FORTUNE COOKIE
Sakura and her friends visited the Twin Bells shop and were immediately drawn to the new product, Fortune cookies. Sakura took one and finds that half of her fortune is missing. AU Oneshot…Not!
I was watching freaky Friday and just took the fortune cookie idea, even though it doesn't have a plot yet. Then I tried to formulate one, thus this story.
Disclaimer: I don't own any character in this fic. So.
THE MISSING HALF
"Come on guys, let's visit Twin Bells today." Said Chiharu right after their teacher dismissed them.
"I'm in!" pipped Meilin. "I want to buy some charm today."
"Count me in, too." said Naoko. "I want a new pen."
"So it's decided then?" asked Chiharu.
"Okay!" the girls immediately agreed.
And they happily skipped out of Tomoeda All Girls High School and went on their way to the said shop. It's a typical after school activity for them to hang-out in wherever place they decided. That is, if they don't have any club activities after their classes.
Soon they went inside the shop that's full of goodies and interesting merchandise, from plush toys to accessories to different kinds of charms and knick knacks.
"Good day, Ms. Maki," greeted Sakura cheerfully.
"Hello, Sakura!" Ms. Maki, the owner of the store, greeted her back warmly. "I see the whole gang is here. It's good to see you again, Tomoyo, Chiharu, Rika, Naoko and Meilin."
"Same here!" Tomoyo replied while the others smiled.
And off they went surveying the products displayed. Suddenly Meilin called them.
"Hey guys look! They have fortune cookies!"
The girls rushed to her.
"Oh, yes, that just came in yesterday. Though I never ordered for them, the deliverer said it some sort of freebie…hmm…It's quite popular, actually. Help yourselves." said Ms. Maki, serenely.
And each of them took one and immediately broke it to see the fortunes inside.
It was Meilin who first read her fortune aloud. "Charms are unnecessary as long as belief is made strongly. Wow, and I was about to buy one today."
"What kind of charm are you going to buy anyway?" asked Rika
"Love charm." said Meilin unabashedly.
"So that means if you believe you'll meet the one, you will not need a charm." Said Chiharu, chuckling
"So what have you got?"
"Uhm, It's a common mistake to confuse hatred with love." She frowned. "What does it mean?"
"Do you hate someone?" asked Sakura.
"Hey," yelled Meilin suddenly. "That means Yamazaki is the one!" she said slapping Chiharu in the back, earning laughs from the rest of the group.
"W-what? But he's so annoying… Argh! I can't believe this! I want a refund!" she shouted, making Ms. Maki chuckle as she passed by.
"What's yours, Rika?" asked Tomoyo.
"Distance is not a problem as long as your heart stays true. All your yearnings will be rewarded soon."
"Hmm, there's only one thing you yearn and he's in abroad." said Tomoyo knowingly.
"So that pertains to Terada?" Chiharu asked.
"I don't know," answered Rika. "But last night he told me on the phone that he was getting ready for his final exams."
"He's graduating right? So he'll be with you soon." Tomoyo suggested.
Rika clutched the fortune to her heart, her eyes twinkling. "I hope so." She smiled.
"Mine says: Don't be afraid to show what you create. People will appreciate the ideas you generate." Naoko read.
"Well, it must be about your writing." Sakura chirped. "You're a great writer, Naoko!"
"Nah, they're not that good. I'm nowhere near perfect."
"Don't say that Naoko-chan, I've read some of your stories and they're actually good." said Rika kindly.
"She's right, I've read some of your stories, too…well except the g-ghost stories, that is." Sakura shivered while everyone laughed. "But I'm sure they're good! Right, guys?"
All of them agreed.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate it." said Naoko gratefully. "So what did you get, Tomoyo?"
"A dark color will soon inspire you." She read, smiling.
"Huh?"
"That is so mysterious." said Naoko.
"What does that mean?" asked Meilin.
"Well I've been thinking and creating a lot of designs lately," said Tomoyo talking about her hobby of fashion designing. "All of them turned out to be in darker shades of various colors." She leaned her cheek in her palm and gazed dreamily. "And Sakura will wear them and I'll get to videotaped her. And oh, I made some for you guys and I'll get to take pictures of you and make a view book for that collection named 'In the dark'! Or maybe 'the Dark side' would be better…hmm? How about shades of …"
They all sweat dropped. Typical Tomoyo.
