I can't seem to shorten my chapters despite cutting the conversations. It's driving me crazy!
And you know, out of all the jokes I pulled in this fic, my favorite would be the 'Zorro and Lady Gaga' thing.
When I wrote that I actually laughed imagining the two together. I mean I could imagine Lady Gaga wearing that weird red dress she had at MTV awards wherein it covers her face and Zorro riding a white horse together.
God, I have such weird imagination.
My replies to commenters:@masokun: Don't worry about Yuko. This is all MariHaru.
Hmmm. You know you're right about Haruna in her Betty form. It does seem overly sweet if Mariko would fall for that so...yeah, I'm putting Betty's transformation on hold.
And no, the percentage doesn't indicate the longevity of this fic.
I think of that percentages as Betty's boiling point.
Anyway, thanks for reading and commenting!
@flameeyes: UPDATE!
And yeah, raising the MariHaru flag as well.
And what's this? Someone reported you for using too much emoticons?
Wow. That's the first I've heard of that in this forum. Don't mind don't mind.
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@anzai48: Oh so you became a fan of AKB after Oku Manami's graduation huh. Yeah Maachan is cute.
I do love that Shoujiki Shougi episode of hers with Mariko. Definitely LOL worthy especially at the end wherein Mariko looked sad and taken aback.
Hmmm. I think I'll go and watch that again.
And Team K's music. Yeah!
They really have cooler music out of all the teams imo.
And really? This fic made Mariko to rank up high on your list? Wow. That's great!
Though I do hope she's really not this bitchy in real life.
Anyway, thanks for reading and leaving a comment!.
@sakura_drop_: I actually laughed at your comment especially when you enumerated your OTPs and your love for them.
But I'm glad the pairing MariHaru jumped up in the pairings you like.
And yeah, while writing Maachan and Miichan I was like, wow MaaMii pairing?
Anyway, thanks for reading and commenting! Take care of your health.
@Wmatsui22: Thanks.
I'll try to update as fast as I can.
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@miyumi: I hadn't really anticipated having a new reader for that last chapter I did
so I didn't make a cast listing at the first page. Now I will.
Sorry about that.
Anyway, yeah. Snorlax = Sayaka while Creepy Megaphonic girl = Sae.
Thanks for reading and leaving a comment.
Sorry about the confusion.
@kahem: I like them fighting the childish senseless war too.
They actually look good as rivals.
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@RJay: I'm glad you like the chapter. I honestly thought I overdid the whole funnies though while i was writing it.
Hmmm the man being Kuu huh? Still thinking about that really.
And yeah, slow is good...but frustrating even for me.
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@anonymousdowner: Rainbows, hearts AND Unicorns you say?!
If Unicorns are involved then I must be doing something right then!
But seriously, thanks for liking this that it even made you want to dance that freaky dance.
And no, I don't think your post is creepy.
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@lovemariharu: Yeah, I've actually thought of Jurina but...she doesn't really have that overly attached vibe so I went with the other possible candidate, Oku Manami.
Plus, for me, Mariko and Oku actually look like sister.
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@Nyx: Thanks for liking my fic.
I'm happy I made a new/silent reader appear again.
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To dear thank you pressers and silent readers, I thank you as well. 
Please bear with me the crappyness of this long chapter for I know not what I'm doing anymore.
I'm not a Psychology graduate, a fan of classical movies and of Literature. I just reasearched all these in the net...though I did watch a few
... so if ever I messed up a few things before, please tell me.
And yeah, again I warn:
This is fiction. If I ever offend someone, please feel free to tell me. Thanks and enjoy this crappy one!
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Chapter 7: When the crazies unite to the rescue!Have you seen the movie, Groundhog's Day?
It's about a man who was reliving the same day over and over again only to find out that the only cure to stop the time loop was to bring the girl that he wants in his bed. Okay so, the girl in the bed thing wasn't really the cure for his problem. It was more like he needed to change his ways and be a good little boy so that Biker Santa would give you a gift on Christmas day and all that blah blah niceness involved for all that crap. Hmmm. I think that last bit was a bit messed up, but you get my point. It was a typical classic family movie that parents would make their kids watch because you'd learn stuff from it. My mom has a copy of it so I saw it a couple of times when I was a kid. She has a collection of these types of movies, you know. Definitely a sucker for those kinds of movies, especially romantic movies that is just so...cheesy and mushy making you cringe with delight. Using a sarcastic tone right there. Anyway, she'd drag me to these kinds of movies after class with Miichan back then that literally broke me to pieces because those movie are just...ugh. You can just add the appropriate adjective for that if you want. Just make sure it's an adjective related to the word gross.
What were the titles of the 'ugh' movies I've seen?
I honestly can't remember the titles, but I do remember a movie with glitters or sparkling something since my mom, Miichan and my sister can't stop but spazz about it. I didn't paying attention to the movie and just decided to do my homework while listening to music inside the dark theater, using my phone as a flashlight. A couple of people got mad at me for that and I just rolled my eyes and went to the farthest secluded area of the theater to do my work there. Pretty studious of me eh? Yeah well, I'd take studious anytime than watch a crappy boring movie.
So what's my point? Why did I drag the movie Groundhog's Day into all this?
It's because, most of the time, much like the main character of that movie, I feel like I'm trapped inside a time loop. Everything just repeats itself, over and over again. But unlike the main character of that movie, I just let it happen...
...not doing anything to make it stop.
"-and then she was like, 'Miichan, take me into your arms and let's make love inside the classroom like bunnies in heat.' And I couldn't say no to that, so we did do it inside the clinic on the table. She was about to climax when the door suddenly opened and then an army of martians stepped inside and offered us to have an orgy for the sake of the whole universe and-"
"What the hell are you talking about? I told you to stop eating things you see on the ground." I asked, cutting her off from whatever tale she's saying.
"Finally. I knew the orgy thing would bring you back." She rolled her eyes and leaned back to her chair, slouching
"Actually it was the, 'Miichan take me into your arms,' crap that brought me back. I couldn't seem to tune you off from my mind after that so I decided to just cut you off, make you stop your crack tale." I answered, flatly. She narrowed her eyes into slits at my admission, crossing her arms to her chest, just staring at me for awhile. I didn't give a damn about her stare so I just took a sip of my coffee and looked out the window of the cafe.
"So? Is there something that's bothering you?" She asked, breaking a minute of silence. Yes, I was counting inside my head for that silence and I got to say, Miichan definitely improved a bit. Back then she'd just keep quiet for about 30 seconds and now, look at her, she lasted a whole minute. That's something. But, I ignored her great accomplishment and kept my eyes out the window, staring blankly at the road.
