A/N. So yea thanks you guys to all who are ready my story/stories it means a lot I left a mention to my first reviewer at the end of the chapter to read and review, fav and follow.
Disclaimer: I don't own Nisekoi or the characters but the café is one of my assignments and if I see it pop up around the place I'll know where they got it. Now on with the story-
"Chitoge let go." She heard him say, pressing further onto him.
"No! You never left me alone in the darkness, I'm not leaving you in yours." She almost cried, his voice sounded so broken.
Not saying anything Raku stood up and walked to towards the door, "Didn't you hear a thing I just said; you are not leaving my sight. I don't care that you're now the head of your syndicate, you are My Beanpole and you had better get it through your ignorant brain that that's how it is." She ranted, her voice authorative and pissed. Raku looked over his shoulder at her, his expression unchanged from before. "Then why don't you come with?" He said a ghost of a smile gracing his lips.
Following him they walked side by side down the hallway, the sound of their bare feet slapping against the hard wood echoing in the empty house.
Everyone must have vacated the halls, because it was like walking around in a ghost town. Glancing towards Raku Chitoge sighed; he was staring at the floor, "Raku I know this is a bad time but do you want to get something to eat?"
(Raku pov)
Looking at her Raku wondered over the question. "Sure the kitchen's this way." He said pointing down the other end of he hall. Chitoge had never really spent much time here and it was reasonable to think she didn't know where certain rooms were.
Feeling her hand grab his, he looked at her questioningly. Shaking her head strongly twice Chitoge looked up at him her face still showing the sadness inside her. Though it paled in comparison to his own feelings of inner turmoil.
"I don't mean to cook, I'm not trying to kill you." She said and despite himself he chuckled.
"They could send you food into a war zone and it would the equivalent of tear-gas." He said laughter running through his words as he said them.
"HEY MY FOODS NOT THAT BAD! It's just I need practice, and it still better then some of Kirisaki' dishes. Some of those are more likely to bring people to tears." She replied, her words hoping from outrage to shyness and finishing with sarcasm.
"Only some, but she has gotten better at it." he said, standing up for their friends some-times shocking cooking skills, especially for a bakers daughter.
"So now that we've settled that I still can't cook and you shouldn't have to do any house work at this time, as well as me not wanting you anywhere near knives-"
"Hey!" Raku interjected.
Smiling Chitoge continued on as if he hadn't spoken at all, "I think we should hit the streets and dine out." So pulling on his hand she rushed Raku out of his house only slowing as they exited through the compound gates. "well that was fun but you could've let me grab my shoes and let you get yours for that matter.
Pulling out her phone Chitoge pressed a few buttons then held it to her ear, a list of orders later and a car pulled up; a black limo with tinted windows, a man jumped out of the car and opened the door. "I have what you ordered mistress." The man said bowing down the middle as Chitoge walked over to the car.
"Good did you put them in the back like I asked?"
"Of course Mistress, everything is as you requested." The man answered; he must be new to the Beehive group because he was sweating just thinking about displeasing his bosses doted upon daughter. "Claude-sama refused to leave you without a guard, and though I told him what you said to tell him, he said that he would rather suffer your silence then leave you in the hands of a newly orphaned boy that throws people through walls." At this point the man was sniveling, he looked on the verge of tears at the glare that was directed to him via Raku.
What happened next shook the glaring boy-soon to be man, Claude was called out of the bushes behind them by Chitoge, who proceeded to punch him in the jaw.
"Why have you punched me lady Chitoge?" Claude questioned, his face already bruising.
"BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SIAD! Don't you have any manners at all, what you so blatantly said is of great disrespect, to Raku and to me and if you do not apologies right this moment. You don't want to know what I'd do!" she finished her gaze narrowed on the bodyguard slash assassin. Chitoge had never had a fight this all out with a member of her group, and though it made him feel warm to know she cared this much, he new Claude would never submit and apologize.
"I am sorry." The sound came out of nowhere and Raku looked to the ground only to see the man he had just mentally declared plainly a cold un-sympatric and uncaring jerk, was now bowing to him.
