The tenth chapter...

Thanks for all reviewer, it helped me a lot, and I'll my best to more be carefull now.

DISCLAIMER : I didn't own the Persona Series and ATLUS corp...

ONE DONE, ONE LEFT

Two days after Minako got out from the Hospital. She didn't waste her time, she went to the college, studied even she still had bandage on her hand. The people stared at her, but it didn't make her worry or whatever. Maybe people thought that she got into fighting or something, bu she didn't care.

Maybe the rumor affected her popularity, but it didn't affect her grade. She didn't mind if the people hate her, avoid her or something like that. People had their own opinion and point of view after all. And the only person who knew the best about her was herself.

"Minako, are you alright?" Saori asked in worry voice.

"I'm fine Saori. Just let them do what they like." Minako answered as she drank a can of green tea.

"But...the people stared at you.." Saori looked sad.

Minako looked around, "It's fine, really..just ignore them Saori. The rumor won't take a long time after all."

Saori grabbed Minako's hand, "But it's not only about your injuries, about the fight..but it also about you and Sanada-san..."

"WHAT!" Minako suprised, "What did the rumor tell?" She coriously asked now.

"The rumor said that..you're going out with him. And..and you got into fight because...you..turned him down,...it didn't make any sense, right?"

Minako's mouth opened because she was shocked, "It didn't make any sense! And there is no relation at all..what a stupid rumor..." If I fought him, I won't be here right now, I'll die....she thought.

"Hey, how about go to the Matsuri?" Saori asked Minako.

Minako suprised and her face got red, "Eerrr...about the Matsuri, someone had asked me..I promised to go with that person" She smiled at Saori.

Saori grinned, "I think I know the person...his first name start with A, end with O...and.."

"AH! STOP IT!" Minako tried to wrap Saori's mouth, "Don't say his name, or the other will hear it and I'll get a trouble!"

"Ahahahahaha..." Saori laughed, "Alright..alright...I , that's true that you'll go with him, right?"

Minako just nodded, "But..." she looked little sad, because she remembered that she hasn't apologize to him.

"What's wrong?" Saori asked Minako, "Do you have anything to tell me?"

Minako shooked her head, and Saori knew that Minako didn't want to tell her about her problem. Saori sighed and smiled, "Okay, just be yourself Minako. Lately, you didn't behave like yourself."

Be myself...Minako thought.

"Just be carefull on your way to go home. You are still on recovery afterall. See you tomorrow, I must go home now!" Saori smiled, she waved her hand.

Minako smiled and waved back, "Un...okay..you too..." After Saori went, Minako sighed and she looked at her watch, "Ah, crap! I must go to the cafe now!" She started to run, but suddenly someone tripped her and she fell down, "Kyaa...!"

Minako tried to get up and ignore the pain, before she got up, she heard someone whisperred, "Hey, look at her, it was her...she's a slut..she cheated on Sanada-san."

Minako clinched her fist and tried to get up. What again now...how could this people...Minako got up and patted her shirt and skirt. She then patted her cheek, Ignore them..ignore them...after she calmed herself, she walked away while the other people looked at her.

Akihiko read a book on his bench. His class for today was done, and he stayed in an empty class, started to read a book. He rested his head with his hand holding on his cheek. "Hhhh..." he sighed. Unfortunely, his focus wasn't on the book, "I wonder if she still angry at me..." he muttered. Akihiko thought about Minako. After he escorted her home,he didn't apologize to her. It wasn'like he didn't want to say it or something, it just because he confused. He knew that she hurted him, but he realized that her words was true. He didn't have anything special with her. He didn't have the right to order her. They only friends.

He saw her at the college, but he didn't want to talk with her for a one thing made him really confused. A lot of people muttered and whisperred the an uncertain rumor about him and Minako, he wondered where, when, how and from who the people got the rumor. It pissed him off. So, to avoid the people who talked abot the rumor, he decided to stayed in an empty class, and read a book.

"Hello !" a familiar voice called him. He wake from his daydreaming and turned to the door. "You suprised me alittle," Akihiko sighed, "What do you want now...Ueda"?"

Ueda grinned, "Want to go home now Aki? Let's go to the Ocean Blue, my treat..."

Akihiko blinked, "Are you sure...you didn't plan anything strange right?"

"Hhh...how rude...of course not...this Ueda-dono only want to ask you to join him to drink a cup of coffee." Uead then closed Akihiko's book and turned off the class's lamp, "Come on let's go."

