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Chapter 2
What Happened?
I sigh in pure contentment as I take another bite of my delicious pie; it's creamy, chocolaty, and just perfect.
CRASH!
"Look what you did you idiot!"
"You're the idiot who pushed me and made me drop it!"
Ah, yes. This pie is just what I need to take my mind away from all of the morons in the world, namely, the ones in my living room.
"Those don't go there!"
"They do to! Where else would they go?!"
This has got to be the most amazing dessert I have ever had. It's a chocolate pie with a light, flaky crust topped with whipped cream and chocolate chips. When the morons started fighting over how the tree should look, I went into the kitchen and found a plate of this wonderful snack.
Normally when the girls are all fighting like this, I'd either be telling them to shut up right about now, or I'd most likely be in the argument, too. But again, this pie is just so good!
With this plate of pie in my hand, nothing, and I mean nothing will ever be able to make me upset-
SPLAT!
Oh no they didn't.
I look up to see Yaya and Utau arguing over what should go on the tree first, and Ami and Rima shoving each other; one of them probably bumped into me. I glare at the four of them. "Everybody shut up!" I scream so loud I bet I woke the neighbors up.
They all stop and stare at me for a moment, then Rima asks, "What the heck is your problem? Screaming all loud like that?" she says with a glare of her own.
Through gritted teeth, I say, "My problem?! You're the ones who were fighting over that stupid tree and made me drop my pie! You all better pray I find another piece in the fridge!"
Utau rolls her eyes, "Don't be such a baby, that stuff isn't good for you anyway. And we weren't fighting; we were having a heated debate on how the tree should look, and obviously some of these idiots know nothing about how to set one up." Rima nods her head in agreement, while Ami and Yaya look offended.
So I'm guessing they've split into teams or something.
Ami frowns, "We do to know how to set one up! Your tree is going to look all bland and boring the way you're doing it!"
I sigh, "Look, if we're all going to do this, we have to make some compromises." I say as calmly as possible before Utau or Rima can retaliate to Ami's comment.
"How?!" They all ask.
Well that's a great question. "Um…oh! We can divide the tree up! Ami and Yaya can decorate one half the way they want, and Utau and Rima can decorate the other half the way they want. Fair enough?"
They all think this over for a moment, then they nod their heads. Success!
"Alright then, let's do it." I say, deciding to work on Ami and Yaya's side.
I'm so brilliant I amaze even myself.
We finish the tree about an hour later, and man does it look crazy!
Utau and Rima's traditional decorations on the tree completely contrast with our decorations that are bright, glittery, and filled with all the same things that Yaya and Ami have on their tree back at their place. Most of our decorations came from an old box that my parents took out of their shed and gave to Ami and I to use.
I found one more piece of pie in the fridge after we finished the tree and I was currently eating it when I saw Yaya pull out some candy canes from the box.
"Yaya don't eat those!"
She frowns, "Why?"
I roll my eyes; does she not see how old that box looks? "They came from a box that's been in my parents shed for years."
"So what?" Rima says, "They're candy canes, they don't expire."
"Yeah, they do!"
"No they don't! It's candy! How long do you think candy in the stores sits on the shelves?!"
I was about to answer when I heard Yaya repeatedly screaming "ew!". Apparently, she ate the candy cane. I smirk and continue eating my pie. Point for me.
We were all sitting in silence while watching this old holiday special on TV, when. I remembered something. "Hey, I talked to Kukai today and he said he wanted all of us to hang out together tomorrow night." I say, absentminded because I'm really getting into this show.
I notice Utau blush at the mention of my friend's name. "Oh really, that's cool." She says a bit too fast.
I smirk and turn to Rima, "Nagihiko and he are planning a little get together." As expected, Rima blushes as well. They're both so hopeless. Kukai and Nagihiko are pretty close friends of mine, and Rima and Utau are hopelessly in love with them. Although, they're both too stubborn to admit that they are.
I met Kukai and Nagihiko in elementary school. I automatically liked them because back then I was a total tomboy, and while other guys wouldn't let me play with them because of me being a girl, those two would always invite me to play soccer or basketball with them. I really liked them, but I was a little put off by them being friends with a certain blue haired, violet eyed, stoic boy that shall remain nameless.
It wasn't until middle school when I actually started getting to know them better and hanging out with them. They soon became my best guy friends and for a while I, unintentionally of course, started ditching Utau, Yaya, and Rima to hang out with them.
