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Chapter o2.

Her first Festival

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I woke up trembling. Sweat on my face and my heart was racing. I didn't remember the dream I had, but I kind of had an idea who it was about. Eureka. The girl I met recently. I looked to the side of my room and everything was normal. The way it was supposed to be. I sighed, I was way over my head. It was just a dream. I walked up to my door and opened it. I was up earlier then usual though, so that was good. I ran down my stairs and walked into my kitchen. My mouth fell open.

Dominic and Eureka were sitting at my tables having there selfs a cup of tea.

I stared at them for a long time, before they finally noticed me standing there. Dominic gave me a small nod while Eureka waved sheepishly. I walked slowly to the other seat at the table and sat with them. I had no idea why they were here so early in the morning. I opened my mouth to speak but Eureka beat me to it.

'Sorry for intruding like this.' She said shyly. Her eyes staring at her lap, I watched her. 'I was on my way to school when I bumped into Dominic.'

'And I asked her if she wanted to come here. Since, we have to go to school earlier then usual.' He spoke the rest for her. I turned my gaze to him. 'So I let us in.' He said firmly.

I nodded. Still confused. 'But -'

'But,' Dominic cut me off. I glared at him annoyingly. 'You're completely naked. So when you get dressed we can go.'

I blinked. What? I looked down at myself, and I could feel my face get intensely hot. Blood rushed to my face like nothing. I was sitting at the table in just my white boxers. I glared at the both of them and walked out of the room. I made sure I stomped up the stairs. I groaned as I entered my room, throwing myself on the bed. Stupid Dominic and his stupid personality. Then there was a quiet knock at the door. The door slowly opened, and Eureka stood there holding both of her hands.

I sat up. 'I'm so sorry for coming in your home without you knowing, Renton.' She spoke softly and sadly. She sounded scared of what I might do. That tightened my chest, to think she was scared of me.

I shook my head and sheepishly smiled at her. 'Nah. I'm just mad that Dominic pointed out I was half naked and -' I looked down at myself, not as shy as before. 'I still am.' I smiled. 'I'm glad that you came.' Her eyes fell wide open and her mouth curved into a shy smile. I got up. 'Well, I'm going to put on my clothes and we can leave.'

She nodded. 'Right.' She turned to leave as she closed my door.

'Wait.' She stopped and turned around. Looking at me curiously. 'Why are we heading to school an hour early?' I asked. She giggled.

'Because, We have to set up for the school festival in two days.'

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We stood at the gate of our school. We've been in school for three weeks and I've never seen the courtyard so packed. Every class was out, Every student was here. People were setting up their stations. Some were making fishing tanks so they catch them, some were doing puppet shows, one class was even doing a haunted house. Then the prefects were setting up the stage for the day of the festival when a band would be playing. Our school wasn't even half done and we had to complete this in two days. My head fell to the side, there was no way we could pull this off. Last year I didn't even attend, so maybe this year I wouldn't have to either.

I turned around to walk away, but before I could even take one more step. Someone grabbed my collar stopping me from walking away. Dominic growled as I turned around to look at him innocently. I sighed.

'I didn't do it last year and -'

'We lost points.'

'AND I don't think I should do it this year.' I crossed my arms. 'Look, you know I'm not any good as this junk. What the hell are we doing this year anyway? Last year as a pointless fishing game.'

'Do you ever pay attention in class?' He shot back.

'When it's important.' I glared at him.

He rolled his eyes. 'We're doing a Host.'

My mouth fell open. 'What?'

'A host. We're guys serve girls and entertain them to make them giggle. Girls would be serving the guys to make swoon.' He shrugged. 'We have Moondoggie in our class, so he came up with the idea, and everyone agreed to it. Even YOU.' He said his last word louder then the others.

'I don't remember agreeing to that!' I sighed, lowering my head to the side. 'I'm not good at being around girls though.'

'Just smile and act.' He shrugged again.

'I thought you were an innocent guy.' I pouted.

