Starting from this chapter I will be playing a game…. Not really a game actually. Through the chapter I will add in some characters or couples from other anime or manga, and you can guess what manga or anime they are from. You may write your answers in the review or keep it to yourself if you want. The answers of this chapter will be posted in the next chapter and so on.
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Sweet as Candy
It's been sometime since Misaki started to work for Usui. Basically Misaki is used to her work but not her boss yet. Constantly, Usui would say things that would often make Misaki blush or angry. Obviously, Usui found Misaki's reaction interesting. Yet, somehow and someway Misaki and Usui found a peaceful way to cooperate with each other.
This day as usual, Misaki was going through the letters for Usui. Now she is able to judge which letters were going in the trash and which were the ones that should be kept. After sorting out the letters, before Misaki was going to start her next job, Usui decided to do something else today.
"Let's do the grocery shopping for the café." Usui announced.
"Now?" Misaki asked.
"Yeah, we need new cups and some other stuff too." Usui simply said.
"Oh, Ok!" Misaki agreed. "Wait! How about Licht?"
"She'll be fine alone." Usui said. "Let's get going."
"Oh." Misaki stood up and walked towards the door, and started to put on her shoes.
"Hmmm…." Usui stared at Misaki.
"What?" Misaki asked.
"I just realized you've got some really long and slim legs." Usui nodded slowly with the 'uhuh' face.
"Hey!" Misaki warned.
"It's a good thing wore a pair of jeans today." Usui started to put his shoes on too.
"Why?" Misaki moved towards the door, and unlocked it.
"You'll understand later." Usui just smiled.
Later Usui and Misaki took the elevator the parking floor, and Misaki finally understood why it was a good thing for her to wear jeans today. Usui doesn't own a car, he owns a motorcycle. Not those normal motorcycle, those big ones and wild looking ones you can see from those action movies.
"These motorcycles actually exist?" Misaki raised one of her eyebrows, still not being able to believe the scene.
"Hop on." Usui threw a helmet towards Misaki.
"Ok…" Misaki followed Usui's instructions.
"Hold on to my waist tightly." Usui turned around with a smirk.
"Just drive properly!" Misaki hit the face shield of Usui's helmet.
Without any warning Usui started the motorcycle. Often times people start out slowly, but Usui was the total opposite. He started out with a big blast.
"Ah!" Misaki screamed as the force pushed her whole body towards Usui's back.
"Told you to hold on tight." Usui teased.
"Hmph!" Misaki turned her head around, as she unwillingly grabbed onto Usui's shirt.
Usui just chuckled silently as he rode the motorcycle. Within a few minutes they arrived at the department store. When Usui parked his motorcycle it really attracted people's attention for mainly two reasons. One, the motorcycle was obviously too cool to appear at a department store. Second, when Misaki got off she was walking in circles.
"Misa-chan, you ok?" Usui was going to catch the falling Misaki, but something shocked Misaki that she suddenly got all her cautious back.
"Sakura!?" That moment Misaki saw Sakura in the crowd. Sakura in the crowd doesn't sound shocking at all, but what if it's Sakura holding an unknown boy's hand in the crowd?
"What happened?" Usui asked Misaki.
"I think I just saw a friend walking with an unknown guy…." Misaki hesitated.
"Maybe you just saw someone else." Usui suggested.
"But…" Misaki was still not convinced.
"Or maybe you're too dizzy you start to see illusion." Usui patted Misaki's shoulders.
"Hmm…" Misaki couldn't argue, and they still had something more important to do. There was no time to argue.
"Let's go shop for the cups first." Usui walked into the department store as Misaki followed him.
The department store was divided into the different section by floors. The first floor was the supermarket section; fresh foods, tissue, daily stuff, are all on this floor. Second floor is the furniture floor, third floor is where all those stuff like clocks, dishes, blankets, and all those stuff. The fourth floor is the kid's floor, and the fifth floor is where all the restaurants are located.
Usui and Misaki were on the escalator going from the first floor to the second floor.
"What type of cups should we get?" Usui asked.
"Hmmm…. I think we need a few plastic cups for the children." Misaki suggested.
"True." Usui nodded when suddenly a voice distracted them.
"Why is this chicken running here?" Someone screeched.
Misaki and Usui turned around to see what was happening. They saw a boy with slightly curled black hair running after a chicken, and behind the boy was a girl brown hair with her hair tied up into two ponytails.
"Nagoya~ Come back!" The boy ran after the running chicken.
"It's not like he understands." The girl behind the boy pointed out.
"Shizuku, you're so mean!" The boy whined.
"How nice to be young hohoho…" Usui said like an old grandpa as he and Misaki passed the chicken, boy, and girl.
"The chicken…" Misaki stared at the running chicken.
"It's hilarious his name his Nagoya…hohoho" Usui continued to talk like he's 50 or something.
"What's so hilarious about that?" Misaki asked.
"What is the area Nagoya famous for?" Usui asked.
"Chicken meat…" Misaki then realized. "It's ironic."
"Hohoho" Usui just continued to laugh like an old man.
Finally they've arrived to the third floor. Right away they went to the utensils section. First Misaki thought buying this stuff won't be a hard job, but she was wrong. There were too much choices to make.
"…silver ones…." Misaki pointed at the silver spoons.
"How about the size?" Usui asked.
"Errr….. that's too big but this is too small…" Misaki's head began to ache.
