A/N: Now, if you haven't heard of what happens after Volume 18, you might be a bit lost near the end, but it's okay, I kind of explained it... Sorta. Oh, and as you're reading this, please play all the Say Anything songs you have. I was listening to The Great Awakening (demo) when I wrote the part where Sunako's sleeping. But ALIVE WITH THE GLORY OF LOVE works fine, too.
Disclaimer: Own I not do.
Title: What's This?
Summary: Things never go as Noi plans. Especially when it comes to Sunako...
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❝Sunako-chan! Sunako-chan!" Noi screamed, running after her friend.
They were like bullets across campus. The dark girl zoomed past, dodging and dodging the crowd with a fierce determination. Yes. Determination. She was determined to get away from her best friend. Because in her best friend's hands...
Suddenly Noi's eyes blazed with fire, "I've been running every morning for a year! You won't get away from me! Sunako-chan!"
Sunako turned to see her evil friend gaining speed, "No way! You'll never get me to---"
And Sunako hit a wall. Uttering a small yelp, she looked to see that the wall was simply a broad chest; and she knew this chest. It was a kind that if you felt it with your fingertips, it was soft, warm, inviting... But if you were like her, always smacking into it, it was very hard, firm... She looked up at his face, into his eyes... No, not just any chest...
Of course she fainted.
The blonde scoffed, amused. Without a word, he'd caught her with one arm, and now had his friend posed bridal-style, making sure she was secure in his arms. "Noi, what are you planning now?"
Noi beamed, her attention now directed to her favorite couple, "I was just trying to get her to try some cute make-up!" Noi held our her fists. As they walked she named each product. In one was powder, lipstick, and blush. In the other was eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara, eyelash curlers and an eyebrow pencil...
A moment of silence, "Isn't that a little..." The blonde seemed to struggle for the right word, "Unnecessary...?"
At first the girl pouted, but then she sneered pervertedly, "Oh! Kyohei-kun is trying to say..." Noi whipped her head around, pulling her bros and mouth into the most masculine expression she could muster, "Sunako is perfect the way she is!"
That voice, that expression... She had the boy down... Only problem was she was a lunatic.
"Oh, come now, Kyohei-kun! You can't tell me you down think Sunako-chan is gorgeous!"
The boy scoffed again and kept walking. He walked quicker and quicker as Noi tried to catch a glimpse at his face... His reaction was so cute, she couldn't help but tease him!
"Oh well! Then I have changed my plans!" Noi smirked again as Kyohei turned to face her, the faint blush leaving his face slowly. The brunette looked at him with knowing eyes, and in turn he looked away, red in the face.
"I don't want to know!"
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When Kyohei got home he went directly into Sunako's room and didn't come out for a while. He knew the boys had seen him carrying her and he knew Noi would blow it all out of proportion, so he decided to stay where no one would bother him. He pulled the covers up to her chin after removing her shoes, and looked at her defenseless face. He also knew that he wanted to be there until she woke up...
Outside Noi was filling them in. For once, she stuck solely to the truth.
She was chasing Sunako, trying to get her to try on some make-up. Sunako bumped into Kyohei and fainted. Kyohei picked her up and held her carefully. And while he did it, he was blushing.
So she left out the details about her teasing...
He was still blushing!
Anyway, the important part was told, and now for the debriefing...
Ranmaru looked at Noi slyly before smiling, "So... What's the objective this week?"
Yuki peered up at the fellow brunette with curious eyes, Takenaga sighed expectantly, "Here's the new mission; you guys are going to plan a party! I big bash to celebrate Halloween! We'll do it at a club, that new one with the stupid name... Full Crescent! I'm gonna get Sunako to dress really sexy and make her put on my make-up. I want Ranmaru to schedule Sunako and Kyohei's favorite band, Say Anything, to play for us that night at a club! This way they'll agree completely! I want Takenaga to arrange things at the club and ORDER ALL THE BOOZE YOU CAN! And Yuki! Yuki, you... Just have to be your adorable self!" Noi grinned, pinching the boy's soft cheeks. "You must all keep to the assignment, and in the end... I'm going to get Kyohei to tell her she's beautiful!"
Everyone sweat a bit in doubt. It wasn't just that they challenged Kyohei's princely side...
