding. Let's dive into why branding is crucial in the dessert business and how it can transform your sweet venture into a memorable experience.

The Basics of Branding

What is Branding?

Branding goes beyond just a logo or a catchy name. It's the entire perception that your business creates in the minds of your customers. From your logo to your customer service, everything contributes to your brand.

Components of a Strong Brand

A strong brand consists of several key components: a memorable logo, a consistent color scheme, a unique voice, and a compelling story. Each element plays a vital role in how your business is perceived and remembered.

Why Branding Matters in the Dessert Business

First Impressions Count

In the dessert business, first impressions are everything. When customers walk into your store or visit your website, the first thing they notice is your brand's visual appeal. A well-designed brand can make customers feel welcome and excited to try your products.

Building Customer Loyalty

Branding helps build trust and loyalty. When customers recognize and trust your brand, they're more likely to return and recommend your desserts to others. Consistency in branding reassures them that they'll have the same great experience every time.

Creating a Unique Brand Identity

Understanding Your Target Audience

To create a unique brand identity, you need to understand your target audience. Who are your customers? What do they like? What are their preferences? Knowing your audience helps you tailor your branding efforts to meet their expectations.

Crafting a Memorable Logo and Name

Your logo and name are the face of your brand. They should be easy to remember and reflect the essence of your business. A great logo is simple yet impactful, and your business name should be catchy and relevant to your desserts.

Brand Storytelling

Sharing Your Journey

People love stories, especially when they involve passion and dedication. Share your journey of how you started your dessert business, the challenges you faced, and the milestones you achieved. This creates an emotional connection with your customers.

Connecting Emotionally with Customers

Emotional connections drive customer loyalty. Whether it's through heartwarming stories or delicious memories, connecting with your customers on an emotional level ensures they remember your brand fondly.

Visual Branding

Importance of Color and Design

Colors evoke emotions and play a significant role in branding. Choose a color palette that resonates with your brand's personality. Consistent design elements, from packaging to store decor, reinforce your brand's visual identity.

Consistent Packaging

Packaging is more than just a way to hold your desserts; it's a marketing tool. Consistent and attractive packaging enhances the overall experience and makes your brand more recognizable. Think about the iconic customized dessert boxes Canada from famous brands – they’re instantly recognizable and add to the product’s appeal.

Digital Presence

Building a Dessert Brand Online

In today's digital age, having an online presence is crucial. A well-designed website with engaging content can attract customers and keep them coming back. Make sure your website reflects your brand's personality and offers a seamless user experience.

Utilizing Social Media

Social media is a powerful tool for branding. Platforms like Instagram and Facebook allow you to showcase your desserts, engage with customers, and build a community. Use high-quality photos, share behind-the-scenes stories, and interact with your audience to build a loyal following.

Customer Experience and Brand Perception

Ensuring Quality and Consistency

Quality is non-negotiable in the dessert business. Ensure that every dessert you serve meets high standards. Consistency in taste and presentation builds trust and reinforces your brand's reputation.

Creating a Memorable Customer Experience

A great customer experience goes beyond just the product. It's about how customers feel when they interact with your brand. Friendly service, a pleasant ambiance, and little extras like personalized messages can make a big difference.

Leveraging Influencer Marketing

Collaborating with Food Bloggers and Influencers

Influencers can help you reach a wider audience. Collaborate with food bloggers and influencers who align with your brand to showcase your desserts. Their endorsement can boost your brand's credibility and attract new customers.

User-Generated Content

Encourage your customers to share their experiences on social media. User-generated content, such as photos and reviews, adds authenticity to your brand and helps build a community around your desserts.

Branding and Product Development

Innovating While Staying True to Your Brand

Innovation keeps your brand fresh and exciting. Experiment with new flavors and presentation styles, but ensure they align with your brand's identity. Innovation should enhance, not confuse, your brand image.

Seasonal and Limited-Edition Desserts

Seasonal and limited-edition desserts create excitement and urgency. They give customers something to look forward to and talk about, enhancing your brand's appeal.

Local Community and Events

Participating in Local Events

Get involved in your local community by participating in events and fairs. This boosts brand visibility and allows you to connect with potential customers in a personal setting.

