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Hello everyone, this is my first attempt at a fanfic (well not really, but I wanted to post this one first XD) I'm a complete newbie so please excuse me if my ideas are completely strange :lol: I'm not really all that good at writing so I apologize if some things don't make sense.
Well here's the one of my first fics! Its a KohaJun so some people might not have heard of this pair romantically rather than the pair that argues all the time XD
Mou~!
BokeBoke. Thats what one of their fans called the new comedy pair one day.
"Bokeboke? what on earth does that mean?" Struggling to find out exactly what that meant, she dug deep into her mind for all the japanese words she knew. After a few seconds, she exclaimed a grunt of frustration and walked away from the table she was leaning on. She grabbed her coat and decided to head home. It was nearing the late afternoon and she wanted to go home early. Twirling her jacket around so that she could wear it, the exhausted 21 year old idol made her way out the doors when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"junjun wanna come out to eat with us?" The girl before her, one of her groupmates, stood no more than a few centimetres shorter than her, about 160cm or so. She had an especially squeaky voice and when excited, her especially squeaky voice became an especially annoying voice, especially to the 21 year old . Flinching in irritation at koharu's voice, junjun held her ears.
"do you have to be so loud?? geez..." As she was talking, Junjun took out her cellphone to see if it was working. Sounds at high frequencies could be harmful to electronics is what she trained herself to think. She always reminded herself to check her cellphone near the miracle girl. Closing the communication device, she noticed koharu was about to resume speaking.
Before koharu could begin her sentence, junjun covered her ears in prepration, giving her senpai a blank stare. "sorry!! me, gaki-san, michishige-san" one. "and kamei-san were wondering if" two. " you were hungry so we deci-" three. That was all the time junjun could handle listening to koharu's voice, three seconds. A bit shorter than her previous record, only by a second, but still it was some sort of an improvement. She tried to keep herself calm, but she just couldn't, the squeakiness of the girl's voice before her had annoyed junjun to the limit until she finally interrupted koharu.
"alright!alright! I got it!... you don't have to be so loud. Mou~, and even when I asked you not to. " Junjun scratched the back of her neck and walked to the exit sighing. "lets go." Although she didn't particularly dislike the miracle girl, she found it really amusing to pick on her. The reactions she would get were hilarious and cute, but she would never admit the 'cute' part out loud. She found a sort of attraction towards the girl. One that was hard to define.
Koharu puffed up her face and frowned. She then followed junjun with her three other fellow members. "why does she have to be so mean! I was just asking a question."
It was a cold day. The winds were strong and was not ideal weather for anyone who had their hair done, or girls with short skirts. It was good weather for the pervvy old man who usually sat on the bench on the sidewalk though. Despite the strong winds, it was a nice day since the sunset provided a calm atmosphere.
Junjun continued to walk ahead of the pack, until she was at such a distance that the other members had to call for her. 'Bokeboke". Those were the words that repeated themselves in her head. She was really curious at about what they meant and completely absorbed in her thoughts.
"bokeboke... I know I've heard the word 'boke' before. From 'boke and tsukkomi' right? boke is the role that always gets scolded by the person they are with... so if boke is repeated twice I would get- UWAHH!" Junjun, who was completely spaced out, felt someone jump onto her back. "w-who is this? gahh!" she shaked frantically in panic until a certain turtle slid off her jacket slowly, falling to the ground in a sitting postion. After a few moments she laughed wildly pointing at junjun's surprised face.
"Oi eri, get up. You're an idol aren't you? what will happen when people see you like this?"
"ii n janai desu ka? they don't care."
"seeing a twenty year old woman scrambling on the floor laughing, and in a skirt... I'm sure they will. See, I can see your strawberry panties showing. At least wear some shorties underneath!"
"nee gaki-san? why is your nose bleeding?"
"i-its none of your business! shut up sayumi!"
Koharu who was behind the group had resumed pace with them and was now standing beside junjun, looking at her smiling face. She just stood like that staring, it would have seemed weird to other people but she couldn't help it. She marveled at junjun's angelic smile and thought right there to hug her, but frowned at the knowing that the older panda hated her. "we're always fighting, I know she's joking, but sometimes I can't tell the difference... there is one way to find out though.." Koharu wondered how she could answer such a question. She looked at junjun's hand and decided to hold it unexpectedly. "if she pulls away she hates me, if she stays she doesn't care or maybe... she loves me? WAH! junjun loves me~"
Engrossed with the scene before her, junjun didn't notice that the miracle girl had slipped her hand into hers. Once the group had resumed walking to the restaurant they were going to, she had finally realized an unusual warmth in her hands. Junjun slowly turned her head to see exactly who's hand it was she was linking with. After a few seconds at looking from koharu's face to koharu's hand, she gasped and stared at the girl with her eyes wide, her nose opening to form circles. Koharu, feeling someone's stare burn into her, looked at junjun who was a bit closer than usual. They remained like that for about a minute, until junjun went back to her usual blank stare.
"pervert." she whipped her head back front and smirked.
"eeehhhh? mmmeee??" aha! so she does hate me! wait, is she joking though? maybe she secretly likes it? I'm so confused!
"yes you, the one who held my hand when I wasn't paying attention." junjun raised her eyebrow and revealed a big grin on her face.
"so?? whats wrong with that?"
"why would you hold my hand when I'm not paying attention?? suspicious..." She held her chin and squinted her eyes while looking at koharu. Junjun didn't particularly think it was weird, she actually rather liked it, but she thought she would have fun picking on koharu. Even though she was tired she was never too tired to mess around with her senpai.
"no it isn't! I did that because I felt like it! its not like I like you or anything!" oh crap! did I just say that!? thats not how its supposed to be!
"r-really... well I wasn't assuming you liked me." A stab. That was all junjun could feel after hearing that. She walked away slowly, unlinking her hands from koharu's "what am I feeling? why do I feel so hurt?" junjun was completely speechless, and in shock, though she didn't know why. She thought of the possibility that she in fact liked the miracle girl, which surprised her even more. It broke all her rules, it crossed the boundary from their usual 'boke and tsukkomi' relationship (or boke and boke relationship if you prefer), it was impossible. She walked faster even more ahead of the group. Deep down she knew it wasn't impossible but hearing those words 'its not like I like you' hurt her, but why would it hurt her was the panda's question. Her hand still had that warmth from a while ago. She looked at it, opening and closing her hand, and.... smiled. She smiled, she actually really liked it when koharu held her hand like that. Koharu's grip was firm, and her fingers intertwined with junjun's. "It was like she was holding my hand as if we were dating..."
"I guess maybe I do like her..." junjun said that out loud. Hearing herself, she found no need to cringe or make any faces, she was actually fine with it! seeing the difference in herself, she felt all warm, knowing that was indeed true. She found her answer to her question and all it took was a simple gesture like holding hands.
"junjun!" awoken from her train of thought, junjun was surrounded by her fellow members, who were all panting and out of breath.
" don't walk ahead... of..of u-us,so... so much!!" having only run a few meters, usagi-chan was already pooped, looking nearly ready to almost collapse. She never really was the athletic one. "ahh! we're here anyway! but next time you know junjun don't leave us behind!" sayumi stood upright once more and went towards the door of the restaurant. She opened it and went inside followed by the rest of the group, while junjun stayed outside waiting fora certain someone. After a few moments she saw the miracle girl walk towards the restaurant with her head down. Koharu looked up and was surprised to see that junjun was actually waiting for her.
Feeling that she had done something wrong, Koharu thought to apologize to junjun. Although it would have been normal for junjun to pull away from koharu after a while, it wasn't normal that she would walk away from her at a fast pace. She became worried as soon as she sensed that her choice of words had set off junjun.
"junjun about what I said..."
"stop apologizing, its really annoying you know." Scoffing, Junjun opened the door to the restaurant and made her way in, slamming the door.
After hearing those words being said to her in such a harsh tone, koharu sunk her head even lower, disappointed in herself. With her head hung low she made her way inside the restaurant.
"mou~ can't you hurry up?"
Just as she was about to open the door, junjun came out and grabbed the miracle girl's hand, pulling her in closer. Junjun then kissed her senpai on the cheek and hurriedly turned around. The tall banana loving girl dragged her senpai in whilst trying to keep her chuckles silent, her cheeks revealing a rosy red.
"I hope you understood I was kidding right?" The panda thought to herself smiling.
They both walked through the hallway which lead to the eating area hand in hand. Koharu being a bit confused about what just happened, stopped in her tracks. She firmly squeezed junjun's hand, causing the girl who was currently leading, to stop.
"huh? is something wrong?"
"why?"
"what?" junjun tried to keep a blank expression on, her mouth quivering with laughter. "ahh, I guess she didn't get it, but I have other ways of making her understand."
"why did you do that?"
"nothing."
"nothing?? I thought you hated me!!"
"yeah, I do." and with that junjun continued to walk, her hands still linked with koharu's. "just a few more seconds."
"stop!" now she had enough. Koharu had enough of junjun playing with her. To joke around with her was one thing, but to play with her emotions was another. Koharu liked junjun and she became even more frustrated when she did these kinds of things to her. Countless times has she tried to see if junjun felt the same way about her, and these kinds of tricks made it increasingly difficult for her. Sometimes she just had a difficult time of knowing wether or not the panda was mad at her or not.
"stop?"
"stop playing with me! you're always doing this to me! you keep making me think one minute you're just joking around and then the next you sound like you're sick of me! and now this?! I swear you're so-"
All of a sudden koharu felt a soft pair of lips pressing against her own. Caught off guard by the sudden action, Koharu froze. Her senses were weakened and she couldn't think straight. She didn't believe what was happening and unconciously she began to kiss the girl she liked, back.
Junjun feeling the force koharu put into kissing her, let go. Once she let go, she noticed that the girl before her had draped their arms around her neck. Laughing faintly she turned her head to face koharu. Koharu who was completely spacing out, still had her lips in the "chuu" shape, making junjun laugh even harder.
"well, lets get going." junjun grabbed koharu's hand and resumed walking to the eating area where the rest of the members went ahead and ate without them.
"are? huh?!" Koharu's eyes shot wide open and followed the older panda."she...! she definately does! okay koharu, now is your chance go ahead and ask her!"
"ano... junjun?"
"hai?"
"do you like me?"
"nope."
"WHAT!!!"
"can't you tell it was a joke? of course I like you."
and with that koharu felt an unusual warmth throughout her body. She felt extremely happy to hear that junjun liked her, and now she felt even more happy since this means they would begin dating.
"well... I like you too... a lot."
The two new lovers, hand in hand, made their way to the table where the other members where. Seeing the totally "rabu-rabu" atmosphere between the two, various choking and coughing sounds could be heard from the three.
"kame? KAME!"
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I have to agree that I don't see them often as a romantic pair, but I DO love it when these two are together. They say the one you argue with most is the one you love most. (Well something like that.) :D Very cute oneshot. (A word of advice though: try to capitalize after you open the quotation marks [when appropriate]. I dunno why, but that's the only thing that really bugged me.) I look forward to seeing more from you. :)
Individual comments:
"junjun wanna come out to eat with us?" The girl before her, one of her groupmates, stood no more than a few centimetres shorter than her, about 160cm or so.
Actually, Koharu's about 164.8cm... They said that on a recent Music Fighter for Naichau Kamo. Junjun's about 168cm. For a second there I got confused cuz Sayu's the one who's about 160cm. XD
Junjun, who was completely spaced out, felt someone jump onto her back. "w-who is this? gahh!"
Koharu wouldn't... So... ERI! She's the only one random enough to do it!
she shaked frantically in panic until a certain turtle slid off her jacket slowly, falling to the ground in a sitting postion. After a few moments she laughed wildly pointing at junjun's surprised face.
Shicchan: 1 8)
*Eri on ground*
"nee gaki-san? why is your nose bleeding?"
"i-its none of your business! shut up sayumi!"
:on lol:
Junjun teasing Koharu was great, too. I always find those relationships adorable. :3 And...
"kame? KAME!"
Oh no, she's really choking isn't she? XD *prepares for rice to fly out her nose* That WAS Gaki-san screaming that, right?
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YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
*runs around like crazy*
YAY! Keep going! :D :D
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Ohhh, now I get why someone was yelling Kame. She was choking XD Thank you Shiichan for enlightening me :P
I LOL-ed at Risa's nosebleed at seeing Eri's panties :lol:
I can't really see Koha and Jun as a couple either but nevertheless I enjoyed reading this. Maybe you can change my mind in future with more of such fics :)
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Welcome to the fic-writing world! I hope you enjoy your stay~ :lol: Sorry, that was weird.
I love KohaJun~ I agree that it's hard to think of them in a romantic sense but their constant arguing is very amusing. Oi, excited Koha's voice is pretty annoying, isn't it? :lol: Oh yeah, and I nearly died from a nose bleed for the same reason as Gaki.... :P I'm glad they reached a "compromise" of sorts at the end, it was getting a little scary. Scary in the way that they were both starting to feel hurt from misunderstandings, which could have turned out badly. But I'm very happy that it didn't. Poor Eri choking at the end! :lol:
Really good first fic~ Keep up the good work!
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@shikyoxyaiba: thank you for pointing that out, I'll remember that next time ^_^ I'll try to do that too next time, I would go back and edit but right now I feel too lazy to do that XD and yes that was gaki-san yelling eri's name :lol:
@hotaru: ruru-chi~! you commented! thank you once again for reading it!
@lil_hamz: The fics I'll be writing about will mostly be strange since the pairings aren't really common, especially since they will be composed of mostly jun-oriented fics (there never seem to be enough fics about her...)
@strawb3rrykream: thank you for the welcome! :)
and thank you to everyone who read it, it really encourages me to keep on writing ^_^
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Yeah, I can totally picture KohaJun acting this way to each other (with Koharu being clueless and Junjun just having buttloads of fun at her expense XD ).
And dare I say, poor Eri? :P
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Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been having trouble coming up with newer ideas, but...
Here's my new oneshot! It has two parts so I'm not really sure if it's a oneshot or twoshot. This took me forever to write, it's probably the longest one I've written up 'till now. The idea sounded really interesting to me.
Well anyway, here it is! :D
Because I love you: Part 1
Friday. April, 9th. 3:30 am
I ran through the city streets as fast I could, my feet making loud pattering sounds as it pounded against the ground causing water to splash over to different areas of the pavement. My toes began to freeze from the lack of protection it had since I had left my shoes back at the dance studio. If I continued like this I would think that they would fall off any minute. My clothes were soaked from head to toe, my white blouse far from being called damp. I breathed hard, my chest going up and down making small wheezing sounds. The rain was really cold, and running with my back wet didn't help any further. The supposed police sirens I had been hearing in my head had been repeating themselves over and over again. I lay back against the brick wall of the alley I found shelter in, and held my head trying to figure what I had just done. My heart began to beat incredibly fast, allowing me to actually hear the sounds of my heartbeat clearly surging throughout my body.
"They'll find out about this for sure... what I did was... stupid, beyond stupid." I couldn't find a better word than that at the moment, my mind just went completely blank, and my selection of vocabulary became unavailable. Scenes of what happened back at the studio continually replayed themselves in my head. No matter how many times I would try and shake them off, they would reappear, tormenting me, haunting me.
People do crazy things for love, but what I did was far from being called crazy. I can never look Eri or any of the members in the face ever again, or anyone for that matter. What I did was unforgiveable.
With my back still on the brick wall, I collapsed onto the pavement landing on my bottom in a sitting postion, with my knees bent and pointing upwards. The rain continued to wet my body, and I embraced it all, somehow it comforted my nerves and hid the tears I shed.
"Is the weather always like this when someone has passed away?"
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Monday. April, 6th. 10:37 am
Great, another day where I have to see Gaki and Eri getting all lovey-dovey, they're not even dating but that sure is the aura they give off. I sighed and crossed the street, making my way over to the radio station. Why did I have to get paired up with Eri when Gaki is there? Couldn't it have just been me and Eri? What's so hard about that? Does the manager have a hard time writing "Kamei Eri" WITHOUT putting "Niigaki Risa" as guests for any show? It's like he has some incurable disease called "Gakikameosis" or something.
It's been ages since me and Eri have actually been together for anything, it kind of pisses me off. "Gaki this!" and "Gaki that!" ughh, I'm kind of getting tired hearing about freakin' Gaki. Why can't you ever pay attention to me...
"What the hell Eri, don't say hello to random people you don't even know."
"Ehh~.... YAAAYYY!"
"Don't go 'Yay!' for no reason!"
Those voices! Great just what I needed right before work, someone flirting non-stop with the girl I love. Well, I'll be seeing more of this anyway, no reason to avoid it. I walked up to them and gave them an unenthusiastic 'good morning'. You could practically see the dark clouds forming around me.
"Ohayo..."
"Reina! I called you yesterday to see if you wanted to go to the station together with me and Gaki-san but it seems like you didn't pick up." I knew she was gonna say that, that's why I didn't even bother picking up my phone yesterday.
"Hey are you listening to me? Lately reina its like you've been avoiding me." Really, I was the one avoiding you? Well if you would unlock your damn arms from Gaki's then we'd probably get the chance to talk.
"Reina..."
All of a sudden I felt something being laid upon my shoulder it was Eri's head, and she had her arm around mine. I immediately felt my face heat up and my heart started to beat incredibly fast.
"...Do you.. hate... me?" She looked up at me, pouting with her chin on my shoulder. I could feel the heat rising to my cheeks and my eyebrows twitching in reaction to how cute she was being. If she keeps staring at me like that I'll-
"SO... why didn't you pick up the phone?"
"UWAHH!" I jumped to the side, the sudden motion throwing Eri off balance. Out of nowhere Gaki put her head in between Eri's and mine. Her eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of her head! Hell that scared the crap out of me! Is she trying to...? I get it now. In a moment expect an unwanted sub-leader pulling Eri to her other side so that no contact will be made.
In a few moments as Eri was busy regaining her balance, Gaki yanked her over to her other side, causing Eri to almost fall on her back. Now she was in the middle of the three of us. Greeaat...
Frowning, I remained silent and distanced myself away from them, my hands in my pockets. I stopped walking, allowing the two to go ahead of me. I wouldn't want to get in the way between them. It's like they say, three is a crowd. As I watched them walk further on, Eri turned her head around and looked at me worriedly. She opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. I smiled back at her to reassure her that I was fine, when in reality I wasn't.
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Is she still looking?
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"WHY IS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS!!" I kicked an invisible figure in front of me and I flailed my arms around, causing people walking by to give me strange looks. "WHY WON'T YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!" One of the nearby trashcans flew up into the air and landed on a poor unsuspecting victim, allowing all the garbage within the container to scatter into several places. This will definately be in the papers tomorrow.
"HOW COME SHE'S ALWAYS TAKING YOU AWAY?!" After a flurry of wild kicks and punches aimed at nothing, I stopped to catch my breath, making small puffs in the cold air.
"Wh-why, don't I have the guts to do something about it?" I-I'm a wimp. I just realized how wimpy I was being lately. All this time I've been putting up a "strong girl" front, yet when it comes to her. All my strength...
vanishes.
I can't even gather up the strength to tell her how I feel. Reina you're such a loser. I blame Gaki for the distance between me and Eri, but really it's my fault for not even doing anything about it. I'm pathetic... Starting from today, you're definately gonna try harder.
"Thats it. I'm definately not giving up, one day we'll be together, I swear on it. I'll do whatever it takes. For real this time. It's on." With my newfound resolve, I walked on forward dusting myself off and pretending like nothing happened. I marched on and held my head high.
During the whole segment, Gaki and Eri did most of the talking. I remained quiet forcing myself to put on my best smile so as not to worry Eri. I guess it didn't work though since she kept looking back at me the whole time, a worried expression on her face. I didn't talk all that much and that really is a cause for worry, since I'm known for talking a lot. A moment ago I said I would do my best, but what happened?
As soon as the recording was done I rushed out towards the exit, but I couldn't leave first. I was the last one to leave since one of the hosts were asking me tons of questions about what was wrong with me during the session and on top of that she gave me a lecture about how if my mood seems even the slightest bit off the listeners can point it out. Who did she think she was? She only got the job yesterday, and its her first time working as a host on a radio show, so she shouldn't be lecturing me about stuff I already know. I cut her off in the middle of her lecture with a simple "Yeah, whatever." and hurriedly went to look for Eri. She's not going home with Gaki this time.
I went up and down the hallway outside the recording room, and checked to see if she was in any vacant rooms. I even went into the washroom to look for her. Releasing a heavy sigh, I slumped my shoulders and made my way to the elevator. Guess she went with Gaki huh? Wait! I took out my cellphone and pressed the speed dial number for Eri's phone. I'll just ask where she is and tell her to wait for me! I'm so smart.
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Hey, this song is pretty catchy, guess elevator music isn't all that bad. Engulfed with the current tune, I didn't notice how long I had been waiting for Eri to pick up.
Okay... I've been waiting for a pretty long time, why isn't she picking up? I closed my cellphone and gave up on trying to call Eri. I sratched my head in an irritated manner and released a loud grunt of annoyance. This is really making me frustrated.
The elevator made a loud "ding!" indicating that I was at my floor, and I stepped out. Huh? Where is everyone? There were tons of people here when I first came in a while ago.
"N-no...S-stop, people will see us here."
Wh-what the heck!! It sounds like someone is doing something dirty! All those heavy breathing sounds and light groans! ick! it makes me sick how some people are so indecent. Even though there seems to be no one in the hallways right now it doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want. Continuing to walk up the hallway, I noticed that the strange sounds continued to grow louder and louder, though I didn't see anyone in front of me, but rather it was to the side? As the volume of the voices increased with each step, so did my recognition of the two voices. Slowly creeping up the hallway to hear where it was coming from I finally stopped. This was the loudest point in which I could hear the voices. My eyes grew bigger and my eyebrows furrowed in shock. Isn't that Eri and Gaki?!
I've failed. I've officially failed and all my chances with Eri are gone. I may as well surrender to Gaki right now.
"Oi."
"Reina! I-its not!"
