That's Taking Me To Places
"I activate my trap card! Rebounding your attack back to your own monster!"
"Oh no! This can't be good!"
No Atem, it certainly does not look that way.
"Hmph, I reveal a card of mine as well Kaiba, A magic card Giving my monster five hundred extra attack points!"
My eyes are glued to the screen, I'm watching a very old episode of Yugioh. I just can't understand the new series, where the hell did Yugi go and how come Kaiba wears a freaky helmet thing? Meh, What can ya do. What better to do on a Saturday morning then eat more cup ramen and watch anime in my fuzzy pajamas? It just gets better. Soon I'll run out though but I'll get more money from Sasuke. I hid the twenty in my letter box, I want to pay off the house and then have enough money to visit my parents. I'll have to ask Orichimaru for the location but I see them one day.
"Alright!" I shot at fist into the air, nearly falling off the couch. Sometimes I think I go over my head with this whole anime obsession for I was shouting at the TV.
"Cha! Kick his ass Yugi!" My body bounced on the little couch as I watched the character of Seto Kaiba lose all his life points because of Atem's strategy. Here let me explain. Atem used the magic card so his dark magician would have more life points then Seto's monster so the attack would fail...and Kaiba would get attacked instead and...am I boring you? Oh sorry, I really need to stop doing that. A knock was heard at my door. I groaned and and dragged myself to the door, why now? I yank the door open, ramen noodles still in my mouth.
"Yeah, What do ya want?" I asked, leaning against the door frame, I wiped my mouth with my pajama sleeve.
"Ha, Nice pajamas." I gave a sour look as I saw his smirk.
"What the hell Uchiha, It's morning! Surely your little girlfriend isn't on the move now."
Sasuke laughed. "Actually she is but that can wait for right now, Did I catch you at a bad time?"
I'm sure he was referring to my pajamas. I gave him a look, my glasses sliding down my nose. It was too early to deal with this shit.
"Not at all, would you like to come in?" I answer, gesturing my arm to the inside of the house. Sasuke shrugged, walking past me into the house. I take a deep breath, preparing myself for this. The door closes and I return to my spot on the couch. This isn't a pretty picture. Here I am with my legs crossed and my eyes to the small TV, my mouth full of ramen noodles. Then here was Sasuke with his arms crossed and one leg rested on the other, his eyes in a scowl at me. I looked to him and blink.
"Whaa?" I asked, my mouth still filled with a load of noodles.
"How can you eat that?" I sighed, oh sorry I can't afford a big breakfast for myself, I'm kinda short on money. I couldn't tell him I had nothing left to eat then the pity parade would come and he would surely laugh in my face. I swallow my breakfast and simply shrug at the question.
"I'm used to it, would you like some tea?" I asked quickly, not very good at pulling the lying game. Sasuke smirked as if it the most amusing thing I've ever said.
"Sure." I nodded, shoving the cup at the boy, forcing it in his hands.
"Hold this then."
I hop off the couch and sprint into the kitchen, filling the kettle with water and then lighting it's flame. Now all I had to do was use up time until the water was done. I watched Sasuke from the kitchen, he seemed pretty content with the television, such a quiet fellow. If the school heard that Sasuke Uchiha was in my house, the fan girls would kill me. Tch, now that's pathetic.
"So how was the ride here? Any fan girl attacks?" I asked, my oh so smartass comment.
"It was a nice ride actually, how are your fan boys?" He shot right back, not wasting his time to even look at me. I winced, Ouch. Asshole. I ignore his remark and return back to the couch. He held out my ramen and I snatched from his hands.
"Should I really ask what you were watching?" I laugh, Jeez he makes it seem like I'm a true freak.
"It's Yugioh dude, it's an anime about ancient cards games and stuff." Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this as if this could anymore simple for him.
"So you basically watch cartoons?" I look at him like he had grown three heads.
"Japanese cartoons mind you, It's kinda an addiction." I admitted, squirming into the couch. When my uncle gave me my first manga, I couldn't put it down. I'd reading again and again.
Then I'd buy more and soon I had a TV and I would watch it. It was the only thing I felt I was really interested in, the only thing to keep me occupied.
"Hmph, an addiction to cartoons? You're a little too old for that don't you think?" I wanted to wipe the smirk right off his pretty little face but I had to remember that because of him I still had this house, I needed his money badly. So I let that one slid.
"With a comment like that you're lucky I'm dating you." I blurted out angrily. Sasuke chuckled.
"You're lucky you're getting anything for it, normally girls do it just to be around a guy like me but you take a different approach eh?" Was he comparing me to his fan girls?
"Woah buddy, I can't stand to be around you for more then a second, I just have a bit of self control."