Takenaga tried his best to smile patiently, "Noi-chi... The outcome is the same, but... Isn't this plan a bit... Excessive?" The boy wondered whether his girlfriends brain was all there, sometimes...
And the girl proceded to laugh antagonistically, "Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho...!" The hand by her mouth, pinky flexed, reminded them all of some moe-crazed fan
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Kyohei sighed, opening up the mini fridge she'd recently bought, he helped himself to her favorite Häagen Dazş green tea ice cream.
He sat on her chair for a while, filling himself on her scent.
He didn't know what it was about her, but everything calmed him down...
It gave him peace, but amped him up even more.
He could be himself around her, he could be all of himself.
At first he figured it was simply because he didn't care for her. He thought he shouldn't have to care about someone like her, because she didn't even care about herself. He told himself that, at first, he didn't care if she judged him. Then he learned how wrong he was. He learned that her opinion was one that he valued the most. He understood that he became more afraid of what she'd think of him than anyone else.
Now he knew the truth of it all, though. It happened the day he'd kissed her.
It was the day that Noi had started this whole 'shoujo-love scene' business. On that day, Sunako had complained about every little flaw he had. It ticked him off, and scared him, because that was the thing he'd feared the most, though she had no clue...
What it really was, was a list of everything his fan girls never saw of him. It was everything she knew of him, and still accepted. He had no reason to fear her anymore. After that, he'd gotten as close to her as she'd allow.
Kyohei listened to Danny Elfman's voice as Jack Skellington sang, "what's this? What's this?"
He smiled to himself, knowing how this music would comfort her. He walked over to the bed and sat next to the sleeping girl. He chuckled expectantly when a small smile graced her features.
She really was gorgeous...
After he'd kissed her like that, he knew she'd try to keep her distance from him. It made him sad, but at the same time, it fueled him. He clung to her more and more, invaded her personal space, watched movies with her over and over again, and constantly stole from her secret goodie stash.
He loved being around her. He loved fighting with her. He loved talking with her. He loved watching her cook; read; study; play... He loved her.
He knew it was one-sided. He knew it would stay that way for a long, long time...
But he'd never change her. He'd never force her to relive feelings she'd kept buried for so long. First he'd work to heal her. He'd comfort her, support her.
He'd build her confidence, and make her see the real her.
He'd wait.
He was fine with that.
Kyohei smiled solemnly to the dark angel before him. Her light breathing was more of a comfort than anything right now...
He brushed away the dark tresses threatening to hide such beauty from him. His hand trailed her temple and tucked behing her ear, resting on her neck. He caressed her soft skin with longing he hadn't realized he possessed.
These feelings were strong. So strong...
The blonde teen heaved a sigh, quickly pressing his lips to her forehead.
"You really are perfect..."
He lifted his face, soothing her cheek slowly with his thumb before her turned to leave the room.
As he closed the door behind him, Sunako's eyes opened slowly.
A flush that she was somehow able to hide until then washed over her in vengeance.
Things never go as Noi plans. Especially when it comes to Sunako...
Maybe that was for the better.
Sunako smiled as she touched her cheek.
"... I guess I don't need make-up after all...❞
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Ah-hem!
What did you think? Any good?
Probably better than the previous one-shot, but you tell me!
These are all strictly experimental, since I'm still developing my style and thought process, but I think I liked this one. It wasn't what I expected (I forgot what it was I expected...) but I'm happy nonetheless.
So tell me what you think of it, and I'll give you something...
Request a plot, or theme... I'll make it into my next one-shot for Testing.
You can tell me just how you want it to end, what starts it off, the pairing. You can tell me anything you want. You could even say you just want the theme based on a single word. You can just say:
Pairing: Yuami/Yori ( ---self advertisement, lol.)
Theme: (bunnies)
or
Plot: xXx and xXx are forced on a camping trip where they get more than they bargained for 0o...
(I know that one makes no sense, but if you ask me for it, I promise to deliver!)
Okay! Oh! And by the way...
The kiss scene happens in Volume 18. Now, I have another chaptered stories I want to write about this, but it'll have to wait... Ah, I'm more excited about that one, even though I have to rewrite it...
Anyway Later Days!
NerdSavvy
