#caepino

[blueberrybladelemonade]

New comm!

🥹 Just received a new comm from @beeholyshit

Crying, screaming, throwing up because of how amazing their art is and how this turned out 😭💜

New Cae and Peppino art :>

[yve-the-nerd]

Cae commissions for @blueberrybladelemonade I made through the year!!

First [26/03/2023]:

Second [18/05/2023]:

Third [18/10/2023]

MINECRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFT I'M HAVING SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXX 🦖🦖🦖💥💥💥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

-Joel Vinesauce

Tysm for still commissioning me, funny minecraft aside, omg ;; 💜💜💜

These are always so fun to do and I love Cae and Caepino istg 🥺💜💜

[blueberrybladelemonade]

Cooking with Cae (Commission)

Fantastic art done by _Nonconformking over on Twitter💜 Also rare pic of human-ish Cae!

(Cae can cook, I swear lmao)

I'm still alive btw, life's just been hectic so I've only had a little bit of free time to write🙃 Still working on fics though💜

[blueberrybladelemonade]

Cae and Peppino

Aka a rare sighting of Cae as a human (well, more human lol)

🍋Done by Peepsicola1 on Twitter who did an AMAZING job on Cae's human design!🫐

(Since I haven't posted much have another commission I got recently while I'm still working on fics💜)

[blueberrybladelemonade]

Finally drew my own self indulgent art 😅 Still getting the hang of drawing in a more toony artstyle, so this is kinda half my own style and half more toon-ish?

Anyways! Fluffy hug!💜 Emotional support sergal💜

[blueberrybladelemonade]

Cae's Pizza: Caffinated Chaos

Summary: Peppino asks Cae to run the pizzeria for the day with Gustavo. What could possibly go wrong?

The answer: A lot.

Contents: Energy drink consumption, Crimes against pizza, Human to sergal transformation, highly efficient but chaotic cooking, bringing in business, everything is fine just don't go in the kitchen.

Part of the CaePino (Cae x Peppino) series.

"Candy Apple, Blueberry, or Guava?" Cae mumbled to herself, violet eyes scanning over the bright and obnoxious cans. She bit her lower lip in contemplation. Today was an important day and she needed to bring her A game.

Peppino had mentioned needing to go to the next town over but he couldn't leave Gustavo by himself to man the pizzeria. Cae had volunteered to help, offering to just close her teashop for the day. She brushed off her boyfriend's concern, it was just one day. Besides, it wasn't as if she had never helped out at the restaurant. Cae knew enough about how to make pizza.

"Ah whatever, I'll take all three with me! But now..." she cracked open the lid and took a few sips. Nodding happily at her choice she guzzled the remaining liquid. Mmm. Blueberry.

* * *

Gustavo looked over to the doors with growing concern. Cae was supposed to be here by now. Did she oversleep? Or did she forget to set her alarm again?

He sighed, pulling his phone from his pocket. Might as well call before it gets late.

Just then, the door burst open with a surprising degree of force and a particularly peppy Caedrhnmar bounced up to the counter. "Good morning Gustavo!” she greeted him excitedly. "Ready to have a great and successful day"?

"Uh...yeah. You can start with kneading the dough-" Cae had already appeared beside him before opening the fridge. Gustavo blinked. He wasn't used to her being this energetic. Or animated.

An hour had passed and it didn't take Gustavo long to understand Cae was like this due to the effects of an energy drink. Oh well he'll just have to watch her in case anything gets out of hand.

"Noisette!" Cae shouted, "Good morning"!

"Good morning Cae!" Noisette replied as she dragged her boyfriend up to the counter to sit.

"The hell is wrong with her?" Noise gestures to Cae, watching her rush around. While chaotic, she was also working with almost cartoonish efficiency. Tossing the dough with one hand while also cutting peppers with the other. In the next moment Cae plopped the thin dough back on the counter, now spreading sauce on top of it. She only managed to spill one ladle of sauce on the floor.

