Chapter 6
"Wait! Hey..wait for me."Usui tried to steady himself while calling for Misaki. His right ankle was sprained so he's in crutches. They are in front of the house. Misaki stopped walking ahead and waited. Usui reached for her and slung his arm on her shoulder.
"Better. Let's go!" He said cheerfully.
She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Why do I have to do this?"
"Because it was your fault that I was injured. You chased me and that's why I fell on the stairs."
"That..was a rhetorical question, idiot!." She put her plam on her face. A sign that she was defeated by his idiocy.
"Misa-chan!" Misaki was startled. Definitely it wasn't Usui that was calling her. They both looked at the direction where the voice was coming from.
What happened next was like a fast track to Usui. Before he knew it, his arm was already floating on air.
"Shintani?" She called back and started running towards the guy.
"Im glad you can still recognize me even after 10 years." Shintani was beaming with smile. Usui frowned.
"So was her." He thought.
"Of course, but it took me five seconds. You lose weight and you're taller than me now!
Smile. Smile. Smile.
Usui clenched his fist. "She never smiled to me like that before."
"Haha yeah.. You know blah blah blah."
"Blah blah blah?"
"Blah..blah blah blah."
Usui refused to hear their conversations. He's really pissed. She didn't even bother looking back at him but the guy did with a grin in his face that made Usui blood pressure to go up. He pulled the lower part of his eyes with his forefinger and sticked his tongue out.
"Hmph!" he grunted and headed to the house.
"Don't you think the weather is nice?" Usui asked. Sitting in one of the chairs in the kitchen table. He's eating the toasted bread Misaki made.
"Oh yeah?" She faked a smile. Then she bit her bread and leaned on the sink.
"So…hmm… Who'stheguyyou'retalkingtoawhileback?" He asked.
"That was fast and I didn't understand it. Useless." "Seriously? This guy's annoying!."
He cleared his throat. "The guy." He coughed on purpose. "What was his name? Shintasha? Sanshita?"
"Shintani."
"Right! Sanshita!" Usui blurted.
Misaki smiled. She knows that their conversation isn't going anywhere.
"A childhood friend. More like a little brother."
"Little brother? Who am I kidding?" Usui laughed.
She glared at him. "What's so funny?"
His laugh turned into a cough. "Nothing."
"Are you retarded or what? Anyway, I gotta go." She clasped both of her hands, removing the tiny bits of the bread.
"Where?"
"To the house in front."
"What? Why?"
"Shintani bought that house and he asked me if I could help him fix his things. Now, are you gonna ask when and how as well?"
"Wha—"
"Ja!"
Misaki lay on the floor, arms in lateral position. Shintani sat on her side. They just finished arranging the whole house.
"Tired?" He asked.
She smiled. "Kinda."
"Im really sorry for bothering you."
She rubbed her hands on his brown hair. "You still really haven't change."
10 years ago..
"Uhm!" Shintani was busy eating his bread crusts when he suddenly bumped with a group of kids.
"Im sorry." He said blankly and continued walking, his eyes still on the bag of bread crusts.
"You! How dare you ignore our boss?" One of the kids grabbed his shoulder.
"I didn't." He said in monotone.
"You didn't even look at him!"
"Leave him. I think he likes it to be physical." The one they called boss shoved the bag of bread crusts away. Shintani watched it fall on the ground. Some of its contents were thrown.
The so-called boss laughed. "Now let's get this started." His fist was about to hit Shintani's face but a hand stopped him. His eyes widened, so was Shintani. It was a girl. A girl in their age. Her right hand is blocking the fist of the so-called boss and her left is rubbing her eye. She yawned. It was an amusing sight.
"W-what.. Let go!" The so-called boss struggled. Trying to remove his fist from her hand.
"B-boss. We'll take care of her."
The girl turned to the other three with murderous, menacing, do-not-take-another-step-or-else-I'll-break-his-hand-look on her face.
"Ahhhhhh!" They shouted and ran.
"M-my mom's probably l-looking for me now..Will y-you please let go?"
She unfastened her hand.
"Ahhhhh!" and the so-called boss ran too.
The girl turned next to Shintani. He was frozen. Terrified. To his surprise, the girl laughed.
"You're face is funny!" She continued laughing.
"I-im sorry!" He said, bowing to her.
The girl picked up the bag of bread crusts beside Shintani and threw it to him. He catched it.
"If you're gonna say sorry then I might as well hit you. Just say thank you." She smiled.
"Thank you."
"Misaki." She held her hand.
"Shintani." And he reached her hand.
"Thank you." He said.
"Better." She got up and he followed.
"By the way, from now on, stop treating as your little brother."
"Why?" Misaki was confused.
"B-because.." He paused. "Im taller than you now. Yeah. Haha. That's it!"
"Fine. No problem."
On the other hand…
"He smiled. She smiled. He laughed. She laughed. What the hell are they talking about!" Usui asked the wall. He was constantly watching them using his binoculars.
"Ughh. Why does Sanshita need to appear?" He said, whining like a kid.
Okkay! Your question: How come that Misaki was able to watch Hunter? Answer: Well maybe because of Half-naked-Usui's hug. She was able to overcome her fear.:DD
