Kai: Hey guys :D I'm glad I already got reviews ^-^ and people seem to like it :D
Hope: *is still trying to pry off the duck tape* HMMM FFF IIILLGGG!
Kai: What? O.O
Hope: Hmmm fff nnnnnynnn
Kai: Can't understand you sorry. What about you Vanille?
Vanille: He said 'Take this blasted thing off of me!' ^-^
Kai: O.O how'd you know that? That sounded nothing like it O_O
Vanille: You don't wanna know o.o
Kai: O.O?
Vanille: Hope you all enjoy ^-^ Ciao!*hums then jumps into fic*
Kai: Weird o.o
Chapter 1: Welcome To My Life
"Vanille!" A loud booming voice roared through the house. So loud, it made the building shake.
A nineteen year old girl quickly ran down the stairs and veered to the left, that was beside the front door, and into the living room. This girl had bright red hair that was pulled into pig tails, she had sparkling emerald eyes and her smooth skin seemed like silk. She had a bright sweet smile and her clothing was a simple white blouse with a light pink skirt that reached to her knees. She had a chained necklace that had a fang attached to it.
The girl breathed roughly then smiled brightly towards the man who sat on the leather couch. He was pretty tall with dark black hair and green snake eyes and a slightly tanned skin. He wore a baggy black T-shirt with blue jeans. She didn't flinch as the man glared directly at her.
"Did you clean the basement like I told you too?" he growled in question, eyes sharp with suspicion.
"Yes, Mister Cao." Vanille smiled brightly.
"Good because I'm kicking you out till you find yourself a real job." Cao snorted as he stood up and set down his newspaper.
Vanille blinked in confusion. A job? How was she suppose to get a job? She never attended school because her uncle Cao and aunt Ruby never let her because it was too expensive. They also saw no point in sending her since she should be doing something more useful like cleaning the house or doing hard chores for them. She quickly snapped out of her thoughts as her uncle went babbling on.
"My stupid sister has been buying too much jewelry. Wasting our precious money just to show her ass off to some jackasses. So you will have to go get your ass a job and make yourself useful and get a job. Make us money for once will you? You useless bitch." Cao said harshly with a huff.
Vanille took a deep breath and smiled. "Yes sir." she said politely, keeping her smile up. She was use to his harsh words by now and paid them no heed.
Cao scowled angrily as he walked over to her then raised his hand and he slapped her across her left cheek.
Vanille flinched at the stinging pain, but she clenched her teeth and bit her lip. She was also use to getting hit all the time.
"Wipe that stupid smile off your face and get your ass out of my house!" Cao yelled then he grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the front door, and then he opened the door and flung her out.
Vanille yelped as she lost her balance and fell onto her knees. She turned her head to look at Cao glaring at her.
"And don't come back till you make some money!" he snarled then slammed the door shut.
Vanille sighed as she slowly stood up and brushed her hands against her skirt to rid of dirt. She lifted her left hand till it touched her reddening cheek. It stung, it really did but she would have to deal with it. How was she supposed to get a job now that her face just got slapped?
She took a deep breath then stood up with a confident smile. "Well all I can do is to do my best! I'm sure someone will let me do something." she said cheerfully then skipped the sidewalk. Heading to the city.
As she walked along the city, her gaze looked upwards as she heard a familiar voice. She turned her head and spotted a female singer on a large tv screen that was in a tv store. Vanille halted and continued to stare at the singing woman. Her mane like black hair and wild black eyes, wearing a blue T-shirt with a black leather jacket and pants. Vanille listened to the music though she was mostly staring at the woman.
Yun Fang.
Her childhood friend. The one who had made a promise to her so long ago. Vanille softly smiled, a real smile. She had never forgotten the promise they made to each other. When she first saw Fang on TV, she was so thrilled and excited, jumping for joy. She had waited for Fang to be famous for years now. She was happy for her friend, happy her dream came true about being a rock star.
Though, Fang had been a star for around four years now. She had never came to see Vanille like she promised. Though Vanille still believed in Fang, she felt a bit sad and heartbroken. Fang had broken her promise and was leading her famous life with joy, leaving Vanille by herself. Vanille didn't feel hatred towards Fang though. In fact, she was happy for her. She had made her dream. Besides, Fang was famous and Vanille was just a poor girl. She had no money, never went to school, she didn't even have a job..
She would only hold Fang back and cause her problems. Think about what the media would say. And all those fan maniacs! Vanille never had a chance. She was happy enough watching her best friend from afar, silently cheering her on.
This might sound selfish, but Vanille was glad that she was Fang's first kiss. Now though, Fang probably has dated plenty of people, but still Vanille was satisfied in one. Even though it was childish.
Vanille took a deep breath as she lightly tapped her head with her knuckle to snap her out of her thoughts. "No time to be thinking! I have to do my best and find a job but... where am I going to do that?" she wondered as she looked around at the city of Cocoon. The city was huge of course and it could take forever.