They broke apart from their kiss, but Gaki was so occupied with their little activity that she barely wanted to turn her head around, while Eri on the other hand responded immediately with a shocked look on her face. Waiting for the other girl to respond, I stood there saying nothing and analyzed their appearances. Eri's shirt was unbuttoned almost halfway down her blouse, and her skirt was lifted up since, well... Gaki's hand was there. Reaction Queen here on the flip side was untouched, her outfit looked fine, except for the few wrinkles her shirt had since... Eri was grabbing onto it. I stared at the both of them disgustingly. I looked at Eri, my eyes practically giving away how hurt I looked, but then I quickly averted them.
Now Risa is just going even further, she's even diving all the way down Eri's neck! What a pervert. I'm not waiting any more. I grabbed their hands and put them on top of each other.
"Here. I give up." And with that I calmly walked towards the exit, my head still held up high. Don't cry now Reina, don't cry now. Thats what I tried to tell myself, but no matter how hard I tried the salty fluid ran down my face anyway. I didn't bother wiping away the tears on my face. I bit my lower lip to contain myself from sobbing loudly. I paused for a few moments once I reached the exit doors, and tried to calm myself down. After that I pushed open the doors open, walking out of the station. When people say that their heart actually hurts, they're not joking, it feels like getting stabbed right there.
Thursday. April, 8th. 10:02 pm
"And a, one, two, three, four! and a, one- No, no Reina your timing is off! Everyone, your concert starts in three days and yet you don't have this dance down yet?!" Our dance instructor became extremely frustrated with us, or should I say me, at this point. We've redone this part over and over again, yet I keep messing up. This doesn't happen a lot. Usually I have all the steps memorized by this time.
"Alright, everyone. Let's take a fifteen minute break and hopefully Reina's memory will jog again. I'm kind of tired as well. We've been here for a while now." She didn't have to pick me out specifically, I'm sure everyone knows it's my fault.
"Reina, can I see you for a minute?" I nodded my head and made my way over. I'm sure she has a lot to say to me.
"What's wrong with you? By now you're fine. Is there anything on your mind?" I could say no, but that would be a lie. There was that incident from Monday. I guess I haven't quite gotten over it, and seeing the two of them together still hurts. I couldn't really dance all that well either since the both of them were right in front of me, and remembering what happened makes me feel awkward.
"No. What would make you think that?" I firmly said my response and walked off. If I didn't leave right there she'd dig even deeper into my response and I don't want that.
"Reina, come on, let's go out to eat together! Hurry up, our break isn't that long!" I heard Sayu's voice down the hallway. I'm really hungry, maybe food will take my mind off of things. I want some meat, meat is always good in times like this. I turned the corner, and while stretching my arms out I yawned. I didn't get any sleep last night either, which is bad since I'll get eye bags. I scratched my eyes while walking up to Sayu. I opened one eye with my arm all the way up in the air since I was still stretching.
But instead of just Sayu, I saw Eri there as well, hiding behind Sayu fidgeting. I began to feel my heart rate pump up. My brain urged my feet to turn back, yet they wouldn't listen. This is bad really bad, hurry and think of some sort of excuse! Once I got to where Sayu was standing I turned back right away. Walk, keep walking, maybe she won't notice anything and ignore it. Marching back to the dance room, I felt someone grab my shirt and yank me backwards.
"Where are you going? I thought you came up here to go eat with us."
"Umm..." My eyes went back between Eri and Sayu. Eri was still fidgeting and staring down at the floor, while Sayu had her hands on her hips and was puffing up her cheeks while looking at me angrily. I then thought of an excuse, it was pretty lame but worth the try. "I thought I should get more practice, I didn't do a very good job today."
"YOU? more PRACTICE? What happened to all those comments? like 'that old hag. no wonder she can't get a boyfriend, who would want to date a girl who nags you all day long.' You were always the first one to run out the doors during break time. If you go back there she'll be waiting to nag you again."
"A-ahh well she isn't so bad." I turned around and ran back. If I can't stand even being near Eri how am I possibly going to be able to go and eat with her? It's impossible right now, really impossible."
"Reina!" Are you serious?? She's actually chasing me! I thought she hated physical activities of any sort! There's the door! I turned the knob and ... closed it again. Gaki that musume of a bastard... First Eri and now Ai-chan.
"Reina!!" I grabbed sayu and put my hand over her mouth. "Be quiet for a minute." Sayu began to make muffled sounds under my mouth which only began to grow in volume because she was confused. "Shut up for a minute." I quietly whispered to her, and she shut up. At least she's obedient.
Through the small window the door had, I peeked through and looked at what the both of them were doing. Gaki was sitting on one of the chairs in the room and had Ai-chan on top of her, her legs wrapped around her body. She's actually taking Ai-chan's shirt off!! and then her bra and... WHAT IS SHE DOING NOW?! That two timing bitch. I actually gave Eri up because I thought it was pointless, but here you go playing with other girls! You're not getting away with this. Just wait after dance practice. You're dead.
As the rest of the practice progressed, I executed every move perfectly. I wanted dance practice to be quickly done and for that to happen I needed to do my best. I can't wait to get my hands on her.
"Okay everyone, that's it for today! Amazing work Reina! That was really unexpected."
"Thank you." I did a quick bow and went to fetch my things. I quickly got changed and was thankfully fast enough to avoid Junjun's random ass slaps. That women is a maniac in the dressing room I tell you. I leaned back on the wall outside of the rehearsal room and waited for Gaki, she was always the last one out since she always did some extra practice. In a few moments she came out with a towel around her neck, drinking a bottle of water.
"Tanakacchi, do you need something?"
I took her arm and dragged her all the way back into the rehearsal room. We're gonna have a really long talk and it would be rude for everyone to have to hear my voice pierce through their ears.
"Ouch! You're holding my arm too roughly!" I let go, her arm swinging from side to side once I did.
"I saw you getting pretty comfortable with Ai-chan in the rehearsal studio during break time."
"Huh? what are you talking about? We didn't do anything during break ti-"
In less than a second I closed the distance between me and her, and grabbed the neckline of her green shirt, pulling her face up closer to mine. "Don't play shit with me. I know you're just leading Eri on." I unleashed the best glare my face could possibly create. If I continue to stare at Gaki for this long she'd have holes in her face. She chuckled a little, as if she was mocking me and at the same time congratulating herself for keeping her secret up for this long. She's a sick bastard isn't she.
"I guess you've found me out. What? You're getting jealous cause' I'm taking away you're precious Eri?" My grip on her shirt loosened and eventually I had let go. She dusted herself off and stared at me, smirking.
I remained silent, my breath coming out of my nose heavily in anger. What she said was true and if I countered that statement it would make me look like a stubborn idiot, well I am, but in this situation I especially don't want a person like Gaki scolding me when I should be the one scolding her by giving her a good ass kicking. She laughed at seeing how she was in fact correct, and I remained silent, but the next words that came out of her mouth was not enough to retain me.
"Don't worry as soon as I'm done with her you can have her. She wasn't that amusing anyway. Tell me, what's so good about her?" My anger began to rise and I clenched my fists trying to retain myself. I don't care if she were to bad mouth me or anyone else, but to bad mouth Eri is a different thing. I clenched my fists harder and harder with each word that she spoke. "She's just a big idiot that can't do anything right. You have such bad taste in girls. Don't worry you'll get her back once I'm done with her tonight. That's the only thing she's good for anyway. Ai-chan and Eri, they're the same." "That's it!
I dug my fist right into her face creating a red mark on her cheek and a cut on her lower lip. She staggered backwards, and eventually fell to the ground holding her jaw. I wasn't done with her yet though. I picked her back up and jammed my fist into her face once more. I pinned her down and got on top of her, giving her a few more punches repeatedly in the same area. "Don't. Fucking. say. that. about. ERI!!!" Letting go of her shirt, I wiped off some of the sweat forming on my face with my arm. I breathed hard, releasing all the anger within me.
"Y-you had no chance with her to begin with. She fell for me remember? And now I can do with her what I please." She propped herself up with struggle using her right arm and whispered in my ear, a sly smile on her face.
"And right now. I want her in bed... n-a-k-e-d. Naked." I picked her up, and jabbed my clenched hand into her stomach, sending her almost flying towards the mirrors in the studio. The mirrors cracked in response to the force which Gaki's body made when she hit the glass. I walked hurriedly towards her as she was busy regaining her balance, and took her by the head, smashing it against a nearby wall. I turned her around and kicked her back sending her to the ground. I stepped on her face and pushed my foot further so that her head would be squished between the floor and my foot. I had no sense of what I was doing anymore, my rage had controlled me and before I knew it I had punched Gaki in the face so many times, that it was impossible to know it was her. The blood gushed from all parts of her face, and various sizes of cuts could be found on her forehead, cheeks and lips. Her hair was all messed up and her clothes were extremely wrinkled with some of my footprints on it.
Calming down, I looked back at Gaki and felt satisfied, but what I expected next was enough for me to wish that it was me in her place.
After staring at her for a long time, I noticed it didn't seem she was breathing.
"What did I do?" Panicking, I checked her pulse just to make sure I wasn't over reacting. After ten seconds, I recieved no pulse. There's no doubt about it s-she's... dead.
"I-I didn't mean for it to be like this!" Leaning on both my arms hovering over Gaki, I sobbed. "Why?! Why didn't you fight back!?" I wanted to teach you a lesson... t-this, this isn't how I wanted it to end!
"Come back... Come back... DAMN IT RISA!! DON'T GO!"
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Friday. April, 9th. 8:05 am
The sun peeked through the shutters and shone on my face causing me to scrunch up my eyebrows. Putting my arm over my eyes so that the sun's rays would be blocked out, I slowly opened my eyes and noticed that I wasn't in the alley where I had fallen asleep anymore. I became alert and prepared to defend myself. In the midst of my preparation, I coughed and brang the snot coming out of my nose back in by breathing in air through my nostrils. My head felt dizzy and my neck felt hot. I breathed heavily although I didn't do any strenous work at all. Did I just get a cold? If I do die of a cold I wouldn't mind it. I remembered what I had done yesterday and thought it wouldn't be so bad if I died right here, either by the kidnapper or by this cold. I did deserve it afterall. Although I think someone has kidnapped me, this place seems extremely familiar. The piles of dirty clothes scattered around the room, the dirty socks hanging from the random places in the ceilings and the opened drawers and closet doors- I know them all too well, this is-
"Reina! You're awake! Here eat this I made it!"
Eri's house.
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Whoa. :shocked That was just whoa. But I fucking loved every second of its angstiness. :lol: I wanted to hug Reina so badly when she was beating herself up about being weak. I know how she feels. I REALLY can't imagine Gaki like that though. I think I would DIE if she was really like that. *is a HUGE Gaki fan* But I liked it, added a good twist. Reina=scary as fuck. I can't believe she killed her. And what's Eri gonna say when she finds out? :shocked:
BTW, Gaki doing naughty things with Eri and Ai-chan was hot. :D
I'm a big fan of your writing now~ :thumbsup
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WOW Ongaku-chan, keep going! ^_^
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Mou~!
Sounds at high frequencies could be harmful to electronics is what she trained herself to think.
:lol: that's mean and hilarious at the same time XD
I can see your strawberry panties showing. At least wear some shorties underneath!"
:mon bleed2:
"ano... junjun?"
"hai?"
"do you like me?"
"nope."
"WHAT!!!"
:lol:
Because I love you: Part 1
"Is the weather always like this when someone has passed away?"
eh?!
"Gakikameosis
lol
OMG! that was :shocked :mon freeze: :mon scare: :OMG: :pleeease: Risa's still alive right? Why did Risa say those words and didn't fight back... I have a hunch... she liked Reina.?.
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@ruru: Thanks for all your support this whole time! You're an awesome friend ^_^
@strawb3rrykream: Thanks a lot! :D Please look forward to my future fics ^_^ Don't worry there's a reason why Gaki was acting like such a bitch. I just hope I'm able to convey it well enough in part 2...
@kRisZ: Maybe she's alive and maybe she isn't ... :P I'm still deciding wether I should put her in critical condition in the hospital, or just completely kill her off. Hmm...close guess, but then again not really.
Lately I've been putting Reina as the extremely jealous character. I have to do something about that because I feel all guilty since Reina has other qualities I can write about lol. Bahh~ I'm thinking I should have made this a chapter fic, there's just so much more I want to write about :(
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^No problem Ongaku-chan! ^_^
You're an awesome friend too. :D
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Why haven't you updated???? WHY!!!! *menacingly glare* Kidding Kidding :P
But I'm so hooked on this new fic of yours that I can't wait to read a new chapter! It's that addicting and mysterious. I don't understand why Reina woke up with Eri there. And what's the real reason for Risa acting like the major nincompoo she is?
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^Gaki died here too! You happy right? ahahahaz. (kiddin)
Gaki being a bastard for once is new, she always gets an all round good 'guy' role. So is there a continuation to the TanaKame(dead)Gaki fic? xD
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Eek! I didn't comment! (I must have read it on my iTouch and was too lazy...)
Well just to say, I demand part 2! And I'm in shock! How could Risa be like that!? :cry:
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Because I love you: Part 1
Holy...frakkin'...crap...:shocked
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woah what just happened?! :shock:
Did Gaki really die?! If so why is Eri so normal the next day, happily offering Reina food and all? Is it because in reality Reina is down with a cold and dreamed it all?
or did it really happen but Gaki a good person pretending to be evil so Reina would realize her feelings and do something about it? If so...that was a bad bad plan for Gaki san. or is it she's just really evil and we'll have to wait and see to know the real reason?
in any case, I must know what happens next! :farofflook:
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At the end of all this please feel free to hit me on the head...
Don't ask why just read.
Because I love you: Part 2
Friday. April, 9th. 8:06 am
"ERI! How did I get here??"
What am I doing in Eri's house?! The last thing I remember was that I was crying back at that alley, and nothing else apart from that. Did I fall asleep there?
"I called you to see if you wanted to walk home with me, but you didn't pick up your cellphone. Then I went to the rehearsal room to check if you were there, but since everyone was crowding around it because someone apparently trashed the place, I couldn't get in. Some people said there could've been a fight there as well since there were a few blood stains on the walls, mirrors and floors... actually there were more on the floors, so much that even the police started to investigate the place."
My eyes shot open and my pupils suddenly became smaller. It won't take long for them to figure out it was me, no time at all, that's why I really have to get out of here! The heavy pounding of my heart once again came back and all I could hear right now was the very sound. If I get caught, life is over for me in a different aspect other than dying. Eri, as well as the members will hate me and never want to see me again, all my fans will abandon me, Hello!Project will go down because of me, and I'll have to spend time in prison. After that where will I go?! Who would want to hire an idol who killed someone?! I didn't even finish highschool! It's impossible.
"Reina is something wrong?" Escape. That was the next thing that conquered my train of thought. I didn't know if it was a good idea or not, but I really didn't care. Fear was what took over me right now and logic seemed to be something unimportant at this point.
Taking the plate from her hands, practically grabbing it off of her, I stuffed the breakfast she made into my mouth as if I had been starving though I wasn't. I quickly thought of a way to get Eri away from me and escape, making up the plan as I continued to eat my breakfast. What do I do? If she were to know I had a cold then- wait... I felt the top of my head and noticed a wet spot that wasn't my skin. It was a cloth soaked in cold water, which apparently stuck to my forehead as I sat up. People put these on their heads to cool down a person's temperature when they have a cold or fever. Then She does know I'm sick! She'll never leave my side if it's like this then! Think, hmm...
"Can you get me something to drink and an extra pillow?"
"Sure!" She smiled brightly and skipped off to get my requested items. She seems so happy... maybe she doesn't know. I never really got how you could easily change topics while talking to her.
Hearing her footsteps fade into the kitchen, I quickly put on my clothes that were lying on the floor and... #&@$#!! Eri changed my clothes for me! Meaning she, she, she...! I checked my underwear to see if I was still wearing the same pair or not. I'm not. My cheeks heated up at the thought that Eri actually saw all of me, and I stared blankly into space.
What am I doing? Hurry up and get out!
After changing back into my clothes extremely fast, which mind you was freshly laundried, I went out of Eri's room with struggle and tip-toed towards the entrance doors. Halfway through the living room I began to sway in my walking and my headache worsened with each step. I held my head and tried my best to walk straight. I really won't get far like this, and since Eri is really fast she'd catch up with me, still I have to try. I opened the doors and put my foot forward to go out, feeling partially relieved since I was almost close to going outside of her house. I felt a hand around my wrist, the sudden action caused me to stand still, shocked. She caught me. This is a stupid idea, I should've just went out through a window or something! I can't think straight, my headache is too strong right now. My cold made my whole body weak causing my legs to give in. I collapsed to the ground, my shoulder rubbing against the door post as I did.
"Where are you going?" I couldn't answer. Telling her my reason for leaving would be too much on her.
"Just let me go."
"You have a cold! and considering that you wandered off last night I'm wondering where you're gonna go off to this time!" She tightened her grip on me, causing me to turn around and look up at her. Her expression showed great concern for me and her eyes became watery. Did I really worry her that much?
"Reina please stay." The tone in her voice became softer and her eyes were downcast. I had never seen Eri worry this much about something, and seeing the distress she felt for me made me worry for her as well. "Please." Although I wanted to stay, I just couldn't. If I stayed here any longer, I'm sure they'll find me. They were already at the studio investigating. They probably found out where I hid Gaki's body as well. I couldn't go too far with it and I didn't have anything big enough to put her body in to take it with me, so I used the back door in the rehearsal room which led to the back of the studio building, and carefully placed her in the huge garbage can there. The back of the building is an extremely narrow alleyway, which has tons of boxes piled on top of each other that blocked anyone from seeing what was in that narrow space, so hopefully no one would've seen me carrying her body away. I made it so that she would be at the abolute bottom, buried under all that garbage. It was a stupid idea I know, but there was no other way to hide what I did other than that. My hiding place was really simple, so I'm sure everyone aside from Eri knows Gaki is dead. That's why I REALLY must leave before they find me. But what will Eri feel if I abandon her right now when she was worried sick about me yesterday?
"Fine." I yanked my arm away from her in defeat. Holding my head in frustration, I got up and made my way back into her room my vision blurred. I really have no idea what I'm thinking. The thought that I made Eri worried was miraculously more important than my own safety right now. I guess my cold really is that bad.
"What happened?" I stopped walking and turned my head around to look at her. If I'm not cautious in how I answer then she will know.
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since after I found you in that alley, you've been acting weird, so I want to know, what happened to you?" A burn started to appear in my chest. The more Eri questioned me about my whereabouts last night, the more my guilt continued to increase, up until the point my chest started to burn. The scenes of how I killed Gaki played in my head over and over again. It was like a constant reminder from my conscience telling me to confess to the crime I had done.
Lie, just lie. If you even talk about at least one thing related to what happened at the studio, she will know about it. "Nothing! I just wanted to find shelter from the rain somewhere, and since I couldn't find any I figured I should just rest in that alley until the rain stops." I smiled widely, my face looking like a cat's as usual, and pretended to stretch my arms "I was really tired you know, so before I knew it I had fallen asleep haha!" She stared at me in disbelief and then turned her head away from me.
ba-dump ba-dump ba-dump
"Another lie huh? Reina I know I'm stupid, but I'm not that stupid. Tell me the real reason." I couldn't look at her straight in the face anymore. All the questions she was asking made me feel increasingly guilty, more so than I already was. The burn in my chest as a result of my guilt also increased and I felt the sudden urge to get it off my chest. It actually began to hurt this time.
"I told you, that was what happened."
tell the truth, you know it's killing you.
Who's voice was that?! It's right though! I have to tell someone, anyone! If I don't I'll crack! It hurts, it hurts so much! come on, go ahead and tell her what really happened. BE QUIET! I'm not telling her! No way! But if I don't get this off my chest I'll go insane! I began to tap my feet, hoping that it would help me control myself. The feeling of guilt within me shot up like crazy and my conscience began to haunt me. I didn't know what was wrong with me, all I wanted to do was release the pressure that I had been keeping in.
"So you're sticking with that lie? Both you and Gaki-san have been giving me a lot of those lately." She thinks Gaki is still alive? Well then I'll just have to tell her the truth wouldn't I? NO! stop!
"Gak-"
"Forget it, you can go home if you want to." Right there tears started to fall down her cheeks. Sniffling, she held her forearms, and looked down. Seeing her tears caused the guilt that nearly lead me to spill the beans to disappear for a short while. My mind suddenly was filled with thoughts about why Eri was crying. I took her hand and lead her to sit down. I pulled her into a deep hug, caressing her hair and whispered words of comfort into her ear. Why is she crying? I don't think it's about Gaki because right now she seems oblivious to what happened to her.
"Don't worry I'm not going anywhere."
"I just need you by my side right now. I haven't told anyone about this yet..." So she's crying because she wanted me by her side, but she couldn't find me and now that she's found me I want to leave her. I understand why she would feel this way.
"Told anyone what? and why not? Is it something important?"
"I didn't tell anyone because it's something really hard to tell them. I want you." She wants me? No-no way she means it that way. She's just asking me for something right? Yeah, that's it!
"Well, maybe I can do something about it."
She nodded and proceeded to tell me the reason for her sadness.
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Monday. April, 6th 11:42 am
Plowing through the crowd of people crossing the street, I quickly walked over to the train station, with Risa following close behind me.
"Kame, wait! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" I didn't bother turning my head. Risa was really making me angry with what she did, suddenly kissing me and feeling up my legs. I'm thinking a slap wasn't enough to convince her that what she did was beyond stupid. I was so embaressed, and Reina was standing right there and she still didn't stop! I wonder if Reina got the wrong idea about me and Risa. I sure hope not.
"Kame, wait, let me explain!" Risa put one of her hands on my shoulder, using me as support so she could catch her breath. I turned around and brushed her hand away.
"You're an idiot! Yeah, now it's my turn to call YOU the idiot!" I crossed my arms and continued to walk to the other side of the street while shouting at Risa. "You say you love me, but if you really love me you wouldn't be so rash and be so close to practically raping me!"
"What else am I supposed to do?! I've confessed to you like a billion times yet the reply I always get is 'you're kidding right?' and a massive load of laughter!"
"Risa, let me tell you something... You and Ai-chan are DATING. By confessing to me you're CHEATING." She opened her mouth to say something, but after hearing that what I said was right she backed away.
"I know, but I made a huge mistake."
"What?" I couldn't hear what she was saying since she was mumbling, so I just looked at her in confusion.
