PRE-NOTES: A second chapter, don't own the d00ds and d00dettes in this fic cept the OC guy nuff' said. Thanks for the review kirayamato1992
Well, it had come down to this. Hayate brushed one hand through her neck length brown hair. Lunch time and still no guy to accompany her to the Inter-school junior leader's meeting. She had been chosen as the female representative, the issue at hand was that it was required for each to bring a counterpart of sorts. Basically she had to pick a guy to go with her because the one who was chosen to be the male counterpart suddenly said he had something more important on schedule that day. She tried to ask others but they all ran away as soon as she uttered the words to invite them. Her dating history had always ended up with her being stood up, why did that have to carry over now.
It was after school and truly the last chance the mage had. She said goodbye to her friends, Nanoha, Fate, Arisa and Suzuka, ran from classroom to classroom asking for anyone, but none would hear it. At last she gave up and retired to her own classroom. As soon as she entered, she was greeted with an empty classroom of nothing but setting sunlight that filtered through the curtains. It was after school so no surprise. The clunking sound of wood hitting wood reached her ears and attracted her attention. From her troubles, Hayate focused now upon the only other person in the classroom. between the rows of chairs stood one of the tallest boys in her class.
His name is Aoi Sora, towering over her by several inches. He was currently in the male uniform with a school emblem matching hers. In case you're curious, the uniform consisted of a brown blazer with beige slacks, red tie, white polo shirt and black school shoes. His hair was a mess as usual, spectacles that hid his eyes were also present. He was a walking irony really, sporting the nerdy look with a lean athletic build. It suddenly hit Hayate. He was perfect for this, a little make-over was needed, but perfect still.
"Aoi-san!", Hayate called to him.
He was half-way through picking up pieces of his shop-class project, which he dropped, when Hayate came in the classroom. "Yagami-san if I recall correctly?", the lanky boy spoke in an overly respectful tone.
This kinda put Hayate a bit off. Only the original Reinforce and the Wolkenritter, when they had just met, ever spoke to her like that. "Umm yes", she proceeded unsurely.
Sora took his time to fit the project pieces into his bag. He was waiting for the girl to speak since she started the conversation but that seemed to not work. "How may I help you Yagami-san?", he faced her.
Hayate nearly forgot and mentally bonked herself for forgetting. She blamed the awkward atmosphere. For some reason people always felt awkward around Sora, they couldn't really tell why but they did. Hayate brightened up and asked him, "It's really sudden but I was thinking if you could accompany me as the male representative of our school in the Inter-school junior leader's meeting tomorrow?".
The reply was immediate and cut clear through all doubt. "I'm sorry, but I have other business to attend to", he apologized.
Hayate was afraid he'd say that. Aoi Sora was sort of an enigma here at the school. He just transferred here at the start of the year, he never joined any clubs, always went home early, had been absent from school for a number of times but his grades were top notch, work ethic was most commendable and conduct nothing short of spotless. Yes, he was definitely a walking irony.
"But I really need someone to accompany me", Hayate pleaded.
"I am also needed at my business", Sora looked down.
Hayate identified what he was going through was shame. Shame of what though?
The tall boy looked back up and asked, "Have you tried asking others?".
Hayate tried to not let her fatigue show as she remembered all the running around she did for the past two weeks, looking for someone to act as the male representative. "No one wanted to go with me", she looked down sadly.
"Hmmm", Hayate heard him deep in thought. "I guess I can fix my schedule", he turned to fix his belongings.
"R-really?", Hayate asked surprise. That was quick and he was rumored to be more stubborn than a mule.
"Yes, I have to know when the meeting is though.", Sora picked up his bag.
"Oh it's at eight", she informed him. "So you'll go?", she asked to make sure she was not hallucinating from stress.
"I'll pick you up at a quarter before seven", he answered her curtly and left.
Hayate stood there, cemented to the floor. "It's going to be a black tie event!", she called after him as the sliding classroom door closed shut. "Yes!", she rejoiced as soon as the sound of footsteps were nowhere to be heard. She had finally found that partner they were pressing her to find. It was last minute but she found one.
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What the hell was he thinking. This was the one thought that kept running through the mind of Hayate for more than half the day of school. Sora hadn't attended school. Was he going to blow her off like all her previous dates and go to his business? Did he just answer her to get her off his back? No, he didn't seem the type.
"Hayate-chan, your eggs are slipping", nanoha pointed out the omelet dangling dangerously from the tip of Hayate's chopsticks.
"Aaah", Hayate immediately caught the piece with her bento.
"You should be more careful Hayate-chan", Suzuka giggled at the short haired girl.
Hayate sighed. Oh if they only knew of her woes.
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It was twenty minutes before the clock struck seven in the evening when a knock sounded the door of the Yagami household. The pink-haired leader of the wolkenritter, Signum, was the one to greet the visitor.