'Doesn't mean I don't get it.' He smirked. I think I was the only one who knew the other side of Dominic. The one who tricked and played with your mind to think you wanted to do it. But the truth was you didn't want to do it and he was making you do it. If I'm the only one who knows this, why do I keep falling for it? I followed him through the crowd. That's when I noticed everyone was staring at me. I eyed them back, and put my hands to my face. What was on my face!?

Then I realized they weren't staring at me as much as the person behind me. I turned around and Eureka was walking behind us with a scared look on her face. She seemed completely distant from the other students. That's right. I never seen Eureka at any of these things before. She was always alone before she met us, she was an outcast. I closed my eyes and could picture her standing in a sea of people. But, no-one was talking to her. I could only imagine the pressure she was feeling now. I gulped and reached out my hand behind me. Would she grab it?

I could feel a soft cold hand wrap around my hand. My heart was racing, I didn't know what I was feeling. But I was incredibly happy when her fingers wrapped in mine. I couldn't turn around and look at her. I was just happy knowing she was holding my hand. I looked at the people again and they looked more shocked. But I could do nothing but smile. I wondered if she was doing the same.

We finally reached our station. Moondoggie was in the midst of it all ordering everyone around. I laughed at him as we ran to them. He stood in front of us with his hand under his chin. He was judging us for something. Then he grinned.

'Renton, you've got the face of a cute lost boy!' My mouth fell open. 'And Eureka you've got the face of a goddess!!' I looked at her, her face went red. 'And Dominic you're just plain handsome.' I rolled my eyes.

'What are you doing Moondoggie?' I asked him skeptically, scared to get a goofy answer.

'I need a greeter and a two more guys to make girls giggle!' He said loudly.

'You mean us?' Dominic asked.

'Yes. You and Renton will be my main guys. Cute and handsome. It's a perfect combo.' And he looked at Eureka. I was still holding her hand, but at this point I was used to it. 'Your girlfriend will be our cute greeter. I have an older sister and she'll doll you up!'

'But - But I don't think - I don't think I'd be the - the right person to do this - this kind of thing!' She stammered loudly. Her cheeks flustered with redness. Moondoggie smiled, and placed his hand on her head.

'You'll do fine.' Then he danced away like no-one was watching.

I nodded and looked at Eureka. 'Don't worry, Eureka. I'm not very good at this type of thing too. It will be okay.'

'Yes!' She seemed more confident about herself, and then so did I.

We finally let go of each other when Moondoggie pulled me one way and a girl pulled her the other way. We smiled weakly at each other before we could no longer see each other. I looked up at Moondoggie, and he started to measure me. He almost did every part of my body. Then he would tug at my hair and realized it was naturally messy. Nothing could straighten it. After the measuring I helped built our cafe. We were supposed to serve tea and sweets while entertaining the guests. I know I wouldn't pull through with it. But Moondoggie gave me the first manga book where he got this idea from. I looked through it, it was pretty handy.

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The next day all we had to do was make sure we had everything ready. Miss Yuki made sure of it too. Miss Yuki was pretty demanding and loud. She liked everything her way and it always had to be that way. She was very head strong about it. I sighed as I sneaked behind the school with a bottle of water. It was blazing hot outside. I poured the water all over my face, pushed back my hair but it only fell back on my face and drank the rest. My sleeves were rolled up didn't help much. It was just too hot. I closed my eyes and let the sun soak me with its warmth.

'Eureka Novak attends this school Master.' My eyes shot open. What? I looked around and could hear the voice coming around the corner of me. I could see the shadow of the person beside me. My body completely froze in place. 'Should I end it here now?' My heart stopped. 'Sorry, I just thought it would be best. My apologies.'

Who was this person? It sounded like a young boy or a deep sounding girl. I slowly edged myself to the edge to catch a glimpse of them. I could see the back of the person. I still couldn't tell if it was a girl or boy. He or she was shorter then me, possibly younger and they wore a black suit. So everything was covered under them. What the hell was this all about? I didn't get it. I didn't get it at all.

'Yes, I understand.'

I watched the person lift up their hand and something suddenly shot from it. A long thick rope was shooting up towards the school. Then when it got to the top, the person went flying to the top with the rope. I watched with a amazement as I climbed to my feet and watched them fly up. But then they glanced down at me. For that mere second I could see the face. It looked like a girl. She had light green eyes. She glared and then was gone on the rooftop.