"My feelings have changed, forgive me because I didn't realize my feelings earlier. I really like you Kame..." How could you say that? You're dating Ai-chan! I remember how much trouble the group went because of you two. All those misunderstandings caused you two to fight so many times, and now you go ahead and say this to me? It's just unfair, to me, everyone and Ai-chan. I remember the other day how she was telling me how happy she was to be with you. I can't do this to her, it's just too much.
"Don't say that, just be quiet! We can't be together and you know it!"
"Why? Is it because of Reina? You like her don't you?" Why is she bringing Reina into all of this? She's right though, but I didn't think anyone really noticed that. She really has a sharp eye. I couldn't respond, I felt so embaressed that I lost the will to speak.
"I knew it. I really can't win against her can I? Even though I spend more time than her with you, you just can't get your mind off her. I guess that's what makes what I did earlier necessary." My jaw dropped and my arms hung loosely by my sides like noodles. Necessary?! Is something wrong with Risa today? Is her brain working properly?
"Apologize. Right now. To me and to Ai-chan."
"No."
slap!slap!
"How can you play with people's feelings so easily?! This is definately not the caring Risa I know. G-get away from me, don't follow me! Unless you come to your senses I never want to see you again!" She held her left cheek which had a red mark on it and remained like that until I could no longer see her anymore. Two slaps around this time really wasn''t enough.
Even if she were to break up with Ai-chan the next day, I still won't accept her confession. No matter what she does, she won't change my mind. Reina is the only person who's confession I will accept, that is if she ever does...
Wednesday. April, 8th. 1:20pm
I woke up, my eyelides snapping open, and stared at the ceiling. I felt like getting up, yet I didn't want to. Does that make sense? Come on Eri up you.. go? Ahh, my body isn't listening to my brain today. But I can't sleep anymore! Whatever, I'll just try and go back to sleep. I turned over on my side and with my pillow over my head, I forcefully made myself go back to sleep.
"It's impossible."
"Wake up Kame!"
"OSHIT!"
I fell out of my bed and landed on the floor, my body facing towards the ground in the position of an "H". Who was that! Rolling over, and then sitting up, I rubbed my head with the sheets still over me which were obstructing my view."Whoever you are! beware! my thighs can kill!"
"Your thighs?"
"Yeah that's right! S-so run away while you still can!"
"EHH??" I know that "EH?" anywhere! that's Risa! "Kame, it's just me so will you relax?"
"What do you want?? I told you I never wanted to see you again unless you came to you-"
"I just came here to apologize." She lifted the sheets off of my head and chuckled a bit seeing how much I was overreacting right now. Well compared to her my screams were nothing.
"Your mom let me in and she wanted me to wake you up. She was really frustrated on how much you slept in." Mom should be used to it by now I do this all the time and I'll probably do it some more too, hmph. I climbed over to my bed and sat on top of it with my legs crossed.
"Where's mom though?"
"She said she went to go buy some stuff. Anyway, I just wanted to say sorry for umm... violating you."
"And?"
"Playing with people's feelings. Sorry for being a big idiot, I guess this is one of the few times I wasn't thinking before I've said something." I nodded my head in a proud manner and breathed in the air in my room through my nose heavily, only to cough shortly after that. So I guess this is how Risa feels when scolding other people?
"Let me just say this." I stopped nodding and my ears perked up to listen in to what she was about to say. Please don't say something stupid Risa. "Although you think I'm playing around with people and their emotions I'm not. I don't get how you can't see that."
I sighed and looked up at her frowning, my arms still crossed. "This again?"
"Yes, this again! You think it was easy for me to say I like you over and over again?!" she came closer and closer towards me. The look in her eyes scared me, they weren't the smiling eyes of Risa everyone knew. "Kame, I've already thought my decision thoroughly before telling you how I felt, even the first time I told you, and I realized this was the right one. That's why I haven't gaven up on you." Risa pushed me down towards my bed and pulled me into a deep kiss. What is she doing?! Didn't she just apologize?? what sort of apology is this! I tried to push her off me, but she pinned me down holding my wrists, her grip being hard. What's going on??
She continued to kiss me and eventually got so caught up in it, that she pushed her tongue through my lips and into my mouth. I let out a muffled cry, yet she didn't listen to me. She caressed my tongue with her's, licking every single area of it. After that, she went further down my body creating a trail of kisses from my cheek to my neck. Both my hands were being held by her hand, and were pinned up over my head.
"Ri..sa, stop!" She isn't listening to me! My body isn't either, it was as if my defenses became weaker and I couldn't do anything about it. I didn't know what had happened to my strength to fight back.
Once she was done sucking on my neck, she lifted my shirt and went under my bra. She cupped my breasts and moved them in a circular motion, a bit too roughly. "Kame, your nipples are getting hard, are you enjoying this?" I couldn't answer, my will to speak was stolen from me and still, despite that she went on with what she was doing. Risa ripped off my shirt and took off my bra. She licked my nipples a few times and started to suck on them, and while doing that, her other hand accompanied my other breast, squeezing them. I tried once more to push her off of me, but It didn't work, my hand just grabbed onto her shirt lifelessly. I couldn't push her off no matter how many times I would tell my arms to move. My brain knew exactly what to do, but for some reason my body shut off and wasn't listening. My tears started to fall. I couldn't take how she touched me in places I didn't want her to touch and I hated how helpless I felt. I felt scared, why is she doing this to me?
"I know you'll like this. Right kame?" I stared at her in the eyes. They were blank and held no emotion, other than lust.
Out of no where she took off my pyjama pants and underwear in one swift movement, and stuck one of her fingers in my private area. One finger went in and then another. I squirmed at the touch. Thankfully it apparently was just in time to awaken my body. I kicked her off, her head snapped back and she fell off my bed. I grabbed my bedsheets, covering myself up. My eyes didn't dare meet hers, the shame I felt was way to much.
"So this is your way of saying sorry? What a liar you are."
"Kame, I-"
"SHUT.UP. You tell me you love me, but what you did right now was the total opposite of that." She didn't say anything, she remained silent and looked at me, complete shock on her face. It's like real Risa came back after being possesed by something else.
"I wish you would just disappear from my life." I know I thought I would never say that but I felt so angry, how could I not? I kind of think she deserves it too.
"I'm sorry kame! I didn't know what wa-"
"JUST GET OUT!!" I threw a pillow at her, my tears coming down even harder than before. In response to that she hurriedly got up and left.
It's inevitable that I'll see you again, but for sure though, I've lost all respect for you and you've lost all ties with me. Yet even though I now this, the wound that you've given me will scar for sure, and I don't think anyone can make it go away. maybe except that one person.
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Friday. April, 9th. 9:03 am
All the things that Eri told me made me feel as if I had failed in protecting her. I wanted to get mad at Gaki, yet there was no more room for me to do so. I already got rid off her, so what more could I do to her now.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier??" Even though I new Gaki was gone, I still couldn't get over what had happened to Eri.
"I wanted to last night but you disappeared remember? I didn't sleep since it took me forever to find you."
"I'm never there for you am I?" I hugged her tightly, grabbing her shirt as I did so. I can't believe how I just left her alone! If I was there then maybe that would've never happened! Now Eri is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life. What can I do now though? I'll end up hurting her even more now because of what I did. All these things happening all at once, this is too much on my heart at the moment!
"You're the only one I trust Reina."
At that moment I felt Eri push her soft pair of lips onto mine. They were moist and tasted like strawberries. All I could do was sit there, completely shocked. Eri, likes me? She likes me?! We broke apart after having stayed like that for what seemed like an eternity to me.
"Eri, this is too sudden. Are you sure you'll be alright?"
"No, but somehow I feel like I can trust you. I've always liked you Reina." Eri don't say that, you can't trust me, I'm the last person you would want to trust. I thought I was strong by beating up people when I got mad, but that's not right, that's not what makes me strong. In truth I'm weak, and I'm not fit to protect you, therefore we can't be together because all I will bring you is pain and suffering.
"I can't protect you Eri-" I looked up to face Eri, and she wasn't there. Wasn't I just talking to her? Turning my head to the side, I saw that she had fallen asleep on my shoulder. She looked so cute, like a little kid. I laid her down on the sofa for a brief moment and went to fetch a pillow and blanket. I put the pillow under her head and the blanket over her body. I lifted her bangs up and kissed her forehead, and after doing so, I stared at her sleeping. Creepy I know, but I couldn't help it. Wouldn't you look at her as well? I smiled, but I felt like something had yet to be explained. Walking over the the vacant sofa seat next to the one Eri was on, I staggered, almost falling down. My body was burning, my headache became even more worse and I wanted to stop thinking and just go to sleep, but something was still disturbing me. I pondered at what it could be, and I finally got to the conlusion.
What I did to Gaki... was it right despite what I just heard? At first my perception was that she was using Eri and Ai-chan as tools for her own pleasure, but if that's not true then why did I go to such an extreme for? I didn't know the fact that she fully violated Eri before, so doesn't that make my reason stupid? Because I was jealous, and angry? I think that shows how much self control I lack. Then really, didn't I kill Gaki for no reason? Arghh.. I'm so confused, and I want to stop thinking about this, but I won't be able to rest if I do.
One thing I don't get though is, why didn't she fight back? She would have been able to stop me if she at least tried then why not?
"I wish you would just disappear from my life."
That could be it, that has to be it. Risa... you wanted to die didn't you? You didn't want to stop me didn't you?! Even though what you did was completely wrong and stupid, I shouldn't have killed you! You're still my friend, the person I've known for many years, I just wish I figured that out before it was too late. Both of us were wrong, and instead of caring for Eri we ended up hurting her instead. Love totally got the best of us.
I got up and went over to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth, washed my face and fixed myself up. I leaned over the sink and looked myself in the mirror. Should I turn myself in? It's probably the best thing to do... it's the fair thing to do right? That's definately what must be done. I finished fixing myself up and got a jacket to warm myself from the cold. I put on some socks and found my shoes which lay near the entrance. I wonder if I'll be fine like this, better call a taxi, if I commute by myself I'll faint. After calling the taxi company and asking for a cab, I took a nearby pen and found some paper. I began to write my message to Eri once she wakes up.
Eri, I'm sorry. I can't be with you and I can't protect you. I know that if I leave, you'll end up hurting more, but if I stay with you what will become of us? You'll find out sooner or later what I did, and hate me just like Gaki. I've already caused enough trouble, for you and everyone, so you guys don't need me anymore. Know one thing though, I always did love you. I wish I just had the guts to say that before all this happened.
I looked over her once more and smiled, a painful smile. The tears rolled down my cheeks, and I wiped them off with my sleeve, some of them falling onto Eri's forehead. For the last time I kissed her on the lips, making sure to remember the feeling.
"Goodbye."
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OMG Poor Eri. :(
She likes Reina, not Risa. :D
But Reina has to leave. :(
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*erk*
:bangchair:
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***Sniff*** What hurts the most is having to walk away after being so close :'(
But then again, Eri is someone you would kill for (bad joke I know :twisted:)
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Wait a sec, so Reina went to give herself up? Damn! After what she did to protect Eri now she leaves her? *wails* I hate such sad endings. I wish Eri knew about it. I'm sure she would will wait for Reina :(
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Taking the plate from her hands, practically grabbing it off of her, I stuffed the breakfast she made into my mouth as if I had been starving though I wasn't.
XD
I quickly put on my clothes that were lying on the floor and... #&@$#!! Eri changed my clothes for me! Meaning she, she, she...! I checked my underwear to see if I was still wearing the same pair or not. I'm not. My cheeks heated up at the thought that Eri actually saw all of me, and I stared blankly into space.
:lol:
I should've just went out through a window or something!
:lol:
That was :shocked and :cry:
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I don't know how the hell I missed this but I'm so glad I found it now! :P
So Eri found Reina in the alley...but not Risa's body? Wow, I'm....freaked out that Reina actually killed her, but in an almost good way. :lol: LOL at Eri changing Reina. 8) The TanaKame raburabu is cute~
Whoa, Eri fought back against Gaki cheating on Ai-chan! Good girl, Eri~ And I guess it has something to do with the fact that she's not interested in her that way.
OMFG....Gaki...she.... :shocked: I can't believe she did that to Eri, seriously. It's shocking. And it's like she doesn't really see that what she's doing is bad or wrong. Makes me scared of her, though I know I still love her. :D
Reina shouldn't feel guilty that she couldn't protect Eri, she just didn't know. And she's right, she already "eliminated" Gaki so there's not much more for her to do. *gasps* Is she gonna turn herself in?!
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Here's my third oneshot. I think I'll be taking a break from writing angst for a while, at least not the type my previous oneshot had lol. I beat myself up for a week for making Gaki-san, Eri and Reina do such stupid things :smhid
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Rabu-Rabu Ranchu!
Lunchtime, the time most students look forward to during the normal school day, especially for one Jun Li. Though today, something was rather strange: while everyone was busy eating their lunch, Jun, the boy who would usually be stuffing his face by now, was fast asleep. Seeing this odd happening before them, Jun's eight friends which all sat in a somewhat circular formation, wondered why he would sleep rather than eat. The girl who had been his first friend upon entering Haro Academy, Sayu, was puzzled and at the same time felt troubled. Looking at his sleeping face she frowned, and thought about waking him up. It was during these occasions that she felt she had to act responsible for Jun. Lifting her hand from area of the desk she laid it upon, she slowly went into the action of waking him up, but was stopped when her fellow buddy, Ren interrupted her.
"Wait! Stop. Doesn't his face look funny?" With that, everyone leaned in closer to look at the chinese transfer student's face. Drool was coming out of his mouth that went onto his sleeve, and the snot bubble from his nose grew bigger and then smaller as he inhaled and exhaled. Sayu giggled a bit and poked Jun's cheek, causing him to turn his head the other way with a soft grunt. Amazingly, when Jun turned his head around the bubble stayed intact, which especially attracted attention to Ren, who was known for playing a few jokes on his friends. Jun's small fanclub behind him already beat Ren to the punch by taking pictures of his gross, yet adorable sleeping face which they would later publish on their blogs. A few 'kyaa~!'s could be heard as they huddled in the corner of the classroom exchanging photos.
As Jun was sleeping, Sayu stared at his cute child-like face, a smile creeping up on her. Even if Jun looked weird while sleeping, if she were to take away the snot bubble and drool, his face looks quite peaceful. Laying her head down on the desk, she continued to look at Jun, twirling his hair as she did and out of nowhere she noticed that Jun began to smile too. Lightly giggling to herself, she took out her cellphone, flipped it open and took a picture of the boy before her, which she then set as her cellphone's wallpaper. Admiring the new picture she took, a thought came to her mind. "Maybe I should wipe off the drool..." Sayu then took out a handkerchief from her bag and wiped off the clear liquid that came out from the corner of Jun's mouth.
"Tsch, stupid fangirls...saves me the time of embaressing him myself I guess." He then resumed sipping on his coffee flavoured drink box. "...Wait, I have fangirls too!" Remembering this fact, Ren turned around and saw the girls which usually lined up around him behind his desk during lunch time, to be walking back to their classrooms, heads down and disappointed.
"Haha, baka, baaaaka. Now you won't be getting free lunches from now on." Eri his girlfriend, teased Ren for thinking before he speaked. To be honest though she was quite glad that Ren said that. Now she can have him all to herself without having to be scared about some crazed Ren-obsessed girl making voodoo dolls out of her.
"Well, as long as you don't stop making me lunch I'm fine... your's is the only one I care about anyway."
"OOOOOO~" Ren blushed hearing the spectator comment that came from Kuu. He folded his arms and turned away from Eri.
Blushing really ruined his manly essence which he tried so hard to create for the past two years of his highschool life. Entering highschool, guys would always make fun of how short and girly he looked, and his senpais would pat him on the head as they walked past by. This was one of the moments that hurt his pride yet he didn't mind paying the price. If it was for Eri he wouldn't mind at all, it's just that Kuu's continuous teasing made it increasingly difficult for Ren, causing him to irk his eyebrows in annoyance.
"Arigato." Seeing how adorable her boyfriend was being, Eri hugged him tightly and after a few moments let him go. "Tomorrow, I'll make Ren-chan's favourite~ :heart:" And with that she kissed him on the cheek and went back to eating her lunch composed of undefined substances, grinning.
"Ne, Ren, I don't think you should've said that." Kuu said, whispering into Ren's ear.
"Crap!! How the hell'd you get here?!" Ren pushed away Kuu's face which magically appeared a few centimetres away from his with both hands. Although in truth Ren couldn't stand the taste of the food Eri made, he meant what he said. Despite the obscure creations Eri whipped up for him, Ren liked the fact that she thought of making lunch for him. If she were to suddenly stop he'd be devastated, but this time he may be having second thoughts about what he just said. "Better load up on that pepto bismol stuff."
"Ahh, ii na. You guys make such an adorable couple. I'm so jealous." Sayu puffed up her cheeks, and shifted her eyes from Jun to the ceiling. "Isn't that right Jun?"
"Well, you have Jun-kun don't you?" Being quiet for the past couple of minutes enjoying the warm atmosphere, Aika finally decided to pipe in and join the conversation.
"Yeah, I thought he confessed to you already!"
"I don't like him that way."
"Yeah, and everyone takes pictures of their friends sleeping, makes it their cellphone wallpaper and stares at it all googly-eyed." Gaki said as he finished putting away his lunch.
"Yup! That's right!"
"Kuu, please don't talk while eating..." Aika quickly got out a napkin and started to wipe Kuu's chin.
"Gomen nasai, Aika. Not very fitting as your boyfriend huh?" Kuu smiled nervously while scratching the back of his head. He always thought that he never could match up to Aika's expectations because he always saw her as lady like and elegant, compared to him who he always thought of as unkept and slobby. Even though he tried his best, his old habits would always come marching back in again.
"Daijoubu, daijoubu. I like Kuu-kun better this way." After wiping off the little bits of rice on Kuu's chin, Aika scrunched up the napkin and put it on top of her desk.
"Mou, I told you to just call me Kuu." Putting a finger under Aika's chin, Kuu turned Aika's face towards him and tilted her head up. He lowered his eyelids, touched Aika's lips and smirked mischeviously, closing the distance between him and her, until they finally-
"OKAY! CUT! CUT! CUT!" Sayu stood up and slammed her hands onto her desk, the sudden motion waking up Jun in the process. She had enough of all this lovey-dovey couple junk happening around her. Usa-chan wants to be happy too! But then again it's all her fault for rejecting the boy she liked the most. You could say that seeing the three couples before her, reminded her of the stupid decision she made.
"I'm tired off all this EriRen, TakaGaki, AiKuu or whatever pairing names these hormone driven girls come up with!! Ya her meh?! Tai-yerd!!"
"What did you say during the last part? Her turd? Who's turd?"
Sayu slapped herself in the forehead and massaged her eyebrows in irritation as a result of Linlin's comment. Never again will she pull out her country accent.
"Linlin!"
"Ouch! Why! What did I do?!" Gaki slapped Linlin in the back of the head for saying something inappropriate at the wrong place and time.
"Eri... don't you think Sayu's jealous because-"
"She liked a certain someone-"
"But rejected him?"
"And now she's feeling bad because she didn't accept his feelings?"
"DESU YO NE?" Eri and Ren, both in perfect synchronization completed each other's sentences and ended it off by closing their eyes and nodding also at the same time, all in an attempt to annoy Sayu even more (which was VERY beneficial to their amusement).
"If only you guys knew the other half of the story..." Sayu said, her voice being reduced to a mumble as she did. She sat back in her seat, nudging her desk forward while doing so. Her soda bottle swayed from left to right as she adjusted the positioning of the desk and it wasn't long before it spilled onto her uniform blouse. "Ah!!"
"Geez..." Sayu just sat there and looked at the liquid pouring out from the bottle to her blouse. So much of it had already spilled on her shirt that she felt that it was useless to pick up the bottle to stop it from spilling.
"What are you doing! Does anyone have a tissue? Hurry!" Jun looked around worriedly hoping that someone around him would have one and to his surprise no one did. Panicking, he stood up, frantically looking around thinking that he would come up with a solution.
"Jun, don't worry it's just an- UWHOA!" Before Gaki could finish his sentence, Jun began to take off his uniform shirt, exposing his toned stomache until a few moments later he finally took off the whole piece of clothing revealing his bare upper body.
"Kya~!! Jun-sama~~!!" The girls which surrounded the group squealed in excitement, some of them speechless and dumbfounded. No one understood what Jun was doing. Never had they seen him be so rash as this before, especially over something so trivial as a stain. A huge stain.
"Sayumi, here, put this on." Jun handed the white garment over to his friend, not caring about whether or not he was half naked or if his actions were logical. For some reason when it came to this girl, the chinese transfer student became noticeably more overprotective than he already was towards other people.
Sayu who was completely blanked out, focused all her attention on Jun's body, her eyes wide open and her cheeks heating up furiously. Jun had to repeat his request twice in order for her to finally nod and put the shirt on. In the midst of putting on the white dress shirt over her now soda stained uniform top, Jun grabbed Sayu's hand and ran out of the classroom, leading her to the nurse's office. Everyone slackjawed just watched the two run out of the room, turning their heads as they did so. After they left the room, the group remained quiet still a bit shocked about the events that took place. A few moments later, the door slidded open creating a loud thud as it hit the wall, the sound bringing them back to reality.
"I'm back! I have the napkins you wanted as well! Are?"
"Ai-chan... you were unexpectedly slow."
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"You didn't have to do that. I could have lived with this..."
"Really?"
"Yes... well... no."
Sayu sat on top of the bed in the nurse's office and looked out the window. She couldn't look at Jun right now in fear of her wandering eyes. The breeze that came into the room calmed her nerves and quieted down her heartbeat. Jun sat on the opposite side of the bed waiting for Sayu to speak up and say something. With each passing second, the silence became more and more awkward.
"So... what was that about back there?" Jun asked, turning around to face Sayu's back.
"YOU HEARD ALL THAT?!" Sayu turned around immediately, and climbed over the bed, practically tackling Jun down. In response, Jun gave a slow nod looking deep into Sayu's eyes.
"Everything? Even what those two idiots said.. about me and you..." Jun smiled brightly, his teeth blindening Sayu because of how angelic he appeared. This smile meant yes and was used to answer any awkward question directed at him.
