A/N: updated after three months xD hahaha anyway, this story is back! yay! Thanks for the ones who read, review, puts into story alerts and favorites' list this story, I just want you to know that I'm very very thankful xD *sniff* hahaha

Chapter 9: "Ice Cream"

"How can you not know this place?" the red-head girl looked at her companion with tears on the corner of her eyes.

"How should I know? I'm not an out-going person."

"What are we gonna do now? Where's Lenalee-nee-chan?" she wiped her eyes with both hands.

"I lost sight of her. We both did. So don't just blame me." he grabbed her hand and pulled her to places, looking for his older sister.

"B-but… How are we gonna get home?" she started crying.

He then spotted an ice cream stand ringing its bell. He placed his hand inside his pocket, searching for coins. He pulled her towards the stand.

"One ice cream please." He muttered.

"What flavor?" the vendor asked.

"Chocolate."

Kahoko kept crying. He just waited for the ice cream and handed it to her. She stopped crying and looked at the ice cream then to Len.

"Eat it before it melts" she slowly took it from his hands and started licking it. Len got his handkerchief and wipe her eyes before her mouth covered with chocolate.

"Arigatou, Len" she smiled then planted a soft kiss on his cheek.

Len shivered and shook his head, trying to get it off his mind.

"Oi, Tsukimori. I'm asking you. What are you doing here?" The green-haired lad, Ryoutarou asked.

"It's none of your business." Len turned around from him and grabbed Kahoko's wrist, dragging her along with him.

"T-Tsukimori-kun!" she tried to struggle but of course, it's no use. She flinched at the pain coming from her knee.

"Oi!"

"Tsukimori-kun, will you slow down!"

Len was aware of that injury but he ignored it.

He kept dragging her until they got out of the museum and walking onto the streets. She kept silent, mindlessly letting him drag her.

"Tsukimori-kun." She finally spoke.

"What?" he asked coldly.

"Can you let go of my hand?"

"No."

Even if he couldn't see it, he knew that she pouted. "Why not?"

"Because if I did that, you'll run away."

"Of course."

"Then don't ever think about it."

"Tsukimori-kun, you're annoying." She stated, but he decided to keep quiet.

"I calmed her down from crying back then with the use of an ice cream. Maybe…"

Then he suddenly heard a bell of an ice cream stand. He dragged her there and asked for one chocolate flavored ice cream without letting go of her wrist.

Kahoko was looking away, just waiting for him to get his ice cream.

"Now why is he buying an ice cream? I thought he hate it? He really changed a lot, didn't he?"

"Hino." He called.

She turned her gaze to him and saw him handing the ice cream towards her.

"T-Tsukimori-kun…? W-what's—"

"Just take it."

She took it and began licking it slowly. "T-thanks…"

Len sat on the nearest bench, moving to the edge to give space for Kahoko. She just went near him but didn't dare to sit beside him, until he pulled her down to sit next to him.

Kahoko glared at him but he just gave her a cold look in return.

Silence occupied the gap between them.

"Still same as always, huh, Hino?" he asked, pertaining to the 'ice cream' thing.

She kept quiet, earning a confused look from him.

"What? Don't tell me you're still mad at me?"

"Stop saying those things, you're not him."

"What?"

"You're not him. You said you're not, remember?"

"Sorry… but I don't remember any friend named Kahoko. And also… I don't remember ever having a friend." He reminisced.

He stiffened. "Never mind." He said in a low voice.

Once she was finished with her ice cream, they remained unmoving. After a couple of minutes with just letting the breeze distract the atmosphere, Len stood and started to walk away. Noticing that she's not budging a move, he looked back.

"You're not coming?"

She continued her gaze glued on the blue sky. "Go home on your own." She said to him coldly without looking back.

"Geez."

She closed her eyes and didn't even felt Len walking towards her. She sighed before opening them, and as she did, blue strands of hair is what she saw in front of her. It's blue as the sky. Suddenly it shot her, it was Len and his back was facing her.

"Get on."

"W-what?"

"Get on my back. I'll bring you home."

She hesitantly wrapped her arms around his neck; he stood up, carrying Kahoko on his back.

"It still hurt, doesn't it?"

"Hai…"

"Hn."

They kept their mouth shut after that. And when they were walking half way to Hino's residence, Kahoko's grip on his neck tightened a bit.

"Who are you and what have you done to the real Tsukimori-kun?"

A/N: is it short? I just realized that every chapter is short since it's just 3 pages in microsoft word xD that's the limit pages of this story. so... Thanks for reading and I hope you find it somehow good :D