Authors Notes: I am back with, I am sad to say, another short chapter. I did try to squeeze in a bit humor in this one, I'm just not sure if it worked well… --; Hope this chapter turns out alrighty for you guys… I will not make this long, I shall continue with my notes at the end of the chapter. Happy reading. :)
Disclaimer: I'm just writing this for the fun of it. I don't own it.
This chapter is dedicated to Tokyo Princess whose tons of cookies have kept me awake in the middle of the night to work on this chapter.
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Finding My Way to You
Chapter Five: Food doesn't grow on trees… --;;
By: Misao Seta/Hermionini.::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o::..::o:..::o:.
"So tell me Xiao, have you ever tried working in a restaurant sometime before?" The smiling, muscular and handsome boy standing right next to Xiaoyu asked. She blinked at his question and stumbled on a tree root, but thankfully, caught herself at the last moment.
"Have I ever worked in a restaurant before?!" The boy continued staring at her a thoughtful look was playing with his features.
"You're asking if I have ever worked in a restaurant before?!" The thoughtful look playing on his features had now vanished and was now replaced by a confused one.
"Nani? Is something the matter Xiao?"
Xiaoyu rolled her eyes.
"My parents own a restaurant. I used to LIVE in a restaurant! What do you expect?!" The poor bullied boy cringed.
"Ehh… it's not my fault for not knowing now was it? I never really researched on my classmates' houses in high school Xiao. Why did you move out of your parents house by the way Xiao?" Xiaoyu smiled at the memory that had flashed in her head of Miharu, Julia and herself searching for a flat, of the three of them moving in their things and of their first they living solo.
"Xiaoyu-san?" Jin waved a hand in front of Xiaoyu, who had a completely foolish smile plastered on her face.
"Ooh, well, the girls and I thought we ought to have more privacy and independence and since buying a flat on our own would be a lot costlier considering that we all pretty much had the same idea in our head, we decided to just share a flat." Jin smiled at the idea of sharing a flat with a good friend.
"Ah, that must have been very exciting and fun Xiaoyu-san." Xiaoyu nodded in reply and then brooded over his comment for a while before finally remembering a little rule she had made clear a few days ago… or was it a week? She had lost track of time, but nevertheless, the rule had still been made.
"Oi, Jinny-chan…" Veins had started popping-up in her head.
"Nani Xiaoyu-san?" He smiled and like the very many times before, anger flared.
"XIAO! XIAO! XIAO! XIAO! XIAO! What part of X-I-A-O don't you understand?! I AM NOT A SAN!!!" An assortment of things flew his way. A knife, a rock, toothpicks and whoa… underwear.
"Ano…" Jin held up something which was unmistakably panties.
"GAH!!! Hentai! You are a pervert! PERVERT!!!" A lot more stuff flew his way and the poor helpless boy had to dodge them all.
"Ack! Stop Xiaoyu-san! You threw them at me!!! Do you want these back, or should I hold them for a while?" He held up the panties once again along with all the other things that she had thrown at him. Xiaoyu angrily marched and snatched back all the things Jin were holding, blushing furiously when she grabbed her panties.
"Ugh! I said stop it with the SAN!!! San is too dignified." The Chinese mumbled, still blushing furiously from her earlier embarrassment.
"Alrighty then, if you don't want to be dignified, I will not call you san." He flashed her another smile and for a while there, Xiaoyu had actually been content with the way their conversation had turned out… until his words sank in.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Jin quickly pretended to have heard nothing and sped up his walking speed and whistled innocently. Xiaoyu had, once again, started throwing whatever her hands could land on towards the poor Jin. As he caught the knife that she had thrown at him, he called back to her.
"Xiao, I think it is best that I hold this until you stop throwing it at me, shall I? You never know who you might hit with your recklessness." Alright, this kid seems to be crossing the line today. Her reply was a very very frustrated scream.
"You are so damn weird." Xiaoyu said, slightly panting and extremely annoyed at him as she had finally caught up with him.
"Yup and your perfectly ordinary." She shot him a dirty look.
"One of these days, I swear I'd melt because of your gaze."
"I'd be hoping that day comes soon."
Jin shrugged.
"Anyway, what is it with the restaurant thing? What's that all about Jinny-chan?" The lads smile only widened.
"Eh. I ought to think that it was pretty obvious. Where do you think the money comes from? We've got to work to at. Although yes, it will be easier now since we have two people working-" She cut him off looking bewildered at what he had just told her.
