After closing the restaurant and changing Ukyo left for the Cat Cafe to meet Shampoo then head to the theater. The walk to the cafe was nothing special as Ukyo walked through the crowd of people heading towards their destinations. It only took her about five minutes to reach the cafe and she saw the duo of Mousse and Shampoo cleaning the restaurant that stood empty. Ukyo tapped the door and Shampoo waved her in and told her to sit down. Ukyo grabbed the table closest to the door and was about to sit down when a raspy voice said "Don't sit down." Ukyo jumped and fell on the floor and saw the small form of Cologne sitting with a cup of tea in her hand. "I'm sorry Cologne." Cologne just said "Do not worry about it. Now take the seat next to me." Ukyo did as she was told and sat next to the ancient martial artist. "How was business young one?" the old ghoul asked pouring her a cup of tea. "Rather busy throughout the whole day. Since I'm open all day now people just flock in." Cologne smirked and said "Welcome to the world of restaurants. Don't worry about it though somedays will be fast other days will be slow so every now and then you'll get a break." Ukyo sighed and drained her glass a split second before Shampoo came over and said "All done grandmother am I allowed to leave?" Cologne just replied "Be back by one granddaughter." Shampoo smiled and said "Thank you. I be back soon." "WAIT SHAMPOO....." SPLASH! and all of Mousse's rantings became loud quacks of pleading. "Sorry Mousse. Girls night you go next time." At those words Mousse shut his mouth and picked up a rag and for some reason started scrubbing the floors. "Let's go Ukyo." They said goodbye and took to the roofs so they could get their in time for the movie. The trip took 10 minutes and soon they were in the theater watching the fourth movie in the Hannibal series "Red Dragon." The theater was dark and the only light came from the screen. The movie was more psychological than violent and not too many scary parts. But as the main character was in the middle of an investigation something happened that caused Shampoo to gasp and clasp Ukyos arm in need of comfort. The motion caused Ukyo to blush in embarrassment and was glad that Shampoo couldn't see her face as it was burning bright red. Throughout the rest of the movie Shampoo didn't let go of Ukyo's arm making Ukyo concentrate more on the cringing, painful feeling of Shampoos grip. After the movie they left the theater and headed to find something to eat and Shampoo still had her arm on Ukyos and Ukyo didn't mind until she noticed the looks that they were getting and finally decided to say something. "UH...Shampoo?" Shampoo looked at Ukyo and asked "What wrong Ukyo?" Ukyo sighed and said "Ya think you could let go of my arm?" Shampoo finally noticed that she had not let go of Ukyos arm and blushed profusely. "Sorry. Shampoo not mean to do that." Ukyo giggled and said "That's alright I understand but let's make sure that it doesn't happen all that often." She looked at Shampoo who had a look of extreme embarrassment on her face. "What's the matter sug you look like you did something bad." Shampoo shook her head and said "I just disappointed at myself. I'm an Amazon. Yet I got scared at one little thing. If tribe were to hear I be laughing stock." Shampoo felt Ukyo shaking and asked "You cold Ukyo?" but when she saw that she was laughing silently Shampoo felt anger rather than embarrassment. "What so funny?! Amazon not supposed to show fear! IT shows weakness and we supposed to be strong.!." The tone of Shampoos voice made Ukyo stop laughing and say "You're mad at yourself for getting scared. It's not that bad of . I bet even the bravest Amazon has shown fear at some point in their life." Shampoo took this into account and suddenly it hit her "You right Ucchan. Shampoo have no reason to feel shame for getting afraid. Thank you Ukyo!!!" and threw her arms around Ukyo and hugged her hard. Ukyo felt good about comforting her friend but she was more worried about suffocating at the moment. "Shampoo, can you let me go? AIR!!!!!" Shampoo heard her last part and let her go. "Sorry. I got excited." Ukyo caught her breath and just said "No harm. Let's go home." Shampoo nodded and they headed back to the Cat Cafe. Once their Ukyo walked up to the door with Shampoo just to be nice and make sure she was alright. As they stood outside the back door Shampoo turned to Ukyo and said "Ukyo, thank you for comforting Shampoo earlier." Ukyo smiled and said "No problem. Any good friend would help another one out." Shampoo shook her head and said. "It big deal to me. Shampoo forget we no longer in China and have no reason to hide feelings so..." Shampoo took Ukyos hand and hers and squeezed it tenderly and affectionately. "Thank you." was all the amazon said and headed in leaving a dumbfounded Ukyo standing behind the restaurant. Ukyo sat there for about 5 minutes before she got over what had just happened and left for home. Once in her bed she sat there staring at the ceiling thinking to herself What the hell was that all about? Does Shampoo have feelings for me? The thought of Shampoo being in love with her made the chef burst out laughing. "HA HA! Like she loves me. It was probably jsut a spur of the moment thing. Yeah that was all just a random moment of closeness." And coming to that conclusion she turned over and slept while her subconcious said Just keep telling yourself that. Keep hiding the true you from the world. ------------------------------------------------------------ There you guys go. I jsut realized that for some reason in each of my Yuri fics i have something dealing with movies. Oh well. R&R
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