Here's another chapter, just slightly longer :D
As the credits rolled across the screen, Yuu stretched. Yawning, he stood up before offering his hand to Azusa. Gratefully, Azusa accepted, before he led her out of the theater, and out into the cold night air. They chatted as they waited by the doors. Yuu was craning his neck over the sea of strangers as his eyes looked for familiar faces in the crowd. Catching sight of a familiar blonde he smiled. Nudging his kohai's shoulder, his eyes followed his friends, as he caught sight of Rikku and Mio pushing their way towards him. Tsumugi and Ui following close behind.
"That wasn't so bad." Yuu commented, once everyone had gathered. He and Azusa stuck to each other like glue, but Azusa quickly pulled away when she saw the mischevious look Rikku was giving her.
"Are you kidding me? It was awesome!" Rikku responded, giving Yuu his usual devilish grin, his voice slightly higher. He smirked as he watched Mio visibly flinch.
"Shhh! Its nighttime already!" Mio scolded, though, it probably wasn't as effective since she was wearing a bright smile.
Grinning evilly, Rikku thought of the perfect comeback. "Just let it go, Mio."
Azusa and Tsumugi stifled their laughter, while Mio snorted. "Good one Rikkun!" Yuu gasped as he enthusiastically clapped his friend on the back.
"Rikku chuckled, before thanking him. "So, where do you you guys wanna go now? Everything will probably be closed around this time." He observed. The stores around them were slowly losing their lively glow, as the shopkeepers closed their stores.
"Hmmm..." Yuu thought. "Ice cream maybe?" He glanced in Azusa's direction, sending her a smile. "I'll buy."
"Nah, we literally just ate Yuu, give your tummy a break." Rikku chuckled, poking his friend in the stomach, before pulling out his phone, and checking the time.
"You guys just wanna go to my house?" Rikku suggested. "We could hang out and play video games for a while." He added, once he saw Yuu's face light up.
"Do you have manga?" Yuu questioned.
"Tons of it." Rikku responded, giving him a cheeky grin.
"What about..." The lead guitarist cautiously looked at the girls, before he leaned in towards Rikku to whisper something in his ear.
Azusa and Mio watched in confusion, as Rikku tensed up, and blushed heavily. "Yuu! You're such a pervert!" Rikku yells, swatting at Yuu blindly. Yuu nimbly dodged his attacks, and chuckled.
The two girls seemed to have followed the boys thought process fairly easily, for they too began to blush heavily.
"But yes... I do have those types of manga..." Rikku trailed off, as Mio scowled. Just as the noirette brought up her fist to whack him, he put his hands up defensively. "I'm just kidding! I swear!" That didn't save him though. Yuu cringed as he heard his friend cry out in pain.
Mio huffed, before turning to look away. Azusa chuckled nervously at the new unpleasant aura between the two. But before she could dwell too much on the topic, Yuu prodded her gently.
"Azu-nyan." He called softly. "Are you going to Rikkun's house with me?"
"I guess." Azusa responded, shrugging. "But I can't stay long, I've got a ton of homework."
Yuu beamed at Azusa, before turning his attention to his younger sister. Sadly Ui shook her head. "Sorry onii-chan. I've got to start on dinner tonight."
"Awww, okay Ui..." Yuu pouted, before Tsumugi perked up next to him.
"Would you like me to walk you home?" Tsumugi offered, giving Ui a smile. Ui grinned, before nodding.
"Awwww! But Mugi-chan!" Yuu whined. Tsumugi only shook her head, and shot Yuu an apologetic look.
Bidding everyone a farewell, Tsumugi and Ui wandered back home together. Watching the two girls, Rikku chuckled, before nudging Mio. "Akiyama-san, would you like me to walk you to my house?" he asks cheekily.
Mio just raised her eyebrow, before smiling softly at her childhood friends attitude. She knew this was how he apologized for what happened earlier.
"I'll take that as a yes." Rikku confirmed, bowing like a gentlemen, as he held out his arm. Mio giggled, before she wrapped her arm around his. Soon, the group began walking towards the drummers house. Before they could get there however, they had to walk through the shady part of town.
