Meeting and Renewals

Chapter Two: Watching Over You

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Silent Sage: Hey again everyone. Hope you liked my first chapter. Oh, and don't worry, Misaki is alive and well, she's just, well …… oh, you'll find out soon enough. So, did you all guess who the girl watching Oujiro is, if you didn't then you are VERY narrow minded. No offense or anything. 

If you want the disclaimer just read the disclaimer from the other chapter, 'Kay. Hope you enjoy my fic.

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//Present//

Oujiro was walking to the Angelic Layer Company building, when he happened to pass by a restaurant. It was the same one he and Misaki had gone to before the fire. A lone figure was watching him. Her soft blue eyes were full of pain as she watched him. It wasn't physical; it hurt more inside of her heart then anywhere else.

//This time it's Misaki's flashback//

*~*~ Walk to the restaurant*~*~

It was early in the afternoon, the sky was a sapphire blue and several big, white clouds dotted it, but instead of making it seem less attractive, it added more beauty to it. The sun was shining on top of the snow, making it look like white gold. Misaki and Oujiro were walking in silence as they walked through the snow, except for the occasional scream of a child playing in the snow, and the crunching of the snow beneath their feet.

Oujirou, who was looking away pensively from Misaki, now, seemed to have his thoughts organized. Oujiro turned to Misaki to tell her something, but found her looking at the sky with a happy look. It seemed her face was glowing in contrast to the white snow, and the trees shadowing on their face gave her a more mystifying look. Her simple smile made her seem to glow with an almost heavenly light as she continued to walk along the sidewalk.

 "Thank you for all the things Oujiro," she turned a shade of pink, "you really didn't have to do all those things for me, like the flowers, or keeping me company," at that she turned another shade of pink, but continued, "and now you're bringing me to a restaurant to eat, you probably have better things to do."

"Not at all Misaki, I wanted to, besides Tamayo and Kotaro wanted to see you, so I arranged for you to meet them there."

"You mean it! Tomayo and Kotaro are at the restaurant too?! That's great! Oujiro, you're the best!" Misaki then realized what she said in her sudden outburst, and quickly looked down in embarrassment.

Oujiro smiled at her comment, "Let's go now Misaki, the others are waiting."

"A-alright," she stuttered softly, they both walked a couple of more blocks, but then something caught her eye, "Oh look Oujiro, its snowing again," a finger was extended up skyward as the snowflakes softly floated down. 

"Beautiful" she murmured softly as a snowflake fell into her out reached palm. She cradled the small snowflake until it soon melted. A hand then touched her shoulder, it was Oujiro, "Come on Misaki, we should be going now."

"Yes, we should go now," she was interrupted when her stomach gave a stop growl, her cheeks softly glowed a pink, "I guess I'm more hungry then I thought I was." Oujiro smiled softly as Misaki turned another brilliant shade of red.

He gently took her arm, "Well, then, this must be good timing because the restaurant is right there." Misaki then turned to see

When Oujirou and Misaki stepped inside the restaurant, Misaki was instantly given a BIG bear hug by someone.

"Oujiro, MISAKICHI, YOU'RE HERE, FINALLY!!" (AN: Guess who it is)

"Ohayo, Tamayo …………can you let go of me, I can't breath," as Misaki was saying that, she was starting to turn a shade of blue.

"Aaaaaa, sorry, Misakichi," Tamayo said as she let Misaki go and watched her take in deep breaths of air.

Suddenly her other ego took over, "Are you alright Misaki," That thoroughly surprised Misaki and Oujirou (who covered it up), but Misaki after her shock was over managed to answer back. "Yes, yes, I'm alright Tamayo. Please don't worry about me. I wouldn't be out here if I wasn't sure I was going to be fine."

While this was happening Kotaro was ordering food, and when he came back he was surprised to see Misaki, Tamayo, and Oujiro sitting at a booth talking………. well……… actually, Tamayo was talking, Misaki and Oujiro were listening to her.

Kotaro gave Oujiro a long steady look before he settled the food and drinks on the table. (AN: Tamayo and Kotaro had ordered food for Misaki and Oujirou before hand.)

Although he was no longer interested in her in the romantic sense, Kotaro apparently still considered himself as filling a surrogate big brother role, since Misaki didn't have one, and he, very often, felt the need to occasionally challenge Oujirou to contests as pointless as staring down and the odd arcade game. Oujirou usually won, but that didn't stop Kotaro from challenging again and again.

