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Chapter 14: Suspicions, Desserts and Names

"Satoshi-kun, the desserts really do taste nice, don't they?" The yellow-short-haired girl exclaimed to the stoic blue-haired boy sitting next to her. She spooned another serving of the sundae and placed it in her mouth. Her expression was a blissful one as she closed her eyes and placed her hand on her cheek. "Heavenly." She seemingly breathed out.

"Hn." Satoshi replied monotonously. He raised his hand, signaling to the waiter and asked for another helping of a chocolate brownie.

Risa looked suspiciously at Mio and Satoshi while eating her Tiramisu without any noticeable signs of awe. What had the "Satoshi-kun" mean? Even she didn't get to call him with that name, and she had been the most obvious choice for his sacred maiden. Sort of.

"Harada-san," A voice called from opposite her and she averted her attention. Warm amber eyes met hers as she faced the boy. "You're eating that Tiramisu too fast. You might choke."

"Thanks for the concern, Kinomoto-kun." Risa said in a successful grateful-cover-pissed sort of voice. But when the boy continued to pay attention to his dessert, she couldn't help but roll her eyes slightly. Seriously, has anyone in history ever choked on dessert? Maybe one or two but that's not the point. Risa slowed down on the pace of devouring her dessert let Miyu started to let her know about it.

Riku and Daisuke had been sharing a chocolate pudding. The rest of the single people in the group got so embarrassed and felt themselves intruding that their cheeks became an extremely faint pink and they tried avoid looking at the two couple. As they were ready to order another ONE dessert, the rest of them objected quickly and reasoned with "good intentions", except for Satoshi who blushed but didn't make any comments as usual.

"I'm going to the washroom." Risa said and stood up from her chair, excusing herself. It was a rather far distance to the washroom as it was at the far corner opposite where they were situated. When the brown-haired girl squeezed herself between the seats and the tables with so much concentration that she knocked onto another person. The impact left her stumbling a few steps behind and finally falls on the ground with a soft thud.

"Hey, watch where you're looking!" The person she had knocked onto apparently barked.

"I'm really sorry." Risa quickly stood up and apologized with a sincere bow.

"Hey, she's quite a cute girl." Risa immediately look up and saw three high school boys. She widened her eyes in shock, realizing that they were the previous bunch of bullies who had targeted her during the ice-cream incident.

"Isn't she the one who we encountered the previous time near the ice-cream place?" The third boy piped up. The leader was apparently the one who Risa knocked into. He smirked at her as he reach for her chin and lift her head up. His face closed in onto hers and continued that irritating yet intimidating smirk. Risa squeaked at the contact and her eyes searched for help from the other customers in the café. None of them offered any, thinking that they'll be involved negatively.

A waiter tried to stop them but failed miserably. The bully leader's sidekicks brushed him aside and he fell onto the floor. Their intimidating looks scared him until he ran off to the kitchen. Risa, although afraid of the bullies, rolled her eyes at the waiter and inwardly mocked him of his cowardice. Yet, she felt sorry for him.

"Hey, leave him alone, will you?" Risa found her blurting out before she could help it.

The leader's smirk disappeared and an angry expression infested on his face instead. "You are telling me what to do?" He raised his arm and took a threatening step towards the brown-haired girl. As his raised hand was about to slam down onto the girl's cheek, Risa shut her eyes, bracing herself for the pain that she would soon experience. However, there wasn't any stinging pain she was expecting; there wasn't even any contact on her cheek. She timidly opened one eye and then in surprise, she opened both eyes widely.

She saw the familiar blue-haired boy standing in front of her and his arm gripping on the leader bully's arm that was so readily to smack down. "Hiwatari-kun." Risa whispered in awe and stood there silently.

"You're such a coward." Satoshi began to provoke the bully. "You dare pick on a girl?"

"You're that…!" One of the sidekicks said loudly and pointed his finger accursedly at the blue-haired officer.

"You were the one that messed with us previously, aren't you, punk?" The leader of the bullies finished the sentence for his friend and then attempted to bring down his hand. It was fruitless, for Satoshi was so much stronger than him that he effortlessly stopped him from descending his hand.

"Oh, and you also should know that…" Satoshi used his free hand to retrieve a card from his pocket and shoved it in front of the bully's face. "I'm an officer."

