Icebreaker - Chapter 3
"Cam, we need to go its 12:00 already. Get up." shouts Misaki from downstairs.
"Ugh, fine. I'm having a shower is there any hot water." I reply.
"Yes, there's plenty. Hurry up." She say annoyed.
I crawl out of bed and have a shower. I inspect my wardrobe and finally I decide on a hot pink vest-like tank top with some skinny jeans and now all I need is a jacket. I slip on classic white ballerina flats and grab a greyish white bomber jacket.
"I'm ready lets go."
"What took you so long."
"I'm here now so let's go, don't want to be even more late."
We reach the school and the secretary is waiting at the entrance to give us a tour. Afterwards we are taken to the school office and fill out some forms about what subjects we're going to take for our exams to graduate and stuff. We come back to the black ship after and see all the guys there like yesterday.
"What time is it?" I ask.
"It's almost quarter to four." Says Haru in his usual cheery tone.
"So who am I going with today." I say looking at Misaki.
"Uhh, I think it was Ichy."
"Ohh, then you have it rough." Says Rihito winking at me.
"What do you mean?"
*ding, dong*
"Come on," he says grabbing my wrist.
"Wait, I'm still talking..." I start but he cuts me off.
"How does it matter you're going to find out." He says smirking at me.
We walk quickly down the street and finally he stops at a cake shop. Inside it smells really sweet of sugar. "Ahh, I love the smell in here."
"Really, I hate it. It's to sweet." He says surprised. He hands me an apron. "You work then I show you my favourite place in this small town."
"You make it sound as if you hate this place."
"Because I do."
"But you grew up here don't you... You know what never mind its none of my business. So what do I do?"
"Isn't it obvious, you sell cake."
"Kay, how hard could it be." I say, just then he turns around as if he's about to leave. "Where are you going, shouldn't you be helping."
"You're here, so there's no need for me to still be here."
"Your seriously putting you trust in someone who you practically just met."
"Fine, I'll stay." He says heading to the back.
A customer comes in and asks for 3 mont blancs and 2 cheesecakes. I don't know which cake is which, obviously I can tell apart the cheesecake, but the mont blanc, wait we ordered that when we came but what did it look like. Ahh, got it. I give her her order and finish the transaction.
"That went well for my first time."
"Yeah but what about everyone else." Says Ichy from behind me. "Move, you handle the cash register and I'll handle the orders."
"Kay, thanks."
"For what."
"For helping me oh, and showing me round after."
"I don't want my dad to get mad at me if someone complains of your lousy service."
"Uhh, excuse me. I was rocking it out there."
"Haha, in your dreams."
"Ugh, your so annoying you know that."
"Oh come on, you know you love it!" He says smirking at me.
So we end up working well together like this and in the end Ichy's dad, Uncle Ringo now, give me a cake as a reward for working so hard. Even Ichy says he's the one who was doing most of the work. But as promised Ichy takes me to the place he least dislikes in this town. Which turns out to be a park with a really cute octopus slide in it. I play in the park and Ichy just watches throwing insults at how childish I am or how slow and bad I am at the obstacle courses.
"In my defense, these obstacle courses are definately for a kid 11 and up." I argue. "I mean there's no way a kid under 11 could have the strength and balance and agility to complete this."
"Why, I did. Just because you can't do it."
"No, I can and I don't see you trying."
"Fine, I'm coming up." He says and climbs up the rope. I'm balancing on a tightrope holding on to a rope dangling down from the top of the frame. Suddenly, I feel the rope shaking underneath my feet, Ichy's purposly wobbling the tightrope so I fall off.
"No stop, I'm gonna fall off. Please."
"So, it would be funny."
"No it wouldn't we're at least 2 meters up from the ground."
"So kids fall of this thing all the time and they're still alive." He says continuing to shake the rope.
"This is against the rules, it says only one kid on at a time." I argue.
"So your a kid."
"No of course not,I'm the same age as you.
"Then it doesn't matter, unless you're a kid which in that case I'll stop." Just then my foot slips and I let go of the ropes making me fall flat on my back.
"Owh... Awh my back..."
"Are you okay," he says laughing at me from up there.
"What kind of person laughs at an injured person." I decide to get my revenge and somehow I manage to grab his foot and knock him of balance as well.
"What did you do that for!" He shouts angrily.
"Now you got taste of your own medicine." I say angrily. We turn our backs on each other and sit in a puff. A few minutes later I apologise and surprisingly he does too.
"You apologised to me."
"Yeah so, I may be stubborn and all, but I'm not stone-hearted." He says getting up and offering me his hand. I find myself taking his hand and half way he drops me again.
"Haha, you fell for it!" He says chuckling.
"Ugh, I hate you. Lets go." I say pushing him backwards.
We make it to the black ship then he leaves without saying a word. That's another crazy day over, I think to myself.
