Hey guys! Long time no see XD How's your holiday? I hope you guys had fun! I'm back with the 6th piece of Missing Pieces! I hope you guys like it ^^
The theme for the 6th piece is~
~ Maid Latte's all-sweet-meal challenge~
The end of Chapter 29 ~ Story took place right after the Maid Latte's all-sweet-meal challenge. At the appointed day of the party, Misaki disguised herself as a guy to participate for that challenge in order to help Erika to get rid of a one-day date she accidentally promised to a customer if he won the challenge. Unfortunately to Misaki, Shintani Hinata, a transfer student who was also Misaki's childhood friend who really loved eating, participated too. Soon, the challenge turned to be a battle of wits for protecting Misaki's secret, in which she lost completely to Hinata.
Usui, who made all of the cakes for the challenge that day, knew her identity at once. Later that day, when Misaki was resting at a park nearby after being too stuffed with all of the sweet meals, Usui came to check on her.
This chapter was actually well explained, but it still tickled me when I read a vague scene at the end, which is the whole conversation between Misaki and Usui at the park. When I read it for the first time, I thought about how confusing it was and couldn't help but wonder what that's all about. So, I'll try to figure it out from my own perspective, while adding in my own story. The main questions are:
1. What's the whole conversation between Misaki and Usui at the park all about?
2. What happened right after that?
I hope you guys enjoy it!
Let's start!
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Disclaimer: I'm no Japanese and never been there, and my name is not Hiro Fujiwara, so It's obvious that I do not own KWMS.
In a quiet park near Maid Latte, a weird looking girl dressed in a fancy white lacy shirt and black pants was lying on a bench with a black feathery clothes folded under her head. A guitar bag was leaning on the armrest beside her. Her whole appearance was deliberately disguised to resemble a guy in order to participate in all-sweet-meal challenge at Maid Latte earlier that day. She was looking at the clear sky with one hand hovering on her face, as if trying to block the excessive sunlight. Her golden eyes flickered in pain and her face was all pale for enduring her upset stomach after eating too many sweet cakes in that challenge earlier.
"Ahhh… Damn it… How uncomfortable…" Misaki cursed under her breath, sighing in discomfort. I've already rested for thirty minutes… But I still can't move around that well…
"What should I do…" She talked to herself, wondering why she could end up in such uncomfortable situation.
"What should I do what?" Suddenly came a manly voice from behind.
Misaki shifted to a sitting position abruptly as she recognized that voice. "Usui! Ugghh…" At her sudden movement, she felt something escalated from inside her stomach,threatening to come out from her throat. She quickly covered her mouth with her right hand to prevent it from coming out. "Why are you here… Uughhh..."Damn it! Why is this guy has to appear even at times like this?
"Yosh…Yosh… You're a good kid so please avoid puking while you're talking." Usui, who was still dressed in his chef uniform, approached her while plastering a teasing smile on his handsome face. He had just finished his part time job at Maid Latte that day and decided to check on , he sat beside her on the bench while speaking to her. "Misaki-chan really is an idiot…"
Usui couldn't help but smile to himself when he saw her like that. You tried too hard… You should know your own limit, Ayuzawa. Although I knew why you did that… Still… I've never thought that you'll go this far… You never failed to surprise me, don't you?
Misaki didn't say anything to revolt. Obviously he knew that I participated in that challenge, is this disguise really aren't good enough or because it is him? I hope other people didn't notice it…
"If you're tired, you should sleep."
"…I'm fine." Misaki was still sitting while supporting her head with her left hand, not looking at him. The feeling of discomfort in her stomach was torturing her, but she forced herself to act like it was nothing.
"I'll lend you my lap."
"No need to…!"Like I will do that, pervert!
Still trying to act tough, are you? No way… I won't let you endure it more than this. "Are you sure it's fine? If you don't like sleeping on my lap, there's other way to punish you, you know?"
Misaki felt a sudden pressing threat when she heard his words. She didn't want to imagine what that certain perverted alien might come up with,given the whole situation. If he tries to do something, I won't be able to do anything in this state… Tch… I have no other choice, just as long as no harm involved. She then slept unwillingly on Usui's lap, turning her back to him while covering herself with her black feathery jacket, minimizing any kind of contact with him.
Usui was rendered speechless by her behavior. There were a few moments pause before he spoke to her again."….Hey, why are you not happy at all? What's with all the black?"
"Is it bad? I don't have any energy left to argue with you already from the start." Misaki replied to him from under her black jacket. "Just leave me alone for a while…"He came here right after he finished his work and forced me to do this… What's this guy up to? Just to make fun of me?
