Riese Hayashi's P.O.V

We arrived at the dormitories and I still had a flustered look on my face. 'I'm not jealous.' I thought to myself and would glance at him every once in awhile in annoyance.

Hmph.

We were welcomed by Isshiki-san who was wearing nothing but an apron? I felt my face getting even redder as I looked at his structure, underneath the apron you could really see his toned figure and I tried to hide my face by drinking from the cup that they offered me, how could they okay with this?

I didn't notice that Eishi-kun was looking at me with a strange look until I glanced his way. I then realized that maybe he saw me checking out Isshiki-san. Well, I didn't mean any malice with it. "What's with your face?"

"Nothing."

I grinned, realizing that this was my opportunity of getting back, "Are you..." I paused for awhile then he looked at me with a cocked eyebrow.

"Jealous?"

He turned the other way and I saw his pale complexion staining red. I was going to tease him when a certain blonde and red-head come my way.

"Hayashi-san! Surprised to see that you're here." It was the blonde Aldini who first acknowledged my presence. I gave him a smile, I slowly began to realize that I was starting to open up to these people. For some reason, I felt at home with them.

"Why is that, Takumi-kun?" He seemed to blush at what I called him but I disregarded it.

Why was everybody turning red today? I looked down at my cup and began to realize that it contained some alcohol.

'I guess that they just have low tolerance.'

"Well, what he's trying to say is that you don't seem to be the kind of person who's interested in making friends. You know? Loner?" Takumi-kun began hitting the red haired boy as I simply smiled in amusement. I noticed that Eishi-kun was awfully quiet.

"Eishi-kun, are you sure that you're okay here?" He gave me a reassuring smile.

"I'm fine, Riese. What about we head over to the balcony to get some fresh air?" He suggested and I complied with him, leaving the two rivals bickering over different things once again.

We made our way outside and began breathing in the cool air, I noticed that the alcohol was starting to kick for some reason.

'How weird, I'm usually not affected by this.' I examined my refilled cup, 'Is this rice wine?'

We were in total silence, only the gentle breeze could be heard rustling against the leaves of trees. Eishi-kun was about to say something, he looked at me in the eyes and began to open his mouth.

"Hayashi-san~~~" An annoying voice called out, I saw Soma-kun holding out something with that stupid grin on his face.

"What is it?" I asked, trying to not sound annoyed.

He stopped in front of me and breathed heavily, as if he were tired from arguing with Takumi-kun. "Someone asked me to give this to you." He handed me a necklace, it was an oval shaped amethyst with silver vines wrapped around it. It was flower like because it had peridots which represented leaves. My eyes widened.

"Who gave this to you?" I asked him still looking at the necklace in my palm. I felt tears threatening to spill. It was ridiculous to ask, as I had already known who this was from.

"The person told me not to tell you." Soma-kun informed with a guilty expression on his face.

"It's alright." I muttered quietly.

Memories began to flash through my mind, memories that I had already thought that I had forgotten.

~'~'~

"Keep this with you at all times, brat. This will serve as a token of my thanks to you."

"Senpai's turning out to be a softy!"

"Shut up."

~'~'~

"What do you think you're doing? Are you stupid?"

"Useless, pathetic, can't believe that I even accepted you here."

"You know that, that ingredient was important! Are you trying to ruin my restaurant?! You know what, I could fire you on the spot!"

Tears began spilling from my eyes, I grabbed the chain of the necklace he had given to me and flung it at him.

"You don't need to! I quit!" I ran out the door, never to be seen by him again.

~'~'~

Eishi Tsukasa's P.O.V

When Soma had left, Riese-chan grew even silent. I looked at her and was shocked when tears began to form. She was crying, and I didn't know what to do.

'What should I do? Should I hug her? Maybe she'll think that I'm touchy and then she'll be awkward and she'll never talk to me again. Maybe I'm the reason why she's crying, is my presence annoying? What if after this she'll start ignoring me and even hating me. What should I do?' She continued to bawl her eyes out while I was standing there and being attacked by trains of negative thoughts, little did I notice a blonde coming out and rushing to her.

"Riese-san! Are you alright? What's wrong?" The girl tried to wipe her eyes, and I felt my heart clench.

