"Chatmate"
Poshpuppy27: Hey guys, I know I have been inactive for more than a few months. A LOT of things have happened, and I am really exhausted. I am sorry for…keeping you waiting…And this is my first three-shot story…Hope you guys enjoy it. It is dedicated to YOU (Yes, you). Anyways, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! PS: YOU KNOW WHO 'YOU' ARE. My gift to you.
Summary: Rosette didn't like the Internet. Especially this so-called 'Chatting', but thanks to Joshua's encouragement…She tried it. She tried once, and there she met a special someone who changed her points of view in life forever. Read and Review! (RxC)
"Chatmate"
Chapter 1: If you can't beat them, join them
"Come on Rosette! Try it please!" a light blonde haired boy tried to persuade his noisy honey-blonde sister, Rosette. Still the said girl, with a stubborn pout and a furrowed brow, shook her head firmly.
"Make me" she taunted and stuck out her tongue at him. This trick annoyed the light blonde haired boy, named Joshua. So he decided to use his weapon against her. He scooted over and faced her. He widened his sky blue eyes and gave her a sad pout. He looked like he was a child who wasn't given a gift last Christmas, a truly heartbreaking sight. "Please?"
"No."
Irritated with his stubborn sister beyond words, he stormed out the room muttering profanities and muttering 'Do what you want. Obstinate pig' and stuff like 'Old fashioned woman'. Rosette smirked triumphantly and crossed her arms.
"I told Joshua that he wouldn't budge me on this, and was I wholly right about it. Why would I be interested in the Internet and all the stupid mojo anyway?" she murmured to herself. She curiously looked at the computer, which was left on by Joshua thinking that he can convince her with that topic, and stared at the screen.
Yahoo! Messenger Sign in it said. And a smiling face with a capital Y was there. It really bugged her, that mocking smiling face. One of the reasons why she hated modern technologies and trends. A paper was pinned under the keyboard. It was her email and her password, she remembered Joshua reminding her that he made her an account without her permission. She gave him a noogie in return.
Ah, goo d times. Good times.
"Well…I guess I could try this 'Chatting thing'…To satisfy him and all that…But just ONE time" Rosette convinced herself. She typed in her id: rosette_stubbornpig03 and her password: password.
"Stubborn pig eh?! Maybe I'll teach him a lesson…"
She signed in successfully and saw in her messenger list that she and another person were online. There were only 5 people on her list: Azmaria, Joshua, Fr. Remington, Sister Kate, and a person she didn't know.
"Hm…Who is this 'crimson demon'? Just checking…" she said as an excuse, she was obviously trying to convince herself and no one else. She was about to click the name when she heard muffled footsteps. Joshua! Dang it…she thought as she quickly exited the program, she stuffed in the piece of paper in her jean's pocket and turned the monitor off.
"…tenacious pig…Archaic loud mouthed brat! I'm trying to modernize that obnoxious girl and this is the thanks she gives me…" muttered Joshua darkly as he stepped into the room albeit grudgingly.
"Hello dear brother! Haha…" Rosette gave him a big smile and then she laughed nervously. Joshua stopped walking in mid-track and looked at his dear sister with vague suspicion. Clear as a day, something was so wrong.
"Hello" he said, still observing her. He cupped his chin with one hand, and placed the other one in the back. Then, he paced in a circle pattern around his beloved sister.
"So…uh…What did you do after you left me a moment ago?" she asked uncharacteristically. This raised his suspicions as he glared at her. For 2 reasons: First, Rosette wasn't the type to snoop around and ask him things and second, she didn't bother with his own 'dorky' things.
"I ate some food…" he replied in a low voice. He had his own secret too, so he shouldn't press this topic much longer. He saw that Rosette stopped being all fidgety and stuff and stiffened.
"Specifically, what food?" she asked, repressing the fury she was about to unleash.
"So…What did you do after I stormed out?" he turned the tables and it worked! He wished. His sister wasn't the one for distracting; after all, she was very VERY stubborn. She folded her arms on her chest and tapped her foot. Uh-oh. Judging from these gestures, it wasn't good at all. The tables have really been turned.
