Asami waited for the front door to close before sitting on the bed. She proceeded to lie down next to Kise, pushing away his arms which playfully flung in her direction. Eventually, she gave into his persistence, allowing herself to be embraced tightly.

Kise could feel erratic jerky breathing. He watched as she silently cried, wiping her tears on the sleeves of her white work blouse.

"Are you breaking up with me?"

She shook her head.

Planting a kiss on her forehead, he tightened his embrace and closed his eyes.

"I love you."

Kise waited for his feelings to be verbally reciprocated, but it never came. Asami took a towel and a new change of clothes into the bathroom, ignoring Kise's lighthearted 'I love you's.

A refreshed Asami entered the room, sitting on the floor in front of the wardrobe mirror to do her makeup.

"Where are you going?"
"Work."

Kise observed intently from the comfort of the warm bed.

"Is that mascara?"
"No, it's eyeliner. Don't pretend to be nice now."

He pulled the blanket over his head, offended yet completely aware what she said was correct. A cold gust of air brushed against Kise as she pulled the blanket from him.

She kissed him.

"If you can't do sex after marriage, we should break up."
"No, I can! It won't happen again, I promise."

Asami gave a pained smile then walked out the door.

"Okay, I forgive you. My shift starts at noon so I'm going now, bye."
"Bye, I love you."

She turned around and looked at him.

"I love you too."


"Asami!"

She turned around to see everyone at the Christmas party the previous night.

"Table for seven please!" Momoi exclaimed.

Asami smiled and led them to a table by a large window.

"Sorry about bothering you at work," Kagami whispered through gritted teeth, "Riko and Momoi wanted to see you."

"It doesn't bother me."

Asami brought menus and continued her job without talking to Kagami much. He reminded her too much of Akane. On the other hand, she enjoyed listening to the others.

"Oha Aha says today is a bad day for Scorpios. Your lucky item is a samurai figurine."
"T-thank you."

"Sorry, could one of you guys text Kise and tell him I'll be working until very late?"

Momoi proceeded to text the blonde whilst sipping on her strawberry smoothie. Although there were plenty of tables, most of the orders came from Kagami, who basically breathed in everything placed in front of him.

One by one, people started paying for their meals and leaving the cafe. Eventually, only Kagami and a mountain of plates, cups and the nearby McDonalds' cheeseburger wrappers. Asami overheard her cheery coworker printing the bill. Kagami simply stood there, smiling uncomfortably at the cost.

"That'll be 6500 yen."

Opening his nearly empty wallet, he took out the few coins that he had.

Dammit! Why did I eat so much?

Taking out her own wallet, Asami returned his coins and shooed him away from the counter.

Strolling out of the shop front, Asami was stopped by an eager Kagami leaning against the brick wall.

"It's late so I thought I'd take you home."

The two walked in a silence broken by Kagami's occasional throat clearing and vibrations from text messages.

"S-so, did Kise say anything about Akane?"

Asami looked into Kagami's darting eyes.

"She slept with him."


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