Disclaimer: Yeah yeah yeah, I don't own SM...bleh

Sorry for not writing in a while. I lost Microsoft word on my laptop and couldn't update. This chap is bound to be crappy cuz i haven't written in months. please don't kill me!!!!

Chapter Seven

Mina was up earlier than Kunzite was. She was cooking breakfast when he sauntered into the kitchen. "Mmm…scrambled eggs." He wrapped his arms around her.

She playfully wacked him with a spatula. "Want to try some?"

"Hell yeah."

She managed to pick up a tiny bit of egg on the fork at her side and fed it to him.

"This is amazing."

"This is nothing…you've gotta eat at the Crown. Andrew makes divine deli sandwiches."

"What do you do?"

"I wait tables and cook if Andrew needs my help."

"I definitely need to stop by soon."

"Are you free today?"

"I get out from work at five."

"Perfect!" She clasped her hands together, her eyes lighting up. "My shift ends at six, so I'll make you dinner there!"

"That works." He smiled. "Can I eat some now?" He pointed to the scrambled eggs on the frying pan. "I'm starved."

She laughed. "Help yourself."

"I will." And with that, he snatched the frying pan away from her and pecked her on the cheek, walking towards the table.

"Hey!" She ran after him.

He held the pan above her reach, challenging her to try and take it away from him.

"C'mon, I made them!"

He still held them out of reach.

After a while, she decided to stand with her arms folded across her chest and pout.

He faltered. "Here you go." He handed her the frying pan. Then he whispered in her ear, "You know I can't resist when you pout."

Her cheeks turned pink and he laughed. She wacked him with her spatula.

"Ow…hey."

"C'mon, you're going to be late for work."

"I know, I know, can't you let a guy eat?"

"Keep in mind that I'm cooking you dinner tonight." She scowled.

"I'm not going to be able to wait till dinner to eat!"

She sighed. "C'mon, we both need to get to work."

"Alright." He grabbed a plastic container and shoved the scrambled eggs inside. "We're taking my car."

"Kay." She put her jacket on and gave Kunzite his.

~*~*~*~*

Kunzite pulled to a stop at the Video Game Store where Mina worked. "Have a good day." He kissed her on the cheek.

"See you at The Crown!" she waved as she got out of the car.

He smiled and waved. Maybe today wasn't going to be such a shitty day.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Hey Drew." She went to out her stuff in the back room. "You got the windows cleaned."

"Yeah." Andrew grinned sheepishly. "Why would Raye do that to you?"

"Cause she's a whore whose been fucking someone else behind my brother's back!"

"Calm down, I didn't mean to-"

"I know…I'm just pissed."

"Maybe things will lighten up at The Crown."

"Speaking of which, I have a friend who wants to check out the place after work….do you mind if…"

"No, go ahead…who is it?"

"My roommate."

"Jed?"

"No, I moved out from that hellhole."

"Then who?"

"A friend."

"Is it a guy friend?"

"Yes." Her cheeks turned pink.

"Gasp. What does Jed have to say about that?"

"Nothing, he has no say in it."

"Really?"

"I'm staying with his best friend."

"Kunz?"

"Yeah."

"Wow…knock him out tonight."

She blushed.

"Your cooking is amazing, speaking of which, we're probably going to have a rush today so you might have to help me cook."

"No prob."

"Thanks babe."

"Anytime." She giggled.

~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kunzite was in a meeting. He hated them, absolutely despised them. There was no point to them and nothing good that came from them. Meetings were time consuming and allowed his mind to wander to a certain blonde, with mile long legs and silky hair. He internally groaned. He couldn't think of her like that. She was his best friend's sister for god's sake! But those eyes, and figure, and lips…Hers tasted like fresh strawberries…

"Don't you agree Kunzite?" Someone asked, momentarily stopping his fantasies.

"Yeah." He perked up. He needed to pay attention. He could daydream about her later.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Six hours later….

Mina wiped the sweat off her brow. Andrew had been right. There was a huge rush. Mina had to call Lita to help Andrew with the cooking while she waited tables.

"May I take your order sir?" Mina asked, flipping her notepad to a new page.

"How much will a 20 get me?" The customer asked, shielding his face.

"You could get three large sandwiches and large drinks." Mina said automatically.

"That wasn't what I was talking about."

Then it dawned on Mina. "Are you trying to hit on me?"

"Is it working?"

"Pervert. Get out of here."

"I'm a customer, I can stay here." He challenged. "So, about my offer…"

At that moment, Kunzite walked through the doors to see Mina's face. It had a sour edge to it that he'd never seen.

"Forget about it." And with that, Mina headed behind the counter.

