Thanks a lot to Pinky-neechan for the suggestions!!! *glomp* Your ideas were a great help!! I had lots of loopholes on this chap and you helped fix them. Doumo arigatou!!! ^^
Again, as always… Thanks sooo much to my ever-supportive and patient beta reader- psy-chan!!! *glomps* =^^=
CHAPTER 3
Oh boy… Watari's really mad at me now. But how was I supposed to know that whatever it was I stepped on is still important to him? I mean, I thought it was just part of whatever junk exploded in his lab. Besides, it's not like I broke it on purpose.
"Tsuzuki, how could you!? Don't you know that this is the central board for my latest invention? Without this, I'll never be able to finish my multi-purpose automatic can, bottle and jar opener- Charlie-kun!!!!" Watari reprimands, making me transform into inu-chibi once again.
"De~mo~ I didn't mean to! It was an accident, Watari~~~!!!!" I apologize, humbly bowing.
"Apology NOT accepted! From now on, you will be my slave in the lab until I am able to reconstruct Charlie-kun!" Watari exclaims, pointing an accusing finger at me.
"I can't do that!!!!" I answer back defensively. "I have to watch over my partner!"
He looks at Hisoka upon hearing that.
"Besides, I told you I--"
"SSHHH!!!" Watari presses his lips with his index finger to silence me.
He walks past me towards Hisoka's bed. Hisoka is still curled up, leaning on the window… sound asleep. Watari leans forward and gently lifts him up, then lays him back down on the bed for a more comfortable position to sleep. He pulls the blanket over him and sweetly whispers 'Oyasumi'.
After that he approaches me again.
"We'll talk about this tomorrow." He hisses in my ear and walks out of the room.
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This morning, I woke up earlier than Hisoka. Right now I'm staring at him. Again. I never really get tired of saying this, but Hisoka really is so cute especially when he's sleeping.
My little angel…
Call me sappy, but I guess no one would dare argue if I say that Hisoka is the most adorable thing in existence.
He stirs a little. That's a sign that he'll be waking up soon. So I guess I should get up and make my way to the break room to get breakfast for him. As much as I'd love to see him cutely open his eyes, I know that he'll be hungry by the time he comes back from the land of dreams.
Great. Just great. Who else do I see at the break room but Watari? And first thing in the morning too! He turns to look at who had just entered, and sees me standing frozen on the doorframe.
And he smiles.
"Ohayou Tsuzuki!" He greets cheerfully.
Am I still sleeping? I must be dreaming. Watari is actually smiling at me after what happened last night?
I think I have a bad feeling about this.
"Ne, Tsuzuki, I have a proposal to make." He begins with a seemingly innocent smile. "Since you can't be my slave at the lab because you have to watch over bon, I've thought of another way that you can pay for destroying Charlie-kun."
Okay, I don't think, I know I have a bad feeling about this.
"Why don't you tell Tatsumi that he can deduct the cost of the lab explosion from your paycheck?"
"WHAT!!!?" I suddenly burst out. "But… but…"
Watari interrupts.
"We~ll, if you don't want to, you are always welcome to be my slave." He states calmly, and then whistles innocently.
I knew it. From the moment he smiled at me there was definitely something wrong. Of course, he knows that I have no choice but to agree with his idea.
"Okay, my debt it is." I reluctantly submit.
"Yosh, it's a deal then!"
And Watari happily skitters out of the break room.
I don't regret it though. Hisoka is my priority right now. Not my paycheck.
Nor the sweets I can buy with it.
And NO! I am NOT going to cry over that!
Never!!
Really!
…
Me and my miserable life.
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"What happened to you?" Hisoka asks, looking at me curiously upon seeing me walk in.
No wonder. I had my shoulders slumped all the time since I came back.
"It's nothing." I answer gloomily.
"Right." Hisoka answers with clear doubt in his voice, and adds "You look like someone had just stolen all of your favorite sweets."
If it weren't for the fact that I turned inu-chibi, broke into tears, and wailed madly when Hisoka mentioned that, I would've admired him for his sharpness and impressive memory. I mean, he had only seen me eat sweets once or twice, and now he knows how much I love them. Or maybe it's just that obvious.
Or… could it be because a part of him still remembers? Could his memories possibly be slowly coming back? I do hope so.
