First up, I am sorry if my writing style is a bit unorthodox. I am just experimenting and trying to find my own style (aren't we all ) I hope everyone likes this chapter (if anyone is reading it to begin with :P ) Cheers, and hope to get some reviews soon!
So here we were one hour later in the mall together. Mind you, I didn't take his hand but I did hitch a ride. Grit and bear, grit and bear honey, you are almost in shoe haven, I kept reminding myself. Its funny how slow time passes when you are in the car with someone you dislike. You can practically see the bug on the windshield walk in slow motion and the paper on the street flutter as if you were looking at it frame by frame. Nanba tried to make conversation but fortunately for me my ipod drowned out his voice. Fine I wasn't the most social type, but doesn't everyone have their character flaws!
We were making our way to the shoe store when…. Wouldn't you know it a band of rabid Nanba fans zeroed in on him. 'OMG! Look its Minami-kun!' shrieked a tall blonde girl who was gracious enough to shove me into a nearby plant and take her place next to his side, soon there were almost ten girls hugging him and shrieking in high pitch making every animal with sensitive hearing run for cover. Even a playboy like Nanba couldn't handle ten of these women at once, he was being tugged and pulled from all direction making him look like a rag doll. I just chuckled and looked around, thanks to Nanba the entire shoe store had almost emptied out and all the shoppers were coming out to have a look at him. He stared at me pleading for help. I knew I had to help him but that can wait, first up the shoes!
I took two long strides and entered the shop, I could still hear him screaming my name and shouting for help. I just switched to a nice rock song and started trying out the converses. It was nice to just shop at your own pace with no shop attendants trying to pester you to buy and no customers trying to take the pair you had chosen. After ten minutes of trying, walking and checking the reflection from all angles I bought the limited edition LP converses, they were perfect! With the LP logo on one side and the other side had numb's lyrics scrawled all over it in a nice gothic font. I whistled my way to the counter and paid the full amount cash. I wasn't allowed to use credit cards, mother dearest felt that plastic would never make me realize the value of real hard earned money, learning the value or not, it certainly did substantially limit my spending capacity. I sighed and went out looking in both directions to make sure I didn't run into the rabid mob.
Nanba was no where to be seen. 'Maybe they abducted him' I thought and chuckled. 'Oh well, that's nothing for me to be worried about'. I went to the food court and bought myself a chocolate shake with chocolate ice cream, sprinkle, the works! I took a seat in the corner away from the crowds, it didn't have a great view but it was nice a secluded. I was about to taste the blissful chocolate when a rather obnoxious looking teenage girl plopped in the seat beside me. 'Hey aren't you the girl who was with Nanba?' She asked twisting her brown locks around her thin badly painted fingers. I just ignored her and continued to slurp up my shake when it was rudely snatched away.
I turned to look at the brunette, it was one of those excessively starved and over caked up teenagers, the type which I detested even more than Nanba. 'What do you want?' I asked venom dripping from every word that left my mouth. 'I just wanted your shake' she said happily slurping off someone else's cup. My face twisted in disgust at her lack of etiquette. 'What is the matter don't like to share?' asked her blonde counterpart. 'I don't mind sharing with humans, it's the apes I am apprehensive about' I said rolling my black orbs.
'You bitch!', she screamed slamming her fist on my table. There is no point in provoking such unstable girls so I figured it was best to finish things before they got worse. 'What do you want' I asked calmly. 'Oh I just want to know what your relationship is with Nanba-kun and I want his number now!' I rolled my eyes (boy I do do that often!) and stood up, my day went from normal to hell all because of him, he is such a wonderful good-luck charm. 'Hey bitch! She asked you a question!' a voice said very close to my ear, a bit too close. A new member had appeared and was now holding my hands behind my back, effectively cutting off my escape. I could tell that the girl was taller than me and definitely stronger. Now, this was really getting on my nerves, and all for that playboy, god what was wrong with these girls! I just hung my head and contemplated my situation. Two girls in front of me and one gorilla trying to hold me in place, the other customers were merely staring at us, the shop mangaer was making his way towards us, if I didn't get out of here I was probably going to be escorted out unceremoniously anyway. 'Whats the matter bitch? Where is all your spunk now?' the brunette asked. I rammed the back of head into the nose of and snatched the shake and emptied it on my brunette. 'Oh nothing ,I just decided I would share it with you', I said with a straight face as I slowly grabbed my bag (How can I forget my shoes!) and walked past the third stunned girl, she seemed to have enough brains to not mess with me. The girls were reeling from shock and by the time they came to their senses I was out of the food court.
'This bitch learnt karate', I muttered under my breath as I started heading for the lift. A low chuckle made me turn to my side, well wouldn't you know it standing with a hoodie and sunglasses, 'Nice disguise' I quipped still not bothering to ask him where he was. 'Its enough for now, but if I had known I had such a skilled karate expert as my body guard I wouldn't have had to hide in the first place!'. 'Sorry I don't work for assholes. And let me get this straight you saw the whole thing and decided to do nothing about it!' I looked straight into his eyes (well sunglasses) and asked. His sunglasses were too dark to make out what he was thinking but that smirk on his lips was enough to tell me that he didn't give a shit. 'Some gentleman you are!' I said pushing past him to the lift. Every cell of my body wanted to hit him with the bag I had in my hand, but my brain kept reminding me of its contents. 'God damn it!' I swore as I pressed kept pressing the button for the ground floor, as if that would make it any faster. 'That's not going to make any difference you know that don't you?' he asked chuckling . I just took two deep breaths and was trying my best to block him out.
He decided to take the initiative and break the silence again. 'Well I thought it was only fair after what you did to me outside the store' he said leaning on his side of the elevator. I could feel his eyes were looking me up and down as if I were an amusing toy. 'Those were two very different things!' I said snapping at him. I could feel my ears getting red with rage. 'Oh come on Sakura-chan an eye for an eye. I thought that was your philosophy.' I couldn't control my rage anymore, 'I hate you ! I hate guys like you!' I screamed at his back. He stopped in his tracks, there that hurt now didn't it! I was glad that I had finally inflicted some damage. But my happiness was short lived for what was stretched across his face was a Cheshire-like grin, 'Well that's too bad cause I like you' , he said flatly and walked out of the elevator.