She's Nothing Like That! (Kise Ryouta x OC)

Chapter 3: Noticeable

"Ah! There's going to be a festival in the first location!" Kise had explained after looking it up on his phone, "looks like it will coincide on the days of our trip. People might be interested in that!"

"Should we write it down then?" Maiko sighed, still a bit unnerved by his cheeriness while tapping the tip of her pen on the notebook, "we still have to decide whether we want it to be free clothing or uniform as well..."

"And curfew. Even though it might be a pain, we'd still have to set that accordingly," Kise added in. He leaned a bit forward to look at some of the ideas and necessary things listed, "we've got pretty good progress going, actually. We'll be able to breeze through this in no time!"

"There are still many things to organise," Maiko pointed out bluntly, unaware she was ruining his attempt of uplifting her mood, "and many things to take into consideration... well, the other representatives would probably have a heap of ideas so some of these may be excluded..."

"It's Maiko-senpai!" a child's voice called out from the entrance of the family restaurant they were currently working in. A woman beside the female child shushed her but smiled apologetically at Maiko whom waved with no expression. They came over to her soon after ordering at the counter. "See mama! I told you it was Maiko-senpai!" the little girl in martial arts clothing stated.

"I know sweetie, but please be a little quieter," the woman pleaded, then put her attention to Maiko, "we didn't see you today Maiko-chan. Busy with something recently?" she had asked.

"Something like that," Maiko replied subtly, still showing not much of an expression as she picked up the little girl as she was requesting, "I was chosen as one of the representatives for my class field trip. I'm starting on a bit of a plan with my classmate here." That was when the woman's attention finally came to Kise, who smiled and said his greetings. She blushed, one hand holding her cheek while the other was pointing at Kise.

"Dear me, you're THE Kise Ryouta aren't you?!" she had questioned, unable to keep it quiet. A few people in the restaurant turned their heads. The woman ducked her head in apology immediately, telling them all that it was just nothing to be worried about. She lowered her voice to a whisper. "I'm sorry. It must be a bit difficult to be in public since you're such a famous model, huh?"

"I'm kinda used to it ma'am, so no need to worry." Such a gentleman. Maiko could only guess that was what the woman was thinking anyway. But she couldn't deny it herself; he could show manners every now and then. Most of the time though, he was pretty blunt on what he wanted. The woman finally departed after some conversation, detaching the little girl from Maiko's arms and sat at another table. "Someone you know?" Kise asked Maiko immediately afterward. She was poking at her lip with the end of her pen.

"The little one takes Jukido classes at my family dojo," Maiko explained rather blankly, scribbling in a few things in her notebook. Kise seemed apalled.

"Your family has a dojo?! How cool!" he had exclaimed, standing up with the most energetic face she'd seen on him. Immediately, her hand went to the top of his head and pressed down to make him sit in his chair again, shushing him. "But that's really cool! So does Bunko teach classes too?"

"I'm only there when my father asks." Which was practically every weekend where the classes ran for double the time than on weekdays. "It's not that big of a deal. Just a bit of small money making on the side."

"I was thinking on whether to take Martial Arts or not. Maybe Bunko-san can teach me_"

"Rejected," Maiko replied instantaneously, which made Kise go into a mocking cry.