Little Do You Know

Chapter 1 - Misunderstood Words

Misaki's POV

Today was just another one of the days that I got sucked into the 'Usagi whirlpool'. I was just minding my business, and happened to walk into the living room to get to the kitchen, only to find Usagi-san torturing Aikawa-san again... The usual, right?

Well, no. Not necessarily. Not today.

So as I was saying, I was sucked into his world and ended up having to agree to plan a 'normal' date, by 'normal' human standards, not 'Usagi' standards, so Usagi-san will be able to finish writing the last few chapters of his novel.

Easy enough... WRONG! I couldn't have been more wrong!

Everything was going fine, well as fine as it could be after the gift his father sent me, until we reached one of the final few things on the list: visiting the new aquarium. He seemed distracted. I felt like maybe he was like that because I met his father and brother, even though it all happened by chance...

I was actually enjoying myself, making lame jokes, and Usagi was being his normal self, calling me a kid. I thought things were going back to the way they were before.

Then Usagi-ani happened. And well, I tried to get rid of him, but it wasn't as easy as I had hoped. I was glad that I finally was able to after almost running away from him. The Usagi family was so hard to reason with, thinking about it alone gave me a terrible headache.

I decided not mentioning my run in with Usagi-ani, to Usagi-san, was a good idea for now, so we would continue on enjoying the date and I hoped that he was able to learn something useful for his book, especially knowing how he'd react to hearing about his brother.

The ferris-wheel was our next stop. I was excited, especially about the view... But I could tell that something was bothering Usagi-san. So I tried to distract him, mentioning the view for him to look at, but I felt his eyes on me, never once leaving me.

He then said something I was hoping to never hear him utter. "I think maybe it would be best if you kept your distance from me."

Hearing the words left me with a pang of pain in my heart... I did the only thing I could think of at that moment... I played along.

"O-oh, yeah, maybe..." I said, looking away from him again. "I mean, I totally got roped into doing this hands-on lesson today anyway you look at it. And not only this time; somehow I always end up the victim of unfortunate circumstances whenever I am with you." I laughed awkwardly just then before adding, "Yeah, you're totally right! I know, there's a new volume of my favorite manga coming out. You can buy that and I'll forgive you." I joked, hoping that it will blow over with just that.

"You could go to Takahiro's place, or live on your own," he said, ignoring my rant. "Either way, I'll cover all of your expenses."

My hands fisted on their own in my lap as I replied, my eyes still directed at the Tokyo Tower, "I don't need that." Then something came to my mind that I had to ask, so I did. "Oh, did you happen to see me with your brother at the aquarium?

"Um, look, I want you to trust me on this: every time we've met it's just been a coincidence." I tried to reassure him, in case that was what brought this on. "This time too. We just happened to bump into each other. He said that the aquarium was something he'd worked on, and he was there on business."

It must be why he was acting this way, and saying these things. "Of course, there is no way I could have known that. So, I mean, I couldn't have been on my guard even if I wanted to." I said finally looking his way. "Er, but, I do try to be careful... Are you mad?"