"Exactly what food did you eat, my dear Joshua?" Rosette asked in a low, quiet voice. Deadly. Very deadly. Joshua suddenly became interested with his shoes and he shuffled.
"Uh…Human food? Hahaha…Ha?" he desperately tried to come up with a joke. Too bad, it was a lame one. Rosette's eyes narrowed into slits and her jaw tightened.
"Don't 'ha-ha' me. Answer me or you'll eat dog food instead of human food" she threatened darkly. Joshua gave a small 'Eep!' and tried to do the 'puppy dog' look again.
Strike two. It didn't work.
"Things don't work on me twice"
Rosette took a step forward and Joshua took a step backward. This pattern was done until Joshua was trapped against the wall. Rosette gave him a sickeningly sweet smile, Joshua swallowed down the bile to prevent himself from throwing up.
"Now now sweetie pie. Answer me or die" Rosette's face and aura quickly changed from 'sweet' to 'murderer'. Joshua frantically searched for a way out and came up with only 2 options left: Do or die.
"No way out and no one is here except for the two of us. So nobody will hear you scream! Bwahahaha!" Rosette laughed evilly. Joshua prayed to their god and quickly decided over the 2 options. He gave up and chose…
"Alright! Alright! I'll confess something!" he sighed, defeated. Rosette smirked and her right eye twitched. "You were saying?" she pressed him to continue. Joshua cursed his sister under his breath and scowled at her. Rosette's smirk widened further as she scared him by punching the wall next to him (which resulted in a heavily damaged and cracked wall).
"IateyourchocolateandstrawberrycakeaswellasyourchocolatepockyI'msorryitwasbecauseIwassofrustratedatyouandIwasoshungryaswell! Don'tkillmedon'tkillmesorry!" Joshua said all in one breath while shielding his face. Rosette's face was hidden under her bangs, and it made Joshua more worried (and scared) as well. He hesitantly touched her cheek.
Bad move.
"R-rosette…?"
"JO-SHU-AAAAAA CHRIS-TOOO-PHEEEERRR!!!!"
"NOOOOOOO!"
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Feeling relief of her frustrations, Rosette skipped merrily out of the room and picked up her school bag.
"Hurry up dork! We'll be late for our afternoon classes!" Rosette called her brother as she fixed her shoes. She heard no response from her brother's room. He may still be lying on the ground with his nose bleeding and rubbing his huge lump…But I have to talk to Azmaria about something…Tch. He's so slow! I have to give him a little push…Hehehe she thought, laughing mischievously. She dashed up the stairs and saw that her guess was right.
"Hey moron! Let's go! Chop! Chop!" Rosette clapped her hands. Joshua was still crying, but it didn't affect his lunatic sister. Rosette grew impatient and dragged Joshua down the stairs and unto the streets clutching both of their bags.
"What? Have any problems?" She glared at the people who were staring at them. (A/N: Who wouldn't?)The people looking at them turned away, afraid of what Rosette will do. They finally arrived at their humongous school which was 'Magdalene High School'. It had complete facilities: different classroom buildings for 2 levels each, a soccer field, a swimming pool, a cafeteria, an auditorium, a gym, a ballet studio, a music room, you name it they have it! Joshua was a freshman while Rosette was a junior. It was a prestigious school for the rich, but others got to study here through scholarship and…Other ways of persuasion (Think Rosette and blackmail).
"So hot! Hmm…Now where's your girlfriend?" Rosette sneered because Joshua blushed. She looked around and there she was, a small albino girl with white long hair. Name? Azmaria Hendrick. She looks up to Rosette as her idol and as a sister.
"Azmaria!"
"Rosette! Joshua…?" Azmaria waved back but stopped when she saw Joshua being dragged still by his sister and her friend. Joshua's blush increased to the next level when he saw Azmaria staring at him like that.
"Hey! Rosette! Let go of my foot right now! I can walk you know?" Joshua demanded, furious because he was humiliated and because he had a sister who has mental problems.