"Is this related to Haruna-chan? I mean, you are avoiding and ignoring her these past few days. Don't think I didn't notice." She said, trying to investigate further.
I took a sip of my coffee, offering silence to her even though what she said is true. I am avoiding Betty since I found out her true nature. One time, I saw her in the hallway, giving me a shy smile and well...I just turn a blind eye, not bothering to reciprocate her weird friendliness and just walk past her. Most of the time, I try to avoid her the best I could. I remember this one time I was walking with Miichan to wherever and I saw her walking towards us with the little squirrel, talking. I quickly pulled a confused looking Miichan towards the clinic and hid there, surprising the nurse and the doctor inside. That confusion soon disappeared and was quickly turned into annoyance as soon as Miichan began hitting on the 'hot lady in a long white polo shirt.' Her words not mine. If it were me I'd call the 'long white polo shirt' a lab coat since it is a lab coat and all. Anyway, moving on, there are times when Betty joins us at lunch and dinner right? Yeah well, whenever that's happening and she asks me things, I just shrug and grunt a response or do different kinds of things like what I usually do whenever my mom drags me to those sappy-cringe-worthy movies; I'd drown their voices with music, keep myself busy while they chat at needless things. I could feel her gaze whenever that happens and yeah...I ignore it. That goes for when she's asking me how my day is whenever the two of us are inside our room. Just shrug, grunt and ignore. Even when I lay down at my bed at night. Usually, I face her but these days, I kept my back to her, facing the wall. Regardless of whether she's really staring or it's just my fucked up imagination that she's staring at me whenever the lights are off, it's best to just ignore it. Let her or my imagination stare at my back. Psh.
Totally bitchy of me right?
Yeah well...whatever. Like I said, I didn't like it.
Her true nature I mean.
"She told me how you're giving her the cold shoulder whenever she's trying to talk to you. She's...pretty bummed out about that...you know."
Still nothing, still looking out the window, ignoring how soft her voice became at that last statement she says. I couldn't care less about Betty being bummed out. Psh. Really.
"She told me how you're being a caveman whenever she's asking you stuff, grunting out a response and all that."
I turned to her, raising my eyebrow. Okay so that one I'm not going to ignore. Caveman?
"She said that?" I growled. If Betty said that then I'm so going to scratch her goody-goody-self-proclaimed-nun-like image and replaced it with a 'two-faced-whatever-whatever-like' image then. Yeah so I can't think of a word to describe and replace the 'whatever' there so just go with that for now.
My eyes narrowed as my crazy psycho bestfriend let out a smirk saying, "No, but I can imagine you being all caveman-like, going all 'uh-uh...ugh...ahh...grrr...meh...moo...bleh...psht...nyeh...brrrp-'"
"Okay, I get it." I said, waving my hand nonchalantly, cutting her ridiculous sound effects off. Really now. She sounds like she's gone retarded and well...I don't think I sound like that at all. Do I? ...Meh. Whatever.
"But really. Why are you being all ninja-like on Haruna-chan lately?" She asked, her eyebrows furrowed slightly. I looked away, my eyes to side looking out the window once again. Seeing this, she let out a sigh.
"She thinks she did something to you and well...she feels sorry and...sad."
"Yeah well, she'll get used to it so..." I shrugged, not bothering to look at her. She was silent for a few seconds, until finally in a soft tone, she says, "You don't really mean that..."
"Unfortunately, yes I do mean it." I replied coldly as I turned to her, giving her an empty stare.
"What did she do to you? Tell me." She says quietly, her voice cracking a little. It was clear to me that she wasn't asking this on behalf of Betty. No, this isn't Miichan, Betty's friend. This person sitting across me is Miichan, MY bestfriend. She can be protective of me you know. She's pretty loyal, like a dog to its master. Looking at her all concerned and serious about it, makes me want to smirk. But I decided against it and just shrugged and looked away.
"If she did something to you, tell me so I can kick her ass."
Now hearing that made me lose my restrain and let out the smirk.
"Yeah right."
"I'm serious." She whined. I glanced at her and she's frowning and pouting as she stares at me. Yeah, she really looks like a serious person. And yes, I'm using a sarcastic tone right there.
"C'mon! Tell me! What did she do?" She whined again like a child. It made me roll my eyes as I took a sip of my coffee.
"I won't stop asking! And it'll drive you cccrrrraaazzzyyy." She threatened, her eyes narrowed to slits. Hearing her say that...it is pretty threatening. Just imagining Miichan whining every single day, asking the same question over and over again is making me concede to her wishes. I can predict days of headaches coming my way if that were to happen and well...I like my days headache free you know. So yeah, I gave in.
"She keeps staring at me." I sighed. She looked taken aback by my admission, blinking back her surprise.
"Seriously? That's it?"
I gave her a look. She stares at me for a few seconds until her lips pursed in a tight smile, her body convulsed and finally, she lose all retrain and began laughing her ass off.
"That's probably...the stupidest thing...I've heard you say...ever!" She says in between laughs, bending slightly on her seat, clutching her stomach. I just rolled my eyes and took a sip of my coffee as she continues to have another round of laughter over what I said. I think she had at least 3 minutes of laughing until it finally subside, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Man that was funny."
"Care to explain the funny part on what I said? Cause I sure need a good laugh right now." I asked with my eyebrow raised.
"I asked you what she did to you and you answered me, 'she keeps staring at me.'" She said, mimicking my voice badly before letting out a smirk. Okay so I'd scratch the 'Miichan can be a dubber or an impersonator in real life after college' in my list because her impersonation of me just sucks. She made it sound like I'm a whiny girl. Oh and yeah, I have a list of Miichan's future job inside my head. Miichan's future job on top of my list? A bum. No, scratch that. She's my bestfriend right? So in the future, she'd make a
GREAT bum. Yeah, with bold and capital letters. How considerate of me right? Definitely deserves a bestfriend award now.
"Still not getting it. What's the moral of your Pulitzer prized story?"
"The moral? Easy. You're dense." She pointed out in matter of fact tone. I kept my eyebrow raised at her, looking unimpressed. Luckily she got my silent plea and explained further.
"Why do you think she stares at you?" She asked as she waves her hands exasperatedly.
"It's because she has a crush on you which I have been telling you since the beginning! Do you get it now?"
Here she goes again with her fucked up theory. Luckily for me, I made up a theory of my own. The real reason behind Betty's stares.
