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The Rain Washes Away All Guilt

Chapter 8: Everything

Previously
-"Max wanted to know if I could ... sleep over."
-"Max's Mom said you could go over whenever you're ready...so go pack up and we'll walk you over."
-They walked out the door. Max's house wasn't that far from the Ishiyama residence, so they walked. Hiroki skipped ahead. Ulrich wrapped his arm around Yumi's waist while they walked.
-"Why don't we go out to the new pizza place?"
-They arrived at Mrs. Russell's home, where Yumi walked Hiroki up to the door, so as to give Mrs. Russell her cell phone number in case of emergency.
-"Alright. Thank you Yumi. It's good to know Hiroki has such a responsible sister."

>"So, ready for lunch 'responsible sister'" Ulrich said as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind her and rested his head on her shoulder.

-----2:00pm Saturday-----
"Hey there. What would you guys like to drink?" An overly perky waitress said as she arrived at Ulrich and Yumi's table. Ulrich looked at Yumi, silently telling her to go first.

"I'll just have some iced tea, please."

"Okay," She jotted down the words, "And you, sir?" Yumi couldn't help but snicker.

Sir...Hah. She just called Ulrich sir. And for some reason...that's hilarious to me.

"I'll have Dr. Pepper, please."

"Alright, I'm Kairi and I'll be right back with that and I'll get your order then." Ulrich nodded to her as she retreated to the kitchen.

"What exactly were you laughing at?" Ulrich asked Yumi as soon as Kairi was out of earshot.

"Nothing...sir."

"Now, why is that so funny to you?"

"I'm not sure. I just never thought of you as a sir."

"And what have you thought of me as?"

Uh...What kind of a question...what do I say. Oh, ever since I met you, I've thought of you as the perfect person. Right. Then, I can only sound like a deranged lunatic!

"As a matter of fact, I've always thought of you as the kind of person who can only be found in a fairytale."

Much better, now you're not only a deranged lunatic, but you're an infatuated teen...and that's only ten times worse.

"Really now?"

"Yeah. Which brings me to my next point, what have you thought about me?"

Words. Come on. Words. Let's see. A shining star. Hah. An angel. No. A beauty queen...heck no! A, non conformist. Right...really complimentary. Now...words...

"Everything." Just then, Kairi returned to their table carrying the two drinks.

"Here we go, one iced tea, and one Dr. Pepper. Are you guys ready to order now?"

"We'll take asmall cheese pizza, please." Ulrich said barely taking his eyes off Yumi who was now blushing, smiling, and, at all cost, avoiding Ulrich's gaze.

"Alright. I'll be right back with that."

-----3:07pm Saturday-----
Ulrich and Yumi finished their pizza. During the course of the meal, they talked about random things like music, movies, and other such nonsense. Ulrich paid the bill and left an appropriate tip on the table, after winning the argument with Yumi about who was going to pay. They walked out of the building and Ulrich wrapped his arm around Yumi's waist once more.

"Thanks for lunch, Ulrich."

"No problem. Now what do you want to do?"

"I don't know."

"Let's see what the others are doing." Ulrich called Odd's cell phone.

"Hey Odd, what's up?"

"The sky." Odd replied, expecting a reply something to the effect of...

"Smart-ass. What's goin' on?"

"Not much. We're just hangin' out at the bench. We were thinking about going for ice cream but if you and Yumi have other plans...we'll just go without you."

"Sure, we'll come. Where at?"

"Where else, dipstick?"

"Alright...We'll meet you at Brusters in ten minutes."

"Ok. Bye."

"Bye." They hung up the phones. Ulrich averted his conversation back to Yumi.

"Apparently, we're going out for ice cream."

"Yum."