Chapter 2 – Aqua blue/ Color of the beautiful sea
A/N: I will try my best for one chap / 2 days, but I cannot promise anything. Enjoy, anyway! Just to let you know, I own nothing at all. That is right people, nothing! Everything belongs to their respective owners, and just to be honest I have completely no idea who they are. Note [2]: The compliments was from Yuri No Tenshi ^_^
"Well, here we are! I bought mine here."
After a while of walking, the two girls were standing in front of a huge, spacious mobile phone store, with a signboard: "Yamanaka Mobile Center". There were a lot of people outside as well as inside, chatting about mobile phones and tablets. As they walked inside, Sakurako could not help herself and let out a surprise gasp:
"Wow…"
The sight was indeed fascinating. There were a dozen of brands and thousands of handsets on display. LG, Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia, Apple...Sakurako ran around in astonishment and excitement. By judging from her expression, it was the first time she had been to a place like this. She hurriedly dashed back to Himawari's side after a long time of sprinting around. She pulled lightly on the brunette's arms, shouting happily:
"Ahh! This place is amazing!"
The blonde's childish behavior made Himawari broke off into a sweet smile. She spoke coolly to her friend-enemy, trying to calm the girl down:
"You said you want to buy a smart phone, didn't you? Why don't we start looking around?"
In a showcase at the left corner of the room, there were a lot modern smart devices on display: phone, tablets, game pads, etc… Right at the first moment the blonde walk over, a large device caught her attention. It was the Samsung Galaxy S3 – Samsung's bestseller of this year. The thin and glossy design captivated the petite girl, throwing her into a trance. She muttered to herself in amazement:
"Beautiful…"
A female sales staff noticed Sakurako's passionate (^_^) gaze at the phone and immediately started introducing about the product:
"Hello, young lady. What you are looking at is the Samsung Galaxy S3, the latest AndroidTM powered smart phone from Samsung. It has a 4.8 inch touch screen and a quad-core chip…"
Hearing the information, Sakurako's eyes glowed as she entered a dreamy state even though she understood nothing at all. Himawari knew what happened and whispered at the girl's ears, snapping her back to reality:
"Uhm… you know… the price of that thing is XXXXX ¥..."
When the price tag traveled to Sakurako's ears, she shouted unexpectedly, not caring about anyone around:
"EH? THAT EXPEN-"
Even Himawari covered the blonde's mouth in haste; the yell still startled everyone nearby. The sales woman slightly frowned unhappily at the loud noise, seemingly annoyed. Nevertheless, she succeeded in maintaining her composed smile as she spoke again:
"Then would you like to try something in the lower-range?"
Finishing her question, she did not even wait for a reply and moved a few meters to her right. The two girls followed quietly side by side. They arrived at the large glass showcase labeled "Low-end". As the girls were examining, the woman continued:
"These are the devices for the middle range customers. They are used mainly for media and entertainment."
After a while of observing, Sakurako perked at Himawari, asking:
"Nee, Himawari, where's yours?"
The brunette searched around for a bit, then point at a white and small smart phone at the right:
"That one over there. It is the Xperia Tipo from Sony."
"Let me have a closer look at that one, please."
Hearing the girl's request, the woman quickly unlocked the showcase, handing Sakurako the handset. After a long while of observing both the front and back of the phone carefully, the blonde returned it to the hands of the woman. Hesitating for a short moment, she asked while blushing slightly no good reason at all:
"Ano... is there a...blue version for this?"
Replying to the little girl's concern, the woman chuckled for a few seconds. She smiled mischievously likes she knew something funny:
"Of course, there is my dear. Just to confirm, you are taking this one - the Xperia Tipo - Aqua Blue version. Am I correct?"
Averting her glance away from Himawari's eyes, Sakurako said sheepishly:
"Y-Yes..."
The brunette, however, didn't notice her enemy strange reactions. She looked like she was deep in thought. And in face, she was. The word "aqua" made her remembered something from her childhood. A piece of awfully sweet and happy memory.
~FLASHBACK~[2]
"The color of your hair makes me remember of the deep aquatic blue of the vastness of the ocean…I like it very much..."
A sweet statement from a certain blonde friend who was gazing at her had filled her face with a happy grin. They were holding hands tightly, sitting as close to each other as a human could. Closing her eyes as the brunette enjoyed the warmth from her little friend, she replied tenderly:
"And your hair reminds me of the beautiful sunset...The only thing that could almost be as pretty as you are..."
Snuggled up to Himawari, Sakurako rested her head on the other girl's chest while flashing a satisfied, blissful expression. They are as happy as they could be.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
Recalling the sweet past that they shared, Himawari could not help but letting a smile crept over her face. She really missed those times. And somehow, deep in her mind, she wished for it to happen again, she wished that they be together side by side without fighting, without meaningless arguments. She just wanted to spend a peaceful day by her friend, like they used to when they were children. A nostalgic feeling could be felt in her heart.
"...wari... Himawari..."
"Eh? Ah, yes... What is it?"
Himawari was spacing out for quite some time now. It seemed like Sakurako had bought the phone and she was already holding it tight in her hand. The product's box was no where to be found as the girl had put all the accessories that come with the device into her pocket.
"I am done! Let's go home, my servant!"
Facing the blonde's rudeness, for some strange reasons, Himawari didn't get mad. Maybe the old events of their childhood that she just remembered had lifted her mood up. She smirked broadly at the thought of her "wish" - a punishment towards Sakurako for her misconducts. She forcefully dragged her friend-enemy and walked a little quicker than she usual would.
"Alright! Let's go, shall we?"
The brunette could not help to be excited about what she was going to make Sakurako do.
A/N: That's all for the second chapter. Since you had already spent a few minutes reading this, why not using about 30 seconds more to submit a review so that I could continue to write this thing happily?