PART I
"No way! How'd it happen?" The requip mage sprang out of her seat, glaring straight at her opponent.
"Wits and strength darling, wits and strength..." Chuckled the opponent in a deep voice. He glared back at the presumably irate little girl who was two years younger than he was. 'What enthusiasm, how childish...' He muttered under his breath, trying not to add fuel to the fire.
"Oh ho, you called me childish? Have you any idea-" She rattled on and on it could even make a hard sailor blush. She was... How would you put it? A little demon... Perhaps...
The opponent rolled his eyes. "You do know you're never going to win if you just blabber on and on like nobody's business right? How 'bout this guarantee that I crush you right away?"
"Erm, what kind of guarantee would it be if you open it to the floor for votes? Are you dumb or what? Of course I'd say no. Who do you think I am? A little girl springing up and down on a mattress and shouting Ooh! Higher! Higher! Teehee! like some spastic idiot? Well?"
He didn't think of receiving a head on reply. Instead, he shook his head in return and sighed.
"Actually, I really thought you were one. Wanna bet?"
This time, her eyes were twitching due to the overflowing rage. "Oh really?"
The opponent furrowed his eyebrows in response to her bet. "Loser has to serve tea. Deal?"
"Of course knucklehead." The raging gal rose from her seat. she retrieved a card from her deck. Her expression seemed to swing a hundred and eighty degrees, as she gleefully announced."Queen of Spades!" She slammed the card right in front of the then shivering opponent. "Aha! I win! So, where's my tea?"
Disappointed, the opponent smirked. "Fine, I loose. I'll go get it missy." He stuck his tongue at the pouting Kiara.
"Sasuke! You know I was just kidding... Right idiot?" She shouted toward his direction. He merely twitched in response and signalled that she was too noisy. 'I'm not noisy...' Kiara thought to herself. 'Or am I?'
"Some game that was~" Cana stopped for a while beside Kiara with a barrel full of beer in her hands, taking sips of its contents occasionally. "Ara-chan, you have to go easy on PEOPLE you know~ Plus, you don't have to go so hard on Sasuke-kun-"
"Like I care! Bleh~ Why? Do you like him?" Kiara interrupted her friend's sentence after realizing she was trying to emphasize that she likes Sasuke-kun. Which apparently, she 'doesn't'. In turn, Cana giggled gregariously and walked away to her usual drinking spot.
"Here's your TEA!" He bang it hard, almost spilling some of the tea onto the nicely-carved table.
"Some temper you've got there dumbo." She snatched it rudely and had a mouthful of one of Fairy Tail's best 'delicacies'.
Annoyed, Sasuke sat down beside her, facing towards an opposite direction. The direction in which the sun beamed it's glares into the guild-house.
"Hey... You look rather irritated~ What's on your fickle mind?" Kiara gulped down another mouthful of tea.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and beckoned her to stop talking. Which fell on totally deaf ears.
"Big guy's afraid of losing? That's not surprising," she said, having been oblivious to the fact that Sasuke wasn't listening at all. Seemingly, his mind was totally somewhere else. His spirit had drifted away from his current spot. So, to put it simply, he was building castles in the air.
"Ouch! What did you do that for?" Sasuke toppled down his chair upon being pinched by the ruthless tomboy. "Are you crazy or what?"
The 'ruthless tomboy' replied by giving a smirk. "That's for not responding to my question! You lifeless log of wood!" I still ponder how anyone could actually tolerate such a girl with an impulsive temper. (And reactions too...)
"I oughtta go now. Don't wanna be late for..." She stopped halfway in her sentence, her face as pallid as a sheet as it's color had drained off already. She tilted her fragile head downwards.
Instantaneously, Kiara shot her head up and smiled, walking gingerly away from her friend.
'Today... Today is the 27th of Auguest... It's...' Sasuke's mind kept spinning. It was her late mother's birthday. He frowned upon the thought, and smacked his head with his palm. 'How could I have forgotten...'
PART II
She took small little steps like how she used to back then in the days. The days of her childhood, which was diminished by some inconsiderate punks she once called family. She could barely remember the warmth of her mother's hands, which she used to hold everyday. Until... She refused to go on, to face her biggest nightmare. She paused for a while, and continued trudging her way to the graveyard.
"Kiara!" Sasuke caught up, huffing like a mad dog. "You're one heck of a fast-walker!" Using the 'last' ounce of his energy, he ran over to his friend's side.
"And what are you doing here?" Her tone was completely different. It was as if she turned into another person. A person actually feminine enough not to create havoc with any guys. And that was truly unlikely.
"It's... It's her birthday... Right?" He stammered out of breath.
Kiara ignored his question and continued venturing to her 'desired' location. All she wanted was peace and quiet, was it really that hard?
"Hmph... Just- Just go away dumbo!" She waved her hand precariously, as if swatting flies away from her face. "Just leave me alone-"
Everything seemed to stop. Her loud, instinct voice was followed by an awkward silence. Without even thinking twice, she continued her trip and abandoned her friend behind.
'Was I too harsh on him? Oh, I hope I didn't break him... Did I? I just want to talk to Mother alone... Dang, why do I have to be like this?' The questions stung Kiara's heart, tormenting her at the same time. 'Why do I feel so sorry...?'