Hey everyone!
Its been awhile and i've been suffering from a severe case of writers block. I blame it on school and all things associated. the whole SAT's and studying pretty much zaps up all one's creativity. This is my first story since then. I hope you all like it. this is technically a test chapter. i wanna see what kind of reaction i get first since its not a fully formed story. I've got a semi solid idea of where i might take it, but ill take my cues from you guys. Leave me reviews/PMs/some form of communication if you want me to continue. As always im open to suggestions. hopefully this will ease me back into writing. i'll apologize beforehand for inconsistant updates (it will most likely happen at some point).
Since this is a semi formed story(ive got the main events/ideas down im just not too clear on the details yet), I'll give you a main summary of where im hoping to take this.
SUMMARY:
Ashiya Mizuki is a veterarian whose having trouble finding the "perfect man". Being rather tomboyish turn guys off and she struggles to find the balance between who she feel comfortable being and what men want in a female. To the rescue comes her best friend Julia who plots to find her the perfect guy. Julia's idea? Put Mizuki underneath the tutelage of famous athlete Izumi Sano, a man who has no problems getting any girl. It's up to Sano to make Mizuki into a girl any man including himself would want.
Why did all her dates seem to end like this? Mizuki sighed and tuned out the man seated across from her. It was going to one of those nights. It almost always was one of those nights. She didn't know why she even bothered anymore. All her attempts at dating ended the same way.
"You're a nice person. But… I'll be blunt, you're just to masculine for me. I mean… not that you're a man. Its just you look more like a boy than a girl." her date blabbered. "That's not to say you won't be a great catch for any man."
Mizuki listened halfheartedly. She had heard variations of the break up speech dozens of times and each time, it never changed. As her date continued to babble, Mizuki stared at her reflection in the restaurant window. She did look a bit boyish with her cropped light brown hair. Admittedly, Mizuki also had the tendency to dress in jeans and t-shirts. The whole dress or skirt outfit she was currently in wasn't something she did often.
"I'm really sorry. It's me… not you." her date finished his breakup speech.
As in every version of the breakup speech, it was followed by the mandatory awkward silence. Mizuki tried to search her mind for something to say, but found nothing. Finally, she settled on the usual response.
"I understand, Ethan." Mizuki smiled.
"You do?" he looked surprised, rearranging his face from the preset mask of sympathy that guys usually put on when they though a female was going to be in tears.
"Yeah." she nodded. "Thanks for dinner." She couldn't wait to leave and nurse her damaged self esteem at home with a pint of Haagen-Dazs ice cream.
When Mizuki arrived home half an hour later, she found a rather unwelcome welcome party taking advantage of the living room in her apartment. Battling in front of the large television set was Mizuki's long time friend, Julia Maxwell and her boyfriend, Shuichi Nakatsu.
"How did you get in?" Mizuki questioned throwing her purse into the matching loveseat.
"Spare key…" Julia answered.
"And you let her, Nakatsu?" Mizuki trained her gaze on the blonde young man trying to protect himself from his girlfriend's barraging attacks with the Wii remote.
"She's your best friend?" Nakatsu justified lamely. His face projected a helpless look while his shoulders gave the classic "what could I do?" shrug.
"So, how was the date?" the other girl asked.
Mizuki shot her a look to which the brunette winced.
"That bad?" she pursued, only to receive a sharp nudge from her man. "Ouch…"
Nakatsu shot his fiancé a warning glance before turning his attention back to his future cousin in law.
"Thanks for that Nakatsu." Mizuki grinned at the blonde. "Yes, Julia, it was that bad.
"Do I need to challenge him? Punch his face? Show him the wrath of messing with someone whose associated with Shuichi Nakatsu?" Nakatsu volunteered.
Mizuki couldn't wipe off the giant grin that spread on her face. Half heartedly, she declined his offers.
"Nah, I'll be fine." Mizuki shook her head. "I'm going to bed. I've an early day at the office tomorrow."
Julia laid down her Wii remote and gave her boyfriend a sharp jab in the side.
"Owww!" Nakatsu cried.
"We have to do something." she decided.
"Do what?"
"I don't know…" Julia admitted. "But I hate seeing her like that. We're going to find her the perfect man."
Nakatsu looked nervously at his girlfriend. The look on Julia's face was one he knew all too well. She would find someway to execute whatever plan was forming in her mind. Someone help him and Mizuki both when Julia decided to put her operation into action. He had a bad feeling about this.
any mistakes? tell me so i can fix them. i'm pretty sure i got them all, but i could have missed some.
anyway, thanks for reading and most importantly....
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