"She doesn't have a crush on me. She keeps staring at me because she's trying to read me, trying to get inside my head. She's probably psychoanalyzing me or something since she is taking up Psychology for God's sakes." I countered, growling.
"Which I have a feeling you just found out just recently. Her taking up Psychology I mean. This is probably the main reason of your avoidance huh?" She sighed and narrowed her eyes at me.
"What's your point?" I frowned at her.
"You're stupid." She said flatly then raised her eyebrow. "It took you, what? Almost two months to know that she's taking up Psychology? You two are living together and you only knew of that just recently? Yeah well excuse me if I call that stupid."
"Is it just me or did we switch personalities here?" I asked, tilting my head slightly. She rolled her eyes at that. Well it is true. It's pretty rare that Miichan is insulting me, calling me stupid. Usually I'm the one who does that so...yeah. My confusion really seems reasonable right now.
"I'm not really liking this whole role reversal myself, but let's point out another thing that makes you a stupid person right now." She sighs, shaking her head. Curious about it, I stayed quiet.
"Her name. Do you even know her name?" She asked with her eyebrow raised. I cursed myself internally as I stiffened at her question. She noticed and let out a sigh, shaking her head.
"Really Mariko? You're unbelievable."
"I know her name." I lied, glaring at her.
"Do tell." She nodded, waiting. My eyes began to dart around, trying to remember Betty's real name. Miichan said it earlier. It starts with an 'H.' And...all I remember is...Princess...and the letter 'H.' Damn Megaphonic Creepy calling Betty Princess all the time! If she called Betty her real name, I would've remember it since she keeps mentioning her whenever she's pestering me. Damn it.
What the hell is Betty's name again?!
"You look stressed out. Shall I give you a clue?" Crazy psycho said, her lips pursed. My eyebrow twitched at that. Seeing that definitely amused her as she grinned and leaned forward, her chin resting in her hand.
"Okay, here's your clue, it's not Rumpelstiltskin."
Cute. Real cute. I should smack her for that. Anyway, with a shrug I let out the first thing that popped inside my head.
"Harum-scarum."
She looks taken aback by my reply, her eyebrow raised as she looks at me.
"What is that? Are you cursing me or something? Cause that's just freaky."
"Look it up, genius." I rolled my eyes with a sigh. And she did look it up on her phone, but not before she asked me for its spelling, which of course, made me roll my eyes. I watch her while I'm sipping the remains of my coffee. Looks like she found its definition as she gave a nod, her eyes still at her phone.
"Well at least you got four letters right." Her eyes then turned to me, placing her phone back into her pocket.
"But the point here is that you're still stupid for not knowing your roommates name. So yeah, still stupid." She pointed, still grinning. I shook my head and sighed. It was then I remember a certain something.
"I wonder, how long did it take me to call you by your name again?" I asked as I placed the empty cup on the table. Her eyes widen at my question. The corner of my lips tugged up slightly when she tries to answer back but no words seems to come out of her. She looks like a fish what with her opening and closing her mouth like that. Add her eyes going a bit wide and yup, she looks like a retarded fish. Nemo has gone retarded apparently.
"Th-that isn't r-related to this case so no...I refuse to answer that." She stammered, looking away, pouting, a blush across her cheeks.
"Was it days? Weeks? Months?" I offered, rubbing my chin as I looked at her in a bored manner. Her eyebrow twitched, her lips pursed tightly, refusing to answer. I continued though as I added, "Perhaps, years?"
"Still refusing to answer." She mumbled, her eyes still away from mine. I rolled my eyes at that.
"Point is, I don't want to remember names of people I don't like. I don't want to know anything about a person I don't like. You of all people should know that."
"So what? You don't like her because she's taking up Psychology? Is that it?" She frowned, turning to look at me.
"That's just an added bonus. I don't like people getting inside my head." I hissed. I was getting pissed off and it was obvious that she was too as well as her frown turned into a glare.
"Has it even occur to you that there are already people who got inside that hard head of yours? You're not exactly a closed book Mariko. Everyone can see how apathetic you are. So what is it inside your head that you refuse Haruna-chan to see?" She retorted.
I clenched my jaw tight, as I looked away, keeping quiet. It wasn't because I refuse to answer her. No, it was more like, I don't know the answer to her question.
What is it that I refuse Betty to see?
"Or maybe it's the fact that it's Haruna-chan that's psycho-shitting you that's bothering you."
I glared at her for that.
"What are you implying?"
"You tell me." She shrugged and leaned back on her chair
I let out a sigh and looked out the window again. I just stared at the road blankly, refusing to answer the new question that's plaguing my mind. I glanced at Crazy Psycho when she let out a sigh, her eyes out of the window as well.
"Just don't give up on her, alright? She's your friend and all."
That's another thing. Me and Betty? We're not friends.
We never were.
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That wasn't the last time I had a 'you're making Betty sad' crap talk. Apparently all the crazies noticed and began approaching me, since after my talk with Miichan, I still hadn't made peace with Betty. Why would I want to anyway? I mean, I hardly ever talk to the girl so what difference does it make if I'm going all ninja on her right? Right. But the other crazies didn't seem to like the cold-shoulder-ninja-crap I'm giving Betty. So, they all went and talked to me, one by one. First counselor I had? Megaphonic Creepy. I was eating a lunch made by the person I unknowingly love -the meal lady- inside the cafeteria when she dropped her tray and sat at the empty seat across mine. I glanced at her and saw her staring at me, giving me a pouting glare. I honestly thought that Crazy Psycho was the only one who can pull off a childish, pouting glare that exactly looks like Popeye but, looking at Megaphonic Creepy...yeah pulled it off nicely. I can see the Popeye similarities too.
"Are you happy?" She suddenly asked still keeping her Popeye facial features. I raised my eyebrow at her question.
"Is that a trick question? Cause if it was I would probably still say, 'I was happy when I was left alone 10minutes ago and now...nah...not so much.'"
"What is wrong with you? You're making the Princess sad!" She said, ignoring what I said. I rolled my eyes at that and she decided to continue her mini lecture.
"You're a Prince, your main purpose is to make all the Princesses happy, not the opposite!"
"If that is my purpose in life, then God definitely hates me." I mumbled as I shook my head before turning back to my textbook that's on the table.
"Just...she's really depressed you know. I saw her walking with her head down earlier you know. The Princess looks so...heartbroken. It's saddening." She sighs making me to roll my eyes at that.
"She always walks like that."
"Really? Why?"
I offered her a shrug as a reply. It is true. Betty walks like that all the time, avoiding eye contact. I'm betting it's because of the whole lack of self-esteem here.
