Recap:

"So, I should train you. You're the new maid, correct?"

Present:

"Itta~ Ah! Gomennasai!" I apologized, realizing that I had just bumped into someone.

Nice going Haruka, it was my first day, and I think I just bumped into one of my masters.

Slowly getting up, I felt my face getting heated from the embarrassment, frustration, and fear. My head was bowing down towards the ground, unable to face the person-probably one of my masters I have just bumped into. But instead of shouting at me, he said,

"I asked you a question"

"Hai?" Rethinking what just happened, I asked. He sighed but answered my question anyways.

"I asked you if you were the new maid. And judging from the situation right now, you need training" upon his words, I became more confused and slowly looked up to find a cyan haired boy, his teal eyes looking into my honey glazed ones.

For one of my masters, he looks really young and handsome...

"U-Uh, I'm sorry, but what do you mean?"

"You're quite slow. And it is also quite rude to not pay attention when a person is talking; especially to you" he continued while I kept staring at him. "And as I said earlier, I will train you" he stated.

"Sumimasen, but what do I need training for?" The question only got another sigh out of him. But the cyan haired boy-oh, excuse me, my master never seemed to lose his composure.

"For being a maid. According to my memory files, you have been hired as a maid for us, the Shining brothers, correct?"

"Yes"

"Follow me. We need to get to training" dragging me by my wrist, he started walking down the hallway.

"B-But"

"You need training right away. It is not logical for an experienced maid to bump into one of her masters, leading to the obvious answer, you are not experienced" in the matter-of-factly tone, he shut my mouth up completely because he was right; I wasn't experienced at all.

He stopped in front of two gigantic doors which were carved in a graceful design.

"Where is this place?"

"It's the kitchen of course"

"But why the kitchen?"

"Because this is where we'll train" he didn't say anything as he opened the door on the left side. I followed him into the so called kitchen; which was even bigger than my room. Seriously, were there like hundred chefs or something? Because it was so wide, maybe two times my room.

"Nanami" he called me. That's when I snapped out from my daze.

"H-How did you know my name?" Feeling strange, I asked.

"It's natural for a master to know their maid's name"

"O-Oh! You're right; and Haruka is fine" I stammered, feeling stupid.

"Okay, Haruka. Do you even know my name?" The question caught me off-guard. Then I thought about it.

You just met one of your master. Then, he brought you into this kitchen and you didn't even ask his name?

Even I thought I was stupid.

"N-No" embarrassed again, my face turned red. He sighed again.

"Next time you meet someone, make sure to ask their names first. I'm Mikaze Ai, age 18. And I don't really mind what you call me by" but I noticed a hint of strangeness in his voice and it hit me; he was testing me, to see if I can call him by the right honorific.

"Okay, then may I call you Ai-sama?" I asked, getting his trick question.

"Didn't I just tell you that I don't care?" In a flat tone, he answered me. But I still could hear the approval.

Time Skip

So Ai-sama was 'training' me to become a maid. But I felt like he was teaching me.

"According to my data, the basic knowledges maids need to know are; One, greet them when they get home or say good-bye when they leave, two, serve teas, and three, follow their master's orders"

"Hai"

"So, you need to practice those three things right now" he said, looking around the kitchen, almost like scanning.

"How are we going to do that Ai-sama?" I cluelessly asked, cocking my head to the said a little.

"Since there aren't anyone here but me-" he stopped and looked at me with his cold teal eyes and continued on. "-you are going to act"

"B-But I'm not good at acting.." I trailed off.

"It's okay. That doesn't really matter right now" Ai-sama said with a sigh.

"Then let's start with the tea serving" with that, he went to somewhere in the kitchen and returned with a teapot and teacup in each of his hands.

"You just need to pour the tea into the cup. Simple enough" his emotionless tone was quite irritating for some reason, but I kept silent.

He set both objects on the table and motioned me to pour it. It really did seem and sounded easy. So, without hesitation, I marched up to the table, grabbed the teapot, and started pouring the contents into the little china cup. Then, I realized why the maids needed to learn how to pour tea. Turns out that pouring a tea isn't that easy; at least for me it isn't. My hands started trembling from the heavy weight and ended up spilling a few drops on the table. I could hear Ai-sama sigh behind me. Why does he sigh so much anyway?

"Your hands aren't strong enough to pour a pot of tea" was all he said and told me to set down the teapot. I did what I was told and turned around to face him.

"Is pouring a cup that hard?"

I didn't answer.

"Are you weak?"

Well, yes.

"Answer me" He demanded.

"Hai"

"According to my data, it's either you can't pour a cup of tea or your arms are not strong enough. But it's not logical..." Did he just say 'data' and 'logical'?

"Haruka, have you ever poured a tea before?"

"Yes"

"But how come you can't now?" Sort of curious, he asked.

"U-Uh, it's because I have a weak health and it seems like my arms are not strong enough..." I trailed off, sort of scared that he will be firing me anytime soon.

"Come here" he just ordered, his expression not changing. But I heard him mutter something under his breath about how Shining hired a maid that's not strong enough pot of tea or something.

I knew it...

But when I stood in front of him, he just kept giving me instructions about how to support the weight of the teapot with my other hand and what angle would be the best. It worked at first, but whatever I did, I just kept on spilling! Then, I felt sudden warmth behind me and an arm appeared out of the corner of my eye and held my hand in place firmly, not shaking like it did a minute ago. When I turned around, I saw a white button-up shirt with black strips and a matching black tie. It were the clothes Ai-sama was wearing.

"A-Ano," I began to blush, finally noticing the intimate contact we were having. And sort of an awkward one. He was standing behind me, his hand holding mine, which held the teapot, and his free arm was holding the teacup in front of me. So I was trapped inside his arms and was pouring the tea at the same time.

"Pay attention to the tea" I heard Ai-sama simply state above me, his voice getting closer when I realized he was slowly lowering his head to my level. And still blushing, I paid my attention to the tea once again, looking at how it was pouring the golden brown liquid. When his hand let go of mine, my hand was actually not shaking and none of the tea were spilling. I noticed that the teacup was full and stopped pouring the tea. Ai-sama was looking at me with a hint of interest in his eyes.

"Okay, you pass the tea part" he just said. When I looked at the clock, I realized that we just spent half an hour on just pouring tea. Noticing how ridiculous I was for not even pouring a cup of tea, I started thinking about how long it would take up to finish up this 'lesson'.

Oh, this is going to take a lot more time than I thought...

A/N: Hello readers! Thank you for reading this story, and Ai's part will be continued in the next chapter and I have decided to add Ringo! Please comment on who will be appearing the next chapter and see you later!