"Oh really now? Can you?" Rosette grinned. "She's approaching us you know" she whispered to him. Joshua struggled but to no avail. "Are you even human?!" he asked desperately. Happily, Rosette shook her head.
"Rosette!!! I'll pay your foods back! Let go of me, please!!!" Joshua whined. Rosette pouted. When Azmaria came into view, she carelessly let go of Joshua's foot. Joshua sat on the ground; he rubbed his head and glowered at his oppressor. Azmaria rushed over and sat down the ground as well, she touched Joshua's head.
"Joshua…Are you alright?" Azmaria's voice was full of worry and concern. Joshua stared at her and blushed slightly. Dang, I must look like a wussy to her now huh? Sigh…So much for being manly and brave and protecting her and all that crap. "Yeah" he answered drearily.
"I'm glad" Azmaria smiled bashfully at him, Joshua brightened up. He still had hope after all, he smiled back in return. Rosette looked away, disgusted yet happy for those two. Only an idiot wouldn't know their feelings for each other, it was understandable like the alphabet. Sheesh, why can't just be together and get over it? Rosette sighed. Unfortunately, the school bell rang.
"Oh, Azzy? Meet me in the Computer room later at dismissal time. 'Kay?" Rosette informed Azmaria. Azmaria nodded and headed off in the opposite direction with Joshua. Rosette trudged on to her own direction.
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The school bell rang again, indicating the fifth period, which was the last. It was Social Studies, her favorite subject. Why? Because of their handsome Professor, Sir (he preferred to be called 'sir' than 'professor') Ewan Remington. Not wanting to be late for the umpteenth time she ran hastily to her destined classroom. On her way there, she saw Aion's group bullying another victim. Justice and her infinite hate to Aion made her stop and approach the said group.
"…a hopeless moron. You should just rot in hell…" she heard Aion say.
"….that's where you live right?" the victim coughed. Aion kicked him again in the guts. The other girl clung to Aion and pressed her body into his. "He's not worth your time babe. His just ruining your day, let the others take care of it for you and have Shader report it back to you" the girl whispered in Aion's ear then nibbled his lobe. Eew! Gross! Gah! I'll just get over with it…Wasting my time to see…Sir…Sigh…Ewan… Rosette mused as she pretended to vomit.
"You're such a horny slut aren't you babe? Good idea, let's go" Aion purred. He snapped his fingers and snaked his arm around the girl's waist. The other 3 were left with the victim, Rosette finally dashed over just about when the 2 guys were ready to beat him again.
"Hey! Pick someone your own size!" Rosette yelled and pushed the bigger one away from the victim. "And who the hell are you anyway?" the smaller one retorted. Rosette fumed, she didn't like being talked that way. He picked up the dude's collar and banged his body against the locker.
"Listen here bob, I DO NOT LIKE to be TALKED that WAY. GOT it?"
"Ooh…I'm shaking like a leaf" the pimp sized guy said as he pretended to shake in mock terror. The bigger one hooted with an annoying laughter. "That is so cliché" Rosette rolled her eyes and punched him straight in the face. The guy flew about 2 kilometers from where they were standing.
"H-hey…S-stop…I-I'm o-okay…You're going to h-hurt y-yours-self" the victim sat up and wiped the blood from his mouth. A vein popped in Rosette's forehead.
"Uh-huh" she didn't sound convinced at all. The bigger one attacked Rosette but she swiftly avoided him, he attacked again and she extended her leg. The big guy tripped over and Rosette kicked his ass and he flew 2.5 kilometers from where they were standing. Rosette smiled at the girl who resembled a cat.
"Don't worry I don't hit on girls, except for Aion's girl" she sniggered. The girl smiled back at her and introduced herself. "I'm Shader. Thanks for doing that Rosette, I was glad you did that" she glomped at Rosette.
"How did you know my name?"
"Se-cret!" Shader playfully sang. She helped the victim up and Rosette was horrified. "Kami-sama! They hit on girls now too! Freaks! I'll tear them apart when I see them next time" she vowed.