'Renton!' Eureka came running at me with a worried look on her face. I looked at her curiously. She finally reached me with a big breath. 'Where have you been? Dominic is getting mad because he thought you left. But I told them I'd find you.'

'Oh. Sorry.' I looked back up at the sky.

I think she looked up too. 'What's the matter?' I looked back at her. I stared at her hard and thought maybe I could get the answer just like that. But nothing came, and she stared at me back. Only kinder. I shook my head and smiled nervously.

'Nothing. I just seen a weird bird.' I shrugged.

She grabbed my hand and she started to walk quickly. I blinked. 'I know we're not very close, I know we just met and I never had a real friend before.' She stopped. 'But, please, Don't lie. If you don't want to tell me just smile or change the subject. But Don't lie.'

I watched her back. I could only picture her expression. Sad. I smiled as I walked closer behind her. I actually smell the scent of her hair. 'I'm sorry. But I don't want you to worry.'

'It's okay.' She smiled.

I smiled back and we headed back to the crowd. But in the moment of everything I couldn't help but think about that girl. It sounded as though she was after Eureka. But, she had her chance to get her now. Why wouldn't she? What was she waiting for? I looked up at the school and no-one was there. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Eureka didn't do anything. Then again I didn't know that. She was right. We just met and we don't know anything about each other. I stopped what I was doing. Something hit me then.

I wanted to get to know her.

I wanted to know everything about her. Her childhood, her birthday, her best memory. The stupidest thing she's ever did. I wanted to know her family. I smiled at the thought and pictured her mom with the same hair color. I could see her happy family. Maybe she had a brother or a sister. Then I wanted her to know everything about me. I wanted her to meet my family too. That was something I was going to do now. Was get to know Eureka.

After everything was done we started to head home. Tomorrow would be the big day. I was quiet as me and Dominic headed home. I didn't bother to talk to him. Too much was on my mind. But my thoughts were broken when he laid a hand on shoulder making me stop in my tracks. I turned and looked at him. He stared at me as if he knew everything that was going on in my head.

'Renton.'

I sighed. 'I know. I can't hide anything from you.' I smiled givingly at him, he only nodded and I closed my eyes taking a deep breath. 'Honestly, I don't know if it should be any of my concern or business. But today, when I took a wee break behind the school there was a person on the side of me on the corner.' I looked at him. 'She was talking about Eureka.'

He stared at me for a long moment. Then he closed his eyes, meaning he believed me. 'Is someone following her?'

'I thought of that.'

'What would she have done to make someone follow her? Either someones after her because she did something or she has a stalker.'

'Most likely someones after her because she's done something.'

'Whys that?'

'Because, I get this feeling from the way the girl sounded.' I clenched my hands and stared at the sidewalk. 'It was like they were looking for her a long time, like she wanted to - wanted to -' I couldn't finish. My eyes shut tightly.

'Renton...'

'Like she wanted to kill Eureka right then.'

It was quiet between the two of us for sereval moments. But, if he wanted to know everything I would tell him. I trust Dominic. I've known him practically all my life.

'Maybe she should live with you.'

I looked at him as he stared at me seriously. My mouth fell wide open as my face began to grow hot.

'But - but - but - Wait - No - What?'

'Well, the only way you're mind is going to be normal with something like that on your mind is if you know where she is at all times.' He sighed. 'So maybe she should live with you. No-one lives there with you and when your family comes home, they're only there for two weeks and they won't mind.'

'You're serious!' I swung my arms at him. 'You can't be serious! I can't live with a girl alone! People will think weird things! I can't! No!' I crossed my arms in the letter X and stared at him.

He shrugged. 'One way or the other, you will worry crazy about her until you know she's safe.' And then he began to walk away.

I was completely dumbstruck by the idea. How could something serious turn me into some flustered moron? My head fell to the side. Know my head was filled with more things to think and worry about. I slowly began to follow Dominic but I didn't say anymore.

What if Eureka did live with me? I had a spare room. I shook my head. No. No. No. No. NO.