Of course the two hotheaded blonds called me out on it and demanded I stop hanging out with them. Instead of doing that, I just introduced them so we could all hang out. That really didn't go as planned. While Kukai and Nagihiko were as nice as any guys could be, Utau and Rima made it obvious that they wanted no part of them.
I honestly cannot say when their hostility turned into infatuation, but by high school, it just did. The guys are still a little closer to me, but they are still nice to Rima and Utau, despite how rued they used to be. I'm not sure if they feel the same way for the girls, but I kind of hope they do.
"So, you wanna go?", I ask all the girls, but I'm looking at just my roommates. Ami and Yaya are always up for any kind of outing, so of course they agree.
Rima just shrugs, "Yeah, I guess. I mean, it's not like I have anything better to do."
Utau nods, "I'm in, but who else is coming?"
I shrug, "I guess some more of their friends. I really don't know." I say as I put my now empty plate on the coffee table in front of me.
Yaya speaks up, "Well, if they're inviting their friends, wouldn't "you know who" be there?"
I'm glad at least one person listens when I say to never speak a certain name around me.
Rima rolls her eyes, "Don't be childish, just say Ikuto." She says rather dryly.
I frown, "You know I don't like that name, or the guy it belongs to."
"Again, don't be childish."
"What do you have against him?" Utau asks. I know she hates it when I say something bad about her brother, but that could be avoided if people stop bringing him up around me. Plus, Kukai told me Ikuto says not so nice stuff about me whenever I'm mentioned, so I don't feel that bad about it.
"You're seriously asking that now? After how many years since their little feud has been going on?" Ami says while rolling her eyes.
I answer before Utau can respond, "It's not a feud. And you should be asking your brother what he has against me, not the other way around."
She raises a perfectly arched eyebrow, "What do you mean? If memory serves right, you were the one who acted so mean when we were younger."
I gasp. What did she say? "You obviously need to get your memory checked; he was the one who acted mean, and I retaliated and gave him a taste of his own mean, bitter medicine." I say proudly.
"Why do you guys even act mean?", Yaya asks. I can tell she's hoping for a story or something, but I seriously don't know the answer to that. "What happened on the day you first met?"
Now there's something I've never thought about. As I already said, I have no clue why we're so hostile. I've thought about it a few times, but I've never came up with any other answer besides it just being a natural thing between us. I have never once tried to look back on the day we first met to find the answer, and, now that I am, almost everything's blank. I remember being introduced to Utau and Ikuto, but I don't remember what happened between us. I just know by the end of the day, Utau became my best friend, and Ikuto my worst enemy.
I look over to Ami with a questioning gaze, but she just shrugs. "I don't remember anything about the day we first met the Tsukiyomi's; it just seems like I've always known them." She says with an apologetic look. I was hoping she'd have something. Yes, she was only five, but I was six and I remember a few things from that day.
I turn to Utau and she shakes her head. "I remember meeting you and Ami, and I remember our parents leaving all of us to play together, but I don't know what happened with you and Ikuto." She says with a sigh. "All I know is you guys didn't seem to like each other that much."
I frown. Rima and Yaya seem to be very interested now; Utau and Ami look like their trying to think back harder, but to no avail. I shrug and say, "Well, there's no point in dwelling on the past. Let's watch a movie, or something." They all reluctantly nod their heads; I can see they want to continue this discussion, but there's not much left to discuss.
We all watch some Ed Edd n Eddy Christmas special, but I'm not as into it. I try not to show it, but I'm really curious as to what may have happened back then. Did we just automatically hate each other? Or were we friends for just a little bit? Even our parents don't know the answer because I recall them asking us once the same question Yaya and Utau just asked, but I didn't pay them any mind.
Could it have something to do with the fact that our personalities have always been so different? He's a pretty cold, stoic, and antisocial person, even as a child, while I was pretty happy and cheery when I was younger. Maybe our personalities just clashed together. Maybe we didn't like being around someone so different than ourselves.
The only other person who may know the answer would be Ikuto, and I don't see me asking him the reason for our constant hate towards each other anytime soon.
Pretty soon the show ends, and Yaya and Ami decide to spend the night with us. Everyone else is turning in for the night, and I try to as well. But I just can't stop thinking about this.
What happened between me and Ikuto thirteen years ago?
I hope you enjoyed that.
