Stranded with My Rival in Love

Prologue

There was such a loud noise in the air from all the excited and cheering people, that I felt like I was going deaf. That only increased the noise I made. His sweat and determination is what kept him going, and what made me his biggest fan in the first place. Little did Souma Kukai now, I loved him as a person, too. He knew about my addiction to every one of his games, but not what my thoughts were about every second of my day. I watched as he stood up, flipped, and kicked the soccer ball into the net. The crowd went wild, and I waited for most to sit down. Quickly, I stood up, holding my sign of a picture of Kukai and I high above my head. With the loudest voice I had left in me, I yelled, "Look this way Kukai!"

His grin, which lit up my world, turned to my direction. He thrust a thumbs-up right at me before yelling, "UTAU!"

"WOO!" I yelled back, feeling tons of jealous glares from all around me. Of course, nothing could be better. You know, whenever something feels too good to be true, it probably is. Like the third time I've been to one of his games, I watched, as he took a microphone offered to him.

"Well, thank you," he gave his buddies a big group hug, "without these guys, I would never have joined soccer, and with the help of my childhood friend, Sion! Can we bring Sion down here please?"

All the jealous girls cheered, even me. I kept a smile on my face, feeling frustrated inside. My rival in love, Sion. She was miles ahead of me to becoming his one and only. On the nearby screen, they were filming her. Of course, the girl knew this was going to happen. So, she had a big smile on her face, and acted perfect. It was hard to accept, but, Sion was naturally kind. Her chesnut-brown hair was tied up in a messy bun, and her eyes sparkled with gratitude.

Kukai looked at her with admiration, "She is my everything."

"He is such a cutie," Sion smacked him in the chest, "ain't he?"

I slumped down in my seat, while everyone around me cheered for the hot guy with his cute childhood girl who is a friend. Not his girlfriend. Only I knew that of course, out of all these people. My fists clenched tightly on my lap. Slowly, as I ripped my poster in half, people around me started to leave. The screen, showing a happy Kukai and Sion, went black.

Instead of giving up, this only made my willpower even stronger. I, Utau Tsukiyomi, will become Kukai Souma's wife.

Chapter One

Today was the big class field trip. We would all be going on a boat out to sea for a few days, and I was beyond excited. Rima was twirling one of her golden locks around her finger, with a contemplating look on her face, "You have to make your move."

"What?" I looked down at my closest friend since forever, Rima Mashiro. "I-I can't just ruin our relationship. He thinks of me only as a true soccer fan."

Rima laughed, grabbing a hold of Utau's shoulders, "Ruin what? He thinks that you want to be serious? Ahem! That's what you want."

"But, I'm afraid," I whimpered shaking away Rima's grip. Feeling my cheeks, they were bright red. Usually, nothing effected me, except insults towards Kukai or well, just Kukai himself.

We walked to the middle of the classroom, where our teacher was setting up the group arrangements. I felt my hair, to see if it was tangled. Because Kukai was right in front of me. Rima grabbed my elbow, "Look, you'll be in his group." She muttered in a whispered voice, while pointing at the board.

I was so excited, I rushed over to my group leader. All I could think about was a romantic beach date with Kukai, his arm wrapped around me, and sharing a kiss by the sunset. Sion was talking to him, when I realized my fantasy was completely unrealistic. Dream big though, right?

"So," Sion muttered with a tint of pink on her cheeks, "were in the same group again."

No! My perfect oppourtunity! To be honest, I think Sion loves Kukai more than friends, but he doesn't understand that. Although I think if she admitted it, he would love her back. As our group walked out towards the bus, I couldn't help but thank Rima for her help. I looked up at the sky, seeing dark gray clouds start to form.


We had spent our first day on the boat. The docks had been out of sight for hours, and the day had been full of tanning and almost like summer. It was dark, but the air was still warm. Almost everyone was asleep except for Rima and I. We were both lying down on these yellow and white striped lawn chairs.

Rima took a long breath, "I can't wait to see my tan after these five days."

"I know right?" We both laughed, taking another drink of water.

We weren't the only ones still awake, though. Sion was standing against the side of the boat, looking out at sea. It seemed really deep, but what did I know about her? She could just be hoping that Kukai would choose her. In the end, that's all I want too.

"Have you been talking to Kukai?" Rima asked, tapping me on the arm with her straw.

My hands trembled at the thought of Sion and Kukai kissing in front of me. Completely ignoring me. "Utau!"

"Huh? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention," I frowned, looking away. My memories were still a little foggy from middle school ever since I tried to forget. Feeling a little awkward, I faced Rima and her intense stare.

She then pouted, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't make you remember. I think I'm a little tired, anyways, so, good night." Rima stood up.

"Night."


The boat our class rode on was tipping on the rolling waves. It was our fifth day, and we were far. I looked overboard to see blue, clear water only to be scolded for going so close to the side. Although it looked warm, the clouds were stormy.

After a few pointless minutes of the instructor teaching us about the types of ocean fish they'd captured, all the groups met up. All in all, Rima and I had been seperated for about fourty minutes.

We quickly hugged, maybe a little overly dramatic, "I missed you Rima."

"Aw, Utau," Rima whined loudly, then quickly whispered in my ear, "Did you touch him yet?"