He snorted at that. "Yeah, I could tell by your outburst in the hallway yesterday." He was on my last nerve, I just wanted to dump the rest of my ramen on his head. The tea kettle whistled and that my cue to leave the room. I place the ramen cup back into his hands and race to make the tea. I snatch out what the only tea cup I have and pour the water and put the bags in.
"Uh, So what are today's plan?" I asked from the kitchen, you could tell by my voice that I was ready to just jump in the fun of making Sakura jealous.
"Well Sakura's at the libaray today."
"...right."
"We are going to pretend to be a couple again."
"Would you mind if I looked at a few books when we're there?"
"I suppose not if you're a good little girl."
I blinked dully at him. What was he, my father?
"Tea's ready so come get it." I told him and he gracefully came to the counter. He picked up the cup and took one sip before he spit it out. I winced, it was that bad?
"Sorry, I'm not the best person to be in a kitchen." I shrugged, wanting to just hide my face. Sasuke sighed and set the cup back on the counter.
"I can tell, you eat cup ramen." He chuckled, his black hair flipped and his eyes stared into mine.
"So where are your parents?" I froze in place, I tried to think of what to say to that.
"Uh, They left." I said quietly, taking the ramen cup that was still in Sasuke's hand and I tossed it in the small garbage bin.
"They left you alone here?"
I quickly looked up,"Yeah but they'll come back though, they're on business."
Sasuke had a smirk on his face. "Do they know about our little deal?"
I don't think my parents would be at all proud of my deal with Sasuke, they barely are proud that I'm alive.
"No they don't." I answer truthfully, taking the tea cup and sipping the rest of it. No need to waste anything.
"Ah, that way it can be our little secret." I twitched as Sasuke winked at me, his frame leaned against the counter so our faces were closer.
I shrugged,"Sure we'll go with that." With that I turned away and left the kitchen to run up the stairs. "Give me a second to change for our date." I managed to spit the last word out. I quickly threw off my pajamas as I walked into my room. Throwing on whatever clothes I could find, then quickly ran my hands through my hair.
I looked in the small mirror on my nightstand just to check. Huh. I was wearing my Rukia shirt from Bleach and ripped up pair of jeans. Classy, real classy. I raced back down stairs back to Sasuke.
"Wow, you're surely dressed to play the part." Sasuke commented, just knowing by just my outfit that Sakura would go mad with jealousy. Tch, Asshole. I looked at his outfit, All black. Jeez, not a colorful person eh? I could tell by his ego alone. I rolled my eyes and took his hand with mine, I headed for the door.
"Whatever let's just leave." Once outside, I dug through my pockets and found the gate key and quickly locked it. Sasuke dragged me back to his black Corvette. We got in and I made sure to slam my door hard.
"Well someones in a bad mood today." Sasuke commented, starting the car and putting it into gear. I shrugged, directing my eyes to the outside of the window, watching as we passed my house.
"You're certainly very quiet today."
I shrugged again,"I don't talk much, just when you piss me off that's when the words nearly fly out of my mouth." The raven haired boy chuckled, he really knew how to make small talk. Such a go getter.
"So why is Sakura at the library?" I asked, the dead silence made the space tense between us.
"She works there, mostly on weekends." He sounded like a stalker kinda, he knew everything about the gal.
"So what makes you think that a person like you would go there to read?" I asked bitterly, might as well get a kick out of it. Sasuke's hands tightened on the wheel.
"That's where you come in, You get some books and I pay to take them out, So Sakura thinks I'm a nice guy by doing so." I blinked dully at the jock. Yeah, great plan such a genius.
"This is stupid, no offense." I said, only meaning all the offense in the world. Sasuke could be related to an anime character, I thought trying as much to stay faithful to my fake life. He was so much like Dark Mousy from D.. The looks, the charm, everything. Except he's no angel. I'd have too much damn luck. In the other half of my mind, I was making a list of books I could take out.
FullMetal Alchemist. Excel Saga. Zatch Bell. Sasuke would have to speed this plan up, matching band was at six 'o clock and it was only three. Sasuke's Corvette lead us to the more shaped up part of town, a bright and skyscraper filled place. All business. The black car cruised past stoplight after stoplight, making some stops for busy business people to pass the street along with hyped up school children. After passing more stoplights, the black car squeezed into a back alley and we found ourselves in front of a small building. This couldn't be the place, it seemed too simple.
"Alright Tay, Showtime." Sasuke gave a million dollar smile, giving me a wink, he stepped out of the car. Tay? I shook it off and kicked the car door open and followed Sasuke to the library doors. Once in we were welcomed by Sakura's bright smile. "Hey guys, I didn't expect to see you two here." I nodded to Sakura as my hello and made my way to the manga section, my hands taking shelter in my pockets. I'd leave the small chat with Miss Perfect to Sasuke, he knew his way around. He had it all under control. I must admit this was a good idea, free manga and cash for this date. Just great. My body hunched over as my eyes scanned the anime picture, name and volume number.