"W-well, i-it's not true." She turned around and crawled back to the place she was originally sitting in, when Jun suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her back closer to him. Now both of them were kneeling on the bed on opposite sides, using their arms to support their weight.
"But it is true. Isn't it?" Averting her eyes away from Jun's, she remained quiet and tried not to answer the question, no matter how right he was. Both of them stayed like that, with Jun looking desperately at Sayu. After their graduation ceremony tomorrow, Jun the son of a rich movie company CEO, would be getting married to his fiancee. If he didn't try his best to get Sayu to feel the same about him, he wouldn't be able to live peacefully after tomorrow... atleast, that's what he told her.
Before he let go of Sayu's wrist, he tightened his grip in frustration and sighed.
"Even if I did feel the same about you, Linlin's parents or your's wouldn't approve of it would they?" Jun stayed quiet looking at the girl admired and loved since he first transferred to this school.
"I didn't expect you to be this stubborn usagi-chan..."
"Stubborn? I'm only doing what's best."
"Really?" "I swear this whole fiancee thing would have worked..." Jun got up and made his way over to Sayu, so that he would be standing in front of her. He leaned in closer and closer, causing Sayu to backaway until she finally lay down on the bed. Hovering above Sayumi, using his arms to hold him up, Jun began to unbutton her shirt, slowly, button by button.
"Usagi-chan, you know, my friends back home don't call me 'the kissing demon' for nothing." Sayu looked up at Jun, mesmerized by how seductive he was being. His eyes had a strange shine to them that drew her nearer and nearer, and soon enough she found herself pressing her lips onto his, sitting up while doing so. Jun tugged on Sayu's lower lip, and then pecked on her lips a few times before applying even more force to the kiss. A few seconds went by and Sayu found herself to be out of breath. Jun lowered her shirt and then yanked it off immediately, parting their lips.
"Thanks, I needed my shirt back." Getting off of the bed, and standing up, Jun put his shirt back on and acted as if nothing happened. Clueless about the events that took place, Sayu stared into space. She touched her lips unconsciously, the feeling of Jun's lips on hers tingling throughout her body. Amazingly, she lingered for more.
"So, it's a yes then? As in yes, you love me too?" Jun squatted down after putting his shirt back on and was now at eye level with Sayumi. He held both her hands gently and smiled, his eyes doing the same as well. After a few moments, Sayu nodded, her cheeks crimson red. She couldn't deny it any more at this point and was really relieved that she got the feeling off her chest. With that, Jun smiled even wider his teeth now showing.
"Yatta! Yatta!" Jun then paraded around the room, dancing in glee.
"But... what about your fiancee, Linlin?"
"Oh that? Obviously it was a joke. A two week old joke too."
"I'm sorry Sayu for playing such a big joke on you..." Sayu frowning, bit her lower lip in order to stop herself from what she was about to do.
"Sayumi! D-don't cry! I'm sorry okay? Ne?" Wiping off Sayu's tears and stroking her long black hair, Jun smiled, assuming that his smile would help the girl in front of him to stop crying. Instead of the tears ceasing to come down, they came down even harder and soon enough Jun got an unexpected reaction... a hug. A hug so tight he questioned the girl's supposed lack of strength.
"Jun is a big meanie. But... I love him."
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I think I did a bad job with this one. I kind of half-assed it reaching the midpoint of the story, and the story line just went in a whole different direction (ex. Jun wasn't supposed to seduce Sayu lol). I had too much fun writing about the rest of the pairings that I kind of put aside the pairing I was focusing on :oops: I'm also really sorry for not putting Linlin up with anyone. I've always noticed she doesn't get featured in many fics, so one day I hope to write one about her.
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That was so cute!! XD All the little couple interactions~~~ KYAAAA! Anyway...poor LinLin but she's still awesome. :thumbsup
And about the angst and being not nice to your characters/the girls...it feels yucky at first but you get used to it. :lol: I don't know how many bad things I've done to them.... Not as many as some ppl, but enough.
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Rabu-Rabu Ranchu!
Classroom antics were GOLD! :lol:
I'm wondering if Linlin knew that Jun made her his "fiancee" in that little scheme of his to get Sayu jealous? :P
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Wow, that last one was super cute. Momusu as guys, hmm.
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HOW COULD I FORGET THIS? Aw, JunShige. <3 That was very cute.
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Here's my 4th oneshot. A bit shorter than anything I've written, but I'm kind of relieved tbh.
Thanks for inspiration goes to DBSK for their awesome yet emotional song "stand by you" (listening to it saved me from terrible writer's block).
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Stand By You
Walking under the line of trees on the sidewalk, I breathed in the fresh autumn air, grinning at the nostalgic atmosphere the season gave. The air was crisp and cool, welcoming the warmth my jacket provided me. The trees shedded their leaves, letting them loose in such beautiful colours - red, orange and gold. It was these types of feelings, combined with the weather and scenery that made autumn, for me, a season for looking back as well as relishing in. Haha, geez Risa you make yourself sound so old! With a plastic bag containing a few items I bought from the grocery store, I continued to make my way over to the apartment complex I lived in, humming the melody to a song.
Aruiteru~ na na na~ na na na na~ na na na na~ Aruiteru~!
Noticing how ironic it was that this song popped into my head, I giggled lightly, memories of when I was in Morning Musume flashing before me. Those sure were a good nine years wasn't it? I've achieved, and completed my dream... suddenly I feel as though I'm a bit bored lately to be honest! Ahh, it's only been about 10 months since then, what should I do? Maybe I should go back into singing? Hmmm, yup that's it! I could try doing that again! Silly me, I make myself sound like it'll be a walk in the park. My career is already damaged enough, who would want to give me a chance. I still have to try! Hai, ganbarimasu!
Picking up the keys from my jacket, I slid in the piece of metal into the keyhole and turned it, opening the entrance to my unit. I took off my shoes, neatly putting them side by side and so that the tips would be pointing towards the door. I put the plastic bag on top of the countertop and took out the items in it one by one. Yosh, time to get this cooking thing down! ... w-where do I start? More so, what do I do with these? Ahh~ Where's mom when you need her... Taking the food items, I neatly put them in the fridge in their appropriate places. I guess cooking can wait till I call mom for help. Again.
"If Ai-chan were here she could probably help me."
What? Why did I remember her? What's wrong with me these days... forget... forget... forget!
I took a nearby glass and filled it up with water. I swallowed nearly all of it and afterwards I breathed in and out heavily. It's harder doing this than I thought.
"Forget for Ai-chan." Smile like there's no tomorrow. Make her feel no regret for wanting to continue her career.
While shaking my head lightly to get a hold of myself, I made my way over to the living room with a few steps. I plopped down on the small couch I had, and turned on the tv. Flipping through the channels looking for an interesting program to watch, I noticed a few familiar faces. I flipped back to the channel those faces were on and smiled. Kamei Eri? Uso! THIS is the Kame that could hardly lead herself, let alone a group? Seeing how 'in-charge' Kame looked, my jaw dropped down a bit due to shock. She's completely turned around! Sub-leader Sayu on the other hand, seems pretty much the same.
Continuing to watch the talk show the ten Morning Musume members were on, I started to yearn for those days again. Especially when it was just the nine of us. Fooling around with them, rehearsing for shows, eating out together, but most of all I miss ... Ai-chan. I miss being with her...
Before I knew it, my eyes started to well up and a single tear from each eye fell on top of my hand. Awoken from my daze, I began to wipe away the liquid running down my cheeks, yet even more tears ran down my face. If only you didn't make that promise, maybe this wouldn't be so hard on me...
~flashback~
Quickly getting out of studio building, all nine of us made our way over to a nearby yakiniku restaurant we would be eating at. Walking side by side staying behind the pack, me and Ai-chan held our hands together tightly, providing each other warmth from the cold winter air. Feeling my ears almost going numb, I snuggled my head into my scarf to try and sheild them from the cold. As I was doing so, I felt someone tighten my scarf. I looked over to Ai-chan and saw her worriedly staring at me.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." I smiled back at her in reassurance and squeezed her hand gently.
"Are you sure?" Again with those puppy dog eyes...
Almost instantly I felt my cheeks heat up. Stunned by her beauty, I continued to stare at Ai-chan wide-eyed. She's just too darn cute for her own good!
"Risa. Risa!"
"Huh?"
"There you go again, off in dreamland."
"It's your fault I keep going there..."
"What?"
"Nothing~" Shoot! Why did I say that! Now she's gonna keep asking until I tell her!
"Tell Me!" Ai-chan started tugging on my sleeve like an eager little kid. At this rate, she's never gonna stop until I say something. May as well get this over with. Stupid, stupid Risa!
Stopping in place, I looked away from Ai-chan in embaressment for what I was about to say. I slapped myself mentally a few times and breathed in and out slowly. In one, two, three...
"IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CUTE THAT I'M LIKE THIS... there I said it!"
"..."
Huh? No response? Why not? What I said wasn't bad was it? All I did was complime-
All of a sudden I felt Ai-chan's soft lips onto mine. She kissed me sweetly and softly, yet it felt passionate, as if all her feelings were poured out into it. I closed my eyes and kissed her back in the same way. Really at this moment, I could die from happiness. It was the first time Ai-chan ever kissed me voluntarily, and the way she kissed me was as if it was for me, and only me.
We broke apart, and looked into each other's eyes. We remained like that until the cold wind blew in our direction, causing both of us to shiver in reaction to the chill it gave.
"W-why...?" She looked down and started to fiddle with her thumbs, her cheeks red.
"..." Awww~! She's so cute!
I chuckled a bit and hugged her tightly for being so adorable.
"But, are you sure you're okay with kissing me in public?"
"You're happy right?" I slowly nodded, while Ai-chan held my hand with both of her's, pulling us closer together.
"T-then that's all the reason I need." My eyes grew wide in surprise, then later on lowering to reveal my smiling eyes and bright grin. My heart began to beat faster and my body heated up. It may be indirect but it's practically like she said 'I love you'!
We resumed walking towards the restaurant, with our hands tightly locked together and noticed that the other members selfishly left us behind once again. As we were walking, I couldn't help but feel a strange pulse of guilt running within me.
There's always a consequence for idols for having public displays of affection.
With worry about what just happened still in my mind, I stopped walking. Ai-chan turned around to face me, curiously wondering why I paused.
"Ai-chan... if we were to graduate, would you still stay with me?" With a hint of nonchalance in her voice she replied with a grin,
"Of course!" For some reason, I'm not satisfied with that answer. She doesn't know what I mean by 'graduating'.
"Isn't what I said enough?"
I turned around not wanting to show my doubt. I joined my hands behind my back and looked towards the sky.
"Promise me?" She turned me around and looked firmly into my eyes before answering,
"PROMISE."
Her voice held no uncertainty in it. As for the look in her eyes - I couldn't find the least bit of doubt in them. The feeling of her kiss told me no lie. What we feel for each other is no lie.
I believe you Ai-chan.
I know you'll keep our promise.
I know you won't leave me.
~End Flashback~
If only I wasn't so naive, if only the both of us didn't ignore reality. We should have been careful! We shouldn't have been so open about our relationship, because of that both our careers in momusu have ended. I thought it would be okay if I had you by my side, but you left me as well. You promised didn't you? You said you wouldn't leave me! ... but I can't exactly blame you can I?
Even though we decided to forget about each other...
I don't think that I've forgotten you, nor do I want to. I want to hear your voice again. I want to feel your embrace. I want to feel the touch of your lips... I want you by side. Even through the little everyday things I remember you.
By now my face was tear streaked and the tv was turned off. The sound of my sniffling filled the room, up until the sound of the telephone ringing added to the mix. I slowly went up to go pick up the phone while wiping away my tears.
I want to hear your voice Ai-chan.
I finally got to the phone. I picked it up, but paused for a while to regain my composure.
"H-hello?"
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:cry: :cry:
More please?
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This is sad :farofflook: , I hope that this call is of ai-chan :mon pray2:, continue it please :gmon tears:
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EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?!?!? Cliffhanger dame!!! :shocked
I need to know what happens next. Please? :bow:
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Ongaku-chan...
I want more too. ^_^
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:cry:
"H-hello?"
Ai.?.
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Stupid School! I would've posted this way earlier damn it.
Err, here it is.
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Stand By You: Part Two
Scratching my head in frustration, I looked at the street signs and then back again on the sheet of paper I was holding. Groaning in confusion as to how I ended up on the wrong street, I slumped my shoulders. I neatly folded the paper into halves twice and put it back into my jacket pocket. I really would like to get this over with. My english teacher said that I had learned a lot of english on my own and decided to recommend a different teacher for me. She gave me this paper with a map but she didn't explain to me how to get there at all! What's up with that? I sighed, expressing my annoyance, and began to walk back to one of the stairs which lead to the subway. New York may be like Tokyo but it still has it's differences I guess.
Stopping halfway down the stairs, I realized something. If I take the subway again I'll get lost even more! Arghh... I guess it's best to stay here until I get directions. Turning around, I climbed my way back up holding onto the railings and clutching my bag close to me. I got up to the top of the stairs, and reached into my jacket pocket for the piece of paper once again. It wasn't there. I checked my jean pockets and it wasn't there either. No way it's in my purse, I remember I put it in my jacket pocket!
Whatever, it's already getting late, I'll check it out tomorrow then. I must be really bored to be doing this on my day off. I've been going in circles for about four hours now. There's no need to go back to my apartment anyway, what would I do there? Study my english? I've been doing that all week and literally all the time since I came here. But, why don't I feel any motivation to study it anymore? There's something I'm missing, but didn't I have all the right reasons to come here?
Right then, a memory of a certain 'happy girl' came to mind, as if answering my question in the most direct way as possible. Ahh, what's wrong with me these days...
I closed my eyes, sighing and turned around swiftly to go back down the stairs, losing my balance in the process. "Oh Sho-" My body fell forward and I flailed my arms in the air trying to regain my balance. Just as soon as I thought I was going to meet my death, I felt a body press up against me, their hand on my left shoulder holding me up. I'm alive! I stood on a step, fixing my hair and attire, and mumbled a simple 'thank you' in english underneath my shaky breathing.
"No problem." Japanese?!
I immediately shot my head up to look at the girl speaking to me. My eyes opened wide in shock and I felt a sharp pain in my chest. This girl ... she looks exactly like Risa.
I continued to stare at her in complete disbelief, my throat becoming dry as I did. My mind went blank and I became speechless. All I could do was fumble meaningless words, err, sounds. She looked back at me dumbfounded, but then she remembered something and raised her hand up to my face, showing me she had an item that I thought I had lost. Closing my mouth, I slowly took the paper which had the directions and did a small bow, almost hitting heads with her. She chuckled, revealing a bright smile and to my surprise her smile was...
just like your's.
Is this some sort of sign? ... Seriously, what am I thinking?
"Ano, are you trying to get to this place?" She said to me in Japanese. Right then, I couldn't find any words to respond and instead of responding, as if on instinct I immediately went down the subway stairs hurriedly and proceeded to going home once again, leaving that person completely stunned. My heart beat incredibly fast and I recieved a rush of adrenaline pulsing through my veins.
Being near that person, looking at her, meeting her ... it all made me feel as if it was you I met. All those feelings I had being with you that I said I would leave behind, came back to me again. So much had returned to me, that I felt that it really was you standing before me. If by chance I met you here, what would you think of me now? What would you say? Would you still ... f-feel the same way about me? Risa, how are you right now? Are you still living happily? because right now, I don't think I am.
The train began to move and soon enough the scenery outside the train windows went from the picture of a dirty station to an outlook of the city. The light that beamed inward from the city lights made me raise my head up. I saw a lttle view of the city in front me, the buildings and lights moving along as the train went forward. Being here in this city is what I want, but the other side of me says I'm lying. I want to go home.
Without thought I flipped my cellphone open and went through my contact list, my fingers having a mind of their own.
||-N i i g a k i R i s a- ||
Everyday I do this. My mind says I should call you but then I end up not doing it. I don't know why I'm so nervous about it either.
My thumb hovered over the dial button, and I contemplated whether I should push it or not. I stared hard at the device, more specifically at the name on the screen, sweat almost forming on my brow. Unfortunately though, after a few seconds I snapped it shut and held it. I closed my eyes and gripped my cellphone tightly, my palms becoming moist. I then let it go, flipped it open and stared at Risa's name on the screen once again.
That day we broke up, I've been thinking it was all for a waste...
~Flashback~
I stood a few metres away from the stream, watching the water flow along as snow slowly fell onto it turning back into water. My breath appeared as white puffs, also disappearing into the air. I closed my eyes, frowning, and tilted my head upwards, allowing the snow to fall on my face, flake by flake. I couldn't feel how cold the snow was, all I knew was that it touched my face. I had left my head exposed the whole day with the cold wind blowing. Anything else cold to touch felt like nothing.
"Ai?" I opened my eyes, my face emotionless, and turned my head around slightly to see Risa approaching me.
"Umm... we've been standing here for a while. Did you need to talk about something?" Her arm snaked around mine, and she took my hand out of my pocket trying to hold it. Before she could intertwine them with mine, I pulled away and gave her a nervous look.
"Stop it." The tone in my voice sounded harsh, but I didn't mean it. It's not the time to be nice. I glanced at her, and saw how hurt she looked. I showed my back towards her, gripping the ends of my jacket tightly. Don't show me how hurt you look Risa, or else I won't be able to do this.
"Risa I think we shou-"
"Ne, let's break up." HUH?! I quickly turned around, my head going forward to look closely at Risa.
"You take too long to say things like this Ai-chan. That's why I'm saying it for you." We both remained silent, watching the snow fall from the sky.
"You really want to go to America right?" H-how did she know? I relaxed my shoulders and moved my stare from Risa back to the stream. Sometimes its suprising how well she knows me.
"I could tell. For the past few days you've been looking at nothing but travel magazines, asking random questions about living there." So that's how she knew.
"Entertaining people... it's my life. The dream I've been living is dieing Risa. I can't let tha-"
"So you want to go to America?" I nodded, glancing back at her a few times. She took a step forward towards me, her hand lowering her scarf to reveal that one in a million smile of hers, except something was wrong. Behind that smile were the tears she held back.
"I understand. Then, do me a favour."
"What?"
"Let's forget about each other. If it helps, hate me even." Hate you? Why on earth would you want me to hate you?!
"It'll be easier that way right? Then when you're in America, you can study english to the fullest and whatnot!" Her smile slowly faded and her tears came down even harder. She began to sniffle as she wiped away her tears.
"Risa..."
"And then, you can come back speaking english wherever you go!'" Her voice became shaky as she tried her hardest to stop the salty liquid from coming out even harder. She forced a smile through but I could see her mouth quivering from the pressure. Seeing her like this, knowing that it's me who made her sad, knowing that if I leave she'll be like this, my heart... I couldn't take it.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her close towards me. I tried to wrap my arms around her, but before I could do that, she pushed me away with both her hands forcefully.
"DON'T! Don't come near me." I stood there, staring at her worriedly.
"You're making this harder than it has to be." Should I still go?
"GO! But make this one last promise : forget. Got it?" Again I nodded, still standing in the same position, tears threatning to be released.
"Say it."
"I promise."
"Ai-chan... if we were to graduate from Morning Musume would you still stay with me?"
"Or course!"
"Promise me?"
"PROMISE."
My eyes widened.
What did I just do?
"I'm so-"
Risa picked up some snow, and shaped it with her hands to form a snowball. She threw it at me, right in the face, still having a sad smile on.
"Baka... didn't I just say to go? GO!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, and threw another snowball at me, which made me run back home as fast as I could. The tears I held in had been released, causing me to wipe them away as I ran at top speed.
"GANBATTE AI-CHAN!"
Once I got to the end of the sidewalk on top of the slope which led to the stream below, for the last time I took a good look at Risa. She was still standing there, waving one of her arms in the air while the other was busy still wiping away tears from her face.
Let's do our best to forget each other. Let's continue to live life normally.
~End Flashback~
To forget someone you love really is an impossible thing to do and to think I could do that because I simply wanted to. They keep coming back like pests and they bug you until you have no choice but to keep them. Those memories.
The good ones, the bad ones, they're all important to me, even now. I think I didn't want to throw them away. I'm too afraid of that. What scared me even more was to forget... you. Being here in this city, I only realized how much you were a part of me. I'm sorry for breaking another promise Risa but... I think I didn't make any efforts to forget you at all and even now I want to come back to you, and whisper in your ear the words I've never said to you -
I love you.
If I were to call you right now and say that, would you get angry at me? As long as I get to say it I'm fine with you hating me.
If I said I wanted to come home would you be happy? You'd probably scold me for giving up, but I'm not.
I'm trying again.
I pressed the dial button without thinking twice before getting off the train. I don't need to think twice about this. It's obvious what the answer is now. As I exited the station and walked towards my apartment building, I waited for Risa to pick up. One, two, three, four, five rings and she isn't picking up. Maybe she changed her number?
As soon as I was going to close the phone, I heard some strange sniffling noises on the other line. I listened in curiously without answering, the phone held right up to my ear.
"H-hello?" Risa's voice .... Don't close the phone now Ai-chan!!
"Hello? R-risa?"
"Ai-chan... if we were to graduate from Morning Musume would you still stay with me?"
"Of course!"
"I think..."
"Promise me?"
"PROMISE."
"no... I AM coming home."
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Ai's going home!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: <--These are happy tears!
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That was so beautiful and sweet :mon hanky: I'm so happy you wrote part two. :mon inluv:
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sh*t, you almost made me cry, Gaki-san breaking up to let her go to America was heartbreaking...:mon cry:
Is this some sort of sign?
yes Ai-chan, it was a sign from above telling you to go back to your girl!
aaah..., we sooo need a reunion chapter...
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Right then, a memory of a certain 'happy girl' came to mind, as if answering my question in the most direct way as possible. Ahh, what's wrong with me these days...
Haunted by the past
"Ano, are you trying to get to this place?" She said to me in Japanese. Right then, I couldn't find any words to respond and instead of responding, as if on instinct I immediately went down the subway stairs hurriedly and proceeded to going home once again, leaving that person completely stunned. My heart beat incredibly fast and I recieved a rush of adrenaline pulsing through my veins.
