Misaki was outside of Maid Latté's back entrance. She was feeling uneasy with herself. She walked away from Takumi when he needed help.
She put all the thoughts of today behind her and walked into the cafe with happy thoughts.
'Hey Misaki!' Subaru said with a smile and waved
'Hi' she tried to smile but failed miserably
'Oh what is that on your hand?' Subaru took her hand and looked at it carefully. 'Blood?' Subaru asked skeptically
'Oh... No, it is not my blood' it was Takumi's blood. There was a single drop of blood on her wrist. Subaru let go of Misaki's hand.
'Thank God, you're okay, just, go wash it off' Subaru said to Misaki. Subaru was wearing her maid outfit and had a tray in a hand.
'For sure' Misaki nodded
She went into the washroom. And washed it off quickly and changed into her maid uniform in 2 minutes.
It was a usual day and Misaki headed home and ate and did some work and slept at 12:34 am.
She woke up and showered and went to work at 6 am. Takumi wasn't there; he normally comes at 6:15. Misaki heard a door open at 6:13 and knew it was Takumi. She continued to work and Takumi passed her door and didn't look in or at her.
Takumi just walked in his office and did his work quietly. Misaki felt really sad about leaving Takumi when he needed attention. She is so irrational, she thought.
Slowly the other firefighter arrived one by one.
After finishing half of her work Misaki decided to take a break. Misaki decided to go talk to Sakura. Misaki walked to the lounge area and she saw Sakura talking to Takumi. They were sitting at a table facing each other. Sakura and Takumi sat on chairs drinking coffee. Misaki immediately hid behind a couch. Takumi noticed her behind the couch. She didn't want to confront Takumi. Misaki didn't want to bring up thoughts about yesterday. She was contemplating of a way to get out of the lounge in her head without Takumi seeing her.
'Okay, I will you see later then' Sakura said to Takumi. Takumi was still sitting while Sakura got up with her coffee and headed towards the couch to the door. Misaki was still there crouching behind it.
Misaki didn't notice that Sakura was headed right her way because she was still thinking of way to get without being caught by either one of them.
Misaki thought that if she crawled her way to the fridge she could hide behind the fridge until Takumi and Sakura leave then she could leave too.
While Misaki was in her thoughts Sakura saw Misaki with her back leaned against the back of the couch and her knees up.
'What are you doing her, Misaki?' Sakura asked Misaki
Misaki snapped out of her thoughts and shot her head at Sakura. Misaki was kind of relieved that it was Sakura instead of Takumi but how was she going to say not to cal Takumi or not to tell Takumi that she was here. Misaki tried to act out with her hands frantically to Sakura to be quiet but she didn't understand what Misaki was trying ever so desperately to tell her.
'Huh?' Sakura made a confused face.
Misaki gave up with charades and peeked over the couch to see if Takumi was still there.
'Fuhhh' Misaki said with relief, he wasn't there. Misaki plopped down and leaned her head against the back of the couch. She was now sitting down with her legs stretched out. Misaki closed her eyes and sighed deeply in relief.
'Ayuzawa, were you listening to us?' it was Takumi, on the opposite side of Sakura, asking Misaki. After a nanosecond Misaki's head snapped to the direction where the sound was coming-Takumi.
'WHAAA!' she was startled. She turned red. Misaki was embarrassed that she had been caught.
'So, were you?' Sakura asked while crossing her arms
'Of course, not' she said while getting up slowly. She turned to Sakura who was opposite to Takumi. 'I was just looking for something' Misaki told Sakura
'For what? Let me help' Takumi teased
Misaki turned around and shot him a death glare. After she did she immediately turned around to face Sakura. She was too embarrassed and felt guilty to face Takumi.
'I already found it,' she said while raising a closed fist up in the air and slightly waving it at Sakura
'Now both of you go back to work!' she yelled at both Takumi and Sakura and took a step back. She was now facing both of them
'Actually, Ayuzawa, I am the head of this department, so you have to listen to me' he smirked an I-WIN-YOU-LOSE smile. Misaki glared at him after he said that, she couldn't say anything else because it was true, she wasn't the chief anymore.
