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Chapter 13

Room 21

In room 21, Baiken had stopped crying, but there were still tears on her cheeks, so Yaone had to get her a box of tissue.

"I didn't even expect that idiot would drink it… but then again I shouldn't have left it on the table, it's my fault really…" muttered Baiken as she wiped away her tears.

"So you… really like Anji as a boy?"

Baiken paused as she thought. "Well… he is kind of adorable, helpful, cheerful, kind-hearted… okay, so he does do one or two stupid things once in a while, but can you blame him? He's just a kid… well, was. And now he has gone back to normal and completely forgotten about what he has done for the past few weeks… forgotten about me…"

"…Forgotten about you?" asked Yaone slowly. "Wait a second, don't tell me…"

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door and Millia came in without getting the permission.

"Excuse me, Yaone, you are required." said Millia.

"Can't it wait?" asked Yaone.

"It's an emergency. Your stuff has gone wrong." said Millia urgently.

"What?" asked Yaone and she got up.

"Stuff? You mean Anji's antidote?" asked Baiken straightaway.

"Err, no," lied Millia. "It's her room, I think something has exploded. I can see blue smoke coming from under the door."

"Oh…"

"Then I better go back… get some rest, Baiken. I will come back to talk to you later." said Yaone and Millia grabbed her to go to the door.

Baiken watched as the door closed before she lied down and closed her eye.

***

Night

Knock knock

"Sis?"

Baiken stirred and open her eye.

"Sis, are you in there?" asked a voice gently outside her room.

Anji!

Baiken got up immediately. "What?" she asked.

"Could you open the door?" asked Anji.

Baiken went to the door and opened it. The sight of adult Anji just pained her, but she took a breath and asked, "What do you want?"

"I was just wondering…" said Anji slowly, his hands clasped behind his back. "… if you have gone for dinner."

"…Does it concern you?" asked Baiken.

"…Yes actually. I want to ask you to go for dinner with me."

Baiken blinked. The adult Anji in the past had never asked her to go for dinner with him. Well, he did ask her once and she rejected him without thinking. So he always ended up eating with Axl, Johnny and the rest of the gang…

"…So… how about it?" asked Anji hopefully.

"…Okay."

***

Guilty Gear Hostel Canteen

Everyone looked up as Baiken walked into the canteen, with Anji smiling and strolling in behind her. But then they went back to their meals again, looking at the two Japanese once in a while at the corner of their eyes.

"Jam!" called Anji. "Konbawa!"

"Err…hi." said Jam.

"I want one tori karage bento set!" said Anji. "For the two of us!"

"…Only one?" asked Jam, blinking.

Anji blinked back, and then he looked down before he smiled. "Oh yeah, I forgot. Two then. Takeaway."

"Huh?" asked Baiken.

"Let's eat outside, under the moonlight." said Anji.

"Nani?"

"I got something to tell you in private anyway." said Anji.

Baiken looked at Anji before she said, "Fine, it's better be important."

"It is."

***

Anji and Baiken got themselves a bench near a tree and sat down. Baiken opened her bento on her lap and picked up her chopsticks. It was then she found that Anji wasn't moving. He was staring into space, his food untouched.

Straightaway, Baiken remembered how she used to scream at the little Anji for eating as slow as a tortoise. That seems like years ago…

Before she could stop herself, Baiken said, "Oi, eat your food. I'm not going to feed you, all right?"

Then she shut up when Anji looked at her. "Erm, I mean…"

Anji smiled. "You don't need to feed me…Mummy."

Baiken stared at Anji, her mouth fell open.

"Don't stare, Sis." said Anji, continued to smile. "It's rude. You taught me once when you found me staring at Zappa when he got taken over by S-ko. And ouch, you pulled my ears really hard for that…poor me, I just couldn't help it, as a kid…"

"You… remember?" asked Baiken.

Anji put his and Baiken's bento aside. "All of it. Yaone came to see me when I thought I was going nuts having those… 'illusions' of you taking care of me and stuff. And then she told me that I was not going crazy. I slept for a while and when I woke up… I just remembered all. Your care for me is real. I remember… how caring you are, how worried you got over me when I was being taken away and how much we had spent together."

"I just knew that you are an angel in the heart, Sis," he continued. "I have seen it all the past few weeks. You may be fierce, but all of your actions show that you care. Actions speak louder than words, you know."

