Life is Full of Surprises

//Author's notes:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STARTING ON READING MY STORY. I find it very difficult to construct some words, but I am trying... Hahahhaha. Anyway, this story will be very weird you see, but I hope it'll be the good kind of weird. 💕 I'm still Akiyo Hanamura. //

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"Ding~ dong ~ding ~dong"

The bell rung signaling their lunch break.

"Moriyama-kun, what school are you from?"

"Why is your introduction so short?"

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Where do you live?"

"Do you want to have icecream later?"

"Umm.... Ahaaha..... Ha.... I uhh..."

This guy seem to be very clueless about socializing that being bombarded with questions and crowds of people kind of made him uncomfortable. But it seems that his looks are what contributed to this issue.

"Kairo is very good-looking, you see. His navy blue hair slid into soft curls and his elegantly violet eyes are very enticing. He has a good body frame too in fairness...." Erika just started describing his physical features in her mind, but when she realized what she was doing, she slapped her face back to reality.

"Hatsugawa-san, a.... are you going for lunch? Can we go together?"

"Huh? What?"

"Please....?"

The group of people looked at her with a sour face. Erika pouted at their expressions and exclaimed, "Okay, I'll go with you. You seem desperate after all."

"Hehe, thank you." Kairo squirmed his way through the crowd and went beside Erika.

"Do they know each other?"

"Why did he go with that girl?"

"That girl is really obnoxious, you know."

"Probably hypnotism."

Erika rolled her eyes at the crowd and stood up, walked her way out of the classroom wherein the star of the day followed her at once.

"Hatsugawa-san, are you not in good terms with your classmates?"

"I don't care. They just couldn't keep up with my royalty."

"Royalty?"

Erika glanced at him a bit then she faced forward once again.

"We'll eat at the rooftop. I like being at the top."

"Alright."

"You have your food with you?"

"Ah yes, I brought a boxed lunch with me."

"I don't have one so I'll share with yours."

"Alright...

.... Wait, what?"

"You heard me."

Kairo paused walking as he was taken aback with what she just said, processing those words. Then he rushed back beside her.

"Well I can share.... I just don't know if it'll be your liking."

"Yours is what I have so I'll manage. Also, don't walk beside me, we're not friends."

"Oh..." Kairo slowed his pace a bit then got to about 3 steps behind her.

He couldn't see what kind of expression Erika was making after what happened a while ago, but he continued following her until they reached the rooftop.

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"You've gotta be kidding me."

"I did warn you it might not be your liking."

"THIS ISN'T ANYBODY'S LIKING!!! LOOK AT THE ARRANGEMENT OF THIS.....THIS.....THING!"

It was true. Kairo's boxed lunch was a disaster. The rice was half-cooked, the egg rolls aren't even rolled anymore, the hotdog octopuses are burnt, the vegetables are bland, everything is a disaster.

"I could not eat this!"

"It's not true! If you close your eyes while eating this and imagine being in a 5-star restaurant, it wouldn't be that bad anymore!" Kairo took his chopsticks and started digging in his creation. There was a slight second where his eyes squinted a bit then his face turned into a delightful smile. "Mm..... Perfect sautéed vegetables... Try it!"

"NO! I would not eat this atrocity! It's unbelievably unbelievable you could even eat this! And don't you think I did not notice that slight second you have regretted your life choices when you ate it. You know it's bad!" At this point, Erika totally gave up on eating any lunch.

"I'm sorry Hatsugawa-san...." Kairo said softly, with tears brimming in his eyes. "The truth is.... I couldn't actually cook."

"Well it's obvious!" Erika face-palmed and sighed in surrender, thinking what she did to deserve this. Well, probably a lot, is what she thought as she answered her own question.

"Give me that!" She quickly grabbed the box of atrocity and took something from her pocket. From what it looks like, it's salt, pepper, and a sachet of whatever sauce that is.

Kairo peeked in a little bit on what she was doing to his boxed lunch. It looked like she was sprinkling this and that until she gave it to her. "There! Now eat it."

He was still a bit confused but when he started eating whatever she made after her ceremony, he was surprised with the large difference in taste. "How... How did you?!"

"I altered the taste a bit so that it wouldn't be wasted."

"This actually turned out edible! You're amazing Hatsugawa-san!"

"Shut up. Now leave me a little bit of something after you eat."

"Are you kidding?! I'll leave half for you! This is awesome. It's like you turned a hopeless cuisine into something worth passing! Thank you! I hope we would be partners in Home Ed."

"I wish I wouldn't have you as my partner. I don't want something worth passing, I strive perfection!"

"Whatever you say. Let's eat together!"

She watched this young man happily eat on his food and it made her smile a bit as well. She looked at the sky for a while as she waits.

"Is there something wrong, Hatsugawa-san?" Kairo said with his mouth half-full.

"Your cooking. That's what's wrong."

"The sad truth." Kairo said in a gloomy tone.

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It's just that, Kairo Moriyama is a very familiar word. Even while walking towards the classroom, she is still thinking about that.

"I cannot believe that I would eat something edible again! It's been 9 years!"

"Now I am starting to question what kind of life you've been living up to now."

"A dreadful life, if I may describe. I don't think I've done anything proper actually. Except for my studies."

"Really now? Well that's interesting." Erika said while smirking. "Well, where's my reward?"

"Reward? What kind of reward?"

"For fixing you food?"

Kairo looked up as he started thinking of what to give her. He even glanced at her trying to figure out what she might like him to give. I mean, from the looks of it, she is kinda picky.

"Well certainly I have no money.... I also don't know what you would like cause we just met. But I hope this will suffice in the meantime."

"You have no money?! What decent thing could you possibly give instead of mon------"

The next thing she knew, there was a man kneeling in front of her with one leg down, her hand held as he landed a kiss on the back of it.

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