Tomoyo suddenly snapped out of her reveries. "So what's your fortune Sakura?"
Sakura eagerly broke her cookie and unravel the piece of paper. She frowned.
"Why that face?" asked Chiharu.
"What does it say?" Naoko inquired.
"You'll find that in other half of this fortune…"Sakura read out.
"Yes?" prompted Meilin.
"That's it."
"What? What do you mean that's it?" she peered at Sakura's shoulder
"Maybe it was a manufactured mistake." suggested Tomoyo, looking at the paper too.
"But that's unfair!" wailed Chiharu.
Ms. Maki approached them. "What's the matter girls?"
"Sakura's fortune is incomplete!" complained Meilin, taking Sakura's hand with the fortune to show her.
"Hmm…May I?" She asked for the paper. And Sakura handed it to her.
She scrutinized the tiny piece of paper looking at the back and holding it up in the light. "Look here girls," she suddenly said lowering the paper at their eye level.
The girls huddled together and stared.
"I don't see anything it." grumbled Meilin.
"No, look!" cried Tomoyo, pointing the corner of the paper strip. "The paper looked ripped off."
"Whaaaat?" Chiharu and Meilin shrieked.
"Where's the other half?" asked Naoko.
"Maybe Sakura ate it." guessed Meilin, hands on her hips.
"Of course not! I haven't eaten my cookie yet," Sakura showed them her broken cookie.
"Maybe it's lodged there somewhere."
Sakura examined the two halves. "Nope. Nothing."
They all sighed.
"Well," Ms. Maki began. "I think this means that you have to find the other half of your fortune."
"How?"
"I get it! You have to buy the whole pack of fortune cookies." barked Chiharu, slapping her fist in to her palm.
"Oh I see! It's marketing strategy. Very clever." Naoko rubbed her chin, her eyes narrowed.
Sakura sweat dropped. "I don't have a lot of money with me."
"How about we treat you?" Meilin suggested.
"If each of you bought a cookie the fortune will be yours and not Sakura's" Ms. Maki explained.
"I think I have enough for another one." Sakura selected another cookie from the tray and paid for it. Meilin urged her to open it already and when she did they all held their breath.
"Look no further for the answer you seek lies somewhere else."
"Hmm, maybe it means you won't find it by buying more fortune cookies, looks like the answer will come to you." said Ms. Maki.
They all groaned.
Ms. Maki smiled "Well, wherever the missing part of your fortune is, I'm sure you'll find it soon."
"How soon will that be?"
"Only time will tell." She said enigmatically.
They all stared at her and sighed.
"Oh well, now let's have some ice cream!" Meilin suddenly suggested. "I'll treat you, Sakura." She added when she remembered she already spent all of her money.
And they all piled out of the shop in search of an ice cream parlour.
Sakura pocketed her fortune her gaze went upward to the clear blue sky.
What will I find? I hope I'll find the other half soon.
A/N: Sooooo I'm on the roll. *Fist thrown up* this is my third one shot. Actually it turned out to be a two shot or three…hmm…
I decided to work on my oneshot ideas first and temporarily abandon my ongoing series "The Dare' because I still need to straighten my ideas for that. The plot just presented a lot of twists it's really difficult to write what'll happen next because it's all jumbled up. *sigh* and since I'm writing it in two ways I have to balance the suspense between the two. *another sigh*
But I'm still working on it, already in my fifth chapter, but I still have to decide on some things. If you have time please check it out coz I need some comments that might—will—help me with its progress.
Anyways about this story…nothing hahaaa
But I'm sure you're wondering where the other half of the fortune is…
I wonder what it says…hmmm…
March 6, 2013; 11:31pm
Revised: March 7, 2013; 3:34pm—I decided to omit Kaho since I just squeezed her because fortunes is kinda of her specialty…but then again…hahaha
Revised: March 9, 2013; 12:52am— I made the fortunes subtler. Heehee
Edited: November 6, 2013