I almost squeeled at the thought of Kukai and I, you know, getting dirty. I shook my head, feeling some of the disappointment Rima expressed. That's when a raindrop hit my nose. Everyone looked up at the sky, now dark. The teachers, the ones not sea sick, started to gather us up for an announcement.

"Due to the storm, the ship will now return to the docks, but," everyone groaned, ready to head back to class and study. Even if this was the most boring field trip ever, "we must all get into our groups."

I said goodbye to Rima, and went over to Kukai and Sion, "Hey, where are the others?"

"Sea sick," Kukai pointed out with a frown on his face. He looked a little pale too. Suddenly, he threw his hands against the side of the boat and just puked. I tried not to gag, and instead went over to his side.

I lifted my hand towards his shoulder, feeling like taking this chance to help him. As soon as I went towards him, Shion stole him away from me. Because of my hesitation. She gripped both of his shoulders, and closed in towards him, "Are you okay?"

He smacked her hand away, panting a little hard, "I...might kind of, ya know, all over you."

Shion nodded, obviously a little hurt, because she didn't say anything more. There was a strange pattern in which the teachers looked at each other, a little too nervous. That's when the boat suddenly shook, knocking everyone of their feet, and slowed down. Teachers looked over the side, while Kukai kept his head safely overboard.

"Calm down, everyone, calm down," Our homeroom teacher stated, before freaking out, "we hit a rock! Everybody get in the group lifeboats!"

Students flocked towards the opposite side from where we were, getting into the bright yellow and red lifeboats. Our group was last, as we climbed into it. I almost slipped, falliing nto the water, but Sion caught my hands. I thanked her.

The atmosphere was pretty awkward. Sion and Kukai were on opposite sides, staring at each other, while I 'observed' from the side. It felt like there was nothing I could do. But I tried, "Okay, let's grab the paddles."

There was a line of bright lifeboats ahead of us, and I could see blue paddles taken from either side of the lifeboats. Sion stared at Kukai, "Can I help?" She looked at me.

I nodded, "Sure, you take that side I'll take the other." We went to work. I peered over the side, seeing nothing because of the waves. So, blindly, I reached out for a paddle. The lifeboat tipped dangerously too much in my direction. Quickly, I retreated into the middle. Kukai began to feel sick again as the boat bobbed up and down.

Sion looked at me, "Utau, there's no paddles."

"Same," I responded, worried. How were we going to follow the class? There was a deep rumble in the sky. We could hear thunder. Kukai started to panic.

He went over to my side of the lifeboat, by coincidence although I was happy, and desperately began to paddle with his hands. There was no difference. Kukai drew back his hands, shivering, "Were losing the others."

The three of us stared ahead, to see a faint yellow dot in the distance. There was a barely visible person, carried away by the wind. There was a streak of lightning, and suddenly a large foamy wave crashed into our life boat. We all grabbed each other tightly. Before I smacked heads with someone and blacked out.


Slowly, my eyes opened to see a cloudless, bright blue sky. My head was pounding, and I felt relaxed. But I felt water moving beneath me. I sat up, feeling a sharp pain again. As I tried to gather my thoughts, I saw Kukai. He was tanned, with dark circles under his emerald eyes. His hair looked dirty. I said, "Where are we?"

"Utau! Your awake!" he exclaimed, grabbing my hands. "We're almost at an island. We can get some water there."

Sion sighed with relief, which brought her to my attention. She looked worn out, with her hair astray in every direction. She looked at me, "We've been floating for a few hours. You hit heads with Kukai, and passed out."

The water and the sky and the sun altogether gave off a calming feel. But when I realized that we were isolated from the others, I was worried. Kukai, almost a complete stranger to me, stood up without rocking the lifeboat, "Were on land!"

All of the swaying suddenly stopped, and we all scrambled out. There was sand under my feet. Sand through my toes. I fell down on my knees, scooping it up with the palms of my hands. I felt the small grains against my skin, and Sion lay down beside me. We were all exhausted. Kukai ran across the beach, towards the palm trees and jungle brush.

"I'm going to go see where the others are!" he called out, racing off.

I thought of the memories I had with just us three. They weren't good ones. Sion gently touched my hand, "Utau, I'm really sorry."

"For what?" I looked right into her thoughtful eyes, that seemed to tell all of my memories back to me. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't help but lose my cool.

"I'm sorry for liking Kukai, too," she brought me in a tight hug, her lips by my ear, "but I'm not going to give up." She moved away, with a stern glare on her face. I stared back, confused on what exactly to say to that. She obviously knew I liked him.

"Hey! You two!" Kukai yelled, having returned, "I can't find anyone!"

Sion and I shared a surprised look, before screaming. I thought of Kukai, Sion and I living all alone on this island forever. This was going to be a fight and I knew I wasn't going to lose. Was I seriously stranded with my rival?


[Author's Note: yaaahhh i usually write Rimahiko. but i thought why not make my 'first story' . heh heh (sooo not first. actually third on here. deleted the others) but i thought about Kukai and Utau and its really cute soooo i was like HAHAHA LETS DO THIS! inspired by this movie i watched with TheWolfPerson with Amanda Bynes. this girl thinks she's stranded with this hot guy whos a singer, who she likes, and she discovers they r not actually lost. she doesn't tell him. her rival finds out and acts like she has a French accent and that she is lost at sea too. its on Netflix ;p ]