A/N I do not own any of the characters accept Nika Shioria and I do not own the card game 'Magic The Gathering' the only things I own in this story are Nika Shioria and the plot. Read and Review! 3

Forcing herself to tear her eyes away from his lavender gaze, she began the conversation.

"So, Chiho's said things about me? I hope they aren't to embarrassing." Nika laughed.

"Oh, no she just said that you are a nice person, you're sweet and caring, you love your chocolate and dying your hair. But most of all you aren't very social and you love gaming." said Sadao.

"Speaking of gaming, what games do you play?" asked Urushihara inbetween gulps of water and soup.

"Uh it's a long list, but mainly I stick to RPG's and card strategy games." Nika replied, doing her best to look anywhere but the purple haired cutie's general area.

"Card strategy games?" asked Ashiya.

"Oh, they aren't video games, while some of the most popular ones do own a game application, they are basically like plotting war against another player with decks compiled of magic creatures, demons, mages, wizards & witches, angels, humans of great power called planeswalkers, elementals, magical artifacts and weapons, mana, and land cards. The list goes on and on as new people join the industry and new people send in new ideas. Have any of you heard of it? It's called Magic The Gathering." She said as the twinkle in her eyes became rekindled.

"No, but I am loving the idea of it." muttered Sadao. "Do you believe in Magic Nika?" he asked

"I know it sounds stupid, but I do. Magic, the word itself is just filled with ideas, it can be so defining or confined and it expands itself. For some though, you have to see it to make it a reality, or else it's just an idea you can barely reach." With that last sentence she looked towards Urushihara, who was staring intently at her. They stayed looking at each other as Sadao and Ashiya went to a corner to discuss this 'Magic The Gathering'. Chiho just stared at both Sadao and Ashiya with that Anime Sweat Drop at the top of her head. When she looked back in the direction of Nika and followed her line of sight to Urushihara. Both were transfixed at each other, their gazes filled with - with, something. It wasn't passion or love, but it was a look that lead to it. Curiosity. Maybe it wasn't a good idea for Nika to hang out with Urushihara.

"So Nika!" blurted out Sadao, forcing Nika to again tear her gaze away from the beautiful pair of violet slitted eyes.

"Hmm?"

"Do you think that you could show us how to participate in this 'Magic of The Gathering'? It sounds quite interesting." asked Ashiya.

"Um, sure? What do you think Chiho, do you wanna learn too?" asked Nika in hopes of avoiding any more human contact than the cash register at work. She could already tell that her walls were dropping, crumbling and disinigrating actually, under the gaze of Urushihara. While it felt right, it felt oh so wrong to have the walls that she spent her life building to be so easily broken down by a pair of violet eyes.

"Sure, sounds like fun!" said Chiho, while she didn't trust Urushihara enough to have them staring at each other like that, she did want to see where this went and what it may develop into, she also wanted to spend more time with her beloved Sadao. At the thought of his name she looked at him. How she didn't feel the piercing daggers of Nika's stare, the author will never know, because it was a really really hard stare.

"How about Sunday?" asked Sadao.

"Sunday? Can't church day." said Nika and was thouroghly confused as all three tenants cringed at the word.

"Monday then," sighed Sadao.

"Yeah sounds good." said Nika. "Should we exchange contact information?" she suggested.

"Probably." agreed Sadao as he pulled out his phone.

(**********Snowflake Break Time-Skip Line Breaker**********)

"NGGghghghgh" sighed Nika," so much human contact and the register..." she whined.

Nika walked to the living room and slipped off her shoes. She pulled out her phone and stared at the new length of her contact list. First was her grandma, then Chi, Ashiya, Sadao, her boss, and then Urushihara. She stared at his name, a pair of violet eyes permantly embedded in her mind.

