Yumeko stared intensely at the treats in front of her. Her eyes darted back and forth between the cake on the far left and the one on the right. Just when it looked like she had made up her mind, she hesitated once more. Royta found it kind of cute that she was being indecisive. Yesterday during her gamble against Student Council Secretary Sayaka Igarashi, Yumeko was calm and collected while Royta was trembling the whole time. But seeing her loose like this was incredible, she was actually being a normal person.

When gambling, Yumeko never hesitated. It was almost as if she didn't need to think, once she had an idea, she went for it. Royta kind of envied her for it - having the ability to think on one's feet and act upon that decision. That was something Royta wasn't very good at, but in all honestly he wasn't good at a lot of things unfortunately.

The baker was a young woman, and though Yumeko was taking her time, she didn't appear to be pissed. She just chuckled before looking at Royta while making hand signs as if to say - she still hasn't made up her mind yet? Royta just shrugged.

"She is very pretty, is she your girlfriend?" The woman asked.

Royta blushed furiously but shook his head no, though he wouldn't mind having Yumeko as his girlfriend. He never really thought about it. Their relationship as friends was complicated enough, so any romance was out of the picture for now. Royta glanced at Yumeko, she stood a few feet away so she couldn't hear a word of their conversation. While he waited, Royta found himself lost in thought. Now that he was no longer a house pet, he had properly resumed his responsibilities as Class President and boy did he have work to catch up on! His academics weren't great either. He had a couple of Cs and only one A. Though nobody really cared about grades at Hyakkaou Private Academy, Royta thought it was important to balance both gambling and class points.

"Oh Royta, won't you help me pick a cake? They all look so yummy, I'm having a hard time picking my favorite", Yumeko said pouting like a child.

"Sure", he replied walking towards her.

"Strawberry cheesecake or chocolate truffle cake, which one do you pick?"

"Well I personally love chocolate so I would go for the truffle, buuuut if I'm in a good mood you might just sway me towards strawberry."

"Well that doesn't help me at all! Do I pick chocolate or do I sway you?"

"I'm sorry about that. But if you really can't choose, why not just take them both?"

"You're right! Sounds perfect!"

Royta smiled and the woman walked over immediately as she saw it looked like Yumeko had finally made her choice. Yumeko explained that she wanted a slice of both the chocolate truffle and the strawberry cheesecake. The baker nodded before removing the slices from the display tray and placing them in boxes. After she paid, Yumeko bowed her head to the woman before heading out. The two friends walked through the park, which was the short cut they took everyday in order to get home. Instead of walking straight through, they stopped and sat on the bench. Royta followed her lead but was confused as to why they stopped. Before he could say anything, Yumeko opened the small box containing the chocolate truffle cake and handed it to him.

"Wait this is for me?" He asked.

"Yeah, I wasn't sure what kind of cake you'd like so I pretended not to know which cake I wanted so I'd know what you'd want", she replied smiling at him.

Royta was lost for words. He looked down at the slice of cake on his lap, then at the girl beside him. If there was one thing Royta learned from the past month, it was that Yumeko was full of surprises. It was mostly portraying to gambling but she did have moments outside of the game when she was just genuinely being kind. And now was one of those moments. Yumeko saw that he was stunned and decided to hold his hands with her own. Royta inevitably reddened. His heart always skipped a beat when she was near him, not to mention when she touched him.

"Don't overthink it Royta, just enjoy the cake", she said taking out a fork, "alright I'm digging in!"

He watched her cut a small piece and put it in her mouth eagerly. She seemed to really like it, he could tell by the way she was quick to cut another section and devour it just as quickly as the first one. Royta looked down once more before picking up his fork and doing the same. Since chocolate was his favorite, of course it tasted delicious. Royta paused to watch Yumeko. At the rate she was eating, she was going to give herself a serious stomach ache. He still wasn't over her buying him a cake. After a whole month of knowing her, he thought he'd be used to her random acts of kindness but just when he thought he was - she managed to catch him off guard and surprise him. It looked like she was good at using the element of surprise, even outside of the gambling world. And he had to admit, he loved her for it.

"Hey Yumeko..."

"Yes?"

"Thank you, for surprising me."

"This is just my way of saying thanks, for getting your gambling freak on with me yesterday."

Yumeko winked and Royta laughed. No matter how many times he thought he had her figured out, he found that he still had a lot to learn. Yumeko was an extremely complex puzzle, no one could ever predict what she was going to do. EVER! But that was precisely what was intriguing about her. She was unpredictable, and Ryota loved her for it.