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~ Besides, You Owe Me ~

~ Chapter 7 ~

Kisshu re-entered the room but Ichigo didn't look to him. She held her gaze on the fruit in front of her, as she tried desperately to stop from shaking. She was too nervous about seeing the cat boy again.

"Ichigo," Kish said as two others entered the room standing just past the door way, "I would like to introduce you to Jezz-san."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ichigo-san," the polite man bowed his head slightly.

"Hey! Hey! What about me, honey-bee?" Axel cried.

"Yeah, what about you?" Kish snapped back.

"Hmph!" Axel crossed his arms and turned his nose away from the Cyniclon.

Ichigo still didn't react to them. She stayed almost motionless.

"Ichigo?" Kish.

Damn! She thought, He noticed! I should have known he would notice! Maybe I need some time alone!

Ichigo silently rose from her seat and turned away from them. She glided to the other door, which lead through the kitchen to another hallway with a huge staircase.

"Ichigo?" Kish's voice came again just as she reached the door.

She paused and replied quietly with a shaky voice, "I need…some time alone."

"Err, b-but…" Kisshu stopped as she continued to walk away from them, without another word.

"I'm ever so sorry, Kisshu-sama," Jezz apologised, "Maybe it was my fault. I shouldn't have come, at least not with the boy, anyway."

"Aw, no worries! I got this!" Axel cried as he jumped toward the door.

"Excuse me?" Kish half shouted, "Where do you think you're going?"

"To talk to Momomiya-chan!" Axel answered as if it were the most obvious thing it the world.

Kisshu then shook his green, messy hair aggressively as he growled, "No! One – she said 'alone'!"

"Yeah, y'know when girls say they want to be alone sometimes they don't mean they want to be alone. They sometimes mean they feel alone," Axel commented matter-of-factly.

"Okay then, two – I wouldn't want some like you being anywhere near someone who's dear to me!"

"Well, quite frankly Kisshu-sama, I wouldn't want anyone dear to me being with you either, honey-bee," Axel rebounded.

"Do you realise how annoying people find it when you call them that?" Kish snapped.

"Call them what, honey-bee?" Axel smirked and leaned in to Kisshu's face, challengingly.

They glared at each other for a moment. That's when Jezz stepped in and distracted Kisshu's attention for a moment.

"Ah, please forgive me, Kisshu-sama, but the paperwork?" he pointed out. Kish turned to look at him.

He sighed then nodded and walked away from the smirking cat.

After about five boring minutes of watching Jezz-sama and Kisshu-sama going through paperwork, Axel silently slipped away in to the house to find Momomiya-san.

Ichigo was lying on the double bed her and Kisshu had shared the night before – well…up until she went to go talk to Axel. She had her eyes closed and she was just drifting off to sleep until she heard a creak in flooring.

She opened her eyes just a crack and there he was.

"Axel!" Ichigo cried, sitting up.

"Ohaiyo, Momomiya-chan!" he greeted her smiling happily. Ichigo didn't do anything she just stared up at him…looking scared. He noticed and his smile faded replaced with a worried frown, "What's wrong?"

She looked down and turned her head away from him, thinking about nothing else but all she could think about that day. Just that one thought.

"Ichigo-san?" he asked, he sounded terribly worried and the way he said her name sounded so cute.

"Axel?" Ichigo started still not looking up at him, "What happened last night?"

"Huh?" he blinked as if running through a quick movie in his mind, "Err…we talked, honey-bee, right?"

"Yeah but…but then what?" Ichigo asked, scared of the answer.

"Then you fell asleep, honey-bee," he answered her, "I would have taken you back inside, but see, I'm usually banned from this house so my touch doesn't open the doors, and it was warm last night, luckily, and I stayed with you the whole night to make sure you were safe. I only left when I had to. Cause of Kisshu-sama waking up. He wouldn't have been happy to see me with you like that, no."

Ichigo then turned her head to him shocked, temporarily forgetting the thought as she asked, "You stayed with me the whole night?"

He opened his mouth to talk but then stopped as a rosy blush crept upon his cheeks. He then stuttered quietly, "Err, y-yeah, b-but only to m-make sure you were s-safe, Mo-momiya-chan."

Ichigo giggled and then returning to the thought again she said more hopeful this time, "So nothing really happened last night, apart from talking and sleeping."

He paused just staring at her for a moment. The blush was still present on his cheeks. When Ichigo began to shift her eyes uncomfortably, he answered awkwardly, "Ah, yes! Mm…Mmhm!"

"You don't sound so certain," Ichigo told him as she stood on her knees, on the bed in front of him. Now they were eye level and he seemed to blush even more.

He scratched the back of his head and sighed in defeat, "Okay! Look, I'm really sorry, Momomiya-chan! But I've never really felt like this before and you were there and I was there and I couldn't just leave you and you were so peaceful looking and I just- I just…I like being with you, Ichigo-san."

Ichigo blinked nervousness returning, "W-what do you mean?"

"I-I kissed your cheek," he bowed his head as if ashamed and added quietly, "I've never had a friend before."

Gasp.

Ichigo's heart-sank. She felt so sorry for him and she wanted to comfort him so she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

Stupid, Ichigo! She thought to herself, What else would he be talking about? He's not perverted like Kish! ... Is he?

Axel - *_* She hugged me…

Ichigo – You okay there?

Axel – You hugged me…

Ichigo – Yes, I did, Axel.

Kisshu – You hugged him! X(

Ichigo – Yes! -_- I did!

Hazzard – Ichigo hugged Axel? :D

Ichigo – YES! YES! OKAY? YES! I FLIPPING HUGGED THE CAT, ALRIGHT!

Hazzard – 'Kay! ^_^

Jezz – Hm, am I even important in this story?

Hazzard – Why yes, yes you are :D Mwahahaha!

Jezz – o.O

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