( Chapter 3 : Examinations )

Okay , Pirika and Ren sleep in the same bedroom but they have separate studyrooms . Now on with the story .

It was late into the night . Ren and Pirika were studying very hard for their on-coming examinations . Their relationship still remained common . The night was cold and the clouds were obscuring the moon and stars as if it were a sheet covering over bright and hope . It was unpredictable . What would happen next ? Waiting for the right time to disperse ...

" Well , that's it for the history of ancient babylons . "

Pirika got up from her cushioned chair and stretched herself . She yawned freely , without a care . And later , decided to take a walk around the house as a form of after-study exercise . She paced through the house , along its smooth marble floors . She peered into every room she thought curious of , and walked on . Then incidently , a door was left opened . Pirika peered curiously inside . She saw Ren all adsorbed into his studies , he did not notice her at all . Then Pirika remembered that Ren did not come down to eat his dinner earlier on . Pirika walked on ...

Pirika went to the kitchen to cook . The cooks were all asleep now and she did not want to bother them . Pirika cooked instant noodles along with egg and vegetables . It was not that Pirika loved Ren , it was just that she cared for everyone , no matter how harsh they treat her . Pirika arranged the toppings neatly on the noodles and took a tray and utensils , and brought it up to Ren's room .

" Ne , where is Ren-kun's room ? " Pirika looked with big eyes on the house legend .

" A right turn here . "

" Hmmmmmmmm . What's this ? Yah ! I missed out the compass thing ! "

And so Pirika spent ages on the map and finally got the map right and walked to Ren's room .

She opened Ren's door wide enough for herself and the tray to pass through , silently . Ren still was glued to his studies . She walked over the Ren's oak study table and placed the tray on the table's edge . It was only then did Ren realised that Pirika entered the room . He looked up .

" You didn't eat dinner , so I made this for you ! It's very simple but it should keep you from hunger . " Pirika said smiling , scratching her head in anime style .

" Whatever . You can go now . "

" Okay , bye Ren-kun ! "

And so Pirika went back to her own room with plenty of trouble from the maps . And so after a million years ...

" Yay ! My room ! " Pirika exclaimed .

She hopped onto the couch in her study room and hugged the cushions .

" Mmmmmmmffff . Cushions are great ! "

( bACk To Ren )

When Ren heard the door click after Pirika had left , he continued to study . It was French examinations the next day , and it was his worst subject so he had to study especially hard . He knew that burning midnight oil was no way to score good but he did not want to miss out anything from his previous dozen many times of practices of the subject .

After a few hours , the clock struck ( no not twelve , I know its famous but no . ) two . It was already two in the morning and he had not slept yet . Ren decided to stop studying . He had a glimpse of the already cold bowl of noodles that Pirika made for him .

" Oh hack . "

Ren took up the bowl of noodles and sat on his balcony chair eating it . He looked up into the sky . A cloudless sky , a soothing moon and bright stars . Ren ate his noodles and thought about his examinations but could not concentrate . He was thinking of Pirika . Ren was beginning to appreciate this girl's company ( not love ) . But he steeled himself to not think about such mushy matters and ate his noodles .

When Ren went back to the bedroom , Pirika was already asleep . Ren gazed at her .

" Why have I grown to prefer her ? " Ren thought silently .

Then Ren shook his head , brushed and went to bed .