Frappegurl777: The skater dudeis back from chapter 6!

Chapter 7

Bombarded

WARNING: You might get confused coz of mixed point of views. Bare with it.

Ayame marched through the sands barefooted, dragging along poor Ryuuzaki behind her. Ayame continually walked without even glancing back at the restaurant.

When Ayame stooped so suddenly, Ryuuzaki who was taken along bumped into her.

"sorry…" Ryuuzaki muttered.

Ayame stood still closing her eyes in frustration.

What's wrong with me? Why do I feel so…so mad?? Why?

Out of anger and confusion, she gripped both the bottle and Ryuuzaki's hand tightly causing Ryuuzaki to feel discomfort.

"Ayame…Your grip is a little too tight. What's wrong?"

Ayame almost forgot about Ryuuzaki. She released his hand, turned to him and apologized. Bowing her head down and anxiously held the bottle with both hands.

"Sorry, Ryuuzaki. I got carried away…"

"No. You did nothing wrong. You saved me back there…" Ryuuzaki looked down at her and searched for eyes. When they made I contact, Ryuuzaki smiled his perfectly-curved smile and said. "I owe you."

Ayame felt better after that. She tried to explain to Ryuuzaki about what was bothering her.

"I got so…angry. It was all too fast, I acted without thinking. When the numbskulls tried to push you to kiss the girl…It piss me, off…"

Ryuuzaki stared in disbelief. Ryuuzaki thought, 'That almost sounded like a confession…"

Ayame looked confused and wondered if she said something strange. She was, after all, being honest with him but why is he looking at her like that? Dense at the love aspect, she is. Ayame decided to just forget about it and asked Ryuuzaki for her bag. Ryuuzaki noticed the hello kitty key chain attached to the bag's zipper. How cute. (Read chapter two. This is the token of their first ever date!)

"Alan M and the others are waiting for us at 'Mito's Catering.' We'll have lunch together there." She said.

Ryuuzaki nodded.

"Lead the way."

Mito's catering was packed of people, all waiting for their lunched to be served. It was undeniably hot. There was a pleasant aroma coming from the restaurant's kitchen, it was enough for Ayame's mouth to water. She's starving.

Ayame and Ryuuzaki carefully moved about in the restaurant, avoiding bumping into seats, tables and people. The place was so concentrated with customers that it made difficult for Ayame to determine just where Alan M and the lovers were. When Ayame's eyes caught a curly, orange bush that was Alan M's so-called hair, she went directly toward him, eager to be fed. (He promised her he'd treat her to a meal, remember? Chapter five)

Ryuuzaki crouching, trailed behind her silently.

"Ayame! My dear, sweet pumpkin! Congrats! You won the game!" Alan M opened his arms in welcome but was down-right snubbed by Ayame.

"Where's my lunch?" Ayame directly asserted, cutting off Alan's babying attitude.

"Take your seats." Alan M gestured to the two. They settled down opposite the lovers, Misa and Light. The two were cuddling each other. No. Misa was the only one cuddling.

"OH…WAITER!" Alan M called out. He w

The waiter was a spiky-haired albino, with intense indigo eyes. He flapped his handy-dandy notebook and stroked his open over the blank pages. He muttered in a bored tone, "What would you like?"

"Hey, wait a minute! You're…!" Ayame abruptly stood from her chair, making Ryuuzaki topple slightly who was sitting next to her. That sitting manner of his was highly unreliable and unstable, not to mention noticeable. Good thing he was able to hold on to the table just in time.

The waiter shot her a bored look and then his eyes livened up with realization, recognizing her.

"Hey, It's you!"

"I don't believe it. You work here?" Ayame said with a slight laugh.

"Yeah… I guess you could say that." The waiter, though covered in apron looked cool in his relaxed stance. He smiled at Ayame. Ayame smiled back.

"Hmmm… This is one guy I never knew Ayame dated. My Ayame, growing up, searching for love… Ah… The glory of youth! I want it back!" Alan M said, ecstatic. He placed both his hands near his chest and his eyes glittered with nostalgia.

Ryuuzaki felt a strange lurch in his stomach. And it wasn't a pleasant one. This guy… Who is he?

"I didn't date him Alan. I don't even know his name."

That statement somehow relaxed Ryuuzaki's uptightness.

"It's Killua." The boy said. "And you?"

"Ayame."

The albino smiled once again. "Great game, back there. You're amazing."

"Thanks."

Ryuuzaki's stomach was getting painful and his chest tightened slightly. What is this… feeling?

There was a long pause and Ayame was getting hungrier by the second. And killua was staring at her a little bit too much. Just like Ryuuzaki did awhile ago. Was there something on her face? People have been doing that a lot to her, lately.

"Well, Everyone's getting starved so…" Ayame said. Wanting to break the tension.

"Right! May I take you order?" Killua asked bluntly. He went back scribbling on his note.

When the orders were taken, Killua thanked them. But before he left, Ryuuzaki noticed him glance somewhere behind Ryuuzaki. Ryuuzaki felt an insubstantial movement somewhere in his back pocket. But he ignored it and stared continually at Killua.

What's he looking at?

"I'll be back later. Excuse me." Killua waved in dismiss.

Wait, why does Killua's voice sound annoyed?

(Frappegurl777: The story behind this will be explained in Kleptomaniac, my other fanfic. But I wasn't able to start it yet so I guess you'd have to wait for it. If you're that curious.)

"He's good-looking. But not as good-looking as you, Light!" Misa commented and hugged Light's arm. Light was primarily reading his menu and ignored Misa.

"Yes, you're right, Misa. Maybe I should make him a model." Said Alan jubilantly.

"Though I'd rather ask Ayame how she was able to meet such a delicious man-candy." Alan M glanced at Ayame expectantly.

"We bumped into each other at central park yesterday. And that's all."

"That's all? No romance?"

"No romance and I don't intend to have one." Ayame replied flatly as she flapped the menu over and over.

"Then, how about Ryuuzaki here?" Light finally spoke.

Both Ayame and Ryuuzaki tensed. They looked at each other, clearly none of them wanted to entertain this conversation Light brought up. It was so awkward.

"We…" Ryuuzaki stated.

"…Friends!" Ayame blurted to finish Ryuuzaki's sentence.

Ryuuzaki had conflicted emotions. Was he happy? Was he not? Or could it be both? Just friends… Of course. Why am I even thinking about this.

Ayame blushed slightly ashamed. How thick could she get? Labeling herself as Ryuuzaki's friend when he barely even knew her. When she barely even knew him!

Silent awkwardness that followed. The atmosphere was very tense. Neither Ryuuzaki nor Ayame spoke after that. They just wanted to eat, eat and eat their lunch along with all their uncertainties.

This is just the beginning. Quite a long beginning. Dear readers, be patient. Cause from now on… Things are going to get more interesting with this unusual LOVE STORY.

Frappegurl777: There you have it! I purposely made this chapter short because I think my readers are frustrated to read, more or less 3000 words every chapter.

This chapter is a crossover with Kleptomaniac, my other fanfic, so review if you wanna know more.

Hope you will follow the story. Let me break it to you, this is only the beginning. Ayame and Ryuuzaki are going to really hit it off and get intimate with each other soon. I mean, c'mon! Ryuuzaki and Ayame are sort of antisocial so naturally I have to take things slow at first for these two to adjust. Don't you think?