[Author's Note: Sorry for the HUGE slack, but I had a major writer's block. So bear with me here. I promise that updates will be more frequent after this chapter. Anyway, on with the story!]

I do not own Love Hina or its characters.

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Chapter 8- Someone to Talk To

The sunlight poured through the windows into the room where Satoshi slept. His eyes crept open to the sunlight, and he sat up in his bed. He woke up smiling, and thought, I can already tell that this is going to be a great day…the sun is shining, I can already smell breakfast, and best of all, me and Chika finally got back together last night…I have to remember to thank that one girl…what was her name? Kitsune? Yeah I think that was it…

He slowly took a shower, got dressed, and walked down the stairs. It was so nice of Aunt Ashley and Uncle Hitoshi to let me stay in their beach house. He could smell the fumes of bacon, hash browns, and eggs rising through the air. I've always liked American breakfasts quite a lot, I guess I'm lucky to be half-American…he thought to himself as he walked town the stairs. Looking down he saw a large living room to the left and a kitchen to the right. In the living room sat a young girl in front of the TV watching cartoons. On the couch laid a young teenage boy looking up at the ceiling.

Turning around to see Satoshi, the girl said,

"Good morning Satoshi!" said the girl excitedly.

"Well, good morning, Lisa! You seem happy today," replied Satoshi.

"Yup, yup!" responded Lisa smiling.

"And good morning to you too, Kyoji," said Satoshi to the boy on the couch.

"Hey, good morning," said Kyoji looking at Satoshi for a moment, then back at the ceiling again.

Satoshi turned right and walked into the kitchen. He saw an American women cooking and a Japanese man sitting in a chair, reading the newspaper.

"Good morning, Aunt Ashley and Uncle Hitoshi!" said Satoshi politely.

"Good morning to you too," they replied.

"The food smells great!" complimented Satoshi.

"Thank you, Satoshi," responded Aunt Ashley.

"So Satoshi…how did you sleep?" asked Uncle Hitoshi.

"I slept great. I just that today's going to be a perfect day," said Satoshi joyously.

"Does that have any connection with you and Chika getting back together?" asked his uncle smiling.

"Yeah, quite a bit. And I hear that Kyoji met a girl a couple days ago as well," said Kyoji smirking.

"Oh really…"

"Yeah…maybe we can meet her sometime."

"Hmmm…"

After breakfast, Satoshi said,

"Aunt Ashley, I'm going to go out, okay?"

"Sure. Will you be home for dinner?" asked his aunt.

"I will probably be back earlier, but I'm going to take Chika out for dinner tonight," replied Satoshi.

"Okay. Good-bye!"

"Bye," said Satoshi.

"Wait! Hey Mom, can I go with Satoshi?" asked Kyoji, running into the room.

"Ummm…sure," responded Ashley.

The boys walked out of the house and down the slope to the beach.

"So…Kyoji…today's the big date, huh?" said Satoshi.

"Yeah…I'm really nervous," replied Kyoji.

"Hey, relax. So when am I going to be able to meet this girl?" asked Satoshi.

"I don't know. Whenever you want. Satoshi?" asked Kyoji.

"Yea?"

"When did you and Chika start dating?"

"Well, we didn't actually start, 'dating', till we were 10. But ever since the first day of preschool, we've been best friends," said Satoshi.

"So you and Chika are still best friends even though you are going out?" asked Kyoji.

"Oh, of course. Chika and I will be best friends forever, whether we're going out, married, or just friends," said Satoshi smiling, "well…I'll see you later, Kyoji."

"Okay," said Kyoji as their paths split.

Satoshi came to the restaurant/bar where he had talked to Kitsune the day before. He sat down in a chair at the bar and looked to the beach. He looked at the person sitting next to him. He saw a young man with glasses, and his head down looking at the ground. Around him were countless sake bottles and empty glasses. This guy…he looks strangely familiar…I've seen him somewhere before…talked to him before somewhere…well… there's no way that this day can be perfect for me when I'm sitting next to a depressed, drunk young man. Here it goes…

"Excuse me…do you know the time?" he said to the man next to him.

There was no response.

"Okay…uh…it sure is a beautiful day today isn't it?" asked Satoshi.

The man lifted his head slightly and said,

"No day is beautiful without Narusegawa," said the man in a soft voice.

"Its okay…I know how you feel," replied Satoshi, "my name is Satoshi."

"It's nice to meet you, but I'm not exactly in a great mood right now."

"Its okay…maybe I can help you out a little bit."

"No…I don't want to talk about it," replied the man.

"Okay…" said Satoshi.

After about 30 minute of small talk, Satoshi finally started to get the story out of him. And before he knew it, the man was spilling his guts to him. After the man had told his story, Satoshi said,

"Well…it sounds like you just need to give her some time. You know, Chika, my girlfriend, was kind of like that right when we started college too. But after a couple of months or so, she was back to normal again," said Satoshi.

"Really?" said the man.

"Yeah," said Satoshi.

"You know what…I just want to thank you for being…I don't know…someone to talk to. I guess I haven't properly introduced myself. My name is Urashima Keitaro."

"It's nice to meet you…you know I'm almost positive that we've met before." Then looking down at his watch, Satoshi said, "Oh my gosh, I'm going to be late! It's been really nice talking to you, so bye!"

He leaped out of his chair and dashed to the place where he was supposed to meet Chika. About 5 minutes later, he finally saw her, and then ran up to her, completely out of breath.

"A little late?" said Chika. Chika had long black hair, but she always put it up in a bun and she had long bangs reaching down past her shoulders.

"I'm sorry," said Satoshi trying to catch his breath.

"Oh it's okay," replied Chika as she kissed him softly.

"So where are we going for lunch?"

[Author's Note: I finally struggled through that chapter. I'm sorry that I cut it a little short, but I had to, because I had to put something up so that you guys wouldn't forget about the story. Oh well, be ready for the next chapter and God Bless you!]