"She had an energy drink." Gustavo replied stiffly. Wiping off bits of cheese that landed on his face. A blur of red stops in front of Noisette as Cae happily rambles about something.

"So what happens if you give her another one?" Noise asked casually. In the corner of his eye he notices Noisette whispering and nodding excitedly back at Cae. In the next moment Noisette runs out the door.

"No. She doesn't need another energy drink!"

"But I can get even more stuff done! My bag is in that booth!" Cae calls over her shoulder. Now cutting sausage with rapid precision.

"She already had one! We don't need her causing more chaos and messes"!

Gustavo already seen what the back room looked like. Bits of cheese, sauce, and everything else that went in a pizza was strewn about. To say the least, it was going to take hours to clean.

"Here, catch"!

"Noise NO!" Gustavo shouts after him, trying to catch the can that whirs over his head.

With a swift motion Cae snatched the drink. Her eyes lit up as the top hissed open. In a few large gulps it had been emptied.

"Why would you do that!" Gustavo, the usually patient man, was starting to reach his limit. He looked on in horror as Cae nearly sprinted to grab a bowl, pans, and more foodstuffs. Her hair had started to become more wild.

As long as she stayed away from the customers Gustavo could probably manage. He watched as the door opened and a couple walked in. "Hello! Welcome to Peppino's Pizza! Please have a seat anywhere"!

* * *

Admittedly, it could've been worse. There had been a steady flow of customers all day -which was uncharacteristic- but with Cae working so quickly they had been able to effectively handle it.

The Noise hung around for another hour until his phone rang and he excused himself.

"Come ON! We have to go, go, GO!" Cae shouts, grabbing Gustavo by the arm and dragging him back into the kitchen. "I feel GREAT but I also think I'm getting heart palpitations!" she cackled maniacally. The tufts that sprouted out on either side of her head had grown longer.

"Cae maybe you should lay down-" he was cut short as she spun around, her face mere inches from his. Her pupils were pinpricks. "No!" she retorts, her one eye twitching, "Pizza time never ends"!

With that she let go of his arm, rushing over to the oven. "Since Calzones are just folded over pizzas..." she pulls out a large pan with equally large masses of dough, "I made these! In three assorted flavors! You can order a whole one or half"!

"And what is that?" Gustavo nods to the contents in the other oven.

"Pizza toast! You gotta try it when it's done! I promise they'll be a hit! Though...don't tell Peppino what I made it with. It'll be our secret italian war crime, capiche?" she clicks her tongue and gives him a shaky thumbs up. Gustavo replied with a resigned nod, he gave up hours ago trying to reign her in.

"Hey. Where do you want us to hook these up?" a familiar voice calls from door. The Noise was back and...were those speakers and a microphone?

Before Gustavo could even ask what was happening Cae shouted over him, making his ears ring. "Up by the front booths! I'll be out to help in a sec, but can you start clearing up a space and move the tables so we can have a stage"?

Stage?

"Sure. Noisette should be back soon by the way. She's been across town at least twice before she stopped at your cafe".

Gustavo watched the Noise turn back around and leave. What the hell was happening?

Crack!

The loud sound caused him to jolt. A sense of dread fell over Gustavo as he slowly turned around. He was met with pale lavender eyes and a creature much taller than himself. The tail behind the fluffy disaster wagged and twitched along the floor, getting covered in flour. Cae flashed him a nervous smile, holding up two halves of the broken spatula.

"Whoops".

Ah shit.

* * *

Multiple cars and a cacophony of noise echoed out from the pizzeria. Was that music too Peppino was hearing? What ever was happening inside, it didn't sound like a disaster. Although as he opened the door he gasped.

Peppino couldn't recall the last time there was this many people in his restaurant at once. If ever. What had Cae been-

"NEXT ROUND IS ON ME!" a wine colored blur of fluff shouted. Applause broke out as Noisette began passing out cups. Wait...Noisette? What was she doin- "Remember! Today and today only the Sapphire Dragon hosts our speciality here at Peppino's Pizza"!

