(Akari's POV)
"You're doing it all wrong!" "You pour half a cup of water into the mixture!" "Not the whole thing!"
"Shut up, Chase!" "I'm trying my best!"
"As my student, I want you to give it your all!" Chase exclaimed.
"I getting a headache from this" I mumbled, massaging my head.
"Oh, you're getting a headache!" "How think I feel?" "You screwed up more than fifty times already!" Chase yelled.
"Whatever, I'm leaving" I picked up my bag and left the kitchen.
"Akari, wait!" Chase grabbed my wrist and stopped me. His violet eyes locked on to my brown ones.
"What?" I sighed.
"Your homework is to practice whisking fifty eggs!" Chase commanded, with an evil smirk.
"WHAT!"
"You heard me" Chase smirked evilly. I let out a sigh again and left the kitchen. Why is Chase such a strict teacher?
"Akari, do this" "Akari, do that" "Akari, your doing it wrong" I mocked. What a jerk! Sometimes I wonder how we became friends. Couldn't he act, I dunno, more like Gill? Gill became kinder every passing day! Ever since we started going out again, I blushed at that part... Stupid Chase, making me pay 5,000g for each lesson! I haven't improved at all! But Gill's birthday coming up, and I want to bake a cake for him! Too bad, I'm no good at….
"Psh, Akari" Maya whispered, waving at me.
"Maya?" I called. "What are you doing, on the roof of Sundae Inn?"
"Shhhhhh, I want to talk to you about something" in secret" Maya whispered, holding a finger near her mouth. "Be quiet or someone will notice me" No, really? Some orange hair girl, standing on a roof of a inn, calling and waving to everyone that passes by, no Maya, you don't stand out at all~
"Maya!" "Get down here, right now!" I yelled.
"Fine" Maya sighed, climbing down a ladder.
"So, what's so important that you would climb up to roof to tell me?" I questioned, waiting for her answer.
"I-I l-love C-Chase" Maya stuttered, playing with her fingers. I stared at her like we were getting attacked by a giant Pillsbury dough boy. The sweet, innocent, kind of annoying Maya like the rude, heartless Chase!
"You're kidding, right?" I gulped.
"No!" "I never kid about something as serious as love!" Maya protested.
"Why Chase?" I asked. "I thought Luke was more of your type"
"Chase is just so cool!" Maya giggled. "Besides Luke more like an older brother to me"
"How is flipping a pan all day cool?" I asked. This girl got issues, mental issues…
"Well, a least he's not signing papers all day long" Maya pointed out. Oh no, she just didn't! I glared at her, Maya backed off a bit with fear in her eyes.
"No one talks about my boyfriend like that" I growled, pulling Maya in for a noogie.
"Ow, I'm sorry, please, have mercy!" Maya yelled, struggling to get away.
"I forgive you this time, but the next time I won't hold back" I smiled evilly.
"Akari, I wanted to ask you for a favor" Maya murmured.
"Okay, what is it?" I asked.
"Well, could you help get me and Chase together" Maya whispered blushing.
"You want me to play matchmaker?" I asked.
"Please, in return I'll do anything" Maya begged.
"Fine, so what do you want me to do first?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"I dunno asked him how he feels about me or something" Maya whispered.
"Fine, I'll start tomorrow" I murmured, walk towards my farm. I got ready for bed, when I just remember something.
"I FORGOT TO VISIT Gill" I yelled. Oh well, it's not like he'll die… I haven't told Gill that I been taking lessons from Chase, because Gill would be completely against it. I thought about plan Get Maya Together With Chase, or G.M.T.W.C. Poor Maya she's going to regret it when Chase treats her like garbage when they get together. Nothing I can do about it, I'll be a good friend and let her choose what's good for herself, and if Chase cheats on her I'll come running with my axe. I smirked happily and drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile… (Gill's POV)
Oh my goddess, Akari didn't come visit me today! Is she hurt? Is she okay? Akari visits everyday, so why? I paced around my room back and fort wondering about Akari. She's been hanging around Sundae Inn a lot, and she been hanging around Chase a lot. She not cheating on me, right? I sighed, I been think about this too much, Akari would never cheat on me, a least not with Chase, I'm sure I'll see her tomorrow. Jeez, ever since Chase proposed to her, I been kinda protective of her like a dad is to his daughter. But! She turned him down and started to go out with me again! I'll see her tomorrow, I'm sure of it.
Next Day… (Back to Akari's POV)
I finish my farm chores and went to Sundae Inn to start plan G.M.T.W.C and also to start on my cooking lessons.
"Oh great, you're here, did you do your homework?" Chase asked, handing me an apron.
"Nope" I replied, wearing the apron, and trying to tie the back part.
"What am I going to do with you" Chase sighed, face-palming himself. "Here, let me help you with that" Chase tied the back part of the apron. For some reason I could feel Chase breathe near my neck, his breath tickled me skin, I decide to ignore it.
"So, what's the lesson today?" I asked.
"You improve a bit we can move to actually bake the cake" Chase replied, a tint of red appears on his face, and again I decided to ignore it and focus on baking a yummy cake for my sweet Gill.