Usui didn't say anything in return, thinking about what to do next. This is not good, Ayuzawa… You won't be getting better soon if you continue acting like this… What can I do now?
"Hey, do you want to become a pig that much?" Usui suddenly squeezed the part that should be Misaki's stomach.
Misaki was awfully surprised by his sudden touch on her body and her anger burst out in no time. She turned her head to face him the second she felt his hand on her stomach. Her face burned with excessive rage while scolding him, not even bothered when the jacket slipped out from her body."WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU TOUCHING!"
"No idea? Your stomach right now? It's in the best state for eating, if it's used as meat."
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Her anger rose to its maximum level by hearing his annoying words and without further notice, she started to rain him with a lot of punches violently.
However, as usual, Usui didn't seem to be affected that much by her violent behavior. He simply held her shoulders with his hands to keep their distance and then he continued talking to her calmly."If you eat it you'll surely have enough to grow, I mean meat."Got fired up, don't you? Good…
"…..! You can consume that amount of calorie in a short period of time!"
"Woahh, as expected from Misaki-chan who is the samurai-type maid."
"Shut up! Always talking about unrealistic stuff!"
"Well, lucky me, right now I hope that I can have more meat around here." He laughed while touching her stomach again.
"Stop it, you sexual harassing outer-space human! You don't understand the feeling of a person being frustrated at all…" Misaki lifted up her right hand and directed her fist to his face, but Usui caught her hand effortlessly. As she felt their skin touched, her heartbeats were beating faster all of a sudden and her cheeks started to blush, making her even cuter. "You… Always…"got me confused by your actions. I can't think clearly and I lose control of myself when you're this close. I hate it.
Usui's face softened when he noticed that she was blushing. He smiled, as if satisfied that her usual cute expression appeared on her beautiful face. Finally, you got rid of that painful expression. It's better, Ayuzawa…"…Always what?" Usui asked her innocently.
Misaki snatched away her hand from his clutch while turning around and buried herself in her black jacket once again, back to her earlier position. "…Nothing… You've seen through everything already anyway… Damn it..."I hate that confident smile of yours… I hate those persistent look of your eyes on mine… but on top of that, I hate it when my heart raced and my face blushed uncontrollably just by looking at them. What's happening to me?
Usui chuckled, slightly surprised by her words. You're too cute, Ayuzawa… You have no idea how much I want to hold you right now… But I guess it'll have to wait… Instead…
Slowly, Usui leaned forward and lightly kissed the top of her head that was covered completely by her black jacket.
Misaki, however, felt his presence hovering on her, especially on the head when he was kissing her. What's this guy doing? "… Mmm? Just now, what did you do?"
"Nothing? You're just imagining stuff, I guess?"
"I see…"Strange…
There was a moment of silence as neither of them said anything. The quiet environment made Misaki realize the awkwardness of their current situation. The fact that she was lying on a bench with her head resting on his lap was nerve wracking. Never in her normal circumstances would she allow this kind of thing to happen. She still couldn't get how that perverted alien always managed to make her do something in the way he wanted it to be.
How did I end up in this kind of situation? Being this close to this pervert… I knew I shouldn't be doing this… but… I don't know why… I… I don't hate this… In fact- Misaki immediately stopped herself from developing the thought that she knew would drag her mind further away from reality. No… What am I thinking?As she struggled hard to brush those thoughts off of her mind, she heard him speaking to her.
"Tell me something, pres…Do you like sleeping on my lap?"
She turned her head to face him again, blood vessels was visible on her brow as she answered him, annoyed by his silly question. "Are you stupid? Isn't the answer obvious enough to you? I only-"
"Oh? Then I guess you really like it? Pardon me for even asking, pres…"Usui smirked at her cute angry face as he cut her off intentionally.
"Shut up, idiot Usui! Why do you keep making me mad? You really enjoy making me suffer, don't you?"
"On the contrary, pres… I want to help you…"
"And in what sense do you think what you're doing right now will help me in any way, idiot?"
"I helped you to distract your mind from thinking about your queasiness, no?"
"What?" She shifted her sleeping position to face him. "So that's what it is all about? All of the stupid talks before?"
He simply nodded.
He is indeed right… I don't even think about the pain anymore because of his annoying behavior… But… He can even think of doing this kind of things just to distract me? Seriously… What kind of person are you, Usui? "T… Then… That's so thoughtful of you, but still… Can't you think of any other things to do that didn't include such annoying acts, idiot Usui?"
"Well, that's the easiest thing to do to catch your attention, isn't it?"
"Eh… It's…Mmm… I think…" Misaki didn't have any words to counter him back because that was basically true.