Cae grinned, waving over at Peppino as she noticed him standing dumbfounded. "Speaking of! There's legend! The owner! And also my boyfriend! Everyone give another round of applause for the man who let all of this happen!" She jumped up on a chair, her tail nearly knocking out the person behind her. The crowd responded with an explosion of more applause and whooping.

Peppino felt his face start to burn. "I'm don't-a understand what's going on here".

As the clapping ceased and people returned to their own chatter, Cae hopped off the chair and made a beeline towards him. "Nae Salang! Welcome back!" she smiled warmly down at him.

The next moment Cae had closed the gap between them and lifted up her paws to squish her boyfriends face. "Aw! Your cheeks are so squishy,” she gasped excitedly, continuing to deform Peppino’s face as if she were still kneading dough. He rolled his eyes, swatting her hands away as Cae whined. Instead she opted to rest her arm on top of his head.

"Who gave her-a the energy drink?"

"Oh! You gotta try the stuff we made for today!" Cae grabbed Peppino by the wrist and dragged him over to the counter. The counter was lined with assorted types pizza, what he thinks are Calzones, smaller bite sized looking pizza, and...

"What is that?" he points at what looks like toast with pizza toppings.

"Pizza toast!" Cae chirps, "The sauce is made with ketchup, pepper, garlic..."

Che cazzo! Peppino grimaced. This was a pizza crime. Ketchup? As in straight from the bottle?

"Oh don't be like that!" she pouted, before shoving a piece into his mouth before he could protest further.

Huh. It was good.

"As crazy as today was, we managed to bring in almost triple the sales we usually make in a day." Gustavo piped up, continuing to wipe off a nearby table.

"I helped!" Noisette chimed in, "Cae told me to 'get out there and yell at people to come to Peppino's Pizza today for a special event! I didn't yell at everyone though, when I did, people ran away..."

The conversation was cut short as music blared to life. Another person had entered the makeshift stage. Mio dio was that the Noise? With a microphone? Noisette squealed and dashed towards the stage after him.

"I dedicate this song to my girl. Love ya toots." Noisette gave him a kiss on the cheek before grabbing the second mic.

Cae chuckled in amusement and shook her head. The song playing was Bad Romance. Those surrounding the stage had started clapping in time with the music, punctuated with whoops and whistles throughout.

Cae pulled Peppino close to her, resting his back into her chest fluff. "Not too shabby for running the place, huh?" Peppino relaxed into her embrace, nodding in agreement. He tilted his head up, meeting Cae halfway as she lowered her own. "Grazie amore mio." he mutters, giving her a quick peck on the cheek.

A yawn escaped Cae's lips. The caffeine had finally left her system and the day had finally caught up to her.

* * *

After enjoying another thirty minutes of off-key singing, everything had wrapped up. Now that the doors had closed, the tedious part of cleaning began.

Back to her human self, Cae had started to stand up from her booth before feeling a hand gently push her back down.

"Don't worry about it-a. You worked hard today mio cara. Just rest". Peppino smiled at her, which she returned.

Slowly she sunk back into the booth, settling into a comfortable position again. Watching Peppino walk off towards the kitchen.

Realization slammed into Cae like a ton of bricks. Her eyes widened, sinking deep into the booth, bracing herself as Peppino made his way through the door.

...

"YEOOOOOOOOOOW!"

An earsplitting scream reverberated through the restaurant. Cae winced.

"PORCA PUTTANA"!

Notes:

Pizza toast is actually very popular (and tastes fantastic) in Japan! I just feel that Peppino has never heard of, or tried it, and would consider this a wtf moment. If you look up "Just one cookbook pizza toast" this is the recipe I love using 💜

Sapphire Dragon is the name of Cae's teashop, her drink speciality involves Butterfly Peaflowers, which when brewed turn the liquid bright blue.

Cae is, in essence, also my self insert, Nae Salang (내 사랑) is korean for "my love".