Damn it. Naoki had torn the notice! Reiko clenched her teeth angrily. " Neechan, you are back! See who's here?" Ayako dashed out to the doorway. " Who?" Reiko snapped out impatiently because she had no mood to entertain Ayako.
" See for yourself!" Ayako pointed at one figure standing in the living room. " Miki?" Reiko's eyes widened with excitement. " When did you come back?" Reiko asked, behaving like a hyper active child.
Miki Fujiwara was Reiko's best friend since young. Miki was three years older. " Yesterday." Miki replied and sighed. " What happened? You don't look too happy?" Reiko could sense Miki's unhappiness.
" It's a long story." Miki started to relate the whole incident that happened during the night before.
" Please, give me another chance! I won't be late next time." Kotoko pleaded. " No, we cannot afford to hire such an irresponsible person. You are fired!" The manager rejected firmly.
Knowing that there's no hope in getting back her job, Kotoko left the office. I need to get another job or perhaps I should go back to school? I really miss Zinko, Satomi and Kin. Kotoko thought sadly while checking the content of her purse.
" Gomen...may I know how much does this cost?" Kotoko pointed at a beautifully wrapped hamper that contained some fruits and flowers. "Ten thousand yen." The sales lady informed Kotoko. What? Kotoko thought aloud as she took out her purse to check its content.
"Ahh...what can I buy with two thousand yen?" Kotoko asked." Nani?" The sales girl gave Kotoko a cold stare and shifted her glance to the direction of the shelves. " This." Kotoko was given a single stalk of flower wrapped in some translucent wrapping paper. " Only one flower? How much is the apple?" Kotoko took one big apple from the basket.
"Four hundred yen." Came the reply. "Okay, I will take this flower and the apple." Kotoko replied and start digging her pocket for the rest of the four hundred yen.
"Kenrou Kurozawa." Kotoko recited the name on the door to confirm she was entering the correct ward.
"Do you know that YY fast food restaurant was offering Set Meal A at only 300 yen during yesterday?"
"Wow! Come let's go and grab one set. I've always wanted to have set A."
"Nah...they only offered for one day. It seemed that one of their staffs had key in the wrong prices and so they decided to let it be in order to retain the incoming flow of customers."
"Too bad we missed it."
YY fast food restaurant? Hmmm...Naoki wondered to himself when he overheard the conversation between the two students.
" Oh...he looked so much like Irie-kun." Kotoko put the flower and apple on the table beside the bed and took a seat on a nearby sofa. Kenrou was still in his sleep.
" Kotoko, you are here?" Mrs. Kurozawa entered the room.
" Konnichiwa." Kotoko greeted, using her ever-so-loud voice. "Shhhh...not so loud, Kenrou had a hard time falling asleep during last night." Mrs. Kurozawa informed. "Gomen..." Kotoko quickly apologized, but her voice was not getting any softer.
" Shhhh..." Mrs. Kurozawa took a seat next to Kotoko. "Opps..." Kotoko quickly covered her mouth with her hands. "Gomen ne...I didn't mean to hurt your son." Kotoko whispered.
" It's okay. Kenrou was to be blamed too. He should have informed me about his arrival in advance." Mrs. Kurozawa puts her hand onto Kotoko's while casting her views at her sleeping son.
A short silent in the room...
" In fact, I have to thank you for the 'attack', or else I might not get to see him at all." Mrs. Kurozawa's eyes started swelling with tears. "Huh?" Kotoko was totally confused by Mrs. Kurozawa's sudden outburst.
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Kotoko Strikes Back!
FanfictionAn Itazurana Kiss Fic - Kotoko is always the one to give in to Naoki and perhaps it is time for her to strike back! This fic started from the part where Naoki had first kissed Kotoko... Kotoko Strikes Back! by Nonki
