Destiny
Author: Kanata Saionji
Genre: Romance/Tragedy/Friendship
Summary: Kanata Saionji is a seventeen year old high school graduate from Heiomachi, Japan. He is a heartbroken young man who had just lost his love-of-his-life. He believes that nothing in this world can ever bring happiness or whatever feeling that she brought into him back… But he can't be so wrong for God has some other plans up his sleeve and these plans are going to be effected the moment he steps foot in America, where he is to continue his further studies.
Recap: In the last chapter we had Kanata getting a job as a waiter with a little help from his roommate Dylan and as fate would have it, Miyu also got a job at the same restaurant as a waitress as her friend Katie's brother, Jeff was in good terms with the owners.
With the two working under the same roof, we shall continue from where we left off…
Chapter 6
"Anyway," said Liz, "Jeff, this is also one of out new waiters, Kanata…"
Kanata extended his hand and with a nod muttered, "Kanata Saionji…"
"Jeffery Samuelson," said the other and took the brunet's hand with a cheerful smile.
"Do I look ok…?" she started and then looked up, spotted the brunet shaking Jeff's hand, her emerald orbs wide with surprise, and gasped, "oh my god… it's you..!"
The brunet looked indifferent, as he slipped his hand away from Jeff's grip, but the small frown between his eyebrows proved otherwise. His head was bursting with confusion and ridicule. He couldn't believe his eyes as he laid them on the pretty blonde in front of him.
'What is she doing here…?'
"Time out," said Liz with a frown as she looked between her new two appointments, "you two know each other…?"
Kanata chose not to respond to that and looked at the blonde questioningly when their eyes met. He stared into her emerald orbs and suddenly his mind, only seconds ago so full, went blank.
Heat rose through her body as she stared into his chocolaty brown eyes. He was staring into hers intently and it was paralyzing her to the core. She was already taken aback at the fact that he was here of all places and now he was staring at her as though it was the first time he was seeing her.
"Helloooo…?" called Liz as she waved her hand before Miyu snapping both the teens back to reality.
"You two know each other?"
This time it was Jeff.
"Um… he… he is…" she stuttered, having no idea as to why her throat was suddenly not giving her support whatsoever.
"I live upstairs to her," finished Kanata indifferently, now carefully avoiding her gaze.
"Well isn't that convenient," said Drake suddenly with a smirk plastered across his face, "I'm Drake Parker, the head chef… nice to meet you Ms…?"
Miyu smiled and was about to take his hand when Drake gave her another smirk and muttered, "And that's the spot where you have to say your name…"
"Oh!" she blushed and taking his hand tenderly said, "I'm sorry… I mean, I'm Miyu Kouzuki…"
"Miyu…" he muttered thoughtfully, letting go of her hand, "a lotta Japanese today, huh…?" he said with a smile towards the brunette, Liz.
Liz merely smiled and turning to Miyu said, "You look fantastic in that outfit Miyu…"
"Thank you Ms. Willis," said Miyu, turning a light shade of crimson.
"'Liz' would be fine," said the brunette with a smile, "let me show you around… Drake, you can show Kanata around…"
With that she grabbed hold of the blonde's hands and dragged her out waving at the three guys in the kitchen.
Drake shook his head heavily and then muttered, "she never changes…"
"I noticed," said Jeff with a smirk, "just like when she was at school…"
Drake smirked as well.
"It is said that old habits die hard…"
Jeff merely sighed and then looked at his watch and then said, "I have to go now… say bye to Liz from me and… err… take care of Miyu, ok…? She gets excited easily…"
Drake smirked and said, "Don't worry about that… we have Kanata to take care of her, right Kanata…?"
Kanata frowned in disapproval and one look at the azure-eyed proved that he wasn't pleased about the blonde's sense of humor either.
Ignoring both of their glares, the blond neared Jeff and muttered in his ear, "looks like you've got competition… play safe…"
Kanata frowned for he had no idea what they were talking about but cared too less to ponder into it. But the other looked absolutely furious at that and with a cold smile for the blond and a calculating glance for the brunet left the kitchen. Kanata heard the roar of an engine in the distance.
