SG99- Here's chapter 16! Thank you all my loyal reviewers, I've finally made it passed 100 reviews! Anyways, read and review, I should have 17 up soon.
Disclaimer- I don't own anything except Umi, Lori, and Jake.
Chapter 16
" You ready to order miss?"
" Um," Umi frowned as she nibbled on her bottom lip trying to decide on what to order. " Can you give me a sec?" Umi asked, eyeing the menu.
" Yes, you tell me when you ready."
Kai groaned before sinking down into his seat.
" Hm?" Umi heard him groan so she turned around to see what was wrong with him. " What's your problem?"
He shook his head. " Nothing, just order your food."
" Are you sure you don't want anything Kai?" Umi asked, now ready to order her food.
" Yeah." He nodded. " I'm good."
Umi nodded and turned back around to face the speaker. " Ok, I'm ready to order now." She spoke loud enough so that the lady could hear her.
" Ok, what you want?"
" Yeah, I'll have some orange chicken, beef and broccoli, orange rice, and some noodles please. Oh! And can I have a small bowl of that sweet and sour sauce?"
" What you want to drink?"
" Mr. Pibb please. And can I get some extra egg rolls too?"
" Yes, your total 7.68 please pull round corner to pay."
Kai looked at her dumbfounded. " Extra egg rolls?"
" What can I say?" She shrugged. " I like egg rolls."
Kai sighed and leaned back into his seat as Umi drove to the next window to pay for her food and such.
Umi stopped her jeep in front of the window and started to pull her wallet out of her pants pocket. Kai grabbed her arm before she could pull her wallet all the way out. " Here," he handed her a twenty.
" Huh?" Umi stared questioningly at the twenty that Kai was holding out to her. " What's that for?"
Kai rolled his eyes. " For your food, duh. What else would it be for?"
" No," Umi shook her head. " That's not what I meant. What I meant was, why are you giving me that? You do know that I have my own money right?"
Kai nodded. " Yeah, I know."
Umi sighed. " Then why are you giving me that twenty?"
" Jut take it!" Kai grumbled as he shoved the twenty into her hands. " And pay for your stupid food!"
Umi shrugged. " Ok." She briefly glanced at the twenty in her hands before handing it to the lady that was waiting in the window. " Here you go."
" 12.32 your change. Have a good day." The lady handed Umi back her change and her food.
" Here," Umi gave Kai the rest of his money. " Thanks for dinner I guess." Umi grinned sheepishly at him.
Kai 'hn'ed before taking his money back and shoving it into one of his pockets.
" Ah." Umi grinned as the aroma from her food floated up to her nose. " I love Chinese food."
Kai rolled his eyes. " Just hurry up and drive us back to the mansion."
Umi grinned. " Ok." But before driving off, Umi reached down and grabbed an egg roll out of her bag, and started to munch on it.
Kai looked over at her and sighed. (She is so weird. But…) He watched her as she drove back towards his mansion. (That's why I like her.) He frowned and looked down at his hands. (She's so different from all the other girls that I've met.) He smirked. (That's probably why I can actually stand being around her. Not like Hilary. Uhgg.) He sighed again. " I cannot believe that you actually went out in the middle of the night just to buy some Chinese food."
Umi grinned. " What can I say? I was hungry. And besides," she leaned over and poked him hard in the middle of his chest. " You didn't have to come with me."
Kai brushed her finger off his chest and diverted his eyes towards his window. " Well maybe I wanted to."
" But why?" Umi asked as she grabbed another egg roll from her bag.
Kai shrugged, still staring out his window. " Just bored I guess."
Umi nodded. " That's reasonable I guess." She said through bites of egg roll.
Kai frowned, disgusted. " Don't talk with food in your mouth Umi, it's gross."
She stuck her tongue out at him. " You're mean Kai!"
" I try." Kai answered smugly.
Umi rolled her eyes as she parked her jeep inside of Kai's parking lot. " Here we are you majesty." Umi said, mock-bowing to Kai as they got out of her jeep.
Kai shook his head before grabbing Umi's arm and dragging her back into the mansion.
" Wha-Kai!" Umi barely had time to grab her food and shut her door before Kai grabbed her. " I can walk on my own, you know!"
Kai shrugged and continued to drag her behind him anyways.
Umi grinned as they finally reached the living room. " Finally! Now I can eat my food!" Umi ran over to the couch and flopped down onto it. " Come on Kai." She said, patting the seat next to her.
Kai sighed but walked over there regardless. " Umi?"
" Hm?" Umi looked up from her food and up at him. " What is it?"
Kai looked down at his watch, and then back at Umi. " You do know that it's 11:30, right?"
Umi nodded. " Yeah, so?"
Kai shook his head. " Never mind."
Umi took her food out and set it on her lap. She grabbed the bag off of the ground and started to fish around, looking for her chopsticks. Then she grabbed the sweet and sour sauce from the table and poured it over her rice. She smiled. " Yum." She said, licking her lips.
Kai sat down next to her and looked down at her food. " Looks good." He commented.
Umi nodded before picking up her chopsticks. " It looks great!" She scoped some of the rice up and plopped it into her mouth. " Umm!" Umi smiled and took another bite. " It's good!"