FullMetal Alchemist, Volume 5.
Meh, read it.
New Elfen Lied volume.
Hmm.
My hands shuffled, picking up book after book, my curiosity of the plot lines running wild to know. Like I said, Sasuke has it all covered. I come back to the main counter and drop the books with a loud thud, interrupting Sasuke'a and Sakura's little conversation. I smile victoriously as Sasuke pays for my books and I capture the books back in my arms.
"Wow, Someone likes to read." The sugar coated girl comments. "Meh, I guess." I shrug, ignoring my obsession completely with anime.
"I got her into those books." Sasuke interrupted. Ne? Sasuke got me into Anime...that's a good one. I quickly cough a laugh and Sasuke shoots me a look. I had to keep it cool or I wouldn't be eating dinner tonight. I shut my mouth and nod at his words.
"Yeah, Sasuke's a big fan." Sakura laughed, and pointed to my shirt.
"Bleach, huh? I love that show." I grin, well maybe pinky isn't that bad after all.
"Rukia right?" I nod. "I'm more of an Orihime fan." I wrinkle my nose and gawk at that.
"She's too thick, She belongs with Ishida then Ichigo." Sasuke was spaced out of our talk, confused by our geek language.
"Hmm, What do you think Sasuke?" Sakura asked and waited for his reply. It had to be good.
"Well I think Orihime belongs with that one guy...with the brown hair and-"
Sakura the laughed and shook her head. He had dropped the ball big time. "Chad? No way!"
Sasuke smirked and I couldn't believe it. Such a quick cover up. Pure fucking luck. I rolled my eyes and head for the door.
"Let's go Sasuke, See ya Haruno." I shouted and walked down the small parking lot sidewalk to Sasuke's car. I open the door and hold my mangas close, waiting for Mr. oh so high and jock like to drive me home.
"Things were going so good, why'd you leave?" Sasuke asked, returning to the car.
I shrugged,"I couldn't take watching you lie..."
Sasuke rolled his eyes,"It's the real world kid, get used to the lies."
I sighed, taking the first manga off the pile and flip through it.
"So how'd it go?" Sasuke smirked and hold a piece of paper between his fingers. I raised an eyebrow and winced at it.
"A registration paper for a library card?" Sasuke shook his head and flipped it over. A few numbers were scribbled in curls. Sakura's phone number. He got really lucky.
"She said we could hang sometime...as friends."
I smiled,"There ya go, now you don't need me." Sasuke kept the smirk on his lips and started the car.
"It's not good enough, We need more process before you're free." I sighed, well I could use more of his wonderful cash. I had to save from my house's sake. It would collapse soon and I would have to pay that off as well.
Passing house after house again we made it back to my house and I stepped out of the car. Sasuke followed me, seeming to have nothing else better to do. I adjusted the weight of the books to my right arm, to snatch the key out of my pocket to unlock the gate. Once unlock, I kicked open the gate and walked in the door that Sasuke had left wide open. Jeez good thing I don't have air condition or something, just another heap of money would go down the drain.
"Close the door behind you please." I said and placed the scattered mangas on the kitchen counter. The TV was still on, Elfen Lied replaying episode one. Boring.
"So what's on the agenda for tonight?" Sasuke asked, returning to the couch, his eyes watching closely. It was when Lucy was naked creeping out of the lab, I'm sure Sasuke was staring at her body. I rolled my eyes at that.
"Uh, nothing I guess." I said and kicked off my shoes.
"Will your parents come home anytime soon?" I sighed. Back on this subject.
"No, They wont." I said and went to the stairs. "Don't come up here, 'kay? I'm getting dressed." Sasuke shrugged, not caring in the least. I dashed to my room and closed the door. I dropped to my knees and reached out for the box under my bed. I took the top off and flipped it on the floor. I took out the pen and a sheet of blank lined paper. I ran out of the good letter paper. I began to write.
Hey mom and dad, It's me again. Sasuke took me to the library and I got some more anime books. I keep getting paid for this? It's awesome! I'm trying to save money to pay off the house, I might even get a computer so we could talk more. That Sakura girl works at the library too, she's into anime like me! Kinda shocking, but it's like you always say mom. Never judge a book by it's cover. I guess that's what Sasuke believes about me too. Well bye, I love you guys.
I dropped the pen to my side and fold the paper and fit it in an envelope. Licking it shut, I toss it in the box along with the rest of my item and cap the box close. I push it back in it's place and finaslly keep my word to Sasuke. I jumped back to my feet and put on some black loose pants and an Ichigo shirt this time. I trail back down the stairs and find Sasuke at the counter this time, staring at a piece of paper.
"Still in shock Sakura gave you her phone number?" I sneered. Sasuke smirked and held the paper so I could see.
