24|| Night

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"Are you hungry?" Miya asks me as I save our finished work.

"A little." I admit.

"Let's go eat. I'm starving." She grabs my hand and pulls me off of the bed and out of her room.

"W-Where are you taking me?" I ask.

She let's go of my hand and starts running.

"M-Miya?!"

She then stops and starts sliding on the marble floor.

"Woah!"

"Hahaha!" She turns around and looks at me. "Try it! You have socks on!"

"B-But what if I slip and fall?"

"Then i'll tell Kaoru you like him." She smirks.

I furrow my brow and start running toward her.

"D-Don't tell him!"

She starts running as I chase her.

"I'm telling!" She laughs.

"I'll tell him myself!"

Miya then stops.

"M-Miya help!" Not being able to stop, I slide toward her. She turns around, smirks and takes a step to the side. "W-Wha?!"

I then see Kaoru up ahead and as he turns around I reach out for him and he catches me.

"W-Woah! A-Are you okay?" He holds me up and I jump away from him.

"Y-Yeah!" I say without looking up at him.

"Nawww."

I look up and see Miya grinning.

"Y-You-!"

"Dinner's ready!" She cuts me off and skips into the dining room.

I look at Kaoru and he looks back at me. "Uh...!" I look down and follow after Miya.

I walk over to the seat next to Miya. "The seat's broken." She says and I walk over to the other side. "That one too."

I furrow my brow and move to another seat.

"They're all broken, all except for the seat next to Kaoru." She smirks.

I look at Kaoru who is glaring at Miya. I cautiously walk to the seat next to Kaoru's and take a seat.

"Hey guys." Hikaru comes in and sits next to Miya.

My eye twitches.

How did I fall for that?

I bite my bottom lip and look down, embarrassed. Kaoru clears his throat and looks away.

"Spaghetti!"

I look up when I hear Miya squeal and clap. A plate of spaghetti is placed in front of me.

"T-Thank you... It looks great." I say to the maid and give a small bow with my head.

She smiles and bows 90 degrees before standing back up straight and walking away with a smile.

I turn around and find the three staring at me.

"Um..." I look down at my spaghetti.

"She's so cute!" Miya grins and Hikaru chuckles beside her. "Let's eat!"

I look back up and see Miya and Hikaru pigging out.

I look at Kaoru from the corner of my eyes and see Kaoru slurping his spaghetti. I look back at my plate.

"Hmmm."

It tastes so good.

I smile and continue eating.

"Haaah!" Miya pats her stomach. "That was so good!" She smiles happily.

"O-Oh!" I stand up and pick my plate up.

"What're you doing?" Hikaru asks.

"P-Picking the plates up." I say and he tilts his head.

"We have people for that."

"I-I know..." I say and pick up Kaoru's plate.

I feel his eyes on me as I walk around to the other side and pick up Miya and Hikaru's plates.

"O-Oh I've got it miss!" A maid tries to take the plates away from me and I shake my head.

"No no it's fine." I smile. "Thank you." I say and her eyes widen.

I walk past her toward the kitchen door.

--Kaoru POV--

Badum Badum

Her kindness made my heart feel as if it was about to explode.

Why do you do this to me...?

I watch her as she holds all four of the plates up with one hand and all four cups stacked on top of the plates.

She opens the kitchen door with her free hand and peeks her head in before going in.

"T-Thanks..." Miya says to the maid before the maid bows and jogs into the kitchen.

"Wow..." Hikaru nods approvingly.

"See Hikaru!" Miya slaps his shoulder. "She's perfect for him."

"I see now. Yeah yeah." He nods.

As the two talk, I stand up and walk over to the kitchen door. I open the door slightly and peek my head in.

"Oh no miss please, I can wash them myself." The maid says to her and she chuckles.

"No really it's fine. I like to wash the dishes."

"But..." The maid looks down feeling guilty.

"How about I wash and you dry?" She says and the maid looks up with a smile.

"Yes yes." She nods and stands next to her.

I stare at her back for a moment before snapping out of it and stepping into the kitchen, closing the door behind me.

They both turn around and the maid bows.

"Oh... Kaoru..."

I walk up to them. "It's fine. You can go rest. I'll take it from here." I say to the maid and she grins.

"T-Thank you!" She bows to the two of us before skipping out of the kitchen.

I look at Kako and she quickly looks back down at the dishes.

I smirk and start drying the plates.

"You know we have a dishwasher..." I say and she freezes for a moment before continuing.

"I-I prefer doing it by hand... I feel that it's cleaner that way." She says and places a clean plate down before continuing to the next plate.

I smile and continue drying the plate.

"Hmmm... Hmm..." She starts to hum and I look at her.

"What song is that?" I ask and she jumps up slightly.

"O-Oh! It's um... Miracles in December by EXO..." She looks down shyly.

"Can you sing it?" I ask and she stops and looks at me.

"Well it's... Korean so..." She says and I shrug.

"Can you sing in Korean?" I ask and she nods. "I don't mind..." I smile and she looks away.

"Okay..." She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. "Boiji annneun neol chajeuryeogo aesseuda... Deulliji annneun neol deureuryeo aesseud..." She stops and looks at me.

I smile and nod.

She closes her eyes and continues.

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.

.

"You have a really nice voice." I say.

"Thank you." She smiles and looks down.

I gaze at her as we walk down the hallway.

"I didn't know you were fluent in Korean..." I say and she chuckles. "What else are you hiding from me?" I ask.

"I can... Juggle..." She looks up at me with a cute expression and I burst out laughing. "W-Why are you laughing?" She pouts.

"It-It's just that you're so cute..." I stop laughing. She smiles slightly and looks away.

I look away and slap my forehead.

Idiot!

"Um..." I turn around and see her stop in front of Miya's room.

"Oh um... Um..." I scratch my head.

Ask her out. Ask her out.

"W-Would you like to... T-tomorrow..." I gulp. "W-would you like to go ice-skating with me tomorrow?"

"Ice-skating?" She looks at me and I nod. "I-I don't know how to ice-skate but... It sounds like fun..." She smiles and my legs wobble at her beauty.

"R-Really?!" I say and she nods. "O-Okay then... Goodnight?" I say and she gives a small bow.

"Night." She looks up at me and her smile widens.

"Night." I smile back.

She snaps out of it and opens the door.

"N-Night." She looks at me again.

"Night." I chuckle.

She goes in and peeks her head out.

"N-Night..." She smiles slightly and I chuckle again.

"Sweet dreams."

She stares at me and then quickly closes the door.

I stare at the door for a bit before turning around.

I hear a clicking sound and turn around.

"G-Goodnight." I hear her giggle a little before she shuts the door once again.

I grin. "Goodnight."

I turn around and walk down the hallway with a smile.

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Aren't they just so cute?

- Luca