"Hey, wait up!" Akihiko grabbed his bag and ran out the class, tried to catch up with him.

"Hey Aki, have you heard the rumor around our campus?" he asked.

Akihiko nodded, "Yeah, but please don't mention it. I don't want to hear it...It was wrong, okay!"

"It's not about Minako going out with you and cheated on you or what. It's only about Minako." Ueda sounded little pissed with Akihiko's words.

Akihiko blinked his eyes, "About her? What did the rumor say?"

Ueda kept silent for a while, "the rumor said that she was a slut." Done. He told Akihiko and he looked at Akihiko's face, his face was unreadable, shocked yeah, angry yeah, dejected yeah, what else, but Ueda didn't want to see it, he just want to know Akihiko's respon about the rumor. "So..your comment Aki?"

"I..I...why the people thought about that?" Akihiko didn't know how to response it, "Who did this to her? She wasn't that kind of girl after all. She is kind."

"I don't know..but maybe you know who did this Aki." Ueda pointed his finger to Akihiko.

"Me?" Akihiko suprised.

"Yeah. You're the most wanted guy on the campus after all. The girls approaching you, stalking you, following you." Ueda explained.

"Wait, how can that thing related with Minako.?I didn't know about the girls and I didn't know their names too. It just gave me a headache to hear their sound." Akihiko complained.

"Because the girls are after you.." Ueda said to him. What the heck? You didn't know them! They will die if they hear it Aki...

"And how that thing involved Minako?" Akihiko asked back. "It doesn't make sense!"

Dense as always...Ueda thought. "Never mind, just try to think about it later. Let's enjoy our coffee break time!" Ueda smiled tried to change the mood and walked to the cafe, the name of the cafe was Ocean Blue. Akihiko sighed and followed him.

Minako served the costumer, she did a part-time job in Ocean Blue, as a waitress or maid for short. She wore a maid outfit, the colour was dark blue, with a white jabot on her neck, and the apron was light blue with a big ribbon on the back. The leght of the skirt was above her knee, but it wasn't too short. She wore a black stocking with long boots. A lacy light blue headband matched her looks. But her outfit was a little suprising, on the arm's part it had a sleeve but the sleeve was slightly down and showed her bare shoulder. It was the uniform after all, so she didn't complain about it. She just suprised that the outfit was stylish and fashionable.

Minako worked here started from she entered the university. To earn more money for her education, she decided to do a part-time job so she found it and got a job as a waitress. She looked at the entrance, two people came in and another maid lead them to the table. After that the maid gave Minako sign to serve the new customer. Minako nodded, took the note and the menu list and approached the customer.

She saw the costumers, they were guys. It looked like the raven haired guy started to make a fun the silverette guy. Minako took a deep breath and smiled.

"Welcome to Ocean Blue!" Minako said as she welcomed the costumer.

The maid lead Ueda and Akihiko to the table, both of them followed her and took a seat, "Please wait for a while. Another maid will come to take your order." She said and she bowed to them and walked away.

"I forgot, it's the busy time.." Ueda said.

"Fortunely we got a place to sit you know..." Akihiko said. He looked around and little shocked when he saw the maid outfit. He seldom went to Ocean Blue and he remembered the maid's outfit wasn't like that.

Ueda grinned, "It was their newest uniform...nice look isn't it?"

Akihiko wassuprised, "Hey...I didn't think like that! It just...I thought that if they wore it this season, Don't they feel cold?" stupid excuse..he thought.

Ueda laughed, "Hahahahaha..."

"Welcome to Ocean Blue!"

Akihiko blinked his eyes. The maid's voice, it was a familiar voice for him. And then he turned at the figure, a reddish brown petite girl with an angle smile on her face. The maid outfit fitted perfectly with her hair colour. "A..Arisato?" He said. He can't believed it was her, "So...you worked here?"

Both of them looked each other. Their were suprised. "Sa..Sanada-senpai? Un, yeah..I work here..." Minako didn't know what to say to him, it was the first time they met on her work-time. But then she remembered her job, "Ah, sorry...So, Mister, may I take your order? Please take a look the menu." She handed them the menu, "Today we have our chef special blend!" she smiled.

Akihiko knew, why she acted like that. She was working now, and it was normal for her to not let her privacy got her. So he decided to let her now, he read the menu and told Minako his order and Ueda's order.

