Chapter 3

Kiku stressed out on what previously happened, usually he would feel insulted in the highest manner and yet he didn't. Actually, he felt flattered; no one has ever approached him in that manner before. Most male customers treated him like a piece of meat for their viewing pleasure. The way some would drop their utensils on purpose only to have him pick it up for them, making him bend down in that short puffy skirt revealing that strawberry print lace underwear, at least for only for a few seconds. He didn't want their gaze to lengthen, they might notice something rather… off about 'her'.

"You're so beautiful! Tell me, what's your name?"

Those words echoed in his mind. Beautiful? He's a man; he's not supposed to be flattered when someone compliments him like that. And in hindsight he should have told him that his name was Kimi, no one in the area was named as such and it would be very difficult for the Korean to track him down. He mentally face palmed at himself after looking at the memory from a third person's view, what an idiot! That may have furled the Korean to come back to the café later.

Thoughts raced through his head as he walked the school's hallways, greetings were given to him but none were returned; indeed his head was afloat. This went on until… BAM! Someone accidentally bumped into him, most probably his fault.

"O-ow…." He then started bowing as if it were a reflex.

"I sincerely apologize, I was rather preoccupied." He continued as numerous bows were made.

"Uh, it's okay!" a bright, enthusiastic reply was given.

Kiku looked up to see who he had rammed into only to be frozen; a surprised stare claimed his visage. The Korean smiled at him, not a care in the world evident on his face; Kiku backed up a few steps, as if he was ready to run away at that moment.

"I just remembered that I was looking for you!" the Korean stopped him in his almost tracks and began to slide his arm on Kiku's shoulder, making the boy frozen stiff.

"Wanna hang out later with me and Hong?" he said as he used his thumb to point towards an Asian boy who was right beside him that whole time, emotions weren't evident on the boy's face but simply bowed in greeting.

Kiku tried to loosen the Korean's grip around him, he compared this to being coiled by a snake but unusually, he didn't totally dislike the situation he was in so his efforts were less than expected of him. Defeated, he tuned to the Korean in a questioning manner.

"…where to?" He asked.

"To this little maid café we found, it's not that far from here!" Yong Soo replied excitedly.

"It would be a great chance to get to know each other plus there are these really cute girls that would serve us!"

Kiku didn't hear the last sentence, being too caught up with him actually inviting him to his own work place. His mind froze at that fact and his body did not show signs of moving, a painful swallow and the sweat rolling down his forehead were not considered as actions. The frozen state was stopped as the Korean swished his hand in front of Kiku's face with added 'Hellllllllllllllllo's.

"H-huh?" he stuttered as his mind fell back to earth

"So, you comin' or what?" The Korean asked again with a bewildered smile pressed across his lips. A simple head shake came from Kiku.

"I-I can't… I have club meetings later." He replied with his rather stone cold face that's trying to hide the nervousness.

"The kendo club does not have a meeting today." Hong then replied to Kiku's little lie.

"I-I mean… the art club has a meeting today!" another excuse was pulled out.

"No there isn't, I just joined this morning and they told me that the official meeting doesn't start till next week." Another retort from Hong

"Um… Gamer's committee?"

"No there isn't! We won't have a meeting until this Friday! We're going to talk about the walkthrough of the recently released 'Zenonia 4'! I should know, it originated from my home da-ze!" Korea blocked his excuse with much enthusiasm.

Kiku was desperate to cover himself up, to get away from this. But no matter what alibi he pulled out there was always a hole in it, he never realized that he's talking to two of the most active students in the school. Escape, just a simple escape; first one step back and then another and another…

"Hey Kiku, where are you going?" The Korean asks as Kiku's subtle escape was noticed.

"Um… uh… Hyrule is under attack and they need my help!" Kiku exclaimed and then ran off at high speed leaving the two boys to just stare at the forming dust ball due to the Japanese's speed.

"What just happened…?" The Korean asked with a confused look on his face.

"Beats me" Hong shrugged and he turned away to leave.

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!

Heart beating fast as Kiku looked through the mini glass window of the kitchen doors. Dressed in his maid uniform, wig and all, the chef looked at him strangely.

"Kimi" he called out to her as he tried to get her attention but no reply was made.

"Kimi." Another call but not reply again.

"Oh, is that the newest Black Butler figure auctioned at ebay for half the original price?" the chef made a small murmur, that got Kiku's attention.

"W-what? They can't do that! It should at most, 20% off!" he practically exclaimed

"Finally, you're back among the living." He commented as he flipped a pancake.

Kiku's face turned bright red from embarrassment; chef Yao practically knew everything about him except the fact that he's a male. He knew when Kiku was down or lonely or maybe even in love. And this time he just knew that Kiku was nervous about something.

"What's wrong, Kimi?" he asked Kiku as he served the pancakes on the plate.

