Chapter 9

"Benji"

Ryou and Victoria went back to the café. Keiichiro was sitting at a table drinking coffee and reading a book about endangered animals.
"Hey Keiichiro. We're back," Victoria said. She and Ryou went into the kitchen and put the food on the counter. Victoria then made herself a smoothie.
"What did you guys get," Keiichiro asked.
"We bought coffee, whip cream, spoons, forks, knives, and some cake mixes," Ryou replied.
"I even got a guitar but Ryou paid for it. Ryou, I'll pay you back tomorrow. How much was it again," she asked.
"Don't worry about it. You don't have to pay me back. Think of it as a way of saying sorry about the kiss," he said.

"I'm going home. See you tomorrow." Victoria left the café. Keiichiro smiled at Ryou.

"What," Ryou asked.
"It's about time you actually became nice to a girl you liked," Keiichiro replied. The next day, Victoria was at school. She was walking in the hall when Ichigo caught up to her.
"Hi Victoria. What class are you going to next," she asked.
"I'm going to volleyball practice. What about you," Victoria asked.

"I'm going to home economics. We're learning how to bake a pound cake," Ichigo replied. Ten minutes later, Victoria was outside playing volleyball. It was her serve and after about 8 bumps over the net, she spiked the ball. Ryou was up in a nearby tree watching Victoria play. Two of Victoria's friends, Amy and Kazuki, called for Victoria from the sidelines. She walked over and talked to them.

"What," she asked.
"Benji is looking for you. He's over by the water fountain," Kazuki said. Amy and Kazuki started dragging and pushing her to Benji. They stopped and Victoria's friends ditched her in front of the brown haired, honey-eyed Benji.

"Uuuh, hi Benji. My friends said you were searching for me," she said as she blushed.
"Really? I wasn't looking for you. I already knew you were playing volleyball," he said.
"What! Amy! Kazuki," she yelled.

"See ya," Amy and Kazuki said from afar.
"Well, I did want to ask you something but I wanted to wait until after school. Do you want to go on a date with me," Benji asked.

"O-ok Benji," Victoria said. Ryou was still watching Victoria and thought, "Who the hell is that guy and why is he standing so close to my Victoria?" The other girls that were playing volleyball.They bumped the ball up and the wind blew hard. The ball got caught in the wind and hit Victoria on the head. It caused her to lose balance since the wind was heavy and the ball was hard. She fell on top of Benji and Ryou stood up and looked really pissed off.