[Author's Note: Hello Everyone! This chapter is pretty long (compared to the others), and is quite important in the progress of the story. All scene changes will be shown as swiggle lines from now on, so look for those or else it won't make any sense. Thanks for the reviews and enjoy the chapter!]
I do not own Love Hina or its characters.
Chapter 5- New Romances
"Yes…finally some rest," Keitaro said to himself as he slipped into his futon.
"And you'd better get some while you can, because tomorrow is going to be a long day," said Haruka.
Keitaro sighed and talk off his glasses. Then Haruka turned off the lights and said,
"Goodnight Keitaro."
"Goodnight Haruka," replied Keitaro.
Trying to fall asleep, Keitaro thought about all the stuff that happened that day. Today was really a mixed bag…I had to wear that crazy fish costume out in the sun all day…but then he remembered what had happened earlier…Narusegawa stayed behind and helped me carry in the bags to the hotel…I wonder if she is trying to give me signs…that she wants me to ask her out or something… I wonder what craziness tomorrow will bring…with this thought, he drifted into a deep sleep.
Keitaro awoke to the sound of a sea gull. As he slowly opened and saw blurriness around him, he reached for his glasses. As he put them on, he saw that Haruka had already left. He opened the window shades and the sun came pouring in.
"Wow…another beautiful day," said Keitaro to himself.
Taking his time, Keitaro got up and took a shower, changed his clothes, and brushed his teeth. Shutting off the light, he closed the hotel room door, and walked out into the hotel lobby.
"Hey Keitaro!" yelled an extremely cheerful Su.
"Hi Su-Chan," he replied, "hey everyone."
He saw Su, Mutsumi, and Naru sitting on some couches watching television.
"Where's everyone else?" asked Keitaro.
"Motoko, Shinobu, Kitsune, and Haruka are all at the Tea House. Haruka said mornings are kind of slow, so we can work in shifts," replied Naru.
"So when does our shift start?" asked Keitaro.
"It's from 2:00 to 7:00 o'clock," responded Naru.
"So what should we do until then?" asked Keitaro.
It was about 10:00 o'clock when a fifteen-year old boy walked into the hut.
"Is it just you this morning?" asked Motoko trying to be polite.
"Yeah, just me," replied the boy.
"Okay, right this way," said Motoko as she led him to a small table.
There were only a few customers in the hut, so the boy got really good service.
"What would you like today?" asked Motoko with a fake smile.
"Uhh…I'll have some tea and miso soup," said the boy.
"Okay…one miso soup and one tea!" yelled Motoko.
"Okay!" said Shinobu.
A few minutes later, Motoko brought the miso soup and a cup of tea to the boy.
"Is this all for today?" asked Motoko.
"Yes…thank you," replied the boy.
As the boy started drinking his miso soup, he realized that he was the only one in the hut. He looked and saw Kitsune whispering to Shinobu.
"No…I couldn't," she said, blushing furiously.
"Okay…then here's what you do…instead of asking him out, just go up to him and ask him how the soup tastes," whispered Kitsune with a smirk.
"I don't know…" said Shinobu.
"You can't pass him up, he's a cutie!" whispered Kistune.
"Well…okay…" said Shinobu.
She slowly walked over to the table where the boy sat at and said,
"H-h-how…is the soup?" she asked looking down at her feet, blushing crazily.
"Huh?" the boy looked up, "oh…it's great. Delicious!"
"Really?" Shinobu said.
"Yeah, are you by chance the cook?" asked the boy.
"Y-y-yeah…" she said, stumbly over her words.
"So what's your name?" asked the boy.
"My name is Maehara Shinobu…" said Shinobu.
"Hi Shinobu-san. My name's Sasaki Kyoji," said Kyoji, "do you work here all day?"
"No…my shift ends at 1:00," replied Shinobu.
"Really? Well…maybe I'll see you around later," said Kyoji.
"O-o-okay," said Shinobu.
Kyoji walked out of the hut and back onto the beach.
"I don't know…lets go out on the beach," suggested Naru.
"Okay! Lets play a game!" said Su.
The four of them left the hotel and walked out onto the beach.
"Hey who's that over there?" yelled Naru.
They ran up to two men; one older and one younger.
"SETA!?" everyone yelled.
"Oh hey everyone," said Seta, "this is Kentaro."
"KENTARO?!" yelled Keitaro, "what are you doing here?"
"Well…me and Seta-san have become good friends lately," replied Kentaro.
"It seems as if you two have already met," said Seta.
"Yes, yes they have. Kentaro was my high school stalker," said Naru.
"I WAS NOT!" yelled Kentaro.
"Anyway, what are you guys doing here?" asked Naru.
"Me, Sara, and Kentaro just came down for a little vacation time, "responded Seta, "Kentaro has started working as a full-time assistant for me, since Keitaro got accepted to Tokyo U and Sara is at the Tea House I think. By the way, congratulations Keitaro, Naru, and Mutsumi."
"Thanks!" they thanked him.
"Well…shall we do something?" asked Seta.
"Volleyball! Volleyball!" suggested Su.
"Okay! This will be fun!" said Mutsumi smiling.
The business at the Tea House started picking up a little big as lunch time began, and soon the hut was about half-filled. The time was coming up to 1:00 o'clock, which is when there lunch hour began and their shift ended.
"Whew! That was a lot of work!" said Shinobu.
"You did a really good job, and you're all done for today!" said Haruka.
"Thank you very much!" said Shinobu, bowing slightly.
Just then, Sara walked into the hut.
"Hi Sara. We're all done here, so do you want to get something to eat?" asked Haruka.
"Sure. Come on Shinobu, lets go find Su," said Sara as she grabbed Shinobu and walked out of the hut.
"Motoko, what are you planning on doing?" asked Haruka.
"I'm going to go back to the hotel and take a shower, then I'll have some lunch or something," replied Motoko, showing to emotion.
"Okay, I'll see you later then," said Haruka, "how about you Kitsune? Kitsune?"
She looked around and couldn't find her anywhere. She must have gone out for lunch I guess. Kitsune was walking quickly across the beach to the bar hut that she had been at the day before. Oh man, I'm starving. And I'm thirsty for some sake. When she got there she ordered some food and some sake, and sat down at the bar. Sitting next to her was a young man, looking around her age, maybe a little older. He was turned around on the chair looking toward the beach. But then she realized that the man was looking into the sky with a small smile on his face.
Oooohhh…he's cute! I should talk to him…but how do I start a conversation? She looked a little closer and saw that he was wearing a Tokyo University sweatshirt. Aha! That's my chance!
"So you go to Tokyo U?" she asked him.
"Huh? Oh…yeah. I'm a junior," he responded.
"Cool…Very cool…I've got two friends that just got accepted to Tokyo U, and are going to attend this year," said Kitsune trying to act smart.
"Really? It sounds familiar…" asked the man.
"Yeah…so what's your name?" Kitsune asked.
"My name is Takahashi Satoshi. And yours?" asked Satoshi.
"My name is Konno Mitsune. But you can call me Kitsune," said Kitsune.
"It's nice to meet you Kitsune," said Satoshi.
"You too…" asked Kitsune.
"Man, it's already 3:00 o'clock. We'd better get going," said Keitaro.
"Yeah, it was fun though. We'll see you guys around," said Naru waving at Seta and Kentaro.
"Oh man…I don't want to go back to work," complained Keitaro.
[Author's Note: Whew! I finished that pretty quickly. I just couldn't wait to write the next chapter! Again, thanks for the reviews, and God Bless!