"Well, the way I see it, she's walking like that because someone's not talking to her!" She huffed. I let out a sigh again as I am unable to concentrate on my reading with her complaining about me and Betty's situation. I turned to her and found her arms crossed to her chest, looking at me with a pout. I tilted my head slightly and asked something that was bothering me a bit after the talk I had with Crazy Psycho.
"Do you even know her real name?"
"The Princess?" She asked back, looking confused at my question. I narrowed my eyes at that.
"No, Casper. I'm asking you what's Casper's full name is." Ah, sarcasm. My primary weapon of choice. Luckily for me, she got my sarcastic tone or else she'd be really thinking about Casper's name.
"HAHA. Funny. And of course I know the Princess's real name. It's Kojima Haruna." She said before rolling her eyes. I have no idea if she's right or wrong but I decided to play with her before I leave since I have a feeling she'd continue to pester me about Betty.
"No it's not." I let out a snort then looked back at my textbook and closed it.
"It's...not? That's not her name?"
I glanced at her and she looks mortified. Looks like she bought it. Figures since she kept on calling Betty Princess and all. With a sigh, I picked up my things and stood up. I looked down at her and shook my head before whispering, "No. It's Rumpelstiltskin."
And with that, I left her. Yeah, I trolled her and probably left her with her eyes narrowed and shoulder in a slump as she looks at my retreating back. Meh, who cares. Let's move on to my next counselor then. Wanna guess who? I'll give you a clue.
It's Midget Professor.
Yeah. Surprise surprise! It surprised the hell out of me too. I was in the park at that secluded spot, sitting on the grass reading a book when a shadow suddenly loomed over me. I kept my gaze on my book and tightened my hold on it, thinking that it might be Betty looking over me. I let out a breath that unknowingly I was holding in when the shadow suddenly spoke. "What are you reading?"
I looked over my shoulder and found Midget Professor, smiling, holding two cups of coffee. I held out the book I was reading nonchalantly for her to see.
"Persuasion, one of my favorite book. I see you were listening to me." She chuckled then sat down next to me. She held out a cup for me to take which I raised my eyebrow at.
"Here. For you." She said, smiling. I hesitantly took it, muttering my thanks. Okay, so I'm a bit weirded out that she's here, joining me AND giving me coffee. I mean, what's the deal right?
"I'm glad to see you taking reading seriously now. To tell you the truth, I honestly didn't know why you're taking up English Literature." She said as she glanced at me.
"No offense, but you don't seem to be the type."
"I think you should tell that to the rest of your class then since, everyone doesn't seem to be the type." I sighed before taking a sip of the coffee she gave me. And ain't that the truth? There's Snorlax, Asian Johnny Bravo, his side kick, the comb hater guy then the all those etcs and yeah...all of us are really not the type.
"True. You do have a point there." She chuckled before taking a sip of her coffee.
"So are you telling me that you are the bookish type? I mean, looks can be deceiving right?"
"No, I'm not." I sighed, my eyes trained at the cup of coffee that I'm holding.
"You took up your course on whim then?" She asked, tilting her head slightly. I shrugged.
"Sort of."
"Interesting. That makes sense." She mumbled.
"What do you mean?" I asked, frowning slighty as I turned to her.
"Well I've been meaning to talk to you about your paper." She glanced at me, her eyes holding that teasing glint that I'm sure I've seen from Crazy Psycho before. She grinned at me.
"You gave me a short story about five crazy people inside an asylum doing nothing in particular, but talking and taking meds being given to them by a mean looking lunch lady that has melting make up on."
I narrowed my eyes at that and pointed out, "It's a ten page paper."
"Yes, yes it is. Not to mention, it's in double space."
"They were having a conversation."
"With 15 different topics simultaneously."
"They're crazy people inside an asylum." I reasoned as I waved my hands. She narrowed her eyes behind those glasses of hers and pursed her lips in a tight smile, looking unimpressed. Can you blame me for writing that crap when the five crazies are always wanting to hang out with me? Well not really five since Fang doesn't really want to hang out with me, thank God. But I decided to include her in my fucked up story. I actually included Midget Professor there too as the, 'Dense Midget Nurse,' but obviously, the Midget Professor didn't think of it as her despite me indicating that a certain Fanged crazy girl is madly in love with her. So much for giving the Midget one a clue then huh.
I let out a sigh. "Look, I'm sorry okay? I guess I'm just-"
"Distracted?" She offered, a small smile across her lips. I frowned and tilted my head slightly. Was I?
"Well...I guess...?" I'm thinking, it's that or I just suck at writing stories so...let's just go with what she said. Don't want to admit to my professor how I suck at writing fictional stories anyway.
"Does this...distraction of yours...have anything to do with you and Kojima-san fighting?" She asks, hesitantly. I narrowed my eyes at that. Okay so now I regret not saying how I just really suck at writing stories. Really now. Even Midget Professor?
"Tomochin seems worried about the two of you, you know."
Even Fang? This whole issue with Betty seems to be getting around all the crazies then. Are they having crazies meeting about me and Betty then? Huh. If that's the case then I'm guessing Crazy Psycho is the leader there. So when the Princess is sad, the crazies are out to the rescue huh. How nice. But, let's get back to the topic now, cause seriously, even Fang? Midget professor must've seen my face of disbelief as she explained further.
"It's true. She's worried about the two of you." She nodded, smiling.
"She said, in exact words, how she'll beat the two of you up if you don't work on your stupidity because it's driving her crazy."
She chuckled at that and I just kept my narrowed eyes at her. I have a feeling that the 'it's' Fang is talking about is Crazy Psycho, not me and Betty. Crazy Psycho must've been driving her crazy then, probably whining over and over again about our situation. I can't blame Fang for beating us up then if that's the case.
"Tomochin is such a good girl for thinking about her friends, isn't she?"
And obviously, the dense one here totally misunderstood. Dense, seriously dense. So yeah, she told me how I should just talk to Betty since it distracts me and blah blah my paper is completely and utterly a mess for her. Well no, she didn't exactly say that but, c'mon, it is crappy. I guess I got frustrated with the crazies and wrote that on my paper. Big deal right? ...Geez I actually sound like Miichan there making excuses huh. I knew she was bad influence on me!
As for my last counselor...can you guess who? That's right. My co-worker, Snorlax. No surprise there. Yeah she approached me while I'm serving the dead people alcohol. So while the needy dead people were satisfied, she walked towards me at the bar and asked, "What's with you and Haruna? You fighting or what?"
I let out a groan at that, knowing where this questioning is heading. Snorlax here is going to lecture me too about the Betty crap. Great. Seriously great. Sarcasm right there people.