Hosting Brand-Specific Events

Host events like dessert tastings, baking classes, or holiday specials. These events create memorable experiences and deepen customer engagement with your brand.

Brand Collaborations and Partnerships

Partnering with Other Brands

Collaborate with other brands to create unique products or experiences. Partnerships can introduce your brand to new audiences and provide opportunities for creative marketing.

Co-Branding Opportunities

Co-branding with well-known brands can enhance your brand's credibility and visibility. Look for brands that share your values and have a complementary customer base.

Measuring Brand Success

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Track KPIs such as customer retention, brand awareness, and sales to measure the success of your branding efforts. Regularly review these metrics to make informed decisions.

Gathering and Analyzing Feedback

Customer feedback is invaluable. Use surveys, reviews, and social media comments to gather insights on your brand's performance. Analyzing feedback helps you identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth.

Case Studies

Successful Dessert Brands and Their Strategies

Study successful dessert business brands to understand their branding strategies. Analyze what makes them stand out and how they connect with their customers.

Lessons Learned from Brand Failures

Learning from failures is just as important as studying successes. Understand the common pitfalls in branding and how to avoid them to ensure your brand's longevity.

Conclusion

Branding is more than just a logo or a catchy name; it's the soul of your dessert business. It influences how customers perceive and remember your brand. By focusing on creating a strong brand identity, sharing your story, maintaining quality, and engaging with your audience, you can build a loyal customer base and stand out in the competitive dessert industry.

FAQs

Why is branding important in the dessert business? Branding helps create a memorable impression, builds customer loyalty, and differentiates your business from competitors.

How can I create a unique brand identity for my dessert business? Understand your target audience, craft a memorable logo and name, and share your brand story to connect emotionally with customers.

What role does social media play in dessert branding? Social media allows you to showcase your products, engage with customers, and build a community around your brand.

How do I ensure consistent branding across all platforms? Maintain a consistent color scheme, design elements, and brand voice across your website, social media, and packaging.

[xtruss]

The 2024 Uber Lost & Found Index Reveals Bizarre Items Left behind By The Customers

— April 17, 2024 | Uber.Com | Written By Uber

With Mercury in Retrograde, which astrologists say influences forgetfulness, we’re back with the eighth annual Uber Lost & Found Index – a snapshot of the most surprising and most popular items left behind in Ubers.

Over the last twelve months, items of clothing, luggage, headphones and wallets topped the list of most frequently forgotten belongings. But Uber riders didn’t just leave the usuals behind… in fact, folks forgot their frontal hair toupees, live turtles, trays of meat pie, tubs of surgical implants, and more. We saw a few new forgetfulness trends this year, too: Miami was the most forgetful city, red was the most lost color, 9pm and 10pm are when most folks report lost items, and January 21st was the most forgetful day.

Take a look at the full Lost & Found Index below, which includes step-by-step instructions on how to get help getting lost items back in the Uber app. Whether it’s your Beyoncé fold up fan or a whole smoked pork belly, we want to help you reunite with your prized possessions!

The 2024 Uber Lost & Found Index! The 10 Lost Commonly Forgotten Items:

Clothing

Luggage

Headphones

Wallet

Jewelry

Phone

Camera

Tablet or book

Laptop

Vape

The 10 Most “Forgetful” Cities:

Miami, FL

Los Angeles, CA

Atlanta, GA

Houston, TX

Dallas, TX

Orlando, FL

Phoenix, AZ

Tampa Bay, FL

Denver, CO

Austin, TX

The 50 Most *Unique* Lost Items:

Frontal hair toupee

Hot sauce and a breathalyzer

I left a leaf in your car that’s much needed

Two containers with spiders in them

A Beyoncé fold up fan

A tray of meat pie

Ceramic cat

Jar of oysters

A personalized blanket with a picture of me and my dog

Small rat skeleton prop

Candle that says ‘See you in court’

A fake tooth / retainer (it’s a really small plastic piece with a fake tooth in it)

Gray tub of surgical implants

Police-grade handcuffs

My live pet animal turtle

Waist beads and a burrito steamer

I left expensive blueberries that are special that I need that the store is completely out of. There’s two packages that I absolutely need.

My girlfriend’s pregnant pills

Small box containing a gnome.

Standup paddleboard paddle

Painting from SeaWorld. It was wrapped up in a roll and I love it.

