Flavor: Alrighty, as par Senpai's request I will start putting the chapter names also in English in the chapter itself. Happy now? Good. Let's get on with the sh-

Bubbles- Tocxy! Don't you think maybe before you get on with everything you should comment on some of the reviews so that they know you care about their remarks?

Tocxica- No, no I don't.

Bubbles- :Evil glare: Tooocxiii!

Tocxica- :Channeling Napoleon Dynamite: Fine! :sighing she makes a big show out of ruffling through papers:

Bubbles- The longer you put it off the more you're going to have to say.

Tocxica- :pouting: So cruel to me! Fine then, babyhaileyrulesyouall; I think everyone works better on caffeine. Thank you for telling me Happy Birthday, and you're probably right about the box, however, I've chosen not to go into at this time.

Bubbles- Good, good, now the other one.

Tocxica- B-b-but Senpaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiii!

Bubbles- Ashley licking chocolate off of Blake.

Tocxica- :screams: EWWWWWWWWWWWW!! No! Fine, I'll do it…just please…no more! Arugula Pacioli; seems like the shortest one right? I was thinking that when I reread it. But in truth it's the longest chapter. Weird right? I think it's because there's more action, less dialogue. :Looks at Bubbles and grins: Noooow can we go on with the story?

Bubbles- :Sighs: Fine. Roll the Disclaimer…

Disclaimer: Neither I nor ASOK Inc. give a rabid panda's left ear about your copy write laws. If you didn't want people to write Fanfiction, you shouldn't have made the characters so gosh darn adorable.

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Chapter 7: Hotondo!

Or

Almost!

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Recap: The bookcase that the books were being piled onto gave a quick jerk, causing the box of five hundred little red lucky cats to begin tumbling down towards the girl caught unawares of the impending danger as she silently cursed the young Ootori boy. This was followed by Kyouya looking up and allowing his detest for the girl to dissolve away enough to drop the rice bag he was currently holding and dash over to wrap his arms around the girl to protect her. In turn, an extremely heavy box, filled with hundreds of glass figurines crashed down on the two.

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Kyouya's arms were tight against her shoulders and she could feel the broken breathing hitting the back of her neck as the sound of shattering glass filled her ears. Moments passed before she dared to open an eye to survey the damage. There on the floor lay five hundred little lucky cats spilled from their box and lying in a pile on the floor next to the two.

"Well, isn't that anticlimactic? Ootori, you can let go now, you saved me from the scary box. None of the glass even touched us, see?"

Kyouya opened his eyes and reflexively pulled away from the girl, looking at the harmless mess next to them.

"Right, well…it could have."

Blushing slightly he hid his embarrassment by removing his glasses and pretending to check for scratches in the light. Asako quickly made herself scarce, disappearing through the curtain that separated them from the rest of the store. She returned not long after caring a broom and dust pan and shoving them towards Kyouya.

"You can't honestly expect me to clean that up." Kyouya said, nonchalantly replacing his glasses.

"Actually I do, because it's your fault that they fell."

"How did you come across that gem of wisdom?"

"If you hadn't insulted me, I wouldn't have tossed the book so roughly, therefore one can only come to the assumption- Oh my God Kyouya!"

Shocked at hearing his first name come from her lips, he allowed himself to be pulled by his forearm to the light before realizing it.

"Shimizu!"

Yanking his arm back, Kyouya looked at the girl who'd suddenly become so pale as she set to work rummaging through cabinets.

"Why didn't you tell me you were bleeding?" She shot back at him while still ferreting around the cabinets.

Looking at his shoulder, Kyouya spotted a small, steady flow of blood saturating his shirt sleeve, from a relatively miniscule cut.

"Hmm. It must have happened when the box fell. You still need to clean that up you know?"

"I will, I will."

Finding what she was searching for, a Shimizu first aid kit, Asako pushed the still shocked boy into a chair and pulled up his sleeve as he tried to brush her away.

"What do you mean you will? A moment ago, you were trying to get me to do it."

"I know. Now be quiet."

He watched curiously as she cleaned the area, blowing lightly on it to reduce the stinging, and began to bandage it.

"Why are you being so nice all of a sudden?"

Asako looked up at him and shrugged.

"Because, I never actually want to see you hurt."

The two looked at each other for a moment, a small blush creeping up into their faces.

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Outside, Tamaki had his arms around either twins neck and was squeezing them and crying.

"So cute! I told you, Haruhi! I told you this plan would work! Haruhi? Haruhi?"

Looking around and not seeing among them in the bushes, Tamaki started to hyperventilate trying to find her.

"I think she went home." Hunny said sleepily from Mori's broad shoulders.

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Back inside, neither one had looked away until the manager, who hasn't been apart of this chapter so far, decided to walk in. Asako quickly finished wrapping his shoulder and pulled away.

"Unless of course, I'm the one to do it."

Checking his blush, Kyouya looked at the manager and cocked his head.

"You know, you have to be the worst manager ever, someone could have gotten hurt by those stupid Lucky Cats."

Smiling knowingly, the manager looked at the box and then at his two new employees.

"I came to tell you that you can knock off now…but it looks like someone will have to clean up this mess."

Reluctantly raising her hand, Asako sighed.

"I'll do it, Manager."

"Whatever, maybe it'll get out some of the energy you have."

Waving his hand behind him, the manager left for another chapter. Meanwhile, Asako had gotten on her knees, picking up the broken cats. It took her a moment to realize that hers wasn't the only clinking in the room, and she looked over to see the cool Kyouya pilling the fractured cats into the box they'd come in. Choosing not to say anything about the dirty floors, Asako examined one of the lucky cats.

"I guess they aren't really all that luck, huh?"

Suppressing a smile, Kyouya nodded and they picked up the rest of the trinkets.

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End Flavor: Sorry for the wait, I've had this typed for like…three days now, I just haven't gotten around to posting it.

Bubbles- Wow.

Tocxica- :checking her teeth in a mirror: What?

Bubbles- Nothing…it's just…uber fluff and no cliff hanger.

Tocxica- Well, you do know that it's a romance right? After a while there was bound to be fluff, and I can't leave it open all the time!

Bubbles- I know…I just… didn't think you had it in you to do fluff.

Tocxica- Are you saying I'm cold-hearted, maniacal, and unfeeling?

Bubbles- Yes, and heartless.

Tocxica- How can someone be cold-hearted AND heartless.

Bubbles- Exactly.

Tocxica- Okay! Anyway read and review and I know you people have me on your alert's list…and remember to Eat more Chic- WOAH! Didn't I promise you…or…someone…the translations for the chapter names.

Bubbles- Yes, yes you did.

Tocxica- Okay! So Chapter 1 was called Keisan, which means, calculations; Chapter 2 is Rock, Paper, Scissors; 3, Flashback… I think…it's been awhile, sue me; 4 is Perfect; 5 is No Way; and 6 is Happy Birthday. Now then… Eat more Chicken, Save the Llamas, Mutilate the Veggies!