Oh Anji." Kazuki shooed the pesky dog away and helped the suddenly klutzy Aoi onto her feet. "Are you okay, Aoi?" Aoi rubbed the side of her head and fixing the crooked sunglasses straight over her eyes again. "Hah...um sure. Guess I didn't see him." She nearly giggled mindlessly, becoming fixated on the caring look of Kazuki. "That's good. I'll you two some ice tea's. You can wait in the living room or look around if you like." He said, as he walked into the next room. "Real slick there, Minazuki." Roxy hissed as she rolled her eyes at her roommate. "Impress a guy by falling over his dog." "Impress?" Aoi scoffed returning from her little dream world prematurely. "Who says I'm trying to impress Kazuki?" "Your sunglasses may cover your wondering eyes, but your cheeks tell the truth." Roxy poked Aoi on the side of her face, which was flushing red. Aoi quickly caught on and covered her cheeks with both hands, staring angrily at Roxy as she left into the living room. "I-I'm not blushing! It's just hot in here, that's all." "Whatever you say Aoi." Roxy snickered, plopping down on a sofa, making her self quite at home by fooling around with random things on Kazuki's coffee table. As Aoi walked down the hallway she finally noticed something.different about the house. It couldn't possibly be hot in the house with all the mist sprays soaking numerous types of plants and flowers. It was like half the room was a nursery, as she finally made it to where Roxy was sitting. "Ro-Chan." The taller girl had a very questionable look on her face, sniffing something odd. "Does it smell a little funny inside of here?" "Hehheh.just the stench of everyday gardening." Roxy chuckled, hopping off the couch and bouncing to one of the many vines around the area, taking in a good whiff. "Oooh I know what this is.." She started to giggle nonchalantly, which made Aoi greatly confused. "What.?" "Drinks coming up." Kazuki walked into the living room with two glasses of Ice Tea and placed them on the coffee table. "You have lots of nice plants here Kazuki.are you a botanist or something like that?" "You can say that." Kazuki replied politely. "It's more of a hobby then anything else." "Is the stuff in your basement, Kazuki?" Roxy said already heading down to that destination. "What stuff?" Aoi asked before taking a sip of her drink. "Some brownies Kazuki makes. There so awesome!" Roxy could be heard from the doorway as she bolted downstairs. "Hah. Real energetic isn't she?" Kazuki played with the band holding his ponytail as he watched Aoi put down her glass. "But I must admit I'd wish to learn a little more about her roommate, Miss Minazuki." "GCK!?" Aoi choked comically, playing it off like nothing happened. "M-me? .Oh there's nothing really worth knowing about me. Seriously." Kazuki's smile became wider as he placed his thumb along the mouth of the now incredibly blushing Aoi's face and cleaned off some of the Ice Tea that dribbled on her lip. "Mysterious women are always incredible to learn about." He put quite smoothly. "You had some ice tea on your chin, if you didn't mind." "N-not at all." Aoi said dazed, staring loftly into those dangerously pretty eyes again. "Got it got it got it!" Roxy bolted upstairs with a plate full of brownies under a clear wrapper. "I put the money on your worktable, Kazuki." Aoi stood up quickly, making sure her sunglasses were on straight and bolted to the door. "Thank you for the drink, Kazuki!" "Uh?" The confused guy blinked and waved them both off "Don't mention it Miss Minazuki." "Jeez Aoi why not just pull out his eyes and keep them, the way you were ogling them." Roxy snickered pulling out of the driveway. "Don't get any ideas; Ro-Chan It wasn't anything like that." Aoi came back with quickly, looking out the window. "He was just a very nice person. with pretty eyes." Roxy rolled her eyes again and picked up a couple photos she put in the ash tray and threw them on Aoi's lap. "Bet you'll find more to admire about the guy then his eyes." Roxy slyly said, giving Aoi a rather suggestive wink. Aoi blinked confusly and took a look at the pictures. ..Kazuki on the beach, with his shirt off, ...Kazuki tending to his plants.with his shirt off, .Kazuki coming out the pool without his swimming trun..oh my goodness. "RO-CHAN!? Where did you get these awful things?!" Said Aoi, who wasn't really making much of a hurry to get rid of them. "I told you already I hang with the guy, and I remembered these pictures I took a year ago and thought you'd want them." "You're a real sicko you know that?" "Sheesh you try to do something nice for a friend.." Roxy complained taking the next turn to get home. "So tell me why Kazuki's brownies are more special then the ones across the street?" Aoi finally asked back at the apartment, throwing off her sunglasses onto the coffee table. "Ohhh these are much better then any store's brownies." Roxy hopped on the couch and tore at the plastic covering quickly. "Let's just say one won't be enough when you eat them." "Humph." Aoi took one of square of the chocolate brownie and took a bite from it, chewing thoroughly and swallowing. "Hey.these are pretty good, can't really put my finger on this taste though." "It's a Se-c-ret," The blonde girl teased as she also dived in to get a square.