A playbill from the Spamalot show at the Kennedy Center

My robot

Benihana garlic butter

Contraceptive Plan B from Costco and a BaBylissPRO massager machine

A panic button

A spear and a furry fox tail

Taylor Swift autograph. Framed!!!!

Fart sensor

Bravo Con wristband

A #bestdayever foam sign

3 feathers

Fake butt

Poster of Hillary Clinton

Panty liner and 1000 bucks. That’s all I can remember

Some lotion or my thong

Meditation crystals

Undergarments, bread, pack of ham and mayo

Cardboard cut out panda

Street sign saying ‘She’s drunk’ and a picture frame

My father’s beard softener

Big sentimental carrying jug

Paternity test

WWE championship belt

Harry Potter wand engraved with name ‘Alexander’

Large sticker with a dancing cartoon cat that says ‘Spanky Fest’ on it

I might have left my garden fence in the trunk.

Jeep Liberty engine. Please call me

I lost my wizard woman

Three Japanese ceramic decorative cats – one gold, one black and one pink. All fist-sized.

Top 20 Forgotten Food Items:

Leftovers from Pizzeria Portofino. Soooo expensive.

A whole smoked pork belly

Cooler with meat

I left the ice cream cones in your car and was worried about it melting and making a mess

A nice cheese. Feel free to keep!

A pan of chicken spaghetti

Bucket of cookies

Benihana garlic butter

Mason jar with cilantro

Church cookies in the trunk

Green lettuce in a jar in your car

Fly ass burrito

Side of salmon

Tomatoes (Don’t need ‘em back, just a heads up so they don’t cook in your car!)

A tray of meat pie

I left my pizza in your car! I can’t believe I left it!

Bowl of meat is in your car! And i need it

I left some pasta in the back by accident. Feel free to have it! It was so yummy and I didn’t eat out of the plate. Thanks again!

Jar of oysters

Small container of valuable honey

2024 Lost & Found Trends:

Seeing Red: Lost an item and seeing red? Well, that should help, since the most popular color of lost items was red.

Keeping Cool with Crystals: Channeling your inner zen and manifesting more just got a little harder. Riders around the country lost a number of healing crystals, including purple Amethysts, green Aventurines and more.

Mini Cooper Movers: The top lost car keys were from Mini Cooper owners. They won’t be getting very far in their little cars!

What’s the WiFi: There was a significant number of wifi hotspots and mobile routers left behind this year. Is that why you dropped from the Zoom call?

Getting Sensical: It appears Uber riders are coming to their senses this year, or finding them rather. From dignity, to credibility and memory, riders reported emotional losses left behind.

Next Time, Take Your Board: Whether of sentimental value or brand spankin’ new, skateboarders forgot their #1 tool this year time and time again.

Most Forgetful Days/Times:

Remember 1/21: January 21st is the most forgetful day of the year, with the most lost items recorded.

Losing Hour: The most popular hours of the day lost items were reported were 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm. Not the ideal night time routine we see on TikTok, huh?

Lost Items That Peak On Certain Days:

People are most likely to forget luggage on Mondays.

People are most likely to forget headphones on Tuesdays.

People are most likely to forget wallets on Wednesdays.

People are most likely to forget jewelry on Thursdays.

People are most likely to forget phones on Fridays.

People are most likely to forget vapes on Saturdays.

People are most likely to forget clothing on Sundays.

If you’ve left something behind during a ride with Uber, look no further than this help page, which outlines the simple steps you can take to help you get a lost item returned to you.

The best way to retrieve a lost item is to call the driver – but if you leave your phone itself in an Uber, you can login

Open the Uber app and tap “Activity” on the bottom icon menu.

Select the trip on which you lost the item.

Scroll down to “Find lost item” in the Help section, and then “Contact driver about a lost item.”

Enter your phone number to call the driver.

If your driver picks up and confirms that your item has been found, coordinate a mutually convenient time and place to meet for its return to you.

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𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻-𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 || 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗗𝗼?

           It was an early morning, shops in the street had yet to open for customers but the owners were already busy with preparations inside.

           Nejteri watched the boss of the ice-cream & drinks shop Lin Kuei jog across the quiet road, seems like he got here later than usual which wasn't like Bi-han to oversleep and have an unfocused look clouding his dark eyes.

