How long has it been really? Heh...I've lost track of time, i think i did anyway. Akari...she was my friend, best friend really, we were always together, always doing stuff, hanging out, yea, like friends do. I don't really understand when it happened...or why it happened, but it happened, and there was nothing i could do about it. I tried to hide it, suppress it, but it always seemed the resurface. Sometimes she'd look at me, and I'd blush, i have no idea why, but i did. She'd laugh and shrug it off, but i'm sure she knew the truth, then again...she is kinda ditsy so it wouldn't surprise me if she was clueless. Luke wasn't though. Luke was her other friend, i guess they were best friends too, he was almost always around. Our personalities clash all the time, but i restrain myself for her sake. He was so energetic and loud, and i wasn't. Sometimes i just wanted to punch him to get him to shut up but i thought better of it. Days were so short whenever i was around her, days were hours, and hours were minutes. I always end up late to work, which pisses Maya off. I shrug it off, Maya is a little confusing. I still don't know why she cooks for me when she in fact can't. I tried to teach her a few times, but she always fails so I've given up. Today, started off like a normal day, actually it really was a normal day, i woke up, showered and went straight to Akari's house.

"Yo..." She said rubbing her eyes and yawing. You know you're best friends with someone when you see them at their worst. This is her worst, in her pink and blue PJ's and hair that looks like a robin's nest, and somehow she was still adorable.

"Hey, don't you look cute." i chuckled walking inside and closing the door behind me.

"Hey shut up, you've looked worse." she punched my shoulder.

"I look sexy when i wake up." i said striking a pose. A smile tugged at the corner of her lips.

"Right, right whatever. Oh try not to make too much noise, Luke's here."

"Again?"

"Yea, he and Selena go into another fight and he's really distressed right now."

"Do you want me to cook for him as well?" i asked irritation evident in my voice.

"Would you please?" she asked sticking out her bottom lip a little. Damn, she always knew how to get me.

"Fine." i sighed walking into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the three of us. I can't say when this routine started but...it did. I just came to her house every morning and cooked for her, she never had time to eat, she either overslept or lost track of time, or was tending to other people. Everyone usually came to her for advice, and she was really good at giving said advice. But there was always the one piece of advice she never took, and it disturbed me sometimes.

"Akaaaaari." Luke's voice rang. I heard footsteps and then silence. It was always like that. She always found some way to calm him down. Now despite what you may think, he and Selena don't fight often, actually this is i think the second fight they've had in over three years.

I was making an omelet for Akari, she loved my omelet's which is why i only made them once a week, and sometimes i'd skip weeks, and she'd force me to make 'delicious fluffy goodness' as she called it. Come to think of it i didn't know what Luke wanted, once upon a time he came here at three in the morning and I was forced to make him Vanilla ice cream from scratch and cook him something. Some type of food, i was too tired to remember but i do remember being mad, Akari woke me up that morning, i had no idea what she was even doing awake at the hour but she was.

"Akari what does Luke want to eat?"

"Something warm." Luke mumbled sitting up slightly. I nodded and went back to cooking. What was i cooking for him? Bacon? Oh, Bacon, eggs and pancakes. He would love that. So that's what i cooked him, and that's what he ate with a greedy look in his eye.

"I couldn't eat last night, i was too distressed." he said stuffing a big piece of pancake into his mouth. "Mmm...fluffy." he said and started laughing. He and Akari exchanged a conversation as i sat there eating quietly when we were all finished eating i took out plates into the kitchen and washed them. When i returned Luke was gone and Akari was lazing on the couch.

"Helping people is exhausting." she yawned. I chuckled at sat down next to her.

"Well its what you do, you can't hate it can you?"

"I don't...i just wish someone would help me sometime." She looked up into my eyes and i was speechless, i had a feeling my face was tinted red and there was nothing i could do to stop it. What could i tell her? What would i tell her?

"Do you want me to help you?"

"No it's ok, i already ask you to do so much, i would feel bad asking you to help me."

"I don't mind." i shrugged.

"Well i do. So im gonna have to turn you down Chase." she slowly closed her eyes.

"You have to work today." I said softly.

"So do you."

"But im wearing clothes."

"So am i."

"Go take your shower." I nudged her. Her eyes fluttered open and she sat up slowly.

"Our Anniversary is coming up." she stood and stretched.

"Yea...how long has it been now?"

"Five years silly." she giggled poking my nose. I smiled slightly and watched her twirl around and walk upstairs. I didn't know what to do with myself i never know what to do with myself when she goes and takes her shower and whatnot, i usually clean up her house, since she's always so busy tending to her animals, or helping her friends, but today, i just sat there, observing her living room and how stuff was strewn everywhere. Clothes, books, plates, cups it was a little disgusting, but it was something you got used to. After a while i couldn't stand sitting there so i started to clean. I was like her slave, bending to her every will. No, actually she tries to stop me from doing things like this but i do them anyway. I have no idea why, i wouldn't normally do crap like this, its not my mess of my business so why would i wanna clean up a mess that isn't mine?

I pushed my hair from my face as i loaded the dishes into the dish washer and started sweeping. I liked cleaning...i think. I'm not really sure, im so used to it. Damn she's got me so whipped and i don't know what to do about it.

"Chase you don't have to do that really." she took the broom from me and began sweeping herself. "I don't clean enough anyway." she added as she tried to tidy up her house. I stuck my hands in my pockets and looked at her.

"I know you're just trying to help me, but you've been doing that for too long, i need to take some responsibility." she put the broom in the corner and took tidied up her coffee table. "Thank you Chase really but its about time i started doing things for myself. You can still cook for me though." She gave me a smile as she started dusting her TV and clock. "So that's why i never knew what time it...holy crap!" she dropped the duster and grabbed my arm. "You're not gonna be late today!" She dragged me out of the house and tugged me toward Waffle Town.

"Akari you don't need to do this."

"You are not gonna be late!" she called back as she charged toward town.

Sometimes i wish she knew, what this did to me, how it felt to have her so close to me. Sometimes i wish she understood but i knew she never would. We were just friends, that was all we were to her. I wish she saw things differently. And i wish...that she hadn't done...what she did...


A/N: This was another idea swirling around my head. Don't worry im gonna update my other two stories sometime soon. When i don't have writer's block for those two stories. R&R Tell me what you think. I think i gave Chase a OOC voice this whole chapter, and im really sorry for that, i will work on it i promise.