Chapter 4
Hey guys! I updated again! (Obviously) But this is not a real chapter. It's just kind of like a filler, because a warning: I'll be going away for a while. My school work keeps piling up and I can't exactly ignore it, so I'm taking a short break from updating. So sorry! :(
Btw, I've edited the first chapter. If you want to check it out you can go back and read it. Thanks again to Kuchiki Jeanne for pointing out and correcting my mistakes! :D
After that poison incident earlier, they still haven't finished the ice cream. Normally, Houjun would fuss because he was most probably already late on his first day on the job. But oddly enough, he thought none of it and proceeded eating the sundae with awe like it was the most important and legendary thing he ever discovered in the whole world.
He's still adjusting to the fact that he's eating something a stranger bought for him.
If you haven't noticed already, Houjun is terribly suspicious of any food that was not made by him or was not inspected by him. He's okay with eating anything Kouran cooks, but with the others it's different. There was that one incident where he was so wary that he even went as far as throwing the newly cooked hamburger away. Kouran yelled at him for two hours straight because he was wasting food, but at that day he just didn't know what came over him. Even the vendor looked scandalized.
But now he's eating something a stranger made, and he's doing it of his own free will! Kouran would be proud.
"So… whatcha thinking?" Ryuuen asked out of the blue.
"Daaaa~?" He asked him, quickly hiding his surprise at being caught.
"You look really deep in thought. Something up?"
Houjun only smiled, but inside he's already wracking his brain with excuses. "Just thinking about the sundae thing." He said finally.
"Oh. Well I said don't worry about that! It's fine. I don't mind."
"Yeah I know, and I thank you."
Ryuuen knitted his eyebrows. "Seems an awful lot of thanks for an ice cream."
"No, not about the ice cream. Though it's still a part of it. Thank you for warmly welcoming me. Even after I accused you with that poison thing, you still didn't go away like other people do."
"But?" Ryuuen raised an eyebrow.
Houjun sighed. "But you still haven't seen me act yet you're already friendly. What if you discover that I suck at it?"
"Hey hey hold it right there. I don't make friends with good actors. I don't care if you're the greatest or a slug's better than you or whatever. I make friends with the people I want to make friends with. So shut your yap and quit thanking me already." He swallowed a spoonful of ice cream. "Ugh, you made me sound so cheesy."
Houjun only laughed and went back to his ice cream. No really, thank you Ryuuen. You might just be a trustworthy friend after all.
But while he hated to admit it, Houjun was still cautious of Ryuuen. The guy's been all too nice to him from the beginning, (excluding that 'miss' incident), but people are really good at faking kindness nowadays. And if Ryuuen's an actor, he might just be an expert. But with that sundae thing just now, he's starting to think that maybe… just maybe, he'll have some more luck when it comes to friends, because he thinks that Ryuuen isn't the type at all to betray or abandon someone.
He just has to trust him.
He finished his ice cream.