I hope you guys enjoy the next chapter of Castanet Life! ^_^

So here is the story. Apparently while Gill and I was taking a walk, Mai and Chihaya talked. I think Chihaya followed my advice and wanted to give it a try. Only I guess he meant a double date. Him and Mai with me and Gill. It took a bit of begging to get Gill to go too. Actually it was late evening and he still wouldn't go.

I walked in the kitchen to see him reading "Hey Gill--"

"No." He mumbled.

"I didn't--"

"I know you will ask. No."

"But why?" I asked with a bit of a whiny tone.

"Because..."

"Wow because, that clears things up." I mumbled "Give me a better reason."

He sighed "Because the double date won't work out well."

"We went on a double date with Kathy and Owen and that went out fine."

"Yes, but this is Mai and Chihaya, they won't get along well as a couple."

"Anything can happen. Just do it, it would make Chihaya feel better."

"I don't care." He mumbled.

I gave him a look, then he looked up at me "He asked her out, he can go on by himself."

"Well, Chihaya is my friend and I think he would be comfortable if me and you came to make sure their date is going alright."

"Again, no! Nothing you will say will change my mind."

"Nothing?"

"Nothing." He mumbled.

I thought for a second "I'll go to every festival with you." I whispered.

"I..." He trailed off "Including the moon festival?"

"Yep, every one you want to go to."

He sighed and closed his book, he looked up at me "Fine, what time tomorrow?"

I smiled "We are going out for lunch around twelve."

"Fine."

I smiled "Thanks." I hugged him.

"Hmm." was all he said but I swore he smiled.

When I got upstairs I got my PJs on and collapsed on the bed. Personally, I thought the date would be pretty interesting.

Gill's POV

The last two hours before the date went by quickly. I sulked the whole morning about it. The double date wasn't going to be fun. Mai or Chihaya was going to do something stupid, or something like that. Plus I knew Chihaya liked Hikari so obliviously he was probably up to something. I looked through my suitcase to see if I had anything decent to wear. I ended up wearing a black, short sleeved shirt and black dress pants. I sighed, I knew this whole thing was going to be trouble. I walked out of the room and to the main door. Chihaya was waiting there with a T-shirt with a band name on it and some jeans. Not exactly what I thought would be okay for a date but I wasn't dating Mai. Both Mai and Hikari came down together, talking and laughing. Mai was wearing a frilly pink top and a pair of capris, but Hikari was the one I was staring in awe at. She wore a cute light blue sundress with blue daisies imprinted on it. She wore black sandals and a blue bracelet on her wrist. A bit of her hair was pulled to the side and it was tied with a black and blue ribbon. She looked like she had put a bit of makeup on as well. Mai skipped up to Chihaya and Hikari turned to me and smiled. I started to feel like the double date wouldn't be too bad now.

"You look nice." I whispered.

She giggled "Thanks, so do you."

We finally made it to the restaurant we would eat at. It looked pretty simple, it was a cafe that had tons of flowers on the outside, it just had an inviting look to it.

We walked in and there was a few people eating there already. The waitress showed us to a booth. The stupid thing was that when Hikari sat down I was about to sit next to her but Mai scooted her way pat me and sat next to Hikari. She noticed this too.

"I'm going to clean up real quick." Chihaya said.

Hikari whispered something to Mai, I guess she was telling her to sit next to Chihaya. Mai had a look that made it look like she was unsure about sitting by Chihaya. She got up and mumbled a quick sorry and she sat on the other side of the table. I sighed and sat down next to Hikari. She looked up and smiled at me, which again made me feel better about the date. Chihaya came back and we were all quiet. Sure, this silence happened between Hikari and I all the time but it felt even more awkward when there was two other people with us. The waitress came up to us.

"What can I get you four to drink?"

"I'll have a ice tea please." Hikari said.

"Water for me." I said.

"I'll have a diet soda please." Chihaya said.

Mai hesitated "In your lemonade, does it have high quality lemons."

"Crap..." I mumbled. Hikari bumped my foot as if to say "Be quiet!"

The waitress stared at her "I'm positive they are."

"Is there a lemon in the lemonade?"

"If you want, yes."

"What about cal--"

"She will have a lemonade." Chihaya said while looking at the menu.

"Alright." The waitress sounded relieved.

Mai gave Chihaya a look. I looked over at Hikari who focused on the menu as well. I sighed and looked at mine.

After another long period of silence, Hikari looked up at me "What are you getting?"

"Oh...uh... I guess I'll have the tomato risotto for starters and a salad. What will you be getting?"

She looked at the menu "I'm trying to decide between the vegetable curry and the...ratatouille."

"They have ratatouille?"

"Yeah, right here." She pointed.

"I might actually get that." I murmured.

She giggled which made me smiled, I continued "If you want the curry, I can split the ratatouille with you."

"Alright, if you want to try some curry, you can." She smiled.

I patted her on the head "Fair enough."

I saw Mai looking at us, she turned to Chihaya.

"What are you getting?"

He sighed "I have no clue."

Due to the fact that Mai couldn't start a conversation, she became quiet again.

"Mai, have you decided?" Hikari asked.

Mai's expression brightened a bit "I'm going to get the onigiri tray."

Hikari looked at the menu "That looks good." Hikari said.

The waitress came back with the drinks.

"Alright what would you like to eat?"

"Um... ratatouille, a vegetable curry, and a salad." Hikari said.

"I'll have some onigiris please." Mai said.

"And you?" The waitress looked at Chihaya who looked frustrated.

He sighed "What the heck is in the stir fry?" He asked. Only it sounded like he was mad "It looked like the tomatoes and carrots aren't even ripe yet in the picture."

"No way let me see." Mai said "Ew, it does look gross. What is in it?"

Hikari and I just stared at Mai and Chihaya who looked like they were about to kill the waitress.

"Um...well I'm sure that it is a lot better than the picture."

"Show me then!" Chihaya snapped.

She jumped and scribbled it in her notebook.

That poor woman. I thought.

We sat there dead silent as the pissed off looking couple across from us awaited their stir fry. Hikari kept scooting closer to me as the minutes went by. Finally the waitress came back, the stir fry looked very good. Both of them tried it.

"It's too salty, the veggies are still not ripe yet, and it is really runny."

"It's fine with salt, runny yes, but the veggies are fine!" Mai snapped at him.

"No, it is way to salty, you can see it all over the veggies, it completely ruins the flavor..."

They fought for an hour, actually probably more because Hikari and I made an excuse to go home. We both went up to the waitress and apologized.

"I'm really sorry!" Hikari said.

We gave her a way bigger tip then normal and told her that their meal was covered so they could go whenever they wanted.

I sighed "Well that was a waste of money."

"Sorry." she mumbled.

"It isn't your fault."

"No, you were right, they wouldn't make a good couple."

"Actually they are more alike then we could ever imagine."

She giggled "You are right, they are so alike."

Suddenly I heard my stomach growl, the waitress was in such a hurry to please Chihaya and Mai she forgot our food.

"There is a dango shop not to far from here. Want to get some?"

"Sure." I said.

The dangos were really good, after that we started walking home.

"So besides that incident, what did you think about the date?" Hikari asked.

I smiled "I liked it."

When we got home Mai and Chihaya wouldn't even look at each other. Mai walked up to Hikari.

"I never want to go out with him again! We are nothing alike, and I can't stand him!" She marched upstairs.

"Actually it's like looking in a mirror for these two." I mumbled.

LOL, I couldn't help but do the whole food argument ^_^! So anyway I hope you really liked it! Please comment!

-00Spirited Away00