:Well, you know, I got hit by this steamroller of instpiration… so I guess I'm updating.

:Hope you enjoy. I still don't own Law of Ueki.

".Expectations."

It's been months since the Battle Game, but the memories are still in my mind like it was yesterday. Kobasen is back, and I guess I finally figured out what Ueki used his blank zai for.

Well, things haven't exactly been as exciting as they used to be, but you don't really get to compete in supernatural tournaments pretty often, so I guess it was a given. At least I don't have to worry as much as I used to.

Apparently, our science teacher is out sick, and they haven't sent a substitute, so, our class is enjoying free period. I looked at the second row of seats, and I found a mess of green hair on the table. Ueki must be sleeping again.

"Oi! Ueki!" I said, standing up from my seat, trying to wake him up."Ueki! Oi! Wake up!"

"Uhm… g-gomen!" He said with a start. "I-I won't sleep in class again!" he said, apparently he thought he's been busted for sleeping… again.

"Relax. It's just me." I said with a sigh. "Had a good sleep?"

"Yeah." He said, smiling and putting a hand behind his head.

"Good luck on your race later!" I said, smiling. "I hope you win."

I guess losing his zai can't stop him from being the school's fastest runner.

Later that afternoon…

"GO UEKI! YOU CAN DO IT!" I screamed from the crowd. I was his best friend, so naturally, I would be there to support him.

He waved at me from the track and smiled.

I smiled back.

"Aww. How cute." one of my classmates said. "You two make a great couple."

"We-we're not a couple." I said, sweat dropping. Though, I wished we were. Wait, never mind. Forget I thought that. "We're just really, really good friends, that's all!" I said, hastily.

"Okay then." She said, but she had a look on her face that totally said yeah-right-like-I'm-going-to-believe-your-pathetic-excuse.

I just sat down at the bleacher and looked on as the race started. Ueki was fast. He won the race and set a new school record, beating his old one by one-tenth of a second.

"I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!" I said, running down the bleachers to congratulate him. "You were amazing!" I said, hugging him.

"Uhm… thanks!" he said, hugging back.

I blushed as soon as I found out what I was doing, and let go of him. "Uhm…See you later then!" I said hastily, going to the lockers and sorting out my things, and my thoughts.

"Ugh Mori!" I said dramatically to my reflection in the mirror of my locker, sighing. "You're not supposed to do that anymore!" I said, frustrated. "You're not supposed to…"

Man, I am in complete denial again. What the heck is wrong with me!? I don't get myself anymore. And, I really, really need to stop talking to myself. I'm making myself think I'm going crazy.

"Mori! Wanna go celebrate? My treat!" I heard a familiar voice say as I got out of the locker room.

"Okay!" I replied, and we soon found ourselves out of the school.

"Where are we going again?" I asked.

"It's some place really special!" He said with a smile as we walked along the crowded streets. "Come on Mori!" he said, clutching my hand to help me through the crowed. I blushed, it seems I do a lot of that these days.

"We're here!" he declared. "This was my mom's favorite place… well, so I'm told."

"O-oh." I said, looking at the curry stand. "It's wonderful." …in this cutesy touching sort of way. Let's call the place quaint, to make the long story short.

We got a table and Ueki ordered.

"Congratulations, again." I said, smiling at him.

"Thanks Mori." He said, smiling.

Then Ueki went and got the orders to our table. He didn't want to bother anyone, and all…

"Ikadakimasu!" he said, as he was putting down the plate.

"Watch out!" I screamed as a little boy ran past Ueki, knocking down the plate to the floor and making the glass with the water fall, and my school uniform was all wet now.

"You're such a klutz Ueki!" I said. Well, so much for a perfect dinner.

"G-gomen! I'm so sorry Mori!" he said, and took a paper towel from the dispenser on the table, and began wiping… the, uhm, my… blouse.

Since the glass splashed it's water all on the front side of it, and Ueki was trying to wipe it off… uhm, my front…

Crap. You get the idea. Man, this is very embarrassing. It's hard to narrate a story when your best guy friend in the world, whom you probably always liked, in a love sort of way has his hand, on your…

NEVERMIND.

"UEKI!" I said, my face going through 76 shades of red as I realized what he was doing, and how we seemed to look. I knew Ueki didn't mean anything, he was too stupid, too polite, and too nice for that. But, you know, there were other people here.

"It's okay, I'm fine." I said, quickly taking the tissue from him and moving his hand away like it was on fire. "Let me do it."

"G-gomen." He said. Wait, was there a tinge of red in his cheeks? I'm imagining things again. "I'll get us some food." He said hastily, before turning on the spot and making his way back to order.

I laughed quietly and smiled at his antics, you shouldve seen the look on his face! Well, being friends with Ueki is never boring, and things never turn out the way you expect them to. Ueki always seems to have something surprising up his sleeves.

Turns out we don't really know how to act in very awkward situations.

Ueki is such an idiot, but I can't help but wish he was my idiot.

And even the fact that many of the people in the restaurant were staring at us couldn't take away that pathetic amused smile plastered on my face.

:Okay, loads of random… uhm, is it called fluff? Anyway, I don't want this to turn into the whole cliché lovestory where everything is so romantically perfect. Besides, don't you think Ueki dropping the water more interesting that them just eating curry and staring into each other's eyes… okay, I'm rambling, time to stop.

:I actually enjoyed writing this chapter a lot!

:I think this fic is going to be a little longer that I originally thought it would be. THANKS FOR REDING, PLEASE REVIEW.