"I can hear her crying at night you know." She suddenly said. I turned to her with my eyes narrowed. She can't possibly think I'd believe that crap right?
"Okay so no, I don't hear her crying at night." She smirked and I rolled my eyes. Some customer yelled out more beer which I would gladly provide just so I could leave Snorlax's side. I grabbed a cold beer from the fridge and made my way to the zombie looking guy. Snorlax doesn't want to leave me be though as she followed me close behind.
"But she might as well be crying since her crush hates her now!" She said as I placed a glass of beer in front of zombie guy. I raised my eyebrow as I turned to her. She placed her hands to her waist and looked back at me, frowning.
"She's been moping for weeks now! Can't you give her a break and forgive her or whatever?"
"Yeah give her a break and kiss my d*ck for me." The zombie piped in, raising a glass of beer towards me, grinning. The two of us turned towards the drunk zombie and gave him a disgusting look. Seriously?
"You want to kiss your...ugh...disgusting." I gave the zombie a look of disgust who looked like he realized his mistake and began shaking his head, his eyes wide as he looked at us. Looks like what he said completely sobered him up. No surprise there because that's just...nasty. Without waiting for his reply, I just rolled my eyes and walked away from him, ignoring the laughter that some guys let out as they heard us.
"That's sick, man. Just sick." Snorlax added as she shook her head, making a face then heading towards me. We've handled horn-dog-zombies all night so this isn't exactly shocking to hear. So yeah...kinda normal for the two of us. But what zombie man said was definitely a first for us. Definitely barf worthy.
"So...going back to the Haruna subject just-"
"Stop." I growled, cutting her off. I turned to her and frowned, getting real tired of this Betty is sad crap. It's seriously pissing me off.
"I get it okay? She's sad and it's my fault. Everything is my fault. I should just go back, play friends with her again and make her happy." I snarled as I glared at her.
"So did I miss anything there? Cause I'm pretty sure that's all you guys want."
Snorlax stared at me for awhile, looking unimpressed, disappointed even. With a sigh, she shook her head.
"No, I don't think you missed out on anything there. Just one thing though..."
She took a step close to me, placed a hand on my shoulder and said, "She never played friends with you...apparently not like what you did."
With that she walked away, not bothering me for the whole night. Actually, she didn't bother me anymore with the Betty crap since then, unlike Crazy Psycho and Megaphonic Creepy who still yaps about it from time to time. No, Snorlax seems to let me be, always staying quiet when the two are giving me lectures. It's like she's expecting me to do the right thing, to forgive innocent Betty who really didn't do anything wrong.
So after all that, did I make peace with Betty, you ask?
No, I still didn't.
Did I feel bad?
No. Why should I? I'm apathetic...aren't I?
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I let out a sigh as I read a message from Maachan saying how excited she is to see me and her Princess Onee-chan again. Yeah, you see, in a couple of days it's going to be family day here at Crackhouse University. It's a day wherein your family is here for the day. Whacked up definition huh? Well it's that and for them to know how fucked up your life is here at Crackhouse University, kinda like mine is. Combine those two and yes, it's family day. Wheepedooo...and all that excitement crap. I couldn't care less about family day. Well unless they take me away from here cause Crackhouse University is definitely giving me the stress. Hey...now that isn't a bad idea! I could beg my parents to get me the hell ou-
"Hey! Mariko!" Crazy Psycho's voice suddenly brought me back from imagining my escape from Crackhouse University. Grumbling, I turned towards the voice and found Crazy Psycho and Betty walking towards me, carrying something. It looks like Miichan is carrying a box of pizza, plastic bags full of junk food and drinks. I raised my eyebrow when they stopped a few feet away from me. Crazy Psycho held out the plastic bag and box of pizza she's carrying, giving me a beaming smile.
"We got food and rented some movies so...Movie night!"
I kept my gaze at her for a few seconds then turned to Betty who has her eyes downcast to the ground, carrying a plastic bag that looked like the bunch of movies they rented. I glanced back at the beaming Miichan then let out a sigh.
"How nice. Enjoy yourselves then." I said nonchalantly as I began walking away, placing my phone back inside my pocket. I was only walking for about a minute when a hand grabbed me and halting me from going further. With narrowed eyes, turned towards the source and got the not-so-shock of my life when I'm faced with a beaming Miichan. How predictable.
"Let me guess, you want me to join."
"Obviously." She nodded. I glanced at Betty, finding her still rooted at her spot earlier but she was now facing us, watching. I looked at her and she looked back for a second, but then she can't seem to hold her gaze at me anymore as she quickly averted her eyes to the ground, her hand tightening on the plastic bag she's carrying. Interesting, but...
"No." I said as I free myself from Crazy Psycho's hold. But unfortunately, the moment I did free myself, she did something I didn't expect she'd do again, ever. She pulled out a pair of handcuffs and yup...she handcuffed me along with her, grinning.
"Not going to take no for an answer."
I grabbed her by her collar and pulled her to me, gritting my teeth.
"I swear to God, Minegishi, if you don't remove this right this minute, I'm going to tear you apart." I sneered with an ice cold tone. This is definitely not a Haha moment for me. She should know better than doing this again.
"Funny. It's like we're reliving High School all over again, eh?" She replied, seemingly unfazed by my threat. And she's right. This is so High School when she pulled the same stunt on me back then. The only difference is that her twin isn't here to save her. But then again...there's another person who can.
"Stop it!" Betty ran towards us, dropped the plastic bag on the ground and held my arm tight. The same arm that's attatched to the hand that's holding Miichan. Both Miichan and I kept our heated gaze at each other despite Betty pulling my arm slightly and placing her other hand on my shoulder. I glanced at her and found her looking at me.
"Please...don't do this." She pleaded softly, squeezing my shoulder slightly. After almost three weeks of avoiding her, we held our gazes at each other for awhile. Those brown eyes trying to soothe mine, pleading me to stop. This is the same eyes that's psychoanalyzing me. The same eyes that I've been avoiding for weeks, and now, look at me, completely unafraid, holding her gaze confidently. In that moment, as I kept my hardened glare at her, a question popped inside my head. That same question that's been plaguing me since I talked to Miichan and the others a couple of weeks back. That same question that I have no answer to.
If I am really apathetic as I say I am...why should I care if Betty is psychoanalyzing me?
I gripped my hold on Miichan's collar tight then released her, pushing her slightly away from me as I sigh, my eyes slowly made its way to the ground. Goddamnit.