           His employees were there in time though, preparing the breakfast menu in the kitchen and the tables but his startling presence threw them off their peaceful work as far as Nejteri could see through the big windows.

           At the sight of the shop had her taste buds yearn for some good coffee that would help her get through this day's deliveries. She'll get something before leaving to the next district of this town, is what she promised to herself. An Ice-coffee with whipped cream and ice-cream scopes really sound good right about now.

           Not being known for waiting, Nejteri had already opened her cargo van to reveal a horde of boxes of all sizes, as soon as she was inside she inspected the first boxes and began to move them out to Kenshi's door and his apprentice Tomáš will collect them whenever he'll have the time.

           Nejteri looked over the "千渡 タトゥー (Sento Tattoos)" sticker on the glass door before giving it a firm knock, but there was not ever a sign of a living soul.

           It is still early but when Kenshi Takahashi is expecting a delivery he's usually up and running with his apprentices around the shop. But if he wanted to sleep in today then good for him.

           A man usually meets her there ever two weeks or so to pick boxes of car parts for a carengineer that owns a shop that is around the corner and two blocks down and apparently he sometimes works there as a welder, he helped with boxes that are as big and heavy as her - Nejteri believes it's out of pity. He keeps telling her to wait for him but she never listened.

           She was already at the third box, a big one with a fragile sticker ordered by Tomáš himself. Maybe it's that mini-fridge he was relentlessly pleading his boss to order the last time Nejteri had visited for her appointment.

           Nejteri had to tilt the package to lift it against her chest, arms barely embracing it, and tucked it under her chin. Her already aching back strained as soon as she held up the weight, it was just a few kilos heavier than the heavy toddlers she carries each in one arm.

           An unexpected shake of the van had her nearly topping over other packages if she hadn't regained her balance quicky. Normal people would worry this was a sign of thieves trying to get in for the cargo or highjack the car but her sixth sense had her at ease, it even gloated that the sound of a familiar grunt confirmed its certitude.

           "You are quite stubborn, you know that?"

           Facing the tall man with a clear conscience and a tiny smile to match on her pursed lips, Nejteri took a step closer, the box bumping into his broad breast when he chose not to step away and instead his scowl of disapproval met her gaze head-on.

           Shao was a big man made 80-ish percent of sculpted muscles, he'd have towered over the cargo van if he weren't bent, folded arm on the hood supported his weight and Nejteri was at an eye level by standing in the trunk.

           With a balding haircut faded from sides to his cheek sideburns — it's said that bald men are scary, and he does look intimidating, that type you never have anything positive to say about at a first glance given his rough facial structure but there is a weird speck of charm about him. It could be the hooded eyes of brown like those of a teddy bear that makes one second-guess the feelings of first impressions of such a built guy.

           It's not that almost-two-meter tall Shao is one of those gym obsessed body-builders, or at least, not anymore, in a way, but he has some decent bulkiness in places that made his baggy clothes still look tight. He's an eye candy, Nejteri can admit as much but never had a thought of trying to lay hints she doesn't have the right mindset for things such as relationships.

           Juggling jobs and paying a debt occupies most of her thoughts, especially at night.

           Shao took the package from her hands and Nejteri didn't bother to even fuss about it, she stopped arguing about it just a month ago, it gets quite tiring after a while.

           "I told you to leave the heavy boxes to me." his lambasted Nejteri before he left to put the box with the rest by the tattoo shop's door. The package looked smaller in his hold, without the slightest of sweat he could carry it in one hand if he wants to show off.

           With a sigh and resignation easing tense muscles she returned to the boxes. "I'm a big girl, Shao, I'm used to lifting things that are alike to ya. 'Sides, what if ya'd get sick one day? I'd have to do it on my own anyway."

           Nejteri pushed one big box behind her before getting a hold of two smaller packages, Shao soon enough returned and grabbed the package she prepared for him.

           He waited for her to crawl out of there to answer her as soon as they walked side-by-side to the small apartment buildings. "Tch! That won't happen. I don't get sick."

           Nejteri rolled her blue eyes at him, ringing an apartment whose name tag matched the same on the boxes and waited for an answer. "Sorry if my doubt offends ya, but even the healthiest people can get heartattacks at a considerably young age."

