Hilo everyone! Just a quick notice before we get on with the story. If there are any Hiei fans that read this I'm very sorry to say that he's not in this story at all because he was on a 'self-mission' at the time this happened. There is a bit of Yusuke and a tad of Kuwabara in it though.
Please. If you have to correct me feel free to do so just do it without any insulting to the author or the story. Tell me the corrections or advice on how to make this one-shot better and I'll revise it. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY FLAMES!!!!!!
Ok. For those of you who know me you know I always put in a few quotes before and after the story. So here they are.
"Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed."-- Hehehehehe... nice.
"Go ahead, piss me off. I've got plenty of closet space."
"Be optimistic. All the people you hate are going to eventually die."
"I'm a man of few words and a few dozen hateful looks."
"If you can't dazzle them with your knowledge, then baffle them with your bullshit."-- Exactly.
What's Perfection?
Today is just not my day, I thought. I woke up over an hour and three quarters late this morning and I was going to be late for school if I didn't hurry my sorry butt up.
You would think that waking up over an hour and three quarters later than usual would mean that I was already late, but not me. I usually woke up around 5:30 in the morning and school starts at 7:40.
It was 7:27 and I was still three blocks away at least. I'm not going to make it!
"Reina?" I looked over and there was Shuiichi in the back seat of a car.
Shuiichi? What is he doing here?
"Do you need a ride? You're going to be late." I nodded and carefully go in the car. My face was red and I could feel it. I was just glad that I was going to made it to school. But still...
Why did it have to be Shuiichi? Why couldn't it have been Yusuke or Keiko? Hell! I'd even settle for Kuwabara!
"Are you ok?" Shuiichi asked. "Your face is red." He went to feel my forehead but I smacked his hand away.
"No, no. I'm fine. I was running that's all!" I knew I was blushing big time so I changed the subject by asking the driver, "Are you Shuiichi's mom?"
There was a stoplight so she got to take a quick look at me and said, "Yes. You must be Reina Nezomi. Shuiichi has talked about you. It's so good to finally meet you." The light turned green and she continued to drive.
"Same here." My face reddened even more. He's talked about me?
We finally arrived at school and our first period class. English. The teacher didn't really care much as long as we stayed quiet for the people who payed attention. As usual, I lost focus and stared at Shuiichi. I sat in the back so he, or anyone else that sits in the front row, never knew.
I wonder what he says about me? I was still thinking about what his mom said. He probably says I'm stupid and if he didn't say those things then he surely thought it. I barraded(sp?) myself and looked at my desk.
I looked back up after a minute and it looked like Shuiichi was looking at me! But I must have been mistaken because he got a red notebook out of his back pack and quickly looked at the teacher.
I hate this, i thought referring to life.
Before I knew it, it was lunch and so far, during the day, I got threat notes from Shuiichi's fangirls, they actually confronted me and locked me in a janitor's closet, Yusuke let me out after a few good kicks at the door, and there were more threat notes.
Geez. All because I walked into class with Shuiichi.
"Hey Reina," Yusuke greeted. Yusuke and I have been friends, but not close friends. We say hi in the halls and chit chat for a bit, but that's about it.
"Hey Yusuke. How's your mom. I haven't heard from her in a while."
"She's fine as usual. Hey you know you can eat with us, right?"
"Oh. I know, but I've been busy and I'm a little behind in Algebra II--"
"Nonsense! You're sitting with us today!"
"What! No!" My efforts were wasted. He grabbed my arm and dragged me to my death of embarrasment. Shuiichi's always with Yusuke and the rest of the gang.
It's not like I dislike or hate Shuiichi, it's because I've had a crush on him for about a year. I always say to myself that it's just a crush and it'll go away within a month. IT'S BEEN TWELVE MONTHS!
"Hey guys! You all know Reina right?"
"Yeah!" Kuwabara said. "You're in my P. E. class! Sorry for hitting you in the back of the head with the football."
The ground looked quite interesting all of a sudden. "It's ok," I mumbled quietly.
"You can sit down you know," Yusuke said. Shuiichi moved his stuff so I could sit down next to him.
"I need to get my lunch." I put my stuff down and got in line. I got a salad, chocolate milk and some chips for Yusuke. He always asks me for the chips.
As I came back, the cafeteria got really crowded and I could hardly tell which table was Yusuke's table. I tried to look for the table but I was a little short in the crowded room.
"Yo! Reina!" I heard Yusuke. I looked over in the direction of Yusuke's voice and Shuiichi was waving his hand, signalling for me to come over.
I tried to squeeze through the crowd and found a narrow path, but a path none the less. I walked in the path, careful not to trip. At the last possible second, someone stuck their foot out and I tripped. I had chocolate milk milk, chips and lettuce all over my jacket.
I slowly stood up and the person who tripped me stood in front of me and said, "Look at what you did to my brand new shirt!" If you guessed one of Shuiichi's fangirls... you are correct. She had a light spray of chocolate milk on her.