Rikku and Yuu had no problem walking there whatsoever, since they lived fairly close to it, but the girls did. Since it was dark out, it made them even more paranoid.
"Isn't this the 'bad' part of town?" Azusa murmured, sticking close to Yuu's side. She had heard rumors of a Vicious gang here. Yuu wrapped his arm around Azusa's shoulders, and pulled her close. "It's alright Azu-nyan, your big strong senpai will protect you!"
Azusa chuckled, as she kept her eyes ahead of her.
Quickly passing through the neighborhood without any problems, they finally reached Rikku's house. Murmuring the usual greetings, they made their way up to his room.
"Ahh home sweet home!" Rikku launched himself towards his bed. Sitting up, he gestured around, "Make yourselves comfortable guys."
Mio walked over to Rikku's desk, and sat in his chair, before she rested her head on her hands. Yuu immediately went to check out Rikku's various stacks of manga on the other side of the room. Azusa's eyes shifted uncertainly around the room, before something caught her eye. Wandering over to the TV, she crouched beside the cabinet underneath.
"Hey, Nakano! You play ps3?" Rikku called.
"Sometimes." She answered back distractedly. Shuffling through the stacks of role-playing games, she picked something that caught her attention. Inserting it into the console, she grabbed a controller.
"Rikkun! How did you get this?" Yuu called, pulling out one of Rikku's manga books, showing a very suggestive looking anime girl in a bikini that barely covered anything, on the front cover. "It says for 18 and up-"
"Y-Yuu!" Rikku jumped up, and snatched it out of his hand, before Mio could see. Hiding it behind his back, he shoved it under his pillow, giving Mio a nervous chuckle.
Mio raised her eyebrow at him, knowing full well what Rikku was sixteen, and not allowed to have those types of books, before returning her attention back to what Azusa was doing. 'I don't care.' Mio growled in her mind. Following Mio's gaze, Yuu watched as Azusa's character died on the screen.
"Oooh! Azu-nyan~" Yuu spoke up. "You're playing Call of Duty? I didn't know you played that!"
"Hm? Oh, I don't, I just saw it in Rikku's stack of roleplaying games." She pointed behind her. "It was the only shooting game in there."
"Well, you kinda suck at it." Yuu giggled, before giving Azusa an innocent look.
Azusa narrowed her eyes at the brown haired boy, before sticking her tongue out.
"Oh! How rude!" Yuu pretended to be offended, as he pounced on Azusa. "I'll just have to teach you a lesson!" Quickly, he brought his hand to her ribs and began to tickle her mercilessly.
"Yuu... What are you- Ah! Ha...Ha...Ha! Stop!" Azusa laughed, trying to push Yuu away, while he was blowing on her tummy. Blushing deeply, she began to squirm against Yuu's grip, as he continue to smother her with affections and tickles.
Rikku and Mio watched from the other side of the room. Rikku grinned, and nudged the noir haired girl, and idea popping into his head.
"Hey Mio, why don't we take a trip to Mugi's beach house again?"
Mio scrunched up her eyebrows, before looking Rikku in the eyes. "To goof off at the beach again?"
"No!" Rikku shook his head, "To practice~" He replied, giving her an innocent look. Mio just responded by giving him a disbelieving look. "Yeah sure." She replied sarcastically.
"No, really! Right Yuu?" Rikku persisted, turning to asked his friend.
"Yeah!" Yuu responded, as he trapped Azusa in his arms again, resting his chin on her shoulder. "We should ask Mugi-chan what she thinks first though."
Rikku bounced up. "I'll make you a deal Mio-chan." He offered. "If Mugi says yes, then we all go, okay?"
Mio sighed. Of course Mugi would agree. Nodding relunctantly, Mio shrugged in agreement.
Pulling out his cell phone, the room was soon filled with the familiar ring of Ritsu's phone. A few seconds passed, until Tsumugi's voice rang out.
"Hello?"
"Mugi!" Rikku greeted enthusiastically.
"Rikkun!" Tsumugi replied happily.
