Hey everyone! Wow, another chapter update just a couple days after the previous one? Amazing haha. I'm actually proud of this chapter myself. The summer season in the game pretty much lacks a bunch of events. So I made up this chapter after hours of thinking on what it should be about. I'm glad to say that this one turned out really well. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this new chapter! More will be up soon so keep on reading! Remember flames will be fanned out by my fan of whimsy! Enjoy the chapter! Oh! I also hope that I'm not going too fast with the relationship between Kite and Antoinette. So if I am, I will take it upon myself to try to slow things down a bit. Anyway, again, enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 5: A Visit to the City

As temperatures rise and the sun started to show up more, it was already the beginning of summer. Kite was at the café still bemoaning at the fact that Sherry had already received a ton of chocolaty gifts from many boys in the village, with Kite thinking that his gift wasn't anything special. Antoinette casually sipped her tea as Kite had his head lying on the table, poking his cheesecake with his fork.

"I told you that you should've given her the entire cake."

"Well I never knew that she'd be so popular."

"She's the mayor's daughter. What did you expect?"

The air was humid and Antoinette kept fanning herself with her hand.

"Ugghhh… why does it have to be so hot in the summer?"

Kite leaned back in his chair and smiled.

"You know, back in my home town, we'd have an opening day at the beach during the first day of summer, where all the other guys in town would compete in a swimming race. The winner would get a trophy and some kind of fruit. I always lost though."

Antoinette smirked.

"Maybe it's because you can't do anything right."

"Rgh… sharp tongue as always."

Kite laid his head back onto the table and continued his sulking.

"Guhhh…. It's so hot…"

"Why not take a swim in the river? I noticed that you've been jumping in there a lot lately."

"Collecting crap that's at the bottom of the river and swimming in the ocean are two different things."

Meanwhile, Sherry came in and sat down with Kite and Antoinette, being her usual cheery self.

"Good morning Antoinette, Kite-san!"

Antoinette quietly sipped her tea.

"Good morning Sherry."

"What's wrong with Kite-san?"

"He's just depressed because it's so hot and he doesn't have anything else to do for the rest of the day."

Kite continued to sulk as Marian cleaned up their plates.

"I'm so bored…"

Antoinette leaned back in her chair and sighed.

"For once, he's actually right…"

Sherry thought for a bit and suddenly…

"I know, why don't you two visit the city!"

Kite lifted his head up quickly and beamed.

"Hey, that sounds like a great idea! You can come with us!"

"I'm sorry Kite-san; I'm really busy at the moment. Perhaps you two can go with each other!"

Kite looked at Antoinette only to shudder at the fact of them going together.

"I think I'll pass…"

"Oh come on Kite-san, it won't be that bad!"

"I don't know. Antoinette and I don't really get along well together. I don't think I can even manage to walk the same way as her."

As Kite's constant complaining continues, Antoinette couldn't help but feel angry inside. She then quickly grabbed Kite by the wrist and dragged him out of the café.

"Come on!"

"Huh? Antoinette, where are we-"

"We're going shopping, now quit wasting time!"

And just like that, they were gone as Sherry cheerfully waved them goodbye. As they reached the city boundaries, they found themselves in the hustle and bustle of city life. Kite followed Antoinette with her as he rubbed his wrist after being painfully dragged by her.

"Why did you just decide to grab me like that?"

"Hmph. Well, maybe if you at least kept up, you wouldn't be rubbing your wrist now wouldn't you?"

"Okay so tell me, how come I have to end up at the shopping district with you?"

Antoinette her hands on her hips and stomped her foot.

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I not good enough to be around?"

"Well, you do sort of give off this bad atmosphere around you!"

"Hmph. Fine, go ahead and go around on your own then."

"Fine I will!"

They both quickly turned away from each other without a word. Antoinette stormed through the city streets, muttering to herself.

"Why must I put up with him? If he doesn't want me around then fine, I'll just go shopping by myself. I don't need him to follow me like a dog."

Meanwhile Kite went around the city, still angry at Antoinette.

"I swear she gives me headache every day. First she's nice, and then she's rude. What the hell is up with her?"

Kite's walk suddenly slowed to a stop.

"But still… she's all alone out there and she's really tiny… Grrr…. Why was I created with a guilty conscience?"

Antoinette continued to walk through the shopping district only to find out that she was lost. Suddenly, a huge pair of hands grabbed her off the street and into an alleyway. There were two thugs holding knives and one of them pointed one at her neck.

"Alright, give us your money!"

Antoinette was scared. She didn't know what to do in a situation like this. She's never been mugged before.

"Maybe I should've gone with Kite instead…"

"Give us your money, don't make us kill you!"

"You know boss, she's pretty cute. Let's play around with her for a bit!"

"Heheheh… great idea!"

As the two men moved in closer, someone came rushing in and punched them in the gut. It was Kite. Antoinette couldn't help but watch as Kite proceeded to beat the thugs up. After the fight, the two men were found by the police, but Kite and Antoinette escaped as soon as the police arrived. Antoinette could still feel the shock from what happened.

"Are you alright?"

"Y-y-yeah…"

"What were you thinking going around in an alleyway like that?"

"Well where the hell were you? Why did you have to leave me alone like that?"

"Hey, you're the one who told me to just go off on my own!"

Kite and Antoinette quickly turned away from each other again.

