Authors Notes: I realized the UM community lacks a blanket scenario so I decided to supply one. :) Hope you enjoy it. :)
Disclaimer: It would be 'claimer' if ever I did own it right?
Dedicated to Tsuda Masaki, author of Kareshi Kanojyo no Jijyo (Kare Kano), which had inspired me immensely for the past month. All hail her adorable drawings and wonderful story line.
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Blanket ScenarioChapter One: Yes, we're lost
By: Misao Seta
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The moon was huge, perfectly spherical and beautifully shinning brightly this evening, illuminating the usually dark mountains and giving light to the dark forests where many of the animals lay and sleep. The sky was also unusually brighter than usual as about a hundred sparkling stars adorned it for the evening, looking lie Diamonds in an endless long black satin sheet. To top it all off, the wind peacefully blew soothing and calm winds, playing with the leaves of the trees, in the evening.
It was a very beautiful and peaceful evening. A night, which, lovers would usually want to share together. For the two figures walking in the forests however, 'lovers' was a statement nobody would ever use to describe their relationship. Friends would be accepted. Acquaintance would be accepted as well. But… lovers? Fat chance. :P
In the forest, a girl, who was one of the two figures, with slightly messy long brown hair, beautiful brown orbs and a perfectly fit and slim body did not even notice the beauty of the evening. No matter how obviously beautiful the evening was, it's beauty could not penetrate through her thoughts of hatred and frustration towards the higher power who has, according to her, always been unjust and unfair to her.
Why is it that life is never fair to her?
Out of all the boys who would pick exactly the same number that she got… why did it have to be Tsujiai?
To make things worse:
Out of all the girls who would pick exactly the same number that Kaji got… why did it have to be Akiho?
Why couldn't the Gods be nice to her for once and pair her up with Kaji? They very well know that she has the biggest crush on Kaji. They, also, very well know that Akiho also has the biggest crush on Kaji. Why were the Gods always nicer to Akiho? She's already a family friend and the manager of the team Kaji plays for. Isn't that already enough contact with Kaji? Couldn't they be a bit nicer to her and pair her with Kaji just once instead of Akiho? Is she richer, smarter, more athletic or even smarter than her? Is that why she always gets paired up with him instead of her? Sure she's richer than Ayu and she does have a pretty face but Ayu is not exactly ugly either. Ayu happens to be one of the prettiest girls in their level. And, intelligence wise, Ayu happens to be waaay smarter than Akiho. So why is it that Akiho always gets paired up wit Kaji?!
It's the fault of whoever controls everything that happens on earth. Yes, if they only knew how to be fair and not favor any specific girl, she would have been paired with Kaji a number of times by now.
Even though she acts so strongly against being paired up with Tsujiai, don't get her wrong, it's not that she hates, don't like or even despise Tsujiai. She actually thought that Tsujiai is a pretty nice guy and he's always around Kaji. She could probably learn a thing or two about Kaji if ever they talk.
But that's exactly the problem that Ayu is facing right now. Does Tsujiai ever carry out long, healthy and informational conversations with anyone aside from Kaji? If anyone knows one thing about Tsujiai it's that he's very, very silent. You might as well talk to a wall if you want to talk to him. It would almost be the same except that Tsujiai would occasionally say 'yes' or 'no'. He was as silent as a corpse. He is like a handsomely done painting, just there for everyone to see and barely says anything at all.
Ayu sighed as she walked beside the, as expected, very silent and serious Tsujiai. They were in the middle of the dark forest, in the middle of the night, looking for a tiny piece of white paper to sign. A single paper with names and a pen is to be found in this huge forest. A fairly easy and quick test for a giant but a long and excruciatingly difficult test for high school students. It was their bravery test… or was it a ghost hunt… whatever. The only thing she could think of right now are the things that Kaji and Akiho are doing together somewhere in the deep and dark forest… Hopefully they've found the paper to sign really fast and have gone back in an instant so that Akiho wont get a chance to try any sneaky moves towards Kaji in the dark forest. For all Ayu knows, Akiho might be throwing herself all over Kaji at this very moment.
At the thought of Akiho throwing herself all over Kaji, the question on how Kaji would react suddenly popped up her head. How would Kaji react towards Akiho if ever she did throw herself all over him while they were in the dark forest? Would he embrace her? Would he reply with a smile telling her he feels the same way that she does? Would he answer to Ayu's pleas and reject her by apologizing nicely and telling her that he's not interested? Or would he do something different… something more intimate? No… Kaji isn't that kind of person… that would be a highly impossible thing.
