Chapter 5

Shiki's POV

As we walk outside, I nervously fidget with the hem of my shirt. When Ojiichan gets mad at you, you'd wish you were dead afterwards. There was a time when I accidentally fell into his cake he was making for a customer; I could not walk for a week. He was strong for an old man.

"Ojiichan, I was only –" I started, only to be cut off by him.

"Its fine Shiki-kun." Ojiichan said nonchalantly.

"Eh? I almost went to jail Ojiichan, and you're telling me that you forgive me? I mean, I don't want you to change your mind, but why?" I asked, my brows furrowed in confusion.

"Its better not knowing your Ojiichan's intentions." My Obaachan tells me.

"Well since that's all settled, I'll be heading home. Thank you for helping us today." Rima smiled and bowed to Obaachan and Ojiichan right before walking down the road.

My grandparents looked at me suspiciously.

"What?"

"Well? Run after her Shiki-kun! You have to explain to her or else I'll make your grandfather take back what he said and make you do chores for two weeks. Hurry!" Obaachan lightly pats my back, indicating me to go.

"What about you two?" I asked. It would be rude to leave them. Well, so would making Rima go home alone.

"Don't worry about us were capable of taking care of ourselves." Obaachan smiles.

I laughed and ran after Rima.

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Rima's POV

I walked down the sidewalk, shivering from the cold air. If only I brought a jacket with me.

"Its kind of chilly tonight, isn't it?" Shiki said, who finally caught up with me. He offered me his jacket, which I accepted.

We walked along the road for a while, not saying anything. We both knew what the other would say, so we end up just enjoying each other's company. It was always like this whenever we were alone.

Shiki walked in front of me, causing me to stop walking.

"Yes?" I asked him in a somewhat irritated voice. I really wanted to go home and eat Sukiyaki.

"I know you're keeping something from me Rima." Shiki looked at me with a serious face, and I knew he wasn't going to drop it soon.

I sighed and looked at him, trying to think of an excuse.

"Well?" He was starting to get impatient and it was starting to get on my nerves.

"Why do you want to know? Scared it might have something to do with you?"

"No. I just hate it when you keep something from me."

"Sure Shiki." Too irritated to hear more, I started to walk down the road again.

"Wait Rima!"

I felt a hand grab me, forcing me to spin around. "Look Shiki, I-"

To my surprise, it wasn't Shiki at all. It was some drunken guy who really needed to shave more.

"Hello beautiful. Fancy going to my place tonight?"

"No, and I can see why any other girl wouldn't either."

The comment earns me a punch from the drunken guy, but somebody else stops him.

"You really have a habit of attract men today Rima." Shiki, who was suddenly in front of me, stopped the drunken man from hurting me.

"And who are you?" The drunken guy growled at Shiki.

"I'm her boyfriend." Shiki said nonchalantly.

I looked at Shiki, giving him my 'you will explain to me later' look.

The guy huffs and walks away, obviously not wanting put up a fight anymore.

I waited until the guy was out of earshot and slapped Shiki's arm.

"Explain yourself."

"What? Apparently strangers take a liking to you, so now I'll just have to say that I'm your boyfriend."

"That's a sweet gesture Shiki, but no thank you."

"Anyways, it's late and I need to get you home before your mom kills me."

"I'll race you to my house Shiki." I ran down the road, giving myself a head start.

"That's not fair Rima!" I hear him shout.

"You're a guy Shiki! You run faster!" I protested.

I ran towards my house, which was, fortunately, near the police station. I looked behind me to see that Shiki was walking.

"Hah! In your face, I won!" I stuck my tongue at him, not bothering to suppress my laugh.

"That's because I let you win Rima." He smiled evilly, tapping my head lightly and unlocked the gate of my house with my key.

We found my dad already setting the table, and my mom in the kitchen, cooking Sukiyaki.

"Shiki! Would you like to join us?" My mom offered.

"Sure Mrs. Touya." Shiki smiled.

Hi guys! Im so sorry I haven't updated! I know you guys were waiting for an update. Gomen! I lost all the files to my fanfics, and then I kinda got tired of writing, then when I wasn't tired of writing anymore, I tried to remember what I was going to write for the next chap, but I couldn't.

This is the best I could come up with for now. I'll try to make it more interesting for the upcoming chapters.

Anyways, I know you guys really don't care why I didn't update, so I really hope you like this chap :)

Next update: Hopefully this coming weekend.

~Musicotaku08