Drake then turned to face Kanata with a smile and muttered, "let me teach you the basics then…"
Kanata raised his eyebrows but with an inward sigh listened to every one of the Head Chef's instructions and processed it in his head without much strain. It was a little too easy. Just get the customers their orders. Nothing difficult about that was his thought.
For he now knew what was the problem in working at the restaurant—a clumsy blonde with a food tray and emerald eyes that resembled the love-of-his-life's jade irises.
He sighed again as he decided that moving to America was the worst decision he had ever taken.
~Destiny~
Miyu sighed as she walked into the rest room for a face wash. As she looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but sigh again. Working as a waitress was totally a bad idea. How could she have accepted? She was known for her clumsiness with delicate articles. And now, she has to carry around a lot of them not empty but with various kinds of edibles on them.
With a quick wash, she remembered all of her colleagues. Apart from Kanata, there were two other waiters—Zack Garcia and Jasper Stevens.
Garcia was around in his mid-twenties with dark skin and black hair and equally black eyes which emitted some kind of warmth that Miyu got easily comfortable with.
Jasper Stevens on the other hand, was about the same age as her and had pale skin and blond hair with lazy grey eyes.
There were also three waitresses—Jennifer Stevens (Jasper's twin sister), Anjali Patel and Charlie White.
Jennifer Stevens was a female version of her handsome brother. She had the same shade of blonde hair but her eyes were deep blue. And unlike her brother, she was pretty outgoing. She was the first to start a conversation with Miyu.
Anjali Patel, as the name suggests, is a seventeen-year-old American with Indian parents who migrated before she was born. She had short black hair and was filled with so much energy that Miyu found it hard to be with her and not like her. She had a good sense of humor and had a pretty cute smile.
Charlie White was in her early twenties and she had long brunette hair and thoughtful chocolate brown eyes. But she seldom spoke to anybody.
Miyu quickly found out that there was much to this job that she gave it credit for. They should, in addition to delivering the food to the right tables, must help the cooks with the preparation as well.
Apart from Drake Parker, there were two other chefs in the department—Tracy Geller and Joe Bailey.
She sighed again as she wiped her face with her handkerchief.
"Lotta names to remember…"
She looked at the mirror again and was thoughtful. She was raised in America for nearly ten years. Even she would be having a lot of problems in remembering these people. She wondered how the other new waiter would be handling the issue of names.
"Miyu!!!" the door to the rest room opened and the short-haired Anjali wearing a smirk came in, "You've been in here for an hour… When are you planning on coming out?"
Miyu gave her a smile and said, "On my way…"
Anjali gave her a smile and getting out informed, "you're taking table seven…"
"Right," muttered Miyu and walked out of the restroom and towards table seven where was seated a woman in her early thirties with the menu in her hand.
"How can I help you ma'am?" asked Miyu politely.
The woman, still staring at the menu, said, "I'd like a small tomato soup, a plate of pork chops and… crab cake for dessert… that would be all," she finished with a smile and placed the menu back on the table.
Miyu finished noting it all down and with a smile and a nod, made her way to the kitchen, sighing in relief. It was nearing closing hours and she was pretty sure that would be her last customer.
She opened the door to the kitchen and disappeared into it.
Ten minutes later, Miyu walked out of the kitchen with her tray laden with the soup and the pork chops—the crab cakes to be brought in later—and made her way to the lady. She was still not used to carrying stuff through the tables, colliding with neither humans nor furniture.
She held onto the tray firmly and made her way stiffly towards her last customer.
Suddenly, her feet found something on the floor and before she could register what was actually happening, she lost balance and was falling, taking the tray with her.
She closed her eyes tight for the fall as she heard gasps from around the room.
But she never fell.
She felt someone grip her around her stomach firmly and remarkably, she was standing.
"What are you doing?" the person holding onto her whispered irritably in her ear.
"K-K-Kanata?" she gasped and turning a bright shade of crimson, totally went blank and then realizing the position they were in, went completely berserk and…
SLAP!