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The next day was the fair. It was in complete chaos. Everyone around the neighborhood was here and everyone they knew was here. It wasn't even nine yet and it was busy. I looked at myself in the back in the mirror. I couldn't believe that was me wearing that tuxedo with the little bow-tie. I looked older. More mature then I usually did. I smiled at myself.

'Renton?'

I turned around and my knees almost buckled at the sight of her. Eureka stood shyly at the door with that cute maids outfit on. It was black and white. The skirt puffed out, she wore black shiny shoes, her hair was done up. It was straight on the sides and lightly flipped out at the back. Her hands were behind her back as she walked up to me. When she got closed I could see the light lip gloss on her lips. She gasped quietly and ran to me. She grabbed my bow-tie, starting to straighten it up.

'There we go.' She beamed at me as she stepped back with hands behind her back. 'You look really handsome despite what Moondoggie says.'

I blushed. 'Thanks. You look really pretty too.' I smiled back. It was her turn to blush and I chuckled. 'I like your hair. Unfortunately Moondoggie got mad with mine and left it the way it was.' I tugged at my hair showing her. She giggled.

'You know,' She closed her eyes. 'I've never been to a festival before. This is my first one.' Then she opened her eyes but only half open as they stared sadly at the ground. 'I never had any friends while I went to school here so I never really attended anything. But I met you and I decided I wanted to do this at least once.'

I stared at her with my mouth a little open.

'I always thought I was doing something. When I said or done something they always laughed at me. I didn't know if I was doing anything right, that's when I started to be like other people and tried to make friends. Nothing really worked.' She sighed. 'I thought being me was a wrong thing to do.'

'Eureka...' Was all I could say.

'But since I met you and Dominic. Your friends and new people.' She looked at me while she started to smile. 'I'm really happy and for reason I just can't stop smiling!' She laughed a little and looked at the floor shyly. I smiled and laughed with her lightly.

I shook my head. 'Being you isn't wrong. Never.' I said strongly and she nodded. 'Should we get going then?' I bowed with my arm sticking out. She smiled as she walked to grab my arm. We walked out into the beaming light. To Eurekas first festival.

When the girls piled into out station, I was stunned at how many came in. I was feeling incredibly embarrassed and nervous. I knew I would disappoint my classmates with my clumsy personality. But to my surprise girls actually wanted me to serve them. I sat there between the three of them as they watched me curiously. I took a deep breath and smiled at them. I poured each of them a cup of sweet tea. They blushed intensely.

'What are your names?' I asked with full of confidence. 'I'm Renton Thurston third year.'

The red headed girl stammered her name first. 'Serra Yuki!' She clenched her skirt tightly, she was from junior high. I smiled kindly as I handed her cup of tea. I made sure my fingers gently touched hers.

'That's a beautiful name.'

Just then the other two said there names and everything flowed very nicely. After a few hours of talking with girls I became confident of myself. I knew what I was doing things right. I would look at Eureka every now and then. She also looked like she was having a blast, I would grin and she would calmly wave back. Dominic also looked like he was doing great. He had more customers then me, but I didn't even expect to have so many of my own. Time flew by as lunch came by. The lines for our little host expanded enormously. We were closed at lunch for an hour and that seemed to disappoint every one.

Me, Dominic and Eureka walked to the back of the school to take a small break. I looked up at the school and expected to see that girl. But nothing was there. The three of us sat against the wall with bottles of water. All taking a deep breath at the same time.

'Tough work, eh?' Dominic was the first to speak.

I nodded. 'No kidding.'

'My face hurts from smiling to much...' Eureka sighed.

'Me too.' Dominic agreed. 'I think this sounded easier then actually doing it.'

I gaped at him. 'What the hell? This was YOUR idea! You didn't have to come, you know? I didn't even want to come!' I groaned. Then there was a small tug on my sleeve and I looked at Eureka. She looked at me with huge eyes.

'Really? You're not having fun?'

I went quiet.

She got up and dusted herself off. Then she walked off back to the festival. I watched her leave and then lowered my head. Shoving my hands through my hair. I looked at Dominic who chuckled. I gasped and pointed at him dramatically with all my might.