"Listen Mugi, I got a question for you." Rikku started. "We wanted to ask you if you had any available beach houses, everyone wants to have another trip to the beach this year." Rikku asked. "But only of you want to." He added.
The line was quiet for a while, before Tsumugi answered. "Yeah! I just checked, we got a couple left. When do you guys wanna go?" She asked enthusiastically.
Rikku gave Mio a smug look, in which she returned with an annoyed expression. Rikku looked around at everyone. "How about next weekend?" Rikku suggested.
"Okay." Tsumugi's voice rang through the reciever.
"Yeaahh! Thanks Mugi-chan!" Yuu joined in, yelling from across the room.
"Yuu-chan!" Mugi giggled, before continuing. "No problem... well i'd better go now. Its bedtime." She said sheepishly.
"Alright." Rikku chuckled. "Sweet dreams Mugi." He added, before he hung up, faintly questioning why Tsumugi had a curfew. Rikku turned his head to smirk smugly at Mio.
"Fine, I guess we're going." Mio grumbled.
Yuu cheered, snuggling even deeper into Azusa's neck. The younger girls face was bright red, and she felt like her face was about to explode.
The rest of the night was spent messing around with each other, Yuu even managed to kiss Azusa cheek again. Which caused the overly composed girl to turn to jelly.
"Bye Rikkun!" Yuu called, waving to his friend, Mio and Azusa imitating.
"Bye guys, see you tomorrow!" Rikku waved back, before he shut the door.
Walking through the quiet abandon streets, the teens dropped Mio off at her house, before they traveled down the road to Azusa's. Strangely quiet, Azusa glanced at Yuu's face a couple times, only to find him in deep thought.
"Ne, Azu-nyan?" Yuu asked after a while, his voice echoing across the quiet neighborhood.
"Hmm?" She leaned her head on his shoulder as they turned the corner onto her street.
"Do you like anyone?"
Azusa jumped, a vibrant blush creeping on her face, as she turned away. 'Wasn't this similair to the question Rikku asked Mio-senpai!?' Azusa mentally yelled. She tried to remember how Mio responded, only to realize that Mio had answered truthfully. She stayed silent for a while, trying to compose herself, before answering.
"Y-yes..."
Tilted his head, Yuu felt his heart sink. Azusa liked someone? "Who?" He asked, trying to sound upbeat.
"Y-you don't know him..." Azusa lied, keeping her face hidden. She definitely wasn't going to tell him the truth, especially since he was the one she'd somehow fallen in love with. She didn't have the guts to try.
"Describe him then?" Yuu asked, determined to make Azusa his girl. If he got an idea of what she was into, he would just become more like her dream boy. 'I will win your heart Azusa, I promise!'
Little did he know, that he already has. Azusa blushed, hoping that her airheaded friend would get the hint, without her actually having to say it directly. "W-well, he has short brown hair, and an adorable smile." She told him. "He plays electric guitar, and he's a bit airheaded."
Yuu scrunched up his eyebrows. 'Who else plays guitar in our school? Maybe he's a member in the jazz club?' Deep in concentration, he brought his hand up to his chin, as he tried to figure out who this mystery boy was. He didn't know anyone else - besides Azusa, who played guitar.
Azusa watched his facial features. At first he looked heartbroken, then determined. Did she just confuse him? Hoping that wasn't the case, she placed her head on his shoulder again.
'I really hope he didn't get the wrong idea.'
/
Azusa couldn't believe how fast time went by when it was finally time for the trip. A whole week passed, as she waited anxiously for the moment she could spend time practicing with her friends. Not that they didn't practice afterschool. It was more like, they practice for about ten minutes tops, before Yuu and Rikku got bored.
"Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" Azusa called, as she walked out the front door, bringing a small suitcase filled with clothes, as well as her guitar case. She heard her parents call a goodbye back, before she shut the door gently.
Walking towards the train station to meet everyone, her thoughts wandered towards how the week went. She noticed changes in Yuu's behavior. He seemed more protective, like he was trying to impress her. Azusa found this quite odd, since she fell in love with him in the first place, because he was so free, and playful. Not that she lost interest in him, she found it more attractive.