"Hello, my name is Aoi Sora. I believe I have an appointment with Yagami-san at this hour about a meeting?", the tall bespectacled boy at their snowy doorstep greeted her.
Signum raised an eyebrow at the boy's attire. It wasn't immaculate but it was passable. A black suit with coat, white dress shirt and crimson tie, pretty standard.
"May I come in?", he asked after she stood there half-glaring at him for a minute.
"please do", Signum gestured for him to enter.
After Sora took off his shoes, the phone by the stairs rang. Signum picked up the ringing gadget and answered, "Hello? Ah Shamal, where are you now? What? You're still there?- Wait". Signum pulled the receiver from her ear and told Sora, "Please go ahead and make yourself at home. I have to speak with this person."
"I understand", Sora answered and went on ahead.
Sora navigated his way through the entrance and walked forward, right into the living room. It was cozy with a couch and TV set, behind it was a dining table. Behind the dining table was a counter marking the kitchen from the rest of the living room.
The sound of barefeet padding against the wooden floor caught the tall boy's attention. He turned around but saw no one. His face looked a bit confused at what could have made that sound. He suddenly saw a blob of red bob up and down from the bottom corner of his vision. He looked down and met his lens covered eyes with the dark blue one of the smallest wolkenritter member.
Vita looked annoyed. Sora assumed that she had just awoken from a nap, considering her wearing an oversized shirt, loose shorts and still clutching/dragging a gosururi style rag doll in her fist. Besides her hair looked a bit disheveled, if Sora had to guess, she usually wore her hair in two braids. Currently, one of the braids was falling apart.
The little red-head glared at the tall teen. Sora met her glare with a perplexed if not neutral gaze.
"Is something wrong?", Signum walked back in.
"Nothing is wrong", Sora replied politely. He turned away from Vita to the pink-haired woman.
"Vita", Signum turned to the little red-head. The red-head turned to her. "Shamal will be out late tonight. We'll have to order take out.", Signum told her.
"but we've had nothing but take outs for a week. Hayate and Shamal are rarely ever home anymore. When will we ever get a home-cooked meal?", Vita complained, not whined, she was so above whining(...not really).
"Stop whining and tell Hayate, inform her that her guest has arrived as well", Signum sighed.
"Fine",Vita huffed and ran up the stairs outside the living room to the second floor.
Sora and Signum were now the only ones left in the room. Signum started and told Sora, "Take a seat".
"Thank you", Sora spoke quite calmly. Inside though he knew, these people did not like him. As the pink-haired woman took her seat, Sora heard a sort off growling from beneath the table by the couches.
It was a rather small and oddly blue-furred puppy. It would've looked cute under normal circumstances, but right now it had the most vicious snarl one could barely imagine to come from something so seemingly cute and harmless. He surely didn't want to see how much damage those little teeth could do.
"So...", Signum began. Sora snapped his gaze back on her and she continued, "I am Signum"
"Aoi Sora", Sora bowed.
Signum was unimpressed with his politeness, "You and Hayate are going out for dinner?".
"Meeting", Sora corrected.
"I see", the leader of the wolkenritter eyed the tall teen warily.
Sora could see that she must have been the man-of-the-house so to speak. Since she was so commanding and wore a more masculine choice of clothes with a white polo shirt, denim pants and red sneakers. No, Sora did not discriminate people by choice of clothes but the pink-haired woman definitely gave off those vibes.
"What activites will entail this meeting?", Signum asked this boy. She wasn't so sure if this boy was trustworthy. His excessively respectful tone was really grating on her nerves as well.
"From what I hear, it will be opened with a speech, the meeting itself concerning inter-school issues and events and then dinner and dancing for last.", Sora mentally checked off from his mind.
'He knows the schedule by heart so he's serious about the meeting', Signum thought to herself. She crossed her arms over her chest. "You shall bring her back home no later than twelve", Signum commanded.
"Of course", Sora smiled at this.
Signum furrowed her eyebrows a bit. She knew this boy was different from all the others who asked Hayate out, they had never failed to scare them off--erm, protect their mistress from them. Why were they failing now? Did this kid never get flustered?. Signum tried to keep on the pressure, "You will treat her with the utmost respect".
"As a lady deserves", Sora nodded pleasantly. His face had an amused look to it which further annoyed Signum. She definitely didn't like this boy.
"And if you da-"
"Signum!", ran down from the stairs effectively cutting off the pink-haired woman's instructions.
"What is it Vita?", Signum saw the little red-head chargning at them more urgently than a bull who saw red.
"Hayate said we don't have money right now", Vita cried.
This alarmed the pink-haired woman and quickly took the 7-year-old looking girl by the shoulders. "We're broke? What about her uncle?", Signum asked.
