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Chapter 3: Cheer Up

The morning went by quickly and before she knew it, Alice and her friends were on their way to the restaurant where Shun worked. Alice talked them into walking their instead of taking the limo, giving her time to send a quick text message to Shun warning him of their plans. Once it was sent, she sighed. 'I hope he gets it.'

After twenty minutes of walking, they arrived at their destination. Alice realized that she was nervous about going in. She took a deep breath and hoped that everything went smoothly. The brawlers walked through the door and walked up to the hostess stand. A young girl, who appeared to be in high school, smiled. "Hello, how many?" Marucho held up his hand indicating that there were five of them. Dan quickly added "Can we be seated in Shun's section?' The girl looked at her chart, then nodded. "Yes, sir. Follow me please." She led the small group near the back of the establishment where there was a booth large enough for all of them to sit comfortably.

Once everyone was seated and got their menus, the girl said, "Your server will be right with you. Enjoy your meal." Then she headed to the kitchen. 'I guess to let him know that he has a new table.' Alice thought as she looked at her menu. She was crossing her fingers hoping that Shun had received her message, but she had a funny feeling that he hadn't. A couple of minutes later, she saw her boyfriend walk to a nearby table serving the plates to the customers there. After another minute, he turned around and came to their table.

"Hello, my na…" Shun stopped in mid sentence and his eyes became wide at what he saw in front of him. Dan waved, "Hey, buddy, we thought we have lunch here and see ya." The young ninja stood there frozen for a minute, too shocked to move or say anything. Alice groaned, realizing that her thought of him not receiving her message was correct. She moved her gaze until she caught his eyes and she mouthed "Sorry."

Shun shook his head and sighed. "Well, this day keeps getting better and better." He mumbled, but everyone at the table heard it. He pulled out an order pad and a pen. "Well, what do you want to drink?" He had a good idea of the drink order, but he still asked just in case someone wanted to be different. As he wrote down each order, he was glad he asked, because Runo and Julie wanted to have milkshakes. Once he wrote them down, he put his pen away. "Alright, I'll be back." Then he walked toward the kitchen and went through the door. Dan huffed. "What's his problem?" Alice sighed and looked at the brunette. "Don't take it personally, Dan. He hasn't been sleeping well the last four nights and then when he finally was able to get to sleep, he was called into work." She gave a small sad smile. "Shun is just having a bad day. Could you cut him some slack?" Dan looked at her then nodded. "Yeah, I guess I can go easy. I would be grumpy too if I hadn't been sleeping for several days." Alice smiled and thanked him for being understanding.

As soon as everyone had figured out what they wanted to eat, the young ninja returned with their drinks. He passed them out, making sure that Dan didn't accidentally knock the drinks out of his hands with his arms as he described something ridiculous. Then he asked what they wanted to eat. Everyone ordered what they wanted and he took the menus then he went to put it into the computer. Dan made sure he asked Shun questions every time he came by. At first she didn't notice, but over time, Alice realized that Shun was becoming more irritated with the more questions that Dan was asking. Alice finally asked Dan to stop asking questions as it was distracting him. He was reluctant but he didn't ask anymore. She was glad to see that with the other customers he had, Shun was extremely polite and smiled. Alice could tell that it was his genuine smiles he was giving and she was relieved that he didn't show how irritated he truly was.

Their food finally came out and was given to them by another server. Alice looked for the young ninja, confused why he didn't bring them their food. Alice relaxed when she saw him with another table writing down an order. They all began to eat their meal, enjoying light conversation. When they were halfway done with their meal, Shun came by to check on them. "Everything ok?" Everyone nodded and Alice smiled. "Yes, thank you, Shun." He nodded and walked off, 'to grab orders.' Alice hypothesized. Once they had finished eating, or rather when Dan finished, Shun came back and grabbed the empty plates. "Any dessert?" He asked while looking at the brunette. Dan's brown eyes widened at the raven-haired. "Why are you looking at me?" Runo sighed loudly. "Because you eat like a pig." She growled out to her boyfriend. Dan turned his wide eyes onto her. "I do not." Alice groaned and turned her eyes to Shun. He sighed and began to tap his finger on the plates he was holding. "Yes or no?" After another minute, Dan told him no. Marucho then piped in. "I think we'll just have the check, Shun. I'm paying." He nodded and walked off with all of their plates perfectly balanced.

Once the meal was paid, Alice leaned over to Marucho. "Could I have the pen and the back of one of the receipts?" The short blonde nodded and passed her the requested items. Alice turned over the original receipt and wrote a quick message. Then she closed the little black book and placed the pen on top. They waited until their Ventus friend came back so they could say their goodbyes. Alice quickly made her way out of the opposite side of the booth so she could give Shun a quick kiss. He turned and saw her stand up in front of him. He quickly realized what she wanted and he made his way forward. He leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on her lips. "I'll see you around dinner." He said then he went back to work. She smiled and made her way outside.

Shun sighed and pulled out the book that held his friends' payment. He saw that Marucho had been very generous on his tip, giving him 100 dollars as the tip itself. He smiled and tucked the money and receipts in their proper places. He then noticed some writing on the other receipt. He pulled it out and read what it said.

Shun, I know it's been a very rough day for you, especially with all of us showing up all of a sudden and Dan pestering you with questions. Just remember, we care about you and just want to make sure you are doing ok. I love you and hope this cheers you up. Alice.

He smiled and gave a small laugh. 'This is one of the reasons I love her so much.' He thought.

"Hey, Shun, can you help me with this party of 20?" He looked at his co-worker and nodded. "Yeah, no problem." He put the receipt in his pocket and followed the other server to the table that held a lot of people.

~S~

This is probably one of my favorite chapters that I have come up with. There is a lot of fluff in this chapter. The next chapter may or may not be put up tomorrow since I will be getting off of work little bit later and then going to go see a play. A new chapter will be posted on Saturday. Please review. Ya'll are the best! :D See ya'll next time! *SaphirePearl*