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Summary: Aya Mikage, beautiful, smart, and wealthy, is being forced to get engaged by her twin brother Aki. She finally obliges to a young man named Saiko Hikami, but a week before her wedding, she notices the mysterious man in the crowd with no past.
Searching for a Special Someone
Chapter 1. The man in the shadows
Aya Mikage walked through the long hallways of her highschool. She was all alone, nobody else was with her. But that was how she liked it. She wasn't a loner, she had friends, but then again most of the time she was with herself alone. Sighing, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
'Today, I'll hang out with Yuuhi, and forget about Aki and his 'buddies',' she thought. 'I'll just have a quiet, calm day with my best friend...'
"Hey, Aya!"
Aya groaned, and without opening her eyes, she said, "Leave me alone Kizaki." She felt strong arms circle around her waist.
"What's wrong? Don't want to see your special guy?" Hito Kizaki smirked.
"I don't have any special guy," she spat, squirming out of his grasp. "And I know it's not going to be you!" Hito shrugged as Aya ran away.
"I'll get her for sure..." he said softly to himself walking in the other direction. "Aya Mikage is going to be mine..."
***
Aya kept on running at full speed. She was athletic and a track star. Turning the corner, she clashed into someone and fell to the ground with a loud thud, refusing to show the least bit of pain. Looking up, she saw that it was her best friend, Yuuhi Aogiri.
"Oh, Aya! Sorry!" he helped her back up. "That must've hurt though, considering you were running so fast."
Aya nodded. "Listen, do you want to go for an ice cream or something? Like now?"
Yuuhi gave her a strange look. "But you know we have last period in ten minutes."
She shrugged. "I know. So what about it?"
Yuuhi took her by the shoulders and shook her lightly. "Aya, what's wrong with you? It's not like you to skip school like that." He pressed his hand to her forehead.
"I'm not sick, Yuuhi, the problem is your memory. You know I've been skipping pieces of school my entire life!" Aya replied.
He blinked. "Oh right, well I can't go anyways. I promised Chidori to be her lab partner and in ten minutes they'll be assigning partners and if I'm not there than she'll have to be assigned to someone else."
Aya, once again, sighed. "That's ok, but don't wait for me afterschool today, I'm going out." Yuuhi nodded and waved goodbye, turning the corner and walking away.
She slumped and headed out of the school. 'So much for a day with my best friend,' she thought sourly. 'All Yuuhi does these days is hang out with Chidori. A week ago, I thought he disliked her. He's hanging around her more than me... No wonder he forgot what happens in my life.'
It was a friday afternoon, so her teachers wouldn't pester her about skipping school for the tenth time as they would probably forget over the weekend. Her school was like that. It was the kind of school who didn't care who attended or if people were beating each other up. The only thing Aya enjoyed about it was the track team. They had a track meet on Monday and she couldn't afford to get busied by exams or get injured. Oh, and not to mention get fat. She threw the idea of ice cream out the window and decided to jog around the park. After all, it was a beautiful spring day, flowers fully bloomed, birds chirping in the air, the sky a bright blue... But Aya didn't care about that. Or, she did care about the fact that it was spring which meant the end of the semester. The end of highschool.
Her stomach churned at the thought. It was a tradition in her family for every daughter to get married after highschool and before university or college. She thought it was stupid and her family knew it. That was why Aki took up the mission to set Aya up with some of his friends before his uncle, Kagami Mikage got angry and decided to do something about it.
After an hour of jogging, and excercising, she walked back to her home. She lived in a large, white, rich-looking house decorated with flowers lining the porch and a cherry blossom tree in the front yard. There was an old worn-out tire hanging from it bringing back childhood memories to Aya. Sweet memories of carefree days not even imagining getting married, playing with her twin brother Aki, every once in a while her father would call them in as it was getting late and everytime they'd say, 'Coming!' but would just continue playing. She smiled, a first true smile in the past month.
Walking through the door, she shouted, "I'm home!" She heard the sound of water running and her mother's voice. "Aya, I thought I told you to stop skipping school!"
She sighed. It seemed all she did was sigh these days. "Sorry mom, I guess I forgot." She dropped her bag down, sank into the comfortable couch, and was about to drift off into the wonderful world of sleep until she heard the front door slam open.