"It was an accident," I said quietly. "I'm sor--"
"Do you know how much this cost?"
"I'm sure I can be able to pay for it. I'm--"
"Sorry isn't good enough!" She grabbed the collar of my jacket. She was too mad to care about the filth. Everyone was staring and chanting, 'fight!' I just wanted to crawl into a dark corner and die. "Payback time, bitch!" She was about to strike with an open hand. I closed my eyes, expecting a stinging and burning sensation on my left cheek, but there was nothing.
I opened an eye slightly and saw that Shuiichi grabbed the girl's wrist.
"S-Shuiichi! I-I was just...," she stuttered.
"Let Reina go now," Shuiichi said calmly, but darkly at the same time.
She was practically frozen so I wiggled my was out of her grasp and slipped on the spilled milk.
"Reina?" Shuiichi said in a concerned voice. He let go of the girl's wrist and was about to help me up but I quickly got up and ran to the halls. I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks. Now I know he thinks I'm a weakling.
"Reina! Wait!" I heard Yusuke call to me, but I couldn't let myself be near anyone. I couldn't face anyone. I kept running around random corners and soon, I stopped and hid behind some thick bushes.
"Damn!" Yusuke cursed. "Kuwabara! Why didn't you tell me she could run! You with her in P.E.!"
"I didn't know she could!" Kuwabara said. They stopped right in front of the bush I was hiding in.
"I hope she's alright," Shuiichi said.
Just go away, please. Just go away, I kept chanting in my head.
"Where could she have gone?" Shuiiche asked.
"With that speed and her kind of determination... anywhere by now," Yusuke said.
"We should split up," Shuiichi suggested.
"Yeah." Yusuke went in one direction and Kuwabara went in the opposite direction, but Shuiichi just stood there.
As soon as Yusuke and Kuwabara were out of sight Shuiichi said, "Reina? I know you're behind the bush. Please come out." He was at the enterance of the bush peeking in. In responce I moved even farther behind the bush. "Ok. I'll come in." The space was cramped(sp?) for him so he struggled a bit.
I crawled backwards as far back as I possibly could and held my knees to my chest.
His hair got caught in one of the branches and he had to stop. He sat down and tried to untangle his hair. "I will never know how you got back there so easily," he said, joking a bit, to lighten the air. He was still trying to untangle his hair. After a minute or two he gave up. "Reina? I'm sorry."
I looked up at him and said, "For what? You keep helping me."
We sat in silence for a while before he spoke up again. "Why didn't you fight back?"
"Huh?"
"You didn't even try to get out of her grasp or cover yourself. If I hadn't have interfered she would have hurt you. So why didn't you fight back?"
I didn't answer him.
"Reina?" He went back to his hair and decided to just snap the branch and crawled toward me again. "Reina? Please answer me. I need to know."
"Why do you need to know?" I asked in an angery tone. "So you can prove that I'm a weakling?" I looked at him with bitterness and tears spilling from my eyes. "You already have proof so leave me alone!" I sobbed and cried harder into my hands. "I was intimidated, ok? You got your answer so go away!"
"No. I will not go away Reina. Why do you want me to go away? Do I intimidate you?"
"Yes!" I choked out. I didn't mean to shout but I was angery.
He just looked at me with a confused expression. "How did I intimidate you?"
"Because you're so damn perfect!" He was shocked that I cursed.
"What? Perfect?" He still confused.
"You're smart! You're popular with everyone! You're handsome! You're kind! You'r strong! You're PERFECT!
"Reina, I'm not perfect--"
"Yes you are!" There was another pause and I looked at my knees again.
"If I'm so perfect then why is the girl I care for hurt so much?"
What?
"If I'm so perfect then why is she hiding behind a bush instead of seeking my 'perfect' help?"
I looked up at him, unable to believe what I was hearing. I couldn't possibly be the girl he was talking about.
"If I'm so perfect then why is the girl I've love for so long pushing me away like I'm not worth anything?" He stared at me with an intensity I couldn't even begin to describe.
This has to be some sort of trick or joke, but he wouldn't do that. H-he wouldn't. I couldn't take anymore of his stare so I looked at my knees again.
Shuiichi calmed down for a bit and quietly said, "Reina? Please look at me."
I didn't. I didn't move at all.
"If you won't look at me then let me aske you something. Do I mean anything to you at all?"
Yes you do. You mean more to me than you know, I thought. I wanted to put them into words but it felt as if my throat was being squeezed. Like I was being suffocated by an unknown force.
"I see," Shuiichi said quiety. "I't's obvious that I mean absolutely nothing to you. You don't want anything to do with me. I'll leave you since I intimidate you so much." He turned around and crawled out of the enterance, but he got caught by another branch.
I kept thinking about what he said.
I looked up at Shuiichi. He was still trying to untangle his hair again.
Then it hit me. He's going to leave for good! I reacted and hugged him from behind. "Please... Don't leave. Don't leave." I said into his back.
He sighed and loosened my grip so he could turn around and hugged me back. "Reina... I won't leave if you don't want me to."