"First crack two eggs into the bowl" Chase instructed, handing me a dozen of eggs. I picked one up with a lot of force and it broke. The yolk spill all over my hand, I stared my hand wide-eyed.
"You idiot" Don't pick up with so much force!" Chase yelled, handing me a towel to wipe my hands. "Pick it up lightly" I grabbed another egg lightly, and cracked it over the bowl.
"Look Chase!" "I did it!" I smiled.
"That's not something to be proud of" Chase mumbled, sticking his tongue at me. I rolled my eyes and continued my lessons. Honestly, I think I did well, the cake turned out okay, or a least that's what I think.
"Gill's going to love the cake I'm going to made him" I giggled happily to myself. Chase rolled his eyes and started to clean the mess I made. I remember Maya's request, maybe I should ask him now…..
"Hey, Chase"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think about Maya?" I asked.
"Well, for one thing, I think probably a better at cooking than you are" Chase smirked, putting his finger on his chin like he's actually thinking about it. I hissed at him and continue asking questions.
"So, do you like her?" This might have been easier then I thought! I can't wait for all-you can-eat desserts, I'm going to make Maya serve me! I was drooling just thing thinking about it! The creamy chocolate cake or the sweet vanilla cake!
"Well, not really" Chase replied. Great, just great…. You couldn't just make this easy for me… Thanks a lot, Chase! Later, I met up with Maya to tell her the news.
"Sorry, Maya but he's not interested in you"
"Oh" Maya hung her head down, a depressed and sad aura surround did her. "Well, I guess I'll have to try harder then and I'm sure he'll fall for me that way!" Maya laughed, cheerful. My eye twitched as I stared at her mood swings; well I guess that's one good point about her, she's optimistic….
"And just by trying harder, he'll fall for you?" I asked. Its' Chase we're talking about here, "Mr. Nothing-in-the-world-can-please-me".
"Please Akari, you got to me!" "How did you get Gill to fall for you?" Maya begged, shaking me for some reason.
"Well…" I mumbled. "It's easy really" "All you got to do is seduce him and he's yours" I whispered.
"Really!" Maya cried. "I never thought of that!"
"Maya…, I was joking" I mumbled, but I doubt she heard me; she was consumed in one of her fantasy.
"Thanks Akari!" Maya bowed. "I'll go and give it a shot!"
"Maya, wait!" I called but she was already gone. I sighed; I'm the worse, now Chase's going to crush Maya's feelings. I decided to go watch how Maya's seduction is going.
"Chhaaasse" Maya sang, approaching the creature known as Chase.
"What?" Chase asked rudely.
Maya pull her hands on chest, and leaned in but not enough to kiss him. Chase just stared at her, not a single blush appeared on his face, and in fact he looked rather bored.
"Chase, I-I" Chase suddenly, lowered his head and pecked Maya on her forehead. Maya blushed, while my jaw dropped. Chase just kissed Maya? I felt angry for some reason, like I wanted to run into the room and beat up Maya… No, I can't be? Can I? Am I jealous of Maya?
"I have work now, so I'll talk to you later" Chase sighed, running his fingers into his orange-colored hair.
"O-Okay" Maya squeaked, running, more like skipping out of the kitchen. I decided to visit Gill, because I had nothing better to do. On the way, I wondered why I was upset that Chase kissed Maya. It not like I care about who Chase kisses! So why does it bother me so much? I shook the thought out of my mind and smiled, entering the town hall. There he was, the blond boy was doing has usual, filling out documents and other files. I decided to sneak up behind him and embrace him from behind. Gill flinched and turned around to face me.
"Akari?"
Yes, sweetie?" I smiled. A tiny smile appeared on Gill's face but it faded away quickly.
"Where have you been?" Gill questioned, crossing his arms like he always does.
"At Sundae Inn, why?" I asked.
"And why were you in Sundae Inn?" Gill question again like a detective.
"Eh…Um…" I mumbled. I can't tell Gill that I been taken lesson of Chase, Gill will force me to quit and then I wouldn't be able to bake the cake for him.
"Well?" Gill asked impatiently.
"It's a secret!" I laughed nervously. Gill raised one of his eyebrows in suspicion, but then lowered and sighed.
"Fine, tell when you want to" Gill muttered, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Okay!" I smiled cheerfully.
"So…you do you want go out sometime?" Gill asked, blushing, trying to hide his blush by looking down.
"You mean as a date?" I gasped in surprise.
"No, as friends" Gill said sarcastically. "Of course, it's a date!"
"Sure!" I cried, glomming him. Gill's face was now red as a tomato, perhaps even redder. I can't wait for our next date; it's going to be so much fun! When I turned to leave, Gill grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"Gill?" I questioned, turning around.
"Come by everyday so I can see you…" "If you don't it makes me think…Uh it's nothing, I'm not worried at all" Gill murmured, turning his head to hide to another blush. I giggled to myself.
"Okay, I will!"
(Next Day)
I can't wait to go on a date with Gill! As soon as I'm done harvesting my crops, I'm going to see if he's ready. Okay! One orange, two orange, three orange…..
