WARNING: Horrible grammar, misplaced words, bad word choices and so on. This is Un'beta'd.

Previously in chapter 3:

Seeing the man looked at him from bottom to up and then bottom again, "Cute." The man sneered.

Akihito didn't need to look but knew what 'cute' he was referring to about. His cheeks burned till it reached his ear. "GET THE FUCK OUT!"

"This time, you didn't lock the door, so it's not my fault. After this encounter, let's say we are even." The man laughed walking out while politely closing the door. "Don't want you catching a cold now, do we?"

Opening the just shut door, "GO THE HELL!" he slammed the door.

"AND GIVE ME BACK MY BIKE!" and again slam!

Into the New World 4: Let the game begin!

SLAM!

Akihito's back touched the door when he crouched down; his semi-wet hair sprayed around his neck and baby hair all over his forehead. He was hopping mad with pink layering on his neck, face, and ears. Palming his face with his almost equally pinkish hands he took a few breaths to stabilize himself.

'Don't think this is over!'

...

The next morning, Akihito woke up earlier than usual to get to school. Since he didn't have his bike today, he intends to just walk. But to his surprise; once he walked out his flat, his bike was there. On one of the handles a note was tied to it:

"I'll see you at Rummy Cat later. A.R. ", it wrote.

'Damn! he even knows my work schedule.'

Once class was over, Akihito head to Rummy Cat. As usual, he walked in through the back door, placed his bike on a rack beside the door before heading to the changing room to change to his uniform.

The uniform was a western maid/butler concept but more simplified and clean. There were no exaggerated frilly dresses or vest but there was certainly the standard white long sleeve shirt plus a tie and knee-length dress plus a cute apron. The female's uniform consists of a dark chocolate dress, white long or short sleeve, a leather heel of 1 inch, a ribbon for a tie and a frilly cute bib apron in the same dark chocolate color. While the male's uniform is more simple: long white sleeve, tie, leather shoe, long pants, and a simple full bistro apron in the same dark chocolate color. But today when he was changing, he couldn't find his usual tie so he went without it.

When he came out of the back room, Suran greeted him with a smile. "Here, wear this." She handed him an ultramarine blue ribbon and said: "It's your new ribbon."

The new ribbon he got from Suran was smooth in touch and was pretty heavy for a string ribbon, but nevertheless, he wore it. He tied a butterfly knot and fixed his collar while looking at his reflection; the blue and overall warm tone uniform made a nice balance of color and match well with his platinum hair and hazel (brownish green) eyes.

"It looks great on you Aki!" Suran complemented with a thumbs up.

"Thanks."

"Oh, by the way, my parents are going to be back by next week, so we can finally relax a bit." (The Owner and his wife in their 50s mentioned in chapter one. Suran is their daughter and is the temporary store manager.)

"Cool! but Suran-san are you going to stay here to continue working or are you going to quit?"

"Hmn. I guess I'll be staying here for a while before I find my dream job. If I can't then I can always go solo and help out here from time to time."

"Nice! Good luck! I'm cheering for you!"

"Hehe. Thanks, Aki!"

By the time Akihito clock out, he looked at the time. It was a little past 7 pm and yet that jerk face of a neighbor of his has yet to appear. The note clearly said he'd see him at Rummy Cat, but guess the bastard forgot, Oh well, he thought but felt a little disappointed.

When he pushed the back door to leave, a familiar voice assaulted his ears, "Oh my. Why is kitty looking so down, did you miss me that much?'

There was no way he'd couldn't recognize that annoying teasing voice. "Who said I miss you, bastard!"

Hazel meets amber gold.

"How was work."

"お陰様で おかげさまで -okagesamade- Thanks to you- it's been wonderful today. I didn't need to serve an eyesore." Aki replied sarcastically.

"Hmn, so you do miss me."

"I said I don't. What's wrong with your head? Did you hit your head? You should get it checked out at a hospital. And stop following me! it's annoying!"

"I'm not following you. I'm also returning to my flat. We are neighbors. Oh, by the way, the blue ribbon looks good on you."

Aki stared at his neighbor a moment and all he could see is a damn semi-smile. Ugghhh! That totally gets on his nerves.

...

And then this repeated for days. There would be a note on Aki's bike every morning. The note will always say that he'd be at Rummy Cat or Fixer later the day. Asami would never disturb his work but would sit in the store and occasionally give him a look or two. ANd when he leaves, Asami would walk with him back to the flat. They would make small conversations on their walk back and they'd part with Asami telling him good night. Their usual conversation usually goes like this: how's work, what did you eat, did you ate, how were your day and nothing more. And when there's no work, Akihito would sometimes see Asami at Rummy Cat when on a break but Akihito always try to ignore Asami as much as possible and Asami would not approach Akihito because he'd know Aki would run off.

And finally, after 3 months of this 'torment', Akihito finally exploded. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?" he shouted in the alleyway. It was almost 3 am in the morning and he just got off work from the Fixer. And as usual, Asami sat for a few hours waiting for him to get off work. A semester has passed and Aki was seriously immune with Asami's stares and can practically treat his neighbor as invisible. Not saying that Akihito got used to Asami following -stalking- him, but there were times they held peaceful conversations even seemed to enjoy themselves with each others company. But still, there was this unsettling feeling that irritated him uncontrollably that no matter how much he'd ignore and curse Asami. The man just gives him a small smile and a pat on his head.

"CAN YOU JUST STOP THIS!? DON"T PAT MY HEAD! WHATSS-WHat with you?"

Still the same semi-smile.

"Don't worry your little head over this, Akihito. Staring from tomorrow you won't see me anymore." The older man said. He knew, Asami finally graduated last semester. He didn't hear any news about Asami moving out, but Suoh and Kirishima moved out already. So now he's going to leave...

Asami held up his hand to Akihito's face warming his cold cheeks. Slowly their distance shortens and Akihito could feel the warmth radiating from the man before him. Their foreheads touched and their nose made contact. Their lips were a few centimeters away...

"Akihito..."

"Hmn..?"

-chu *kiss*-

Their kiss was frantic, sloppy, messy and wild. Akihito circled both harms around Asami's neck and tiptoed slightly. Asami's arm slid down to hold onto Aki's waist. They kissed for a long while until Akihito felt out of breathe, he patted Asami signaling for him to stop, but Asami didn't. Asami's tongue continued to curl with his tongue blocking all air from his throat until finally, Akihito fainted.

The next morning, Akihito woke up in bed. He was still wearing his clothes from yesterday night. And what surprised him most is the slight numbness and itch he can feel from his ears. Walking to the closest mirror, he saw both of ears pierced. On both sides were a pair gold stud with a diamond embedded. His ears were swelling and slightly red. It matched him well he thought, but before that; that bastard!

Rushing out to his door to where his usual bike was parked, there was a note. After reading the note, Akihito race went from pale white to red.

"Good morning Aki~" Takato greeted. "You're up early today. What'd the matter, you're red. Are you feeling ok?"

"I'm fine. But just tell me this. Did Asami moved out?"

"Oh, That. For this whole week, Asami-san was packing. He told us not to tell you."

"Thanks for telling me."

"Aki, I'm sorry," Takato said guiltily.

"Don't be. It's ok."

Going back to his flat to get ready for class Akihito looked at the note again:


Akihito,

That pair of earring looks

good on you.

know you'll like it.

Next time, breathe from

your nose.

A.R.


That bastard! There's no next time!

THE END...?

This is the end of this mini prototype series. Should I continue this or leave it as it is. I intended this to have the main story. But IDK right now still have other stories I haven't complete yet...

let me know what you guys think.

furikakechan~