Ohayo~ minna! Uwaah... TT3TT I've turned thirteen already... heh, I've considered myself as a teenager then... -smiles- here's the third chappy! Enjoy or not~ no flames...

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The children gathered around the dining table, ready to fill their mouth's with Hitomiko's delicious and mouth-watering 'Tonkatsu'. Hitoimko was surprisingly good at cooking, as a teenager; at an age like that usually they grow too ambitious, whimsical and carefree about their future. The dark-haired teen dreamed of opening up a restaurant in the future, but currently worked as a researcher in an office, she was very good at looking for information and hidden skeletons in the cupboard behind top secrets...it was like her hobby. And little does she know that talent of hers goes a long way in the future.

"Uwaaah~ yummy!" Fuusuke licked his lips, craving to taste the juicy and delicious Tonkatsu. All the children smelled the meaty and pleasant aroma of the food, as the invisible scents went through their noses.

"Chopsticks! Get your chopsticks!" Hitomiko announced as the kids came running towards Hitomiko, overtaking turns to get the latter for their meal.

Miyuki stared at the food, not even minding to get a pair of chopsticks.

When the orphans all got their utensils, they started chewing and gobbling the food up, shouting:

"Mmmm! So delicious!"

"Hey! You have your share! Don't get mine!"

"Hitomiko nee-san! When are you opening your restaurant...?"

The teen simply giggled, 'Adorable children~' she thought once more. Ruffling the hairs of the kids who complimented her, she looked around, seeing everyone enjoying how much they loved the meal she cooked for them, but one wasn't eating, rather, staring at the food like it was nothing.

"Miki-chan, is something wrong with my cooking? Are you a vegetarian?" Hitomiko concerned about the little girl, she came closer to the purple-haired girl and touched her shoulders, leaning her head forward,

"What's the matter Miki-chan?" she asked again. The brown-eyed girl swallowed the bile that went up her throat. "You could tell me Miki-chan..." Hitomiko wanted all the orphans in the Sun Garden to be open to her especially when it comes to issues they couldn't handle themselves...

"My mama…used to cook me Tonkatsu too… it was my favorite, especially when she cooks it…" all the orphans stared at her. Some even dared to look at their meal, looking to see if they 'did' taste anything usual.

"Miki, Hitomiko nee-san would never do that..." Fuusuke raised his brows, knowing that the black-haired teen was someone who he could always trust by heart and by soul.

"N-no, it's not that Fuusuke-chan... it somehow, reminds me of...my mother." Miki smiled to herself. Even if her mother hated her, deep inside her heart, she knew very well that she loves her. She found out one night, Miki was sneaking in her room, she found a periwinkle-colored notebook, she curiously opened the notebook, only to find out that inside the diary was about the secret of her mother hating her...for her protection from getting abused brutally by her father...

"My mama… actually…protected me from being abused. I really do love her…even if she pretended to hate me." Miki smiled to herself, Fuusuke sniffed a little, a bit too touched about that motherly-love.

"Aww, Miki-chan, don't worry… I bet your mama is in heaven right now!" Fuusuke grinned at the purple-haired girl.

"Thank you… Fuusuke-chan."

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Everyone and even Miki was enjoying their dinner, Miki in the end, loved Hitomiko's cooking.

"Mmmm! Hitomiko nee-san! This is so delicious!" Miki licked her lips, taking more from the bowl filled with Tonkatsu,

"I'm very glad you all enjoyed it…" Hitomiko smiled.

As said, Miki took more of Hitomiko's Tonkatsu, subsequently when the carrot-haired girl also took some, the two girls ended up in the position where the single Tonkatsu was connected by two pairs of chopsticks on either side.

The blue-eyed girl glared at the brown-eyed one,

"That's mine…" she said with gritted teeth. Miki didn't want to answer back, but she forced her pair of chopsticks to firmly grab hold of the food she took.

"Now girls, no fighting… An-chan, you could take another one…" Hitomiko suggested,

"Nee-san, are you saying that I was last to take this piece? I was first!" she demanded to the dark-haired teen.

"Nee-san never said that…" Miki answered back bluntly, An shifted her gaze back to the purple-haired girl,

"Oh, now I'm getting scared of the little cry-baby Miki…!" An raised her brows looking like she was really scared, "Nee-san! Miki-chan is teasing me~" she moaned, acting like it really offended her.

"Hmm… I don't see what act Miki did to make you—PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE CRYING!" Haruya glared at the bitchy orange-haired girl. An's eyed widened, 'Haruya-chan…shouted at me?' not noticing how stupid she sounded and looked like.

"Enough!" Hitomiko's voice ripped through the petty quarrel. "An, please stop being so jealous about every girl that comes to the Sun Garden…" the black-haired teen advised the little girl.

An felt so embarrassed, she never felt like this before, she'd been always so superior at being the best—and now, it was like she was so good at being the worst…she thought.

With a hatred face and eyes struggling to keep the tears hidden… An shouted: "I HATE YOU MIKI~" the orange-haired girl burst into tears, storming towards her room…

"AN-CHAN!" the turquoise haired girl followed.

Miki pouted a bit, and lowered her head… 'I didn't come here to make enemies…' she thought. Her eyes started to water again, she shook her tears away and buried her head onto her knees…whimpering sounds came out of her lips, she didn't want to cry, but it was so irrepressible to deal with.

"Miki-chan… it's not your fault." Haruya…strangely…pats her back to comfort her. That was odd. Haruya continued to rub the purple-haired girl's back, but she just kept whimpering.

"He's right Miki…you didn't do anything wrong. Don't cry… don't waste your tears over that." Fuusuke tried to look in front of her, but the brown-eyed girl had her face hidden. "Miki, stop crying…show me your pretty face!" Fuusuke cupped both her cheeks and forced the other girl to look him in the eye… they were so close to each other… Miki's cheeks turned warm and a little red.

"Don't worry if An or Honoka-chan hates you…you have friends like me and Haruya—"

"And Atsuishi!" the white-haired boy added, interrupting Fuusuke, but the teal-eyed boy just rolled his eyes back to Miki,

"You have people who love you too!" Fuusuke grinned, wiping away Miki's little tears that covered her cheeks.

'L-Love…?' Miki's inner self thought, 'Does Fuusuke…love me?'

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Cliff-hanger everyone, since I have things to deal with today…I think this makes up for the long wait I gave you guys…sorry if there are mistakes!