SLUMP!
CRACK!
Drake hurried out of his kitchen with the other two shocked at the sounds and stopped at the door way to the kitchen, sighed.
"Oh my god!" gasped Jennifer.
Anjali stifled her laughter.
Jasper rolled his eyes.
Zack looked a little worried.
Charlie frowned in disapproval.
Almost all the customers looked a little confused and curious.
Miyu had her hand to her mouth and her eyes filled with regret and fear.
Kanata raised an eyebrow as he glared at the blonde. He lifted one of his hands and touched his left cheek which was a little red and then his as well as everybody's eyes shifted to his white shirt which was now splattered with pork chops and tomato soup, droplets of which was also adorning his flawless façade.
There was an awkward silence.
Finally—
"Kouzuki," muttered the brunet through clenched teeth.
Miyu gulped.
"Next time," he continued angrily, "remind me never to save you again!"
~Destiny~
"I can't believe this!"
"…'"
"You ruined two good dishes!"
"…"
"You broke one of the finest trays and not to mention a plate and a bowl!"
"…"
"Aside from all those, you actually slapped the guy who tried to save you…"
"…"
"…ruined his shirt with soup and pork…"
"…"
"…and humiliated him!"
"…"
"What do you have to say yourself Miyu?"
"I'm sorry…"
"That is so ill-mannered you two!" hissed Zack as he stood outside the manager's office with Jasper by his side as the two teenage girls were listening in on Miyu's telling-off from Liz.
Jennifer shushed him and Anjali stuck out her tongue at the two.
"Seriously you two, Liz will kill you…"
"Drop it," muttered Jasper in a low indifferent tone, "they're not gonna listen…"
Zack sighed.
"What are you all doing here?"
The four turned in bewilderment to see Drake on his way to Liz's office with an irritated brunet at his side.
"Oh nothing…!" said Jennifer with a fake smile.
Anjali, however, turned to Kanata and asked sympathetically, "it didn't come off, huh?"
Kanata's eyebrow twitched, but Jasper spoke for him, "does it look like it did?"
Kanata had tried washing away the food on his white shirt but it remained solemnly reddish no matter how hard he rubbed at it. Now, the shirt was sticking to his skin and the cold was already getting to him.
"So, Liz is still going on?" asked Drake tentatively.
"Yeah…" said Zack, "one would have thought she would be done by now… but no…"
Jasper sighed and turning to Drake said, "I'm going home now… It's getting late…"
"Alright…" said Drake, with a sigh, "Charlie already left, anyway… we'd better close the restaurant for the night…"
"I have to go too…" said Zack and massaging the side of his neck wearily.
"I guess that's our cue to leave as well," said Anjali with a sigh to Jennifer, who nodded with a pout.
Drake nodded as everybody left leaving him alone before the manager's door with the messy brunet.
The door finally opened and Miyu came out, a little teary-eyed with the brunette manager, fuming right behind her.
"I'm sorry about what happened Kanata," said Liz to the brunet who merely shrugged.
Miyu sniffed lightly.
"Mm…" Drake licked his lips and then clearing his throat said to the two teenagers, "you two had better go home… it's getting a little too dark…"
Miyu nodded while Kanata turned and made his way to the guy's dressing room. She sighed as she saw him go.
She realized that taking the job as a waitress was a total mistake. But having to work beside the handsome brunet who made her nervous and do spontaneous acts was unbearable.
She bit her lower lip, holding back another sigh that threatened to escape from her lips.
'Kanata…,' she thought.
She sighed again.
End Chapter 6
A/N: So…? I don't know about you guys but I just love the clumsy Miyu. And about the slap… it holds a very important place in my memory… :) And that memory is not about this story…
Anyway, please review…
Next chapter, we have an apologizing Miyu, a blackout and a very bothered brunet. Possible secrets unveiled…
Stay tuned…
Now, for today's thought:
An Unbeatable Truth
"When someone tries to impress you, it means that she/he is already impressed by you"