"Ready for a movie night now?" Miichan asked as she fixed her collar, still wearing that fucked up grin of hers, acting like I didn't nearly give her a bloody nose. I glanced at Betty and found her still staring at me with those unreadable eyes, lips parted slightly. Looks like she's back to staring again. Oh now she's not as she's staring at the ground now, a blush across her cheeks. Same old Betty eh?
"Well? Movie night?" Crazy Psycho reminded again. I gritted my teeth at her for a few seconds then gave in, letting out a sigh. I looked to the side and held up my handcuffed hand, bringing Miichan's hand up too.
"Sure, whatever. Just release me, psycho." I said, flatly. Crazy Psycho let out a squeal of delight and hugged me tight, thanking me over and over again. I narrowed my eyes as I let her hug me. Crazy Psycho sounds like I just saved her life or something. Psh. Crazy Psycho. Go figure. I then glanced at Betty and found her eyes still downcast, but this time...she was wearing a small smile.
Bunch of crazies. Looks like Midget Professor would get another installment of my short story in my next paper.
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"Okay! So what movie should we play first?" Miichan asked as she looked at us over her shoulder. She's leaning at her lap top that's placed on a chair while Betty and I are seated on the floor, waiting. I gave her a shrug as an answer while Betty looks at the various DVDs they rented.
"Uhm...m-maybe you should pick, Minegishi-san." Betty offered. Crazy Psycho crawled next to Betty and began holding up various of DVDs they rented, reading the titles out loud.
"Let's see...we've got...Gone with the Wind...Singing in the Rain...Breakfast at Tiffany's...which by the way, I don't know why but the girl kinda reminds me of you, despite your hair being in a cat in a fruit hat style..." Miichan trailed as she held up the box at me. I just narrowed my eyes and noticed how Betty glanced at me for a second then averted her eyes again to the floor, blushing slightly. That reminds me that I still haven't seen this whole cat in a fruit hat she keeps mentioning. Oh well, whatever.
"Annie Hall...West Side Story...Grease..." She continues, making me frown. The hell? Did they raid the classical movies section or what? Those movies are like...old. Hmmm. I'm guessing this is Betty's choices then. How...old. Such a sheltered child.
"My Fair Lady...and oohhh!" Miichan held up a DVD looking like an excited child showing her mother what she wants for Christmas. Unfortunately, she's showing it to me and upon reading it, I let out a loud, "NO!"
"B-But it's one of my favorite movies of all-"
"I don't care! No!" I said firmly, crossing my arms to my chest. I held my glare at her as she pouts. No way in hell will I ever watch that movie with her ever again. She like...cries herself to sleep every damn time after watching that. There are times when she'd cling to me too while she cries. So no. Never again. Plus she saw that a hundred times already. The title? A Damn Walk to Effing Remember. Okay so the word 'damn' and 'effing' isn't really in the title so...yeah, whatever. Still no.
Crazy Psycho let out a sad sigh as she puts down the blasted DVD that obviously she picked. She then held out the last DVD with a shrug.
"Then let's go with Haruna-chan's favorite then, The Sound of Music." She smiled at Betty who looked up a bit surprised at Miichan's selection. Betty's favorite huh?
"I'm curious. Have you seen or heard about it?" I asked Miichan, my eyebrow raised. She shrugged then looked at the DVD again.
"No. But the girl seems to be having fun in the picture, twirling around so..."
I shook my head at that, the corner of my lips tugging up. This is really not Crazy Psycho's type of movie. She doesn't like movies that are musicals and well The Sound of Music is so...interesting. Definitely interesting.
With that, she placed the DVD inside her laptop and played it. She then stood up, closed the lights then crawled back towards us, sitting in between Betty and me, grabbing some chips as we watched in silence. I leaned at the side of the bed that's on my side, resting my arm on the surface of the bed. After 30 minutes of watching in that position, I propped my arm up, resting the side of my face against my fist. Another 30 minutes later, I felt my phone vibrate. As I retain my bored position, my free hand fished for my phone inside my pocket and pulled it out. I frowned when I opened it, seeing Crazy Psycho's name. I glanced at her and found her eyes glued at the small screen. The hell? Did she lose her phone or something? Shrugging that thought, I opened the message and read it.
"This movie sucks."I raised my eyebrow and glanced back at Miichan. It was then I noticed her holding her phone by her lap. I knew she wouldn't like the movie. Hell I didn't like it either. With a sigh, I replied back.
"Not my fault. Deal with it." With that, I closed my phone and placed it on the bed. Moments later, it vibrate again. We're not seriously going to converse like this are we? Despite the childishness of the situation, I still opened my phone and read it.
"It's seriously seriously sucky. We have to make it stop. Quick! Think of something before I go crazy!"I typed back.
"You are already crazy.""Not helping! Maybe I should distract her or something...like kissing her! Yeah, then you go and remove the DVD and break it to pieces. I think that'll work."I narrowed my eyes at that and glanced at her. She glanced back and shrugged. I typed back.
"Seriously seriously crazy.""Mmmmaaarrriikkooo! You're not helping!"I rolled my eyes at that. I actually heard that whine of hers despite it being a text message. Huh. Weird. But then, as if someone was reading our senseless chat, the door suddenly opened and in stepped Fang. The three of us turned to her as she clicked the lights open.
"What's going on here?" She asked in her husky voice as she closed the door. She took a step forward and crossed her arms to her chest, looking at the three of us with her eyebrow raised. Miichan crawled towards her and hugged her short legs in delight. I narrowed my eyes at that. Seriously seriously crazy.
"Fang! Oh Fang! I missed you." She cried out.
"Wh-what the?! Let go of me!" Fang growled as she tries to dislodge Miichan's hold. Looks futile really. She should just let Crazy Psycho hug her for awhile. Which she did since Miichan then begged Fang to join us in our fun fest movie night. Yes, that's sarcasm right there. Fang looked at Betty then at me for awhile, her eyes narrowed a bit. It made my eyebrow arched up as I caught her gaze. My head slightly tilted in confusion as I saw the corner of her lips twitch as she looks at me. She then averted her eyes away from mine, shook her head and let out a sigh.
"I don't have anything to do anyway so...sure. I'll join the party." She said in a bored manner as she looked down at Miichan who's still hugging her legs. Miichan suddenly stood up and began jumping for joy, hugging the weirded out Fang who's pushing Crazy Psycho away from her. Watching the two of them makes me remember when it was me dealing that jumpy hug of Miichan's. Poor Fang. I feel for her. So Fang decided to join us but not before telling us that there's no way she's watching the messed up film we were watching. Yes, that is her exact, hurtful words to Bettys favorite movie. No wonder Miichan wanted her to join us. I glanced at Betty who's looking a bit embarrassed, her eyes downcast, darting around. You know, looking at her, I feel sorta bad. Maybe that's why I shrugged and let out, "Minus the whole singing thing, it's really not bad. Kinda like watching history channel...so it's interesting."