"No, just in shock that you have a slip for the dance." I froze, well that shut me up
. "I must have grabbed it on accident." I shrugged.
"You already signed it." Sasuke stated and I gave up the act.
"Doesn't matter, My parents won't sign it." I snapped."Why not, they don't want you going to dances?"
I sighed. "Something like that." I lied and went to the couch to watch Elfen Lied for the fifth time. Sasuke set the paper down and joined me.
"So who's the naked chick?" Sasuke pointed to the screen.
"That's Lucy she's an Diclonius." I said dully.
"A what?"
I sighed, he knew nothing about anime.
"A Diclonius is a mutant species similar to humans, born with two cat-ear-like horns and "vectors", transparent arms which can pass through air and objects at high speed." I said simply, as if a mere child could understand that concept. Sasuke just nodded as I spoke, not understanding a word. I couldn't blame him for being so confused, with what I'm saying why wouldn't he be? I muttered a silent 'owned' as Lucy got shot in the head and fell over the cliff into the ocean, already seeing it coming
. "What's the point of this show?" Sasuke asked, bored I guess by his tone.
"Lucy kills many people but killed one certain person that happens to be Kouta's sister and soon he finds out and they fall in love."
Sasuke wrinkled his nose. "That's stupid."
I sighed, he never understood anything. "You'd have to watch the show, it's pretty sad." We watched the entire episode in silence, it was getting dark and for once I didn't care how long Sasuke stayed, he wasn't much of a bother. We watched Lucy's flashbacks and Kouta's sad past in the episodes.
"See I told ya, Lucy killed his sister on the train and that's how it started." I pointed out.
Sasuke shrugged,"I still don't get the point but enough of this." Sasuke dug through his pocket and pulled out a fifty and set it in my cross legged lap.
"Uh, Sasuke you gave me a fifty." I said, he must have done it on accident.
"I know, that's for getting Sakura's phone number." Sasuke winked and stood up from the couch. I'd never seen that kind of money before in my hands and I felt slightly powerful. I was closer to paying all the debts off. "You leaving?" I asked, watching him head for the door. "Sadly yes but don't be too sad, I'll see you tomorrow." I rolled my eyes.
"Tch, I can't wait." Sasuke chuckled and blew me a kiss before leaving me alone in my house.
"No goodnight kiss for you, I have to save these lips for Sakura." Sasuke said and closed the door.
"You asshole!" I shouted, about to attack him, my head snapped to the door. I sighed and leaned my head back on the couch to stare at the ceiling. Kami, help me now. At least he left although I didn't mind his company much. I was used to being alone here, nothing scared me since I knew every corner and cobweb in it.
I jumped up from the couch and went to the stairs, I scurried down the hall and stopped at the door. I took a deep breath before twisting the knob and entering inside. I glided across the room, passing the double sized queen bed to my mother's vanity.
"Do you need something Tay-chan?" I turned to the bed.
"No mother I-" My voice dropped, nobody was there. I sighed and turned back to the mirror. I haven't hear her voice in so long. Tay-chan. That was her nickname for me when I was little. I always wondered why they left me behind.
"Hey kiddo, something on your mind? You look sad." I sighed, feeling my eyes tear up. I quickly sucked my emotion up.
"No, I'm fine dad." I mumbled and looked at the family photo on the vanity, just the three of us. I never messed around in my parents room because I wanted everything perfect and in place when they came back. I could never give up the idea that they would never visit. I wanted them to come home so we could be a family again but that wouldn't happen. I liked having Sasuke over, to have some life in this dead forgotten home.
As soon as he got with Sakura, he wouldn't come over anymore. That shook me a bit but I'd get over it. My parents sure did when they left me here in Konaha. I could hope Sasuke and I would remain friends at least. I didn't have many friends after all. I just remembered I missed marching band practice, shit. I got to distracted with Sasuke. I hope Haku-sensei would mind, even with his hatred for the pretty boy. I sighed and and went to the door, leaving the room. "Goodnight mom and dad." I said softly and closed the door. I went back down stairs and shut the TV off, going to my room to fall asleep. I wondered what Sasuke's date for us tomorrow would carry us.
Hopefully away from this place.
Away from this world and away from these people.
We could only hope.
Huh, Sasuke-kun?
A/n: Meh, I got bored and decided to finish up this chapter. I was in a Sasuke x Tayuya mood today so this chapter is done. Yay. Well I'd loved to see some reviews. I hope the chapter turned out alright, the romance seemed to speed up in the first chapter so I took it a bit slower in this one although there's not much detail in it. Sorry about that, well the next one will be written soon. Well that's all to be said I guess. Farewell readers. The next chapter will up sometime, I'm too lazy to write more of this story. Don't worry though, it will be written. Well Farewell.