"It was wrong of me to say those things especially about your family. Old habits die hard you know?" the proud blonde couldn't look Raku in the face; he had his face to the side his teeth grinding together in a scowling grimace as he forced out his words. Nodding Raku stepped into the car, he looked over at Chitoge who was seated on the other side of the bench seat. The chairs were a soft white leather material with caramel stitching. The rest of the limousine' inside was much the same, caramel carpeting with a long wined around chair that was longer on the right and end in a small bar on the left. It looked very professional and expensive with it's mulberry red and colt blue throw cushions just lazy on the bench seat. Looking over at the slightly more then a car' occupant, she was looking out the window watching as the outside world whizzed by.
"I'm sorry about Claude he had not right to say those things and I still think I should wrap his face around my fist again." Chitoge said breaking the silence that had taken over the cabin. Facing her again he say she was still looking out the window, her eyes glued to the glass.
"Chitoge," he started, "How long have we been in Japan?"
"Bordering on two and a half years, why?" she said, sounding marginally confused by Raku's sudden out of place question.
"And we've been "together" that whole time. Which means I've had the same amount of time to get used to that arse-hole, and his ways." Raku replied eyeing her as she finally turned around he could see that there were watery tracks running down her cheeks.
"Oh come on, don't cry. I should be the one crying but I'm not." He stated imploring with the blue-eyed girl to quit her crying.
"But that the thing, you should be crying!" Chitoge quietly pointed out, her tears had stopped their cascade, but they were red and puffy from them.
"I'm sorry but I can't"
"I hope this isn't something about men not crying because I can tell you they do. I've seen fully grown men cry at getting a splinter so don't put up a face of macho bravery because it doesn't suit you." She said scooting closer to him.
"I just can't." he said again bowing his head almost his forehead to the leather. With his words she again shifted closer to the rave haired teen.
Finally giving her an answer he near shouted, "Because I don't have any tears left! I feel so empty-" he rubbed his hands over his face, "I just can't." Raku whispered.
Chitoge pressed her hand over his back giving him comfort, they were almost at the at the café that Chitoge new Raku liked when they hit a spot of traffic, though it was to be expected. It was only yesterday that Raku's father had died in a car bombing on this very road. She hadn't been told much because she was just a high school student but she knew it wasn't an accident. It had happened while they were on a school trip, Raku taking Ryuu and she herself had Tsugumi as a bodyguard. Thinking about was just like reliving it.
(Flashback)
They where just getting off the bus after their weeklong trip to Kyoto with the school. The holiday was much needed as they were finishing school for the year in just ten days, the trip to Kyoto was to rev the students up for the exams; if you didn't pass you weren't getting on the bus as their sensei put it.
And it was well worth the studying; they went to shrines and to the beach. Aside from the fun we had booklets that we had to write in every night, but screw that she thought they had spent their nights staying up late and talking, though it sucked that Kirisaki hadn't been able to make it, she and Marika flunked the test and had to stay home. It was on the last day of the trip as they were packing everything back up that Ryuu got a call.
Ryuu took Raku and flew back as soon as they could, it took the rest of the class several hours to follow and as soon as she stepped off the bus she was told what happened. About how Raku's dad had enemies just mine and that they had won out. Raku' father was dead and they said it like it was the turn out of a football match or something.
Rikiku had been traveling to a meeting with this other gang called Te no yami (dark hand), some new group of violent thugs who wanted to turn the city into some kind of filth ridden dumbing grounds.
Rikiku' car had been strapped with explosives, and as it went off the street was said to have been engulfed in flames and debris. Both Rikiku and his driver along with four bystanders died in the incident.
(End flashback)
And it was all to do with some selfish arse-holes wish to play Yakuza.
In her reverie the car had advanced to their destination, Chitoge stared at the sign it read "Kohi no Kami,"(coffee god) the shop was situated in what looked like an English three story apartment building, all molded white curves and big windows, feather motifs carved out in the stone work seemingly floating down from above.
"I never really asked but how do you know this place and it seems kind of girlish don't ya think?" Chitoge asked as they slid out of the car, the building dwarfed her with its magnitude and beauty of the structure. She herself lived in an immaculate western style home -cough cough, mansion- but it wasn't artistic like this one was, the feathers fell so gracefully from the roof top it looked like they descended from the heavens themselves.
"A friend of mine works here." Raku responded.
"Who."
