Disclaimer: I do not own Ceres.

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A/N: Okay… I thought I could just fly through this fic… But I guess not. It's not very fun. I hate beginnings in fics, and I wish it was farther along but I need it to be 5 chapters so it will be in sync with my other fic.

Date(s): February 26th, 2006

March 5th, 2006.

Music: Ayumi Hamasaki - (miss)understood - is this LOVE?

THIS FIC CONTAINS SPOILERS… if you haven't read the entire manga.

Thanks to Krista for giving me some ideas.

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Two Years After Volume Fourteen of the Manga

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"A job?"

"Yeah. I figured it would be a good start to get back onto my own feet. And I really want to meet new people… You know, maybe try to move on with some rebound guy."

"Well we don't really need any new people right now, but since you're such a close friend of Yuuhi's, then I guess I can make an exception for you, Aya."

I stood up and bowed towards Aniishi. "Arigato gozaimasu!"

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"Irasshaimasu!"

Working in Yuuhi's restaurant was such a drag. And it sucks when you're a hostess because you have to be all cheery, and when it's a boring place you tend to have a boring attitude.

My pay was really awful. The people were awful. The food wasn't awful, I would know… I ate it every five minutes. But everything else was just terrible!

The thing I hated the most was the customers. They were old and bitchy, every single one of them. Just looking at their twisted smiles made me want to puke, or at least smack them. They needed to find a life instead of sitting here in this restaurant every day… But then again, so did I.

"More coffee, sir?"

"It's about damn time you asked!"

"Well if you were that eager to get some coffee, sir, then you should have called me or one of the other girls over."

"What? Are you insulting me?"

"How am I insulting you?"

"Now you're back talking me!"

I sighed heavily and just poured the stupid old man his coffee… except I moved my hand too fast.

"YEEOWCH!"

I looked down at the man and he was completely covered in hot coffee. "I'm so sorry!" I quickly got the towel from my apron and tried soaking it off of him.

"Get offa me, ya bitch!" He shoved me aside and walked away from the table.

"Hey! You can't leave! Hey! I said I was sorry! HEY! You need to pay! AHHH FUCK YOU!"

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"Mikagi-san… If you keep this sort of stuff up we're going to have to fire you."

"I know."

This sucked. It was only my first day and I was already getting yelled at by Aniishi. I tried telling her what happened, but she wouldn't listen. I had a feeling I would have been fired already if I wasn't Yuuhi's friend.

"Don't let it happen again."

"Yes, ma'am."

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That night I couldn't go to sleep. I kept thinking of what a weird situation this must be for everyone. Just some random girl who can't even raise herself in your house. I just kept tossing and turning in that small room, trying to go to sleep.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD!"

I sat straight up after hearing the shriek. I got out of my room and wandered down the hall to Yuuhi and Aniishi's room. I ran in, "What's wrong? What happened?", thinking something or someone got hurt.

But when I walked into the room, I saw both Yuuhi and Aniishi jumping up and down yelling, "Pregnant, pregnant, pregnant!"

"Aya, Aniishi is pregnant! We just checked the test!"

I tried to smile, I really did.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I lied. "I was just thinking how great it's gonna be to see a little Yuuhi running around."

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"Okay, so here's their phone number, and here's the list of groceries we need… You can just ask one of the waitresses to get it, or Aya can get it if she feels like it, and here's the emergency numbers and here's-"

"Aniishi! I got everything. Hurry, or you're going to be late to the airport!"

"Bye! Bye, Aya!" She waved to me. Aniishi was going to see her parents for a while to tell them the great news. She said she hadn't been to the United States since she got out of high school, and she thought the baby wouldn't give her a chance to see them after she had it.

"Bye Aniishi. I love you."

Yuuhi and Aniishi kissed. You know. All that good stuff. Gross.

"I love you too." She kissed him on the cheek before walking out the door and driving off in her nice new Mitsubishi.

Yuuhi turned to me. "So what was wrong with you last night? You're lucky Aniishi doesn't know you well enough to tell when you're lying. But I'm a different story."

"Nothing was wrong."

"Liar."

"Nuh uhhhhhhhhhh…."

He walked towards me and grabbed me by the waist, and started to tickle me. That bastard! He knew I hated being tickled! "Liar, liar, pants on fire!"

"AHH! Yuuhi… st-stop!" I struggled to get away, but his fingers kept rubbing my sides, making me laugh and cry at the same time. I tried running, but it only made us both tumble to the ground, making both of us blush as he was laying on top of me.

"Fine, you want me to tell you?" I asked, not letting him get up from where he was. "I tried working at your dumb restaurant to try to meet new people, but it's not working out. I don't need to meet new people. I just want one person in my life."

"Who's that?"

I blushed, but I had to say it. "It's you." I locked my lips with his for a sweet moment, until he got up and looked at me fearfully.

"Aya… I'm sorry. I already told you that I can't do this! I can't do it. I'm so sorry… I know how hard it is to see someone be with someone else. I saw you and Touya. I know how you feel. But I just can't do it. I don't want to cheat on Aniishi, even if she is away for a whole month."

"I'm sorry too… I really am."

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SO, you likey? This was better than the first one.