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Disclaimer : I do not own Ultra Maniac.
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LOVE PROJECT
Chapter 3
After that little incident, the situation between them has been a little awkward. They tried to avoid eye contact as much as possible.
Kaji had just finished taking his bath when Ayu called him from the kitchen, "Kaji-kun? Have you finished taking your bath?" "Hai, Tateishi-san. Why did you ask?" Kaji replied. "I just want to tell you that I'm going to go to the supermarket, because there is nothing we can eat here. And we sure need food supplies, don't we?" she explained.
"Do you go there alone?" Kaji asked her. "Yes," she replied. "Wait a minute," he called, "I will go with you." Ayu hurriedly reply, "Iie…n-no need, Kaji-kun. I can go by myself." But Kaji has already wears his jacket and locking their bedroom door, "No, it's not good for a girl to walk alone in such a night. Come on." Ayu can't say anything more, so she just followed Kaji walk outside their cottage.
Neither speaks on the way to the store. Kaji just can't stand the silence anymore, so he started a conversation, "Tateishi-san…"
Ayu tilted her head to Kaji's direction, "Yes…?"
"Uh… we… eh, I mean… well, we have known each other for a quite a long time. And now, we will live together, only for a week of course. So I think, why don't we just drop this stranger politeness and started to call each other with our first name…" he said, looking into her eyes hopefully. "And of course if you are agree," he hurriedly added.
"No, it is okay," she paused then smiling, "Tetsushi-kun." He returned her smile; he just can't resist that beautiful-heartbreaking smile of hers.
When they arrived at the 24 hours open store, Ayu and Kaji split up to make the shopping faster. Ayu met Tsujiai and Nina at the fish corner.
"Ayu-chan!" a happy squeal from Nina greeted her. Tsujiai shows her his greeting by just nodding his head. Such a typical man he is.
"Hi, Nina-chan, Tsujiai-kun. Are you shopping too?" Ayu replied her. "Hai, there is nothing to eat so Tsujiai-kun and me decided to go shopping." Nina said. "Where's Tetsushi? Didn't you come here with him? Tsujiai asked her. "Oh, we decided to split up so the shopping can be faster." Ayu explained.
"Ayu… do we need this?" suddenly Kaji appeared right behind them all, holding a canned corn soup. "My, you startled me," Ayu exclaimed. "Sorry," he apologized, "so do we need it?" "We might need some, Tetsushi-kun," she replied.
Nina and Tsujiai eyed them suspiciously. "Did we miss something important, eh Tetsushi-kun?" Tsujiai asked him, voice full of suspiciousness. "Yes, Ayu-chan, tell us, what did we miss?" Nina asked her too.
Ayu and Kaji both sweat dropped. "Nothing you did miss, Tsujiai-kun, really." Ayu try to convince Tsujiai. "She is right, Sakura-san. Nothing both of you did miss." Kaji helped her.
"Really?" Nina and Tsujiai chorus. Both still unconvinced. "Hai," Ayu replied. "So just tell us, what made you to call each other with first name?" Tsujiai forced them to tell him. "Oh well, we, Ayu-san and I just decided to drop all those stranger politeness for we have known each other for quite a long time." Kaji explained to him, "satisfy now?" "Well, kind of," both Tsujiai and Nina chorus, both grinned from ear to ear.
Kaji turned on the bedroom's lamp. They have just come back from their shopping. Nina and Tsujiai also had return to their cottage. "Tetsushi-kun, the dinner is ready." Ayu voice called him from the dining room. "Hai," he replied.
He went to the dining room. Ayu is already waiting there with delicious dinner on the table. "Did you cook them alone?" he asked her, surprised. "Yes, would you like some?" she replied. "Yes please" Kaji answered. Ayu is preparing the food for Kaji then she gives it to him. She secretly wishes that her cooking wouldn't be too awful.
"How is it?" she asked him after he tasted the food. "It's very delicious," he stated, "I like it". "Really? Oh thank God… I never cook for anyone before. I think it will taste awful," she replied, relief.
After dinner, they washed the dishes together and came back to the bedroom. Then they chatted about their life, school, and other general topics. They also joked about some things. Each of them seems to enjoy it very much for they never have the chance to talk alone, only the two of them.
When the clock has ticked to ten p.m. both of them felt very tired, so they decided to sleep. "Goodnight, Tetsushi-kun," she said just before they went to sleep. "Goodnight, Ayu-san," he replied. Both of them felt very happy that day. Both sleep with contented smile in their lips.
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That's for the third chapter. Please reviews!
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