Suddenly without any warning a picture of Akiho and Kaji getting very intimate appeared on her head playing in very slow motion. Their lips getting closer… three inches away… two inches away… an inch away…
Ayu shook her head. The last thing she would want to be imagining right now in the dark with a walking wall are Kaji and Akiho getting very intimate and doing some lip action somewhere.
Gross and hurtful: not exactly a good combination.
It's all Tsujiai's fault. Yeah, it's his fault for not talking to her. If he was talking to her right now instead of being the walking wall that he is, the thought of... of… you-know-who and you-know-who-else doing you-know-what wouldn't even have popped up. Yup, it's all Tsujiai's fault. But will he ever start a conversation? The thoughts started popping up again and getting annoyed at the silence and the constant popping of the evil, disgusting and hurtful thoughts, Ayu tried conversing with Tsujiai.
"So…Tsujiai-kun."
"Nani?"
"Do you think we're going to have to look farther?"
"Don't know."
Is he always like this? Can't he say anything more? Actually when you think about it, he actually said two words, which is already an improvement. If she gives it another try, maybe that would actually do the trick and make Tsujiai a wonderful conversing pal who would talk to her and tell her all the juicy information about Kaji.
"Tsujiai-kun."
"Nani?"
"Do you think this will take long?"
"I don't know."
See, he actually said three words. He'd improve with a little work, patience and time. Time and patience, she didn't have those right now. Even if she does have a good conversation with Tsujiai it is very not likely that he would tell her anything important about Kaji. Even if he's quiet all the time, Tsujiai is someone to be trusted. He doesn't go squealing other people's secret, that was Kawanakajima's favorite thing to do.
Sighing once again, Ayu gave up any hope she had about starting a healthy conversation with Tsujiai. Obviously it's not going to happen since Tsujiai happens to be a man of very few words.
Kaji must be really good if he manages to keep straight and long conversations with Tsujiai… sighing and getting dreamy, Ayu decided to just spend her time day dreaming… or rather night dreaming about Kaji and all the wonderful qualities that he possesses, trying hard to keep Akiho out of the picture. But somehow, that was not an easy thing to avoid for Ayu. Trying to think about Kaji and all his greatness, while avoiding thinking about Akiho, seems to be a challenge since the thought of the two together at the moment was still playing over and over in her head.
Having no other choice, she decided to just continue her short conversations with Tsujiai. It was way better than suffering from the image in her head.
"Ne Tsujiai, I heard you're really fond of comics."
"Yes, I am."
"I also heard you have a beautiful cat."
"I own a cat." Hah! That's four words! We're making progress.
"Do you reall-"
"Could you keep it down for awhile Tateishi? I'm trying to concentrate on the road here. I need to observe everything we pass or else we might get lost. I don't think either of us would want that to happen."
"Hai…" Whoa… loads of words but definitely hurtful. Hurtful enough to keep Ayu's mouth shut for a few minutes.
That kept Ayu quiet for the rest of the way. Getting lost was an option Ayu did not want to have. She wanted to get out of the forest as soon as she could. But, as it usually goes, everything bad that could happen to you, will happen to you. And after a few minutes, Ayu noticed that it was getting a little bit darker and quieter in the forest. Had they gone even deeper in the forest?
"Um… Tsujiai-kun."
"Nani?"
"Are you sure you know where we're going?" Ayu was surprised when she didn't get the usual quick and snappy reply. She had actually started getting worried and scared when he wasn't replying. Her pulse was so strong and she had started getting Goosebumps when he finally replied.
"Of course I know where I'm going." She sighed in relief. For a minute there, she was actually scared that maybe Tsujiai and herself were lost. But now that she thought of it, it wouldn't be possible. Even if he was quiet most of the time, Tsujiai happens to be one of the smartest students in their school, and so was Ayu. Two smart students would not get lost in the forest no matter how dark it is. They'd be smart enough to leave trails and memorize where they were going… at least she hoped Tsujiai did that since she was too busy thinking about Kaji and Akiho to notice anything.
She started getting nervous once more when the silence grew and it got even darker. The moon barely gave them any light as the tall trees blocked the light that the moon gave the two and the inhabitants of the forest… if ever there were, which, Ayu hoped and prayed there were none.
"Tsujia-"
"Yes" He suddenly said.
"Yes? What do you mean yes?"
"I mean yes, we're lost."
Tsuzukeru…
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Authors Notes: How was it? :P I managed to make my initially one and a half page long chapter into four pages. I'm so happy. :)
Comments and suggestions will be very much appreciated. Constructive criticism will be used wisely. Useless or meaningless flames would be ignored. Please be nice. :)
.::bows::.
.::Misao Seta::.