:on lol:
Risa, how are you right now? Are you still living happily? because right now, I don't think I am.
Ouches
"Risa I think we shou-"
"Ne, let's break up." HUH?! I quickly turned around, my head going forward to look closely at Risa.
"You take too long to say things like this Ai-chan. That's why I'm saying it for you." We both remained silent, watching the snow fall from the sky.
Double ouches
She took a step forward towards me, her hand lowering her scarf to reveal that one in a million smile of hers, except something was wrong. Behind that smile were the tears she held back.
OMG triple ouches
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Damn... you are making me cry.
Good job, very effective emofic :bow: :bow: :bow:
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SHE'S COMING HOME!!!
:mon cute: :mon cute: :mon cute:
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YAy!!! The TakaGaki will reunite!! :)
I kinda wish you had a part 3 though. I wanna read about all the fluffiness when they meet again.
A thought jusy struck me. What if Risa went, "why the hell are you coming back?" XD
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Finally Ai's going home... TakaGaki always seem to hurt each other in most of the fics... :pen_cry: *grabs more tissue and waits for the next update*
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@everyone: Thanks so much for all the comments on SBY (five months late on thanking haha) Glad to see everyone enjoyed reading all the emo-ness I belted out on the fic :P
I haven't posted anything in her for five months o.o But yay for 5th oneshot lol Done in a few minutes. I got really inspired when I read Sayu's praise blog posts on Ai-chan. Even though she didn't really spam heart emoticons for maximum effect in any of her blog posts on Ai-chan you could feel it from how loving she sounded lol It's the first time I ever thought AiSayu was cute :wub:
I'm Not Joking Y'know.
"Juuust... kiiiddiiing, I’m always... aiming.. forrrr Ai-channnn..."
I finished typing up my last sentence for the blog entry I had just written. With my head leaning on my hand, I sighed and re-read the whole entry. After seeing that it was okay to publish, I pressed the button on my cellphone to publish it.
" 'I'm always aiming for Ai-chan' " I smiled to myself faintly, but then frowned, "Ai-chan sees that right?"
I lifted my eyes slowly and looked at the limbless doll in front of the table I was sitting at. Her blonde hair draped down below her narrow shoulders and covered a bit of the white see through scarf around her neck. I stared at the scarf with my eyes and remembered the photo I took with Ai-chan in it.
"Lucky doll."
I keep joking around with Ai-chan like this, no wonder she never truly sees what I'm really feeling. Taking that photo alone was nerve racking enough. I remember how long it took for me to count her in and how my fingertips shaked. She's cute. Really cute. Even though during concerts I sneak a little peck in, I can't do a little thing like taking her photo. I guess during concerts, its a one time kind of bravery huh. And I thought I was Michishige Sayumi... the cutest girl ever. I shouldn't be feeling nervous when I take Ai-chan's photo since I know I'm cuter!
I put my two fingers on my cheeks and did a cute pose to myself... Aghh, what am I doing. I got up from my seat and went out to see what the others were doing. Aika was playing around with her camera, taking pictures of random victims- I mean subjects. I turned the corner and saw Linlin posing with Ai-chan with a tall plant, uhh, thing that was in the hallway.
Curiously I looked on. With each smile and face Ai-chan gave I could feel myself getting lost in her beauty. My cheeks began to heat up as I held my hands together. Ai-chan is really beautiful.
"OI!"
"Kya!!" Suddenly I felt Reina jump me from behind which made me startled.
She whispered into my ear, "Aha, thinking how cute Ai-chan is again?"
"..."
"You were thinking about pulling out the 'cute girl' act again weren't you?!"
"..."
"I knew it. You know you really aren't like that Sayu. Being all self centered and whatnot."
"..."
"OI, are you even paying attention to me?"
I nodded in response and took a quick glance at Reina.
"It's hard to watch from a distance..." I smiled at Reina faintly and I walked away from the three and went out for a walk, taking my jacket with me.
I watched the snow fall from the sky. The small flakes becoming bigger and more visible as they came down. I could see my breath become visible as I digged my hands deeper into my jacket pockets and snuggled my head into my scarf. I looked around and suddenly I had ended up being at a park near the studio building. There were couples everywhere, holding hands, talking, snuggling, cuddling. The park was covered with such a sweet air that it created some sort of invisible layer for anyone going near it.
"Ahh, how nice. How enviable..."
I wonder if any of them felt like I do right now before they got together. This feeling of being anxious near the one you like. The feeling of trying to act cool in front of them when your not. Worrying about what you did was alright in front of them or just... having that feeling of happiness and yet being hurt at the same time. Being hurt since you're not certain whether you'll be together at all.
The feeling of being so close yet, so far at the same time. Thats what, even right now, hurts the most.
I slowly turned away from what I was looking at. I should head back, they'll be wondering where I went. As soon as I turned around I saw an unexpected person in front of me.
"Ah, Ai-chan?"
"Are you alright?" She looked up at me worriedly with those cute puppy eyes of hers. I could immediately feel the heat rushing to my cheeks.
I took a while to answer but recovered quickly with a big smile. "What do you mean Ai-chan! Geez, you're so cute for worrying about me." I ran up closer to her and nudged her slightly. Instead of just smiling away, she still seemed worried.
"Are you sure? You didn't seem alright when you went out." My wide grin faded and I averted my eyes from her.
"I'm fine! Really!" I gave her one of my cute 'photoshoot' smiles to reassure her.
"I'm not a wota Sayu... You're not okay!"
"You shouldn't worry ne? Let's head back." I grabbed her hand and began walking. Instead of walking with me though, she stayed put staring down at the ground scrunching up her eyebrows.
"Ai-chan... I'm fine. Really." I turned my head to look at her and gave her a half smile.
"Sayu..." She tugged on my hand once and stayed in the same place she was in.
I sighed before speaking, "If I was to give you a kiss, what would you think?"
She laughed a bit and came up to me to slap my arm jokingly.
"What are you talk-" It's just as I thought.
I pulled her in and brang my lips closer to hers. I stopped just before our lips touched and gazed deeply into her eyes. I searched them and squeezed her hands firmly.
"Ai-chan, what I was going to do just now. It wasn't a joke." She looked at me with wide eyes, startled.
After a brief pause, I let go of her hand, backed away and resumed making my way back to the studio. I feel stupid for doing what I just did. Not only did I do something stupid, Ai-chan is probably beating herself up for what I said. This is probably why I'm meant to look from afar and to like her from the sidelines. Trying is scary. But then again... it isn't all that bad.
I wonder if Ai-chan followed me. I turned my head back around to see if Ai-chan had caught up with me. It turns out she went ahead of me. Walking past, she took my hand and walked ahead of me still holding it. What?
She squeezed it firmly and looked back at me with a red color on her cheeks. When I met eyes with her, she quickly averted them and faced front once more. She cleared her throat before speaking,
"Y-you know! I was always nervous around you..."
I intently listened to what she was saying.
"E-even when you joked like that with me..." Ai-chan took a long pause before speaking again, "...I always wanted it to be real."
She wanted it to be real? I stopped walking and stared at the ground, heat coming up to my cheeks. Ai-chan feels the same way I do? I gulped and raised my head up to look at Ai-chan. I stared at her for a while in shock for a few moments, before smiling happily. I was so happy that I felt really energetic and hyper!
"Ai-chan..." I lifted my hands up and pinched her cheeks, "You're sooo CUTE!!" She squealed, frantically trying to get my hands off her cheeks.
"Mou, yamette! Yamette! It hurts!" I let go of her cheeks and patted her head.
"If I didn't like you... then, then..."
"Ai-chan, you're so cute when you're embaressed. What were you gonna do? Kill me with your cuteness?"
I kissed her on the cheek and giggled. While she was busy being shocked, I gave her a quick kiss on the lips and ran off giggling.
I stopped at a distance and looked back at Ai-chan running towards me, angry and embaressed, yet even though her face was like this I could tell she was happy the same way I am. I waited for her with a wide grin on my face.
My Ai-chan.
I like the sound of that.
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AiSayu can be incredibly cute, and this one-shot's no exception!
I like that it has a ring of truth to it. Reina's prodding (which made even Sayu silent! xD) was really :love:
And Ai noting Sayu's uneasiness and chasing after her... whooo hooooo...
Keep the good work up! I might just have a look back at your other one-shots.
THANKS FOR SHARING!
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AWWWWWW!!! It's nice that Aichan reciprocates Sayumi's feelings, and her confession there was just freakin' adorable. :heart: The bunny sure likes embarrassing her, huh? XD
I lifted my eyes slowly and looked at the limbless doll in front of the table I was sitting at. Her blonde hair draped down below her narrow shoulders and covered a bit of the white see through scarf around her neck. I stared at the scarf with my eyes and remembered the photo I took with Ai-chan in it.
"Lucky doll."
Aichan's fiancee made a cameo! :shocked:
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Aww AiSayu so cute :wub: They may not be mah fav pairing, but I guess they are cute in their own way :yep:
My Ai-chan.
I like the sound of that.
It kinda has nice ring to it :heart:
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Thank you everyone for the great comments on my previous oneshot. Its greatly appreciated ^_^
This oneshot I present to you now, well really only the prologue, is inspired from a manhwa I read called "Pig Bride" :) You can go search it up, but unfortunately its licensed so you can't read it online. The pairing is GakiKame, which is my first time writing about (the TanaGakiKame one doesn't count since I killed Risa and no one got together... kinda lol).
Kind of writing this on a whim, so there's not much planning put into this, though I have been thinking about it for a few weeks now :D
Well everyone, please enjoy the prologue! :D
Pig-Woman and Ms.Despair
Prologue
Another day, a work day. Another day, alone. What else was there for her now? Why but work. To toil and bend over from the load she bore during the day at the office and at night to linger for more. Resting, eating, sleeping... these were all little things that mattered to her.
A 'workaholic' is what some would call her as her mind was solely focused on the very subject. Her body was programmed to work and through time and experience her fatigue became seemingly, to her, non-existant.
She had no friends, no one to live with and certainly no family or anyone good enough to call family. Although there was no joy in her life, Risa was content with living like this. After all, her trust in people had waned to close to nothing long ago.
Risa collapsed onto the little white lounge chair that sat in the middle of the area rug in her living room and swung her feet up to rest on the coffee table before her, knocking off her shoes as she did. With the cold beer in her grasp she sighed before slowly opening it and gulping the cool liquid down her throat. When she stopped gulping the can was a little below being half full.
Burping, Risa looked up at the ceiling as she sat in the dark, only the moonlight shining in from the balcony windows to provide her light. After a few moments she felt her eyelids giving in and with each flutter a memory appeared before her.
She remembered her family and how they had abandoned her, shooing her away from their residence as the 'unwanted child' of the family. Her eyelids fluttered again and she saw her friends give her their cold shoulders as they scoffed in disgust at her. Finally with the last flutter of her eyelids, she saw herself, her old self smiling happily in the sunlight.
"That was then. This is now."
And with that final thought she fell asleep, out cold and sprawled out over the white lounge chair she sat in. The can of beer she held had slipped from her fingers and had fell onto the carpet with a muffled 'thump!', letting the beverage seep through the carpet and onto the floor.
This was the life she lived. Alone and cold, with only the comfort of work to keep her company. Though she kept telling herself that she liked it this way, many times the loneliness she felt told her otherwise. Refusing to admit that feeling, she hardened her heart and became cold. As a result of her past experiences, Risa came to hate people: their fake smiles, their shallow words of reassurance, their empty promises.
Without anyone, how long could she keep going? With such a quiet and dull life how long would it be until it would be shaken up? With such a hateful and cold heart how long would it be until she comes to trust in people again?
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Many great nations throughout time have had their fair share of great rulers and their fair share of bad ones. This nation has had too much of it's unabled, selfish rulers in power for too long. The Kamezawa family, passing the crown from generation to generation without falter, has had both a corrupt and non-progressive rule which lasted for fifty years. With the nation under the current rule of Kamezawa Erina, a fifth generation Kamezawa royalty, the corruption within the country has reached it's peak.
Now, with just one deadly stab in the stomach and another one soon to be dealt in the same spot, the Kamezawa reign will be over and the nation's people relieved. The people will be free from the chains of corruption.
"I wish I could say I was sorry to do this Empress Erina, but... I'm... glad." The man named Juno, part of one of the rebel groups against the Kamezawa rule, smirked slyly as he slowly tried to drive the blade deeper.
"Stabbing me in my sleep... h-how, c-clever." Erina winced while she smiled. She expected someone to come for her at some point, but surprisingly did nothing about it. "Be, g-glad," She gasped for air quickly and began to cough in between words, "You've only captured this one victory."
The blood escaped from her mouth and ran down her chin to her chest.
His attention clearly captured, Juno paused and loosened his grip on the blade he held. He gulped and thought about what Erina said and short after laughed through his nose at the statement. He resumed his strong hold on the blade and plucked it out, ready to slit her throat. "Die. Just die."
"Y-you, rebels... have you only planned to kill only me?" Erina tilted her head up when the blade approached her neck. "Just kill us all!"
Juno scoffed, "Why, why do you sound as if you're betraying your own? You wanted all this to happen! All this shit. You Kamezawas... you never once cared for us. Selfish bastards." He flipped Erina around to face him and quickly held her by the throat, his knife ready to shed blood. His breath quickened and rage filled him and into his hands causing his grip to tighten with each second he looked at Erina, the sight of her agitating him.
"Do it." Erina laughed hysterically, almost mocking Juno for not having enough guts to kill her right then and there. "I made a stupid decision, or rather I didn't do anythi..." She paused to inhale quickly and hold her wound, "No, I d-didn't decide... a-at all."
Erina's coughing worsened into a painful gag. Holding the place where the blade had hit, she fell to her knees with a painful smile, quietly looking at the ground in wait for her death. She felt something on her head, cold and much rounder and thicker than the blade. When she tilted her head up, there it was--a gun. Juno had taken out the black firearm from where it was holstered in the back of his pants and pointed it at her head, his hands shaking in excitement.
Bang.
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The feeling of floating. Nothing beneath you, above or around you. You could move your hands and feet in any way you like and touch nothing and annoy no one. Nothingness. There was no gravity here, no sound or light either. Everything seemed to be far off from this place wherever it was.
Erina slowly opened her eyes as she regained consciousness, gradually becoming shocked with how she could still be alive. She wasn't greeted by light, but by darkness, crisp and as solid as ever. Instantly fear struck her when she noticed where she was and it mixed in with her confusion.
"W-Where am I? How am I still alive?!" Erina's voice shivered with fear while she wriggled in the emptiness searching for comfortable ground.
Suddenly, a light appeared before her in the form of a sphere. It circled around her and stopped when it was behind Erina.
"Kamezawa Erina."
Startled, Erina shrugged her shoulders and quickly turned around. The sphere of light approached her and she held it in her hand, letting it float on top of it. It continued to speak.
"Because of your irresponsibility and disregard for making decisions, many lives have been wastefully ruined and taken."
"I'm sorry-"
"You didn't want to rule when it was your time, yet you forced yourself to take up such a position without thinking of the responsibilities you would take on. You let others who only wanted this power to rob the country of its riches and greatness and use it for themselves, make your decisions for you." The sphere circled around Erina continuously yet slowly enough for her to follow along. Occasionally it would jump over her head to make sure she was paying attention.
Scenes of Erina's memories during her rule flashed before her. People dying, revolts taking place near centers of government meetings, military patrolling streets. The guilt that had always been within her came back even after she died.
"You Kamezawa Erina, are despicable. Everything, you saw the very structure of the nation's society and economy crumble before you because of your irresponsibility yet you did nothing. Felt guilt yet not felt as much as compassion to be moved to help the people? And for that you're-"
"Going to hell? Purgatory? Whatever it is I'll take it."
"Watch what you say." The sphere moved another round around Erina's head before continuing. "Another chance. You have been given another chance to live."
"What." Pausing, she tried to grab the concept of another life. She didn't know how she came to live again or how she got to this place, now she's been given another chance to live? This was all too ridiculous sounding. "A-Ah, please don't play jokes like that. Really where do I go now?"
"Your awareness of your actions and built up guilt has given you this one last chance to another life. Still, there are conditions."
Erina didn't say anything or understand anything, but listened intently to what was being said to her.
"When you depart from here you will wake up in the past. In order to gain this chance you must change one single person completely for the better. If you complete this one simple task under the conditions provided later on, than you will gain another chance to live. You have two selections to chose another life from if completed: the place you will be sent to now, or you may redo your reign."
"Another chance...?"
"Complete this mission successfully Erina. It's your last and final chance. Now go."
"W-wait! I still... have more... ques...tiahh.."
And off she went. To another deep sleep and a new tomorrow.
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Pig woman seems like an intresting story cant wait for more of this :twothumbs
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^Thanks for commenting :)
Here's part one! Hope y'all enjoy it :P
Pig-Woman and Ms.Despair
Part 1: Into A New World
The laboratory was filled with a dozen of busy scientists at their workstations. Though they were busy they were quiet and carried out their business in an orderly manner. Accuracy and precision was crucial in this field, any unneeded interruption would cause a huge hindrance, especially if anything were to become missing.
Groaning, Erina woke up with her eyes flapping wide open. She gasped when she gained consciousness, breath suddenly filled her lungs, giving her life. She was alive, blood flowing through her veins and lungs working. What happened before definitely wasn’t a dream.
Erina lifted her hands up and moved them around a bit, her eyes adjusting to the light in the brightly lit room she was kept in. She noticed that there were wires connected to her chest and parts of her leg, and quickly pulled on them to take them off. Sitting up, she looked around at where she was. All the medical-looking equipment around her indicated that she was now in the past, as most of the equipment there seemed incredibly outdated and obsolete.
The former empress jumped off the gurney she sat on and noticed that the door was open. She walked out without a care in the world and began walking down the empty dimly lit hallway, scratching the back of her head. Before she could turn on the first left which led to another hallway, one of the scientists in the facility appeared and pulled Erina back.
“Where do you think you’re going!” The scientist, looked young, at least thirty. He lifted up his glasses with his index finger and looked up at Erina with anger. He took out what seemed to be a radio communication device and began contacting nearby security guards. “We have a case here, section D-21.”
Before Erina could speak, she heard footsteps coming nearer and nearer to where she was with incredible speed. The guards roughly grabbed her arms and pushed her along back into the little room where she was kept. As her mind was still hazy Erina couldn't think straight. It took a while before she could rearrange all the years of self defence she learned back at the palace and effectively use it against a measly three people.
She had been kept here for a few weeks after she was reported to have been seen floating down from the sky, a strange light emitting from the clouds. The few people that saw her thought that she was an UFO, sent down from a ship high above the clouds. In order to conceal the discovery from the people and avoid havoc, the government hid her in one of their labs where they could do further study on her.
Forcing herself not to be sleepy at this time, Erina stretched her neck. She stopped moving and closed her eyes, inhaling air until her lungs were full. Both the guards looked at each other in curiosity while the scientist kept walking ahead. As soon as she let the air out, she opened her eyes and in one swift movement she... ran for her life. Erina couldn’t remember a single thing about self defence at all.
“HEY!” The guard hollered after her and attempted to run after Erina but quickly lost her when Erina took too many turns for him to see. He stood there in disbelief.
She made many lefts and rights until she finally saw a red sign that said exit. Erina pushed her legs to run as fast as they could and before the two guards on the other side of the exit could notice, she had escaped and made another turn around the corner. Thankfully, the gates to the laboratories had opened as a vehicle was gaining entry. While the guards at the gates were busy asking questions, Erina took out one guard without being seen, kicking him in the crotch and taking his handgun. Backing away slowly she did many small bows in apology while the guard held his pride hunched over. She ran into the forest in front of the labs, where she would disappear from search parties.
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After running through the forest Erina ended up on a highway. She climbed over the small metal borders that separated the wilderness and the road and noticed a nearby bicycle rider making their way. She lifted up the handgun she had lifted from the guard earlier and pointed it at the rider. Erina put on a menacing face to take away an misconceptions from how frail and cute she seemed. Moving her head to the side, she motioned for him to get off his bike and once he did, she slowly made her way onto the bicycle still pointing the gun at him.
“How far till the nearest town?” Erina said in a low voice.
“City’s about 15 minutes on bike.” The boy kept a stern face and hid his fear. Watching Erina peddle away, he dropped his shoulders and sighed. “Now what...”
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Up the hill, Erina could see the buildings emerge as she came closer. Driver’s honked their horns in traffic and masses of people crossed the street. Erina sighed in relief at seeing that she was now far away from the labs and was safe. She rode to a sidewalk, got off her bike and leaned it against a nearby lamp post. Walking seemed more refreshing.
“The roads seem familiar.” Erina scanned the place quickly. “I’m still in the same place, aren’t I? Same country right?”
“Disgusting. Her face... ugh.” A couple of high school girls that were standing near Erina talked among themselves.
Erina’s ear twitched at the comment and suddenly she felt her heart sink. Why were people saying such mean things? Turning her attention to the three girls that gathered around her, she began to wonder why they gave her such displeasing looks. Closer and closer they caved in on her, trying to observe her face causing Erina to become frightened and fall back on her bottom.
“See look? Isn’t it just gross?” Erina watched as one of the girls touched her face. She felt a finger on her cheek yes, but for some reason the feeling didn’t have any sensation to it. It felt like the girl’s finger was touching something on top of her skin. “Ew, it feels so rough
“Somethings wrong. My skin isn’t rough, at least not enough for anyone to call it ‘disgusting’.” Erina thought, her eyebrows furrowing. She still sat on the cement, the curiosity keeping her from getting up just yet.
Many people began to gather around her. They exchanged whispers and looks of disgust with one another as they pointed fingers at Erina, more specifically her face. Awoken from thought, she scrambled on the cement, hitting her head on someones leg. “S-stop! Get away!” Erina folded her legs up and hid her head between them, wrapping her arms around her head for protection. She was curled up, her head completely engulfed into the little shell she created.
Seeing as how Erina was aware of their staring and was now annoyed, the crowd slightly backed away enough for her to try and stand up. Sensing that the crowd had moved from her a bit, Erina lifted her head up, firstly seeing a bicycle in front of her with its rider still on top of it, interested in what was happening. In the rim of the bike, right in the center of the wheel she saw her reflection.