Kunzite could vaguely see her yelling and having Lita and Andrew comfort her. Lita put a hand on her shoulder and had a murderous look on her face. It was then that Kunzite decided to head for the kitchen to see what was going on.

"I want him out!" Mina cried out.

"Me?" Kunzite asked, unsure.

"K-Kunz!" Mina whirled around. "I thought you were coming later!"

"I got out early."

"We're in the middle of a rush, so…"

"I'll wait…what happened out there?"

"Nothing." Mina said. "Lita? Could you wait tables for a while?"

Lita nodded sympathetically and whispered something roughly into Mina's ear. Mina nodded.

"Mina, I need you to make a few sandwiches for me." Andrew said.

"That's fine, I don't mind." Mina replied.

"Need any help?" Kunzite offered.

"I can't pay you-" Andrew began.

"That's fine with me. What do you need me to do?"

"Wash dishes and get ingredients out. Mina's pretty good with that, so you're not going to have too much work."

"Okay."

Lita was waiting tables and ignored the man who Mina'd said had hit on her. Lita gave him icy stares as she passed by him. He didn't seem to mind. He simply waited with a smirk on his face. Lita was a very fast waitress, and with the extra help, the entire restaurant, except for one person, was clear. The single person remaining was unfortunately the one who'd hit on Mina.

"Drew, can't we kick him out?" Mina pleaded.

"I'm going to try. Lita? A little backup here?" Andrew called out.

"Count me in." Lita cracked her knuckles. "Can I knock him out?"

"I think there's a law against that."

"We can dump his body in a dumpster."

"Lita…"

"Or we could poison him…"

"Lita, I-"

"Maybe we could teleport him somewhere else…"

"Lita, you're getting a little too carried away."

"Ugh fine. I'll settle for kicking him out."

"Why are you guys doing this again?" Kunzite asked.

"For Mina." Andrew replied.

Kunzite stood behind the counter with Mina and watched Lita and Andrew walk out front.

"Sir, we're closing, you need to leave." Andrew tried the direct approach.

"I'm waiting for your other waitress." The customer coolly replied.

"She's busy at the moment." Andrew replied.

"I'll wait."

"No you won't! Get out!" Lita yelled.

"I don't think so."

"I can have you charged for sexual harassment." Andrew spoke lowly.

"Try me."

"Get the fuck out right now or I'm going to-" Lita lunged for him but Andrew restrained her.

The customer snickered.

"I advise you to leave before she," Andrew gestured to Lita, "finds a way to kill you."

"Fine. I'll leave." The customer said after a long stare down with Lita.

"You're fucking screwed if I see you here again." Lita warned.

"I think he's going to stalk this place for a while." Mina sighed.

"Let's focus on that on another day. You need to eat." Kunzite told Mina.

"I'm really not that-"

"You need to eat."

"Kunz, I-"

"No, Mina, I'm not going to tell you again, you are going to eat tonight."

"Okay, okay, I will." She gave up.

Andrew was cleaning the kitchen and Lita went home when Mina was making dinner for her and Kunzite. Mina was muttering to Andrew and he silently nodded to whatever she was saying. Mina managed to make some shrimp scampi with some pasta.

"This is delicious." Kunzite marveled.

"Thanks." Mina smiled.

"No, really, I haven't tasted anything this good since…ever."

"I thought I made breakfast pretty well."

"You did…so I guess I haven't tasted anything good since this morning."

"That's the line I was looking for." She laughed.

"I love you as much as the numbers of stars in the night sky."

She turned pink. "Good one. You're getting better."

"Let's go home shall we?"

She nodded. That'd be good right now. She picked up the plates and carried them over to Andrew. "You need help?"

"Nah. You kids have fun." He waved them off.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kunzite didn't have to ask any questions. He'd figured that someone tried to hit on her.

Mina was about to crawl onto her air mattress when Kunzite told her to take the bed.

"Kunz…this is the second day in a row, I couldn't-" Mina protested.

"I'm not giving you an option. You've had a hard day, and I want you to sleep well." Kunzite said.

"Kunz, You know-"

Kunzite pressed a finger to her lips. "Please. Don't."

"Why are you doing this?"

Because I want us to be closer. I want us to stay strong. I want you to be happy… "Because you can't get a good night's sleep with the air mattress."

When they both reluctantly pulled the covers on themselves when they got into the bed, Mina turned away from him.

"Mina, are you going to be okay?" Kunzite asked.

"I'll be fine. I'm just tired."

"Things are going to get better."

"Hopefully." She muttered.

"Babe, I'm telling you, things will get better soon." He wrapped his arms around her waist.

She clutched his shirt. "I really don't deserve a roommate like you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you're too nice to me."

"That just blew my reputation of the Ice King, didn't it?"

"Yeah." She giggled.

"But I'm still the Lord of Sex, right?"

