A/N: Hi guys! Here's the second chapter to Eccentric! Please read and review! I hope you enjoy it! :)

Chapter 2 - Sweet Thief Returns

I stared at the Entrance of the shop for what felt like the hundredth time today. It had been exactly a week after the incident and neither 'Sweet Thief' or his friend had showed up since then. I was quietly fuming to myself while sorting through the money in the till. I still couldn't believe they hadn't taken anything.

That nuisance! Making me count through all this stupid money! I growled in irritation, the very thought of the blonde aggravating me to no end. I mean, he wasn't even that cute anyway! The annoying little... My thoughts were cut off when a hand banged down onto the desk. I looked up to see Ishi, another part-timer like myself, glaring at me. She squinted her eyes, chewing incessantly on a piece of gum. I could tell, by the way she was looking at me, that I was going to get an earful.

"I swear, you have got to be the most annoying person that I have ever met in my entire life!" She spat in my face. I mentally rolled my eyes, already used to her constant complaining. When we had first met, I had assumed Ishi was a very kind and caring girl. But as they say, looks can be deceiving and I quickly found out that she wasn't as nice as I had originally thought. My first day of work was full of her whining and moaning about the way I did things. 'Don't touch that..., What do you think your doing! and that's not how you do it!' were all phrases I was becoming very familiar with. Unfortunately for me, She had worked at 'Splash 'N' Dash' longer than I had, which meant that I had to listen to everything she said. Yay!

I tuned back into her long rant just as she was finishing. "...because you have decided to interrupt me while I was working, with your rapid muttering. You are now relived from your duty behind the desk and will continue with arranging the shelves." She gave a short nod and returned to whatever 'work' she was doing before.

I grumbled under my breath but proceeded to the shelves in the back. Of course she had to give me the most tedious and dull job in the shop. Believe me, checking the labels and price tags on nose clips was not fun. Well, on the bright side, I'm not fretting over 'you know who' anymore .

I smiled at the thought and took my time checking each product. Maybe my afternoon shift wouldn't be so bad after all? I was so delighted that I almost felt like thanking Ishi. Almost being the key word. I hummed to myself, straightening the sport bags on the hooks, feeling as if nothing could shatter my newly found good mood.

But, like in so many other cases, I was painfully wrong. Too wrapped up in my own satisfaction, I failed to hear the entrance's bell tinkle. This mishap on my part, caused me to be very surprised and shocked, when I felt someone jump on my back from behind, yelling "Hika-Chan!"

As I was thrown to the ground in a matter of seconds, many things passed through my mind all at once. It was a mixture of 'what the hell?' and 'what is going on?', and a bunch of very colorful words that I do not wish to repeat. However, my mind seemed to zero in on one thing, when I heard a strangely, familiar voice that was laced with concern. "Hika-Chan, are you alright?"

My eyes snapped open, staring into the face of the last person that I wanted to see. Nagisa.

Ignoring the throbbing pain in my head, I got up off the floor. Anger rolled off of my body as I gave the blonde the most deathlike glare that I could muster up. I was quite proud, since he actually looked like he was pretty scared. Perfect.

I gritted my teeth, my hands shaking in exasperation. I knew I was about to explode and I wasn't going to hold myself back.

"H-Hika-Chan?" The blonde again tried to talk to me, probably wanting to calm me down. That was definitely not going to happen.

I slowly inhaled through my nose and opened my mouth, letting my thoughts be heard. "Y-You Idiot! What the hell is wrong with you? First, you come in here and pull a prank by taking all the sweets from the bowl, and then only leave a note behind telling me you didn't steal anything!, then you torture me even more by making me wonder and think about you every second of the day!, and now your here again, glomping me from behind for no reason! Do you hate me or something?"

I breathed out heavily, finally finished with what I wanted to say. I looked up to see Nagisa's apologetic expression. "I-I'm sorry Hika-Chan, I didn't mean to worry you...but you do have to admit, it was pretty funny, right?"

