[26] - Ouji 2.
"You said that, I'm coming!" Risa accepted Ai's challenged. He fought his way through the fingers that held tightly on the plate, taking the plate back into his possession and placed it roughly onto the ground and slide it away from him. After which he made his way onto the bed, while Ai, on the other hand, attempted to make her run for her life.
"What are you trying to do?" Ai uttered while giggling as she hung her legs over the edge of the bed. Before she could even pull herself off the bed, she felt herself being pulled back onto the bed, onto her back and into her soft pillows. In no time, she felt herself being pinned onto her bed by her wrist. "What you trying to do?" Ai giggled again as she glazed lovingly into Risa's eyes.
"What do you think I am trying to do?" Risa echoed Ai's question back to the strawberry, causing the giggle to intensify. "Don't keep smiling like this, little strawberry." Risa continued when Ai did not responded. He released his grip on Ai's left wrist and began to caress her hair, pulling the shorter ends of her hair and tucked them behind her ears.
"So what do you want to do?" Ai teased playfully.
"Hmmm, let me see . . " Risa pressed his lips tightly together as he pretended to think. "Maybe. . . What you asked me to do back then?" Risa continued.
"Ara, what did I asked you do back then?" Ai replied a question in a quiet and teasing voice.
Risa leaned himself closer to Ai and whispered deeply into Ai's ear. "Make you mine. . "
That made Ai giggled again. Risa pulled himself away from Ai and stared at Ai with his puppy eyes. "When did I say that?"
"When you refused to return with Hitomi ?" Risa suggested for Ai.
"Ah, that's because I didn't want to be married to the Stupid Prince of the Land of Penguin. . . " Ai replied playfully. "But since now I'm married to the stupid prince, I guess that request is now being abolished." Ai replied with a smirking smile.
"But since Penguin and Stupid Prince is the same person, wouldn't that request continues to be viable?" Risa reasoned to Ai.
"Since the request is made to Penguin, so only Penguin can redeem the request, not you, Prince Gaki." Ai continued. That playful smile lasted for a short moment before Ai suddenly remembered something really important. "Ah-" Ai exclaimed as she sat up, knocking Risa at his forehead and pushing him off her.
"What's wrong?" Risa asked in surprised.
"Ouji!" Ai exclaimed. "I had totally forgot about Ouji!"
"Ouji? That mutt?" Risa scorned sceptically. That had earned him a faithful smack on the head from Ai. "Ouch-" Risa pouted at Ai with an unsatisfied expression painted on his face.
"I had left Ouji with Miki before I came to the Land of Penguin with Hitomi." Ai continued her explanation after giving Risa her usual treatment. "I want to bring him back to here." Ai asked as she grabbed onto Risa's wrist.
"Eh?" Risa pouted and whined.
"Please?" Ai blinked her eyes at Risa, hoping that would make Risa to soften his heart.
"But it's late now. . . " Risa tried to push the task away by giving an excuse, but it seems like Ai was not going to buy the story.
"Now." Ai uttered.
"But - "
"NOW-"
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"Mama. . . " Aika called out quietly into the empty space as she took the single photo that was laid down on the concrete ground. Surrounding her was all messes, with traces of hays, dust and webs decorating the pillars and leftover furniture. "Aika had did Mama had asked Aika to fulfil." Aika continued as she stared sadly into the photo. "Nee-chan seems to be living the prefect happiness Mama wanted her to. . . Though Mama's wish for her is to look for someone who loves her dearly and never return back to the Land of Penguin, it seems like this someone is all along the Prince she was engaged to even before her birth, Mama." Aika finished as she shifted herself into a slightly more comfortable position on the hard cold concrete ground.