Thankfully Tamayo understood and didn't seem to mind at all. In fact she occasionally gave Kotaro tips and acted as his coach when the subject of the challenge was something up her alley, like a pro wrestling game or football. Alas, even with Tamayo's tips, Kotaro couldn't beat Oujiro no matter how hard he tried.

"Come on let's dig in, I'm starved," The moment when the food was placed at the table, Tamayo began eating at a world record pace. Misaki and Kotaro, an even Oujiro sweatdropped as they watched Tamayo eat.

"I think its best we eat some of our food, before Tamayo finishes hers." Oujiro, as usual, being the rational one, stated. As he said that, Tamayo looked up from her food, "Hey if you guys aren't going to eat your food can I have it."

Everyone sweatdropped again.

Nothing bad happed while they were eating……well except for the fact Tamayo started a food fight. Some guy, trying to pick up his food with chopsticks, had accidentally thrown a piece of sashimi at Tamayo and it smacked her right on the forehead. Well……then Tamayo went into a rampage of rage and started flinging food at everyone. She sent pieces of squid, ramen, cabbage, etc. all over the people in the next restaurant. AND since there were children in the vicinity, it came out to be a mass food fight. Adults who had also been hit by food joined in.

The manager to be called to come in and stop the fight, and when he saw how much damage the food fight had caused, his head turned into a deep shade of purple. If the people in the restaurant didn't know any better, they would have thought that the manager had a big plum for a head. He would have blown up if Oujiro hadn't used his charm (AN: And the fact he's a celebrity helped too.) to get the manager to calm down.  So instead of getting banned for life from the restaurant, Tamayo had to wash the dishes, which didn't take too long, especially when one is mad for having to do all the dishes by ones self.

//Walking Misaki home//

Oujiro had decided to walk Misaki home by himself,

It was twilight, and it was still snowing from this afternoon, when Misaki and Oujiro had decided to part with Kotaro and Tamayo. So that Tamayo and Kotaro could be alone and do other things, for example: Tamayo using Kotaro as her guinea pig for her new martial arts moves.

As they were walking, Misaki couldn't help but twirl around for a little bit, while she was watching the snow fall. It was all too beautiful, she thought.

"Beautiful," she murmured softly, looking up into the deep sapphire sky.

"Yes, it is very beautiful, but……not as beautiful as you," said Oujirou also looking up at the sky. That statement made Misaki blush even harder, if possible, as she glanced up at him.

Noticing that Misaki was shivering. He took off his coat and promptly placed it on Misaki. "Eh?!" Misaki was looking at Oujirou's coat with a surprised look, "No Oujirou-san, this is your coat, and you're going to catch a cold without it." 

"I suppose you're right, but you're the one who's sick, so you need it more then me,"

She turned a soft shade of pink before murmuring, "Thank you very much Oujirou."

"No problem, oh, it seems that we're here now Misaki."

"Huh, oh, you're right." They were indeed at the house now. "Thank you again, Oujirou-, for everything." Oujirou then noted that a flash of sadness, and loneliness in her eyes.

"Misaki," Oujirou tilted his head to the side, making him look even cuter, "would you like me to stay with you tonight?" (AN: Don't even think what you think you're thinking, because it isn't like that.)

"NO," Misaki was blushing a bright red at the even thought of Oujirou in her room again, while she was asleep, even though she knew he wouldn't do anything, "I don't want to trouble you even more, besides, my mother is coming home in a little while, and I have Hikaru, so please don't worry."

"Well then, I guess, I'll just give you this, just for extra company tonight."

"Pardon?"

In Oujiro's extended hand was Wizard.

"I-I-I couldn't Oujirou, Wizard belongs to you!"

"Now, I couldn't leave you alone, especially sad, that would be inconsiderate of me, besides, if Wizard is with you, then it'll be like I'm with you tonight."

Misaki blushed even harder at that thought, gingerly accepted Wizard, she held him as if he would break any second. It looked like she was about to cry, "Thank you Oujirou."

He just smiled, "Bye Misaki, I'll see you tomorrow." He silently waved good bye to her before walking away to the train station to go back to his own home.

Misaki closed the door, before she looked at Wizard. She sighed softly before she embraced the blue clad doll into a loving hug, before murmuring, "Thank you, thank you very much…..."

//End of Flashback//

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Silent Sage: Well……um, that was fun. Don't worry, they'll meet up again; just wait a chapter or two. Don't forget to R+R okay? Ja ne minna-san!