"I came"

Italics = Thought of the person

Just wanted to let u guys know that.

A shout out to garasunomagnetic. I fen.

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Akihabara was an extremely busy place to be, especially at around early to late afternoon. But that didn't stop a certain woman from piling through the people, much like how a football player charges through a tackler. She was on a race to go home, not only because she had something to do; but she had someone in her mind all day long and as much as possible she would want to deal with it privately.

As she raced towards her home, she only had a certain girl in her mind as she mindlessly plows through the busy streets. She was rather stoic when it comes to her emotion and most often she would not show it to others making people think of her as a cold person, but It never stopped a certain bread loving girl from introducing herself regardless of what other people say or how she acted upon her.

When she came into her life and into the scene, It changed her life from that point. Music wasn't only a hobby for her, It turned into a passion as she made songs for her idol group from back then. She started the turning point in her and for that she was eternally grateful.

She arrived at her household. It wasn't as big as the mansion she had when she was still a child, mainly because she didn't have the funds to establish a household as big as the one during her childhood days but it'll do for the time being. She gazed at the clock 6:07. Earlier than the usual time. she thought.

She would always work late hours at the lab doing research, but mostly she was tasked by those big companies to produce compounds and certain substances for their products such as antibiotics, facial cream and more. But whatever free time she had at the lab she has spent it on her own experiment which she had finally succeeded at after all the failures she had experienced.

As she entered the household, she ushered her maid to come to her side.

"What is it that you need, Nishikino-sama?" the maid said with pure humility.

"Can you please prepare me tomato soup? I'll be taking a shower if you need me." Maki said nonchalantly

"Anything you say Nishikino-sama" the maid replied

"Oh and Kazuki-chan how many times have I told you to stop being so formal just call me Maki-chan ok?" Maki stated, she grew close to her maid up to the point that she no longer requires her to call her in such a formal way. It reminds her so much of her past senpai Nico-chan. She was the only one she ever called in the group with a "-chan" in the end. How is she doing anyways. she thought as she recalled her petite senior.

"I can't help it Maki-chan, I'm grateful that you hired me." Kazuki blushed as she stated that. She was a college drop out after both her parents died due to an unfortunate accident. She was grateful that Maki-chan gave her a second chance. She's even aiding her financially in terms of tuition fees in her current university.

"Anyways, I'll be in the shower if you need me" Maki said as she climbed up the stairs and proceeded to the bathroom.

She locked the door behind her as she enters the tub. Already taken her clothes off she lets the cold feeling of the water to her skin. She shivers at it then returns back to her normal state. She would usually stay long hours in the tub, to think about certain stuff such as life and other stuff like that.

But apparently, her phone rang and she figured she's not gonna have that this time. She picked up her phone which fortunately was water-proof and answered the call.

"Hello?" Maki said as she tries to tighten her grip on her phone using her now wet hands.

"Oh, Hey! Maki-chan!" Honoka said as she heard Maki's reply

"Oh hey, Honoka." she replied surprised that Honoka called her at this time which was not good timing if you ask her.

"Hey! I was wondering..." Honoka said rather doubtingly as Maki listened to her every word.

"Wondering about what?" Maki said as she wanted to know what the ginger was about to say, her curiosity getting the best of her

"I-I... wa...sss wonder-r...ring ifff you're free tomorrow" Honoka said stammeringly. Maki was absolutely flabbergasted. She had never seen the ginger stammer like this even when she was nervous she would never stutter, not this severely anyways.

"Let me look at my schedule" Maki said but to tell truth she was set to say Yes even if she was busy, but she wanted to leave the ginger in a worrying state. The devious side of her took over that moment. Even making tsk sounds over the phone causing the ginger to worry even more with nervousness.

"I think I can squeeze you in" Maki lied, she was never free from duties that's why it took her so long just to finish her own chemical substance, but when it comes to Honoka she's the only exception.

"Great! Meet me at the park tomorrow at 9:30 A.M sharp" Honoka said as her nervousness disappeared from her tone and has changed into a happy one.

"Sure thing." Maki said mentally making a note to set up her alarm clock at 8:00 A.M and to tell her maid to prepare breakfast early tomorrow. I should probably tell her also to wake me up. Just in case.. .

"Okay, see you tomorrow then." Honoka said as she ended the call leaving a rather excited Maki-chan at the other end of the call.

I didn't even need to ask her out! She did it for me.. OMFG! YES! Maki thought, quite out of her character. Things were going betterr than what she expected. She was supposedly gonna ask Honoka out on the weekend later on this night but she did it for her instead, making things easier for Maki, saving her from feeling nervous and possibly tainting her reputation as the cool collected Scarlet Princess.

She snapped back from her thoughts and began to wash her hair with shampoo and conditoner followed by her body with some body wash lotion and some anti-bacterial soap. As soon as she finished she wraps a towel on her hair on top of her head and wrapped a towel around her body as she went to her bedroom to get dressed.

As she dressed in her night clothes and jumped to bed before sleeping she came downstairs where Kazuki was waiting for her as she has just finished cooking her dinner. Kazuki has already prepared the bowl and the utensils and proceeded to pour some tomato soup on Maki's bowl and some on hers.

