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Touched by an Angel

~By mugen83

CHAPTER 9 Leave Everything to Miyu!

Few days have passed since Miyu began staying in Saionji's. Kanata already got used to her presence. It was different when he was just taking care of an unconscious Miyu from the time she finally woken up. Since he needed to go to school, he had to leave her alone in the house. It made him worried when he had to leave her alone because he knew she still has not gotten used into living in the human world.

"I'm leaving now. Please be careful while I'm at school." Kanata told the angel. They were in the front porch and she was seeing him off to school.

She smiled at his reminder. He had always asked her to take care of herself and not the house. "Kanata-kun shouldn't worry. And I think I should be the one telling you to be careful." She beamed at him. He knew he had told her the same thing every time he goes to school but he still could not help it.

"Well, just be careful. I'm off then."

"Take care too Kanata-kun." She sent him off with her usual angelic smile.

Kanata's day at school was like the usual except that now Santa's been more annoying ever since their teacher announced that those who will fail the exams would have to retake it on Christmas. Students viewed the reminder as a warning or a threat even. Apparently, no one wanted to spend such special day at school and most especially to have to retake extremely difficult exams.

"I really don't wanna retake those tests. They give me headaches." Santa said worriedly. School was already over and they were about to go home.

"We haven't even taken the exams yet. You don't need to worry." Kanata told him. He knew Santa was not really good in academics. When he studies, he always got sidetracked doing some other things like doing some research about extraterrestrials. Actually, Santa did not see the point of studying something he did not find the least bit interesting that was why he always did badly during exams.

"He's right. Don't get all worked up 'til you've seen the tests. And it's not like you'll really fail." Nozomu said to the anxious Santa.

"And there's also the possibility that we'll all fail the exam and would have to retake it all on Christmas. So even if you have to retake it, at least we get to spend Christmas with the rest of the class." Mizuki said cheerily, his usual weird attitude manifesting again. The other three looked at him oddly. They knew he would not fail the exams since he was really brainy not unless he decided to intentionally write the wrong answers. This was also a possibility. One could never tell when it comes to Mizuki.

"Anyway you should just study." Kanata told Santa trying to ignore what Mizuki had said. He was already getting ready to leave.

Kanata was deep in thoughts while walking his way back home. He had almost forgotten that they had exams. He was smart but it did not mean that he need not study. When he got home, he was surprised when the door suddenly bolted open revealing an overly enthusiastic Miyu.

"Okaerinasai Kanata-kun!" she said cheerily. Kanata did not know how she knew that he was already at the front porch, but Miyu had always been the type to suddenly do that kind of thing.

"Ah yeah tadai –

Before he could finish talking she had grabbed his right arm and was yanking him inside. He was really confused by her sudden gesture.

"Hey, what's up with you all of a sudden?" he asked her bewilderingly still being yanked by the blond by the arm. She was just smiling and did not respond which she usually do. They stopped when they finally reached the kitchen.

"Uhmm… so… what are we doing here? Do you want me to make you something to eat?" he asked her.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Kanata-kun can you tell me what you call the things here and how to use them?"

"Why so suddenly?" Kanata looked confused. She knew she was always curious about the things humans used. Thinking that it was just out of her curiosity, he told her about the pan, the stove and everything else in the kitchen just to satisfy her curiosity.

"So you use this thing called stove, to heat things up so you could cook them?" she was staring at the stove, fascinated.

"Yeah. That's basically how we use it. But this thing can be really dangerous if you don't know how to use it." He told her quickly in case she decided to test it when he was away. She smiled at his explanation looking really satisfied.

"Kanata-kun is probably tired. You should go rest in your room." She said smiling.

"Yeah thanks. But I'll have to prepare dinner after I changed."

"NO!" He was taken aback by her sudden protest. He had never heard her raised her voice nor made a protest.

"Uhmmm.. what do you mean I –

"Kanata-kun should just go to his room and rest properly." She said to him, determined, her face an inch close to Kanata's.

The sudden proximity of their faces made Kanata blushed. He felt his heart skipped a beat.

"Of course I'll do that but I still have to study for the exams and prepare din –

"Then Kanata-kun should stay in his room and study." She said to him.

"Then what about dinner?" he asked her.

She smiled at this and said, "Kanata-kun should just rest or study for what you called exams. It sounds really important. Leave the cooking to me. I'll prepare it so Kanata-kun should not worry and just leave everything to me."

"But… but uhmmm… do you even know how to cook?"

She smiled at his question and went to get the book on the table and showed it to him.

"A Beginner's Guide in Cooking Japanese Cuisines?" he said inquisitively.