“No...” Dropping to her knees, Erina crawled closer to the bike while touching her face with trembling fingers. “This can’t...no!” She shook her head from side to side in doubt as she saw her completely scarred face being reflected on the rims. The bumps, the rough texture of the skin, the look of the scars on her face. No wonder she couldn’t feel anything. She didn’t even look like herself. It was enough for her to wish to be dead instead. Completely devastated, Erina sobbed bitterly and bent over to cover her face.
“Why is everyone being so mean to her?” One girl, coming from a nearby concert pushed through the crowd to see what the commotion was about with her friend. Hearing the comment, Erina turned her attention to the girl, lowering her hands from her face. The girl jumped in sight of Erina’s face, dropping the mask she held from the concert onto the floor.
Immediately Erina grabbed the pink colored pig mask and put it on her face, pulling a few hairs as she put the elastic band over her head. Anything would do, as long as it covered her face for a potentially long time. She pulled herself up with one leg and immediately began to frantically run to somewhere dark and sheltered, somewhere where she could be alone for a while.
Her beauty was one of her family line’s few good assets that distinguished them from the rest of the royal families. It gave them the charisma they needed to fool the people and keep their rule. Her whole life, Erina only liked one part of herself and it was her beauty. She believed it to be the only beautiful part of her. Shortly after she began to rule, beauty from the inside was something she definitely thought she didn’t possess.
The sun came down now and many people began rushing home. Stopping at an alleyway, Erina sat down on a pile of boxes that were laying beside a couple of trashcans and sulked in her misfortunes.
“Is this the price, the ‘condition’ that voice was talking about?” Slowly, she went under her mask and felt at her scarred face, her fingers jumping from one point to the next. “It feels so gross...” Erina retracted her fingers quickly. “It serves me right for what I did... but, but why??” She threw her arms in front of her in annoyance and kicked the air with her foot. One look at her face from the rim of that bike was enough for Erina. She didn’t want to look at her face again, at least not now. The thought of enduring having such a face for an unpredicted amount of time, pained her plenty. Sure she had a lot to get used to in this time period, but this face was definitely the biggest obstacle she thought she had to overcome.
“The mission,” Erina remembered the condition to another life. “Who? What person? Easy task? This isn’t easy! Who do I change? Is there a sign?” Erina said, as she resumed kicking the air while she ruffled her hair in confusion.
Thud!
“Ack! Ouch...” Realizing she tripped someone, she looked up and stopped what she was doing. A girl, about the same age as her with short brown hair, was on the ground massaging the back of her head in pain.
“Sorry. Please forgive me.” She got up and offered a hand to the stranger, but instead her generosity was rejected by a slap at the hand. Today held many firsts for Erina. As a royalty no one was allowed to get near her within four feet, yet today her personal space had been invaded many times and now she was getting a slap on the hand? Erina didn’t get angry at the slap, but simply massaged her hand.
“No thanks.” The girl looked up at Erina with her eyes, angry. “Weirdo.” She got up, dusted herself off and picked up her purse on the ground. “Watch where you’re going. Please.” With one last look at Erina, she scoffed and pulled up her purse to her shoulders.
Feeling guilty for what happened, Erina fidgeted with her hands and tried to think of a way to make it up to the girl. Unable to think of anything, she spoke up as the girl walked away. “Is there some way I can show how sorry I am!”
The girl didn’t answer but kept on walking, her heels clicking and clacking on the stoned floor. Now determined to try and make it up to the girl Erina ran after her with incredible speed, soon enough coming to be in front of the girl. Erina held up her hands in a stopping motion.
“Please! Let me make it up to you!” And with that, Erina felt a hard substance hit her on the side of the face. Thankfully her cheek was protected by the hard plastic pig mask yet her unshielded head throbbed with increasing pain. The girl hit her with her purse. “Ouch! What the...? What do you have in there?!” Erina said while she rubbed her head in pain.
“Leave me alone. You must be one of those weird female perverts aren’t you? Rare for me to encounter one. What, wanna sneak a look at my panties or something? Too bad for you I’m wearing safety shorts. Pervert.” The girl gave a surprisingly calm look even after the smack she had given Erina. Acting like it never happened, she went back to making her way to her apartment.
“I’m not a pervert!” Erina crossed her arms and stomped her foot on the ground in defence. Now even more determined than the previous time, again she ran after her.
“Then why do you wear a pig mask... go away.” The girl looked behind to check if Erina had stopped following her. Erina was running after her at full force, muscles pumping and her chest clearly moving up and down from inhaling and exhaling. “F-freak! Get away!” The girl`s eyes grew larger in surprise and she frantically began to run away. Her eyes started to water from the sudden adrenaline rush.
After only a few seconds of running, the girl’s legs began to give in and she could not run any more. Soon enough her heels could not handle the strain as well, breaking off from the shoe and causing her to fully collapse on the ground and trip onto her face.
“Miss, are you alright?” Erina asked. Another hit in the mask, this time with a broken off heel from a shoe.
The girl began to speak, her voice filled with a rage that tried to restrain itself from exploding by keeping itself within her throat, turning into a low growl. “I’ll tell you my name okay? and then you can...”
“I can...?” Erina knelt down and moved her face closer to the girl’s, a bit too close for comfort.
“Get. away. from. ME.” The brown-haired girl’s voice shook with the last word and she cleared her throat. “Niigaki Risa. Alright? If you can find someway to thank me do it. Not now, not tonight, not today but some other time okay?” Risa said the last word sounding sarcastically nicer than the whole sentence. She pulled her blouse down as she sighed and fixed her hair. “As if you’ll ever find me.” Risa thought.
“And I’m Kamezawa Erina! Nice to meet you.” Erina nodded with a wide grin under her mask and bowed quickly.
Risa sighed in annoyance and did not reply to Erina’s short introduction. Feeling the harshness coming from Risa, Erina kept her mouth shut and helped Risa up. She tried to help Risa dust herself off, but the harsh glare given to her stopped her from doing anything else. If she wasn’t careful, her chance at another life might have been forfeited.
“Alright then. Bye.” Waving, Erina watched Risa walk to her destination bare foot. Now that only she remained in the alley, a feeling of loneliness began to creep up on her along with fear. She didn’t know where she was and other than that she was a fugitive. It wasn’t safe for her to be alone like this without a hideout. “Niigaki-san wait up!”
Without hesitation, Risa ran as best she could bare foot, eager to get away from Erina however that may be. “Buta-Kame, leave me alone!” Risa yelled, running down the street trying to lose Erina. “Mou, iyada...”
“Pig-turtle?” Erina shortly thought about the quickly made up nickname while she ran. “Wait, whats that supposed to mean? Hey!”
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What the-? I didn't comment on the prologue? Okay, it's definitely an interesting premise, I'm a sucker for AU's, especially and altered reality inside an altered reality XD
Oh, so Erina must help someone with her face looking like that? I guess it would be too easy if she looked pleasant. I really want to read more!
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Hmm so Erina is all ugly now because of what she did in her old life?
seems like Risa is the same as what Erina was in her old life.
you've got me wondering what all the conditons are though, cant wait to read more!
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Thanks guys for the comments, it's greatly appreciated :twothumbs:
lol, Now for part 2~ YAY! :D
Pig-Woman and Ms.Despair
Part 2: Slow Recovery?
Risa dug into her pockets of jacket for her keys to her apartment unit, took the silver piece of metal out and hurriedly shoved it into the keyhole. She got in, opened the lights and closed the door, leaning on it and then sliding down to sit on her bottom. Sighing, she looked up at the textured ceiling and closed her eyes, exhausted.
“Finally.” Risa ruffled up her hair a bit and stood up. “Lost her.”
She went over to the kitchen and opened the fridge, searching for a can of beer she could drink. Luckily, there was one last can for her to drink the stress of the day away. She pulled on the tab of the can, opened it and pressed the tab down again. Before bringing it to her lips, she suddenly remembered Erina and became annoyed.
“Creep.” She drank in the alcohol beverage, almost finishing the whole thing in one continuous gulp. When she wiped her lips, unexpectedly she began to laugh, teeth exposed and eyes smiling. It’s been a while since she felt a warm happiness like this and smile at the same time. All this time by herself, something like the wild goose chase that happened today had never happened. Risa began to feel nostalgic, as if she was in high school again. As she laughed, the image of Erina running after her popped into her mind and immediately she stopped and cleared her throat. “Creep.”
Though Erina was strange, wearing a pig mask and a white hospital-type gown, she gave off a warm aura. Through the mask and white gown, Risa could easily see that on their first meeting, yet she forced herself to think otherwise. People like that shouldn’t be trusted and even if they seemed friendly they could turn around any time. Risa knew that more than anyone.
Shaking her head to clear her mind, Risa went over to her white lounge chair which she frequently fell asleep on. Shortly after sitting on it and laying her head back on the seat for a short rest, she feel asleep.
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Hunching over the white lounge chair, a girl wearing a pig mask, Erina, closely watched Risa sleep peacefully. Becoming bored, Erina’s expression changed from one of interest to neutrality and she laid her face on top of Risa’s.
“Niigak-san, wake up.” Erina moved her face and hips from side to side, the lips of her mask giving Risa’s forehead many tiny smooches.
Grunting, Risa slowly woke up. Shocked she pushed Erina away from her and picked up a nearby broom for defence. “Buta-Kame!” She tightened her grip on the broom and began to smack Erina in the hips. “GET OUT! You freak! Stalker! Creeper!”
“S-stop! That hurts!” Erina jumped trying to avoid Risa’s smacks in the butt. “Wait! I have something to say!”
“What?” Risa stopped and listened to what Erina had to say before she would kick her out, her defences up and ready to be used. She closely scanned the pig mask Erina was wearing for the first time, and cringed. The mask smiled all the time, looking hungry, and it’s eyes had the same empty eyes of “chiyo chichi”. The two red ovals on each side of the cheek illustrated that the pig was blushing and did not help in making it seem cute at all. Instead of making Erina seem friendly like she was, it made her seem to be dangerous and eerie. “Well what? Are you gonna say anything before your next whooping?”
Erina fidgeted with her fingers and tried acting cute. Risa tried to contain her laughter, her chest shaking and lips quivering from the pressure. With the pig mask on, the cute act had no affect on Risa, well at least the desired affect.
“Can I stay here?” Erina said, her hands clasped together. Immediately, Risa stopped laughing and reverted back to the serious expression she always had on.
“...”
“...Plea-”
“Get out.” Risa pointed at the door with the broom and entrusted that Erina would make her way out. Erina sulked her shoulders and turned around in disappointment. She opened the door to leave and Risa spoke up. “How’d you get in here anyway?”
“Lock your door before drinking beer and falling asleep.”
“Ahh...” Risa began to nod, but when she noticed something wrong with the statement she stopped. “You were watching me?!” She picked up her broom again and threw it at Erina but missed since the target had quickly made an escape.
After closing the door, Erina leaned on it from the outside. “Niigaki-san I’ll do anything. I have no where to stay.” There was no response from the other girl. Erina continued, “I just need to stay for a few days. It won’t be long!” The door opened suddenly and Erina jumped out of the way. From the little opening, Risa poked her small head out of the door.
“You’ll do anything?” Risa asked, her left eyebrow perking up with interest. Erina nodded with her hands by her sides. “Then, show me your real face.”
“I-I can’t do that.” Erina gulped. Even though the pig mask was embarrassing to wear, her scarred face would be even more painful for her to show, let alone walk around in.
“Then I can’t let you stay.” Risa began to close the door, but just until she could fully close it Erina stuck her foot between the door and wall.
“PLEASE! I have no where to go, I don’t know this place. I’m all alone, help meeee.” Erina tugged on Risa’s arm. She desperately needed to find a place to say if she wanted to lay low. Since using her cute face to get a place to stay was out of the question, pure begging would have to do.
“All alone?” Instantly many of Risa’s memories of her youth came back to her. She looked at Erina and saw that she began to bend down to a kneel. Risa’s eyes widened.
I don’t know you any more Risa. Leave.
Who said we were friends?
Risa, goodbye.
Looking at Erina, Risa saw her younger self in the same position, kneeling down and begging for a place to stay, yet no one would give her one. What was she doing? Isn’t it the very thing she hated? Treating others with no compassion or consideration. “Buta-Kame get up.” Risa felt guilty. She could see that Erina wasn’t that bad of a person, yet she treated her so badly the first time they met. “You can stay.”
“Really!?” Erina got up happy and jumped on Risa, giving her one giant hug. “Thank you! thank you! thank you!”
Risa blushed. It’s been a while since she received a hug and getting one so suddenly like this was unexpected. It felt warm and unconsciously she wanted to retain the warm sensation, her hands rising up on their own to wrap around Erina’s back. When Erina suddenly stopped to look at Risa in the eyes, Risa hurriedly put her hands at her sides and looked away from Erina embarrassed.
“Oh?” Erina tilted her head to the side. “You wanted more?” She stepped back and held her arms out for Risa. “Come here!” Behind her mask Erina grinned.
Risa was surprised at Erina and became embarrassed. Now, her cheeks were redder than ever. “Come on, lets go in.” Rejecting Erina’s hug offer, Risa turned around with a confused Erina following closely behind.
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Once they got in, Risa immediately went over to her lounge chair to rest her head. Getting up so suddenly like that gave her a headache. Every week she would work to her capacity at the office like doing paperwork, doing simple tasks for the head supervisor and inputting entries into the computer. Sometimes she would even work late beyond her assigned shift. During the weekends or any day off she had, she would just doze off until the late afternoon.
Erina got in and made herself comfortable on the floor as the only sofa in Risa’s cramped living room was the lounge chair, currently occupied Risa. Looking at Risa and seeing that she was close to falling asleep again, she became annoyed and behind her mask she gave a frown to Risa.
“What?” Risa, with her head laid back on the sofa, spoke with her eyes closed. “Don’t frown. Whats the matter?”
Surprised at how Risa could sense her expression, Erina stuttered before answering. “It’s just that... is this all you do?”
“Give me a minute. I need to talk to you.” Risa sighed and massaged her eyebrows. Forcing her eyes open, she stretched and lifted her head off the chair lifelessly. “My rules are pretty simple...” Risa stopped for a moment as Erina nearly lifted her mask to wipe sweat off her cheek, nearly revealing her face. She then continued with the same serious, yet sleepy expression. “First: Go in my room without permission, I kick you out. You sleep here. Secondly, since you’re here you have to follow what I tell you. Got it?”
Risa didn’t exactly trust Erina yet but seeing as the girl was genuinely needing help, her guard against the pig-masked woman softened though not entirely disappearing. To Risa offering Erina a place to stay was an act of compassion. She had no plans to make friends but she did admit that communication with the girl was inevitable. Erina nodded reluctantly and pursed her lips, sucking in air. The rules to her seemed a bit ridiculous and hard to keep.
Risa smiled sweetly seeing that Erina had agreed and ruffled up the girl’s hair with her right hand. During that moment, Erina’s heart stopped in awe of Risa’s beauty. When the girl smiled, it seemed as if her mouth was too small to retain it. It was bright, her eyes smiling along with her mouth. Through the tinted plastic eyes of the pig mask, Erina stared blankly into space, the effect of the smile still upon her.
Erina stared at Risa sleeping soundly on the lounge chair, her heart beating faster. Somehow, staring at the girl sleep Erina knew that Risa was the person, her “mission” but other than that she began to feel something different towards Risa, an emotion she rarely felt.
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Risa sat quietly on the floor in her living room painting her finger nails. It’s been a while since she had free time and now that Erina was there, using that free time for sleep was out of the question. Painting her nails and decorating them had been a past time of hers, but lately she had been too tired to carry on with it.
“AHAHAHA!!” Erina kicked her legs and fell backwards on the floor in laughter totally engaged into the variety program being shown. The former empress’ loud and sudden outburst startled Risa, causing her to almost spill her bottle of red nail polish she had on the small coffee table. Risa glared at the back of Erina’s head and rolled her eyes.
Erina had stayed at Risa’s cramped apartment for a almost two weeks now and has stayed put, not going anywhere. With no where to go and nothing to do, Erina lived off of Risa, eating her food, watching her tv and making tiny messes in the places she would be in. Although it annoyed Risa, for now she dismissed Erina’s laziness since she had just arrived. After spending time with the girl, Risa's harsh attitude towards Erina lessened greatly, yet she still kept her distance. Erina just had that charisma that made it impossible for others to dislike her, even a cold-hearted person like Risa.
“Hey you.” Risa said, still focusing on her finger nails. “I was just wondering, where do you come from? You don’t seem from around here.”
Erina turned her head to look at Risa. “I live around the area...?”
“Really? Where do you live then? Won’t anyone be wondering where you are?” Risa dipped the brush into the bottle again before applying it to her other index finger.
“Auntie and the rest of them are probably glad I'm dead. Now they can have the kingdom to themselves... Uhh, some stuff, happened... I-it’s complicated. I don’t know if you'll understand.”
Risa stopped and frowned. “Really?” She sighed and shrugged her shoulders. “I won’t force you to tell me but... you’re not some sort of criminal right? I mean that pig mask kind of makes you seem like a serial killer or rapist...”
Erina’s eyes widened and she waved her hands in front of her in denial. “I’m not! Something happened so I have to wear this.”
Still focused on her nails, Risa continued to paint them. “You sure you’re not just extremely hideous or something?”
Taking a nearby green bean pillow, Erina picked it up and threw it in Risa’s direction, the pilow hitting her on the head and dropping to the ground. “Go get me some orange juice.”
“Sure.” Risa got up massaging her head, hiding her anger behind her smile.
“Yeah, hurry up. Make sure it's 100% kay'?” Erina faced forward towards the television and resumed watching the program. In a few moments, Risa came back with Erina’s orange juice.
Squatting down behind Erina, Risa laid her head on her shoulder. “Buta-kame...” Only during these times would she use the nickname for Erina. Risa smiled, her anger waiting to be released. “Would you like ice with your orange juice?” Risa put the glass on top of the coffee table.
“You idiot, of course- UWAH!” Erina jumped backwards as she felt four cold ice cubes slide down her back. She jumped backwards, pushing Risa back in the process, and fell in between Risa’s legs, squirming around in freight. “COOOOLD! Ahahahaha!! COLD!!!” Erina flipped around to be on top of Risa, giggling, and reached under the back of her shirt to remove the remaining ice cubes. “Mou, Niigaki-san that was really...”
Covering her eyes with her palms, Risa tried hard not to laugh, a smirk slowly growing into a grin. Finally she couldn’t take it any more and burst out laughing, harder than she had in a while and covered her eyes with her arm. Erina’s eyes widened. It’s been the first time she saw Risa laugh and knowing that the girl laughed because of her, she blushed. Her smile was really dazzling.
The both of them laid on the carpet, Erina hovering above Risa, smiling along with the girl as she laughed to her heart’s content. Being in this position and seeing Risa smile so happily, Erina’s heart beat faster and she had the urge to hug her.
“Niigaki-san...” Erina said while Risa’s laughing slowed. “Do you not hate me anymore?” she paused, "...do you consider me a friend now?"
Risa stopped laughing and her smile dropped to a frown. Her arm covered her eyes, hiding away any emotion she seemed to have. “Depends.” She sat up, making Eri do the same, and looked away from Erina with sad eyes. “Can I trust you?”
Erina gulped. “I’m irresponsible and can be selfish but...” She looked at Risa in the eyes. “If it’s Gaki-san, I’ll try my best so that you can trust me.”
Risa smiled with her eyelids low. “Really?” said Risa, chuckling. She glanced at Erina who was still looking down at her lap and stretched. “Uwah~! That sounded like some lame confession. Hahaha.”
Immediately, Erina held her breath and blushed. “Niigaki-san..."
Getting up, Risa smiled faintly and patted Erina on the head. “Shut up and drink your orange juice.” She made her way to her room, slid the door closed slowly and leaned against it. “‘friends’? Sometimes I feel as if... I want more than that.” Sighing she went over to sit on her bed and once she sat down her eyes wandered on the floor. “What are you doing Risa... "
Risa rested her elbows on her thighs and held her head with both hands in frustration. "You’ll just get hurt again. Have you already forgotten about her?”
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Two women in black suits sat in a car. One by the name of Tanaka, sat down polishing her sun glasses with the end of her white blouse and waited patiently for her partner to start the car.
They had both been assigned to a new mission to retrieve government property required for scientific research. A few days ago an experiment had escaped from one of their labs, identified as a UFO by the government. With the mission being identified as ‘top priority’, the two agents have been given authority to kill on sight without warning whoever has attempted to conceal the experiment. Now that they have attained enough information as to where the experiment (identified as KE1) may be, the two were off to do some snooping.
“Sayu what are you doing...” Tanaka turned around after putting on her glasses to see what her partner Michishige was doing. Once she saw that her partner was again wasting time by looking at herself in the mirror, she slammed the mirror compartment shut.
Pouting, Michishige muttered swear words under her breath. She started the engine and began making their way out of the parking lot they were in. “Alright, Where to?”
“Surveillance first. Suspect one, Niigaki Risa.” Tanaka said reading off the file she had. “At this time, she would be at work yes?”
“Why don’t we just search her apartment?”
“Shut up, I say surveillance.” Tanaka laid back on her seat. “Besides we don’t even know if she has KE1 or not.”
Michishige sighed and rolled her eyes assuming her partner wasn’t looking in her direction. Tanaka was her senior and had been in the agency a few months longer than Michishige. In situations like these where Tanaka’s decisions were not the right course of action, all she could do was sigh and follow her partner’s orders. If they let KE1 get away the loss would be pinned on Tanaka rather than her anyway.
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Whew~ ended up being shorter than I expected :P Gaki-san POV next!
Oh btw if you guys don't know who Chiyo-Chichi is = (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090510175607/uncyclopedia/images/0/0b/Chiyo_chichi.gif). (I wub it :heart: o.o)
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When I first clicked on the thread link, I scrolled all the way down to the bottom, only to be greeted by that pic of Chiyo Chichi. I think you would have laughed at the sound of surprise I made XD
Moving on to the actual comment, I can't believe Risa let 'Erina' stay, what was so bad in her past that it would have that kind of effect? Ai? Is Ai the her? No, no wait! Don't tell me! Just post the next part and show me! :grin:
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Normally I can't stand GakiKame fics (unless it's well written) but I actually find them cute here :nervous Will you tell us more about Risa's past? And will Risa see Erina's face
Oh the suspense :panic:
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@rndmnwierd: rofl, chiyo chichi's ninja like that xD Actually, now I'm wondering what kind of sound you made lol.
