"Nikaido, why can't I get him out of my head," thought a restless
Yagami. Just a few hours ago they were watching "When Harry Met Sally,"
and she had almost kissed Nikaido. "Maybe I should just push on and see
how he feels about me. No I better not, I mean that's what pushed Godai
away. Arghhh what should I do?"
The night just seemed to drag for Yagami. She kept debating what to
do over and over in her head. However, she was not the only restless one
that night. Next door in Nikaido's room.
"Oh man. What just happened? Did I almost just get my first kiss?
Geez, I didn't even know women found me attractive? Am I attractive, or
you know what, maybe she was just caught up in the movie. Yeah, that has
to be it. Should I ask her? Maybe she's still awake. I'll go over, knock
and ask her. No I better not. The last time I pried I ended up making an
ass of myself. Geez, I didn't even know that Godai and Kyoko were madly in
love. I wonder what would have happened if Yotsuya didn't interrupt us. I
need sleep. I have to get up in a few hours for work. I hope that Yotsuya
runs into my trap. Oh Yagami, how do you feel about me? I hope that you
show me how you feel just like you showed Godai. Wait a minute, does she
still love Godai?"
Both finally drifted into an oblivion asking a question and thinking
about each other. A few hours later the entire household is awakened by
blood curdling screams. Running upstairs to Room 4 they find that Yotsuya
is passed out, and completely burned.
"I'd say the trap worked," said Godai.
"I knew it would," added Nikaido.
"It was a great idea adding that electrified netting through the roof," said Yagami.
"I didn't think that it would be tested so soon though," said Nikaido.
"Yotsuya's always been that way, if he wasn't then we'd all be scared," said Mrs. Ichinose.
"Well let's put him back in bed, and hopefully he doesn't do that again," said Kyoko, who tried to stifle a laugh.
After the excitement died down, the whole gang went to room five, minus Yotsuya who was still knocked out. The women in the household prepared breakfast, and everyone sat down to enjoy a warm meal.
"Well I have to get to school before I'm late for my first class," said Yagami.
"Yeah and I better get ready for work," said Nikaido, "here, I'll give you a ride to school, it's not too far from where I work."
"That would be great," said Yagami, perhaps a little too enthusiastically. After cleaning up, everyone went about there ways. Godai went to work taking Haruka; Kyoko went to take care of some housework, Mrs. Ichinose went grocery shopping, and Yotsuya did, well whatever Yotsuya did. Everything was just as normal as it got around Ikkoku-kan, or was it.
*****
In the car with Nikaido, Yagami wanted to talk about the night before, but feared that she might drive him away as she did Godai. Nikaido had similar thoughts, but feared that he might just stick his foot in the mouth. Nikaido really enjoyed having Yagami as company in his car. He wished that he knew how she felt about him. Finally he came up with a plan.
"Yagami, would you like me to pick you up this afternoon. I'm betting it would save you on having to pay the train fare," said Nikaido.
"Yes that would be nice."
"Maybe we can get coffee afterwards too."
"I would like that a lot."
"Great, then it's a date," said Nikaido before he realized what he had just said.
The word date nearly made Yagami faint, "yeah, it's a date."
"Well here's your school, have a great day."
"You too."
That day at school, Yagami was barely able to concentrate on what her professors were saying. All she could think about was how she was going on a "date" with Nikaido. Now that she thought of it, she had never been on a real date. All of her attempts at dating Godai had really been in fact traps that she had set up. Well she was going to take this one slow. No more ambushing or tricking.
As the day drew on, Nikaido could only think of how he almost drove Yagami away. "Dammit you just had to get excited and say you were going on a date didn't you. Now she's going to feel nervous around you." That day at the office he didn't get very much work done.
"Um, boss what do you want me to do with this account," said one of his coworkers.
"Well what do you think we should do with it," said Nikaido, not even sure which account the man was talking about, and not really caring either.
"Well I think we should negotiate with them and try to get them to renew their contract with us."
"Well than do it," said Nikaido a little bit quickly.
"Very well sir."
After his coworker left Nikaido sat back down. "I need to find my center or else this companies going to fall.