'That is true' Sakura sided with him. Sakura glided beside Takumi and Takumi kept his smirk on.
'Fine, then' Misaki said in defeat
'Okay guys, I am going to talk to Kelly, catch you guys later' Sakura said
Takumi just nodded and Misaki said 'Okay' and with that Sakura walked through the door that Misaki came in from and Sakura walked out of the lounge.
Misaki watched as Sakura felt, her best friend since grade school. Suddenly when the doors slammed shut Misaki's confidence level just dropped to zero.
Takumi was watching Misaki and when the doors closed Misaki faced Takumi who was already looking at her. She noticed it and Misaki almost immediately turned red.
'I am going to get back to work' she turned around on her heels
'Wait, Ayuzawa' he gently grabbed her wrist.
Misaki stopped and turned around. Takumi still held her hand.
'Just hear me out, please' he pleaded, he didn't have a teasing face he had a worried and a bit hurt face.
Misaki wanted to object but she already hurt him enough, she thought. She didn't say anything except stare into his eyes.
'About yesterday, I didn't want you or the others to get hurt, that's why I went in, by myself' Takumi said
Misaki opened her mouth but closed it after she thought about it
'And thank you for helping me in the ambulance' he said sincerely and with a little smile
'Why would you go in a huge fire by yourself, you have a team for a reason!' she raised her voice
They both stared at each other for a minute before Misaki spoke (I mean yelled)!
'Oh I know, YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT! AND WANT ALL THE ATTENTION AND MONEY!'
'Why do you think all men want attention and money, Ayuzawa?'
She was back to her angry self, she was so raged that she forget the situation and that he was hurt. 'NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!' she yelled
Ethan turned around from the kitchen and asked 'Is there a problem, guys?'
'It is nothing' Misaki said to Ethan,' I was just leaving' she said to Takumi
'Why are you being so difficult, Ayuzawa?'
'ME!' Misaki saw Ethan watching Misaki and Takumi and Misaki immediately turned down her volume 'Me, I am not the one being difficult, you are the one doing everything by yourself!' she half whispered and half yelled to him.
'I do things alone so you don't get hurt' he said with a soft and caring voice
He was still holding her hand. Misaki looked down on it and yanked her hand of and began
'I don't need your help, I have my family and friends who can help me' she lied
'I know you don't have a family and that you live by yourself'
'...' Misaki didn't say anything because she knew it was true.
'You are such a bad liar' he pointed and touched her nose with a slight smile.
'You pervert' she swatted his hand away. He smiled.
'Why don't you come over one day and treat all my injuries for me' he teased her further and Misaki turned beet red!
'Ewww! No, you pervert!' she ran away to her office and he just chuckled while watching her.
It was lunch time and Misaki was eating some sushi she made by herself. It wasn't that good, but she still at it because she didn't want to waste food.
'Hey Ayuzawa!' Takumi chirped while taking the seat in front of her.
Misaki recognized his voice and didn't want to talk to him so she decided to keep her head down and her eyes on her food and just kept eating. Sakura rambled about the UxMishi concert that she went to on the weekend. Sakura invited Misaki but she declined.
Takumi brought out his lunch, a sandwich and put it on the table.
'Did you do anything exciting last weekend?' Takumi asked Misaki
Misaki thought about it, she didn't go anywhere she just worked.
'No' she took another bite of her sushi
'Do you want to do something with me this weekend?' he asked
'In a thousand years' she laughed
'Well last least I am not the one working all weekend long and not having fun' he unwrapped his sandwich
'I do have fun!' she yelled at him
'Yup, like how you said yes to going to the UxMishi concert' he nodded wildly and then took a bite out of his sandwich
'You don't know anything, I like to have fun on my own, I like to walk in the park in the morning, going to amusement parks, and other things, see I do have fun'
'Interesting' he chewed for a bit while Misaki ate her lunch and then Takumi asked Misaki 'Do you want half?' he indicated to the sandwich in his hands with his eyes
'No, thanks' Misaki replied while staring at the sandwich
'Wow, Ayuzawa is polite' Takumi said when he was done swallowing the sandwich
'Shut up, Usui!' she looked him in the eye and yelled
He nodded happily and enjoyed the moment!