"Although… I have another thing in mind, but I'm afraid if I do it, your reaction will be more… Ehmm… Let's just say that its impact might be very different from this…"Usui smiled while staring at her confused golden eyes.
"You… you must be thinking about something perverted again!"
"Eh? Did I say anything about perverted things? You've got a dirty mind, pres… What a surprise." Usui intentionally made an innocent expression that annoyed her even more.
"You…" She gritted her teeth, trying to hold her anger. "If you didn't think about something perverted, then why don't you just tell me about it now?"
For a moment there, she could feel that Usui was a bit shocked by her words. Then she smiled victoriously, expecting a confused look on Usui's face because she was confident that Usui did think about pervert things. What are you going to say now, Usui?
But her confident smile faded away when Usui calmly shot her a satisfied smile instead.
"If I tell you, will you promise to not run away from me?" His face turned serious, his green eyes sparkled as he looked straight into her beautiful golden eyes.
Her plan earlier backfired at her. She was confused by his sudden change of expression and his piercing gaze. What now? I'm sure he's up to something… What can it be about? I have no idea at all… "W… Why should I promise you that? Can't you just say it straight?"
"… Hmm…"I wouldn't have to go through all this if it's that easy to just say it straight, right?
"Ukhh… If it's so hard for you to say it, then don't. Anyway… Don't you still have to work?"
"… Eh… No… My shift is over already."
For a minute there, Misaki felt a slight disappointment in his tone. But she didn't have time to think about it as Usui continued talking to her.
"I heard from Erika that you are going back together with her after she finished working?"
"Yes, my usual clothes are at Erika's house. She was the one who dressed me up like this before we went to Maid Latte. Wait… You knew that I was trying to help Erika?"
"Yes, it's so obvious if you ask me, don't you think?"
So much for keeping it a secret… "But you didn't tell anyone about this, right?"
"Well, I don't think it's necessary. Anyway, her shift will not end very soon, so are you planning to just wait for her here?"
"What else do you reckon I can do in my current state, idiot?"
"I know a lot of things that you can do now, actually…" He shot her a mysterious smile and Misaki found herself shivering for no reason. "But I guess we can play a game."
"Huh? What kind of game?"
"It's simple. We'll ask each other five random questions and we need to answer each of it within five seconds if we want to win. The one who failed to answer any of the questions within the time limit will lose. And the winner of this game can make the loser to obey one command. How's that?
Hmm… I guess it's better than being in this awkward situation with him… As long as I can take care of that command thing."Alright, I got it. But I have one condition. The command cannot be something perverted, okay?"
"You're no fun at all, Misa-chan… But what can I say, as it's you… Okay then, I agree. Please start first."
"Of course, pervert. First question. Which country has the largest area of land?"
"Russia."
"What is the meaning of the Italian word 'Adagio'?
"Slow."
"Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?"
"China."
"Which element was discovered by the French chemists Marie Curie and Pierre Curie?"
"Radium."
"What is 277 x 972 equals to?
"269,244."
Usui managed to answer all of the questions perfectly, almost without taking his time to think. Misaki was speechless for a few moments when he answered her last question in just about two seconds.
"Wh…Who exactly are you? How can you answer it all without even thinking?"
"Hey… You've asked me more than five questions already. It's my turn now, alright?"
"Ukh… Okay…"
"What is the first-person singular personal pronoun which is also the ninth letter and a vowel in the basic modern English alphabet?"
"I."
"What is the meaning of the French word 'l'amour'?
"Love."
"Who is your number one rival in Seika?"
"Usui."
"What is my first name?"
Huh? "Ta… Takumi…"
"What sentence can you make by putting together all of the answer to my questions sequentially?"
"I… What? No!"
"4..3..2.."
"Wait!"
"1. You lost, pres…"Usui laughed while looking at her red face.
"You… It's unfair! How… How am I supposed to answer that last question?"
"It's the easiest question of all, isn't it pres? You just need to-"
"THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM, IDIOT!"
"Then what is the problem?"
"It's… How… I… Arrghhh… Just…Just put it this way. How will you answer it if you are in my position? I bet you can't answer it too!"
"I love Ayuzawa Misaki."Usui said while looking down to her, observing her eyes voice was very clear, as if wanting to make sure that she heard it right.
There was a pause.
Misaki froze as her eyes widely opened. She could swear that she felt her heart skipped a beat when she heard that words coming from him in a way that was nothing like before. He didn't smirk and there was no teasing in his she felt excessive blush gradually made its appearance on her cheeks followed by furiously thumping heartbeats. How can he say it just like that?
