I Need You by Duckie4rmabove

Chapter 9 - The Question

"Morning Mai!" Christina cheered up when he saw Mai about to open her locker.

"Morning Christina" Mai glad to see her friend after the weekend she spent studying. Mai pulled the trigger to her locker and when she opened it took her breathe away.

"Whoa....looks like you got a secret admirer" Christina grabbed the flowers out of her locker and smelled them.

"Who could they be from?" Mai looked around curiously.

"Looks here a note......there's only 11 roses" Christina carefully grabbed the paper out of the rose and handed to Mai.

"Maybe he didn't count them when he brought them. Mai started to read the note out loud.

"Dear Mai,

Sorry for all the trouble I caused you or gave you ever since you came to this school. Please accept the flowers as a token of my apologue. If you forgive me please come and meet me after school at Stack-A- Burger. I hope I see you then"

"So are you going to go?" Christina excited commented

"I want to see who it is. Would you like to go with me?" Mai asked

"Are you sure you want me to tag along to meet your secret admirer?" Christina hesitated for a moment.

"Yeah of course, what if it's a creep and I need to get away" Mai smiled

"Ok then it's settled, I'll meet you here at your locker after your last class and we'll go over together" Christina smiled

"Ok" Mai got her books and happily skipped to her first class.

The day went by slowly for Mai. She wanted to know who it was. She got very anxious that she started to scan the crowds of people trying to figure it out. But she never got any closer than 'I hope it's him'.

The day went by quickly for Andy. He was nervous and he didn't know what to say. 'What if she rejects you?' Andy had millions are questions he asked himself over and over again. And as soon as he figures out the answer for the question a thousand more would pop into his head.

"Finally it's time!" Mai excitedly said to herself as she got the books she needed to bring home and closed her locker.

"I'm ready!" Christina bounced up to Mai.

They both began walking to Stack-A-Burger. They talked about the people who they thought it was and who they wanted it to be all the way there.

When they got there they were disappointed a little.

"Maybe their walking too and they got out of class late or something?" Christina scanned the crowd.

"Yeah, Maybe lets get some munchies first" Mai suggested.

"Oh look there are the 3 rulers" Christina eyes Mai in the direction of them.



"Man Joe your sister is with her" Andy saw her come in.

"Its okay I can take care of it, just wait until they sit down" Joe conjuring a plan.





"So are you excited?" Christina asked Mai.

Mai nodded and smiled.

"Hey Christina, may I talk to you a minute?" Joe scrolled over there un-noticed until he spoke up.

"Um....." Christina looked at Mai, which mouthed go ahead.

"Really quick" Joe said.

"Ok" Christina got up and left Mai to talk to her brother.





"Why are you here?" Joe asked harshly.

"Mai asked me to come and stay with her when she meets her secret admirer" Christina snuck up her nose.

"It's Andy, now can you go home?" Joe said again.

"What about Andy? I'm not going home until I find out who the secret admirer is!" Christina refused to do what her brother wishes.

"I told you its Andy, now would you go home before I beat you up!" Joe threatened his sister.

"Andy? Andy is into Mai? The new girl?" Christina was shocked.

Joe waved a fist in front of her face. "Do you really want me too little sister?"

"Ok I'm going I'm going" Christina stepped on Joe's foot as she went out.

Joe seemed very annoyed at his sister, but he pushed it aside and gave a quick motion to tell Andy it was safe to proceed.





"Hey" Andy slipped into the chair across from Mai and frightened her a little because she wasn't paying attention.

"Hi......I'm kind of waiting for someone......So um......." Mai didn't know what to say.

"I know" Andy said as he pulled out a single rose and placed in front of her. "The twelfth"

"You're the one who put those flowers in my locker? I should of known........who else who have easy access to just about everything" Mai looked away.

"You seem disappointed....... am I not what you expected" Andy asked kindly.

"I just thought this was for real, not a prank or anything" Mai turned her attention back on Andy.

"It's not a prank Mai....... I do have feelings for you.......that probably the reason why I never really did anything to you when you spoke directly to me....... Or when you insulted me on your first day" Andy smiled

"You heard me?" Mai surprised.

Andy nodded.

"Sorry" Mai mumbled.

Andy laughed a bit. He pushed a piece of hair out of her face. He leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

Mai couldn't believe what just happen. 'Did one of the toughest guys in her school just kissed her?' she asked herself.

"You don't have to give me a answer now Mai.......Just think about it" Andy smiled and got up as he looked at her one last time and he left.





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Disclaimer: I do not own Fatal Fury or any of its characters, nor did I have a hand in its success.