Opening one eye, she saw her brother walk in along with- she groaned. Along with that idiot smirking Hito Kizaki.
"Hi Aya!" Hito called in a sing-song voice. "Whatcha doing?"
Aya grimaced. 'Hito Kizaki talking like a child is so not right...' she thought. She got up and went to the door they walked in from. "Hello, Aki, I'm going for a run," she called. "I'll be back for dinner." Turning she glared effortlessly at Hito and proceeded out the door.
***
Saiko Hikami closed his locker softly, so unlike the other students who slammed them shut making a huge annoying banging noise. Always with a pleasant smile on his face, his perfectly combed dark violet hair and soft eyes a shade lighter than his hair, he was one of the most good-looking guys in the school. Girls loved him, guys envied him... A perfect social life.
It was the end of the school day, and he was walking calmly out of the building. He was a track star like Aya and was in the team. It was just too bad for him that Aya was faster. Then, his best friend, jogged up to him.
"Hi, Tooya, wanna go for a run?" Saiko asked his best friend.
"Sure, why not," Tooya replied, swishing his long red bangs out of his emerald eyes. He, too, was in the track team, although, despite his good looks was hardly noticed by the school. He was much better looking than Saiko, but people laughed at him because he couldn't remember a thing about his past, not to mention his last name. Only Saiko accepted him and they became the best of friends.
As they burst out the double doors, they began their jog without planning where they were going. They always did this, and ended up at Saiko's big home. Saiko had never been in Tooya's two-room apartment before, but was determined to bring up the subject.
"Say, Tooya, do you think we can race that Mikage girl someday?" Saiko asked him as they jogged.
Tooya looked at him surprised. "Why, you're interested in her or something?" Saiko had never been interested in a girl before.
He shrugged. "Well you must admit, she is beautiful, smart, fast... Ah, never mind that, I just wanted to see if you were faster than her." His cheeks had turned a light pink.
Tooya laughed. "Wow, Saiko, you're really into her! And I wouldn't even have a chance to race that girl with all her fans. But maybe you can. You're popular."
Saiko frowned. "Who cannot notice you? Have you checked yourself in the mirror these past days? If I were a girl I'd call you hot straight out! Hotter than me in fact."
Tooya gave him one of his rare smiles. "Thanks Saiko, but that doesn't change my social status. Anyways, I don't care about that, have you noticed that I've never raced you before?"
Saiko grinned. "I've noticed. I was just waiting for you to bring it up. Let's race anyways." Saiko ran to the edge of the school property. "Start here, and race to the intersection down the street."
Tooya agreed and they were off with a quick 'Go!' by Saiko.
***
Humming to herself, Aya ran down the streets at full speed trying to set a record of how long she could run in her fastest speed. As she waited for the light to change still running on the spot, she spotted two people running smoothly but swiftly down the street. The light changed and she crossed to the sidewalk where the two people were running. One swished past her and she couldn't catch their face, the other...
Bang!
Aya was sent tumbling to the ground the second time that day. She was getting tired of it. She never winced or twitched in pain as she hated showing weakness, but falling to the ground was another matter. 'It isn't my fault I'm so light,' she always thought. That way, she wouldn't lose confidence. It was all part of her strategy in running. Getting up, she saw Saiko Hikami standing and dusting himself off.
He turned to her and as if startled by her appearance, he stuttered, "I-I'm s-so sorry!" he bowed. "I-I hope I didn't h-hurt you!" He bowed again.
Aya looked at him in a funny way. 'Does he have problems or something?'
Meanwhile, Tooya who had won the race fairly was watching all this, and shook his head. 'Good job, Saiko, you just ruined your chance with the girl. Now she probably thinks you're retarded.' And that was exactly how Aya felt.
"Er... That's ok... Um... Is this a seizure?" she asked to no one in particular.
Saiko shook his head furiously. "Sorry, no I don't have problems! I mean, well it's pretty exciting to meet the star of Maika highschool, right?" He gave her one of his 'Mr. Prince Charming smiles' as Tooya called it.
Tooya sighed and shook his head with a small smile. 'That's my buddy, fixing problems with girls that fast.'
Aya laughed. "Well, I guess it'd be exciting to meet the Prince of Maika High too, don't you think?"