           Shao couldn't argue with that, he had some old friends that unfortunately had met that kind of road end.

           An older man suddenly opened the big doors for them, a baby with reddened, wet cheeks and puffy eyes rested against his hip. The little boy sucked anxiously on his pacifier and stared at the strangers on alert.

           "I'm sorry, the intercom is busted on both ends. You- you can leave the boxes here. Thank you for waiting."

           Both Nejteri and Shao shared simpathy towards the tired father and carried the boxes upstairs out of kindness but they didn't think too much about the genuine thanks for the help the father stuttered their way while maneuvering his baby to keep the boy still.

           Shao was the one leaving without a proper goodbye first before the father would swarm them in a longer conversation past the small-talk.

           Nejteri caught up to Shao on the stairs soon enough, now that they are alone again she wanted to adress one thing that rubbed off of her the wrong way. "Why do ya always have to sneer at my back when I lift and put down the packages? Ya ain’t bein' subtle about it either."

           Shao was a man of few words, or as far as she knew him. Now and then it seems like he's not comfortable with talking to her specifically. Maybe he's shy?

           "... Stop lifting with your back or you'll end up in the hospital by the end of the week." Shao fleetingly looked down at her, drinking in her small size of an adult.

           Although used to his son when he was a small kid years ago, he grew up nearly to his size. Shao doesn't know how to act around people that are kid-size and smaller, it's almost both awe and intimidation?

           He's not good with new people either, it took time to open up this much to her, get his tongue to loosen up. But maybe that's because his mother always taught him to hold back his cards for as long as he can, to know for sure if the person can be trusted. Words of wisdom from a successful CEO woman.

           "......... You do care about me." Nejteri twirled in place to face him, walking backwards and shooting him a smug grin. "'Bout a stranger like me?"

           Shao looked at her with his wide, brown eyes before quickly throwing his gaze at the other side of the road with a sharp scoff. He sometimes found her mocking infuriating.

           Nejteri's body turned after his and she stood behind him while he picked up two packages, two in each hand. Shao raised from a squat for his back to do less work as he brought the one paper box against his hip and the other on his shoulder before he carefully walked away to the next destination.

           Picking up the last small packages for this street mailed to the Tarkata, the automobile engineering company that Shao seems to be working at, perhaps he's just an errand boy that goes his way every four weeks to help a small gal in need with the heavier stuff when there is any.

           She put the package on her lap as she sat on the cargo's trunk and rubbed at her itching silver septum. As soon as he got back for his packages she decided to voice her observation. "So, you were like a body-builder weren't ya?"

           Shao froze right by her side, towering over her. He was genuienly suprised. "Who told you?"

           Snorting softly her choked laughter, she shot him a ludic smile before looking forward at the road again. The sun began to rise above the horizon and she still have so many roads to drive on. "Your body was pretty much a give away."

           Unexpectedly, Shao didn't snatch his employer's packages but only eyed them as he was sitting down beside her, leaning forward on his elbows. The van slightly shook and dipped under his weight, the back left wheel put under a big pressure that he needs to survive for Nejteri's sake to finish today's deliveries on time.

           "Hrm, alright. Good point, I guess.... I was a weight-lifter, actually."

           "Was?" Nejteri perked up, pupils enlargening ever-so-slightly but he would have noticed if he'd have been facing her.

           Shao loosened his pursed lips before he decided to reply, trying to play his cards right. "I had to stop to raise my son."

           Nejteri hummed and nodded in understanding, smiling softly for herself. She'd have never guessed he could be a parent, at all. It was very impressive actually, now she sees him as a different person entirely.

           "How much can ya lift now that ya ain’t doing it anymore?"

           "Oh, a lot. Still pretty close to Paul Anderson's record, if that name rings any bells to you, that is." Shao looked at her over his shoulder, even leaned in closer to her side so he'd see her face better.

           Nejteri took in his impressive body build before she leaned forward to look at him directly over his massive arm, her shoulder touching his. An intruding, intrusive question nagged at her brain until she gave in. "So... lifting me would be like holding a basket of fruit to ya?"

           Shao shook his head, a small smile blooming on his thin, rough lips. "Lighter."

                             Part 2?

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