@badsaints: You found them cute here? lol thanks. tbh, I don't like GakiKame all that much either, but I was in the mood to write it so I did and when I get into something I really get into it.
Here's part 2.5! Most of it is in Risa's POV ^_^
Buta Onna to Zetsubou-san
Part 2.5: Through my heart I see you.
Many events that happened the past two days, especially those involving Erina, made Risa feel nostalgic bringing back good and bad memories. After years of burying her past deep within her heart, she became bitter. Trying to forget what happened was difficult, painful and just when she thought she forgot it, it all came back to her. Risa sat on her bed and then after a few moments collapsed backwards onto it, looking at the ceiling deep in thought. Again her memories played before her one flashing quickly after another. Risa forced her eyelids shut and let the overwhelming want for sleep take over her. In a few moments she went to sleep, but even in her sleep her memories would not stop bothering her.
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I stood at the front of the rear hospital exit and watched as they carried Eri off into the hospital. I remained silent and quietly stared at the ground, my eyes filled with a mix of sadness and frustration. Slowly my heart began to beat faster and I clenched my fists into balls, concentrating my feelings into my hands. I wanted to cry, yet no tears came out. I wanted to shout yet no sound would come out and my throat would only warm from the desire.
The driver of the ambulance ushered me to a safer spot so that the incoming cars wouldn’t hit me. I shuffled over to the side and sat on the cement, holding my head. The driver didn’t bother me about how I shouldn’t sit on the ground.
...How could I be so stupid? I should have taken more notice of the signs. She was weak... always weak. Her skin was pale, she was extremely skinny and sometimes she had random nose bleeds. It seemed as if she forced herself to go to school and most of the time she only came for half the day if she could endure it till that far. I feel as if this is partially my fault.
I got up, my hands still in balls and made my way to the reception desk inside the hospital where I would ask for where Eri was being kept. As I walked, my heart burned as I neared the entrance and eventually my eyes filled and tears rolled down my cheeks.
A week ago, I confessed my love to Eri. It took me a lot of guts to do that. I didn’t know how she would react or if she would accept me and get past the sisterly image she had of me. All that worrying yet in the end she felt the same. We only got together yet this is what happens.
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Leukemia. That’s what Eri’s father said through a shaky voice after talking with the doctor, his arm wrapped around his misses’ shoulder as she hid her sobbing face.
My eyes widened in shock. “L-leukemia?” My mind was blank as I tried to swallow the word. Leukemia, isn’t that... cancer? “Cancer...” The word echoed in my mind and without warning my eyes began to release tears. Eri never liked going to the doctor. She’s always been stubborn and never paid attention to herself. All that time she desperately needed to be diagnosed, she never bothered to get a check up? I laughed sarcastically under my little sobs.
“Whats the point of a diagnose if she’ll just end up dying”? I said a little bit above a whisper.
Instantly I let out a yelp and forced my eyes closed, while my tears rushed down my cheeks even harder. The word felt as if it had given me a punch in the chest, shoving reality in front of my face.
I began to feel frustrated and got up with a stomp. I wiped my face and hurriedly paced over to the room Eri was being held, leaving Eri's parents by themselves. I opened the door and sat down on a chair that was beside Eri’s bed. I looked at her pale face and tried not to cry, and then held her scrawny hand in mine, putting it to my forehead. I squeezed it tightly.
For as long as I need to, this is where I’ll be.
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For three days I haven’t been home and didn’t bother to give my mother a single phone call. Contacting her hasn’t even entered my thoughts during those three days. Now that Eri is having a surgery, I was told to go home and only then did I remember my mom. Great, I wonder how she will react to this.
I greeted the guards behind the black metal gates and they greeted me likewise with a polite bow. Each of them grabbed a handle on the gates and pulled them open, the metal screeching as they moved. I walked up the pathway and greeted our gardener who was trimming the bushes. She returned my greetings by taking off her straw hat and bowing.
Bringing my hand up to the doorbell, my finger hesitated to press the button. Sighing, I quickly pressed the doorbell and closed my eyes in preparation for the worst. The door opened and to my surprise, one of our maids greeted me with a bow. I expected my mother. After she was done, I made my way in and tried to make sure that I could make it upstairs to my room without my mother noticing me.
“Ma’am, the young lady has arrived.” Never was I more angry at Maya our maid.
“Risa.” My mother emerged from the living room and walked up to me, her arms folded and her face having that analytic expression she always had. Looking down on me, that’s how it always is. She circled around me, her eyes moving up and down as she scanned my appearance before speaking up with that snooty voice of hers. “And where have you been?”
I frowned at Maya and gave her a glare before answering. “I was...” I gulped and glanced up at my mother who towered over me. “I was with Eri.”
My mother turned her back towards me and massaged her eyebrows, sighing, and remained there for a moment tapping her feet. She didn’t approve of me and Eri’s relationship and multiple times has she told, no demanded me, to stop seeing her. She gave me the lecture that if people found out about our relationship it would look bad for our family name. To me it only seemed like a lame excuse to cover up how much she hated people like us. After what seemed like forever, she moved towards me with one of those fake smiles she had whenever she was displeased and tilted my chin up with her finger. Her sharp nails felt cold while it poked my skin.
“Risa...” She looked me in the eyes and smiled. Lifting up her hand slowly, she then slapped me in the face. Hard. I held my cheek, it stinging while blood rushed to return to the very spot. I looked at her nails that shined in the sunlight that came in from the windows. “Didn’t I tell you?” Mother squeezed my cheeks together with her hand and brought my face closer to hers. I could clearly hear her breath speeding up, it brushing against my cheeks. “It’s either this family or her, but obviously you’ve chosen that slime of a woman.” She released my face, throwing it backward.
“Mother, Eri’s sick. I can’t just leave her.” I touched my lip and saw that it bled. My eyes widened at the sight of blood on my finger.
“Do I look like I care?” She turned around again and walked away to the kitchen. "Go."
“Go?” I looked at her, puzzled and angry.
“Leave, of course.” She stopped, sighed and massaged her eyebrows. “I don't know you anymore Risa. Maya, can you take her away from my sight?” She shooed me away with her hand, telling Maya to take action. Maya grabbed my arm and led me out the doors while I resisted, pulling away in the opposite direction.
“M-mom, you have to be kidding!” I tried shaking my arm away from Maya. “You can’t kick me out like this!”
Her back was completely turned against me, straight and shoulders square--cold. Always turned away, never showing emotion or vulnerability. But what did I expect? For her to care? She didn’t show a shred of understanding with what was happening with Eri and she most certainly didn’t care for me enough to try and understand. She never loved me.
Once Maya had finally shoved me out the door, she closed the door quietly. I stood there, gritting my teeth and looking at the ground, my hand on the door. Rather than feeling sadness, I felt rage. I wanted to stomp right back in and give her a better slap, but even though I wanted to I couldn’t. I turned around kicking the door with the most force I could unleash and marched towards the gates, my hands forming balls.
Even though I knew she never loved me, why do I still feel hurt? Betrayed?
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It’s been a few weeks since Eri’s surgery. Summer vacation is over now so I went back to school, not that I wanted to though. She hasn't moved from her hospital bed once. Although I couldn't really take her anywhere, I felt happy just talking the hours away with her like that. Whenever I stopped and looked at her face tears started falling and whenever that happened Eri would wipe them away and smile sweetly at me, her little fangs showing and eyes glazed. She would turn away immediately after that, squeezing my hand gently in hers. I could tell she was crying, but she made no sound. She would turn around again after wiping away her tears, laughing like an idiot and then suddenly we'd laugh together, gazing into each others eyes.
It made me realize... I always want to be with her.
Well, since Eri’s condition is improving now, she told me to go to school but I wanted to stay. Only because she tried acting cute did she finally get me to leave. Now I’m here, walking under this line of green trees on my way to the hospital. As for after that, I don’t know where I’ll go.
Yesterday I snuck back into the mansion and packed away a few clothes and other things into the small backpack I had on my back. I had already tried to convince my mother that time into letting me back in but... she didn’t want any of it. The conversation only ended up with an even harder slap and a disinheritance. If I wasn’t so damn respectful I would’ve ripped her apart then. Family? It seems... I have none. Every time I remember my mom, I feel sad and angry... why is that? I shouldn't feel sad, should I?
What awaited me at school didn’t make me feel any better. I thought at least my friends would try and understand but they... they all left me as well. They were pretty direct with it too... Seems me and Eri’s relationship is too much of a shock for them as well, or maybe it was the fact that I wasn’t wealthy anymore did they leave me. The whole day I wanted to talk to them but they would huddle together into a big group and shuffle away from me. They would whisper amongst themselves and laugh and sometimes they would act as if I wasn't there. At the end of the day when I confronted them about it, they made it pretty clear they didn't want anything to do with me. Me, the girl in school with the most friends and looked up to by everyone, suddenly has no one, becoming the center of gossip.
Friends? It seems... I also, don’t have any of those.
I restrained myself from crying and bit my bottom lip. To cry because of those people, I didn't find it worth it. I felt sad, but the more I thought about them, my mother, 'friends', I became angrier. My sadness transformed into a budding hatred. The people that walked by simply stared at me and walked on past me. I stared at them in thought. People are so fake aren't they?
One after another, all this happened without stopping. All the people I thought I could trust, left me and none of them made the effort to show any compassion towards what was happening with Eri, and the only person I can really believe in is about to-
“Don’t say it.” I forced a smile on my face and patted my cheeks. “She’ll be fine.” I inhaled and then exhaled, my breath shaky. "Aren't I supposed to be 'happy girl'?" I chuckled.
I’d be lying if I said that I don’t care about my family or friends leaving me, that I’m not hurt that I thought they cared about me but if Eri can stay with me they wouldn’t matter anymore.
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The whole day Erina lay spread out over Risa’s area rug in the living room. Risa hadn’t been feeding her properly the past two days she stayed and now that she was completely bored out of her mind, the desire to touch Risa’s stuff began to increase with each second.
Getting up with a grunt, Erina looked around Risa’s apartment. Since Risa had fallen asleep in her room, suddenly the idea of touching her stuff didn’t seem so bad anymore. So up around the unit she went, opening cabinets and looking in closets. Risa kept the unit clean despite her work schedule. Everything was in place and organized, but there didn’t seem to be anything that caught Erina’s eye or make her want to pick it up and play with it.
Erina proceeded to Risa’s room. She knew this was wrong but it was too late for her to stop. Curiosity had taken over her. With caution, she opened the doors slowly and tiptoed in. When she turned around she was shocked at how dirty Risa’s room was in comparison to the rest of her apartment. The only clean part of the room was the far left corner, where a clutter of Disney figurines and plushies were neatly laid on top of a table. Erina laughed at the sight. She thought it was cute.
Turning her head, she noticed a picture frame on Risa’s nightstand faced down. Interested, Erina walked over to take a look at the picture. She stepped over Risa’s feet carefully and picked up the frame. Lifting the frame up to her face her eyebrows perked up in interest. The picture was of a younger Risa in a school uniform and another girl with short brown hair, outside what seemed to be a school building. Risa was smiling brightly which shocked Erina as she thought Risa wasn't the type to show her teeth for photos.
“Eri...”
Thinking that Risa was calling her name, Erina turned around quickly and put the photo back on the nightstand. When she looked at Risa she saw that she was still sleeping. Erina sighed in relief and sat down on the bed to look at Risa. Surprised she saw that tears began to stream down Risa’s cheeks, yet she didn’t sob. The workaholic was crying in her sleep.
“Eri...” The second time Risa called out the name, her voice was shaky and her mouth quivered, the tears continuing to come down the sides of her face.
Erina watched Risa, her heart aching. As if on instinct Erina slowly got on top of the bed and laid down beside Risa, wrapping her hand around her waist. Hesitating she, moved herself closer to Risa, the girl's head close to her chest. Erina usually didn't go out of her way to comfort others, but for Risa it was different.
Seeing Risa cry was a first for her and unexpectedly it hurt most to see her cry. During the past few weeks Erina had been with Risa, she could always sense she was sad through her emotionless facade. Although she smiled a bit more than usual, it seemed as if that feeling of sadness snuck back in shortly after. Especially after what happened a few days ago while Risa was sleeping, Risa had been noticeably distancing herself from the former empress. She returned to being quiet and there were only few instances where she talked.
Risa was close to fully regaining conscious, but feeling Erina’s warmth Risa didn't push her away but ... moved closer to Erina. She pulled on Erina's sweater tightly and hid her face as she cried. She didn't want Erina to see such an embarrasing face. Erina didn’t know what to say, all she could do was coax Risa’s hair and hug the girl's head closer to her body.
“Baka, I told you not to come in my room." Risa said through her tears and sobbed, the salty liquid falling and soaking the sweater Erina had borrowed from her.
The longer she stayed with Risa, her attachment to the young workaholic increased and the more she became worried. With each day she stayed here, she didn't want to leave and the more she looked forward to spending each day with Risa. She wanted to know more about Risa and see different sides of her. Risa was becoming the reason for Erina wanting to stay here. Deeper Erina fell into something she couldn't back out of.
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Hope you guys enjoyed it :D
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:cry: :cry: Poor Risa, that's so sad! It's good that Erina's there for her. Can't wait for more.
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Here's the next part for my Gakikame fic. Its been kind of sitting in my HDD for a while lol.
Pig Woman and Ms. Despair:
Part 3
In the bathroom of a very small apartment, the former empress felt the lukewarm water from the shower head sprinkle down onto her skin, sending shivers down her spine. She reached for the knob and turned it to the left in order to increase the temperature. The bottle of shampoo stood on the ledge of the wall. Erina took it in her hands, lifting it up and squeezed some of the soapy substance onto her fingers. She massaged it into her hair and tilted her head up, relaxing in the sensation.
"I'm still here. I entered her room and I'm still here. Weird." She began working into her roots, focusing her attention on the area. "If I did that on the first few days she'd definitely kick me out." After working the shampoo a bit more onto her hair, Erina stopped and moved closer to the water from the shower head to rinse off, tilting her head down.
The picture frame that laid on top of Risa's nightstand entered her thoughts. Immediately after that she remembered Risa crying in her sleep, calling out a name similar to hers. The two events seemed to connect to one another, greatly intriguing Erina. Seeing a happily smiling Risa radiating with positivity in the picture frame and then knowing the often bitter and distant Risa, to Erina made it seem as if two people dwelled in one petit body.
"What happened to Gaki-san." She let the water from the shower head trickle down her neck and the rest of her body, and closed her eyes in thought. "She wasn’t always like this was she?"
Lifting her hands up, she brought them closer to her face. She felt her right cheek and felt something unusual... it was smooth.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes and repeatedly touched her face. Her left cheek and forehead still felt bumpy though her right cheek felt silky smooth. Rather than becoming completely disappointed that the rest of her face wasn't smooth, Erina saw this as something to find hope in. If her punishment was the scarred face, she thought that the healing of her face signaled that she was making progress.
The former empress reached down and turned off the shower. For a moment she smiled, but slowly she felt sadness. "Do I really have to go?" She inhaled then exhaled. "Idiot, you have to."
She took hold of the metal bars of the shower door and pulled them open to exit. Grabbing a nearby towel, Erina took it and put it on top of her head and rubbed. Walking over to the mirror, she kept rubbing at her head. She wiped the fog from the mirror and looked at her reflection. "Don't get too attached now." Erina remembered hugging Risa close to her last night.
"But how can I not?"
Right then Erina began to feel a painful stretch in her stomache. She winced at the excruciating pain she felt and fell to her knees holding her stomache. It was the kind of sensation one felt when cut skin was being pulled open by force. Looking down at her body, she noticed that the area near her stomache began to tear it's own skin apart, creating a wide gap. It stopped when it showed a patch of pink underneath the ripped skin, not shedding one drop of blood. Erina sucked in air to help her tolerate the pain. She moved her finger closer to the pink patch and hesitatingly she touched it.
"OUCH!" Erina immediately took her hand away from the area and bit her lower lip in pain, holding in her voice. It stung, and felt tender, as if any further poking would make a hole in her stomache. She took a closer look at the area and remembered feeling pain in the exact same area. "This is where Juno stabbed me."
Instantly fear struck her. The ripping of her own skin indicated something she hadn't really given thought of until now.
"Is time running out?" Erina remained quiet for a few moments, deep in thought.
Scenes of her previous death--the stab in the stomache and then the gunshot to the head--played once again. She needed to finish this mission. With such a task given to her, who knew if such a thing could be accomplished in time let alone if it was possible at all. Erina had no idea that completing just this one task would turn out to be such a handful.
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"Going home early Niigaki-san?" A tall woman clad in a grey business suit said in a questioning voice with her hands on her hips. Her lips formed a smile and rather than getting angry at Risa for going home earlier than usual, she beemed at her with a sly expression.
"Yes ma'am." Risa replied and then bowed politely to her boss. She then turned around to head to the office floor's elevator.
"Did something happen? You don't usually rush home like this. I might just be shooting this one out there, but... fallen in love recently?"
Risa stopped walking, the question catching her off guard. Her eyelids shot open and her chest felt heavy. After regaining her senses, she turned around and responded in a respective tone. "No ma'am." As soon as she turned around, she remembered Erina laughing wholeheartedly behind her pig mask. She shook her head to get the image of the former empress out of her head. She had no idea how Erina looked yet she still felt such familiarity with her despite that.
"Love." Risa said to herself, her voice merely above a whipser, and chuckled. She didn't want to admit it in her thoughts or words, but she knew it was fast approaching that stage and she came to fear it. After what happened yesterday and what happened in the office just then, Risa didn't know how to face Erina when she would get home. She would remember these and feared the awkward atmosphere that would come up between them. The thought of it all made her feel embarressed and frustrated at the same time.
Having finally made her way out of her work office's building, Risa began her journey home. She waited at the corner of the street for the crosswalk lights to change color. Lifting up her wrist, she pulled back the sleeve of her blazer to look at her watch; it was almost six o'clock in the evening. Tapping her foot on the cement she impatiently waited for the crosswalk light to change to a picture of a walking man. She didn't like waiting at any time, but today she was extra impatient.
Finally the crosswalk lights changed signs. As she walked to the other side of the street with the other mass of people, she noticed two high school girls in a familiar school uniform. The beige pullover, the white blouse, the red neck lace and the plaid skirt--it was the very uniform she wore in high school.
She paused for a moment to look at the two girls exchanging word with one another, captured by the warm atmosphere between them and the fact that they wore the outfit she once wore herself. Her eyes slowly lowered and her chest ached like a pin pricking at her without warning.
--Flashback--
"Gaki-saaaan, I'm hungry and tired." Eri slumped her shoulders and yawned. As she did, her stomache responded in agreement. Sleepy, tired AND hungry at the same time? Huh, usually I'd just get the sleepy remark.
"Eh? Can't you hold it in till you get home? We're almost to the train station." I looked at my wrist watch and checked the time. It was almost six in the evening. I guess I really do have to go home now. If I was late for my tutoring mom wouldn't let me hear the end of it.
"Sooo sleepy..."
I laughed slightly through my nose at Eri's current state. As hopeless as ever.
But, should she really be walking home with me? She doesn't seem to be too sick today... I should hurry and get her home. She seems fine, but she's probably pushing herself agai-
COUGH COUGH
I turned my head around and looked down at Eri. Knew it.
GAG GAG.
"Eri! Eri!" I put my hand around her shoulders and supported her, helping her to stand up. Her knees had gone weak and she noticeably became paler. "Idiot, what are you doing??? I told you, you shouldn't walk home with me if you're not feeling well. Here-"
I took a handkerchief from my skirt pockets and tried to wipe at Eri's mouth, only for my hand to be pushed away.
Eri shook her head and smiled at me.
"Please, just... just this once. This last time..."
Last time?
Instantly I became confused, yet signals in the back of my head were telling me something bad was going to happen.
I was scared.
"Eri what do you mean-"
"I want to be with you. As long as I can so just this once let me walk home with you."
I became speechless. All I could do was nod along. Seeing the expression in her eyes and the neediness in her voice, told me that this is what she wanted.
Right then I felt her arm snake around mine, holding my hand tightly.
"I want to stay at your place tonight."
I took one last look at Eri as she laid her head on my shoulder, her breathing becoming heavy, and lifted my head to see that the crosswalk lights has changed. It was time for us to cross.
I know my mom is gonna freak out if she finds out Eri is gonna stay over, but whatever.
"No problem.”
I grinned widely and squeezed her hand gently. I guess I’ll just have to do my best and convince Mom to let you stay.
--End Flashback--
By now Risa was near the entrance of the train station. She had increased her pace significantly since she had crossed the street, her speed near to that of a jog.
Now that she thought about her, there was no trick to getting her out of her thoughts. Why did everything, especially the pig masked girl, seem to suddenly remind her of her deceased love? Didn't she kill her from her thoughts? Is she not buried?
"So, so am I your friend?? Am I? Am I? Am I? Am I?"
Her heart burst, bleeding in the form of tears. She wouldn’t let them fall though and so she suppressed herself, and instead kept a stoic expression.
Risa quickly went down the flight of stairs that led into the tunnel of the passageway into the train platforms and covered her mouth, trying to not let out any sobbing sounds. She calmly tried to speed walk towards the train platforms so that no one would notice how red she looked and how watery her eyes were.
"This has to end.”
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Dragging out a long sigh, agent Tanaka peered out the car windows from her seat, her cheek resting on her palm. Taking off her glasses, she wiped at them for what seemed to be the hundreth time, and shook her leg impatiently. She then combed the ends of her hair with her hand and turned to look at her fellow agent, Michishige, the wind softly blowing into the black vehicle.
“Alright, since surveillance turned out to be a bore and since Niigaki’s disappeared into the trains let’s meet her at her house. It’s time for some questioning.”
“Roger that.” Without any hesitation, Michishige set her GPS directions for Risa's residence. “I told you to just search her apartment. Surveillance wouldn't do any good at this point.” Michishige then sighed, earning a glare from her partner.