The bell rang, signalling that lunch was over. I didn't know if I should just stay where I was or get up and go to class...
"Do you want to go to class?" Shuiichi asked.
"Not really," I said truthfully.
"Ok, but we can't stay here. Someone could catch us so let's sneak out of school."
I was shocked. Shuiichi. THE Shuiichi is ditching school.
Before I could respond he grabbed my hand and practically dragged me out of the bushes.
I looked at Shuiichi and said, "I'm sorry." He looked confused for a bit. "I got milk, lettuce and chips all over you."
"It's ok. Now come on before we get caught." He grabbed my hand again.
We got passed the enterance gate but we still kept running.
We stopped at around the corner and continued walking. "So where do you want to go?"
"Home so I can change."
"We can go to my house. It's closer."
My face turned a little pink. "Ok." He was probably going to drag me anyway if I said no.
After a few more minutes of walking we arrived at Shuiichi's house. He unlocked the door and we went inside. It was neat, organized and really clean. He guided me upstairs to his room. I was getting pinker by the second. There was a twin sized bed, a medium sized dresser, a desk with a computer and more drawers next to it and there was also a bathroom and a closet.
I was so tense and nervous that I just stood a step outside of the room.
He looked at me and said, "You can shower first."
"O-ok." I could still feel bits and pieces of the lunch still in my hair so I didn't refuse. He handed me a towel and showed me the bathroom. I started to take out the lettuce and the chips out of my hair and clothes. I found a few leaves and twigs too. I stripped and folded my clothes neatly and took a quick fifteen minute shower. I towel dried my hair and my body, making sure I didn't drip.
There was a knock at the door. "Reina? Here are some of my old clothes you can use until your own are washed."
"Ok." I wrapped the towel tightly around myself and cracked the door wide enough to switch the clothes. While I was changing he put my clothes in the washer.
As soon as I got dressed I came out. The red button up shirt came downto my knees and the shorts were quite big as well and barely hung from my hips. It was...awkward. My face was pink again. "Do they uh fit ok?"
I didn't want to complain so I told them they were ok.
"I'm going to take a shower so you can sit down and make yourself at home," he said. I know he was trying to make me feel better and I deeply appreciated it.
"Thank you," I said quietly.
"You're welcome Reina." He grabbed a towel and some clean clothes and went to the bathroom.
After ten minutes of looking around the room, not touching anything, I sat down on the floor at the foot of the bed.
Everything was strange and awkward for me. It was all happening so fast. Everything felt surreal. I brought my knees to my chest.
'If I'm so perfect then why is the girl I've loved for so long pushing me away like I'm not worth anything?' My mind wandered back to that moment.
The way I acted towards him made me hate myself even more. "I always mess something up," I said to myself. "He probably hates me now, not that I can blame him. I'm so stupid!"
'You can keep her. She's too much of a weakling for my taste,' my dad said before she left me and my mom ten years ago. 'Once a weakling, always and forever a weakling,' he said before he slammed the door. I wasn't suppose to hear that but I did or at least that part. He always believed that once you were old enough to remember a moment ten years into the future you would be stuck that way forever. My mom and I thought it was stupid, but we didn't say anything until it was too late. He was drunk and He died in a car accident. His last words was calling me a weakling and I believed him even if I didn't want to. My mom kept telling me that he loved me but that was a lie.She didn't know I heard the conversation.
My hands closed into tight fists as I barraded(sp?) myself. "Why? Why do I always mess things up? Why the hell would he care for me now?"
"Because you're a nice person and I really do love you," Shuiichi said, sitting sown right in front of me, "and I have or quite a while."
I blushed deeply. "I-I lo--"
There was a sudden warmth on my mouth and it surprised me. Shuiichi was kissing me and before I could get over the shock, he broke the kiss. My face was glowing red and I ended up looking at my knees. "Are you ok?"
I nodded frantically.
He chuckled and said, "You really are just as Yusuke says." I looked at him. "A mouse."
I'm going to get Yusuke the next time I see him.
"Even so, I still love you so will you be my girlfriend?"
I couldn't help but smile and say, "Yes." Then I hugged him around the neck. He hugged me back and pulled back and passionately kissed me again and this time I kissed back.
The End
Hilo again! So what did you think? Was it good or aweful or somewhere in between. I was also thinking of making another chapter of the same event but in Shuiichi's POV. What do you think?
If you guys have any requests I can try and do my best as long as it's within : Naruto, Inu Yasha, D N Angel, Demon Diary, Fruits Basket or Rurouni Kenshin.
Alright here are more quotes.
"This is your god damn fault 'cause you god damn decided to pick a god damn fight with the god damn guy I'm looking for but I can't god damn find him because you god damn scared him off!"-- God damn! (I can picture Yusuke saying that to Kuwabara)
"I believe you should live each day as if it were your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?"
"Smile. Tomorrow's going to be worse."
"Even young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective."
"I wonder if he knows he's running in a circle."-- Guess who? It was by Hiei.