"Kazuki-chan, I have an important agenda to attend to tomorrow. Can you make breakfast early tomorrow?" Maki inquired to Kazuki before blowing on the spoonful of tomato soup.

"Anything for you Maki-chan" Kazuki replied before taking a spoonful of her tomato soup.

"Oh also, If I don't wake up 30 minutes after you have finished preparing our breakfast can you come to my room and wake me up. I can't afford to be late on this agenda" Maki said as she put the spoonful of tomato soup into her mouth.

"Delicous! Your tomato soup is the best Kazuki-chan." Maki said as she enjoys the taste of Kazuki's tomato soup. Not only was Kazuki good at cooking but tomatoes was and will always be her favorite foodstuff in the world. She can't imagine herself ever hating it.

"I will do as you say Maki-chan and thank you for the compliment" Kazuki-chan said as she was nearly finished with her bowl.

"But may I ask, what's this important agenda about? Kazuki asked "I never see you so riled up before especially about agendas." It was true that Maki hated agendas and would rather schedule them around the afternoon rather than early in the morning.

"The agenda is very important to me, It would provide quite a lot of opportunities if things go well. That's why I am riled up about it" Maki stated as calmly as possible hoping that Kazuki would take the bait.

"Oh, I see.. I hope it becomes successful then Maki-chan." Kazuki said as she took her plate and Maki's and proceeded to carry them over to the sink.

Maki sighed in relief as she saw that Kazuki took the bait. Looking at the time, she then proceeded upstairs.

Maki walked by the hallway and opened the door back to her bedroom. As she plopped herself in her bed she yawned as her eyes gently closed as she slowly drifted to sleep.

Rays of sunlight peered to the room as the curtains were opened allowing sunlight to scatter across the room. The redhead turned to face the other direction and plopped a pillow on her head to block out the sunlight.

"Maki-chan! Wake up!" Kazuki shouted as she frantically shook Maki.

"Kazuki. 5 minutes please." Maki said quite drowsily as she went back to sleep.

"But you'll be late for your date!" Kazuki said and at this Maki sprung up from her slumber, looking at the clock it was 8:30 A.M Shit.. I got an hour Maki panicked as she raced down the stairs.

Breakfast was set up for her as she quickly gobbled and devour her breakfast which consisted of buttered toast and pancakes with maple syrup. After finsihing her breakfast she ran towards the upstairs bathroom to shower.

She didn't waste a single minute as she washed every part of her and brushed her teeth while she was at it, juggling all of it all at once.

As she left the bathroom she sprinted to her room as she quickly scans through her closet for something she could wear. As she quickly dressed herself she saw Kazuki-chan taking glances. She had no time for this and decided to punish her later.

She left the household in a hurry almost forgetting her keys to the house and gate. She looked at her watch, it was 9:20 A.M 10 minutes. I can make it. The park wasn't too far from her household, It was respectively just a short walk away. She brisk walked to the park and as she arrived she saw a ginger on a wooden park bench feeding the ducks what seems to be leftover bread loaf.

"Eating bread again, Honoka?" Maki asked, It was quite a while since they met in person.

"Oh, Hi Maki-chan!" Honoka said with a radiating smile "Mou, It's fine to eat bread once in a while right?" Honoka said sheepishly as she continued to feed the ducks whatever leftover bread she had.

"I guess. Anyways, so where are we going?" Maki said heading straight to the point as usual.

"Oh we're going to the mall, then we'll go have a little picnic around the late afternoon" Honoka said shocking Maki that Honoka was actually able to plan for the day.

Honoka never planned out things and it usually ends it in disaster,an example was the Easter Egg Hunt last year which ended up with poor Umi getting shot with egg shaped rocks using slingshots. But nobody could say they didn't have fun during that day. Well... except for Umi

"Come on! Time's a wasting!" Honoka said as she ushered Maki to follow her.

"Okay. Okay. Give me a minute. Just go ahead." Maki said as she looked at Honoka with a rather serious face.

Honoka being dense as she was didn't notice that and decided to go ahead, leaving Maki alone at the park bench.

Perfect. she thought as she looked at her small handbag for a certain thing she packed.

She pulled out a small jug containing iced tea in it. She grinned at this and proceeded to follow Honoka. Time to commence Phase 4.


A/N: Heyoooo! Sorry for the slow updates with the end of the school year coming. Projects are also coming so yeah... I'll also start answering reviews and Questions here so yeah let's get this started!

garasunomagnetic: Yes I'm actually weak at punctuation so yeah.. That's why I'm not good at dialogue in terms of punctuation. Also, I procrastinate my stories because I really don't have much time especially with my hectic schedule.

Guest: The other story will be updated but for now it's on Hiatus because I really don't have time to update the stories I've started but I'll be active on them as soon as summer vacation starts so no worries!

Sher: Wish Granted! Thanks for also being excited about my story. I never really expected people to like this story because I'm a novice writer and this might not fit the standard of a good story I guess..

Clouds of Depression will be updated soon enough.. It's on Hiatus since I'm having a serious writer's block on that story and projects are not helping with that so please understand my situation. Anyways, Hopefully you guys enjoy this chapter and see you guys soon! :)