"N-nothing…" he stuttered as he spoke.

"Now, you know that I always know whether you're lying or not." He waved his finger at her as he began to plate the pancake with strawberry jam and fresh strawberries.

"You're right…" He sighed, defeated. "W-well… I'm just nervous about that Korean boy who was just here the other day."

"Oh? You mean that boy who just fell in love with you at first sight?" he quirked an eyebrow at the Asian, Kiku blushed in a shade of dark red.

"W-well….! It's just infatuated, that's all! A-and..!"

"You know him from school" Yao cut her off with his blunt comment.

"H-how did you know! I mean-"

"Well, you did mention earlier that day that you had problems with some boy you met at school and your reaction after that encounter with him wasn't one with glee. Plus, you already knew his nationality. Just because we're Asian doesn't mean we're all Chinese." Yao focused on putting the strawberry in place; he had always been the smart one in this establishment; that shouldn't be too surprising since he owned it anyway.

"Anyway, don't mind the boy. He probably just likes you that's why he annoys you." Yao muttered finally as he placed the mint leaf on top of the strawberry. Kiku sighed, Yao just wouldn't get it. Kiku took the plate and lazily went out the doors to deliver the order; there was no sign of the Korean and his little friend. Maybe they didn't go through with it? Maybe they got lost? Oh bless the heavens! They're not here! They are not going to ruin Kiku's day! They're not going to-

"One ginseng tea, please?"

Wait, what- He turned around to face the customer until he froze on the spot, his hand felt like jelly and accidentally dropped his pen. In front of him was Hong, so that means that Yong Soo wasn't far. Bowing in apology, he picked up his pen and chuckled nervously.

"S-so… one ginseng Tea for my dear Master…!" He nervously jotted it down, palms sweating and smudging what he just wrote. The oriental boy just nodded, even in such an environment he still wouldn't react.

"So… is that Ginseng tea for two?" He asked, trying to secure if Yong Soo was coming or not.

"Oh no, that's just for me" he replied in monotone.

Internally Kiku was cheering; his deflated happiness was just about to be lifted once again.

He is not here! That was a close one!

Internally, he was cheering as he turned his back on the teenager about to ring the order until-

"Hong! You're a dirty hateful person!" a voice whined from the door.

The Korean spread his arms to hug the boy, quite teary eyed by the looks of it.

"You told me we were going to go together! You left me with that Russian student who probably wants to pound me right after I 'accidentally' spilled water all over his older sister!" he exclaimed, oh boy this kid's quite unlucky to be dealing with Ivan especially since he just beat him in an ice skating contest weeks ago.

While the Korean complained to his friend Kiku tried to be unnoticeable as possible, scooting away as the two made a scene. Now is his chance, he'd better make a run for it!

"Kimi!"

Drat.

The Taiwanese maid called him from a distance, her high pitched voice caught everyone's attention, including the two boys.

"Hey Kimi, we need you by the photobooth! Master Mathias here just got enough stamps!" she smiled and winked at her.

"Kimi" Yong Soo repeated Kiku's alias. "So that's your name!" As fast as he repeated his name, the Korean grabbed Kiku by the hands.

"That's a really pretty name da-ze!" He complimented Kiku as the grip on his hands tightened.

"Um… Uh, I'd better go to the photobooth." Kiku explained as he tried to get away, the Korean pouted at this notion and pulled Kiku into his arms. Oh the humanity, Kiku's cheeks turned bright red at the contact.

"M-master…!" he whined, even at times like this he still managed to act in character.

The Korean took note of Kiku's scent, he smelled of cherry blossoms blooming in the wind. Yong Soo took a nice whiff into the hair, or wig, and noted how soft his hair was. Kiku's hands were calloused but Yong Soo didn't mind it, actually it attracted him even more. He liked hard working girls and this proved that 'Kimi' was just the girl that he needed.

"Hong!" Meimei screamed to break the moment, Kiku would practically hug her if he wasn't smothered himself.

"Hong! Please stop your friend here from smothering the maids… or maid." She huffed as she put her hands on his hips, immediately Yong Soo backed off as to not cause trouble for his stoic friend.

Lord, please bless Meimei-chan for saving me from this torture.

Sorry guys! I just finished finals week and it's now summer! Yay for me~

There's not that much going on in this chapter though so I'm really sorry about that V_V

Thank you guys for the reviews, they keep me motivated into actually continuing this.

Tudou: He's used to his Korean dramas and probably thinks that this may be his own drama~

Honey-chan12: Sorry I didn't update sooner, I'll try to update ASAP next time~

APH-Luv: Haha, This time I'm kinda slow so I do apologize

Kowai Aoi Bara : That's a cute pairing~ And haha, the fact that this is actually getting reviews is the reason why I keep it alive. OTL