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Chapter 2
As Misaki greeted the manager, Ms. Satsuki, the other employees of the restaurant appeared as well.
"Oi, look who's here!"
"Misaki! What are you up to?"
"Let her speak, Erika, I can't hear her."
Such conversations would have continued between the ladies, had not Aoi, Ms. Satsuki's nephew, interrupted them.
"You're late, Misa!" he said sternly.
"Well, at least she arrived before we opened, right, Subaru?" said Erika.
"Yes. She may have other priorities, or something happened on her way here" Subaru replied.
"Other priorities?" Aoi asked with a tone of sarcasm.
"Well, aside from working here secretly, she also works secretly with Inspector Norris. I had wondered whether she will able to show her true colors to anyone without any secrets, that is, if she had any" said Honoka. She then added, "Ms. Satsuki, I'm off to try the new uniform!" and gleefully went to the other room along with Erika and Subaru, leaving Misaki, Ms. Satsuki and Aoi.
Satsuki consoled Misaki "Don't let Honoka's words affect you, Misa, I'm sure she is concerned with you. We all understand your situation."
"I'm fine Ms. Satsuki... wait, did I hear right? Uniform?" Misaki asked.
"Well, I got this idea just randomly and discussed it with the others, and we all agreed," Satsuki said,"I think this will be fun and exciting, Misa!"
Aoi was about to say something, but was interrupted by Honoka, Subaru and Erika, who barged in.
"Ms. Satsuki! What do you think?"
"Kyaaaaa! It's so cute! I knew this is going to be fun!"
Misaki saw the three wearing lovely, neat, traditional maid uniform often wore by the maids in aristocratic families, but she could only stare with horror.
"That's... our uniform?" she finally said.
"Everything is done by the hands of the great Aoi!" Aoi declared proudly.
"Y-you made this?" Misaki asked again.
"What's wrong, Misa, don't you like it?" asked Erika.
"I'm sure it'll suit you, Misa. I too, have one!" Satsuki said.
"But I..."
Honoka grabbed Misaki's arm and dragged her towards the other room. "Don't worry, Misaki, it's free of charge, plus I'll help you with your fitting. Your uniform's waiting for you..."
"Wait, please! I have..."
It's too late for Misaki, for she was now in the other room with Honoka...
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Three minutes later, Misaki emerged, wearing her uniform, along with Honoka.
"Kyaaaaaaa! You absolutely look adorable, Misa!" exclaimed Satsuki.
"As expected of me, the great Aoi!"
"Don't worry, Misaki, you look stunning in that uniform, plus, I'm sure you'll get used to it."Erika said.
"True enough, Misaki. With this, I'm sure we'll draw a lot of customers, and we might obtain useful information regarding your cases just like we use to do..." Subaru said.
"..." Misaki didn't know what to answer, but she finally said, "I'll think about it."
"Misa is easy to persuade with this, right?" teased Erika.
"As expected of Subaru! Good work!" Honoka said.
"Everyone! Let's get this restaurant ready for opening." Satsuki said. The girls, along with Aoi, put everything to order, and Satsuki called Misaki's attention.
"Misa, I forgot to mention, we'll close early today. Sir Edward invited all of us in the ball to be held at his house tonight, and we need to prepare ourselves for fun! And also, we'll be with our families, I hope it is okay with you."
"There's no problem, Ms. Satsuki, Sakura already asked me to come with her. And, I also wanted to ask of you regarding with the present case I'm holding."
"You can count on us, Misa, but shall we pass it just this night? We'll talk of it tomorrow, and also I heard someone returned in this town and will be attending the ball" winked Satsuki.
"Who?"
"The handsome, blond, rich man whom you rejected last October."
Misaki was greatly surprised. "Mr. Kuuga Sakurai?"
"Yes. And I heard from you that his affections shifted to your very best friend, Sakura."
"That's why I don't trust him that much. A week before he came here in town, he confessed to me that he's in love with me, though I rejected him. Three days after that, and a day before he went away, amongst all the people here, he told me that he likes Sakura. I do not know if they were real, but I know that Sakura's affection for him is strong, that's why, as her friend, I'll support her, though I'll protect her from getting hurt."
Satsuki smiled and said to herself, "With that attitude, I wonder whether you will get you man..."
"Is there something wrong, Ms. Satsuki?" asked Misaki.
"No, nothing in particular and Misa, please address our customers as 'young master' and 'milady', okay?"
As Satsuki left her, she sought a mirror and began to tie her hair up, and put a little alteration with her face, so as to hide her identity.
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"I'm very glad you came with me, Misaki" smiled Sakura.
They were now in Sir Edward's ballroom where the guests were gathering. The ball has already started. Music was played and some guests were already dancing in the ballroom.
"Well, I also need to have fun, and also, I heard Kuuga's coming..."
"Misaki, I'm not a child anymore, I'll be fine. In fact, I'm very excited! I get to see him again after all these months, though we're just friends."
"You do like him that much, don't you, Sakura?" Misaki asked.
Sakura blushed and said, "Yes, I do like him, Misaki. And I'll be more than happy to see you happy with a man worthy of you."
Misaki smiled with her answer and said, "That'll be far away from the future, Sakura. Men, in my experience, are nothing but nitwits, and if I intend to search for a man worthy of my hand, I may die an old maid."
"Misaki! How could you say that? I believe all of us are destined with someone, and if you ever found a man worthy of you, then you'll have to watch your tongue." Sakura replied.
'I wonder about that' Misaki thought.
"Oh, I remembered. I heard that Kuuga is coming with a friend." Sakura said.
"A friend?"
"Yes, some saw him with a man this morning, and I think he's coming too. His name is..."
Sakura couldn't continue her words, for the doors of the ballroom opened, and she saw her beloved Kuuga, standing in the doorway. All of the guests' attentions were at the new arrivals; the music and the dance completely stopped. But him alone did not caught the attention of all, for with him, a tall, handsome gentleman, with golden hair and emerald eyes, and completely of distinguished family, and the eyes of the guests followed him and his friend, as they walk across the ballroom.
_End_
Out of my laziness and change in my mood, finally, chapter 2 is up. Well, not much in this chapter, though, and I hope I can update next week... and I remember... only one week to go and classes will start! Summer's over already?
Well... I borrowed one line there from a movie, by which I based this story from... and if the last scene is quite familiar to you, you may inform me via review...
Oh, and as for Erika, Subaru, Honoka, Ms. Satsuki and Aoi... well, I just have to say about a bit of them... their ages are 25, 28, 26, 36, and 20, respectively, the ladies are all married with families of their own (surprisingly their husbands allowed them to work on that restaurant Satsuki owned and managed)...Sakura and Kuuga are of the same age with Misaki, Sakura is well-to-do, living with her family... maybe that's it for a while...