Escalating Affections

Man, I've been planning this for way too long, and since I don't have my docs for my other stories I might as well work on this. This will be really fun because I can be the narrator in the story and torment- I mean help Hayate, yeah that's right. Help him. This story is obviously starting from the beginning, but I'm too lazy to read the first chapter so a couple of things might be different. Sue me, wait don't, it was a joke.

I don't own Hayate No Gotoku, and I refuse to call it Hayate the combat butler, because it just sounds stupid, and the series deserves better. Plus the pun is gone too, although I don't know what it was.

Chapter 1: You know those days where everything bad happens, but one giant good thing balances it out?

Hayate sat on a bench in the middle of a park, his face illuminated by the light emitted from nearby vending machines. It was snowing, despite this Hayate was only in a long sleeve shirt and pants. He looked in his pocket; he found just enough change to buy a coffee to warm himself up. As he stood up to buy it a crow swooped down stealing most of his change. "Why is there even a crow out here? It's winter." He said to himself in a depressed tone.

He sat back down on the bench. In the course of a few hours Hayate had lost his home and parents, acquired 150 million yen in debt, and he was now being chased by the Yukaza for his organs. "I'd say it can't get any worse, but I honestly think that's a possibility." His head sunk down, his face showing a mixture of depression and frustration. 'I need to make money fast, maybe I could kidna-' His train of thought was broken when he noticed the snow stopped falling on him.

He turned around to see girl, with long pink hair kept up by a golden hair band. She had golden cat like eyes and a cute but mature looking face. She was wearing a large brown coat with a long red and green scarf. The snow had been stopped by an umbrella that she held over his head. She starred at him, and he could only stare back.

"Ano, are you okay?" She asked. Her eyes showed worry.

"Y-yeah." He lied. She sighed and walked around the bench to the vending machine and bought a coffee, and handed it to him.

"Here, drink up. You must be cold." She said, with a polite smile.

"No, no I'm fine."

"I saw the crow." She said plainly.

Hayate sweatdropped, "T-thanks." He graciously accepted the coffee.

The girl took the seat next to him. Hayate flinched. 'Why is she so nice to me, do we know each other? '

Time passed as the two sat on the bench, Hayate quietly sipping his coffee, and the girl just watching him. Every so often he would look up to her, and when they're eyes met she would give a friendly smile. Hayate's face would flush every time. Her smiled warmed him up faster than the coffee ever could.

When he finally finished his coffee she bought two more. Handing him one, she slowly sipped hers.

"So I'll ask again, are you okay?" She had a very concerned look on her face. He wanted to say yes, but she probably would have left if he said that. And at that time loneliness was something he did not want.

"N-no, I'm not." He said quietly. He looked at his feet, his face showed great despair.

"Do you want to talk about it? That always helps me with my problems."

Hayate did want to talk about it, but he knew that he would sound crazy. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." He laughed weakly.

"Try me." She said smiling that he decided to open up. "Are you running away from home?"

"No, it's more like the opposite. My family is gone; they left our apartment this morning." He said coldly.

The girl was in obvious shock, her golden eyes wide in response. "Can't you go back to your apartment? You still own it for a while, right?"

"No, my parents refunded our rent before they left."

"Don't you have any place you can stay?" She asked hopefully.

"No, I don't have any relatives I know of, and I just got let go on my job for being under aged."

The girl just sat there in shock. 'She'll probably just leave now; I don't think she wants to get involved with someone like me.' He thought sadly. 'Her company was nice while it lasted.' He winced as he waited for her to leave.

She stood up. 'I knew it.', he thought. She grabbed his arm and hoisted him up. "Let's go." She said grabbing him by the hand."

"What?" He said in a daze. "Where?"

"To my house. We have an extra room you could use."

"Wait you're going to let me stay with you?"

"Of course! I'm not going to let you stay out here and freeze to death." She said, almost angrily.

"But you don't know anything about me! What if I'm a killer or a rapist? You don't even know my name." He yelled.

She stopped tugging his arm. "What is your name, then." She asked calmly.

"Aiasaki Hayate." He said, thrown off by her bluntness.

"Are you a killer or a rapist by any chance?"

"Well, no."

"Then let's go." She began to pull him by his hand again.

'Maybe I shouldn't fight it' he thought to himself. As they began to walk Hayate shivered as a breeze hit them. She took notice and handed her umbrella to him. She began to take off her scarf. She wrapped it slowly around his neck; it was still filled by her warmth. As she tightened it she said, "By the way my name is Katsukura Hinagiku, just call me Hinagiku." She began to pull him again, Hayate now holding onto the umbrella.