'No, I will not give in to the coldness, I am stronger'
'Oh'
They continued like this until they arrived at her house.
'So this is your house' he pointed
'Wait, you weren't supposed to know'
'Well, I do now' he smiled
'You better not come here' she poked his chest
'fine, I won't, unless you want me to' he teased and chuckled
'Never.' she walked to her house and turned around on the foot of the stairs and said 'bye' to him
'Good night, Ayuzawa' he smiled sincerely and that made Misaki blushed. She rushed up the stairs and closed the door.
Misaki was running late. She overslept. By the time she got to it was 6:45 am. Takumi was already there.
He was in Misaki's office and looking at Misaki's collection of books on her shelf. She rushed in and found Takumi. Takumi turned around when he heard the door open.
'Tsk, tsk, Ayuzawa is tardy' he walked closer to her. She was standing at the door
'I have a legitimate reason' she walked away from him and put her bag away
'And what might that be?'
'Well, an idiot perverted stalker was slowing me down to get home last night and I didn't get enough sleep' she never got enough sleep,
'Oh' he said 'well, why don't you report him to the police' he chuckled
'I am going to, today in fact!'
'Okay, so I will help you' he smiled and walked closer to her. She was standing at her desk. She was irritated by him
'You! If you come today, I am going to kill you with my bare hands!'
'Why can't I come Ayuzawa, I am a customer' he smirked
'Fine! Just don't follow me home!'
'I am not coming into your house, though'
'For all I know you might break in' she muttered and Takumi heard it and he smiled to her statement
'Fine! Then just call me when you get home, okay' he said caringly
'Answer this question, Usui' she demanded 'Why do you care if I get home or not, no one else does, why do you?'
Before he could answer, Misaki answered for him
'Oh! I know you do this to all girls, so you' she pointed at him with narrow eyes 'can get all the girls in your bed' she had expression that you found have after solving a mystery
Misaki started again 'Well I am not going to have sex with you, and if I catch you having sex or even hurting-' she was off by him
He walked closer as he said ' what makes you so sure that I am a sex-crazed animal always trying to get girls down my pants, Ayuzawa' he said her name with care and affection
He was really close to her now 'because you are always saying perverted things around me and-'
'You are so naive, Ayuzawa' he chuckled lightly
'Get away' she pushed him away, he was too close to her
'Okay, fine, Ayuzawa' he said 'just to let you know, the suits came in there are already out in the garage' after saying that he left
'What a pervert' she said to herself
Misaki worked for the whole day and after went to Maid Latté. She didn't see Takumi at all at the cafe.
'Good riddance' she said to herself
She got home for about an hour now. She started watching all the DVDs that Satuski gave her today. Suddenly the phone started to ring
'Who calls at this hour?' she asks herself
She picked it up and doesn't say anything. She completely forgot that she was supposed to call Takumi when she got home.
'I know you are there, Ayuzawa' Takumi said from the other side
'What, Usui?'
'You were supposed to call me when you got home, remember'
'I made no such promises'
'Okay, at least you got home safely'
'Is that all?'
'Yah, sweet dreams, Ayuzawa' he said sweetly
'Okay, bye' she hung up
Misaki keeps watching the series.
After a week she finally had a day without work for the station or Maid Latté. There was no work for anyone at the station today, she thought
She decided to take a break from all the work she has done, she decided to take a little jog in the park.
Before she went she checked the weather on the weather channel. It was 5 degrees Celsius and it was 10am.
She wore a pink V-neck with a pair of grey sweat pants, she grabbed a thin sweater. She jogged to the park and jogged on the pathway. She saw many elderly people and kids playing. There was a slight draft, but Misaki didn't mind. She ran for about 15 minutes when she saw Takumi on his bicycle on the path in front of her. He didn't notice her.
He was leisurely riding to a store to buy groceries. Misaki was curious to see where he was heading so she decided to jog faster to catch up to him, but she made sure he didn't see her. He stopped to a stop sign and looked both ways, then crossed to the street. Misaki also stopped; she saw the store and realized that he was going to buy groceries. Misaki didn't want to disturb him so she headed back to the park and sat on an empty swing and rested for a bit.
No one was around her and she was on a swing. Misaki had a sudden urge to swing on the swing, so she did. It had been years since she was on a swing. She kicked legs out and swung her body and got into the momentum. She was swinging high and smiling with happiness.
She swung for about 15 minutes before getting motion sickness.
'That was fun.' she said to herself. Some kids were headed her way and she was thankful that she got sick so she would get off the swing before the kids came. She got back to running. After a bit of running she heard crying of a child. While still running she turned her head around to see who it was and she slammed into someone riding a bike.
'Ughh...' she got up and saw who hit her 'Usui!'
He didn't say anything but he picked up his groceries off the grass and pulled up his bike.
'I am sorry, Ayuzawa, I didn't see you there' he said sincerely 'Are you okay?' he said while holding bike, but eyeing her from head to toe'
'Yah, I am fine' she continued on her path. She thought she was fine, but she noticed she was limping when she began running
He watched her as she ran and noticed it too. He rode his bike up to her.
'Ayuzawa, I know you are hurt. At least let me help' she looked at him in disbelief
'It was my mistake anyways. No, thank you, I am going home!' she lied