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Chapter 18: Questions

"He's here." She said, her face pale, knees trembling. What kind of guy can cause her to be like this?

"What?!" Kiryuu exclaimed, his voice louder than usual.

"I... I saw him earlier... In front of a restaurant." Yori-chan said, her voice shaky. Who is HE?!

"Damn..." Kiryuu muttered. "I'll talk to Kuran about this."

"Thank you..." Yori-chan said, slightly relieved. There's still the feeling of nervousness surrounding her. Both people in the room are tense and I can't help but feel tense myself.

"Uhm, Kiryuu-kun, are we going to proceed with the check up or not?" I asked to divert their thoughts back to reality.

"Maybe not today. I have to go back to the school because you just have to arrive late." Kiryuu said. Oh I'm sorry. Blame the flirty waitress, dammit!

"Okay." I muttered.

"Doctor Aidou-ojisan!!!" I heard Ana-chan's voice call me as she entered with her mother.

"Maria, is Ichiru home?" Kiryuu asked Maria-chan once she came in view.

"No. He went somewhere." Maria-chan said.

"Okay. Thanks. Well, I need to get going. I guess I'll see you all tonight at our place." Kiryuu said as he turned towards the door. We always have dinner at Kaname-sama's place every Wednesday night.

"Okay. Later then, Zero-kun." Maria-chan said.

"Maria, drop the 'kun', 'kay? You're my sister now." Kiryuu said and he... he SMILED! Uh-oh... It is a sign that world will come to an end! NO~!

"Okay, see you later then, Zero." Maria-chan said as Kiryuu exited the vicinity.

"Okay, Ana-chan. Shall we proceed with your check-up?" I asked with a smile on my face.

"Okay!!" Ana-chan said as she took my hand and we both entered the clinic.

"Yori-chan, what's wrong?" I heard Maria-chan say to Yori-chan.

"I... I saw him today..." I heard Yori-chan say back to Maria-chan. I did not dare listen more because it's bad to eavesdrop.

Althroughout the session, I thought to myself. Who could be this 'he'? What did this 'he' do to Yori-chan to make her feel that way? Did I really save Yori-chan from a Level E? Did we even met before? Why the hell do I keep thinking about Yori-chan anyway?

"All done, Ana-chan." I smiled down at Ana-chan.

"Wee~! Thank you, Doctor Aidou-ojisan!" Ana-chan said. "Will we see each other tonight?"

"Yes we will, sweetie." I said, patting Ana-chan's head.

"Yay~!" She squealed

"Let's go to mommy now, sweetie." I smiled as we both went out of the clinic.

"Mommy!" Ana-chan squealed as she ran to Maria-chan.

"Hey, sweetie. Done already?" Maria-chan said as she stroked her daughter's hair.

"Uh-huh!" Ana-chan nodded.

"Well, we need to go. See you later, Aidou-kun." Maria-chan as she took hold of Ana-chan's hand.

"Laters, Maria-chan." I said as I waved at them.

"Bye bye, Doctor Aidou-ojiisan!!!" Ana-chan waved.

"Bye bye!" I waved back and they were gone. I sat at the couch since we don't have patients at the moment. I glanced at the wall clock on the reception area. 2:49. Few more hours before my job ends!

"Don't you just love afternoons like this?" I said, directing it to Yori-chan.

"Sometimes I do, sometimes, I don't." Yori-chan said.

"Why not?" I asked, looking at her.

"Well, there's nothing to keep me occupied. So sometimes, I really don't like a lazy afternoon." Her mood seemed to get better now. That's good.

"You're such a workaholic." I remarked.

"Well, you're slacking off your job." She said.

"I'm not really slacking. There're no people to attend to so, it's okay. You can take a break if you want." I said.

"No thanks. We just came back an hour ago." She said. Such a workaholic. That's not good.

"Okay." I said as I closed my eyes for a bit. Ding. Ugh. It seemed like I only blinked.

"Hello, is the doctor in?" A male voice said.

"Yes, the doctor's in." I responded as I lifted myself off the couch. I noticed that Yori-chan slightly became unease. Just slight.

"If you would please follow me." I said as I lead the guy to the clinic.

"The form-"

"Please fill it up in the clinic." I said, noticing Yori-chan looked relieved.

"Thanks." The guy said as he got one form from Yori-chan. He filled up the form while I get ready for the check up (he told me on our way in). Since I really want to be done with this, I proceeded immediately. And once we were done-

"Is that girl your girlfriend?" Ryan, the guy, said.

"Oh, no. She's just a friend." I said.

"Okay then." He said with a smile. Then he went out of the clinic, leaving me to stare at the door he just went through.

"Yori-chan, do you know who that guy is?" I asked, peeking out of the door.

"He and I used to go out together but..."

"You dumped him." I finished for her.

"Yes." She said. "But we parted on good terms."

"Is he the one that makes you feel unease?" I asked. For a second, she looked nervous. But she quickly regained her composure and answered my question.

"No. He's not the one who makes me feel at ease. He's someone different." She said. I can sense that she's uncomfortable with the subject so I decided to drop it.

"Okay. Sorry I brought it up." I said.

"It's okay." She said. I glanced at the clock. 4:08. Two more hours!! Yeah baby!

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Why oh why did the afternoon suddenly became slow?! Ugh... All I want to do right now is just head to Kaname-sama's and eat food! Kiryuu's cooking. Hey! That's the only think I like about him. The food he makes are godly!

"Shall we, Yori-chan? I bet Kaname-sama's waiting." I said as I opened the door. We walked to the parking lot in silence. Wow. We're silent... Again. Why does it always have to be like this?

"Thank you." She said as I opened the door. I climbed to the driver's seat, back the space and drove to Kaname-sama's place.

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It's quiet. Too quiet. And why is the atmosphere tense?! Ugh!!! And there I hoped that it will be better.

"Hi~!" I said cheerfully once me and Yori-chan entered the house. Oh don't worry. We are allowed to do that. Okay. Odd. Where are the people?! Usually, Cross-rijicho, Yagari-sensei and Kaname-sama would be at the living room. But... It's empty.

"In the dining room." I heard Kaname-sama's voice. Me and Yori-chan went to the direction of the dining room and sure enough, they are seated in their usual places (save for Kiryuu and Yuuki-sama).

"Seat down, Aidou, Yori-chan. Dinner's about to be done in a few minutes." Kaname-sama said. I pulled a chair for Yori-chan before seating down next to her.

"What's wrong, Kaname-sama?" I asked. Something's not right and it's better to kick it down before it gets to me.

Author's rambling area: Take that! Haha! A cliffy! Oh I know, I know. I'm cruel. Don't worry. I'll update anyway. :D

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