'Is he jealous I might have a crush on someone else?' Her eyes widened, as she thought about it more 'He is!' Considering, he only started to act like that since that one night they were walking home together. Not to mention, he looked slightly menacing when he caught Azusa talking to another boy. She couldn't help but blush profusely. He really wanted to impress her, and she found that extremly endearing. 'But he got the wrong idea...'
Reaching her destination, she found Mio and Rikku in deep conversation. She offered a quick hello, before taking a seat next to them.
"Listen Mio, this would be a good idea!" Rikku exclaimed. "We'd get alot of new members!"
"No!" Mio blushed, "I am not, under any circumstances, going to get on stage in just my underwear!"
Azusa tensed as she overheard the conversation. Did Rikku really just suggest that? She was glad barely anybody was here. She was sure, for a fact, if anyone else heard that, Mio would be absolutely mortified.
"Haha! I'm just kidding Mio!" Rikku joked, before whispering very suggestively into Mio's ear. "I want to be the only one to see you like that~"
Unable to form any words, Mio just stared wide-eyed at her childhood friend. Rikku just gave a grin, before gently laughing. "Again, i'm just kidding." He waved dismissively, before turning to his kohai.
"Hey Nakano!" He greeted Azusa as if the awkward conversation with Mio didn't happen. Jumping at the sudden acknowledgement, Azusa just nodded back, offering a small flustered smile, after just hearing her friends conversation.
"So, how are you and your boyfriend doing?" He asked, grinning slyly.
Azusa gave him a bewildered look. "I don't have a boyfriend Rikku-senpai."
"Of course you do." he cooed, "Yuu-kun is awfully friendly with you~"
"H-huh?! I don't feel that way about him!" Azusa yelled, before quickly covering her mouth. 'I'm such a bad liar!'
"Better not let him hear that, it'll break his heart." Rikku whispered, very seriously. "He may not look like it, but he's-"
Rikku didn't get to finished that sentence, before he was pounced on by non other than Yuu. Azusa scrunched up her eyebrows as she wondered how Rikku was going to finish that sentence.
"Rikkun!" He yelled, jumping on the drummer.
"Ack Yuu! Get off me!"
"Hehe!"
Azusa just smiled, before shaking her head, and looking at Tsumugi, who arrived with Yuu.
"Hi Mugi-senpai, are you ready to go?" Azusa asked, getting up along with Mio. Rikku soon sat up, his hair all frizzled from the sudden hug attack. Yuu miraculously teleporting from his side to Azusa's in less than a second.
Tsumugi nodded, before turning around and heading through the train doors, her white dress flittering as she turned. Everyone followed, holding their luggages as they boarded the train.
Putting their bags away for the long trip, they got comfortable into the seats. There was barely anyone inside the train, but it only just added to the coziness of it. Yuu immediately sat as close as possible to Azusa, in which the younger girl responded with a blush. Rikku noticed, and did the same, sitting next to the bassist. Rikku decided to take off his headband today, mainly because Mio liked it... And Satoshi kept making fun of him for wearing it almost everyday.
Mio immediately caught on, she didn't mind though, she found Rikku extremely handsome this way. Grinning, Rikku noticed. Running his fingers through his hair, he gave Mio a suggestive look.
"Are... Are you trying to be sexy?" Mio stifled a laugh.
Puffing his cheeks out, Rikku pouted, his cheeks red. "No!" He stammered. "So mean Mio-chaun."
Mio just giggled, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." But he smiled when he was successful in making Mio giggle. "But you do look better without your headband."
"Why thank you Akiyama-sama." He stuck his tongue out playfully. Pulling out his drumsticks from his pockets, he began to drum a random beat on his lap.
Mio watched in interest for a few moments, before she thought of something. "Oh! Before I forget." Mio mentioned. "We're practicing as soon as we get there."
"Whaaaat! Mio-chan!" Yuu called from across the seat. He was chewing on some sort of candy that Tsumugi offered to him
"You heard me!" Mio replied. "We never practice properly!"
