Chapter 2: Trouble…and lots of it!

As soon as she stepped off the plane two fully packed suitcases were thrown after her. "Hey!" she shouted. "What are these…" The words died on her lips as she watched the plane take off again. "Fine! Just leave me here then! I can take care of myself!" Scuffing her shoe against the pavement Mimi took a look around. It looked like where she was standing was a regular plane landing ground. It was marked with lines and lights, was reasonably flat, was large and had absolutely no-one else in sight. Mimi grimaced. So here started her journey. Not very promising. Then she caught sight of a sign. "Young and Fearless accepted applicants this way. Bring luggage. 2 KM." Mimi's eyes stayed on the last part of the sign and then glanced back towards her suitcases. Her eyes widened in disbelief but seeing there was nothing else for it she took a deep breath and picked them both up.

2 hours later

Panting Mimi dragged her suitcases up the last two steps and collapsed outside the glass doors of a forbidding looking building. "Just a little bit further," she muttered to herself. The glass doors slid open automatically and Mimi just managed to get her bags inside. A young receptionist who looked like she had only taken the job to flirt with the boys looked up with a big grin.

"Hello sir are you one of the courses few accepted applicants?" Mimi felt herself going scarlet. How was she supposed to react to a girl flirting with her? "Maybe she'll just think I'm a very shy boy," she hoped fervently.

Smiling slightly at the girl she left her suitcases and walked up to the desk. "Could you please direct me to where I'm staying? I have no idea where to go."

The girl nudged her with her shoulder. "Don't tell me you dragged those suitcases so far! You must have some muscles hunk! I wouldn't mind sharing a room with you, catch my drift?" Mimi coughed nervously and on tiptoe just managed to see over the girl's shoulder, she caught sight of her surname on the list. 'M. Tachikawa and M. Ishida Room 255 Tortilla Wing.' Not meeting the girls eyes Mimi backed away. "Thanks for your help, I'm sure I'll see you soon. Goodbye!" Grabbing her cases and not knowing where she got the energy she ran out the glass doors.

With a sigh Mimi collapsed in her room. It had taken her ages to find the Tortilla Wing. She had visited the Nacho Wing, the Pizza Wing and the Taco Wing first and in all of them there had been so many boys! Now Mimi was no stranger to males but to be among so many of them who all thought she was a boy well that was a new experience! Anyway at last she was alone in her room. There was a knock on the door. Mimi groaned aloud. Was she cursed or something? Pulling herself up she grumpily opened the door to meet a pair of blue eyes. Her heartbeat increased. "No not cursed I'm blessed," she murmured. The owner of the blue eyes frowned. "Did you say anything?" he questioned. Mimi felt herself going faint. "No, no nothing. Make yourself at home." So saying she fled to the bathroom. When she came out 1 hour later she had managed to compose herself…

Who was she kidding? She was most certainly going to go to pieces if she stayed in his company too long and to make it worse she was sure he was a charming, kind, pleasant…

"You took your time didn't you? What were you doing in the bathroom anyway? Pondering life's mysteries?"

"I..I.." Mimi began but was cut off by the boy.

"Don't do it again. This is OUR bathroom." With a smirk he slammed the door shut in her face and locked it. Mimi felt herself boiling up in anger. Scratch everything she said! He was an egotistic jerk and the less time spent with him the better!

Mimi had cooked some scrambled eggs and bacon while he was in the bathroom. She had also changed her clothes very fast. The last thing she needed was him to find out she was a girl. She had no doubt he'd enjoy exposing her to the course. Now she plonked herself in front of the T.V. this was probably the last free time she'd experience in a while, she should indulge. She heard the bathroom door open and him come out. Not turning around she shouted, "There's bacon and eggs on the pan on the stove. Help yourself I've taken my share. Oh and by the way I know this is OUR room but it is MY life so I'd appreciate it if you STAY OUT OF IT!" Hearing nothing Mimi turned around and immediately went bright scarlet. The mystery boy was standing in the middle of the room, hands on hips, wearing nothing but a towel and staring at her amusedly. Wait a second! Did she mention that he was wearing nothing but a towel! Mimi took a deep breath. She had to control herself and act as if she saw half-naked, absolutely gorgeous males every day. "What are you staring at?" she asked trying to make sure her words didn't stumble.

His annoying smirk increased, "You," he said simply. Mimi stared resolutely at the T.V. and a minute later she heard him walking into the kitchen. Wasn't he going to put on a damn shirt? I mean how long did boys walk around half-naked? She felt the hairs on the back of her neck rising and knew he was behind her. "What do you want?" she asked rudely. Now was not the time to think about manners. The boy chewed thoughtfully, "These are good! I take it you're going to be cooking usually then?"

"You take it wrong! I am most certainly not going to cook anything for you but hey I don't expect you to cook for me either! Anyway I have just a few rules to go through with you…

Leave me alone

Cook and clean your own stuff I'll do mine

Leave me alone

No walking around half-naked in case um my girlfriend comes over

Leave me alone

We get an equal share of T.V. each night

And lastly leave me alone!

Now if you've got all that I'll be catching a few winks in MY bed. I'm setting my alarm for 6:00am so be warned and by the way please don't say anything the expression on your face is priceless."

Getting up Mimi being careful not to sway her hips as she walked practically ran to the bedroom. "Thank goodness there were two beds," she thought. "Otherwise I just might die from embarrassment." Smiling to herself she climbed into bed only to be confronted with those blue eyes again. Mimi scowled

"I think you're forgetting one of the rules. Which one could it be? Oh yeah LEAVE ME ALONE"

" My name's Matt. What's yours? I mean I could just call your freak all the time but…" he shrugged his shoulders.

For once Mimi had no time to be offended she needed to think of a name to respond to and fast. Well…

"I guess you can call me Mike," she said forgetting herself and smiling at him. She immediately realised her mistake when Matt looked at her confused. God! He must think she had real mood issues. Oh well maybe that would encourage him not to talk to her. Giving him another cheery smile she popped her head under the cover and closed her eyes. Before she drifted off she was sure she heard him chuckle and switch off the light.