'YOU. You planned this! You knew I would burst out like that! Now Eureka's mad at me!' I stopped in my words. 'Eureka's mad...at me...' I mumbled. 'Damn it.'

-

She wouldn't talk to me. She wouldn't even look at me for the rest of the day. I would wave and she would look away instantly. I would talk to her and she would ignore me as if I wasn't even there. I never experienced such a feeling before. I felt guilty, shitty, annoyed and tired. My stomach was doing knots before the evening even began. I didn't mean it the way she took it. I didn't like Eureka being mad at me.

'Renton?'

I looked up at my three customers. 'What's the matter? You zoned out on your story.'

'She's mad at me.' I whispered. I didn't know what kind of face I had on my face, but they seemed to atone to that. I looked at them without really thinking what I was doing. 'I didn't mean what I said, I want her to know that I am having fun. I'm only here because of her.' I closed my eyes. 'I wish she would know that...' I sounded like a shojo manga when I realized what I was saying.

'Aw! That's so romantic!' I blushed. The blonde clapped her hands together.

'You should let her know then!' The brown haired girl suggested. 'It's the only way to let her know, is saying something directly. You have to let her know!' She looked confident in her words.

'What is it I have to do?' I asked curiously. I know I must've sounded like a moron. But that didn't bother me right. What bothered me was Eureka's feelings and I had to fix them.

'You have to make it big and unexpected.'

'How?'

'Think about it.'

They rose from their seat. I sat back and thought about it. Nothing really came to mind. I continued to think about it through out the rest of festival. The stations were finally all closed. It was getting to be midnight and everyone was gathering around the stage. The dance and contests would start any moment now. I could hear the screams of girls as I stood from afar leaning against one of the walls. My hands were in pockets as I stared at all of them.

'I knew I would find you here.' I turned around to what Moondoggie said. Dominic and him were walking quietly towards me. 'I told you!' He stuck out at Dominic. I smiled at the two as they stood beside me. The music started up now as we looked at the screaming crowd.

I don't want this moment to ever end.

Where everything is nothing

Without you.

It was an English song sung surprisingly great. But I could understand it. I closed my eyes as they sung slowly. I could quickly agree to this song. Because, It reminded me of Eureka. How I felt about her.

I wait here forever just

to see see you smile.

Cause it's true I am nothing

Without you.

Her smile was everything to me. My eyes opened as I stared at the crowd. I thought of something through his quiet husky voice. I wondered if I should go. I wondered if she would be somewhere in that crowd. Then Dominic placed his hand on my shoulder and nodded at me. I looked at Moondoggie as he only grinned stupidly. From then on my feet moved on their own account.

Through it all,

I made my mistakes I'll stumble and fall

But I means these words.

I want you to know with everything

I won't let this go.

He continued to sing the slow song as I searched the loud crowd. This was stupid it wouldn't work. As If could find – Then I saw it. There were speakers on the sides of the crowd. I ran to them as quickly as possible and climbed on one. All I had to was find her hair color. As soon has the song loud and dramatic I seen her head. My mouth fell wide open with a smile.

'EUREKA! EUREKA!' I yelled through the song as loudly as I could. She perked up her head and I started to wave violently with both of my hands. She wouldn't look over at me. 'EUREKA!' I said again and she got a glimpse of me then. I grinned, her mouth fell open as she stared at me wide eyed. I jumped into the sea of people as I seen starting to run at her.

These words are my heart and soul

I hold onto this moment

You know?

Cause I played out my heart to show

I pushed many people aside as I rushed through them. I tripped a few times and I didn't know I really had seen her running at me. People wouldn't move aside for me. Until they finally realized I was running with all might towards something. Then I could see her before breathing as much as me. I walked closer to her as I grabbed both of her hands. The people around that were near enough to see and hear watched us.

'Renton?' She asked loudly enough for me to hear.

'I'm sorry! I didn't mean what I said! It's just that Dominic manages to do that to me!'

She mouthed my name.