"Close your eyes." Usui commanded.
"What are you going to do?" Misaki was really nervous.
"Just close them, otherwise I'll really do something." Usui repeated.
"…." Misaki closed her eyes.
"Right now I'm moving my hands above the spoons, say stop when you feel like." Usui commanded.
"Eh?! You're gonna use this way…" before Misaki could finish her sentence Usui warned her.
"Do not open your eyes, say stop when you feel so." Usui said.
"Mom… what are they doing… it looks weird." A little boy held the corners of his mom's dress tightly.
"Errmmm… I don't know, son." The mother, a women with extremely long pink hair patted her son's head.
"They look…." The son looked up to have his blue eyes meet his mother's face.
"They look happy." The mother smiled and replied. "A lovey dovey couple."
"Mommy what is lovey dovey?" The son asked.
"Hmmm…." The mother was trying to think of an way to explain what they meaning of lovey dovey means.
"It's like this!" Suddenly a good looking man with black hair and blue eyes kissed the mother's cheek from behind.
"Arata!" The mother was surprised to see her husband.
"Sorry to make you guys wait." The man smiled.
"Dad!" The little boy hot his arms out asking his father to carry him.
"Hey, son! What do you want for dinner today?" The father picked his son up and asked.
"Hmmmm…. Everything dad cooks is yummy!" The son happily laughed and said.
"Unlike your mother, right?" The father looked at his son and nodded.
"Mommy's cooking… is…a little bit…." The son wasn't sure to continue his sentence or not.
"You guys!" The mother pouted.
"Sorry, Hikaru. Don't be mad." The father comforted.
Then the happy family went to take the escalator leading to the first floor. Back to Misaki and Usui.
"Stop!" Misaki said.
"Ok!" Usui's hand stopped.
"….." Misaki opened her eyes. "It's the simple design one."
"Hmm… not bad." Usui nodded.
"True…" As Misaki said the word true she saw a really familiar person from far away. "Sakura?"
"Sakura?" Usui questioned.
"I am 100% sure it is her!" Misaki was about to run towards the direction she saw Sakura.
"Sorry young lady." A old man suddenly appeared before Misaki.
"Yes?" Misaki asked.
"You can't leave out store unless you put that spoon that belongs to us down." The old man pointed at Misaki's hand.
"Oh, sorry." Misaki gave the old man the spoon. "I really have to go!"
Then Misaki ran out the store. However when she ran out she couldn't find Sakura at all. Misaki continued to look around to find Sakura. The whole reason why Misaki was desperate to find Sakura was because she saw Sakura holding onto an unknown guy's hand. As Sakura's best friend, and the student council president of her high school, Misaki couldn't leave Sakura alone like that.
"Hey!" Usui tapped Misaki on the shoulders.
"What?" Misaki angrily turned back with a glare.
"You can play your stalking game after we buy the cups." Usui dragged Misaki into another store.
"B-B-But… Sakura!" Misaki screamed.
"Pay attention to me when you're with me." Usui used a flirty tone.
"Hey! Don't act flirty now!" Misaki warned.
Usui just silently smirked. Misaki couldn't really talk back, since she was here at the department store for work, not making sure her best friend is not dating someone weird. Finally, Misaki and Usui were done with the cups shopping. The time was about lunch time, so they decided to just have lunch at the restaurants upstairs. Usui and Misaki sat down in a seat, and the waiter gave them the menu and walked away.
As Usui and Misaki were flipping the menu they heard this conversation going on at the table next to them. Next to them was a group of three, there was a German, a Japanese, and an Italian. It seemed like they were done with their lunch.
"I am think ve should divide the cost in three." The muscular German with blue eyes and blonde hair said.
"I tink I have enough money to pay for us" The Japanese with neatly cut bangs said with a tender tone.
"I think you guys should just pay for me!" The Italian cheerfully said.
"Pfffftttttt!" Misaki and Usui laughed at the same time.
"What are you laughing at?" Usui asked while laughing.
"Then what are you laughing at?" Misaki asked back.
"I don't know... hahahaha" Usui continued to laugh.
"May I take your order?" The waiter came and ask.
"Yes.. I would like to have a strawberry parfait." This voice does not belong to either Misaki or Usui. It belonged to a girl sitting at the table at the back of them.
Misaki turned around to see who was it, and right away she stood up. "Sakura?!"
The girl in pink hair with her hair tied in two puffy ponytails was shocked, she turned around and had her eyes meet Misaki's. "Hi…"
"Who is it?" The boy sitting across of Sakura asked. This boy had light yellowish blonde hair, and a pair of dark frame glasses. He was dressed in a punkish style way.
"Don't tell me…" Misaki gulped.
"He's Sakurai Kuga…. M-m-m-my b-b-boy-boyf-boyfriend…" Sakura lowered her head shyly.
"A punk…?" Deep in Misaki's heart she despites guys who have pierces and go with the punk style. Misaki's impression for punk guys are mostly negative.
"…" There was an awkward silence. The waiter was standing there, not knowing what to do. Everyone just paused there for a moment.
"Misa-chan." Usui called out to Misaki.
"Don't call me by that name….." Misaki turned around and asked. "What?"
"Coffee, tea, or me?" Usui said with a blink while holding a cup of coffee and a cup of tea. No one had no idea when was a cup of coffee and a cup of tea was passed to Usui's hand.
"Don't make a joke at this moment!" Misaki shouted at Usui.