"Thank you Mister, please wait for you order, it'll take 15 minutes" Minako smiled, "If both of you need anything, please call me. Me, Arisato at your service." She continued and bowed to both of them and walked away. She went to the kitchen to tell the chef the order.

Both of Akihiko and Ueda looked at Minako as she walked away from their table and went to the kitchen. "Hhhh..." Akihiko sighed. I do really want to meet and talk with her, especially about the rumor. But, met here at her job-time. It was unexpected.

"What a suprise, right Aki?" Ueda smiled. "Meet her, here. And she is wearing a maid outfit. She's cute right?" His smile got wide, ""Look at her, the short skirt that show her leg and her bare shoulder..."

"Huh?" Akihiko suprised, "Seriously Ueda, I didn't know that you was a perv...stop staring people like that." He sounded annoyed with Ueda's words.

"Just admit it Aki..you think about that too right?" Ueda asked him, "guy have 'that' thing in his mind too, you know. So it's normal."

Akihiko blushed, "Hey, I..I...I don't think about that!"

"So, Aki...you accepted my idea to have a girlfriend right? Because I seldom see both of you in campus..but it wasn't like you to look after one girl. Especially Arisato, the most wanted freshman to become the guys girlfriend. The perfect future wife." Ueda sounded proud with a lower voice.

"Thank you for waiting!" Minako came with brought their orders on the trays with one of her hand and put it on their table. Akihiko bit relieved because Ueda kept quiet for a while. "Thank you" both of them said in unison.

"Please enjoy your day sir!" Minako said and smiled before she left them.

Both of Akihiko and Ueda enjoyed their coffeebreak time. After that they paid and went out from the cafe. Unfortunely Minako didn't serve them until they done. When they wanted to pay, she was serving another customer, yeah it was the cafe's busy time after all. So Akihiko couldn't say anyhing to her.

After that Akihiko and Ueda separated, because Ueda remembered he had a class to attend, fortunely he wasn't late. Akihiko nodded and walked to the other direction. He went to the gym, and spend his time in there. After that he got something for dinner and walked home to his apartement. But he stopped when he saw Minako's apartement. It was near after all. He looked at it for a while, but, the chill of the night wind made him to leave. "Sanada-senpai?" Again, a familiar voice called his name and he turned around. It was her, Minako Arisato.

"What a coincidence, meet you again huh? Twice if I count." Akihiko smiled, "Done with your job?" he asked.

Minako nodded. "Yeah..." she sounded little sad.

"Err...Arisato I-"

"I'M SORRY!" Minako cut his sentence and shouted as she bowed her body, "I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT SENPAI! She grabbed her skirt tightly, "I..I didn't mean to hurt you...because...I..I owe you a lot...but back then it was an accident, the words spilled out from my mouth..."

She raised her head, and it suprised Akihiko, she was crying. "When Senpai asked me to go to Matsuri. I was happy, but I felt little sad because I hurted you and I didn't apologize. So I apologize now...I'm really..so-sorry...I-I-.."

Suddenly Akihiko approached her and wrapped his arm around her, he hugged her, "Ssshhh...it's okay..I accept your apology" He caressed her hair. "It's my fault too...I acted like I know everything about you. I'm sorry too Arisato.."

Minako's head was on his chest and her arm too. She shook her head, "It's fine, really..."

Akihiko released his arm then put his hand ond her shoulder, "So, stop crying now. It doesn't look like you..." he then wiped her tears.

"Thanks.." Minako said while she tried to catch a breath,

"So, still want to go to Matsuri?" Akihiko asked.

Minako nodded, "Yeah of course."

"Alright. See you on Saturday..Good night, Arisato." Akihiko patted her head and walked away. He didn't want to ask about the rumor because maybe it'll just give her another problem, so he thought that he'll ask her about that later.

It's done! This chapter I mean...

So, please R&R guys and please don't flame.

About the title sorry if it sound strange, I choose that because in this story...they have two problems, their mis-understanding and the rumor. The misunderstanding was done, but still one more left, the rumor. Hehehehehehe...

The maid outfit was looks like the maid outfit in Kaichou wa Maid-sama's anime. If you knew the anime and watched it.

Thank you for keep reading guys! See you next chapter! :D

For Rein Walker : She is more polite..wow..I didn't realize it hehehehe... But, I though that because she didn't meet Akihiko everyday, like in the game.

Regards,

Fuyu Aki