Takumi Aldini had hugged her and began comforting her. My blood began to boil but I was still being attacked by constant negative thoughts to even act out.

'What if she starts to like him more? They'll end up together. She'll never talk to me again!'

"Riese-san!" I looked once again and she had passed out. I neared her and literally grabbed her from the Blonde knowing that it was time for me to act.

"Tell the others that I'm bringing her home."

"I can hel-"

"No," I said firmly and shot him a stern look. "I'll do it." He backed away nodding. We made our way inside and I rushed outside the door, I couldn't contact her driver because my phone was dead. Good thing that for someone who ate a lot, she was surprisingly light.

As we were walking, the disappointment that I had for myself began to crash upon me. It should have been me who hugged her that way and comforted her. When she wakes up, she won't remember me, she'll remember him. I'm so useless. I watched her features, her eyebrows were still scrunched together and I could feel that she was extremely distressed.

"Oh, Riese..." I continued to walk and we soon arrived at her place, I rushed to get her into her room, ignoring the stress that had begin to build up in my arms. I placed her in her bed and tucked her in.

'I won't leave you alone tonight. I'll watch over you.'

~'~'~

Riese's

I woke up the next day with a severe headache, the sunlight made it even worse. I groaned and turned to my side, and saw a sleeping figure hunched over the side of my bed.

'Eishi-kun slept here.' I felt myself blush at the thought that he endured sitting on the chair just to watch over me. His face was in front of my hand and his expression was peaceful. How can someone be so good looking when they're asleep? I began to run my fingers through his hair and found peace by doing that, it seemed to alleviate the headache that I had earlier just by seeing him like this.

I recalled the events of what happened last night, 'Oh no. I passed out.' But before that, I recall someone hugging me.

'Was it Eishi-kun?' I began to think deeper when a cocky blonde guy's face appeared in my head. 'No, it was Takumi-kun.'

But I wish that it had been Eishi.

Riese Hayashi's P.O.V

We arrived at the dormitories and I still had a flustered look on my face. 'I'm not jealous.' I thought to myself and would glance at him every once in awhile in annoyance.

Hmph.

We were welcomed by Isshiki-san who was wearing nothing but an apron? I felt my face getting even redder as I looked at his structure, underneath the apron you could really see his toned figure and I tried to hide my face by drinking from the cup that they offered me, how could they okay with this?

I didn't notice that Eishi-kun was looking at me with a strange look until I glanced his way. I then realized that maybe he saw me checking out Isshiki-san. Well, I didn't mean any malice with it. "What's with your face?"

"Nothing."

I grinned, realizing that this was my opportunity of getting back, "Are you..." I paused for awhile then he looked at me with a cocked eyebrow.

"Jealous?"

He turned the other way and I saw his pale complexion staining red. I was going to tease him when a certain blonde and red-head come my way.

"Hayashi-san! Surprised to see that you're here." It was the blonde Aldini who first acknowledged my presence. I gave him a smile, I slowly began to realize that I was starting to open up to these people. For some reason, I felt at home with them.

"Why is that, Takumi-kun?" He seemed to blush at what I called him but I disregarded it.

Why was everybody turning red today? I looked down at my cup and began to realize that it contained some alcohol.

'I guess that they just have low tolerance.'

"Well, what he's trying to say is that you don't seem to be the kind of person who's interested in making friends. You know? Loner?" Takumi-kun began hitting the red haired boy as I simply smiled in amusement. I noticed that Eishi-kun was awfully quiet.

"Eishi-kun, are you sure that you're okay here?" He gave me a reassuring smile.

"I'm fine, Riese. What about we head over to the balcony to get some fresh air?" He suggested and I complied with him, leaving the two rivals bickering over different things once again.

We made our way outside and began breathing in the cool air, I noticed that the alcohol was starting to kick for some reason.

'How weird, I'm usually not affected by this.' I examined my refilled cup, 'Is this rice wine?'

We were in total silence, only the gentle breeze could be heard rustling against the leaves of trees. Eishi-kun was about to say something, he looked at me in the eyes and began to open his mouth.