Sighing, she got up and grabbed the remote. She switched it to the radio channel on the TV and let Hatsunimku let it all out. She took off her shirt and jeans and switched it out for her perfect pj's. An oversized button-up shirt and a pair of sweat shorts. Nika trekked to the fridge for her prize of the day, ben&jerry's rocky road ice cream. She grabbed her big girl spoon and trekked back to the couch and got comfortable. When the song changed she changed it to Dinner Crasher and watched as a family who was enjoying their rice and chicken had they're dinner crashed.

*Ring RING DING A DING RING ring*

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Nika moaned "Can't you people let me eat my Ben&Jerry's in peace, I swear you have one day of huma-" She was cut short as she read the text.

Urushihara to Nika - Come outside. Need to talk.

She couldv'e testified right there that her heart skipped a beat... or three. Nika steadied herself as she stepped into the brisk night air, her button-up flapping in the night breeze.

"Urushihara?" she squeaked. "T-this isn't funny." she said as she looked around.

"My, my, are you even wearing shorts under that thing?"

"Aaahhhhh!" Nika shreiked as she saw Urushihara hanging from her roof.

"Aww did I scare you," he said in a pouty voice, obviously enjoying that breif momebt of terror he caused her.

"You said," Nika wheezed as she caught her breath, "You said that you wanted to talk, I am here, speak your words. I got a Ben&Jerry's to get back to." she muttered.

"Ooh, ice-cream." he said as he swung past her and into her apartment.

"H-hey that wasn't an invite to come in." she whined as she rushed in after him. She was to weak to actuallly protest and it was COLD so she closed the door behind her.

By the time she was inside, Urushuhara was eating her ice-cream and flipping through channels.

"Hey, you can't eat my ice-cream! Especially not with the same spoon." she whined.

"Afraid you'll catch my cooties?" he mimicked her voice as he dug the spoon in her perfect container and contiued to demolish her prize of the day.

"That is not the point! 1)You are using my spoon which equals swapping saliva, it's like your frenching me on a spoon. 2) After a day of socializing against my will I need my prize of the day, you know the one you a haphazardly demolishing. 3) you wanna talk then talk and put down my ice-cream!." Nika was so red in the face that he laughed at her. She was going to demolish HIM.

"What is so fuuunny?" she demanded as she marched over and snatched her ice-cream back.

"You are absolutly adorable when you are mad." he was dying of laughter. He fell off her couch and rolled on top of one of her bras "Hey, what's this?"

Shreiking, she ran over to him, snatched her unmentionable, through it over the couch and pointed.

"Sit. Now. Couch"

"Okay okay I'm sitting'

Nika ran to the kitchen and grabbed to spoons and tossed her original one in the sink . She came back and haded Urushihara one.

"You can have some ice-cream after we talk."

"Aw fine. Look, I know that you know about that one night. And I can not have you blabbing about it and flaunting around a feather on a necklace." he said reaching over and grabbed it. His fingers brushing her collarbone.

"EEpp" she cried as she scooted away. Her face red again as the skin on her collarbone twitched.

"Aww that's adorable. Come here I'm not gonna hurt yah." he smiled at her

Reluctantly, Nika scooted back to her seat.

"Just don't tell anyone especially Ashiya or Sadao, and we're good. Okay?"

"O-o-okay."

"Now about that ice-cream."

Nika thusted the container towards him.

"Practically frenching on a spoon, huh." Urushihara teased with smile.

"Sh-shut up."

(Holy Guacamole another Time-Skip...pikS-emiT rehtona elomacauG yloH)

They both managed to finish the ice-cream, and Urushihara somehow got Nika to end up practically in his lap with a horror flick. By the time it was over, she was asleep, clutching his shirt for her life. Sighing, he contemplated what to do. If he wasn't home in the morning, Ashiya would freak out, if he wasn't here in the morning and he could miss out. He chose the first and stayed, screw Ashiya.

"Mmm" mewled Nika as she buried her head in the nook of his shoulder, her breaths against his neck making him redden.

"How cute." he smirked as he layed down on the couch. He slowly pulled her close and watched as she breathed evenly. "Have a beautiful nightmare." Urushihara said as he kissed her fore head and he too fell asleep.