'I can say it as many times as I want… Because it is true…'
Misaki jerked her upper body to an upright position as she remembered the line that Usui said to her before in the alleyway leading to the backdoor of Maid Latte. Her face flushed with heavy red shades and she had to cover her face with her hand to avoid him noticing. Then she shook her head lightly, as if it would help her getting rid of that thought. No… It's just my mind playing another trick on me… I keep having it ever since I had that dream… He can't be serious… He's just mocking me… Just like before…
Usui tried to smile like usual, but a slight shade of sadness appeared in his deep green eyes. He was grateful that Misaki wasn't looking at him at the moment, to watch his mask crumbled. I guess it's still too early… Seeing your reaction… I shouldn't rush it… I'm sorry, Ayuzawa… He closed his eyes for a moment, enduring his confession. Then he said with a somewhat cheerful tone, concealing his true feelings perfectly."You lost. Admit it, Ayuzawa…"
See? He only said it to win this game. I was a fool to even think that he was serious.She laughed it off in her mind, but at the same time,she felt an uncomfortable unknown pressure weighing on her chest. However, knowing her personality, she ignored it all at once, thinking that it was just the side effect of her sickness earlier. Then she sat back beside him on the bench, speaking unwillingly. "… Fine! You win, stupid Usui! Now what do you want?"
Usui didn't say anything for a few minutes, thinking deeply. Then when he made up his mind, he looked at her and spoke in a decided tone.
"I want you to promise me something…"
"W… What?" She was puzzled when Usui suddenly back to his serious expression.
"Never overdo anything again, whatever the case, don't do anything beyond your own limit. Frankly speaking, please don't repeat the similar mistake like the one that you did today."
"B… But why do you-"
"Why? Let's just say… for an obvious reason. And it's a secret."
"What is that supposed to mean? You're really confusing, you know?"
"It doesn't matter, right? It's a command from your master." The edge of his mouth twitched upwards, forming a teasing smile.
"Ukhh… Alright, Fine! I promise."
"Really? I'm not convinced. Let's seal it with a kiss then."Usui smirked while leaning forward to her.
"SHUT UP, PERVERT!" Misaki's anger snapped. She raised her right fist and directed it to Usui's face at a lightning speed.
Usui caught her hand instantly without a sweat. "I see you've recovered completely, Ayuzawa…" He said without releasing his hold on her hand. Then he raised her hand while lowering his head, reaching for it.
Next thing she knew, Usui kissed the back of her hand princess-like.
Misaki's face turned red instantly by the touch of his lips on her skin. In between her surprised look, she managed to speak nervously."Wha… What the hell is that for?"
"That sealed our promise, my princess…" Usui looked directly into her golden eyes while shooting her a mind blowing smile.
She avoided his gaze instantly as she felt her cheeks burning, then she snatched her hand away before standing up. She bowed her head while speaking, hiding her already flushed face. "W…Whatever, idiot Usui! I… I've gotta go. I'm meeting Erika in a few minutes. Bye." She took her jacket and the guitar bag and walked away so fast without even bothered to wait for his reply.A lot of thought stirring in her mind, all revolved on him. Stupid Usui… Doing something like that so casually… What the hell are you thinking? And Stop smiling like that! Arrrgghh… Stupid pervert!
Usui watched Misaki's back as she walked further away from his sight while smiling at her cute reaction just now. He was really attracted to that girl. Every time he got closer to her, he learned new things about her that made him want her more.
That day, he was reminded again that she was a type of person who's willing to help people in need without thinking twice. He loved her unconditional kindness and how she only cared about essential things in life; the well being of her family, her friends, and the people around her. She didn't care about fancy things that people usually chased after. She also didn't care about what people might think about her as long as she did the right things for the people that mattered most.
He also learned a new thing about her that day, that despite of her competitive nature, she wouldn't say or do anything against her will just for the sake of winning.
She was both fair and pure. Something that he had never thought still existed in this world.
Really… You're the only person I know who can give me so many things to learn, and I don't think there is any lesson that is more exciting than this. Usui smiled at his own thought. I really don't mind spending the rest of my life learning about you, Ayuzawa…
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Author's note:
That's the end of this piece! Thanks for reading! Please tell me your opinion about it :)
Oh, and I took a line from the original story because I think it fitted perfectly here (to be exact: 'I can say it as many times as I want… Because it is true…'). Do you guys know from which chapter it was? Hehe :p
Do you guys think that the story sound cheesy and OOC? I'm sorry if it was, I'll try my best to do better next time :)
See you all around!
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Jan 09, 2011.