"It's actually Shu' family business and well as their house." Raku said his voice having changed in the least, though Chitoge face had morphed into a look of disbelief, her jaw quite nearly hitting the pavement outside of Shu' front door.
Walking her towards said door, Raku couldn't help but feel distracted by Chitoges gob smacked reaction, he had never seen her face do that before; and it made him chuckle on the inside.
"Shu' mother is a quarter Japanese but has been in love with our culture most her life, despite growing up in England. She came on a trip out here and met Shu' father when she was in her teens and they fell in love and she decided to move out here. They opened up this place just before they had Shu, Shu' told me that his mum always wanted to open up a café like this, so she did. They are actually quite popular!" Raku said. Opening the cast iron and glass door a bell rang, and shortly after a young man with strawberry blonde hair arrived at the door, he was dressed in butlers' attire with an rose matching is hair in the breast pocket.
"Raku what are you doing here, I said I'd be at yours just after my shift. Are you ok?" the voice was very familiar and friendly.
Looking over at Chitoge he saw the gob smacked look from before this time only more severe.
"Shu? Whoa you look different without your glasses on." She said addressing the monochromatically dressed teen.
"Yea, I've been told that before." Shu responded moving out of their way and ushering them into the building. The walls were a plain creamy white that went well with the cross-cross marble flooring. There were no edges only curved arches and black floral filigree decorating the ceiling. To put it clearly the house was even more magnificent on the inside. Shu showed them to a table set for two with a white tablecloth and menus standing neatly in the middle. Shu directed them to sit and they did, the chairs they sat in were certainly cushier then they appeared; the terracotta orange fabric gave off a warm and inviting feeling. The room as a whole was brilliantly designed and just a marvel to look at. Dragging their attention back to Shu, he told them to order what they wanted and just enjoy themselves, saying that he would be back in a moment.
Raku had often come to Kohi no Kami on the weekends and he sometimes worked there too. It had been Shu' mother that had taught him to cook and he liked helping out around the place from time to time, and though he didn't spend as much time working here as his friend it was still one the places he visited most in the city. Since starting the fake relationship with Chitoge Raku hadn't come her as much and he found himself soothed just sitting at its tables again.
"I'm a little shocked at how good looking Shu is without his glasses on! How is he not tripping over and running into things?" Chitoge said leaning in her seat to follow their friends' journey.
"Shu doesn't need glasses really, he did when we were kids but he doesn't need them now. Shu used to follow me around and annoy me and he got on my nerves so much that I almost punched him once. But I couldn't because he was still wearing his glasses, as you know it's not good to hit people that wear glasses. I sad this after I almost hit him and he's worn them ever since."
"Some people would say its bad to hit people period." Chitoge countered a small smile on her face and a twinkle of mirth in her eyes.
"That's true but it's just how I was raised." Raku' smile shriveled and his eyes dipped, thinking about how he was raised just reminded him of what he was now missing. Seeing the look of hurt on his face Chitoge decided to change the subject, "So what's good here?" she asked loudly picking up her menu and flipping to any random page.
Grabbing his own Raku flipped through as well, his eyes weren't back to their usual but Chitoge didn't think any amount of humorous jokes or distractions could do that. She just hoped that they helped.
"Well I always used to get the schnitzel when I was working, so I think I'll have that; but everything is really rather good. Shu mum is an excellent chef, she actually taught me most of what I know."
"Well it must be good to get our groups head cooks approval." Chitoge teased smiling at the new information. "So then I still don't know what to have plus there's drinks and dessert to think about too."
"That's easy I'll have a blue heaven milkshake and you'll have mocha flavored one and for dessert you cant pass up the steamed chocolate pudding with sauce and ice-cream." Chitoge looked at him as he picked out the rest of their meal for her. It's not like she didn't like the sound of all those things it was more to do with the fact that he'd never ordered for her before.
Just then Shu returned with a plate of pumpkin scones and a western style tea set, two cups, saucers utensils and a plate of cream and one of jam.
"Mum heard you were here and said to bring these out to you, your favorite and they just came out of the oven too." Shu told them as he delicately poured the tea into the cups before leaving them again.
(End of chapter here sorry)
A/N. again I'm sorry I stopped there and for all you guys that read and liked my story and are following me and not only it, thank you it means a lot.
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