Hello everyone, here's yet another chapter. This one is going to explain Minako's back story/past, so there is gonna be A LOT of dialogue (sorry). Also, thanks namine23 for the HS name, so Akihiko's school is now called Trinity High School. ( sounds like a worship to a hated god…). Anyway, enough talk, here's chapter 3.

Chapter 3- Reason for Working

Akihiko's Home- Evening

"I'm home." Minako said as she entered the through the front entrance. Soon, a hyper Miki started running towards her holding her bunny, Kumi-chan.

"Nako-chan! Welcome back~" Miki shouted in glee while hugging Minako's legs. "What's that? What's that?" Miki asked staring at the box she was holding.

"It's the cake you wanted me to make for you." Minako replied in a calm voice. "I made sure that there was more than enough for you and Kumi-chan."

With that said, Miki looked like she just got a surprise party. "Really! I wanna see! I wanna see!" Miki beamed while jumping up and down around her.

"Oh Miki, please let Minako relax before she drops the cake." A middle -aged woman was standing under an arch that leads into the dining room.

She was Misaki Sanada, a.k.a. Miki and Akihiko's mother. She had long black hair with bangs and it was always kept in a high ponytail. Her maiden name was Misaki Kuroyoko, and she was also from a rich family. The Kuroyoko family had created a very popular clothing line and Misaki usually designs and makes the clothes for Miki and even created the maid outfit for Minako. She married her husband, Takeshi by, you guessed it, arranged marriage. But thankfully, it was love at first sight for the both of them.

"Okay mommy~" Miki said while walking away from Minako to give her some space. Once Minako was settled in, she walked towards the dining room, with Miki following of course, and placed the cake on the table.

"Can I see now Nako-chan?" Miki asked in a slightly whiny voice. "Alright." Minako opened the box and there was a mall round cake with sliced strawberries around the edges.

"Nako-chan it's perfect!" Miki shouted with sparkles in her eyes.

"Oh my Minako, it's looks so delicious." Misaki commented while admiring the cake.

"You're too kind Lady Sanada…" Minako bowed her head in order to hide her embarrassed face. "Please, don't be so formal, just call me Misaki."

They all started talking, usually about school, until a certain silver headed boy came home. Miki of course ran to him first and gave her usual tackle hug.

"Haha~ Aki-nii welcome back!" Akihiko picked her up and smiled. "Look, look! Nako-chan made me a cake!" Miki pointed to the box.

"So she did." Akihiko replied, and then turned his attention to Minako. "You shouldn't have gone out of your way to do this you know."

"Nonsense, I promised Miki didn't I?" Minako said with her usual smile, "Anyway, um, I have homework, so, I won't be able to make dinner…" Minako said apologetically.

"Don't worry about Minako, you deserve a break once in a while." Misaki said reassuringly. "It's fine."

Minako nodded and headed upstairs to her room. Akihiko watched her and he still was wondering why a young girl is working now. He has to ask her, so he started to follow her. "Aki-nii, where are you going?" Miki asked.

"I also have some homework to finish." Akihiko said calmly.

"Okay~ I'll tell you when dinner's ready~." Miki said happily.

Minako's Room

Minako was sitting in her room finishing up her history homework. All she had left was the damned algebra homework. Her room was a medium-sized room with pink wallpaper. She had a dresser, desk, bookshelf, and a twin sized bed. She had a few posters on her wall. To name a few, she had a K-ON poster, Haruhi Suzumiya poster, and a Durarara poster. Yeah, she was an otaku. Anyway her bookshelf contained 50% textbooks and 50% mangas and on her dresser was a photo of her, her parents and her brother Minato.

"Hey, can I come in?" Minako heard Akihiko say from outside her door. "Sure." Minako replied. Just in time…

Once Akihiko walked in, Minako ran to him holding up her homework in his face. "Akihiko! Help me please!"

"Um.. okay?" Akihiko sat beside her and scanned all of the questions she needed help with and explained everything.

-Afterwards-

"-sigh- Thanks." Minako said stretching her arms.

"Hey Minako, can I ask you something?" Akihiko asked. "Hmm? Sure I kinda owe you for the homework anyway." Minako said looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

"How come you work here?" Akihiko asked bluntly. "You're younger than me anyway, I'm sure you have better things to do."

Minako kept silent with a pained look on her face. She knew that Akihiko would keep bugging her about it so she decided to let it out know. "Alright, I'll tell you." Minako took a deep breath and started to explain.

"When I was little, my mom and dad use to get into fights a lot. I never knew what they fought about but it was always intense with at least one of them throwing something. My little brother, Minato was always really scared and I would always try to cover his ears to block out the noise."

Minako swallowed hard then continued. "So, 3 years ago, my dad had an affair with this women and left us one day without warning." Akihiko noticed the strain in her voice when she said that.

"Ever since then I started working because my mom didn't make enough money for us, so I started working at the Changall Café as a waitress. That's when I met your mother and how I got this job. She asked me about why I was working being 15 at that time."

"So, you were only working to help provide for your mom and brother?" Akihiko asked trying to piece everything together. Minako nodded. "That and for my brother's college fund. He's 15 now and I figured once he graduates high school, I'd make enough money for him to go to college."

"But what about you?" Akihiko asked staring at her. Minako replied with a shrug. "I dunno, I'm trying to get a scholarship. If I can't, I would either start late or not go at all."

Minako really cares about her brother... Akihiko noticed Minako starting to cry. "Hey Minako. What's wrong?" After he said that, he realized how stupid that sounded.

"Well, since I've gone this far, I'll tell you." Minako said wiping her tears. "Four months ago my mom starting hitting the bottle really hard due to her depression about my father and in late May she was hospitalized because of driving drunk. So now she's in a coma and I have to pay for her medical bills now."

"Minako…Why didn't you tell me this before?" Akihiko said. "I could have given you some money to help…"

"N-no! I'm already grateful for having this job, I couldn't…" Minako stuttered looking away. "Besides, I'm being paid more than enough and my mom is in the best hospital now. Anyway, I'm gonna go and see if Miki wants that cake."

Before Minako could get up from her chair, Akihiko quickly embraced her in a tight hug. "You know you don't have to act so tough around me you know?" Akihiko whispered in her ear. "If you want to talk, I'll be glad to listen to you." Minako looked up and smiled. "If you insist Akihiko…"

Whew. I'm done, yay! By the way, I created a deivantart account if you guys/girls want to check it out. I kept the same pen name as this one, so it wouldn't be hard to memorize 2 names. I already posted a drawing of Minako I a maid outfit, here's the link: .com/#/d47ry95

Anyways, since I have a deviant account, would you guys want me to make this fic into a manga? And if any of you have accounts too, friend me if you want.

Finally, I don't have an exact date of when the next chapter will be cause I'll be starting school soon.