Laughter almost escaped from Risa's mouth as soon as she saw the leader's shocked expression with a generous serving of fear. Immediately, he flung his arm from Satoshi's grip and growled to his sidekicks, "Let's get out of here." With a cool façade, the three bullies walked out of the café. Satoshi stared hard at them and they felt tingles on their back. Their façade eventually fell and they practically ran to escape from the young Hiwatari officer.

The blue-haired boy turned and faced Risa, and for the first time, the brown-haired girl noticed how Satoshi towered over her. She snapped back from her thoughts and looked at Satoshi, lost in his seemingly uninterested yet warm eyes.

"I…I'm sorry." Risa found herself saying and lowered her head. She didn't even know why she apologized.

"For what?" Satoshi's bored tone sent her looking up once again. Her eyes showed clear signs of confusion. "It's not your fault that those imbeciles bully you." Satoshi said as he shrugged, looking straight into Risa's eyes that somehow warmth his soul.

"I…I'm going to the washroom." The blue-haired boy walked pass Risa, a small tint of red coloured his cheeks but it went unnoticed by the brown-haired girl. Even though she didn't know what triggered his sudden embarrassment (she felt it), she giggled.

If only that was because of me.

Coincidentally, Risa and Satoshi exited the washroom at same timings. She stared at each other surprisingly but walked back to their table together nonetheless. When they returned, the two friends were shocked out of their wits. Risa suppressed a scream with so much difficulty while Satoshi continuously twitch his eyebrows.

The table was absolutely empty and not a single soul was at it. Only dirty plates lay atop of the table, as if commanding to be cleaned up. A waiter passed by the two of them and Risa mercilessly stopped him and said in an ordering voice, "Where are those people here previously?"

"They…they left." The waiter stammered, his eyes showing a little bit of fear. The girl looked like she could kill. "They paid the bill though." He tried, hoping the girl would let him go by his collar. Risa did let him go though and he immediately bowed his head in thanks and scurried away.

"They betrayed us, didn't they?" Satoshi said his first sentence since the realization of the abandonment.

"Riku is going to get it from me when I get back." Risa said softly but heatedly. The flames in her eyes were so intense that Satoshi inwardly fear for his life, though he would never show it.

"So do you want to go home now?" Satoshi asked as they walked out of the café.

"I was thinking of loitering around the shops." Risa admitted and scratched her head in confession. Her face suddenly brightened again and she faced Satoshi. "Ne, want to shop along with me?"

The word hit Satoshi hard like a Tsunami outstanding a single tree – him being the tree. Shopping was a dreaded word in his dictionary. Never had he shop for anything except necessities. "Erm…I think I'll refuse. I…err…have something to do in my office." He lied lamely. However, it was useless. Risa had her hand on his arm even with his refusal and there wasn't any way to squirm himself from her grasp.

"Don't mind about those! Let's go!" Risa announced cheerfully and dragged the poor blue-haired boy off along the shops. Satoshi raised an eyebrow at how he thought Risa had been speaking to no one in particular. Nonetheless, he was forced to comply because when Risa is in her shopping mood, you just wouldn't want to break her.

As if by coincidence, Risa and Satoshi entered the art shop where they went previously when they both "played truant" and were surprised that they remembered this particular shop. The shopkeeper greeted them politely and Risa smiled. She wasn't surprised that Satoshi just walked away as if he didn't care about such an unimportant person.

Risa wandered around, eyeing the stationary boxes of paints and feeling the brushes and the smooth canvas. She didn't know where Satoshi had gone off to, but it wasn't as if it's her duty to watch over him twenty-four-seven. As the brown-haired girl mindlessly took the porcelain miniature from the shelf and into her hands, her mind brought her back to the incident in the café. She was so glad she was saved by Satoshi in a way. Silently, she giggled when she recall his blush and his embarrassment.

I still wonder why he was embarrassed.

Was it because of me?

Realizing that she was thinking about that, she blushed furiously and shook her head quickly. What had she been thinking? It was so…hopeful but yet at the same time, Risa knew that it was impossible, right?

All girls would throw themselves at him. So why would he even like me anyway? I don't even call him by his first name.

Risa knew how much calling the first name would mean. Obsessed fan-girls dismissed the addressing of his surname and straightaway calls him "Satoshi" or "Satoshi-kun", even the most timid girl who likes him calls him by "Satoshi-san". So what does the suffix matter anyway? And then, she recalled how Mio called him…

It's plausible that Satoshi might like Mio, or else why doesn't him object to her calling him "Satoshi-kun". Not to mention, he doesn't even flinch.