Nikaido left a few hours later to pick up Yagami. When he drove up to the campus he found her sitting near the fountain. He swore that if he were an artist he would be able to show the world the beauty he saw in her at that moment.
Yagami saw Nikaido drive up and walked to his car. "So where are we going for coffee."
"Well I was thinking about going to this one place I just heard about from my coworkers in Nerima."
"Really, what's it called?"
"I think it was called the Nekkohanten. They say they serve the best ramen there."
"Sounds great, let's go."
Author's notes: Thank you to all of you who have left reviews and waited patiently for the next chapter. The next chapter will have a crossover with the Ranma ½ characters and will be posted soon.
Charles
"I'd say the trap worked," said Godai.
"I knew it would," added Nikaido.
"It was a great idea adding that electrified netting through the roof," said Yagami.
"I didn't think that it would be tested so soon though," said Nikaido.
"Yotsuya's always been that way, if he wasn't then we'd all be scared," said Mrs. Ichinose.
"Well let's put him back in bed, and hopefully he doesn't do that again," said Kyoko, who tried to stifle a laugh.
After the excitement died down, the whole gang went to room five, minus Yotsuya who was still knocked out. The women in the household prepared breakfast, and everyone sat down to enjoy a warm meal.
"Well I have to get to school before I'm late for my first class," said Yagami.
"Yeah and I better get ready for work," said Nikaido, "here, I'll give you a ride to school, it's not too far from where I work."
"That would be great," said Yagami, perhaps a little too enthusiastically. After cleaning up, everyone went about there ways. Godai went to work taking Haruka; Kyoko went to take care of some housework, Mrs. Ichinose went grocery shopping, and Yotsuya did, well whatever Yotsuya did. Everything was just as normal as it got around Ikkoku-kan, or was it.
*****
In the car with Nikaido, Yagami wanted to talk about the night before, but feared that she might drive him away as she did Godai. Nikaido had similar thoughts, but feared that he might just stick his foot in the mouth. Nikaido really enjoyed having Yagami as company in his car. He wished that he knew how she felt about him. Finally he came up with a plan.
"Yagami, would you like me to pick you up this afternoon. I'm betting it would save you on having to pay the train fare," said Nikaido.
"Yes that would be nice."
"Maybe we can get coffee afterwards too."
"I would like that a lot."
"Great, then it's a date," said Nikaido before he realized what he had just said.
The word date nearly made Yagami faint, "yeah, it's a date."
"Well here's your school, have a great day."
"You too."
That day at school, Yagami was barely able to concentrate on what her professors were saying. All she could think about was how she was going on a "date" with Nikaido. Now that she thought of it, she had never been on a real date. All of her attempts at dating Godai had really been in fact traps that she had set up. Well she was going to take this one slow. No more ambushing or tricking.
As the day drew on, Nikaido could only think of how he almost drove Yagami away. "Dammit you just had to get excited and say you were going on a date didn't you. Now she's going to feel nervous around you." That day at the office he didn't get very much work done.
"Um, boss what do you want me to do with this account," said one of his coworkers.
"Well what do you think we should do with it," said Nikaido, not even sure which account the man was talking about, and not really caring either.
"Well I think we should negotiate with them and try to get them to renew their contract with us."
"Well than do it," said Nikaido a little bit quickly.
"Very well sir."
After his coworker left Nikaido sat back down. "I need to find my center or else this companies going to fall.
Nikaido left a few hours later to pick up Yagami. When he drove up to the campus he found her sitting near the fountain. He swore that if he were an artist he would be able to show the world the beauty he saw in her at that moment.
Yagami saw Nikaido drive up and walked to his car. "So where are we going for coffee."
"Well I was thinking about going to this one place I just heard about from my coworkers in Nerima."
"Really, what's it called?"
"I think it was called the Nekkohanten. They say they serve the best ramen there."
"Sounds great, let's go."
Author's notes: Thank you to all of you who have left reviews and waited patiently for the next chapter. The next chapter will have a crossover with the Ranma ½ characters and will be posted soon.
Charles