She nodded in response. Kanata was not convinced by it however.

"I'm guessing you got this from the shelf. But you know, just because you have this doesn't mean you'd know how to cook right away." He explained to her. He actually wanted to ask if she can understand it but he did not want to be rude. He was also worried about the idea of her cooking.

"There are pictures, you see? So I understand it better." She said as if reading his real thoughts.

"Yeah but still." He said trying to convince her out of it. Who knows what would happen if he let her cook their meal.

"Kanata-kun shouldn't worry and just study. Just leave everything to me, okay?"

He knew that no matter how hard he convinced her she would still insist the same thing. Finally, he gave in to her request.

"Alright, but in one condition." She smiled urging him to go on. He sighed. "You'll have to tell me right away if something's wrong alright?"

She nodded her head vigorously, looking really happy now that she finally coerced him to rest. Of ourse, he was still worried about the idea.

Kanata retreated to his room leaving Miyu in charge of their dinner. He was still really anxious but he knew there was nothing else he could do. He quickly changed out his uniform and decided to focus on studying.

Meanwhile, Miyu was really elated that she was finally able to help Kanata. She knew that he was always worrying about her and taking care of her so she wanted to repay his kindness.

She quickly opened the book so she could start cooking. There were big pictures of the ingredients and illustrations on how to cook making it easier for a beginner. To an angel like her, the word sautѐ would not make any sense but a picture of it would. She smiled and got the pan out and started boiling some water. She looked at the fridge and put out the pumpkin. She had a hard time slicing it.

"It showed here to put the pumpkin once I've finished cutting it, then mix it in…" The illustration showed a pumpkin being mixed in a bowl. She searched around the kitchen looking for the bowl then she remembered Kanata saying it was on the top cabinet. She looked up and knew instantly that she could not reached for it. She quickly got a chair and stand on it, trying to reach.

"I think it's this one." She looked pleased after finally finding what she was looking for. She took the bowl from the cabinet cheerily and was about to go down when she suddenly lose her footing. The bowl dropped along with her creating a huge noise.

Kanata who was trying to concentrate on his study suddenly heard the noise. He knew this was going to happen. He quickly got up and left his room to check what had happened. When he got there, he saw the fallen bowl and Miyu on the floor.

"Are you okay?" he instantly rushed to her, trying to see if there were any injuries. Miyu looked at him and smiled.

"I'm okay. I just fell. Kanata-kun shouldn't worry."

He sighed. "I knew this was going to happen. How about I prepare it instead?"

"No!" she said indignantly. "Kanata-kun should just go back to his room. Leave everything to me, I'm alright."she added smiling.

He knew it was useless to argue with her so he went back to his room looking really worried. He could not concentrate knowing that Miyu was in the kitchen. He tried not to think about it and continued studying. An hour later the door to his room opened revealing Miyu holding a tray of food.

"Kanata-kun I'm done please ea –

Kanata saw her tripped as she ran excitedly to him. With his quick reflex he was able to catch her before she fell.

"You okay?" he looked at her worried face. The food she made had fallen on the floor making a huge mess. "You don't need to worry about that I'll clean it." He said to her.

She looked at him, the sad expression visible on her beautiful face. "I'm really sorry about that Kanata-kun." She said looking disappointed and sorry.

"You shouldn't worry about it. Really, it's fine." He knew she was only trying to repay him and that she did not intend to cause him trouble.

"Anyway, you're really clumsy aren't you?" he said smiling.

She looked up and saw him smile for the first time. Ever since they met, she had never seen him smile nor laugh. It made her a little surprised seeing the happy expression in his face.

"You really made a mess. Haha…" He said laughing. "I'd say you're really clumsy for an angel." Kanata knew he aught to feel sorry for her but still he could not help but laugh at the situation.

The sound of his laughter and his genuine smile made Miyu's worries go away. And she was finally able to smile again.

"I guess that was really a failure." She finally said her radiant smile finally back on her beautiful face.

"Well that only means I'm right." Kanata suddenly told her. She looked inquisitively at him. "I really can't trust you in the kitchen." He grinned at her. "Although I think it was really amusing to see an angel cooking."

She smiled and laughed at his remark. Kanata was glad that she finally cheered up. The sound of her laughter and the sight of her smiling face were better than her worried and sad one.

"I'll help cleaning!" she finally said cheerily.

"Of course you should." Kanata answered, smiling, his genuine smile for the first time.

A/N

Once again thank very much for the review littlepuppylost! (I know you were expecting Mizuki to flirt in the previous chapter, sorry about that.)

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