She laughed. "I wouldn't know."

"Aww, I thought I was still in for the running."

"Like I said, I don't know."

"I can show you…" his voice became husky.

His lips somehow found hers and his hands roamed her body, caressing every curve he could reach. When he parted her lips, she gasped and pulled away, "Not tonight."

He was about to protest but was cut off by her.

"I'm not ready, I mean-" she said sheepishly.

Kunzite sighed. Mina was definitely going to be the death of him…her fickleness and ability to tease him till he was at the end of his tether was now legendary. "Fine, not tonight." His voice lost the warm edge it has only moments ago.

"Are you mad at me?"

"No." Yes, kind of.

"Kunz." She doubted him.

"If I was mad, I'd be no better than that customer at the Crown." His words hit her, hard.

"But you're not him."

"I just want you to be happy." He stuck with that line. "It's just that you make me so damn human that…" I Lust after you. He thought.

"Is that bad?"

"No." Yes. It made him want to have sex with her.

"I'm going to sleep now." She turned away from him. He felt a pang of rejection. Yes, today was a shitty day…

~*~*~*~*~*

Kunzite woke to see that Mina was sleeping in his arms. He nuzzled her neck and contently kept his chin on her shoulders.

"Hey." She whispered.

"Hey. You're awake."

"Yeah, do you have work today?"

"No. You?"

"Day off."

"Ah."

"Any plans?"

"Nope. You?"

"None."

Kunzite could tell it was going to be an awkward day. After last night, he figured that a little time away from her would calm them both down. Seeing her at home today was going to drive him crazy.

Mina felt bad about last night. It was awkward. She didn't even know whether she wanted to have sex with him! But she couldn't deny that she cared about him and that she liked waking up in his arms…

"I'm still tired." She yawned.

"We can still sleep for a while." He offered.

"Good point." She tried to reach for the covers but ended up grabbing his arm instead. She blushed.

His fingers were stroking her face. "You look stressed." He clamped his mouth shut.

"I am."

"Maybe we could go on a vacation somewhere."

"That's a good idea." Her face brightened. "Where to?"

"My friend has a log cabin up north in the mountains."

"I've always wanted to learn how to ski!"

"Lucky for you, I already have two pairs of skis."

"You can ski?"

"Yeah, I'll teach you sometime."

"That'd be awesome!"

"Get some sleep. I'll talk to my friend about it."

"Kay." She pulled the comforter towards her.

"Hey! You can't steal the entire blanket!"

She giggled as they had a brief tickle fight under the covers until she surrendered, unable to endure his tickling.

"Thank you."

"I'm freezing!"

"Ugh…fine…take my sweatshirt." He reached for a sweatshirt on the floor and dropped in on her side of the bed.

She attempted to put it on. "Jesus. This is huge!"

He groaned. "I'm tired." His arms were around her waist and her head was on his chest.

"It'd be awesome if we could go skiing."

"You think you can handle the cold?"

She pouted. "Of course I can."

"If you're freezing here, you're not going to last that long up there."

"Try me." She said defiantly.

"I will." And he captured her lips in a kiss that clearly shocked her. She squeaked and he pulled away to laugh wholeheartedly. She smacked his chest.

"I wasn't finished." She snarled.

"I figured you weren't." and he leaned towards her to kiss her. She responded, her arms wrapping around his neck. He needed to keep control. His lips trailed down to her neck as she shivered.

"Kunz-"

"Relax." He breathed. "I'm not going to try anything. I promise." It nearly came out as a plead.

She moaned as he took her lips again. "Kunz-"

"You're giving me mixed signals and I don't know what to do…" He broke away, frowning.

She pulled his face closer to hers. "I'm not intentionally doing that…it's just, I feel different about us at different times."

"So there is an us."

"Of course." She laughed softly. "How could you deny that?"

"I can't." He sighed.

"Then don't." she reasoned. Her lips reached his collarbone. She traced kisses there until he groaned.

"Do you know what you're doing to me?" he ground his teeth together.

She merely giggled.

"Come here you." And another tickling fight ensued.

When they were done, she slowly breathed, "I can't wait till we can go skiing together."

"Neither can I." He had a good feeling about the log cabin. He planned to ask his co-worker about it the next time he saw him. "Now go to sleep."

"Yeah." She nuzzled against his chest. "Wake me up when you get up."

"You're probably going to wake up before me."

"In that case, I'll wake you up."

"And while you're at it, could you make some food?"

She laughed. "Sure." And she pulled his arm over to her waist and held it there while she slept.

I know, crappy, i wanted to get the vacation idea in there, the rest of the stuff just happened. Please Review, suggestions welcome. Should I do a scene with Kunzite's birthday or Mina's? I NEED IDEAS!!! ^_^