"I agree with Mio-senpai." Azusa spoke up, equally as determined.
"Thank you Azusa." Mio responded, before she turned to Tsumugi. "What do you think Mugi?"
Rikku and Yuu stared at Tsumugi intently, as if trying to answer for her. Tsumugi looked nervously at her group of friends. Mio and Azusa looked stern, while Rikku and Yuu looked on with hopeful looks.
"Um..." Tsumugi hesitated. She didn't want to upset any of her friends. Looking around to distract them, she caught the view outside.
"Look! The ocean!" She pointed out the distraction. Immediately Rikku and Yuu's heads whipped toward the windows.
"Wooooah!" Rikku yelled, as he sprinted towards the closest window, before pulling it open. Yuu followed close behind. He stuck his head out, his already messy hair going crazy in the wind as he smiled, the breeze hitting his face.
"Look at the water! Its so sparkly." Rikku pointed out.
"I can't wait to go swimming!" Yuu joined in, a bright smile adorned his face.
While the two boys were 'oohing and ahhing' at the scenery, Mio and Azusa weren't as easily persuaded. Raising her eyebrows at her friends reactions, Mio turned back to Tsumugi.
"Mugi."
Sighing, Tsumugi hung her head in defeat. " I vote for the beach." She uttered sadly, as if she's done something wrong.
Mio sighed, immediately feeling bad, before patting Tsumugi on the back. "It's okay Mugi, we'll do what you want since you let us come here in the first place." She reassured the blonde.
"We aren't mad at you Mugi-senpai." Azusa added.
Smiling gratefully, she offered candy to Azusa and Mio.
/
"Azu-nyan!" Yuu cooed, clinging to the younger girl, as she tried valiantly to escape. She was about to put on her bathing suit, but for some reason, she left the bathroom door open... And a large bathroom it was at that. Seriously, this house was huge! And Tsumugi said this wasn't even the biggest one...
"Yuu-senpai! I was going to change!" She gestured to the pink one-piece swimsuit hanging on the door. Azusa knew for a fact that they would do nothing but goof off during this trip. So she made sure to bring a swimsuit that wasn't too revealing, just in case she wanted to join them on the beach. Immediately Yuu's face lit up in a bright blush, before he backed away. "I'm sorry Azu-nyan." He apologized, smiling nervously.
Shaking her head, she hugged him briefly, snuggling into his shirt, and inhaling his wonderful scent, as a sign she accepted his apology. He was already in his swimming trunks, but decided to wear a shirt before he got into the water. Azusa was glad for that, because if he didn't, she was pretty sure her hormones would take control. She really wasn't sure how she was going to handle seeing him in the water without his shirt on.
"It's fine Yuu-senpai, but I really should change..." She trailed off.
"Ah! Yeah! Sorry!" He stammered one more time before he backed out of the bathroom nervously.
Smiling softly, she watched him leave before she shut the door behind him, making sure to lock it.
"Finally! You girls take so long!" Rikku complained, as Mio, Azusa, and Tsumugi walked down the stairs.
"Do you put on waterproof make-up before going into the water or something?" Yuu asked, trying to catch the faintest glimpse of make-up on either one of the girls.
"Neither one of us wear make-up." Mio answered, slightly annoyed.
"What!" Rikku and Yuu exclaimed. "But your all so..."
"Ugly?" Azusa questioned.
"...beautiful." Yuu finished.
Awkward tension settled in the air. Mio, and Azusa's faces were very red. On the other hand, Tsumugi looked unfazed, though, she did have a dreamy look in her eyes, as her gaze flickered between Mio and Rikku.
Rikku coughed awkwardly into his hand, before he spoke up once more. "S-shall we go?" He pointed towards the beach, avoiding eye contact with any of the girls, especially Mio.
"Y-yeah..." Mio stammered, before they all walked towards the beach. Awkward unresolved sexual tension hung thick in the air.
A/N: OOOOH! Gotta love them awkward moments. I felt the need to make Rikku a pervert in this chapter, just because X3
Anyway, reviews are appreciated. Thanks for reading.