This is the 35th chapter of At Your Service. I hope you all like it.
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At Your Service
Chapter 35- We've All Got Troubles
After school, Karin tried to avoid thinking about the scouts. Sadly, the thoughts wouldn't leave her head so she decided a visit to her amazing boyfriend would cheer her up. It would also make her forget about what the hell she was going to do about the scout.
Toushirou and Karin sat in the back room, sharing a coffee and talking about what's been going on in their lives.
"Are you serious? I'll kill her" Karin stated angrily when Toushirou told her something extremely disturbing.
"Karin, calm down, you don't even know the girl" Toushirou reasoned as Karin stood to her feet.
"Any girl who jumps you like that answers to me" Karin roared.
"Karin, there's no need to be jealous-" Toushirou began.
"Jealous? Oh, I'm not jealous, I'm pissed off" Karin emphasized.
"Karin" Toushirou said in a smooth calming voice as he intertwined his fingers with hers underneath the table.
"I still hate it" Karin muttered, knowing she was involuntarily calming down.
"Don't. I thought I told you before that I can't stand girls who throw themselves at me" Toushirou reminded.
"You did, but the girls who do are really pretty and they wear make-up and-"
"They can never, and will never, be able to compare to you" Toushirou interrupted.
Karin smiled at that. Toushirou leaned in to kiss her smiling lips when suddenly…
"Aw…" a voice cooed.
They both looked to see Orihime at the door and Uryu sighing behind her.
"Sorry, Hitsugaya" Uryu apologized.
"It's fine" Toushirou sighed as he leaned back into place.
"I'm sorry, it's just… you two are so cute together!" Orihime squealed.
The two then blushed before looking away from their suitor. It wasn't that they disagreed with Orihime's statement, it's just when someone squeals it to the world it's kind of embarrassing.
"Come on, Inoue-san, before they get even redder" replied Urahara as he too walked into the room.
"Right, boss" saluted Orihime before walking off to wait more tables.
Once Orihime and Ishida left, Urahara looked back to the couple.
"Karin-chan, could I borrow Toushirou for a moment? I have something I need to discuss with him" requested Kisuke.
"Oh, sure, I have to get home anyway" Karin obliged as she got up.
She walked around the table to kiss Toushirou's lips for a quick goodbye kiss.
"Bye, Karin" he called nonchalantly after her.
"Bye" Karin replied before leaving through the back door.
Now, it was just Urahara and Toushirou sitting in the back room.
"Toushirou, don't you think it's time we talked about your college plans?" asked Kisuke.
"We've discussed this" he replied coldly.
"No, all I said was that you have enough money to go to college and all you said was okay. That was a couple of weeks ago" Urahara notified.
"I remember, uncle" Toushirou responded.
"Then how came we haven't discussed it yet? You haven't even sent out the application to that university you kept talking about"
"What I do or do not do is none of your business"
"When it's me paying for half, it is my business" recalled Kisuke, smiling sadistically.
Toushirou looked away from the older man and looked to the back door that Karin had left through. Kisuke frowned.
"I take it you haven't mentioned any of this to your girlfriend" Kisuke guessed.
Toushirou didn't answer.
"You can't keep doing this Toushirou-" he began.
"Tell you what, when I get my college plans all set up, you'll be the second to know" Toushirou interrupted coldly.
He then got up and walked back out to the main area of the restaurant to wait tables. All the while he was thinking:
What am I going to do?
Meanwhile, Karin was walking home. She thought about Toushirou while walking on the sidewalk. As she walked to the street her house was on, she heard a voice calling her.
"Karin, wait up" the voice yelled.
Karin looked to see the voice was coming from Kentoru. He was coming out of a nearby grocery store with plastic bags in his hands.
"Kentoru, hey" greeted Karin as she waited for the boy to catch up to her.
"Hey" he greeted once he was finally in stride with her. "You're getting home awfully late. Spending time with your boo?"
"Please don't call him that" Karin chuckled. "It's boyfriend or Toushirou. Let's not get into pet names"
"I'll take that as a yes" Kentoru replied as he smirked.
"Getting stuff for your mom to cook?" asked Karin as she looked at his plastic bags.
"Yeah, my mom suddenly got interested in making western food. It's weird" Kentoru answered.
"I guess" Karin shrugged off.
"And speaking of weird, what was up with you today?" he asked.
"It was no-"
"Karin, you know this will just go faster if you tell me what's up. Is the reason you were acting weird today due to what coach was talking to you about?"
"Yes" Karin admitted.
Kentoru looked at her expectantly.
"Coach was telling me that there were gonna be scouts coming to our next game" Karin confessed.
Kentoru's eyes widened.
"Are you serious? I can't wait to tell the guys-"
"The guys can't know! It would make them distracted during the game, and there's no way we're loosing this game because of distractions" Karin immediately demanded.
"Fine, but this is still awesome, Karin!" Kentoru cheered.
"Is it?" Karin mumbled.
"Of course! Karin, you could get discovered and play in the pros, win the world cup-"
"Have only a couple of days a year to see Karakura and the people in it" Karin reminded.
"Oh… I see" he murmured, his voice just as low as Karin's.
"Yeah" Karin agreed in a soft voice.
She had been trying to avoid thinking about the results of her choices, but they refused to escape her mind.
"Well, just hope for the best, alright? Life can surprise you" Kentoru replied as they made it to the part of their journey where they had to go their separate ways.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Karin" Kentoru called.
Karin nodded in response because she was too busy thinking deeply. She thought deeply on the one question in her head:
What am I going to do about this?
Well that was the 35th chapter of At Your Service.
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