'Since when did people call Saiko, the Prince of Maika high?' Tooya thought. Shows how much I pay attention to my surroundings.'
Saiko laughed too. "So, anyways, I'm sorry for running into you."
Aya smiled. "No problem, I'm totally invincible!"
Tooya smiled, and crossed the street. He had a feeling they were going to take a long time, and quietly walked back to his apartment.
***
Saiko smiled to himself as he took the bus back to his home. Today was a great day for him, even though Tooya was proved faster than him, it was thanks to that race he met the amazing, funny Aya Mikage. He felt completely in love and even set a date with her for tomorrow at 7:00 pm. She seemed to like him too. It was thanks to Too-
'TOOYA!' his mind screamed. "Oh crap, I forgot about him! He must be angry with me now," Saiko shouted to the empty house. He lived all alone as his family was deceased. "Damn, I'm just glad he's forgiving... But it is pretty bad of me to forget him because of a girl."
***
Aya closed the door of her house and sat down at the kitchen table. Her brother came and sat down beside her. Noticing that his friend Hito wasn't with him, she sighed in relief.
"Aya, you have to listen to me," Aki began. "When will you find a husband?" When he got a reply of silence, he continued. "So, I know tons of hubbies just right for you Aya!" He tried to get her to laugh but heard nothing. He turned to her with a confused face.
"I-I think I know the perfect guy for me," she said softly. "I met him today at the street, and I have a date with him tomorrow at 7. His name's Saiko Hikami."
Aki gaped at her. "Hikami??!! How'd you get to know Hikami? Do you know how hard it is to even talk to him because of all those pushy fans?!"
She shrugged.
"Well, anyways, I think he's a pretty nice man and'll do good for you. Just don't go falling for his best friend." Aki stood up and left.
'His best friend?' Aya thought. 'Who would that be? Maybe that guy who ran past me, but I never saw him. He was pretty fast though. Hopefully not faster than me.' Her thoughts wandered off to Hito. She'll have to figure out a way to get rid of him first.
***
Yay, first chapter done. o.o Three guys for Aya... Lolz, so please review! I know there's not much AnC fans but I hope at least some people will read this. Thanks for reading, ja~
Summary: Aya Mikage, beautiful, smart, and wealthy, is being forced to get engaged by her twin brother Aki. She finally obliges to a young man named Saiko Hikami, but a week before her wedding, she notices the mysterious man in the crowd with no past.
Searching for a Special Someone
Chapter 1. The man in the shadows
Aya Mikage walked through the long hallways of her highschool. She was all alone, nobody else was with her. But that was how she liked it. She wasn't a loner, she had friends, but then again most of the time she was with herself alone. Sighing, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
'Today, I'll hang out with Yuuhi, and forget about Aki and his 'buddies',' she thought. 'I'll just have a quiet, calm day with my best friend...'
"Hey, Aya!"
Aya groaned, and without opening her eyes, she said, "Leave me alone Kizaki." She felt strong arms circle around her waist.
"What's wrong? Don't want to see your special guy?" Hito Kizaki smirked.
"I don't have any special guy," she spat, squirming out of his grasp. "And I know it's not going to be you!" Hito shrugged as Aya ran away.
"I'll get her for sure..." he said softly to himself walking in the other direction. "Aya Mikage is going to be mine..."
***
Aya kept on running at full speed. She was athletic and a track star. Turning the corner, she clashed into someone and fell to the ground with a loud thud, refusing to show the least bit of pain. Looking up, she saw that it was her best friend, Yuuhi Aogiri.
"Oh, Aya! Sorry!" he helped her back up. "That must've hurt though, considering you were running so fast."
Aya nodded. "Listen, do you want to go for an ice cream or something? Like now?"
Yuuhi gave her a strange look. "But you know we have last period in ten minutes."
She shrugged. "I know. So what about it?"
Yuuhi took her by the shoulders and shook her lightly. "Aya, what's wrong with you? It's not like you to skip school like that." He pressed his hand to her forehead.
"I'm not sick, Yuuhi, the problem is your memory. You know I've been skipping pieces of school my entire life!" Aya replied.
He blinked. "Oh right, well I can't go anyways. I promised Chidori to be her lab partner and in ten minutes they'll be assigning partners and if I'm not there than she'll have to be assigned to someone else."
