I finished the conference and everyone went for lunch.

Hungry people.

I was tired so I grabbed the glass of water that was on the table next to me and swallowed it, feeling relieved.

Nami came into the hall and saw me sitting alone.

"How'd it go miss?"

"Eh so so."

"Saa. Let's go to the buffet hall?"

"Hmm"

We walked together and reached the hall. I didn't see him anywhere.

"Ne you might want to look to the right Mi San"

I looked towards the right and saw him shaking hands with Martin.

"Kuso..He already met my boss"

"Technically you both are at the same position"

"Uh huh. Chef shouldn't know."

"Umm.. Shizuki San have you noticed that Martin Sama likes you?"

"What are you talking about?"

My eyes were on him and my ears were with Nami. My nose was following my hands as I was serving myself the food.

We sat down together and Nami told me everything about Martin.

"He loves his ex girlfriend. He told me" I explained.

"Hai. But I felt so..."

"It's fine. Do you like the food?"

She took her first bite and closed her eyes. I did the same but being used to his amazing cooking skills I controlled myself.

"This is amazing!" she exclaimed.

"I know right?"

After freshening up I walked towards the hall and took my belongings, handing them to Nami.

"Thank you so much"

"No problem Shizuki San I was on my way to office anyways"

I was getting into my car when I heard hurried footsteps. I looked in the mirror to see who it was while I started the car.

It was Ibusaki.

He got into his car and lined it in front of mine. He opened his window.

"Shizuki. You didn't give any critique today? Was the food bad?"

"It was great."

"How did your presentation go?"

"How'd you know I had a presentation?"

"It's predictable"

And you're unpredictable.

"It was good"

"The weather is great I thought we should go for a walk"

I will never say no to being friends with a cool chef.

"Sure"

We both parked our cars again and walked beside each other.

We stopped in front of Starbucks.

"Why? we just had lunch"

"You. Just had lunch"

"Uhhhh"

"I don't like eating when I cook for others"

"Weird but ok. You're going to survive off buns and coffee now?"

"Their sandwiches are okay and yes coffee is like fuel to me"

Oh my gosh. He loves coffee too.

"Coffee is black gold"

"I agree" he said.

He ordered some combo while I stared at the menu blankly.

"Let's go" he said while moving towards an empty table.

"Hmm you have a seat I'll be right back"

I ordered an iced peach and lemon tea.

"You like tea?" he asked as I sat next to him on the coffee shop sofa.

"That meal was heavy ok. I can't drink strong coffee besides I don't even have to stay up late for work"

"Wise choice"

"I guess"

I didn't drink the tea fast because I liked slurping while walking. He was done with his sandwich and he left a tip after wiping his hands with a napkin.

"Geez clean freak"

"What?" he asked.

"I wipe my hands on my pants if I eat dry food like sandwiches"

"That's very intriguing"

"Yeah yeah go ahead and tell me I'm disgusting"

"I didn't say that"

We both were walking in the evening breeze and the sky was getting darker, stars appearing.

*slurrrppppp slur slur slurrrppppp*

He glanced at me from the corner of his eye.

"Excuse me"

I tossed the cup in the trash can and he threw his cup too.

"So tell me about you" he said.

What am I supposed to tell you man? That I have developed a humongous crush on you or that you are effin amazing?

"Uhh what would you like to know?"

"Anything"

"How can I trust you?"

"I'm not a creep to you, am I?

"No. But just because you're a Michelin star chef doesn't mean I trust you"

"Well.. I'm sorry you can't trust me"

We were walking beside a lake and both of our hands were in our jacket pockets.

"I was kidding. Ok so my parents are well off not very rich but fine and umm I don't have many friends. I used to be very lazy in high school but I scored ok marks."

"Oh"

"Don't just leave me feeling like a loser tell me about you"

"Hmm. I studied in tootsuki and my parents uhh we'll talk about that later. I have a few good friends all of them are very talented. I had a girlfriend for about 5 years and we broke up recently."

"Oh"

"I was dating Kuga elite ten seat 8 he cooks Chinese cuisine for 4 years"

"Was?"

"Uhh long story"

"I'd like to listen"

"Okay.. *sigh* it's freezing"

We both sat on a stone bench in front of the lake. My nostrils were pleased by how nice he smelt.

"Ok so I met him in the moon festival. He liked me and took me out after a few weeks. He knew that I had zero love life and I fell for him and everything about him. The way he cooked, his childish nature, his passion for chinese food, his looks even. You know stupid infatuation we call love."

"Why did you break up?" he simply asked.

Now I was getting emotional. I started to stutter and tried hard not to choke.

"He started talking to my cousin sister and they got close, of course I didn't know about it."

"He fell for her while still leading me on. I didn't know he liked her and I found them talking to each other at 2am in the morning and uhh *sniff* that was it"

"*breath*and umm he said he never loved me and felt nothing. They both broke up recently and he's trying to gain my attention again. She changed him. I hope you don't walk away because if you don't I'll promise not to talk so much ever again" I ended.

"That must've been hard"

"Yeah well.. I'm fine. Why did you break up?"

"Ryoko Sakaki she had an extremely annoying nature and she was like a magnet to men"

"She must've been beautiful"

"It's more like her beauty was in her body structure"

"Someone had a good love life I see" I smirked.

"I don't think that's how I'd describe it"

I checked my phone and it was like 8pm.

"Is 8pm late for you Chef?"

"Shizuki we're outside restaurant premises call me Ibusaki"

"Hai"

"And no it's not late but it's time for dinner"

"Yeah we should get going"

We walked back to where we had parked our cars. I wanted his full name or his phone number.

"Shizuki?"

"Yes?" I asked.

"Oyasumi"

"Yeah goodnight"

"I had a nice time" he said.

I nodded my head and got into my car. Wow. I had an amazing time. I went back home and sat on my couch. I fell asleep there thinking about Ibusaki.