A Summer Stuck With You (An Alice Academy Fanfic) - COMPLETE

Ended No Joke

Ohayou! So I tried updating a little faster now, eh? BTW... this chapter's dedicated to some friends of mine... specially Ranma11... hehehe!

"So this goes here, and this goes... here?" Ruka asked as the old man nodded.

The room's temperature was about 37 degrees C, and it was definitely hot. Both him and Yuu were dripping with sweat as they stacked the heavy loads of magazines into their respective areas, inside the small and dusty storage.

After the old man had finished giving further instructions, he had finally left, and the two slumped on a small stool as their eyes went steady on the lobby's stairs.

"Natsume sure is a heavy sleeper. I wonder when he'll come down."

Ruka took his shirt off and wiped his face with it.

Hearing no answer, the neat organized Iincho took out a neatly folded hanky and wiped his sweat.

"I tried waking him up a couple of times... Yet he just kicked me and Tsubasa."

Yuu was about to release a giggle, when he realized he had no regular-minded companion. Ruka, by his side, was busy staring at thin air, his shirt clasped tightly in his hands as his clamps of hair and chin dripped with sweat.

"Hey!"

His animal lover friend flinched and he reflected a forced smile.

"Huh? Ugh... Sorry, I wasn't in... my regular thoughts for a while."

Yuu gave him a knowing stare as his eyes turned plain.

"Something bugging you?"

"Nothing."

The spectacled boy fingered his chin and smiled.

"I know!"

His friends gaze went more teasing as he stood up and threw a September Issue of a women's magazine right at his face.

"Women!"

Ruka smiled and let out a forced giggle.

"How's Anna?"

Yuu's cheeks flushed a bit and he frowned.

"What do you mean 'how's Anna'?"

"Duh?!" Ruka grunted and he threw the mag back to him as he caught it with one hand.

"Just kidding..." he chuckled and fixed his glasses into place. "Well... we're fine. I quite miss her."

Ruka smiled.

"She called last night. Actually, with Nonoko. They had plenty of questions."

"Like what?"

"Like... how's Koko and, you know... where's Mikan..."

Ruka's eyes glowed at the sound of the name, making his friend wonder.

And just as when he was about to tease him, an unusual girl appeared along the door way.

"Onegai." She said indifferently.