Aya, once again, sighed. "That's ok, but don't wait for me afterschool today, I'm going out." Yuuhi nodded and waved goodbye, turning the corner and walking away.
She slumped and headed out of the school. 'So much for a day with my best friend,' she thought sourly. 'All Yuuhi does these days is hang out with Chidori. A week ago, I thought he disliked her. He's hanging around her more than me... No wonder he forgot what happens in my life.'
It was a friday afternoon, so her teachers wouldn't pester her about skipping school for the tenth time as they would probably forget over the weekend. Her school was like that. It was the kind of school who didn't care who attended or if people were beating each other up. The only thing Aya enjoyed about it was the track team. They had a track meet on Monday and she couldn't afford to get busied by exams or get injured. Oh, and not to mention get fat. She threw the idea of ice cream out the window and decided to jog around the park. After all, it was a beautiful spring day, flowers fully bloomed, birds chirping in the air, the sky a bright blue... But Aya didn't care about that. Or, she did care about the fact that it was spring which meant the end of the semester. The end of highschool.
Her stomach churned at the thought. It was a tradition in her family for every daughter to get married after highschool and before university or college. She thought it was stupid and her family knew it. That was why Aki took up the mission to set Aya up with some of his friends before his uncle, Kagami Mikage got angry and decided to do something about it.
After an hour of jogging, and excercising, she walked back to her home. She lived in a large, white, rich-looking house decorated with flowers lining the porch and a cherry blossom tree in the front yard. There was an old worn-out tire hanging from it bringing back childhood memories to Aya. Sweet memories of carefree days not even imagining getting married, playing with her twin brother Aki, every once in a while her father would call them in as it was getting late and everytime they'd say, 'Coming!' but would just continue playing. She smiled, a first true smile in the past month.
Walking through the door, she shouted, "I'm home!" She heard the sound of water running and her mother's voice. "Aya, I thought I told you to stop skipping school!"
She sighed. It seemed all she did was sigh these days. "Sorry mom, I guess I forgot." She dropped her bag down, sank into the comfortable couch, and was about to drift off into the wonderful world of sleep until she heard the front door slam open.
Opening one eye, she saw her brother walk in along with- she groaned. Along with that idiot smirking Hito Kizaki.
"Hi Aya!" Hito called in a sing-song voice. "Whatcha doing?"
Aya grimaced. 'Hito Kizaki talking like a child is so not right...' she thought. She got up and went to the door they walked in from. "Hello, Aki, I'm going for a run," she called. "I'll be back for dinner." Turning she glared effortlessly at Hito and proceeded out the door.
***
Saiko Hikami closed his locker softly, so unlike the other students who slammed them shut making a huge annoying banging noise. Always with a pleasant smile on his face, his perfectly combed dark violet hair and soft eyes a shade lighter than his hair, he was one of the most good-looking guys in the school. Girls loved him, guys envied him... A perfect social life.
It was the end of the school day, and he was walking calmly out of the building. He was a track star like Aya and was in the team. It was just too bad for him that Aya was faster. Then, his best friend, jogged up to him.
"Hi, Tooya, wanna go for a run?" Saiko asked his best friend.
"Sure, why not," Tooya replied, swishing his long red bangs out of his emerald eyes. He, too, was in the track team, although, despite his good looks was hardly noticed by the school. He was much better looking than Saiko, but people laughed at him because he couldn't remember a thing about his past, not to mention his last name. Only Saiko accepted him and they became the best of friends.
As they burst out the double doors, they began their jog without planning where they were going. They always did this, and ended up at Saiko's big home. Saiko had never been in Tooya's two-room apartment before, but was determined to bring up the subject.
"Say, Tooya, do you think we can race that Mikage girl someday?" Saiko asked him as they jogged.
Tooya looked at him surprised. "Why, you're interested in her or something?" Saiko had never been interested in a girl before.
He shrugged. "Well you must admit, she is beautiful, smart, fast... Ah, never mind that, I just wanted to see if you were faster than her." His cheeks had turned a light pink.
Tooya laughed. "Wow, Saiko, you're really into her! And I wouldn't even have a chance to race that girl with all her fans. But maybe you can. You're popular."
Saiko frowned. "Who cannot notice you? Have you checked yourself in the mirror these past days? If I were a girl I'd call you hot straight out! Hotter than me in fact."
