sorry if i didn't put the disclaimer earlier on the first chapters... this is my first fanfic and i'm kinda getting confused on how to work this thing... i'm really sorry... please don't report me or my work... okay? sorry again.

disclaimer: i don't own ultra maniac...

Chapter 4

"Well, that was a great lunch! I'm really full." Kaji said laughing

"Told you they make good foods there specially the desserts." Tsujiai said

"Yeah, you were right. I'm happy you invited us here." Nina said

"Anyway, how did you know that this shop was already open and that they make good foods here." Ayu asked

Tsujiai didn't answer immediately. It was as if he was hiding something from the gang and he wasn't sure wether to tell them or not.

"Well… I was here a week ago" Tsujiai said

"Really? Why didn't you invited us?" Kaji asked curiously

"Ummm…. That's because… because… I was with someone else." Tsujia said nervously

"Oh, really? Who was it? Tell us… I'm very curious. Anyway, why didn't you tell us? Did you forgot?" Kaji asked

"Most probably he really didn't have the intention of telling us you know." Nina suddenly said in a quite angry voice.

"No! That's not true… I wasn't sure that you'd be interested in knowing. That's all." Tsujiai said

"Ok. Well, now that you know that we are interested in knowing, tell us who you were with last week." Ayu said

The three of them was getting really impatient because they didn't think that tsujiai would hide something from them. They were all waiting for his answer.

"Ok. I'll tell you. I don't want you guys to be angry at me… I was with… I was with… I was with Laika." Tsujiai said not trying to look into the eyes of Nina.

The gang was surprised. They didn't know that Tsujiai was going out with Laika. They didn't even know that they knew each other.

"Oh, you were with her… Now that we know, we might as well go home now. I, I, I still have to do something." Nina said trying to hide the tears in her eyes.

"Ok. We'll walk you home nina" Ayu said

"Nah, that's okay. I can go home by myself. Thanks for the wonderful food guys." Nina said to them

"Are you really sure that you can go home by yourself? Your house is quite far from here and besides it's getting dark" Tusjiai said with a concern on his face.

"Of course I'm sure! I know how to go home you know! I'm not an idiot! And I also know that you really had no intention of telling me who she is! Or maybe it's Laika! Thanks for your concern anyway!" nina said crying.

She was running so fast and tsujiai was just standing there stunned. He had never seen nina get so angry before. Ayu was really worried about her. Kaji was really puzzled, he didn't know what was going on.

"Ah, tsujiai. Can you tell me what just happned? What's she talking about?" kaji asked

"Uh, nothing. I gotta go now. Bye guys! See yah tomorrow at the school dance. Bye" Tsujiai said feeling bad about nina.

"Ayu, I suppose we should go home now. It's really getting dark. I'll walk you home." Kaji said

"Thanks kaji but I think I should follow nina and make sure she's okay." Ayu said

"You can do that when you get home. I'll accompany you there. I also want to know what happned." Kaji said

"If I were you, you better talk to tsujiai and I'll talk to nina. See yah tomorrow. Bye!" ayu said

"Okay. I'll fetch you at 6:00. bye" Kaji waved goodbye.

At nina's house…

Ding Dong! The door bell rang. Then a small boy answered the door.

"Oh, hi ayu! You've come to see nina?" Rio asked

"Hi rio! Yes, is she home?" ayu said

"Yup, she just got home. She's in a pretty bad mood so I don't think you can talk to her." He said to ayu

"Nah, it's okay. I'm sure she'll talk to me after what happened." She replied

"Oh, okay. Come on in. she's in her room. Anyway, what happened?" rio asked

"Can't tell you. Just ask nina later when she's in a good mood." Ayu replied.

She knocked on nina's door but there was no answer so she knocked again. There was still no answer. So she opened the door.

"Hey nina, it's me. Are you okay?" she said

"Oh hi ayu… I'm fine. Just a little sad and angry" nina replied

"Do you wanna talk about it? I know what happened. Anyway, are you going to dance tomorrow?" Ayu asked

"Nah, I don't want to talk about it. I'm fine, really. And yes, I'm going to the dance tomorrow. I'm going with yuta." Nina said with a smile on her face.

"Oh… it seems you don't need to talk to me anymore. Did Yuta cheered you up?" she asked

"Yup, he was making me laugh so much that I forgot what had happened earlier." Nina said

"That's good! I'll see you at the dance tomorrow. Oh, I almost forgot. Kaji is going to talk to tsujiai. Bye!" Ayu said

"Bye ayu! Thanks for coming here to see if I was okay!" Nina said and waved good bye to ayu.

So with that, ayu went back to her house and was relieved to know that her best friend is in a good mood. Meanwhile, let's see what's happening to Kaji and Tsujiai with their talk.

(Phone conversation)

"Hello yes, can I speak to Tsujiai please. This is Kaji." he said

"Hey, kaji! Why did you call? Something you forgot to tell me?" Tsujiai replied

"Nope, I was hoping that you'd tell me what happened earlier… you know, between you and Sakura. And I almost forgot, between you and Laika too."

Tsujiai was stunned. He was avoiding to answer this question but he had no choice because after all, Kaji is his best friend.

"Okay. See, on our way to the shop me and Sakura was having a quite serious conversation about what I told her earlier and she –." Tsujiai was cut by Kaji

"Wait, what did you tell her anyway? I don't get it you know." Kaji said

"Ok. Let me finish the story and I'll answer whatever question you will ask me. So here goes. As I was saying she was curious who the girl I was talking about and she was expecting that I'll tell her because I promised her but I didn't have the guts to tell her so I didn't. She was getting a bit angry at me because she thought that I don't trust her but that wasn't the reason why I can't tell her. And when she found out that I was with Laika last week at the shop she got angry because she thought that Laika was the girl I was talking about a few weeks ago. So, what's your question?" Tsujia asked

"Oh okay. That's what happened. Uumm… Why was she so curious knowing who the girl was? what did she asked you that made her so curious? And why didn't you tell me that you were going out with Laika?" Kaji said

"I'll answer that one by one. She was curious knowing who the girl was because I told her that I was in love with someone in our class and she wanted to know who it was. And to tell you the truth I wasn't dating laika or anything. The reason I was going out with her is because she was helping me out with someone." Tsujiai explained

"Okay… now it's getting a bit clear. Now, tell me… who's the girl? Come on, you can tell me. I'm your best bud remember?" kaji said

"Right. Laika was helping me out with… with Nina. I asked her to help me out because she knew that I liked nina and she is one of nina's closest friend after all. I didn't asked Ayu to help me because she was busy with you and nina might suspect that I like ayu and they might fight because of misunderstanding so I asked laika instead. Already clear?" Tsujiai asked

"Oh… so you like nina? That's good. It seems she likes you too anyway. Who are you going to the dance? Did you ask nina?" Kaji said

"Nah, I didn't have the guts to ask her. So, I'm going with laika. Do you know who's she going with and if she's okay?" Tsujiai was concerned

"Ayu told me that she's already okay. She said that Yuta cheered nina up and he's also the one who will accompany nina at the dance. You know, I suggest that you tell nina how you feel at the day of the dance." Kaji suggested

"Oh, so she's going with yuta. Thanks for the suggestion but I think you should be the first one to do that! You know what I mean… you and ayu!" Tsujiai teased

"Whatever! I'm fetching her tomorrow… and of course I'll tell her how I feel. Anyway, I gotta go. Bye! Think about my suggestion. Okay?" Kaji said and their conversation ended.

Chapter 4 is done! So, how did it go? Keep sending in your reviews.