Kai was eating his lunch when little May came by looking sad. "Hey, May. What's up?"

"My mom still won't come back." pouted the little girl. "She's been gone for a long time and no matter how much I ask her, she still won't come back."

"Well maybe she's just busy." Kai couldn't help but to feel bad for the kid.

The poor girl was left alone without anyone else in the world except for her grandfather. He hated to say it, but how long would Barley be able to care for the little girl? He was pretty old after all. May's mother was a bitch for leaving the kid behind and not even taking the time to visit her. Perhaps the kid was better off without the woman. If he was ever to become a father, he would always be there for his kid and not just ship her off to the next relation and be done with her.

"Maybe…I just wish she would come back or even stop by." May confessed. "I miss her."

"How about a free snow cone? That'll make you feel better, won't it?" asked Kai.

"I thought it broke." said May remembering how Kai had sadly taken the broken machine to the dumpster a few days ago.

"It did, but I got a brand new one. It wasn't cheap and I had to spend a fortune on it plus there was the shipping to get it shipped here overnight, but in the end it was worth it." Kai said proudly. "It's the new Ice Master machine. It makes more cones in record time and makes more cones at once than the old one."

"That's cool. I'll have a cherry one, please."

"Cherry coming right up!" Kai went over to the machine and placed the cone into one of the cove holders. Before he could press the button, something red blurred by and landed on the cord of the ice machine. The machine quickly caught fire causing May to run outside for safety while Kai searched for a fire extinguisher. Quickly finding one, he put the fire out. Just as the last flame disappeared, Popuri ran in with a bucket, slipped on a wet spot on the floor, and splashed Kai.

"Oops, sorry Kai."

"What the heck are you doing here?" he asked wiping the water off his face.

"I was trying to help."

"You're not supposed to put water on an electrical fire, Popuri." Kai rolled his eyes.

"Well yeah, but…oh Kai. I'm sorry about your machine. I wasn't trying to hit it. You just looked like you needed to cool off."

"What?" When Popuri repeated what she had said, Kai flipped over a nearby table. "YOU DAMNED FOOL! HOW COULD YOU BE SO CARELESS…YOU…YOU…YOU PSYCHOPATH! I CAN'T STAND YOU, POPURI! YOU'RE A FUCKING NUISANCE AND A WASTE OF FUCKING LIFE! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS, BUT WHY THE HECK DIDN'T YOUR FOLKS STOP AT RICK'S BITCH ASS?! YOU'D THEY HAVE TO HAVE YOU OF ALL PEOPLE? GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND DON'T COME NEAR MY SHOP ANYMORE, YOU PINK HAIRED BITCH!"

Popuri's lip quivered for a bit until she burst out crying and ran out of the shop. May, who was standing near the door, stared at the angry man before bolting off with a frightened look on her face. Kai called out to the little girl, but May had already gone. Great, now May was going to think he was a crazy manic, tell her grandfather, and soon the whole town would hear about how he had made poor Popuri cry. Now he was going to lose some business and hear from Rick's loud mouth.

"What was that all about?" said Karen walking into the restaurant.

"What did you see?" Had he…no Popuri ruined his chances to get a date? Great just great…

"I just saw Popuri…whoa, what happened here?"

"That idea just about set my place on fire." sighed Kai. "And I just spent a lot of money getting this ice machine only for her to set it on fire."

"Geez, what did she do exactly?"

"She threw a water balloon, trying to cool me off, and hit the plug over there."

"Dang. Well at least your restaurant is okay…ish…" Karen looked over the place.

"Yeah. It didn't burn to the fucking ground." Kai sighed rubbing his face. "This is going to be so expensive. Maybe I should just leave town early to get my money's worth somewhere else. After today, I'm not going to have much business since I lost my temper with that idiot."

"I wouldn't say that. Your food is the best in town. It's even better than the hotel's even." the brunette assured him. "If you just explained, I'm pretty sure that people would still come here."

"Maybe…" He crossed his arms.

"I have some news that'll cheer you up."

"A new ice machine? A way to get Popuri to leave me alone?"

"No. I got a date set up for you and Maria."

"Really?" Kai was happy at the thought of good news.

"Yep. She was a little surprised at first, but overall she was pretty excited. She's never been asked out before. Maybe this'll give her a good chance of getting out of her shell a little more and Popuri off of you."

"Thanks, Karen! I owe you one!" Kai grinned. Karen had just made his day with that one sentence. Imagine not having to deal with that annoying pink haired idiot anymore…well if everything went well and they hit it off. Karen went on her way after a chat over a few things about the date coming up next week and Kai decided to close shop early.

As he was locking the doors, he heard a voice behind him. "Is it closed already? Looks like I walked all the way here for nothing!"

"Hey, it's you!" he turned around to face the blonde woman from before.

"Oh hey. You own this place?"

"Sure do."

"I see. I've been hearing good things about your restaurant and I finally got the chance to check it out. Do you close early on Wednesday?"

"Well actually no. Popuri managed to nearly burn my restaurant down with her stupidity today so I closed shop early and it's going to be shut down for a while too." explained Kai.

"Really? What happened?" Kai then poured into the story of how Popuri nearly destroyed his lively-hood in Mineral Town. "Geez. Well I'm sure it was an accident."

"I don't care what it was. All I want for her is to leave me alone. I think I would forgive her more easily if she wasn't always messing everything up for me."

"Do you need any help?"

"As much as I would love the help, there really isn't anything you can do for me seeing as you're a farmer."

The blonde woman glared at him. "Excuse me? I'll have you know that just because I'm a farmer doesn't mean I don't know how to fix things or be of much use. I'm running an entire farm by myself without any help, ya know."

Before Kai could apologize to Claire, the woman had already stormed off. Oh well. He'd just apologize later. Right now, he needed to organize a few things for both his restaurant and for his date. After making a few phone calls to get his restaurant repaired and cleaned up, Kai headed back to the hotel to grab some dinner and head off to bed.

However he ran into a very angry Rick. "There you are, you scumbag!"

"Not you again." Rick rolled his eyes. "Look…"

"No you look, Kai. How dare you yell at my sister, you piece of…of…SHIT!" Rick yelled and covered up his mouth, blushing. Even Kai was shocked at Rick's language.

"Well damn, Rick. I didn't think you'd use that kind of language." Kai said watching as Rick looked around for anybody else that could have caught him.

"Well…I uh…never mind about that, Kai." said the chicken farmer quickly. "The point is you made my sister cry and you're gonna pay the price!"

"How so? Are you gonna fight me or something, chicken man?"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!"

"You heard me, Rick! You wanna go, asshole?"

"I…you…I'm not going to fight you, Kai! Unlike you, I'm a gentleman. However I will have justice for what you did to my sister!"

"And I'll have justice for what your sister did to my shop!"

Rick bumped past Kai and headed on past the other male. "Damn fool. That date can't come soon enough."