Her endless train of thoughts was broken when she felt a hand on her shoulder from behind. She almost jumped and let go of the porcelain figure she was holding. However, the shatter of the figure wasn't not to be heard as the person from behind quickly caught it.

"Great reflexes, Hiwatari-kun." Risa breathed out, feeling lucky that Satoshi was there to catch it or it'll cost her a price of one hundred and twenty dollars.

"Of course." Satoshi said and Risa pouted at his ego. "You do know that porcelain is fragile don't you? You're being pretty careless like that, you know." Satoshi continued and Risa suddenly felt her temperature rising.

"Fine, I'm careless! I'm nothing but a typical damsel in distress, you happy?" Risa suddenly blurted out angrily. The whole shop suddenly went quiet. Wait, there wasn't anyone. The storekeeper, seeing that a bicker is about to break out and thinking that they were a couple, went to the back of the store. She knew better than to eavesdrop or even witness this.

Risa suddenly realized of her unreasonable outburst but didn't apologize or look guilty. She got enough of Satoshi's taunting of her for every single thing she did. I'm imperfect for you, so what? You don't have to rub it in! She wanted to continue but thought better of it. Without waiting for Satoshi, she hurried out of the store and was on her way home. She refrained from tears and succeeded. The brown-haired girl didn't know why she was so upset about such a trivial thing, especially from Satoshi. But hearing and remembering what he always tease about her made her think that she wasn't the sacred maiden meant for Satoshi after all. After all, isn't a sacred maiden supposed to be perfect and be confirmed by the one meant for her?

However, after a few seconds, footsteps were heard from behind and Risa stopped and turned. She saw Satoshi calmly walking towards her. He opened his mouth and muttered, "I am sorry."

Risa widened her eyes. The three words might mean nothing to her from other people, but from Satoshi, it was as if apocalypse is drawing near. Risa studied him carefully and saw no signs of guilt on his face. However, the three words were enough to mean something. The brown-haired twin continued to walk and Satoshi, without invitation, followed suit.

Crumpling sounds of plastic could be heard and Risa looked at Satoshi's hands, noticing the plastic bag in his hand only just now. She saw the logo of the art shop at both sides of the bag and knew that he must have bought something from the store back then.

"What did you buy?" Risa asked, breaking the silence.

Satoshi blinked several times. Finally, Risa was talking to him. The blue-haired boy replied coolly, "Just something."

Knowing that Satoshi was never going to tell her about his purchase, Risa look in front normally but her pupils began to descend into the bag. However, Satoshi was smart enough to switch the plastic bag to the other hand and he smirked at Risa.

"Mou!" Risa said irritably and folded her arms. After a short while, she giggled inwardly and silently. "Who knew Satoshi-kun could be so secretive of his shopping once in a while."

Satoshi stood on his ground but Risa continued to walk on. When she noticed that the stoic blue-haired boy wasn't next to her anymore, she looked back to see a surprised Satoshi staring at her.

"What's wrong?" Risa asked when she retraced her steps back to Satoshi.

"What did you call me just now?"

"Sa…" Risa started but stopped, knowing what she was going to say next. She lowered her head and quickly said, "I need to go now. Bye." With that, Risa took off on her heels and walked with a fast pace.

"Harada-san! Wait!" She heard Satoshi calling her from behind and her fast walking pace progressed to a quick run as her figure disappeared from the blue-haired officer's view.

"Risa-san."

Riku: How can you do this to my sister, Hajimari?!

Hajimari: It's the drama, Riku, the drama.

Dark: That's why this story is so pathetic.

Hajimari: EHH??!! HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF JAIL?!

Dark: I'm the great phantom thief Dark. Do you think you can lock me behind bars?

Hajimari: (Smirks) Let's think about that! (Snaps fingers) (Evil laughs)

Dark: What the…! WHY AM I BACK IN JAIL AGAIN?!

Daisuke: Ne, Hiwatari-kun, Hajimari is quite sadistic, isn't she?

Satoshi: (Nods knowingly)

Riku: Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Risa: Please review! Ne, Riku, you and Daisuke are beginning to have fewer scenes, have you noticed?

Riku: …

Risa: Riku?

Riku: I'M APPEALING TO HAJIMARI! Wait, scratch that. I'M APPEALING TO FF(DOT)NET!