New Story! Kind of holidayish!

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The subway was crowded; there were no empty seats. She was exhausted; she held her many bags and pushed her way towards the back.

"Excuse me," she asked the young man who seemed to one who able to stand, "could I please sit here?"

He turned and his eyes bore into hers, "No."

She felt her anger bubble at his blunt answer, but someone beat her to it. "Why not, young man? Isn't it to be chivalrous to let a lady sit?" The elderly lady next to him spoke.

He, in turn, turned to glare at the grandmotherly type.

She was not fazed at all by his intensity, "Come now, be a gentleman, and let her sit."

He glared at her for a second before getting up and muttering a, "Here," to the young lady.

Thankful the young woman said, "Arigato."

"Hn."

--SS--

The elder woman had fallen asleep, snoozing on the younger one's shoulder. The younger one hadn't minded; the young man looked at her in disgust.

They came to an abrupt stop and the curious woman had to grab onto the man's jacket to keep her and the older woman from toppling off their chairs.

He glared at the offending hand. She moved it back to her original position, whispering, "Gomen."

More people came on and he grumbled, "Fuck Christmas." From the corner of his eye, he saw the young woman give up her seat to let a graying man take the spot. The older man wished her a "Merry Christmas," she smiled.

She stood next to the young man, with her hands full of presents, holding onto the bar above her head with one hand as the train lurched forward.

He stared at her and smirked at her when she realized who she was standing in front of. "Oh, it's you."

He was amused. "Yes, it's me."

She fumed silently questioning why she was near someone so not jolly.

They came to another stop and watched as the people lessened.

His original seat emptied and the young man quickly stepped back to his original seat-the seat next to him open.

She saw this and asked him to move down. He didn't respond and propped his legs against the chair in front of him, ignoring the child who had turned around to glare at the source of the push. She huffed and stumbled over his legs to reach the chair next to him.

She muttered, "Effing jerk…"

He smirked.

Her head slowly nodded up and down, and with one more jerk, she was asleep. He felt her head droop onto his shoulder and pushed it off.

They came to stop before the final; he contemplated waking the woman who looked about his age for only a second. It wasn't his problem; if this was her stop, she shouldn't have been sleeping.

The doors closed, readying to reach the final destination.

She kept sleeping, dreaming of the joys of holidays.

The subway began to slow at its final destination and his conscience overtook him; he shook her awake. She awoke with a start, accidentally smacking his nose.

She looked aghast at her actions and began her repeated apologies. He waved his hand, hoping her annoyance would cease.

She noticed the scenery outside the window, "…This isn't my stop."

The young man was already leaving the subway; she jammed on her read ski hat and gathered her bags. She ran after him. "Hey… Hey! HEY!"

He looked back to see her chasing him down. He sighed and continued walking. She caught up to him huffing and puffing. "Why (huff) didn't (puff) you wake (huff) me?" It was taking too much to keep up with his brisk strides.

"Wasn't my business."

He didn't look at her. She stopped a minute in her track to stare at his back. "Hey! Don't leave me!"

He paused to turn back and give her a questioning look.

"It's your fault you didn't wake me before this stop! Now it is your job, as a man, to help a damsel in distress!" She was smiling widely at him.

He was quiet for a moment, "No."

Her face fell, "W-What? Why? You should have woken me up before!"

He spoke, "I shouldn't have woken you at all."

Her face brightened, "…But you did! And now I'm your responsibility, and I need to get to …" she rattled off an address half way across town.

"No."

She followed him out the station, "Please!"

"No."

"You're a jerk!"

"Yes, and you're annoying."

She sat down on the nearby bench in sighing unhappily in resignation. She set her red and green bags stuffed with white tissue paper, next to her and stared at her hands.

She looked up and saw his receding back.

A few minutes later, he held out a cup of coffee and said, "Let's go."

She jumped up happily and took the coffee. "Arigato!"

"Hn."

They began walking and she suddenly stopped. "Oh!"

He sighed, regretting his decision, "What?"

She rummaged through her black bag, pushing her scarf to the side, "I wrote you a card in thanks for the chair!..." She found the white envelop that had a candy cane taped to the front. On it was written, "To: Mr. Subway Guy."

"Here!" she shyly held it out to him.

He glanced it before taking it from her gloved hand and placing it in his jacket.

He nodded at her and continued walking.

"Merry Christmas!"

He looked at her flushed face, "Aa."

Happy early holidays!

How about leaving a REvieW? as a present?

Sasusaku779