Within about half an hour the two reached the apartment complex Risa resided in. After Parking in a nicely shaded area, hidden from human detection and within view of Risa’s apartment door, the two agents exited the vehicle and promptly waited for the targeted suspect to appear.
“Are?” Tanaka lowered her glassed and squinted her eyes to get a better view of the person that sat in front Risa’s apartment door. “Isn’t that--”
“KE1?”
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So, Erina's running out of time, but she's slowly making progress. And Risa seems to be making progress as well. That's good, I just hope it won't turn out the same way Eri did.
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NOOOO I don't want Erina to have to leave Risa. Especially since it seems that Erina might be the one to save Risa from all that pain. And of course I don't want Erina to have to die a second time. What are the odds that this will turn out to have a happy ending? :(
The KameMame flashbacks were so sad!!! SOBS. Poor Eri, poor Risa, poor everyone! Except the mean mother and friends who forsaked Risa. They are terrible! Tsk.
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I don't want them to be torn apart! :bleed eyes: Poor Risa-chan! She just needs more time to let Erina into her heart :fainted:
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Hey, nice to see this story back again! :twothumbs
Hmm, so Erina is running out of time and she may have to leave Risa.... I wonder if there is enough time left for them to let each other into thier hearts.....
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Thanks guys for the comments. I realy appreciate it ^_^
I know it hasn't even been 5 months yet (/sarcasm), but... update! :P I feels so proud of myself for getting
this part done so fast. Just 2 more parts and it'll be done (well, really that's an estimate at best xD )
YOSH!
Pig Woman and Ms. Despair
Part 4
“Wh-what’s going on.” Michishige held her chin with her hand and peered at Erina hard. “That can’t be her can it?” She couldn’t believe that it would be this easy to find the laboratory runaway and so she questioned if the girl in front of the door was indeed KE1.
“Who the hell cares; just get up there. That’s it for sure.”
“It?” Michishige asked, confused with Reina’s word choice.
“It’s not like it’s a person right?” Tanaka said as she hastily moved towards the stairs that led to the floor of Risa’s apartment, putting on her black silk gloves with an air of satisfaction.
“Right...” Michishige said to herself before reluctantly following her senpai up the metal steps. “Why do I feel like there’s something wrong with what she said?”
“Shige, shh!”
“I told you not to call me tha-”
Just then, the sound of footsteps could be heard moving along the concrete on the floor they were on. Suspecting that it was Niigaki, the two agents laid low and made sure that they couldn’t be detected.
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Hugging her knees close to her while looking out towards the streets from her spot, Erina’s cheeks heated up. Just the presence of the mame made her heart restless and so she clutched onto her pant legs tightly.
“Gaki-san.” Erina greeted Risa, her tone calm and laid back. Underneath her mask she smiled slightly and looked up at her house mate, a feeling of loneliness lingering about her.
Although, the Butakame expected a warm welcome, instead she was treated with silence, only for the jingling of Risa’s keys sliding into the door’s keyhole to be heard between them.
Through the oval eyes of her mask, Erina looked up at Risa’s emotionless expression. When the older girl made eye contact with her she scrunched her eyebrows together and quickly averted her eyes from hers. Although slightly confused with Risa’s unusual switch to her cold behaviour, Erina could see the bright shade of red on Risa’s cheeks and smirked.
Right before Risa was about to open the door, Erina decided to break the ice between them.
“Y’know, I’ve been waiting for you since noon. Eating by myself made me lonely.”
No response. Risa slowly took the golden metal pieces out from the slot and put them into her pockets, pretending not to hear a word Erina said. No matter how happy it made her feel.
“But... I really appreciate the food you made for me. I didn’t expect for you to do that.”
Nothing.
“Eh-heh? Ice queen is back?” Erina exhaled and twiddled her thumbs on top of her knees, “Is something wrong-”
“Today’s your last day.”
Her eyes shot open and suddenly she lost all ability to speak, the words ‘last day’ echoing within her mind.
Before the older girl proceeded to closing the door, Erina held onto her leg tugging at it relentlessly.
“Why?”
Without a trace of hesitation, Risa delivered her explanation, “I’ve had enough of you. You’re pestering me... leave.”
“G-Gaki-san...?”
Without a word the mame went into her abode and went into closing the door behind her, not even minding that Erina was still at the door or that her foot had almost gotten caught had the butakame not moved it.
Today didn’t make any sense for Erina. Just when she was making progress with Risa, all of it was reset to nothing with just two words. The shock not only accounted from Risa’s sudden decision, but from the feelings residing within her own heart. Were those past few days just a dream? Or... did the mame really not feel anything for her at all?
“W-Wait!! What do you mean?!”
Erina pounded on the doors hard, not knowing the condition the girl on the other side of the door was in.
“Gaki-san... don’t do this. I thought--didn’t we..? ...Y-You’re joking right?”
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Tanaka sighed and rubbed at her brow, annoyed. She didn’t know what just happened before her, but she didn’t care--wasting her time to witness the event before her irked her. All that mattered was to successfully complete the mission.
“Michishige, go.” Shaping her hand into a gun she pointed in Erina’s direction, earning a nod from her partner.
“But what about NIigaki?”
Tanaka shook her head in response before nudging her head upwards, indicating for Michishige to move on ahead.
After a few steps up the stairs, Tanaka reached the floor of Niigaki’s apartment and was suprised by Sayu’s quick apprehension of their runaway. It wasn’t even a few minutes and there the supposed alien was, held by the arm and obediently following along with the secret service agent.
“That was fast.” Tanaka said, taking off her black gloves. “Made me get prepared for nothing. Now let’s see here, you don’t need this now do you?”
Tanaka put a finger under the chin of the pig mask and lifted it with her finger, enough to see Erina’s lips. Apparently she was told that the former empress was hideous and prepared herself for the sight, but what she saw before her was different and so she completely took off the mask in one swift movement, relieved.
“Sure are pretty aren’t you?”
Michishige gasped, dropping her gun, and backed away quickly until her back hit the metal railings, completely struck with fear. Her lips, her short brown hair, her eyes, they were all exactly the same! With her hands trembling, her face turned white and a flood of rose colored memories filled her mind.
Death or resurrection--which one was false?
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This is for the best.
That’s right. This is for the best.
I don’t care what happens anymore just..
don’t...
let me feel like that again.
I-I... I hate it. I absolutely hate it--that feeling.
How long do I have to be haunted by you? How long must I hurt?
I built up a wall so that I wouldn’t be scarred again, but why does the wall hurt much more than the pain from the scar you made? It’s crushing me.
I pick up a beer from the fridge and lay in my white lounge chair with indifference while I listen to her repeatedly banging at my door, helplessly scraping at it, begging me to open it. But then all of a sudden the noise stopped and there was quiet in the room; the quiet I hadn’t heard until you came. But, you know what I felt?
Relaxation and... hatred for myself.
Yet, this was already routine. Hatred, bitterness for myself; it’s all routine.
But if this is routine, why does it feel so foreign?
Why are tears streaming down my face?
I’m... confused
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Erina = Eri and Sayu part of Eri/Risa's past??? :panic:
Gakisan why can't you just let her in :gyaaah: I know you know you want to!!
Thanks for the quick update ongaku-san :twothumbs Can't wait for next one :onioncheer:
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Risa, why can't you just accept your feelings? Now, they're going to take her away from you!
Wait, Erina's face is healed? And Sayu recognizes her? What does that mean!? It's really that close to ending?
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Ahh, let Erina in Gaki, you know you really want to, if not now then it may be to late!!! :panic:
And, Erina's face, it's cured, and Sayu realises who it is!!! :shocked
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Lol I hadn't realised that you were on both forums! Your thread is more animated here, so I guess I'll be reading your fic here rather than 'you-know-where' :grin:
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I hope I'm not being too demanding by saying this but.... Please come back and update!! :fainted:
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Hey there! Just wanted to know if we can hope for an update soon...? I really want to know what will happen to Erina :?
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You can expect an update this week. I don't update frequently but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about this fic. Don't worry ^_^
I'm excited about updating since it's really fun writing this XD
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Seriously??? Yay! I'm glad I asked :mon roll:
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Yay!!! :cow: *patiently waits* I'm excited hehehe
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I gots the next part right here, hur da hur. It's long too :P (It's summer vacation now so I guess I should update more lol).
Pig-Woman and Ms. Despair
Part 5
Michishige lifted up her black firearm quickly, her tight grip causing her palms to become sweaty. Her wide open eyes hurriedly analyzed the appearance of the foreigner in front of them while her legs slowly backed her away.
Tanaka slowly reached for her hand gun holstered in between her pants and waist, her eyes wilting as she took a quick glance at Michishige.
“Sayu, calm down.” Tanaka turned towards Erina once more, eyebrows furrowed. “She's gone, remember that. She's dead.”
Erina stepped back and came near towards the wall of Risa’s apartment unit, just under the second window. She leaned against the concrete paved wall and slid down slowly with a smirk. Halfway down towards the floor the nicknamed Butakame raised her wrists a little above her stomach for the two to see while blankly setting her dark brown orbs at the floor.
Erina continued to stare at the grey ground, “I just can’t seem to win against you.”
Michishige gulped down her shock and began to lower her weapon as her adrenaline levels receded. She watched as Reina cautiously pulled out a pair of handcuffs from her interior jacket pocket, while the other held the handgun. Breathing slowly, Michishige holstered her weapon again and leaned against the railings outside Niigaki’s door as she stared at the cemented floor in reflection. She strained her neck upwards and scratched the back of her neck, the light shining from the windows of Risa’s apartment unit catching her attention. Squinting her eyes to look at the window closely she noticed two dark brown orbs glaring at her.
“No way this Niigaki Risa--?”
Tanaka then finished hooking the handcuffs around the former empress' wrists and after paused, holding the chains attached to the metal bindings tightly in her hand.
“Agh!” Once the cuffs had been put on, Erina’s feet failed to support her weight and she fell to her knees, her arms hugging her stomach in excruciating pain. The patch of thin pink skin at her stomach fully ripped itself to reveal the gouge she had previously near the middle of her abdomen. And so like a broken dam, blood escaped, rushing out plentifully. Instantly her white over sized cotton sweater became stained with red.
Michishige immediately rushed to Erina’s side in a panic. “Eri!” she covered her mouth in shock at what she said. Sayumi knew this wasn’t her childhood friend yet the name escaped her lips. In a field such as this, emotion and work was not to be mixed--Sayumi failed at this completely.
Reina gave Sayumi a look of disappointment as she held up their escapee. She knew little of ‘Eri’, but she knew fully well how attached Michishige was to her memory. Putting KE1’s arm around her shoulders, Reina got up slowly as she supported the former empress’ weight.
“Reina are you blind? We have to hurry--”
“You’re the one that’s blind Sayu.” Reina said, her tone stern as she looked at Sayumi in the eyes hard. “ ‘Emotion and work in this field don’t mix together’--isn’t that what you told me? I’ve pushed aside my feelings for you for the sake of our job... and friendship.” Reina exhaled deeply before continuing, “Stop looking behind you and look in front for once.
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I calmly remained seated in my seat, somewhat groggy from my extremely short slumber and calmly turned to the window where I thought the source of the scream that woke me up would be. My eyes felt swollen and puffy. Just how did I fall asleep?
I felt at my eyelids a little while walking towards the window blinds where I could hear muddled voices outside. Rubbing at my eyes, I arrived at the windows and pushed aside the rectangular plastic pieces that draped over the wire caged glass windows. What I saw was definitely unexpected. I wasn’t happy, far from that. I frowned; frowned so hard that my eyebrows could have overlapped if I wanted them to.
Sayumi? Why is she here?
I remained still and made sure that my presence was discreet and dismissible.
“Sayu calm down.” The girl with brown hair turned towards Erina and gave her an angered look. "She's gone, remember that. She's dead."
Erina. They-- she’s dead?
My eyes watering up, I took a look at Sayumi and scanned her appearance. The shock she expressed and the way she clutched onto her left arm--Erina... No...
She's gone remember that.
No. It can’t be. I shouldn't jump to conclusions, I won't believe it. Where's Erina? Where's Erina?! I looked around frantically, my eyes searching for a familiar pig mask and short brown hair. Finally I caught a slight glimpse of that same shade of brown I was looking for, right below my window. Wiping away the tears that formed, I relaxed and sighed in relief. I looked down at Erina again... where was the mask?
In an instant, I felt goosebumps slowly popping up, prickling onto my skin and hid under the windows. It was only the top of her head, but I recognized who she might have been. Who she was this whole time.
Don't do this to me Eri.
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We drove to the nearest hospital as fast as we could. Delivering damaged merchandise wouldn’t look very good on us. Out of no where Reina decided to take the wheel (usually she would make me drive). The way she jerked the car around as she drove was her more calm way of expressing irritation.
I watched Eri-- I mean, KE1 sleep soundly on top of the hospital gurney. After only that short period of time in the car she had already lost so much blood, even the doctor attending to her was baffled. From the looks of everything... doc said no vital organs were damaged, just the skin layers and muscle. She’s human. I mean alien blood types don’t match us humans’ right? For a bunch of scientists working in a hugely budgeted lab not to figure this out is kind of pitiful.
Niigaki Risa; for her to be hiding KE1 is a mere coincidence...I suppose. But to hide someone that looks like her girlfriend isn’t something that can happen just by chance. Finding someone that looks exactly like Eri isn’t a mere coincidence.
Not at all.
I quickly stood up from my seat and due to the suddenness of my actions, pushed the plastic chair I sat in towards the nightstand.
I looked down at Eri completely focused, my heart beat quickening as I prepared myself for what I was about to do. I moistened my lips and as I moved myself closer to her face I had forgotten to breath. Closer and closer I inched my face closer to hers, within reach of what should have been mine years ago.
I pressed my lips gently on hers, I looked at her closed eyelids before savouring the sensation. I didn't have to imagine it was Eri, at that moment she was Eri.
After my three seconds of heaven were up I let go and used my arms to support myself as I hovered above her, my breathing heavy. I stared down at her with intensity and... sh-she smiled.
"G-Gaki-san..."
I laughed at myself.
Gaki-san, of course its Gaki-san. Gripping tightly onto the bedsheets I moved myself closer to Eri's--yes Eri's--face and held her right cheek. Something felt rough and bumpy near her ear but I dismissed it.
"You even have her doppleganger falling for you."
Right then I heard the sound of the door opening behind me. Jumping off of Eri I tried to seem as calm as I could before sitting back in my seat. I held my forehead and then combed my hair backwards. You’re working Sayumi, get in gear.
“So? You’ve never told me the whole story behind you and this Eri person.” Reina walked up to my side, her eyes not leaving Eri's face. She slowly sat down on top of the gurney, careful as to not disturb Eri. Guess she didn’t see me.“I’m assuming Niigaki Risa has something to do with it. She seemed like she knew you.”
“You saw her huh? Well back in high school I wasn’t exactly the kindest person towards her. Of course she would hate my guts until now.” I paused for a minute while I remembered how harsh I had been towards her after that day she told everyone her and Eri were dating. I was a devil back then; whenever someone had something I didn't feelings of jealousy within myself wouldn't hesitate to show and since at that time it concerned Eri... I certainly didn't hold back. I squashed every connection Risa had with me and each of our friends. Do I regret it? I guess you could say I don’t really care. Maybe it's one of the reasons I'm so suited for this job.
"Whenever we get to this you never run your mouth like you usually do. You tell me bits and pieces and that's it." Reina got up from her seat and walked towards the door, "Whatever. It's not like we're close or anything right?" Even though I could only see her back, the way she had her hands balled up said a lot about how she felt.
"Reina wai-"
"Michishige. Tanaka."
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Slowly clutching the doorknob of the door to my unit, I pushed the door open and stood outside looking in the direction Sayu and her friend went in. Noticing that I was stepping on something, I lifted my foot to the side and picked up what seemed to be Erina’s mask. One of the eyes were cracked leaving a hole in the piece of plastic.
“She bled so much.” I was filled with so many thoughts right then. Why was Sayu there? Why did they handcuff Erina? What did Erina do? But despite all the questions swirling within me, all I could think about was Erina’s safety.
“Stop looking behind you and look in front for once.”
“Look in front...”
Lifting up the pig mask in front of me, I closed one eyelid and looked through the hole in the cracked mask. For a few seconds I stayed like that, my eyes squinting due to the brightness of the orange stained sky. Right then something ignited within me. Like I had just realized something so important, this something that made me feel stupid.
I walked back into my unit, quickly changed into a new set of clothes and while looking for a pair of socks, I noticed that Eri’s picture was on the floor faced down. For a while I stared blankly at the picture frame and the rest of the frames on top of my dresser. The one of me smiling with my teeth exposed caught my eye even though I’d seen the picture countless times. I remained quiet, fixated on the snapshot of me and Eri happily smiling in front of the old school building.
Putting one foot in front of the other I crept closer towards the dresser. I picked up the picture frame on the ground and gathered all the frames on top of the dresser using both my arms in one sweeping motion.
I opened a half used drawer and shoved the pictures inside. Just putting those pictures inside the wooden storage unit made me breathless, like I was out of energy. I knew that if I didn’t get going I would pull them out again and place them on top of the dresser, neatly one by one.
“Hospital.” I held my head for a moment and put on Erina’s pig mask, breathing out slowly. I collected myself and focused on what I was going to do. I... m-my face became flushed at the thought of seeing Erina again. The image of the pig mask wearing Erina faded and instead I saw her. I became scared and tons of questions began to fill my mind, but I shook them off and locked them away for a later time.
Hurrying to the front I put on my sneakers and closed the door, forgetting to lock it, and dashed in the direction of the train station.
My senses were telling me to be extra careful when I would arrive at the hospital. With the dangerous situation Erina was in, by the looks of it I might be involved as well.
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Reina hadn’t even fully opened the door before she stumbled back into greeting position at the sight of Jun-senpai, feet side by side and hands at her thighs. I did the same and in almost perfect synchronization, the both of us bowed ninety degrees. She usually didn't greet us like this unless there was unpleasant news she had to deliver. Usually she would call out in a happy tone and we would just call out 'Junjun!' in which she'd greet us with a wide grin stretched across her face. She never--not once--bothered about our lack of formal speech towards her.
She nodded in greeting an uneasy grin plastered on her face. The both of us relaxed slightly enough prepared for what our senpai would tell us.
“I hate to be the one delivering the bad news, but the heads back at HQ haven’t been very pleased with your performance. On top of surpassing the expected hand in time for this assignment, you’ve also damaged the goods?" Junjun said before shaking her head from side to side in disappointment. Always straight to the point I see. "By bringing KE1 here you two have no idea how much trouble you're causing."
“Well why don’t you try doing any better? We got KE1 in under a month; I don’t see how that’s late at all. The experiment was bleeding excessively as well; what did you want me to do, let her bleed to death the ride back?"
“That's exactly why I’m here; you’re off this assignment.”
“What?!” Reina practically jumped at Junjun in surprise.
Junjun cleared her throat, the IV line connected to Eri catching her attention. Her eyes narrowed to a squint. After looking back and forth from the IV line to KE1, her eyes shot open. She’s realized it.
"I know the both of you know the obvious and you may think that because of it this mission isn't worth putting your best into, but an assignment is an assignment." Junjun said her tone firm.
Me and Reina remained silent, both of us taken back by what Junjun said. By bringing KE1 here we've almost blown up an issue that should have remained discreet -- we risked exposing KE1 to the public and in that jeopordized our task.
Junjun sighed heavily and massaged her brow before continuing, "Where's Niigaki? Is she dead? Did you bring her with you? What?"
"Any individuals who are seen attempting to conceal KE1 are correspondingly indicated as on-site targets. Niigaki freely released KE1 before the attended arrest. There was no need to apprehend her." Reina said, her voice in monotone.
"Yes, but was it not a known fact that Niigaki had been concealing KE1 for nearly a month? That knowledge alone still acts against Niigaki and is why she must be taken in for further questioning. If she comes back for KE1 and is caught doing so I cannot guarantee she will be alive."
After a few moments of silence, once again Jun-senpai shook her head in disappointment, exhaling in annoyance as she did. "No matter, you're not part of this anymore; I'll deal with this. You two are lucky I'm stepping in or else you two would have been depromoted. For the meanwhile I'm assigning you to guard duty--I have something to take care of. I'll be back. Excuse me."
Me and Reina stood in silence as we watched Junjun exit the room. Once she was out of sight, Reina slumped her shoulders and squatted while holding her head in frustration. She rubbed at her eyes slowly and bit the bottom of her lip. She hates it when stuff like this happens. When she loses.
The whole game is different now. I shouldn't be giving a damn about however Junjun is going to take care of Niigaki, but... Eri, she--am I really okay with this? No--what am I thinking. This is work. What happens to Niigaki and Eri--I mean KE1--is none of my concern.
“I’ll be waiting in the car. Look after KE1 well.” After standing up, Reina adjusted her black waist coat and tightened up her tie. She then slid the door open and left the room, her eyes not once bothering to meet mine. She’s still annoyed at me, but why do I get the feeling there's another reason behind her anger?
"Reina you can't just leave--"
"I can do whatever the hell I want now can't I? We're off this assignment; we're done Shige," She glared at me, as if her eyes were telling me it's my fault we 'lost'.
"She's our superior Reina. We're not on this job anymore, but she still gave us an order. The both of us."
"We're done." And with that she took one last look at me, looking as if she was about to explode, and slammed the door shut behind her.
Emotion and work in this field don’t mix together.
Hypocrite.
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Okay, even I have no idea what on earth is happening here lol.
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Even you don't know where this is heading?? My god this story is doomed :rofl:
So... Risa is going in there even though Junjun is waiting for her...? Maybe Sayu can help her out of this.. I want Risa to save Erina from her destiny!! Come one you can do it Gaki!
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Nyaaaaaaaahhhh a new chp :bow: Hopefully you figure out how to resolve this story :sweatdrop:
Risa finally going to let Erina into her heart. Now she has to go after her girl! And not get killed in the process
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Plz come back to this story :bleed eyes: Don't leave me hanging :cry:
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Gah! I thought there was an update!! Not cool astro, not cool :P
Waiting for an update too~
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Passing by just in case... Any chance we'll get an update soon...?