heRe's the 4th chaptie i promiSEd... whew!

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ShikixRima!

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Her Problem

"I don't know you like coffee,"

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"Thanks a lot, Nei."

Nei just nodded as he handed the bottle of soda pop to Shiki. Nei is one of the assistant staffs in their agency.

They were done with the photo shoot, so he asked Nei to buy him a bottle of soda pop for him to give to Rima. It was his habit to bring Rima a drink after every tiring photo shoot.

He saw her dabbing her sweaty temple and neck with a face towel when he got in their own office.

"Hey. I brought you a drink," he said as he approached her.

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She looked up on him. And her heart skipped a beat when her cerulean eyes met his silver sexy eyes. She really found it very sweet every time he offered her a drink after a very exhausting work. But she just couldn't forget what he did in the coffee shop, which made her feel irate with him.

She cleared her throat before giving him a fake smile. "Thanks for that, but I already asked someone to buy me a drink."

"Oh… I see…" he said, looking a little smitten.

They heard a knock. Shiki moved to open the door. "Ah, Shiki-sama, I have here Touya-sama's Frappuccino that she asked me to buy." It was one of the staffs.

"Okay. Let me hand it to her."

"Okay." The staff handed the Frappuccino to him then left.

He briskly went back to Rima who was now slouching on the couch. "Here's your drink."

She just motioned to thank him before accepting it and sipped from it.

He remained standing in front of her and intently watched her. He had never seen Rima drink coffee since the day they first met. This was actually his first time. Though he was kinda mixed up, he still found that very amusing.

He sat beside her without getting his eyes off her. They were shining with amusement.

She felt conscious with the way he was looking at her. Still, she dared to look straight at him. Oh, why do you have to be so drop dead gorgeous! her heart wailed. She cleared her throat then stolidly asked, "What?"

"I don't know you like coffee," he said with a grin on his lips.

"Now you know," she flatly said before taking another sip.

"Do you have any plan of sharing your Frappucino with me?" he teasingly asked.

"No."

He chuckled. Then he inched to her, still smiling.

By that moment, all the irritation she was feeling just melted under his sexy smile. She couldn't do anything about it.

She matched his smile, silently forgiving him on what he had done in the coffee shop. She finally extended her drink to him.

He was about to sip from it when they heard another knock on the door. He moved to see who it was.

"Hi, Shiki!" Chaya greeted with her perky voice.

"Oh, Chaya---"He got surprised when Chaya clung on his arm, tugging him gently.

"Aunt wants to talk to you," she said before turning to Rima, still clinging on him. "… and to you, Rima." Chaya said, smiling to her sweetly.

EWW. She stood up and stonily looked at Shiki before walking out ahead of them.

She heard him call her name many times, as they were walking the corridor, heading to the studio. His voice seemed like he wanted her so badly. Still, she had no plan of turning to him nor ceased walking ahead of them.

"Rima!" he called again.

She rolled her eyes and let out a lazy sigh as she proceeded fast. Duh. Talk to yourself.

They were in the studio when Chaya finally let Shiki's arm. He came up to her.

"Rima," he said, pleading for her attention.

She just turned to him with a stoic look on her face.

"I'm---"His cellular phone rang before he could say sorry. He motioned to excuse himself.

"Hey, Shiki! It's me," Ruka was on the other line.

"Oh, hey. What's up?"

"Nothing much. So, how are you doing?"

"I'm… doing fine," he hesitatingly said.

"Alright. And… how 'bout Rima?"

"Rima?" He twisted to find Rima. He looked around until he found her sitting on a deck chair, holding a new cup of Frappuccino.

"She's having her… nineteenth Frappuccino at this moment. What can you say about that, Ruka? Do you think she's acting weird?"

"How about you, Shiki? You think she's acting weird?" Ruka asked instead.

"Actually, I do. She has been drinking coffee since this morning. And the thing that's really intriguing is the color of her fingernails. I never saw her put colors to them before."

He heard her giggle on the other end of line. "Oh, that? I was the one to color her nails this morning. But that was her request. I also found that unusual to her that's why I didn't thwart her. Does that really intrigue you?"

"Yeah. I really think she's awkward today."

"Don't mind her nails. And about coffee thing... Maybe she just feels like turning herself into a coffee aficionado from a coffee-hater she was before. You know… something like that."

"Perhaps she has a problem. I wonder what that could be."

"Hmm. I think, that's for you to find out."

"What do you mean?"

He heard her giggle again. "Stop it Kain…" she muttered on the other line.

"Ruka, 'still there?"

"Oh, sorry."

"Tell me what's that that's for me to find out?"

"C'mon Shiki. Don't be so oblivious of what's happening around you… That's all I can tell you by now. Bye-bye!"

"Wait---"She hanged up before he could ask something. "Huh?" he looked at his phone as of it was Ruka. "What do you mean, Ruka?"

Obviously, no one would respond to him. He let out a sigh of giving up, "Yeah, right. No one will answer me, I know." He gazed at Rima who was now talking to their manager. He put his cell phone in his pocket then let out another sigh of giving up. WOMEN really are the most mysterious creature on earth, he said as he shook his head lightly.

Well, i was not around the whole day, so i hurried home to upload this... the meeting i was telling has been postponed... finally our exams were finished,but i still have lots of stuff to do, my school paper adviser assigned me to write an article about "triangle of life" (if you know something about it, please PM me), then our english teacher wanted us to have a stage play, i was the one assigned to write the script... whoa! good thing is that this would be a long weekend. we have no classes for three days. YEY! cheers! i wouldn't see my terror teachers for three days! ^^ i hope to write some shiMa fics this weekend... & maybe you're wondering what FRAPPUCCINO is, it's actually a cappuccino w/ frappe and chocolate syrup... YUMMY! you can have it from the most popular coffee shop here in the Philippines, STARBUCKS. it's really cozy there... and.. about "NEI", another OC, dont mind him.. *chuckles*

..whew! this is a tiring day! alright, its past 11 p.m. here in the Philippines... time for me to go to the bed. ZZzzZZz

i hope to read your reviews tommorow!

,;-ShiMa fevah!-;,

~kaMi-ru!