Wow... haven't worked on this story in forever...

I DONT OWN ANYTHING BUT MY OC. Plain and simple.


----The Next Day----

Dinnng... donnng...

"Momiji can you get the door?" Hatori asked.

"... Someone forgot to say please."

"Fine. Please."

"Okie dokie!" Momiji shouted as he ran to the front door. He swung the door open to find...

"RYKOOO!" he screamed in a fit of excitement.

Hearing her name caused Hatori to walk to the door.

"Momiji watch it." he said sternly.

"But I wanna plaaaaaaay..." Momiji whined.

Hatori sighed, and then turned to Ryko. "Can I help you with something?"

"Well, I snuck into the kitchen and worked on the pie that got destroyed yesterday..." she started, handing a pie box to Momiji. "Oh! And here's your coat that I borrowed!" She handed the coat to Hatori with a smile.

"Thank you."

"No problem." Ryko replied. "Uhm..." ...Awk~ward!... "...uh, I guess I'll see you guys around, then!"

"You too." Hatori said, sounding somewhat robotic. "Take care of yourself."

"I will!" Ryko smiled happily as she turned aroung to go home.

Ringringringring!

"huh?" Ryko pulled her cellphone out of her coat pocket and checked it to see who was calling. "Oh what does he want now?" she muttered.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Ryko..." a familiar voice came from the other end, and whoever it was didn't sound too happy.

Ryko sighed. "Yes Roger?"

"Were you in the kitchen today?"

"...And if I was?"

"You were."

"Yeah... so what?"

"The building is not to be unlocked on days that the shop is closed." Roger said sternly.

"... But Roger..."

"What did I tell you would happen if you "But Roger" me again?"

Ryko had to think a bit before she remembered.

"Ryko, you're fired."

"No! You-you can't!" she wailed.

"Unfortunately for you, I. just. did."

"Roger, you can't do this to me! You're not serious!...Roger...?"

There was no response.

"Roger!" she called into the phone.

Nothing.

Ryko turned around to see that Hatori was still standing in the door way, and Momiji was playing in the snow.

"Is something wrong?" Hatori asked.

Ryko shook her head. "I-it's nothing."

Ryko slowly turned around and started walking to the end of the path.

"Momiji go inside."Hatori said. Hatori watched as Ryko reached the end of the path and started... sprinting?

"Momiji."

"Yeah?"

"Stay. here."


Hatori should know by now not to tell Momiji to say put. (Heh.)

Sooooo, yeah.

Uh.. as I'm noticing the new-ness of my "edit document" page, I have this feeling that the button's not purple anymore... Well, even if it's all rainbowy click it anyway, please and thanks. It would make me happy.