I stiffened in my spot. How dare he...! I was very nearly close to shouting at him again, when a voice interrupted me. "U-Um, N-Nagisa-Kun?..."

I looked over to see a green eyed boy, with a caring smile on his face. He looked tentatively between me and the blonde. "W-What is going on...?"

Suddenly, realization hit me as I recalled just how loudly I had been yelling. My face flushed in embarrassment, my eyes trailing towards the other members in the room who were all now staring at both me and Nagisa.

I struggled to explain myself. "U-Um...he...Sweets...um..." However much I tried, my words ended up coming out jumbled. I could hear Nagisa laughing to himself quietly and I glared him.

I took a deep breath and tried again. "A-Anyway, I'd like to ask you to please leave the shop...now." I wasn't really allowed to tell people to get out of the shop, but at this point I didn't care.

Nagisa whimpered. "But, Hika-Chan! I came back here to especially buy those pair of goggles, and I even brought all my friends with me!"

He pointed in the direction of the other customers in the room, who I noticed were all boys. I gave them a once over, recognizing his friend from before with the blue hair and I grew irritated once again. I promptly shook my head. "Then I am afraid, you will all have to leave."

With that, I turned to get back to sorting through the shelves. Humph!, serves them right. Hikari: 1, Nagisa and friends: 0.

My mini victory was short lived though as Ishi decided now was the time to intervene. "Hikari!, how could say something so rude to our loyal and valuable customers? I should report and have you fired right away!"

I gasped, not knowing if she was joking or not. She was fully capable of getting me sacked and I was always careful not to do anything that would majorly upset or anger her. That was, until now, of course.

I bowed my head and stared at the floor in shame. I really needed this job, it was helping me pay for my school fees and education was the most important thing in my life. I bit my lip, about to apologize for my behavior, when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Please don't blame Hika-Chan, It was my fault! I did something really mean to her and made her feel stressed because of it, I'm really sorry!" Nagisa bowed repeatedly, softening Ishi's glare.

"Well, I'll let her off with a warning this time." She looked at me. "but don't let me catch you shouting at the customers again."

"Y-Yes." I quickly bowed, finding it strange how forgiving Ishi was being. Maybe under all that rotten, horrible, bossy personality there was a kind, compassionate and mature person?

She smiled at me. "Now, get back to work!" Maybe not.

Ishi turned and left, leaving me awkwardly alone with the subject of my annoyance and his friends. I tried breaking the ice. "So,...goggles, huh?"

Nagisa grinned in my direction. "Yep! Come on guys, let's go to the counter!" He ran off before anyone else could say anything.

I squeezed my forehead, feeling a headache come on and looked towards his group of friends. The uncomfortable atmosphere was creeping back in. "I guess we should go to the counter then...?"

No-one said anything and I started to feel uneasy. I fidgeted with my uniform, until after a long silence passed, one of them spoke.

"Sorry about that." It was the green eyed boy, with the gentle demeanor. "I'm Tachibana Makoto, by the way." He held out his hand and shyly smiled at me.

Not wanting be rude, I grasped his hand firmly. "Saito Hikari"

He nodded slightly and introduced his two other friends. One of which I kind of knew, Ryugazaki Rei and the other Nanase Haruka. I bowed at them politely, neither one seeming very concerned about my presence.

"And, you have probably already met Hazuki Nagisa...?" Hazuki, so that was the twerps last name.

I smiled in mock joy. "Yes! He is a very..." Annoying, infuriating and pesky little bastard. "...interesting person."

Makoto laughed at my description of his friend, clearly not hearing the hostility in my voice. He motioned towards the front desk and I followed him to where Nagisa was holding the penguin designed goggles. I stared at the blonde as he started to cheer loudly, clearly happy about his new owned possession.

I sighed. Yep, definitely interesting.

A/N: So, was this chapter, okay? I feel like there was not enough content :( Nonetheless, I hope you enjoyed and please review and tell me what you think! :)