"No, she meant that the money is in the bank. Right now we haven't got any money in the house. Hayate was planning to withdraw some tomorrow.", Vita panicked. "Hayate is in her room now, trying to see if anyone can make dinner for us, if not she said she'd drop the meeting", Vita added.
"She can't. She's worked too hard for this", Signum was deep in thought. Vita on the other hand was still panicking.
"Hey", a voice broke them from their brainstorming. They looked up and saw Sora standing over them. "What do you want to eat?", he asked them.
"Wha-?", they both thought. The overly respectful tone in his voice and neutral expression was gone. In its place was a serious one, one that commanded a certain level of respect rivaling even that of Signum's.
Ater the bit of silence, someone finally spoke up again. "Pork cutlet", Vita demanded.
"Is that all?", Sora asked.
"Mmm", Vita nodded.
"Signum-san", Sora refered to the woman who kneeling-still in front of the little red-head.
"I'll need your kitchen and a bit of your ingredients", Sora stated more than asked.
"Um... sure", this boy was just freaking her out now. He knew what he was doing, that much she could gather in his expression. Right now if he was going to do what she thought he was going to do then, he was the last chance they had to eat and get Hayate to that meeting.
"Chibi-nee-chan", Sora called Vita.
Vita was looking around. "She meant you Vita", Signum sighed as she got up.
Vita glared at the tall teen who had shed his coat and suit jacket, as well as folded up his sleeves with tie and collar undone. "What?", Vita glared at being called chibi-nee-chan.
"What is Yagami-san doing now?", Sora took off his glasses and placed something in his eyes.
"She had just gotten out of the bath and was wondering whether you'd come or not.", Vita told him.
"So I have around twenty minutes.", Sora spoke as he scavenged the pantries and refrigerator for ingredients. "Please tell Yagami-san to not worry and finish getting dressed.", Sora stated as he sorted through what he got his hands on and began chopping ingredients at speeds Signum would have been envious of with her sword.
"I'll go", the leader of the wolkenritter told them. "Can you watch him Vita?", she asked the little knight quietly as she passed by.
"Yeah", Vita replied in kind.
Signum had something to speak to Hayate about. This boy was definitely not normal, what happened to the good old days when all she dated were wimps. Argh! She should never have put away those antique rapiers their benefactor had sent.
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Twenty minutes later and Hayate came down in a modest pink spaghetti strap dress with a small white jacket and a dim topaz colored hand bag. Sora himself had just come out of the kitchen wiping his hands.
"Aoi-san?", Hayate looked surprised. This person looked nothing like the teen at school. Rather than a messy mop off black, it was mostly brushed back with some hair persisting at the front, his face looked so strong and confident unlike the usual one which was hidden behind huge specs and hid amongst the crowd. His eyes though were the most unexpected, they were blood red.
"Shall we go?", He cheerily asked her.
"What happened?", Hayate noticed the state of his suit. Messy, messy, messy.
"Don't worry it's nothing", Sora reassured her. He spotted Signum and said, "By the way, Signum-san, dinner is ready".
"you made dinner?", Hayate looked surprised at this. She spotted Signum, "Signum". Signum almost flinched visibly at her tone. "Did you make him cook?", She questioned.
"No, no, I did it on my own. There is nothing to worry about.", back came the overly respectful tone.
"Really?", she asked him.
"Yes", he nodded.
"Then I don't know how to thank you", Hayate bowed
"There is no need, I just hope they enjoy the dinner", the tall teen collected his coat, jacket and tie.
"This fried rice is great! Signum! Hayate! You have to try this!", Vita called from the dining table.
"You two go on ahead", Signum told them.
"But Aoi-san", Hayate gestured at her classmate's state of dress.
"I'll manage", Sora smiled at her concern.
Hayate seemed unsure and looked at Signum. "Go on", the pink-haired woman nudged the brunette gently.
Hayate finally consented and said, "Take care of things while I'm gone".
"I will", Signum nodded.
Hayate put on her brown coat and heels. "Let's go", she eagerly called Sora. "Itekimasu", she told Signum.
"Take care", Signum smiled at her.
Hayate had already exited the house while Sora was putting on his shoes, jacket and coat. He was about to open the door when Signum called, "Hey".
"Yes?", Sora watched Signum stare right at him.
Signum called him planning to say something but she felt it wouldn't mean anything since he had already answered back awhile ago. She sighed and finally decided on what to say. "Don't embarass her okay?", she folded her arms across her chest.
The tall teen turned bright red. "I hope not", he nodded nervously and left.
Signum smiled. He did get flustered.
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POST NOTES: I hope this one's good. Inspired from another fanfic, Prom Knights:The Four Trials of Dating by Seravy. One might say rip-off. If that is the case then I'll delet this if the author wishes it. I don't know the guy but that story of his rocked. I suggest you guys read it. See ya'z