Vanille then blinked when she heard a sudden scream. She looked around wildly as she tried to figure out where it came from. Once she turned around, something crashed right into her and she fell to the ground and landed on her butt. She rubbed her head and groaned then opened her eyes, which soon widened in shock at what she saw.
There she was staring right into Fang's face.
Her mouth hung wide open as she stared at the singer. By the love of god, Fang was even more beautiful in person. Wait... Vanille shouldn't be thinking that way. Fang wore a black T-shirt with blue jeans, wearing sun glasses and a baseball hat. Most likely she was in disguise but Vanille instantly recognized her. She quickly shook her head and looked at Fang who soon stood up and looked wildly around.
"Oh shit! Sorry! Uh... Okay start running!" Fang ordered as she quickly grabbed Vanille by the wrist and soon took off down the sidewalk.
Vanille yelped in surprise as she started running behind the older woman, mostly being dragged. Vanille blinked in obvious confusion as she glanced behind her then sweat dropped as a whole crowd of people were chasing after them. What the heck was going on?
Vanille panted as she ran along, Fang was much more athletic than her, she always was. Vanille yelped as Fang suddenly took a right turn into a alley. She closed her eyes as she felt herself being flung around till she was pressed against Fang. Fang leaned against the wall, hiding behind a diptsy dumpster, her arms wrapped around Vanille's waist and her hand clasped to Vanille's mouth.
Vanille made a small muffled noise against Fang's hand, her face flushed out of the sudden close contact with Fang. She listened to the thundering foot steps slowly fade away and after they disappeared, she heard Fang give a sigh of relief.
"Geez that was close! I thought they had me for a moment." Vanille heard Fang say. Getting use to the familiar voice and silently enjoying it. She almost cried out when Fang gently pushed her away and slipped out of the tight embrace.
Fang grinned at Vanille and scratched the back of her head, her legs crossed from under her. "Sorry to get you involved like that." she said with a laugh then blinked at Vanille and brought her arms up in a defensive position. "Please don't jump me." she said sounding a bit dramatic, sounding both serious and jokingly.
Vanille stared at her childhood friend, sitting on her legs as she examined the woman before her. She had gotten so pretty. Vanille snapped out of her thoughts and gave a bright smile and a amused giggle.
"Thats okay and don't worry, I'm not a crazy person who wishes to smother you." Vanille laughed though silently, she actually wanted to give Fang a big hug.
Fang looked at her for a moment then relaxed and gave a happy grin. "Well good to know that I'm not going to be attacked by you." she said in amusement.
Vanille smiled. "So what are you doing out here Fang? Shouldn't you be with your band?" she asked curiously, having a hard time believing she was actually talking to Fang who didn't recongize her in the slightest.
"Well I just wanted to get away from all those loud mouthed producers. They can be so annoying. Plus, Lightning is always hounding me about how I should stop being lazy. I just felt like I need some fresh air." Fang grinned then looked at Vanille curiously. "And who might you be?" she asked.
Vanille blinked for a moment as Fang leaned closer to her, her black eyes digging into Vanille's emerald ones. It seemed like Vanille had forgotten her own name by just staring into Fang's eyes. She quickly snapped out of it and smiled. "Um.. I'm Vanille. Dia Vanille." she answered.
Fang seemed to think on that for a moment. As if something had clicked in her mind but she just grinned back at Vanille. "Well that's a cute name for a cute girl." she said.
Vanille lightly blushed at the comment though she felt a bit sad. Fang really didn't recognize her. Maybe she didn't even remember her. Vanille silently sighed. She couldn't blame Fang though. She probably had so much to do and to remember that Vanille just wasn't that important after all these years. Vanille then snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Fang suddenly raise her voice.
"What happened to your cheek?" Fang exclaimed loudly.
Vanille blinked in confusion and stared at the older woman. "Eh?" she said dumbly.
Fang then lifted her right hand and pointed her index finger to Vanille's left cheek. Eyes wide in wonder.
Vanille blinked then started to get a little frantic as she tried to think up some kind of excuse. She would rather not get Fang involved in her personal problems. Vanille was sure she had her own to deal with.
"Well... uh... I... I.. I'm such a klutz! I wasn't looking where I was going and so I... kind of ran into a building." Vanille laughed nervously. She was bad at lying and she didn't like it but it seemed like she did it all the time.
Fang raised a eyebrow in suspicion and Vanille was starting to get nervous, worried that Fang might of figured it out but she watched as Fang brushed it off and grinned at her.
"Well you can't just leave it like that! It will get swollen! Come with me, I'll take care of you." Fang grinned then stood up and held out her hand.
Vanille blinked, remembering when Fang use to do that all the time when they were children, and so she instinctively took Fang's hand without thinking and stood up.
Fang grinned then led her through the streets while talking about something. Vanille's eyes widened in her daze, she was actually walking next to Fang, and today was suppose to be another stressful day. She couldn't feel happier.
