Chapter 20: Just Like You

-Girl's Bathroom-

Shiori panted inside a cubicle she locked. She leaned closer to the door, resting her forehead on it.

"H-He t-tricked me?..." whispered Shiori as she stared on the floor.

"M-Meeting him was like a f-fa-fairytale,... but I t-thought...I-I just thought...t-that maybe...even i-if it was only once..." said Shiori, but she couldn't finish it, she could only think of it.

"I thought it was real..."

Shiori breathed heavily as she couldn't calm down. When suddenly a drop of tear hits the floor. Shiori raised her hands in front of her chest.

"Tears?...W-Why am I c-crying?..." said Shiori as her tears fell one after another on her hands.

"He..n-n-never lo-liked me...So..so why?... Why am I crying?...I-I don't have a reason to cry...H-He just toyed with my feelings, then..." said Shiori, then she placed her hands on her chest, gripping on her uniform and she continued, "W-Why does it hurt?Why does it t-tightens?... Why can't I get angry?...Why do I still feel h-happy thinking of the times we spent to-together?...I don't understand... I..I was never important to him... Why can't I just hate him?!..".

"It's simple, because you still love him.." someone outside suddenly answered.

Shiori's eyes widen after hearing someone suddenly answering her. She raised her head and wiped away her tears.

"W-What a-are you saying?!...W-Who are you?..." asked Shiori.

"I'm just like you, I'm a Goddess' Host." answered the person outside.

"D-Did you know a-about K-Keima?!...I'm c-coming out.." Shiori immediately asked as she opened the lock of the door.

Suddenly the door locked again, this time it wouldn't open how many times Shiori tried.

"W-What i-is this?..." asked Shiori.

"I'm sorry, but meeting me is not important." answered the person talking to Shiori.

Shiori stopped trying to open the door and just asked " S-So...did you know?...".

"I do." answered the person Shiori was talking to.

" He's...s-such a j-jerk..." Shiori said forcefully.

The girl outside giggled and answered "He certainly is...So what are you gonna do now? Now that you've find out.".

"I-I don't know...W-What did you do?..." asked Shiori shyly.

"We might be the same, but we also have differences." answered the girl.

"W-What do you m-mean?..." asked Shiori unsurely.

"Unlike you, I already had my Goddess' power returned." immediately answered the girl.

Shiori became a little worried and confused.

"D-Did you find out... a-after your Goddess had her po-powers returned?..." asked Shiori shyly.

"No." answered the girl.

"T-Then why?!...W-Why did you still let him f-fool you?..." asked Shiori as she became more confused because of the girl's answer.

The girl on the other side of the door sighed and said " Isn't it obvious? Because even after finding out, I still loved him.".

"B-But...Why?...I do-don't...understand...H-How could y-you still love him?..." asked Shiori depressingly.

"You don't need a reason to fall in love. " the girl answered immediately.

Shiori got silent.

Suddenly the girl spoke, " You know I'm envious of you.".

"W-What?..Wh-Why?..." asked Shiori curiously.

"Ohh it's nothing...Tell me, what do you think of Keima?" said the girl as she dodged Shiori's question.

Shiori looked down and frowned. " I...d-don't know anymore...W-What ab-about you?..." said Shiori.

The girl sighed and said " Me? For me his just a sad boy who's trying to do something he was forced to do.".

"F-Forced?..." asked Shiori curiously.

" Yeah, I mean why would Keima even do this stuff? More importantly, why would he even know about Goddesses? He...He might look like someone who doesn't care about what happened, but... I just can feel it, he doesn't wanna hurt anyone." answered the girl.

Shiori just fell silent.

" Now that I think about it... she has a point, but does Keima really care?.. I don't know what should I feel anymore...It's just happening too fast..What should I do?.." thought Shiori.

Suddenly the girl started to speak again, "Well lunch would finish any moment now, so I'm gonna go, but before that I wanna tell you something.".

"W-What is it?..." Shiori asked slowly.

"Keima will still come to you until your Goddess regains her full power, but after that, it's your choice... Will you keep fighting? Or will you give up?... Because if you do give up... I won't hesitate to take Keima away from you, cause I don't want to regret anything." said the girl.

Shiori fell silent again.

" One last thing, I heard you like reading books, am I right?..." asked the girl.

"Y-Yeah.." answered Shiori.

" I don't read frequently, but my favorite stories are stories where the hero would do anything to save the ones he cared about... even if he has to become the villain...Well that's all, Goodbye." said the girl.

Finally Shiori heard the sounds of footsteps and then the sound of the door opening and closing. The lock suddenly opened and Shiori was finally able to go out of the cubicle and as she expected she was alone. Shiori washed her hands as she stared at her reflection in the mirror in front of her.

Some lines the girl said to her was stuck on her mind..

" I still loved him..."

"You don't need a reason to fall in love... "

"His just a sad boy who's trying to do something he was forced to do..."