Tooya gave him one of his rare smiles. "Thanks Saiko, but that doesn't change my social status. Anyways, I don't care about that, have you noticed that I've never raced you before?"
Saiko grinned. "I've noticed. I was just waiting for you to bring it up. Let's race anyways." Saiko ran to the edge of the school property. "Start here, and race to the intersection down the street."
Tooya agreed and they were off with a quick 'Go!' by Saiko.
***
Humming to herself, Aya ran down the streets at full speed trying to set a record of how long she could run in her fastest speed. As she waited for the light to change still running on the spot, she spotted two people running smoothly but swiftly down the street. The light changed and she crossed to the sidewalk where the two people were running. One swished past her and she couldn't catch their face, the other...
Bang!
Aya was sent tumbling to the ground the second time that day. She was getting tired of it. She never winced or twitched in pain as she hated showing weakness, but falling to the ground was another matter. 'It isn't my fault I'm so light,' she always thought. That way, she wouldn't lose confidence. It was all part of her strategy in running. Getting up, she saw Saiko Hikami standing and dusting himself off.
He turned to her and as if startled by her appearance, he stuttered, "I-I'm s-so sorry!" he bowed. "I-I hope I didn't h-hurt you!" He bowed again.
Aya looked at him in a funny way. 'Does he have problems or something?'
Meanwhile, Tooya who had won the race fairly was watching all this, and shook his head. 'Good job, Saiko, you just ruined your chance with the girl. Now she probably thinks you're retarded.' And that was exactly how Aya felt.
"Er... That's ok... Um... Is this a seizure?" she asked to no one in particular.
Saiko shook his head furiously. "Sorry, no I don't have problems! I mean, well it's pretty exciting to meet the star of Maika highschool, right?" He gave her one of his 'Mr. Prince Charming smiles' as Tooya called it.
Tooya sighed and shook his head with a small smile. 'That's my buddy, fixing problems with girls that fast.'
Aya laughed. "Well, I guess it'd be exciting to meet the Prince of Maika High too, don't you think?"
'Since when did people call Saiko, the Prince of Maika high?' Tooya thought. Shows how much I pay attention to my surroundings.'
Saiko laughed too. "So, anyways, I'm sorry for running into you."
Aya smiled. "No problem, I'm totally invincible!"
Tooya smiled, and crossed the street. He had a feeling they were going to take a long time, and quietly walked back to his apartment.
***
Saiko smiled to himself as he took the bus back to his home. Today was a great day for him, even though Tooya was proved faster than him, it was thanks to that race he met the amazing, funny Aya Mikage. He felt completely in love and even set a date with her for tomorrow at 7:00 pm. She seemed to like him too. It was thanks to Too-
'TOOYA!' his mind screamed. "Oh crap, I forgot about him! He must be angry with me now," Saiko shouted to the empty house. He lived all alone as his family was deceased. "Damn, I'm just glad he's forgiving... But it is pretty bad of me to forget him because of a girl."
***
Aya closed the door of her house and sat down at the kitchen table. Her brother came and sat down beside her. Noticing that his friend Hito wasn't with him, she sighed in relief.
"Aya, you have to listen to me," Aki began. "When will you find a husband?" When he got a reply of silence, he continued. "So, I know tons of hubbies just right for you Aya!" He tried to get her to laugh but heard nothing. He turned to her with a confused face.
"I-I think I know the perfect guy for me," she said softly. "I met him today at the street, and I have a date with him tomorrow at 7. His name's Saiko Hikami."
Aki gaped at her. "Hikami??!! How'd you get to know Hikami? Do you know how hard it is to even talk to him because of all those pushy fans?!"
She shrugged.
"Well, anyways, I think he's a pretty nice man and'll do good for you. Just don't go falling for his best friend." Aki stood up and left.
'His best friend?' Aya thought. 'Who would that be? Maybe that guy who ran past me, but I never saw him. He was pretty fast though. Hopefully not faster than me.' Her thoughts wandered off to Hito. She'll have to figure out a way to get rid of him first.
***
Yay, first chapter done. o.o Three guys for Aya... Lolz, so please review! I know there's not much AnC fans but I hope at least some people will read this. Thanks for reading, ja~