"Hmph, maybe I shouldn't have gone and helped."

"I could've handled those two just as easily as you did!"

"Fine, go off on your own, see if I care!"

As Kite was about to walk off, he felt a hand grab his arm.

"Wait!"

He notices that Antoinette had her arms around his. Kite blushed as did Antoinette.

"…D-don't… don't leave me alone…"

"Uh… o-ok-kay…"

"And don't let go of me either… p-please…"

Kite smiled and patted her head.

"Alright…"

Antoinette's face quickly went from rosy to red.

"B-but don't think that I'm not mad at you cuz I still am!"

They proceeded to go to the shopping district together and were overwhelmed by the immense amount of bright lights and sounds that they heard. They both walked around the shopping district, looking at all different kinds of shops and even going to a dessert place together. Two sundaes alone cost too much, so both Antoinette and Kite had to split a sundae together. Afterwards, they both went over to a music store and listened to sampled tracks together as well. The two were inseparable as if they were on a date, however the downside of going together was having to be stared at everywhere, being commented on how cute they both look only to have Antoinette snap at them. Finally, Antoinette and Kite went around looking at the dress stores with Antoinette drooling at the sights of all the pretty dresses in the windows. She opened her wallet, but was disappointed that she can't even buy a single dress.

"Ugh, no fair. I'm 100 G short!"

Kite took out his wallet and gave her 100 G.

"A-are you sure?"

"Yeah, take it. C-consider it a… well… uh…"

Antoinette smiled.

"Apology accepted."

As they walked out of the store, Kite looked at the dress and noticed that it was a bit big for her.

"If the dress doesn't even fit you, how come you bought it anyway?"

"Well..."

They both stopped at a fountain in the shopping district and sat down.

"D-don't laugh alright?"

"I'm not even laughing."

"Well… I sort of wanted to be a fashion designer…"

Kite widened his eyes, but couldn't help but smile a bit.

"I told you not to laugh!"

"I wasn't laughing. Why do you wanna be a fashion designer anyway?"

"Well… my mom's a fashion designer… her company is actually in this city right now, but…"

Antoinette tugged on the edge of her skirt a bit.

"…I hardly ever see her… Father decided to let mother live and work in the city while we moved to Zephyr Town…"

"…"

"I don't get it… I don't know why we have to live separately instead of be with each other like a family…"

Kite could tell how depressed and lonely Antoinette was. Her mother lives far away in the middle of the city while her father works throughout the majority of the day. He felt so sorry for her. Kite had to move away from his family in order to start his own life, but Antoinette moved with only a part of her family only to be alone more than half the time. Kite grabbed Antoinette's wrist gently as Antoinette gave a look of shock towards Kite.

"What are you…"

"Where's your mother's company?"

After a long walk around the city, they finally reached upon a large skyscraper. The logo in front of the entrance was a Blue Magic Flower, Antoinette's favorite flower. They entered through the sliding doors and went straight to the reception desk. The receptionist was busy typing away on her computer, not giving Kite and Antoinette a second glance.

"Welcome to Blue Flower Co. how may I help you?"

"Um… we're here to see my mother. Is she in?"

"I'm sorry, but your mother is out on a business trip in Paris, she won't be available for another 3 months."

"Oh… I see…"

Antoinette lowered her head in disappointment and walked slowly out of the building. Kite put his arms behind his head and sighed.

"*sigh* Looks like we came up here empty handed. We can always try and call her."

"…No… it's alright… Right now I just wanna go home…"

"Are you sure?"

Antoinette silently nodded.

"…Alright…"

After sharing one last ice cream cone together the both of them headed back towards the town. Throughout the entire walk, Antoinette was quiet most of the time. Kite felt so bad for her; shut out from her own mother. Finally, they reached back to town with Sherry and other people at the café greeting them as they passed.

"Antoinette! Kite-san! How was shopping?"

Antoinette kept quiet the whole time. Kite only muttered out a couple words.

"It was alright…"

Sherry's smile turned into a small frown, wondering about what happened. Later that night, Kite and Antoinette arrived at her porch. Kite sighed.

"Well, didn't really expect my trip to the city to go like that…"

"Why did you insist on taking me to see my mother?"

"…I couldn't stand seeing you look so lonely like that… I just felt like it was right…"

Antoinette stared at Kite.

"Anyway, it's getting kind of late… you should get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow."

"…"

And just as Kite was about to leave, he suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist behind him, grasping him tightly. He looked behind him and sees that Antoinette had her face hidden in his body, hugging him.

"Kite… thank you… I had a great time…"

Kite didn't know what to say. He wanted to get her off him, but he didn't want to. Underneath that cold, emotionless demeanor was a bed of warmth. As Antoinette raised her head to smile at him, he saw that there were tears forming in the corner of her eyes. He's never seen Antoinette like this before. He didn't know why, but his arms started to wrap around her body gently and held her back automatically. Antoinette froze, her face blushing madly. Kite couldn't say "you're welcome" the only thing that muttered out of his mouth was…

"Y-yeah…"

And after that one small mutter, he placed his hand on Antoinette's head, smiled and then left, leaving Antoinette dazed and wondering why she did that and why he did it back to her. She shook off the thoughts that were running through her head and headed straight for her room. As she laid herself to sleep that night, the last thing she could think of was her entire day.