Chapter 44 - OSAKA

OSAKA

NIGHT

Aya : Here you go! A hot pot for the hungry tummy!

Mika : (smiles) I miss your hot pot so much!

Aya removed her apron and  sat infront of Mika.

Aya : Of course you miss them,you haven’t visited me for years Mika.And I knew something is gonna happen today and suddenly ! You appeared here at my shop!

Mika : (scouping some soup)

Aya : Did you actually rode your bike all the way from Tokyo?

Mika : (nodding)

Aya : In this kind of weather!?

Mika : Exactly.All I could think of if I able to arrive here before your closing time(laughing)

Aya : (smirks) Did you come here only for my hot pot ?

Mika : Probably

Aya :Wait wait,Takeru!!!! Help me lock the doors alright! Im upstairs with Mika!

Takeru : No problem!

Aya : The perks of living on top of your own shop .

Mika : I would love to live on top of my own ramen shop.I could just cook anything whenever I am hungry.

Aya : that’s the point!

Chisato Aya is Mika’s closest friend during her college years. Mika and Aya was in the same course and they two got close since they shared the same room .Aya married her high school lover ,Hideki Takeru Aya took over her mother’s ramen shop and Takeru help her run the ramen shop.They are married for almost a year.Aya is the easy going type of person and she keep her short hair style since high school.She is the matured womanly type sometimes people mistaken her to be older than her age.

Aya : Takeru always does that.Whenever I crave for his cookings,he would just straight go to the kitchen downstairs and took all the ingredients up here,and cook them.

Mika : Your hot pot is so perfect I can finish them on my own.

Aya : So,are you gonna stay over?Please please say yes!

Mika : If you can see,I came here with no bags no nothing.

Aya : I knew it.(laughed)

Mika : Oh well,I suppose you have extra toothbrush?

Aya : We have everything extra for you here!I am just too happy to see you Mika.

Mika : I miss our old days

Aya : Who doesn’t right?Eh,how is Minami-san? And Haruna?

Mika : They are fine,really really fine.

Aya : Wait,do they know about you coming here?

Mika : (hesitating)

Aya : Mika?

Mika : I have a favor to ask.Can you not tell anyone I am here?

Aya : I knew it,don’t worry about it.You can count on me Mika.Running away again indeed.(grinning)

Takeru  suddenly appeared at their small kitchen and placed three ice cream on the table.

Takeru: Not too late for some desserts right?

Aya : Definitely(laughed)

After cleaning up,Aya showed Mika to her room and let Mika rest for the night .

Aya : If you need anything,we will be in our room alright Mika.Have a good rest and you are going to spill it all out tomorrow morning!

Mika thanked Aya and Takeru and when they closed the door.Mika sat at the window and stared at the sky.Mika was so relieved to be far from everything.She knows going to Osaka is the best solution and meeting Aya could be the perfect thing to do that time.Aya lend Mika her clothes and provides everything Mika needs.

Mika : Finally….my mind is free.Well,for a while.