The supposed prey blushed and helplessly gazed at Shader. On the other hand, Shader could only laugh at the wild idea. "I'm not a girl" the sufferer conceded, annoyed yet embarrassed at the same time. Rosette's face went blank.
"Really?" she didn't sound convinced at all. The girl who turned out to be a boy nodded.
"What are you? One of those 'cross dressers'?"
"No."
"Bisexual?" this simple question earned Rosette another blush. She was beginning to enjoy making this not damsel-but in- distress blush. She grinned. "Then what?"
"A guy!"
"You don't look like one" she stated simply. Looking closely, the 'guy' didn't look like a guy at all. He had long violet hair, which was kept in a messy ponytail, mysterious yet shy crimson eyes, tanned skin, short height (for his age, but he was about the same height as Rosette), and graceful hands.
"How can I prove it to you?" he sighed desperately. Grinning impishly, she leaned closer and whispered in his ear "Prove it". The poor guy was flabbergasted, dumbfounded, and speechless!
"How?" he asked quietly almost impossible to hear. Rosette shrugged and smiled wickedly at him. "I'll give you about a year, since I'm feeling generous. I'll ask Shader here for progress report (Shader mock saluted Rosette), so good luck". The guy paled and gulped.
"What will happen if he didn't prove his…manliness to you?" Shader giggled. Rosette naughtily added "He'll cross dress as a girl for the whole year, I'll blackmail him with his pictures, he'll be my slave and he MUST get a boyfriend". Shader burst into uncontrollable laughter. The guy looked like he was about to faint. Rosette checked her watch and said "Shoot! I missed half of my last class! Gotta go! Remember our deal! Bye!" She waved and dashed down the corridor.
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"….the end of World War II in 1945. The United Nations was shortly established after, exactly on October 24, 1945…Ah, Ms. Rosette, nice of you to join us" Sir Remington pleasantly greeted the blonde haired girl stealthily climbed unto her seat. She sweat dropped and laughed nervously.
"I have a good reason you know" she announced smugly. Sir Remington's eyes twinkled with amusement and interest about this one. "Oh really? Care to explain then?"
"You see, me being a very kindhearted person, helped a helpless victim from a bullying incident ordered by a moronic gay" she explained sweetly from one minute and was sending death glares to Aion the next. Sir Remington fully understood the situation and decided to take the 'safe' step.
"My, my what a kindhearted person you really are. You should be a nun you know? Anyways, I'll just give you a warning this time, Rosette, for being late. As for Mr. Aion Daimon here, detention" he declared. The bell rang, and the class was dismissed.
The energetic girl ran excitedly towards the freshmen's building, where she quickly entered the computer room. She found Azmaria already waiting. She beamed in greeting.
"Hi Azzy! Thank goodness you're here!
"Y-yeah…S-so, d-do you need anything? H-help? Or do you want to talk about s-something?" she kindly offered. Rosette sheepishly grinned and then she scratched her head.
"Yeah…I need your help, Azmaria
"O-on what?"
"Internet, computers, chatting…blah blah blah"
"But I thought you weren't i-interested…" Azmaria looked confused.
"I did…For once, I was curious on this thing after Joshua's long time of persuasion"
"H-how long?" Azmaria asked.
"I think 6 months…" Rosette shrugged. Azmaria smiled, this was Rosette all right.
"I'll tell my brother it's thanks to your encouragement" she beamed at Azmaria. Azmaria blushed. She knew that Rosette knew about her thing for her brother, but she was thankful she wasn't mad or anything when she found out about it.
"W-why are you so interested now?" Azmaria wisely changed the subject.
"Because I'm tired of Joshua's nagging and…If you can't beat them, join them right?" she grinned with a mischievous glint in her eye.
Poshpuppy27: And done! Thank Kami-sama! I still have school tomorrow and I finished this first one at exactly…1:00 AM…Dang! Gotta sleep! Anyways, when you read this REVIEW! Love ya!
Quote of the day: I may be everyone's cup of tea, but I'm someone's glass of champagne.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, BTW!!! (Yeah I suck)