"I don't want to regret anything..."

" You know I'm envious of you."

And as Shiori dried her hands, she thought " That's right... I still need to get the stuff I left on the roof top..".

Shiori slowly went out of the bathroom and headed to the roof top.

-Class 2-A-

Meanwhile Tsukiyo got to class before the bell rings. She sat on her chair and rested.

Tsukiyo sighed and said "That was tiresome...".

"Indeed it was, but I never thought you could do that." said Vulcan who was on a small hand mirror Tsukiyo held.

"W-What do you mean?! I'm capable of doing things!" said Tsukiyo.

"I know, I know, what you did was for the best, but I must say what you did today was amazing, taking claim of Keima and all." said Vulcan.

"I-I didn't mean to do that!" said Tsukiyo as she blushed.

"Threatening a love rival like that, how courageous of you, I like this sudden development in you Tsukiyo, this will come handy in the fight for that Katsuragi." said Vulcan.

"I already told you! It wasn't like that!" said Tsukiyo as she blushed harder.

Suddenly Yui spoke with a smile on her face , " Hey Tsukiyo, what are you up to?".

Tsukiyo jolted and looked at Yui, "Nothing." she said.

"Really? Ok then! Hey did you have a taste of Darling's cake? It tasted like heaven!" said Yui happily.

"I did.. and yes it really taste good." answered Tsukiyo.

Finally the bell rang.

-Roof Top-

Shiori finally made it to the roof top, but as she did the bell rang.

"Better late than never...I guess..." thought Shiori as she entered the roof top.

Shiori looked around and thought, "No one's here...not that I was expecting someone...".

She approached the bench they ate at and yes her stuff was there, firstly she got the small notebook and opened it in a specific page:

Stuff to Do Today For our Special Lunch Date:

*Wake up early.

*Make Keima a delicious bento.

*Wait for Keima at his class.

*Try to feed Keima like lovers do.

*### ## #### ### # #### ###?

*#####, ### # ##-

Shiori closed the notebook after that, and placed it inside her bag, but as she did , she raised a brow. Shiori found a container in her bag, one that she doesn't own. She took out the container and opened it, I piece of paper fell on the floor.

"A cake?..." she thought as she stared at the cake inside the container. Shortly after that she placed the cake on the bench and leaned to get the paper that fell from the container. She picked it up and unfolded it.

" I hope you'll still be in the library today.

-Keima"

Shiori smiled a little and took the container with the cake and placed it on her lap, she took the fork that was also inside the container and thought " Maybe it's ok.." then she took a bite out of the cake, " If I still don't understand...".

-Class 2-B-

Classes already started and it was Kodama-sensei's class. Keima was sitting on his chair staring at a pen that he continuously spinned in his hand. Kodama-sensei didn't care about what he was doing, he was just happy that Keima wasn't gaming and that Keima treated him with respect at the start of class.

"I wonder if it was ok." thought Keima as he spun the pen around.

Flashback:

"What's this?" said Keima as he took the small notebook.

Keima opened the notebook page per page and found one specific page:

Stuff to Do Today For our Special Lunch Date:

*Wake up early.

*Make Keima a delicious bento.

*Wait for Keima at his class.

*Try to feed Keima like lovers do.

*Try to tell him I love him?

*#####, ### # ##-

"She planned all of this, just for me." thought Keima.

Keima reached for his pocket and got a pen and crossed out some words.

End of Flashback:

Meanwhile Ayumi was looking at Keima and she thought "What happened to him? He seems lost...What happened this lunch?..".

Meanwhile Elsie started to talk to Chihiro.

"Chihiro, do you think something happened to Nii-sama?" whispered Elsie.

"Now you notice?!.." Chihiro whispered back.

" I mean he just looked different after lunch.. I'm just worried..." whispered Elsie.

Chihiro looked at Elsie with a little irritated face as she thought "You only noticed that?! What about this morning and the whole attitude change?!..." then she looked at Ayumi," But I'm just like you Elsie...I'm also worried..".

Author's Note:

So this chapter done! So what do you think? :)

Also if you're wondering what was that last thing crossed out in Shiori's list it was, "*Maybe, get a ki-", but Shiori decided to cross it out before even finishing it! XD

Sorry if I had to use hashtag there, but apparently strikethrough doesn't work =w=

Some replies:

AYFXA: Thank you for understanding and I hope you enjoyed this chapter too. :D

FrozenDeluxe: That was one hell of a reaction XD I don't know if I should be happy or not? XD

Shawn Raven: Yes, Shiori did take it harsh, because I believe that she was the one who couldn't handle emotional distress the most! Sorry if I'm wrong XD

ZachyGames: Thanks, I really appreciate it! I thought that I should put more drama so I kinda did. Sorry if I picked Shiori :(

MidNightReader: So what do you think? Did I do ok? XD I mean I was really thinking if I should put this plot in the story.