Duh-duh-duh! (That was supposed to be music.) It's chapter 10! ^_^ It's longer then the other ones which made me feel victorious! *fist pump* I hope you like it!

Sei dried another dish and put on the stack.

"Good morning!" Ayumi called cheerily as she walked into the kitchen.

"It's the afternoon," Sei pointed out.

Ayumi shrugged with a cute tilt of her head. "I know."

Sei looked out into the small crowd of customers and Ayumi's usual fanbase was watching while drooling. Ayumi was basically model-worthy cute so she had built up some popularity. Before Ayumi had started working at the café, Sei had bee the popular one. She didn't miss her position, though. Being cute meant you were subjected to pervy old mens jokes which was definitely not on Sei's list of fun things. It was probably on the if-I-ever-have-to-do-that-again-I'll-die list. Of course, Sei still had her small following but most of them were Ayumi converts now. They continued to drool as they watched her go to the back.

Sei dried another dish. And another, and another. Washing dishes was Sei's least favorite job to do. She much preferred the harder work rather than the tedious boring work. Thankfully, now that Ayumi was there Sei could probably go wait tables instead.

Sure enough, Ayumi approached and took the towel from Sei's hands. Sei smiled and bowed then went to the back to confirm her new job with the manager. Unlike other cafe's, the one that Sei worked out was very personal. Instead of having specific jobs, everyone would do a little bit of everything. Fujita said she liked it that way.

"Tominaga-san, I want you to train the newcomer," Fujita said.

"The newcomer? Who is it?" Sei asked curiously.

"Hijikata Toshizou. And I have to admit," she giggled, "I hired him partly for his looks."

Sei raised her eyebrows dissaprovingly but said nothing. "He? We don't have any males working here right now. Are we trying to appeal to more female customers?"

Fujita nodded. "He should be here any second."

The bell rang. "Oh, there he is now!" Fujita said happily. She waved her hand at Sei to shoo her away.

Sei bowed and exited the room.

There looking around the room was Hijikata Toshizou. Sei didn't deny that he was good-looking. She also didn't deny that she hated him. Apparently the man who had bullied her the other day was now her new project. She put on her best smile and approached him. "Welcome," she said with a bow. "Are you Hijikata Toshizou?"

He loked her up and down clearly recognizing who she was. "Yes." He smirked. "And you look cute in a waitress outfit."

It took all her will-power to continue smiling at him. "I'll be teaching you the ropes around here. Please follow me."

Sei turned and then let her face mold into a hideous glare. "The good-for-nothing bratty jerk strikes again," she muttered.

"Excuse me? Hijikata asked. Sei could tell by his voice that he had definitely heard her.

She ignored him and brought him to the sink where Ayumi was still washing.

"This is Komura Ayumi," Sei said.

Ayumi bowed with blush on her cheeks. "Pleased to meet you. You can call me Ayu." Sei almost rolled her eyes. Females these days only cared about looks.

"Hijikata Toshizou," he said. He bowed.

Sei showed him the basic layout of the café and gave him brief instructions on how to perform each task.

"What's your name?" Hijikata asked.

Sei scowled briefly and then smiled again. "Tominaga Sei."

"Ah," he said simply.

"You should go to the back now," Sei said. "Fujita-san probably has something for you to do." Sei checked her watch. "I'll go with you. My shift just ended and I should probably tell her I'm taking off."

They walked to the back in silence.

After watchign Fujita swoon over Hijikata, Sei excused herself and left.

She breathed in the crisp air from outside and began her way home.

Once she was in the safety of er aparment she pulled out her pone and dialed Okita's number.

"Hello, Sei-san," he answered cheerily.

Sei sighed out of relief upon hearing his voice. It was so gentle and caring. Unlike someone else's.

"Hi," she said. "How are you doing over there?"

"Great," he said.

"Good."

Ther was a moment of silence.

"I…" Sei began. Instead of saying her original sentence she deicded to menton work. "I have a new enemy at my café," she said.

"Enemy?" Okita asked. Gentle, caring, concerned… if felt so good to her ears.

"Hijikata Toshizou. He's a real jerk. He made me buy him clothes because I spilled my drink on his. HE can't go two seconds without saying something unnecessary."

Okita laughed out loud. "Really?"

"Yeah. What's worse is that Ayumi-san and Fujita-san are drooling all over him. Going on about how gret he looks. I don't see the attraction."

He laughed again. "I've been thiking about coming to see you sometime soon."

Sei smiled. "Really? When?"

"I don't know. It'd only be for a weekend, though."

"I'm just happy to see you," she said.

"Thank you for that," he said.

"Huh?"

"Being happy to see me. It means a lot," Okita said softly.

Sei hesitated. "Okita-kun, do you have low self-esteem?" she asked

"Wh-what?" he sputtered.

"I don't know much about you but you get so happy whenever I even hint that I care about you. It seems like you have low self-esteem."

"Well, I-I guess… But I'm also just happy that you're able to care about me eve though you lost all memory of me," he said quickly.

Sei shrugged. "I have to go now. I have some work to do. Can I talk to you later?"

"Of course," Okita said quickly.

Sei giggled. "Bye."

"Bye.

Sei flipped her phone shut and looked around her apartment. BY the time she was done with it, it would shine.

I didn't like the last scene very much. :/ But it had to be there so MEH. I hope you enjoyed it at least! *huggles my lovely, lovely readers* I LOVES YOU VERY MUCH!