Haha, I don't have much to say except this:
thexxHERO (4:23:34 PM): lol I'm almost done... and then I'll start working on finishing up Chapter Sixteen.
Simply Shatten (4:23:48 PM):
thexxHERO (4:24:33 PM): which would be... now.
Simply Shatten (4:24:47 PM): !
Simply Shatten (4:24:59 PM): -heads straight for the forum to wedge it- <3
thexxHERO (4:25:11 PM): Iol... i mean that I'm going to start working on it... now...
thexxHERO (4:25:12 PM): haha
thexxHERO (4:25:16 PM): you're too excited.
Simply Shatten (4:25:28 PM): ...Oh you whore D:
thexxHERO (4:25:41 PM): hahahaha you're very amusing.
Simply Shatten (4:26:21 PM): >:C
Simply Shatten (4:26:22 PM):
thexxHERO (4:26:37 PM): I think I'm going to go downstairs to get some food and something to drink... just to make you wait a little longer.
Simply Shatten (4:26:48 PM): Can't wait for it, nonetheless
Simply Shatten (4:26:49 PM): O_O
thexxHERO (4:26:44 PM): hahahaha
Simply Shatten (4:26:51 PM): YOU
Simply Shatten (4:26:53 PM): FREAKING
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Simply Shatten (4:26:58 PM): X____X;
thexxHERO (4:26:58 PM): be right baaaaaack~!
Simply Shatten (4:27:09 PM): ;____;
[Chapter Sixteen -- Surprise...?]Saki wasn’t used to waking up in somebody else’s arms. That, and she wasn’t used to Chinami actually being around in the morning, especially since the younger girl was prone to running off at this time of the day. She wasn’t complaining, though. It just meant one less thing to worry about.
She carefully slid out of the tanned girl’s grasp, standing up to stretch and yawn and allow her eyes some time to adjust to the sunlight shining through the decaying roof. But the brightness outside was in sharp contrast with how gloomy she felt on the inside.
Maybe I should just go back to sleep… There isn’t really any point in going to the city today… Especially if Chinami’s getting some rest for once.Saki was about to turn around and return to the comfy little pile of coats, when she heard a rather loud thud sound from somewhere beneath her. As she leaned over the edge of the Loft to investigate, she found herself peering down at one very intoxicated Sudou Maasa, who was lying on her back in the grass.
“…Maa-chan?”
The tall female squinted up at her for a few minutes, before a goofy smile spread across her lips and she began to giggle.
“I din’ know y’could fly, Sakiiii…”
Concerned, the small girl quickly made her way down the ladder and onto the ground, coming to a crouch beside Maasa. If her bloodshot eyes and slurred, broken speech weren’t enough to prove that the female was drunk, her alcohol-scented breath surely was…
“God, you must be really upset… How much have you had, Maa-chan?”
“Nyaaaaaaa~ah… lots las’night. Then this mornin’… more, cuz I had… -hiccup- a real bad headache…”
“Maasa, you don’t drink more alcohol to get rid of a hangover that you got from getting drunk!”
Maasa sat up, reeling a bit as she did so, because the sensation of her blood rushing back to her head combined with her current state was a bit overwhelming. She attempted to give Saki a really hard glare, but all she managed to do was cross her eyes, which wasn’t very intimidating at all.
“I’mma big girl… can have… -hiccup- s’much as I wan’…”
“Not really, considering it’s
illegal!”
“’ve broken th’ law b’fore…”
“That doesn’t make it right… And I know you, you’ve only done this because something’s bothering you… what’s wrong, Maa-chan?”
The tall girl got to her feet with some difficulty, and Saki straightened herself back up, ready to try and steady Maasa if she happened to tip over… which wasn’t all that unlikely, because she had done it before. Maasa tried to focus on the smaller girl, but it was really hard to do while there were five of her floating around…
“Nothin’s wrong… nothin’s ever wrong… I’m always… -hiccup- okay.”
“Maa-chan…”
“I really… -hiccup- hate it when you look at me like that.”
“…Like what?”
“Like you’re searchin’ for somethin’… -hiccup- inside me… tryin’ to… -hiccup- find m’secrets… Stop it.”
That serious tone had crept back into Maasa’s drunken voice, and Saki knew that she was treading on thin ice now. The taller girl could be a really stupid, clumsy drunk, but she could
also be a really mean, dangerous drunk. And no one in their right mind wanted to be hit by the powerhouse that was Sudou Maasa.
“Alright, I’ll drop it… are you going to be okay, though? Do you want to stay here until you feel a bit more… um… sober?”
Maasa shook her head roughly, and Saki watched as the other girl staggered off and nearly got herself entangled within the chain-link fence that surrounded the house. That was when she realized something.
…Did she fall off the ladder a minute ago?------------
I hugged my arms tightly as Risako stumbled around in the pitch black room, searching for a light switch. …Assuming that there even WAS one in there… She was making an awful lot of noise, and I could hear things being knocked over every so often. Things that were probably fragile by the sound of it, mind you.
All of a sudden, bright light split through my vision, and I had to cover my eyes for a moment while they adjusted to the change. That didn’t stop me from scowling at Risako, though.
“A warning would have been nice.”
“Sorry, I didn’t know that I had found it…”
When my eyesight returned to me, I realized that we were standing in a very dusty room, the likes of which were covered in stacks and boxes of sheet music. It wasn’t very organized at all, but the mess had been made much greater thanks to Risako’s clumsiness, and several pages cluttered the floor as well.
“What were you planning on looking for when we got in here…?”
“Oh, you know… I thought we could just shuffle through all this junk… see if we could pick up anything interesting…”
She was hiding something from me. I could tell by the way she was speaking. And by the way she was avoiding my eyes. Was there something special hidden in this musical treasure room that she didn’t want me to know about just yet? I wasn’t so sure about this idea anymore.
I don’t really like surprises.
Risako must have noticed my hesitation, because she rolled her eyes at me.
“Oh, just help me look, Momo-chan.”
We started at one end of the room, pulling down a box from the top of a particularly large pile to begin with. We pulled it over to the center of the room, and sat down in order to try and file through the sheets of music. Some of them had started to yellow with age, and others I couldn’t even handle properly, because they were starting to fall apart.
“Nasty… This is probably not the best place to store this stuff…”
“Yeah, this is the
really old junk… What we’re looking for is something that was performed only twenty or so years ago.”
I glanced at Risako with a raised eyebrow as she stood up again and began to dig through another pile of music.
“So we
are looking for something specific.”
“Just be patient and wait.”
“I’d like to know what I’m waiting for, though…”
“Ah! I can’t believe I found it! Come and look Momo-chan, I think you’ll be excited!”
I let out a long-suffering sigh and got to my feet, brushing the dust off of my pants. Risako was holding a score of some song, and I walked over to her, peering over her shoulder in order to read the title at the top of the page. My eyes widened as I began to comprehend what it was that she held in her hands.
This is…