The sparkle in his eyes

chapter 6

Atsushi pov

I wake up feeling way much better than before. I rub my eyes, sit up on my futon and look over at Kyouka. She's still sleeping, looking peaceful as always when she sleeps. She seems like nothing in this world could ever disturb her slumber.

I wonder what is she dreaming about. I hope that her brain made up something better than mine.

I stand up, get dressed and head to the kitchen.

I start to prepare some eggs with bacon. It's quick and there's no way I mess up such a simple food.

"Good morning." Kyouka greats me in sleepy voice as she enters the kitchen once I'm almost already done cooking.

"Morning. What would you like for breakfast? Although... I don't really have to ask, right?" In the morning she always craves something sweet, so toast with jam or cereals with milk are just perfect. I grab some milk from the fridge and start pouring some in her favorite bowl.

I quietly start humming a song that have been stuck in my head ever since I woke up.

"You look happier than usual" she tells me all of the sudden.

"Do I? I just had a really good sleep. That's all." I turn around to look at her and notice how shes looking at me with her big curious eyes.

"No. This is different. Something is on your mind. Or maybe someone?"

Yeah. Totally. Wait! 

What!?

"What?" I look at her with confused look and neither of us even blinks an eye and the silence is too loud. What did she just said? 

We remain staring at eachother for quite long ,until she decides to break the silence.

"The bowl is already full." She finally says in her usual monotone voice.

Fuck. The milk is already all over the kitchen.

"No, no, no. Nobody is on my mind. Like...who could you even meant?" 

She just shrugs her shoulders and looks out of the window.

"Well... it's pretty obvious that Lucy can't take her eyes off of you." I look at her with stunned face.

"Lucy? You mean Lucy Montgomery? Trust me, she's my friend but... shes not exactly my type."

 "What's your type than?" She smiles in a curious smile as she sits don on a chair.

"I don't really have a type. But I know when I see someone just as a friend. Trust me, there's nobody on my mind."

...except for Akutagawa. But I'm sure that doesn't count.

Kyouka pov

I know him way too well to trust him in this. He's thinking about somebody. I knew that it wasn't Lucy. She was just the first person who came to my mind. But there's definitely someone else. Let's see...

He's been like this for past two days which is... ever since he... didn't came home because he stayed at Akutagawas apartment?

Can there be a chance that....

No, there is absolutely no possibility Akutagawa would make him so happy. He's always grumpy and from what I recall, he even wanted to kill him. But on the other hand,  Akutagawa came to the agency yesterday to look for him and I heard from Kenji that he was acting quite nice.

Now, I'm not sure what to think about Akutagawa. Did he changed? I look at Atsushi more closely as he continues humming a song while wiping the milk from the floor, smiling again as if nothing happened.

I'm sure I will find out who's this mysterious person on his mind. Whether he likes it or not.