"What can I say? You just… make me like you more than before."

Baiken's eye widened. Anji looked away. He swallowed nervously and took out his fan to fan himself. "Maa, that wasn't too difficult to say…"

"…Oi."

"What?" asked Anji as he continued to stare in front.

"You were kind of… cute when you were a kid."

Anji stopped fanning himself. He looked at Baiken.

"Eh?"

"I had seen a lot of your good points when you were a kid. They still remain when you are an adult."

"So…" asked Anji slowly.

Baiken muttered something that seemed inaudible.

"Nani?" asked Anji.

"…"

"What did you say?"

"…forget it… I"

"Huh?"

"I said," said Baiken in a loud voice. "I like you with all those good points, all right?"

Silence as Anji stared at Baiken. His eyebrows shot up, nearly disappeared under his fringe.

Baiken just realized what she had said and she looked down on her lap. "…Che, then again, you are really…"

Anji suddenly took Baiken's hand. Baiken looked up and found Anji gazing at her.

"Do you really mean that?" he asked, his voice deep and serious.

Looking back at Anji, Baiken could feel heat raising up in her cheeks. "I…"

"Be true to yourself, Baiken." said Anji softly.

Baiken was about to answer when…

CRACK

"AHHH!!!!"

CRASH

Anji and Baiken turned and jumped out from their places as Johnny, Axl, Ky, Dizzy, Jam, Testament, Bridget, May and Zappa fell from above and ended up in an awkward position on the ground, groaning in pain. Pieces of wood could be seen on the ground.

"Eeow, get off me!" said Axl to Bridget, whose heel was practically digging into his back.

"Sorry!"

"Oh Johnny you saved me!" said May, hanging onto Johnny in delight.

"Err, right…"

"Get your hands off her, human!" snarled Testament to Ky, who had his arms around Dizzy. Dizzy looked rather dazed.

"I was trying to break her fall!" said Ky in protest.

"What are you all doing?" said Baiken finally, her cheeks pink. Anji quickly let go fo Baiken's hand.

"Err, well, you see…" said Ky, trying to explain. "We were just curious…"

"Curious?" said Baiken in disbelief. "Nosy is more like it."

"Non non!" said Ky, shaking his head.

"M-Maa, looks like you all have broken someone's balcony with your weight, which unlucky one does it belong to?" asked Anji, trying to change the topic.

"Err, we don't know, we just went to the room that had the best view…" said Johnny and everyone looked up to the hostel.

Silence.

"My room isn't that one, thanks goodness." said most in relief.

"My room is there." said Axl, pointing at one. "And there, it's Millia's room, and then…" his hand stopped at the one with the broke balcony.

"And who is living next to her?" asked Johnny.

Silence again.

"…Uh oh." said Axl slowly.

"Mon dieu, don't tell me…" started Ky slowly, his face pale.

"…Oi." said a voice.

Everyone froze at the sound and they turned. Sol was behind them, with Millia beside him.

"…What. Did. You. All. Do. To. My. Balcony?" asked Sol slowly and darkly.

"Err, Danna, you see, um…" started Axl and laughed nervously. "Oh come on, it's just the balcony, really…"

"It's an accident, it's Axl's fault really, if he didn't push us to get a better view of Anji and Baiken in the first place…" said Johnny.

"Oi!" exclaimed Axl. "You practically leaned over the railing yourself!"

Sol narrowed his eyes and Millia shifted away from him.

"I could have stopped them, Sol, but um…" said Ky.

"Stopped? You were watching with interest too." pointed out Johnny.

"Err, Sol, listen…" started Ky.

Sol scowled and raised his Fireseal.

"D'accord… Run!" yelled Ky and everyone scattered in all directions.

"Time to go, Baiken." said Anji.

He grabbed Baiken's hand and they ran to get away from Sol.

"DRAGON INSTALL!"

"Ahhh!!!" screamed Axl. "Not that!"

"I'm going to get you all for this! Especially you, Boy Scout!" yelled Sol as he chased after the rest in his Dragon Install mode.

"Why me?" yelled back Ky.

As she ran, Baiken looked down at hers and Anji's hand as they held on together. Finally she smiled, knowing that she now had the answer to Anji's question in her heart…

The End