Now you guys know that I stick to my words. I read your reviews and frankly, thank you for reviewing. (If you're an author you know what reviews mean.) Here's the second chapter. And it will take a bit longer to get answers to your questions. Sorry, but I can't publish all the chapters at once. Can I, now?
As soon as she got to school, Ayuzawa was greeted by the sight of Sakura and Shizuko chatting about yesterday's festival.
"Misaki!" Sakura said in a perky voice. "Where were were you yesterday? We never saw you after the beginning of the festival."
"Ummm I..." Misaki left the sentence hanging as she couldn't possibly lie to two of her best friends but then she didn't want to tell them the truth either. "I got caught up with...eh!" Misaki stopped as soon as she saw Usui walk through the frontiers of the school. "I knew it. " she huffed angrily And then grumbled oh an almost incoherent "Usui Takumi."
Despite the fact that she had feelings for him, she hated the way he acted around her, dropping out of nowhere, annoying her deliberately and teasing her for something she had no control over.(Her feelings) And the worst thing was that he never seemed to lack perfection, which made her feel like a complete a dolt.
"Huh! Usui-kun was there at the fair too? And you were with him?" asked Shizuko who had heard only Usui's name. "How sweet." gushed Sakura.
"No!" Ayuzawa said abruptly, giving her facade away. "I...I never a-actually said that I was with... Usui." Even after being a dozen meters away Usui's ears perked up at the sound of his name, she could sense it. Her composure immediately tensed up, but Usui didn't even lift his head up to look at her, he walked away normally in the direction of his first class as if yesterday had never happened.
Misaki's face might as well have had the word the word 'Hurt' etched across it in bold letters, for a second her look completely resembled how she felt. But then her expression became guarded with only a hint of hurt and maybe even confusion.
"Misaki?" Sakura asked as if she was completely oblivious to the tension. "Hello? Earth to Misaki. What are you staring at?"
"It's nothing." Misaki said smoothly, now that Usui was out of the picture. "I have to get back to my duties. The boys here will never change." She said with a sigh. Ayuzawa made her way to one of the entrances of the school building.
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"You think they're dating?" Sakura asked Shizuko after they were sure that Misaki was out of hearing distance. "Maybe.." Shizuko shrugged, even with all her brains she could not be sure "I think they are but then again... I'm not really sure. But judging by her face when Usui walked right by her... I can't decide." Shizuko let out a slight chuckle.
"Enough!" shouted Sakura with mock seriousness. "They're really cute together. And you have no right to make fun of them"
"OMG!" she added. "I really hope they get together." Sakura had realized her mistake and no longer shipped Misaki with Hinata.
"Me too." said Shizuko. "But then you'll be dancing around like a maniac." Sakura replied by rolling her eyes.
Little did they know a certain blonde was eavesdropping on their conversation.
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Misaki couldn't stop thinking about Usui even for a single minute. Okay, maybe that's exaggeration but she couldn't figure out why Usui was acting this way.
On a normal day, he would follow her around like a second shadow, picking out the perfect moment to annoy her but today she didn't even catch a glimpse of him. And on top of it all, he was talking with other people. The girls of the school seemed to form bigger clusters than usual around him, which left Ayuzawa wondering why.
At one point she found him with his hands in his pockets, looking down. She walked towards him without a second thought, but unfortunately Kanou bumped into her. She almost snapped at him but stopped herself, nevertheless you could practically see the black aura radiating off her.
Usui, needless to say, had disappeared in this short interval of time. He didn't even come to deliver the school records he had previously begged her to let him write, instead he had sent Yukimura to do so.
By the end of school hours, Ayuzawa was fuming. She had figured out he was purposefully ignoring her. On the outside you could see her raging red face and eyes blazing with bright fire, along with an extremely dangerous aura but on the inside she was really upset. Sure, a part of her was angry with him but she couldn't believe he had neglected her after she had admitted her feelings for him.
Misaki had even come up with a few assumptions, but she dreaded all of them. She was almost sure that a Usui had changed his mind or maybe he had been playing with her all along! He had planned this from the beginning, making her fall for him and then ditching her in the first second he got. Without her knowledge, a tear escaped her eye when she thought about her father and how he had abandoned them.
All men were the same. When would she ever learn to accept this fact? Men are insensitive creatures who take advantage of you and then leave after obtaining satisfaction. "Will you ever accept this fact? Or are you too stupid?" Misaki accused herself of repeating the same mistake over and over.
Another tear escaped her eyes. But she wiped both of them away. "No" she thought "I am not stupid and neither am I weak." She continued to walk home, determination flowing in her veins. She too would behave as if nothing happened.
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At maid latte the chief asked her if she was okay. "I'm fine chief. Thank you" was her curt reply, she even smiled. The chief smiled back and said "No problem Misaki, but if you are not feeling well then you may take the day off."
"No thank you chief. Like I said, I am fine." Misaki turned around to change into her maid attire. "Ohhhhh" the chief said knowingly " I get it you want to serve Usui-kun. How cute!" the chief sighed and started doing her 'Flowers of Moe' dance. Too busy to see that Misaki had stopped dead in her tracks.
"Usui" Theis time the only emotion his name brought was anger." It's nothing like that chief." Misaki deadpanned and walked down the hallway to change, after which she started serving every customer judiciously.
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"Misaki-chan" Erika shrieked "Usui is here"
As if that did not happen everyday. Misaki rolled her eyes and said "Then go serve him. Do you have spent us to worship him or something?" Erika immediately dashed over to Misaki and started touching her forehead and neck. "Have you got pneumonia or something? Why aren't you blushing and stuttering? Erika asked her like she was asking her why she wasn't breathing.
Misaki in turn glared at her. Like, literally glared at a girl, for the first time in her life and said with a ring of presidential authority in her voice "Erika-chan I really have to go and attend a few more tables. You can go talk to Usui or whatever." She babbled, clearly irritated."
"What! You guys broke up?" Erika shouted. Misaki was sure Usui could hear this and was laughing his heart out. "We were never together in the first place." Her voice almost cracked and she cursed herself. Then snapped "Okay! Now can you stop asking me stupid questions? Just go and do your work." Ayuzawa then left the kitchen to attend a few more customers.
Whew! I finally did it. Y'all probably didn't know this but I type all of this out on a phone and believe me, it is hard work. Well, next chapter comes out after Wednesday. I'm sorry but I have my exam on Tuesday. Till then stay safe, stay happy and continue reading my fanfiction.
P.S. I would offer you all personal Usuis if I could but I'm helpless.