Me: *sulking in a corner*
Sakuma: what the hell is wrong with her?
Kidou: *smirks* you won't understand, it's very complicated.
Sakuma: What ever. Like I care.
Me: *gets even more depressed*
Kidou: *glances warily at the two* Err… Start the story already!
Disclaimer: Neo doesn't own anything.
Curtain rises.
Cupid's Conspiracy.
14th Feb 2012, Tuesday.
Love is swift of foot;
Love's a man of war
And can shoot.
And can hit from far.
As soon as she woke up, Hikari opened her window and gazed out at the city garden. She did this every morning; she liked to see that everything was in order and today it was. The pigeons were roosting on the general's statue, which rested in the center of the park. Next to the general on his horse was a shallow fountain with a wide stone rim. Sometimes there were goldfish swimming in it because the children who won fish at the funfair tipped them in on their way home. Great oak trees spread their branches, scattering red-gold leaves on the flower-filled meadow and butterflies hovered over the long grass. A few people were jogging along the narrow, stone path, which circled the park and led into the funfair, which was held every year in honor of St. Valentine.
On the opposite side of the park, was a lovely Café and Josef, who worked there, was putting the tables out on the pavement. Which meant it was going to be a fine day. The sky, Dove-gray though it was, held no clouds and soft morning sunlight filtered through, which was unusual for a city like Keio.
The church clock struck six and Hikari turned away from the window to get dressed for school. While pulling out the pink sundress she had decided to wear that day, she glanced, once, gleefully, at the calendar on her study desk and smiled to herself. It was here, the day she had keenly been waiting for.
Two blocks away from her, Ito Yuzuki was prowling through her closet hunting for a proper outfit. Her room lay in a mess, with clothes strewed on the floor and on her bed. On her calendar, the day's date was circled and a small note had been scribbled at the bottom in a hurry. Finally sighting a blue blouse with frilly sleeves, she pulled it out along with a pair of denim jeans and skipped into the shower. She was delighted that after a long year of enthusiastic waiting the day had finally dawned.
In the house next to Yuzuki's, Yoshii Shirei was already dressed and was brushing her hair when her mother sent her out to the flower shop to buy roses. Flourish Blossoms was a pretty and exquisite shop, which sold elegant bouquets of all varieties of flowers, and always a pleasant aroma filled the air around it. And she set off across the street, breathing in the fresh morning air and stopping, once in a while, to gaze around at the marvelous city she had grown up in.
It was here, in Flourish Blossoms, the chief and most elegant flower shop in Keio, where Chryssa Lillian worked. The shop was home to rare trees and winter flowers, but now a truckload of roses, delivered that very morning, were spread across the floor and she was laying out the blooming buds when Yoshii flew in and greeted her good morning.
"'Morning," Chryssa replied pleasantly, they went to the same school and yet hardly knew each other, but Yoshii came every morning to buy flowers for the big, china vase next to the picture of her brother, who had shot himself two years ago. Chryssa always chose the best flowers for her.
"What are you doing tonight?" Yoshii asked her, twirling a lock of her long, brown hair in her fingers as Chryssa picked out the flowers for her.
"I'm doing a couple of home deliveries of bouquets with Sakuma," Chryssa answered, handing her a dozen pink roses wrapped in sparkly gift paper, "V-days are busy times."
"They're fun nevertheless," Yoshii laughed, as she paid the change, "I can't wait till the funfair opens."
And with that, she disappeared through the glass doors, leaving Chryssa wondering how she possibly could have fun while she was supposed to be working.
There was one girl, however, who was as distressed as Chryssa. Alexandra Noire lay in her bed, debating weather she should get off it and endure this miserable day. Memories of the past haunted her and she wanted to doze off again, but her mom shouting from downstairs, telling her that if she didn't get up in right then, she'd have to climb into the school bus in her pajamas, interrupted her brooding. Alex sat up in her bed, ruefully blowing a strand of her black hair out of her eyes. She scrambled out of the cot and glanced out of the window, the whole city was now alive, active with life. And to her surprise the sun was peeping over the clouds, which happened rarely in Keio. She narrowed her eyes, frowning at herself, three words on her mind: Valentine's day sucks.
Sitting over the school roof, Aphrodi was thinking along the same lines. Invisible to the students, who were now flooding into the school, jovial, merry, shouting Good morning to each other. Aphrodi shook his head dismissively, today was going to be amusing, for him nonetheless, for the poor victims of his bows, not so much.
Curtain drops.
Kidou: wow, you really do suck at writing other peoples OC's.
Me: shut up, I never asked you.
Sakuma: Neo, what is that? *points at a hideous pile of rubbish papers*
Me: I tried to write a Hiroto\OC fanfic… it didn't end well. *sweatdrop*
Anyway, thanks for reading! Reviews are love. I'm taking it slow, introducing only a couple of OC's at a time.
Kidou: now comes the part where she tells everyone she won't update anytime soon. *smirk*
Me: uh, well, I never thought I'd say this but, He's right. goodbye! *bows*