Three pair of stunned looking eyes turned towards me. Miichan is doing that retarded Nemo thing again as her mouth began opening and closing without any words coming out. The other two just looked taken aback. I rolled my eyes at them then looked away. Great. They just had to make a big deal of me being nice to someone. Psh. I think I should make a mental note to not be nice again, ever.
Thankfully, Miichan decided to intervene, changing the subject.
"R-right. So what are we watching now?" Miichan stammered. I glanced at Fang as she snickered while looking at the bunch of DVDs on the floor. Why the hell is so amused today anyway? Looking further, I see Betty wearing a shy smile as she looks at the floor. No thank you then? Ugh. Manners. Where are thee?
"Well I can't choose with these crappy movies you have." Fang said, frowning. She then turned to Betty adding, "Seriously, Holiness, you need to upgrade your taste in everything."
So Fang calls Betty Holiness huh. Makes sense. I knew she was a bit like me.
Fang then glanced at me, a smug smile across her lips as she says, "Well...not everything."
I rolled my eyes knowing exactly what she means. I can't believe she's falling for that whole 'Betty has a crush on me' thing as well. Okay so scratch that she's a bit like me then. That's minus points for her for being stupid.
She then held up Miichan's DVD, frowning slightly.
"You know, I've seen this before. And well...this is weird but...it feels like this is you." Fang said as she turned to Betty. Miichan and I turned to look at Betty as well who looked confused. You know, as fucked up as that movie is because of Miichan crying every damn time, Fang here has a point. The heroine there is like Betty. Religious, goody-goody, innocent, like a self proclaimed nun. But if you think about it, the girl there is sick and in the end, she...
"You don't have Leukemia right?! Right?! You're not going to die right?!" Miichan cried as she held the surprised Betty by her shoulders and shook her. I tilted my head slightly as I too wait for Betty's answer.
"Uh...n-no. I'm perfectly healthy...as far as I know." Betty said offering an awkward smile on Miichan who looked unconvinced. Hearing that is good enough for me, so I turned back to Fang.
"Can you just pick a movie, please?" I sighed. She let out a smirk then stood up.
"Well I do have one movie I bought a couple of days ago." With that, she headed towards her drawer, opened it and pulled out the said DVD, holding it up for us to see.
"The Ring? Why would even buy--okay, stupid question that I don't want to know the answer to anymore." I said with my eyes narrowed. Why would she buy that? Easy. For Midget Professor cuddling services. Typical lovesick fool.
"Yup. I'm guessing Holiness hasn't seen this before."
I'm guess her Holiness hasn't seen anything beyond the year 1990's before. But let's not say that now.
"That's a great movie! Classic!" Miichan beamed, nodding her head in approval. Somehow, seeing her like that made me remember the time when we did watched it. It scared her for days, always spending the night at our house, in my room to sleep. She'd be scared to see a TV closed because of that movie. Even seeing any closed gadgets scares her as she thinks Sadako has upgraded her tastes and is now going out of anything that has a screen on it. So imagine her going ballistic when Maachan went to my room with her closed Ipad just to ask me something. Yeah, she ran pretty fast out of my room that day, knocking Maachan to the floor. I've never seen her so frantic to get out before. Well except for times when she needs to get to the bathroom fast, but not the point really. Anyway, thankfully she's not stupid enough back then to scream at my Ipod nano when it's closed. She did let out a squeak the first time I tried to scare her with it. Hehe. Good times.
"The Ring?" Betty tilted her head slightly. Hmmm. Miichan saw it already so I don't think she'll get affected by it again not like the first time. But Betty here hadn't seen it before. Should I be worried about it since she is my roommate and all?...Nah. I'm sure it won't be worse than Miichan.
"We gonna watch or what?" I asked as I raised my eyebrow at Fang who grinned.
"Great. Let's watch it then."
Hmm. Should I be worried about that grin of hers?
...Nah.
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"Move!" I growled at Miichan who looked at me incredulously, her face a bit close to mine.
"There's no more room for me to move. I'm pressed up against the wall." She reasoned.
"Then sleep on the floor."
"I can't sleep on the floor! What if Sadako is right there waiting for me?" She cried frantically, making me to narrow my eyes. Yes, apparently, Miichan once again got scared of the freaking movie and decided to sleep with me.
"Um...I c-can sleep on the floor if you want." Betty offered from behind me. And yes, with Betty as well as we joined our two beds together and is now having a forced girl's slumber party with me right in the middle. What about Fang? Well she left after the movie, saying she'd go over Midget Professor's apartment and say she's too scared to sleep alone what with Miichan wanting to spend the night with me. I think she planned this whole thing since the beginning. Of course with her gone, Crazy Psycho here pleaded for me not to leave her alone because blah blah blah Sadako's gonna eat her up and all that neediness crap. So, she came up with this fucked up situation. Two combined beds with three of us pressed at each other with me in the middle. Yeah, Miichan is pretty adamant on being on the left side of the combined bed. Why? I'm too tired to know why. I'm just going whatever now because I want to sleep.
"No! Don't sacrifice yourself Haruna-chan. It's not worth it." She says as she leaned forward and pulled Betty's hand to her, making Betty to press against my back. I felt her body stiffened at the contact, making me feel a bit uncomfortable as I felt her breathing on my neck. With Miichan pulling Betty's arm towards her, it kinda feels like Betty here is spooning me what with her arm resting on my waist. So yeah...awkward position. Maybe I should shrug her, make her move cause she's too damn close for my liking.
"Mi-Minegishi-san...uhm...c-could you...uh... I won't s-sleep on the floor...j-just let go of me..." She trailed softly, trying to pull her hand away from Crazy Psycho's hold, probably noticing the predicament we're in. I gritted my teeth, trying not to shiver as her breath tickles the back of my neck. My heart beating a mile a minute and...I suddenly felt hot, like all my blood suddenly moved up to my head. And well...I thank God the light's are off or else they'd see me blushing. Totally reasonable mind you.
A moment later, Miichan finally let her hand go, making me to release the breath that I was holding as Betty moved away from me.
"Okay just...stay there okay?" Miichan said, totally unaware of the most uncomfortable moment in my life. Funny how it involves spooning and Betty. Ugh.