"Nee-chan really had a hard time growing up, isn't that so? I know Mama had always been feeling guilty about leaving her for Papa when she was just barely a three month old infant. . . " Aika returned the photo back onto the ground and began to set her eyes at the flame of the firewood. "But Mama. . . I think . . . I think. . . I think it's better to remain our relationship as it is. . . Sorry Mama. . . I can't finish your last wish. . . I think. . . Nee-chan is still not ready to forgive any of us yet. . . " Aika sighed deeply in great depression. "Now that the Nee-chan had regained her memory and her love for the penguin, I guess. . .It's time for me to leave this land . . ." Aika came into a decision. "I will start on my journey tomorrow, back to the land of Strawberry, so that Nee-chan will never know about the truth."
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"Do we really have to do this at this time?" Risa whispered quietly towards Ai, who was trailing quietly behind him.
"Yes." Ai stubbornly replied, refusing to give in to Risa no matter what the latter had said.
"But -" Before Risa could further refute, he was being pushed forward by Ai out of his camouflage behind a bush stand.
"The guards are gone! Now is our chance!" Ai shouted in a whispering manner. With that, she rushed forward, passing over Risa had pulled the younger male by his wrist with her as she charged over towards the gates that leads out of the palace.
"Wait wait wait a minute!" Risa rattled while being dragged away. "How are we going to get there?" Risa continued asking the duo crossed the gates.
"How did you get there in the first place?" Ai stopped and turned around after they had ran a distance away from the palace, and asked.
"I walked my way there. . . "Risa replied under his breath.
That revoked a smile on Ai's face. "That's how we are going to get there then!" Ai decided playfully.
"EH?" The overreaction reaction from Risa made Ai burst out into laughter. "In this darkness and coldness?" Risa continued.
Ai nodded her head firmly before making her way to Risa's back. Without giving much warning to Risa, Ai encircled her arms over Risa's shoulders and around his neck before pushing her weight off the ground and hopped onto Risa's back. By reflexes, Risa caught onto the pair of thighs that came together with the action. "And piggy backing me too." Ai added on with a mischievous smile across her cheeks, sticking her tongue out lightly as she finished. And of course, Risa had not caught all these little actions from Ai as Ai was facing his back.
"EH?" Risa groaned again, but quietened down immediately when he felt Ai's soft breathing at his ears.
"This is your repayment to me for the fact that I had carried you back from the mountain back to my home when you had fainted from heat stroke the time we first met, Penguin. You know. . .I always had the choice to drag you back home on your back that time. . . "
That silenced Risa. Ai was so right about that and Risa had nothing he could think of to refute his beloved strawberry.
"So let's get going!" Ai whispered into Risa's ears again.
"To where?" Risa decided that there was no other way to get out this situation and had began to gave in to Ai's request.
"Fujimoto's residence."
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"Are we reaching yet?" Risa whined rather unmanly as he felt Ai dozing off his shoulder yet again. That sentence woke Ai up. She looked up to her surroundings and began to glaze her eyes through, finding herself in situated a buzzing market place.
"Just over this market place and we will get to Miki's residential place." Ai answered, letting off a small yawn as she did so.
"We are leaving there straight after we had fetched Ouji off that - " Risa halted for a short moment, bitting onto his tongue when he realised his nickname for Miki would be inappropriate to be used before Ai. He hissed slightly in pain. Swallowing a mouthful worth of saliva down his throat, Risa continued in an almost inaudible voice. "Miki's place."
"Why?" Ai pushed herself closer against Risa's back as she tried to get her cheeks to the side of Risa's. She had always enjoy watching the jealous pout Risa had on his face upon the mention of Miki's name. The bigger the pout Risa had on his face indicated the stronger the love the Penguin had for the Strawberry.
"You know the answer, don't you?" Risa pouted wider.
"Ah. . . I see. . .You are jealous of Miki, aren't you, Penguin?"
"Yes I am jealous!" Risa agreed to the statement straight away, having no intention to hide his jealousy. "That's why we are leaving straight after we reached there!"
"And if we don't?" Ai teased.
"If we don't, I am going to drop you off my back now right at this very moment!" Risa threatened. Upon hearing that, Ai tightened her grip around Risa's neck, in fear that Risa would really drop her off onto the group. But that exchanged a muffling choke from Risa instead. "I - I - can't - t - breath- - -" Risa struggled.