[About 3 or 4 brownies later] "Whoa." Aoi coughed as she rubbed her oddly tired brown eyes. Was it just her, or was the room somewhat spinning around very slowly? She giggled again, trying to drink up her milk to wash away her last brownie. "Ro...rooo chan?" Her voice was very light hearted and cracked. "These brownies are great. but I'm still hungry!" Roxy was giggling and grinning dangerously ear to ear. "See. told you they were good." "Damn Aoi. your eyes." she forced back another laugh. "Are like major red!" "Seriously?" Aoi asked. "So are yours. like Godzilla red!" She made a fake roar and busted up laughing again. "Hahaha! Hey I think I have a tape somewhere." Roxy got off the couch. took one step, and fell on her face. "Ow! Hahaha." [8 to 10 brownies later]The phone rang at Kazuki's place about a minute to midnight. Drying his hair with a towel, he picked up the phone with his open hand. "Hello? Kazuki here." "Heeeey Kazuuki." The voice on the other line snickered. "Um.hello?" "You got such.ph! Such pretty eyes!" Another voice started to laugh insanely. "Shut up shut up He'll hear us!" "Err.Aoi? Is that you miss Minazuki?" Kazuki blinked confusly. "And god. Your stomach, just want to rub my hand all on it." The voice that could have been Aoi went into another fit of laughs, before stopping herself. "Gonna grab your butt too, its soooo CUTE!" "Oh my god! You said his butt was cute!" The second voice yelled again in a howl of laughter. "Miss Minazuki, are you feeling alright?" Kazuki couldn't quite understand her behavior.this would be Roxy's thing to act weird. "Are you still there?" "ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz..." Is all he got on the line. He shrugged it off thinking that maybe it was just a prank call and hanged up.

*Today* "This has to be a joke. You got me HIGH!?" Aoi was shaking the crap out of the still sleepy blonde girl with frustration. "It was in the brownies!?" "ah ah aaah! C'mon let me go Aoi!" Roxy pleaded as she broke away from her grip. "Kind of funny when you think about it. Eating the brownie, getting the munchies. and eating more pot brownies." She could very well laugh this off.if only Aoi wasn't around. "Gah. all the stuff I said to Kazuki." The brown haired girl shook her head embarrassingly. "Well. it was a pretty interesting week." "You said it." Roxy checked her watched for the time. "Oh crap.I'm gonna be so late!" she began to panic, as she ran into the bathroom to freshen up. "God how am I gonna apologize to Kazuki for this one.?" Aoi rolled off the couch and stretched her arms out with a yawn. "You want a ride over to Kazuki's place?" Roxy asked in the other room. "No thanks.I'm gonna need some fresh air." Aoi replied, brushing her hair before it was her turn in the bathroom.

Even though she missed half the whole day, Outside that dark apartment, the city was very much awake and beautiful to Aoi. "Gah.what am I going to say to him?" She thought as she pressed the crosswalk button to the side of her. The whole fiasco was giving her one hell of a headache, as she adjusted her sunglasses and began to walk forward. Boom. Aoi heard something like a blast, as she looked to her left "What the hell?" There it was, screaming down the road at what could be light speed. The tremendous roar of the machine coming her way would stop anyone. It wasn't just a racecar, black and sleek, it seemed that nightfall was charging at her down the street to kill her. "AAAAH!" Just seconds away from certain doom, Aoi's common sense kicked in as she jumped backwards, feeling the raw power the car was pumping back. Before she fell on her back completely, her eyes were fixed on the driver, who was staring back at her. It was like slow motion, as crimson eyes burned into her. But those crimson eyes. Were. "Oh. Oh my God." Before she could finish, the completely shocked Aoi was on her back, and the car had sped away on the street like a runway. She sat up, shaking, not because of the car, but another fear, like a dark presence had gone through her. "I thought you said you were going to be more careful with Little Ninja" The person sitting in the passenger seat said, as he flipped a page in his book. "Kind of had my concentration broken. Sorry about that, Brother." "What happened?" "I thought I just saw someone.familiar." The girl shifted gears as she pondered turning a couple corners. "Which side is Hayabusa's curio shop on again?"

To be continued.

Authors note: PLEASE forgive me for being so lazy.-__- before I could finish the chapter I had finals then summer school -_- so please forgive me for being so late with this chapter, I swear I'll be at normal speed now since I have more free time!