"You okay there Mariko? You look like you're sweating or something." Miichan asked as she looks at me, her eyebrow raised. I glared at her as I wipe the sweat on the side of my face.
"It's hot in here being pressed together in one bed." I reasoned. A grin slowly forms on her face and she began to wiggle her eyebrows in a lewd suggestive manner. I narrowed my eyes as she says, "It sure is."
Figures she'd turn what I said into something else. How typical.
"Shut up and face the damn wall. I'm sick of seeing your face. Go on, turn." I said exasperatedly.
"Will you spoon me?"
"Just turn!" I growled. She grumbled out incoherent things as she turned to face the wall. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying to get some sleep. I honestly don't know how long I've been closing my eyes but what I do know is that I can't seem to get that sleep that I wanted. I let out a sigh and looked at Miichan's back. I can see her breathing deepened which could only mean that she has fallen asleep. Lucky Crazy Psycho. Grumbling, I decided to move, turning to the other side. My eyes widen slightly, surprised to see Betty's eyes still open, facing me. Moving to get comfortable without bumping the two, I faced Betty fully, locking her gaze on mine. She offered a small smile that I didn't return back. Instead, I asked in a soft tone the obvious, "Can't sleep?"
She shook her head, smiling.
"Guess I'm not the only one then." I sighed softly. She just smiled at me, her hands resting on the side of her face, acting like a pillow. We were quiet for awhile, just staring at each other through the darkness. The smile on her face slowly disappears as she gave me her unwavering gaze. Voices of laughter from outside and Miichan's light snoring began to tone down as I focused on those brown orbs looking back at me. Looking at those brown eyes of hers, I wonder...
...right now...at this moment...is she...psychoanalyzing me...?
"Thank you for today. It was fun." She said softly, breaking the silence. A smile once again forms on her lips. I let out a sigh, the corner of my lips tugging slightly.
"You should thank Miichan, not me. I was only dragged there you know."
"I know...but you stayed." She let out, her voice cracking slightly as her soft voice quieted down to a whisper. "Despite the fact that...you were avoiding me, you still stayed...so thank you for that."
My eyebrow furrowed slightly at that. Despite the smile she's wearing, I could still see clearly through her eyes how much I've hurt her. For three weeks I've shrugged her off, avoided her like a plague and ignored her like she's invisible and yet, she's here, thanking me for spending a fucked up night with her, watching a measly movie for a few hours in silence. With those thoughts, it's no wonder I let out, "You're weird."
It surprised her, eyes widening at the soft words I uttered.
"I'm...weird?" She asked, confused. I stared blankly at her for awhile, noticing how her eyebrows slowly furrowed slightly. I held her confused gaze until I told her honestly, "Your eyes are weird," surprising her yet again.
"They...are?" She asked, hesitantly, looking a bit conscious as her eyes began to dart around, as if she's thinking.
"Yeah. They are...but not like what you think." I replied. Hearing that, her weird eyes slowly made way to mine. With our eyes locked again, I continued, my voice a mere whisper.
"It's like...you're searching inside me...looking for something...I don't know what. And...I hate it...because I don't know what you're looking for."
She was silent at my admission, her lips agape, eyes wide in wonderment. I let out a tired sigh whispering, "What is it that you want from me?"
She stares at me for awhile then slowly, a smile forms on her lips. With conviction, she whispered her request to me, surprising me. "I want to be your friend."
I blinked back my surprise, totally taken aback by the soft request.
"Friend? You...want to be my friend?" I asked, my eyebrow raised.
"Yes. I want to be your friend." She repeated.
A simple request...yet...confuses the hell out of me. I frowned slightly at her.
"Why do you even need my acknowledgement? If you think of me as a friend, isn't that enough?"
She shook her head, smiling.
"Friendship goes both ways, like a two way street. If I only acknowledge you as a friend...then what will I be to you if you don't acknowledge me back?" She leaned closer, keeping her smile as she continues. "You're different Shinoda-san. You're completely closed off. It's like, I need your permission first to enter. And I would never enter if you don't permit me to."
"So you think if I acknowledge you as a friend, I'd let you enter?"
Her shoulder moved as if shrugging.
"It's worth a try." She smiled. I still felt confused under her gaze. I mean her request is just...weird. It's so weird that I couldn't help but let out a chuckle, probably surprising her. I placed a hand over my face as I continue to laugh quietly.
"Sorry, I just..." I trailed as I removed my hand over my face and smiled at her. She looked stunned as she stares at me and I knew why. This time, my walls were completely down. I was submitting myself to her eyes, letting her see whatever it is she wants to see. I knew she could see it as slowly a wide smile form on her lips, her eyes shining through the moonlight.
I nodded my head and with a smile I whispered, "Yeah, sure. I'll be your friend...and you can be mine as well."
She looked extremely happy at that. Despite the fact I didn't verbally apologized for treating her like shit, I think that what I said would suffice enough as an apology, don't you think? Yeah, I think the crazies would be so proud of me for this crap. I can see it now; Crazy Psycho, Snorlax and Megaphonic Creepy patting my back in the morning telling me I did good. Just thinking about it makes me want to roll my eyes right this moment. But wait, that reminds me...
"Maybe we should try to get some sleep eh? I have a feeling it's morning now." I said, reminding her. Ugh. I'm sensing extreme grogginess later on. Great.
"You're right. So...um...goodnight then." She whispered, offering a small smile. I nodded my head at that, smiling slightly.
"Yeah. Goodnight, Haruna."
I watch in confusion as her smile slowly disappears, her eyes widen and her mouth agape. It looked like she's in a daze at what I said. Uh...maybe I got her name wrong. But I was so sure it was Haruna since the crazies kept on reminding me about 'Haruna is sad' crap. So...was I really wrong?
"Are you...okay?" I asked with a frown. It made her jump slightly, surprising her as well as me. Her eyes then began to avoid mine, looking anywhere...just anywhere as she stammered her reply.
"I...I-I'm fine...uhm...yes...just fine. Uhm...g-g-ood night then."
Without waiting for my reply, she turned away from me, letting me to stare confusedly at her back. The hell was that? Probably has a split personality or something. So there's Haruna side and Betty side to her. Yeah...maybe that's it. I let out a sigh then flinched when an arm suddenly wrapped around my waist from behind, pulling me slightly. I narrowed my eyes as Miichan nuzzled her face against my back mumbling, "60."
Really now. How fucked up is that?
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Next up: Well look at that. Such a huge leap. Only a few more until the boiling point.
And look! Mariko's having them feelings.
Next would be parents day and probably the appearance of MariMii's guy friend.
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