'Eureka. I'm glad I came! I'm glad I came with you!' I pulled her in for our hug. I couldn't see the expression on her face as I pulled her. But I closed my eyes as I lightly hugged her in the middle of the crowd. 'Sorry...' I whispered in her ear.

That I won't let go.

The song ended as he screamed the five words, but it sounded like the song wasn't supposed to be over yet. I looked up and everyone was facing us. I even looked at the band who was watching us. I blinked. Eureka poked up her head and she became crimson when she saw the flood of people looking at us. The girls had their hands over their mouths. The guys stared in shock. I let go of Eureka with frantic and turned my back to her, with my hand over my mouth.

What the hell was the matter with me? I guess my face was the colors of hers.

There was a small tug at my back. I turned around and Eureka beamed at me. 'It's okay Renton! I forgive you!' It was my turn to whisper her name quietly. I nodded, and the song started up again. I had a bad feeling this would be the schools news for weeks.

After the whole dramatic apologies Moondoggie and Dominic came to stand with us. The four us watched all the bands that appeared. Dominic won the handsomest bachelor award, Moondoggie won the best idea award and Eureka along with me won the most popular couple. We tried explaining that we weren't together but I classmates said that it didn't matter. So our class won the the grand prize for most points. We won a class trip to go on a camping trip after winter. Later on everyone was quiet as the power went out. They waited in suspense for the fireworks.

Then they began. I glanced at Eureka as they went off. All the colors reflecting in her eyes. I've never seen her smile so warmly before. I could feel myself being drawn to her, tied by some invisible rope that wouldn't let me far. Everything was over before one and we headed home together. Dominic, Me and Eureka. But Dominic walked to the corner with us. I suggested to walk to walk Eureka home.

'So,' I put my hands behind my head. 'Were those the first fireworks you've ever seen?'

'Yes!' She said with excitement in her voice. 'They were all so huge and bright. Some went really high too!'

'I'm happy that you had fun. Maybe we could do Fireworks soon.'

She blinked. She looked at me with that curious look of hers. 'Doesn't it need to be a special occasion. The only special occasion that I can think of that's coming up is Christmas.'

'Well, there's always birthdays, some kind of other party, outings and you could always just use them whenever.' I shrugged.

'Birthdays...' She mouthed quietly. I glanced at her. She went really quietly as she looked like she was contracting on the word with all her might. Then she looked at me with huge eyes. 'What's a birthday?' She asked. I stopped dead in my tracks as I stared at her. She was dead serious and if she wasn't. I don't think Eureka was able to lie.

'You don't know what a birthday is? Don't you know the day you were born?' I asked slowly.

She shook her head. 'I wouldn't know the day I was born. But, I know the day I woke up.' She looked at me confusingly. I didn't understand what she was saying. 'Does that count too?' Eureka motioned her head to the side as she looked at me hard.

'I guess...' I answered. I didn't know what to say to that. I couldn't give an answer to something I didn't understand. We continued to walk slowly.

Eureka lived in an apartment building. She said she lived alone too. Then I really considered to let her live with me. Even if I had immature ideas to not let her stay. That didn't seem to be the problem now. Lot's had happened in the last three days, more then the the three weeks I have known her. Eureka Novak, who was she really? I asked myself over and over again. But the only way I would know her was to be friends with her, so I could get to know her. I closed my eyes as I stopped in my tracks.

The day she woke up...

What did she mean by that? What was going on? I didn't think my feelings were the problem now. It didn't matter that I didn't understand what I was feeling in my gut every time I saw her. The people who were after her and the fact she couldn't remember her birthday were the matter. I had to do something. First, I would have to learn about the person who was following her. I sighed opening my eyes. I guess I would have to wait and see.

Wait and see. It sounded so easy at the time.

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End of Chapter

AN: Renton has few problems already. The mystery has already began! He has lots of thoughts too, I've noticed. But then again – I made him that way. Oh, I don't own the lyrics that were used in this chapter and the last. I should have mentioned that in the last chapter. But I'm so lazy. -smiles- Reviews would be nice to read. I do wonder if I would get any. It'd be really nice to read them. Okay! Next chapter, the pink haired girl appears!!