Chapter 6: Spicy Spicy Hot!

Friday came and Ataru still couldn't figure out his dream. the girl who was in his arms...her presence felt so familiar to him. he knew it wasn't just an ordinary dream too. it had some sort of meaning to it. he never had dreams like that. he guessed it was a vision of some sort. he sighed. i should stop thinking about this, he thought. it's giving me a headache. he looked at the clock. almost 6:00. better start getting ready for my date...

Ataru picked the restaurant. it was small, nice, and cheap; he was paying.
the waiter came.
"may i take your orders?"
"i'll have spaghetti with mushrooms." Ataru said
"and i'll have the vegetable curry please." Amaiko said.
"okay, so one spaghetti with mushrooms and one vegetable curry. it will be ready shortly." he walked away.
"this place is nice," Amaiko said. "where did you hear about it?"
"i read about it in a magazine. Cheap and Trendy Monthly to be precise," he said under his breath.
"oops! i forgot to tell him how spicy i wanted my curry! be right back." she ran off towards the waiter.
she's so cute, Ataru thought. it's a good thing she's not in any of my classes. Mendo would be after her right away.
she came back.
"good thing i remembered." she said. "they were just about to make it. so how were things in your class today?"
"the usual. unless you count a chalkboard eraser being thrown at my head unusual."
Amaiko smiled. "aw, poor thing. does it hurt??"
"i can barely stand the pain," he mocked as he had just won a war and lost a limb.
she giggled. "oh, here comes the food." she motioned to the waiter.
"spaghetti with mushrooms, and vegetable curry. enjoy." he left.
Amaiko tasted hers. "yum! this is just the right spiciness! would you like to try some, Ataru?"
"sure." can't be that spicy compared to Lum's cooking. he was wrong. it was all he could do to not jump out of his seat and run around in circles. like that would help. he drained his water in 5 seconds.
"i'm sorry, Ataru! here drink mine too!" she gave him her water.
after the comotion died down, Ataru decided to ask Amaiko just how she could eat something like that.
"god! that was so spicy. how can you handle that?!"
"i have a very high tolerance for spicy things. i'm so sorry, Ataru. i should have warned you first..."
he could clearly see she was very upset. "ah it's okay, Amaiko. i'll be okay. don't feel bad."
"you mean you're not mad at me?"
Ataru laughed. "it would take alot to get me mad at you."
she brightened up right away.

later Ataru drove her home.
"thank you so much for dinner, and i'm sorry about the spice incident."
"forget it."
"you're so sweet, Ataru." she hugged him.
the feeling of her shocked Ataru.
"well goodnight." she went inside her house."
"good...good night."
now Ataru knew who the mysterious girl in his arms was in his dream a.k.a. vision. it was Amaiko.


A.N./ sorry it's been a while since i put a chapter on here. schoolwork. grrr.
thanks go out to the faithful readers. ^__~