(Sometime later)
Finally! I'm done! Now time to see Gill! Maybe I should give one of my oranges to Chase first, I mean he's still my friend after all and besides I still got sometime before my date… Once I got to Sundae Inn, I found Chase in the kitchen as usual.
"Oh, Chase!" I cried, approaching him. Chase turned to look at me, and all of a sudden his face looked a bit redder than before, maybe I'm just imaging it, I mean he does stand next to a stove all day long, except when he goes out and serves people.
"What do you want, Akari?" Chase asked, while walking to the sink and washing his hands.
"Here" I grumbled, throwing the orange at his face but unfortunately he caught before it did.
"Nice try" Chase smirked. "But you're going to have to do better than that" I hissed at him and turned to leave, something grabbed my wrist and stopped me.
"Going somewhere?" Chase smirked.
"Yes, now will you let me go?" I asked, trying to wiggle free from his grip,
"What's the magic word?"
"Please"
"No"
"But!"
"Time to practice baking" Chase smiled evilly.
"But I-I" I stuttered.
"Do you want to get better or not" Chase asked.
"Yeah, but"
"Well, come on" Chase smirked, pulling me back into the kitchen. Well, I guess I could spare a few minutes…
(30 minutes later)
"Eat flour, Chase!" I yelled, throwing a handful of flower at Chase, Chase dodged it and started throwing eggs at me.
"Ow!" "You're dead, Chase!" I growled, throwing a frying pan at him.
"Hey!" Chase yelled, dodging the frying pan. "That's cheating!"
"No, it's not" I chuckled, picking his precious orange cake. "This is cheating"
"NOOOO!" Chase screamed. "Have mercy!" After seeing the look on Chase's face, I accidently dropped the cake, laughing. Chase dived for it. SPAT! It landed about 5 centimeters from where Chase's hands were. FAIL!
"Oops" I giggled. Chase got up, and had an evil look in his eyes. Before I could run for it Chase already tackled me to the floor.
"AKARI!" Chase growled, still on my legs, preventing me from using them.
"I'm sorry" I mumbled.
"I was going to give that to the girl I like" Chase whined, trying to summon fake tears.
"I-I help you make a new one" I said, trying to cheer him up, or a least shut him up.
"Really?" "Okay then, let get started!" Chase exclaimed, getting off of me and helping me up. "But first you have to this mess you made"
"WHAT!" I roared. "You're the one who started the food fight, so you clean it up!" I snapped.
"But…But" Chase put his hands up close to his mouth and acted little an innocent little girl. I stared at him with a big anime sweat drop.
"Okay fine, you big baby" I whispered, and started to clean up the mess.
"Thanks, mommy" Chase remarked, in a babyish tone. My eye twitched at that comment, but I decide to ignore it.
(2 and half hours later of baking and cleaning)
"Let add pocky to it!" I exclaimed, taking out a pocky and trying to stick it into the cake. (Pocky: A biscuit stick covered in chocolate) Chase whacked the pocky out of my hand and it crashed on to the floor and crumbled into many piece, like what happened to Chase's cake.
"M-M-My!" "POCKY!" I yelled/screamed like I had lost my pet or something.
"Yes, now you know the same pain you inflected on me" Chase smirked, putting one of his hands on my shoulder.
"But I replaced it!" "How are you going to replace my pocky?" I asked/ screamed at him.
"I'll buy you another box, chill" Chase shrugged.
"You better" I threaten, glaring at him. "Oh yeah, Chase"
"Hm?"
"Who are you giving that cake too?" I asked, taking another stick of pocky and eating it.
"T-T-That's none of your business!" Chase choked out, as his face turn in to a shade of red.
"Could it be Maya?" I questioned further.
"Maya?" "EW, no" Chase spat out in disgust.
"What do mean?" I asked. "You flirted with her, didn't you?"
"Flirted?" Chase exclaimed. "Hardly"
"But I saw you kiss her" I recalled, eating one stick of pocky one after another.
"It didn't mean anything, beside I cleared it up with her, when you weren't here" Chase replied. Suddenly I felt relieved, like passing a big test or finding out thee guy you like, likes you backs.
"You know, you're going to get fat, if you keep eating like that" Chase chuckled, putting his hands on his hips.
"Humph!" I can't help it, if I addicted to pocky.
"Hey Akari"
"Yeah"
"Let's play the pocky game~" Chase sang, shoving a pocky in my mouth. Before, I could ask him what the heck he was trying to do. He was crunching down on the other side of the pocky stick until he reached my lips and started kissing me. Someone gasped, more like two people gasped, causing Chase to stop kissing me and back away. There stood Gill and Maya wide-eyed staring at us.
Cliffhanger! Finally, I finished that! It took me so long too! Cause I'm lazy and I have writers block. Plus, I really busy with the summer program, my mom made me join. I'm tired, *drinks a cup of coffee* Review plz! Feel free to suggest things!
Me: Freedom!
Jamie: Nu-uh! *drags me back to my laptop* Get started on Jamie's story! Then you can have your freedom!
Me: *Sniff*
~TheSnowSakura