"What on earth are you talking about Jinny-chan?! Why do we have to work? Didn't Dave-sama just send me money?"
"Yes, yes but you do not expect to depend on what he brought you for your whole journey now do you? You mean, you wouldn't need that money to shop?" Xiaoyu looked thoughtful. Okay, point taken.
"As I was saying, it would be easier now since we have two people working and one room to pay for." Xiaoyu had suddenly stiffened.
"O-Oi there! Don't get any ideas now Jinny-chan!" But
Jin's face only looked confuse at what she had said.
"What are you talking about Xiao?" Xiaoyu made a small noise as she realized
that she had over analyzed Jin's statement.
"N-nothing. N-nothing at all Jinny-chan. But where do we work? It's not like we can have a two-month job or anything you know." Jin nodded.
"Yes, but there are always odd jobs to be done. Sometimes workers get sick. We fill in for them and get some money and maybe, hopefully, a meal and room too." The Chinese whistled.
"Woohoo! Great deal you got there Jiny-chan."
"Exactly."
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"Tell me again, why did I agree to do this?!" Xiaoyu groaned as she tried ignoring the lecherous stares from her customers. The awfully short half-way from the knee skirt she was wearing, along with the piece of cloth that was suppoed to be her top was giving the customers too much view of her skin.
A whistle.
Yup too much indeed.
Jin who was running back and forth nimbly with orders stopped briefly to hear her and reply to her complaint.
"Smile big Xiao! Just do you death stare you always give me and they wouldn't even dare try a thing." He continued on leaving her to just stand numbly in the middle of the restaurant that they were working in.
"I never thought my glares were deadly. I never even thought they looked that unfriendly. HmM… maybe this is why Dave-sama never liked me. gasp Is this why Dave-sama never liked me?!"
"Hey you! Quit staring and start working! I don't pay you to modEL our uniforms here! Get your ass moving!" She glared at the owner and slammed a plate on a table. She threw her staring patron one of those 'death glares' that Jin was talking about. But the patron couldn't catch a clue even if it was staring in front of his face.
"Hey there baby. Maybe right after your shift, we could get together. I know this hot and cozy spot around the corner." Her smile froze in place as the young man slightly touched her arms. She took a deep breath and shook her head.
"Gomen ne, I'm not interested. I'm not looking for someone at this moment." But the man didn't seem to have heard her.
"HmM… or better yet how about coming over to my place? I want to show you a load of western things that I just got." Smile… smile… smile… smile. Just smile. Smile and everything would turn out great.
"NO! I mean, I'm sorry sir but I don't think so. Enjoy your food sir!" He grabbed her wrist firmly.
"Hey, hey, hey not so fast there. Why don't you sit down for a bit, you must be exhausted sweetie." That's it, no more acting nice.
"Please take that hand off me now or else you'll learn what pain is all about. I know fifty different ways to break it for you, you know."
"Kinky."
"ARGH!" The frustrated and angered Chinese pulled away, ran to get the net order and clenched her teeth as the man whistled at her as she left. Right now, Xiaoyu felt like killing something, but, miracle of miracles, she managed to keep her temper in check… at least for now.
"I want to eat tonight. So therefore, I will ignore the idiot in the corner who is looking at my…" All her thoughts of eating that night fled her mind.
Tsuzukeru…
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Authors Notes: So… how was it? Hope it was okay for you all. I know it's short and I promise more action in the next chapter.
Important-ish note:
For the previous chapter, I noticed the faces thing didn't work… there was one part when Jin was talking to Dave asking if Xiao was mad at him or something. There were apostrophes that are empty. The last night thing was supposed to be two of the triangle-ish symbol without a base and an underscore under. The morning thing was supposed to be two of the 'at' sign…as in the 'a' with a swirl and an underscore in the middle.
I loved all the reviews I got! Thank you oh so very much minna-san! :)
Mi-chan: Hhahha, I should stop complimenting you, you're starting to get a big head. :P Thanks so much for your never ending support.
Baccus Creamus: Oh thanks so much for your very kind words! They have certainly helped me with this chapter! Hope you'll stick with me to the end of this fic and hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as you did the previous. :) Oh and stick around, I've got something for ya on the next chappie. :)
Tokyo Princess: Heehee, nobody seems to like Dave. :( Wahaha.. thanks for your kind words and cookies hehehe, I think I've got a sore tooth now from too much sweets! And sorry if the previous chapter caused your head to hurt, here's the new chapter for you. :)
Potty: Aww! Thanks a bunch. Here's the next installment for you! :)
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hermionini/misao seta