Kai looked at Umi and then down at her food. " Can I try some?"
Umi smirked. " I thought you didn't want any?" Umi answered hotly.
Kai frowned. " I changed my mind. Come on Umi, please?"
Umi smiled and rocked back and forth. " I dunno, maybe."
Kai sighed and leaned back into the couch. " You're mean Umi."
" I try." Umi said, repeating what he had said earlier.
" Oh," Kai glared at her. " So now you're mocking me?"
Umi laughed and picked some more rice up with her chopsticks. " Here, open your mouth." She instructed.
Kai looked at her funny but opened his mouth regardless.
Umi grabbed his chin gently and slowly brought his face closer to hers, so that she wouldn't drop the food.
Kai blushed as Umi placed the food in his mouth. (Her face is so close to mine…Maybe…Just maybe…)
" Was it good?" Umi's voice brought him out of his train of thought.
" Wha?" He looked up at her and blushed again. " Um, y-yeah. It was good." (Since when does the almighty Kai blush and stutter like an idiot?) He thought, silently scolding himself.
Umi smirked. " I told you you should have got some." (He's cute when he blushes. Hehe.)
" Yeah." Kai looked down at her food and frowned. Honestly, when she gave him that food, his mind didn't even register the taste of it. Heck, he didn't even remember swallowing it! All he could think about was the fact that her face was just inched away from his own.
And then, Kai had and idea.
" Hey Ums?" Kai looked over at Umi as she happily ate her Chinese food.
Umi swallowed and looked at him. " What is it Kai?"
" Can I have another bite?" (Please say yes…)
Umi sighed. " You really should've just ordered something KaiNow, you're going to eat all my food. Look, do you want me to just go and get another plate and give you some?"
" No." He shook his head. " I just want one more bite." (Say yes…)
Umi looked at him suspiciously. " Promise?" She held her pinky out for him.
Kai smirked. " I promise." He intertwined their pinkies. (I knew she couldn't say no to me.)
Umi smiled. " OK good. But you do know that if you break your promise, I get to-"
" Break my pinky, I know." Kai finished for her.
" Yup, and I will too!" She playfully threatened.
Kai chuckled. " Sure."
Umi picked up some rice and brought Kai's face closer to hers.
Kai took this as his chance. He gently grabbed her cheek and pulled her face closer to his. Then he softly brushed her lips with his own and closed the gap between them in a sweet kiss.
Umi gasped and dropped the chopsticks onto the floor. Kai was kissing her, HER, Umi Granger! (Oh god, when the girls at school find out about this-Uh! I don't even want to think about it!)
Kai felt that she wasn't responding to his kiss and quickly withdrew from her. " Sorry." He backed away from her and quickly stood up. " I shouldn't have done that, I-I'll go now."
Kai turned to leave but Umi grabbed his arm. " W-wait! Don't leave!"
Kai still wouldn't look at her but sat back down next to her.
Umi sighed as she fiddled with her fingers. " I'm…I'm sorry too."
Kai's eyes widened and he turned to look at her. (Why would she be sorry, I was the one who kissed her!?) " Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything, I was the one who kissed you?"
" Yeah," she smiled faintly. " But," she reached out and grabbed his hand. " I didn't kiss you back."
Kai smiled and turned his hand around so that their fingers could intertwine.
Umi laughed suddenly. " You scared the crap outta me when you did that!"
Kai's smile widened. " So, you didn't mind when I kissed you?"
Umi smiled back and shook her head. " No," she laughed again. " I just wasn't expecting it."
Kai looked down at their hands and let his eyes linger on them for a bit. " So, do you…do you want to try again?" He asked shyly.
Umi's face reddened. " S-sure."
Kai looked up and stared right into Umi's eyes. " Alright then."
He scooted closer towards her and started to lean in and stopped when they were about three inches apart. He smiled and brushed some of Umi's hair back behind her ear.
Umi smiled back and leaned in before closing her eyes.
Kai closed his eyes and brushed his lips against hers, Kai could feel Umi smiling against his lips as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
After a few moments they parted, both blushing madly.
Umi slowly raised her hand and touched her lips softly. She smiled. " Heheh."
Kai smiled back and leaned into the couch again. " What are you laughing about?"
She shrugged. " I dunno," she grinned. " Just happy I guess."
Kai smiled and closed his eyes. " Me too."
Umi smiled sweetly at him before scooting over to sit right next to him.
Kai opened one eye to look at her. " What are you doing?" Of course he knew what she was doing, and personally, he didn't mind.
" This," Umi leaned over and wrapped her arms around him in a tight, yet comfortable sideways hug. " It feels good to be held. And besides," she smiled up at him. " I like hugs. So get used to it."
Kai chuckled before draping his arm around her. " I don't care, so long as its you that's hugging me, no one else. Just you."
Umi smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. " Good." She laughed. " If someone else hugs you I will hunt their sorry butts down!"
Kai laughed. " I'd like to see that."
Umi smiled before burying her head in his chest. She closed her eyes and just lied there in Kai's arms until she fell to sleep.
SG99- Yup, that's how little Umi and Kai ended up together, hehee! Review please!