Tears still flowing from my eyes like waterfalls, and me still throwing tantrums on the floor, Hisoka beckons me to come closer to him. I obediently do so and he keeps me in a warm embrace. Then I start to feel his gentle hand pat my hair.
"There, there. So you won't cry anymore, I'll give you a promise. Once I get my paycheck, I'll buy you sweets. Lots of them if you like. Is that okay?"
I look up to him with pleading puppy eyes.
"Promise?" I raise my little finger to him.
"Un! Yakusoku da yo! " And he crosses his pinky over mine.
"Weee~~~!!!"
I glomp him.
The next second, I felt a closed fist hit my head really hard.
"Hidoi~~~!!!! What was that for!?"
I whine, nursing my poor, poor head.
"You wet my shirt. Baka." Hisoka states calmly, as if what he did was reasonable enough.
Such a moody partner, one moment he's sweeter than an angel, the next he's like a little devil.
A very cute devil, mind you.
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"Hi~so~ka~~~!" I whine for the nth time that day.
"No, no and NO!" He argues, and then pulls the bowl and spoon away from me.
"But…" I insist again.
"No, Tsuzuki and that's final!"
"Fine." I slouch on my seat.
I hate it when Hisoka becomes so stubborn. You see, it all started when I came back here from the break room (I forgot to get his breakfast earlier so I had to go there again) and pleaded, begged, even used my ever-effective puppy look. I wasn't asking for a big thing. I just wanted to spoon-feed him. Is that too much to ask!?
A knock sounded on the door.
"I see you two are having the time of your lives."
Hisoka and I both turn to the door to acknowledge who just came in. It's Tatsumi. He briskly walks towards my partner's bed and gives him a rare, warm smile.
"How are you today, Kurosaki-kun?" He asks with a well-suppressed tone of concern, which you can only detect if you've known Tatsumi for as long as I have.
"I'm fine. I feel a lot better than yesterday now that I've eaten already." Hisoka answers timidly, blushing slightly.
"I see. That's very nice to hear." Tatsumi claps his hand once. "Well, I've come to deliver good news!"
Now this is rare. Usually when Tatsumi comes looking for us, especially me, it's a bad sign. Like the last time, if I still remember correctly, is in order to tell me that for the seemingly millionth time, my salary has been cut… again.
"Kachou told me to inform you two that starting today; you are officially given a whole month of break." He states calmly.
It took a few minutes before the information finally sank in.
"Re… Re… REALLY!?" I burst out excitedly.
"Yes, Tsuzuki-san, it's for the simple reason that you have been working nonstop for the past ten months. Also, we have to provide enough recovery time for Kurosaki-kun. Kachou and I discussed this and have come to that conclusion."
"So that means…" I look at him with hopeful eyes. I still can't believe it.
"From now on, you two are on vacation." Tatsumi finishes for me.
Sugoi!!! Finally! A vacation! One month even!
For that length of time…
Hisoka and I…
Together…
All by ourselves.
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=^w^= Wai! Another chapter! Done! ^^
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Starza: Oooohhh… you think so? I'm so happy! ^^ I thought the story was going nowhere. I'm glad you said that the flow's okay. *heart* Oh and thanks a bunch for the compliment ('story's cute')… You just don't know how much it means to me. ^^
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Kireira: Yup, of course I won't give his memory back so soon *insert evil, sadistic laughter* I want to play with the cute and innocent Hisoka-chan for a while. ^^ But there might be parts that the real Hisoka would show (like when he gets mad at Tsuzuki and whacks him on the head XD) Hehe..
Ita-chan: O_o ooohhh bad Ita-chan… trying to corrupt empath-chan's already corrupted mind… LOL like I was ever innocent!!! XD hehehe.. But… about your request, I'm not sure. If it becomes necessary for the fic, why not? *evil smirk* but… I'm scared. *puppy eyes* I'm really no good at writing that kind of stuff, and I might end up ruining the entire fic. So, I'll see. I promise I'll think about it. ^^ *heart*
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Translations:
inu-chibi- little puppy demo- but Oyasumi- "Good Night" or "Sleep well" Yakosoku da yo- I promise. Hidoi- meanie or how mean Sugoi- amazing(If I made mistakes in my translations, please feel free to correct me. It'll be much appreciated. =^w^=)