"Ah!" Ai loosened her grip immediately. "I didn't mean to choke you, Penguin." Ai apologised to Risa. After which, Ai snuggled around Risa's grip on her thigh and gotten back onto her feet, raced forward to check on the choking penguin, who was apparently still choking his way round when Ai got down from his back. "Are you alright, Penguin?" Ai bent silently and concerned for Risa, who had his right hand patting on his chest repeatedly. Ai pushed away the hand of Risa and took the action over to the work on her palm. "Let's get some water, shall we?" Ai suggested before trying to guide Risa down to a nearby seat.
However, even before she was able to do so, Risa stood back up straight and flashed a playful grin at Ai. "Gotcha!" Risa teased and pinched Ai's cheeks lightly.
"You - " Ai pointed her index finger at Risa and finally realised she had been just fooled by Risa. "Niigaki Risa!" Ai stomped her feet and began to chase after Risa.
"You can't get me!!" Risa teased again as he began to make his dash too.
And there they went chasing after each other at the busy market place, forgetting about their main purpose back to the land of strawberry until some familiar voice called out for Ai.
"Ai!"
Ai turned around, with Risa stopping in his motions, and saw Miki standing at a distance away. "Miki?"
"Ai! You managed to get out from the land of Penguin! I was so worried for you! What happened to Erina? She never returns." Miki rattled on, being glad for the reappearance of Ai, and too worried for the sisters. "I'm glad you are all safe and well." Miki continued and attempted to pull the shorter girl into his embrace. Like said, it was an attempt. Before he could even do so, a strong push on his shoulder widened the distance between Miki and Ai.
"Don't go around and hug other people's wife, idiot!" Risa retorted as he pulled Ai into HIS embrace.
"It's you, penguin. Back from your cowardice? What are you doing, hugging onto Ai, after you had brutally left her when she needs you?" Miki retorted back as he attempted to pull Ai away from Risa.
"STOP!" Ai shouted, intervening into the argument. She wriggled herself out of Risa's protective stance, and went over and stood before Miki. "Miki - "
"And why are you here again?" Miki interrupted Ai and sent a deadly stare over to Risa. Risa did not response. Instead, he just smirked and went over to held onto Ai's hand.
"Miki, Penguin is the Crown Prince of the Land of Penguin."
I'M SORRY!!!! It's been a month since I had last updated! I guess it's because I digress too much
Gomen!
@ maikeatoot : Yupps!!! So sorry that I had took so long for such a short chapter
@ arisa03 : Well, my room is looking good, but i'm not in there enjoying it =X oops hehehe about that. . .that would be the next story 'arc' until the end. Hopefully i will be able to finish it in 5 chapters. . .hopefully . . .heheh
@ darkacex99 : Yupps. well, cos Ai had a bad time trying to hide it in the first place. =X heheh Ai and Risa's chemistry is absolutely <3 <3 <3 heheh, (irl too)
@ risa_ai : And more Ai trolling in this chapter?? oops and i'm back again =X
@ Shiawase_Honoo : Thank you !! hmmm. one of the person in aichan's memories is someone we have found. . .heheh. and I think you will like it! hehe I can't wait to see little strawberries and penguin running around too . . but - heheheh
@ yellow : Hmmm. It's not really someone Ai detest though. . . you could put it in that way too . . .but . . .
@ MsSmigge : Hi there!! thank you for commenting! I'm glad you are liking this story too
hehehe. . .If you read my stories long enough, you will realise. . .I love cliffhangers =X *oops* hehehhe Of course. sayu and her being the kissing demon as usual
heheh. Once again, Thanks!!
And now, as being in my final semester study, work load has increased significantly, and for the fact that I have so many ideas running around, yet, little time to write, I will really try to update my stories as much possible as I could. But right now, my next update to look out for is definitely devolution. *i'm guilty for that story *
de wa, until the next time then!
Topic: Strawberry Penguin [ 27- 24th November 2012 ] (Read 34786 times)