"Hayashi-san~~~" An annoying voice called out, I saw Soma-kun holding out something with that stupid grin on his face.

"What is it?" I asked, trying to not sound annoyed.

He stopped in front of me and breathed heavily, as if he were tired from arguing with Takumi-kun. "Someone asked me to give this to you." He handed me a necklace, it was an oval shaped amethyst with silver vines wrapped around it. It was flower like because it had peridots which represented leaves. My eyes widened.

"Who gave this to you?" I asked him still looking at the necklace in my palm. I felt tears threatening to spill. It was ridiculous to ask, as I had already known who this was from.

"The person told me not to tell you." Soma-kun informed with a guilty expression on his face.

"It's alright." I muttered quietly.

Memories began to flash through my mind, memories that I had already thought that I had forgotten.

~'~'~

"Keep this with you at all times, brat. This will serve as a token of my thanks to you."

"Senpai's turning out to be a softy!"

"Shut up."

~'~'~

"What do you think you're doing? Are you stupid?"

"Useless, pathetic, can't believe that I even accepted you here."

"You know that, that ingredient was important! Are you trying to ruin my restaurant?! You know what, I could fire you on the spot!"

Tears began spilling from my eyes, I grabbed the chain of the necklace he had given to me and flung it at him.

"You don't need to! I quit!" I ran out the door, never to be seen by him again.

~'~'~

Eishi Tsukasa's P.O.V

When Soma had left, Riese-chan grew even silent. I looked at her and was shocked when tears began to form. She was crying, and I didn't know what to do.

'What should I do? Should I hug her? Maybe she'll think that I'm touchy and then she'll be awkward and she'll never talk to me again. Maybe I'm the reason why she's crying, is my presence annoying? What if after this she'll start ignoring me and even hating me. What should I do?' She continued to bawl her eyes out while I was standing there and being attacked by trains of negative thoughts, little did I notice a blonde coming out and rushing to her.

"Riese-san! Are you alright? What's wrong?" The girl tried to wipe her eyes, and I felt my heart clench.

Takumi Aldini had hugged her and began comforting her. My blood began to boil but I was still being attacked by constant negative thoughts to even act out.

'What if she starts to like him more? They'll end up together. She'll never talk to me again!'

"Riese-san!" I looked once again and she had passed out. I neared her and literally grabbed her from the Blonde knowing that it was time for me to act.

"Tell the others that I'm bringing her home."

"I can hel-"

"No," I said firmly and shot him a stern look. "I'll do it." He backed away nodding. We made our way inside and I rushed outside the door, I couldn't contact her driver because my phone was dead. Good thing that for someone who ate a lot, she was surprisingly light.

As we were walking, the disappointment that I had for myself began to crash upon me. It should have been me who hugged her that way and comforted her. When she wakes up, she won't remember me, she'll remember him. I'm so useless. I watched her features, her eyebrows were still scrunched together and I could feel that she was extremely distressed.

"Oh, Riese..." I continued to walk and we soon arrived at her place, I rushed to get her into her room, ignoring the stress that had begin to build up in my arms. I placed her in her bed and tucked her in.

'I won't leave you alone tonight. I'll watch over you.'

~'~'~

Riese's

I woke up the next day with a severe headache, the sunlight made it even worse. I groaned and turned to my side, and saw a sleeping figure hunched over the side of my bed.

'Eishi-kun slept here.' I felt myself blush at the thought that he endured sitting on the chair just to watch over me. His face was in front of my hand and his expression was peaceful. How can someone be so good looking when they're asleep? I began to run my fingers through his hair and found peace by doing that, it seemed to alleviate the headache that I had earlier just by seeing him like this.

I recalled the events of what happened last night, 'Oh no. I passed out.' But before that, I recall someone hugging me.

'Was it Eishi-kun?' I began to think deeper when a cocky blonde guy's face appeared in my head. 'No, it was Takumi-kun.'

But I wish that it had been Eishi.

A/N - Hiyaaa guys, I'm sorry if Takumi seemed so OOC! Hahaha, there's a reason why.. Well not really, just making it up on the spot. Just kidding. I hope that you guys are okay with how the story is going, if you have any suggestions, comment here or send me a message.