Kukai the Matchmaker
Pairing: KukaixRima
Summary: Mashiro Rima is in love with Fujisaki Nagehiko. What happens when she decides to get some help from Souma Kukai, Nagehiko's matchmaking best friend? Will she end up with Nagehiko, like planned, or will she fall for someone else?
Warning: May contain HEAPS of cheesiness or may be overly cliche.
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara!
Chapter 3- Phone Call
Kukai's POV
"Look, I'm really sorry."
Rima glared at me, and gave me another smack on the head.
"Geez, it's not my fault I spilt the tea!"
The little blonde gave another glare. "But you did it in front of NAGEHIKO,"
"I'll make up for it!"
Rima considered, and then nodded. "Fine. Hurry up. We haven't even made a single move on them."
"I'll think about it."
My 'client' gave another happy nod. "Get onto it, kays?"
She is so happy like that.
"Get onto what?"
Rima and I had a sudden panic attack, until we realised it was just Nagehiko. Well, Rima was still spazzing, but I stayed cool because he is my best friend.
I shot Nagehiko a grin. "Oh, she wants me to get onto buying medicine for her,"
"Medicine? What for?"
I shrugged casually. "Her diarrhea issues."
Nagehiko raised his eyebrows a bit, and gazed at the still-spazzing friend. To tell you the truth, I've always regarded Rima as some sort of heartless girl, as she didn't seem to like ANYONE. But to think she was actually hiding her feelings...I have a more positive overview of her.
"She seems different from her cool and collected self,"
I gave another shrug. "Must be the diarrhea side effects or something,"
"Oh, I see. Are you sure its diarrhea?"
I rolled my eyes, and glanced at Rima. "Oi, I'll go get your medicine for your diarrhea now, okay?"
"Y-Yea..." Rima gave a short nod, and now she was frozen stiff.
I'm actually surprised. It'll be so easy to play pranks on her this way! But then I thought what would happen when she snapped out of it, and grimaced.
"AHAHA! Mashiro, you're so funny! I was just kidding!"
Nagehiko gave a chuckle himself. "Oh, it was just a joke then,"
"Riiii~ma!"
I knew that voice from anymore. Hinamori Amu...I spun around, and my eyes sparkled at the sight of her. Dayum, she looked hot. Oh, what the freak did I just say? I'm supposed to be cool...
At that moment, Rima snapped out of it and turned around to receive Amu's hug.
Well, witness the power of friendship, right?
After a few seconds of hugging, they released their embrace and turned to face us.
"Kukai! Nagi! Hey!" Amu smiled radiantly at us.
Rima decided to ignore me though. "H-Hi, N-N-Na...gi,"
She has to stop stuttering! Then, her eyes fully desperate, she turned towards me, pleading.
"WE SHOULD EXCHANGE PHONE NUMBERS," I stated loudly.
Amu beamed. "That sounds great! Here, what's yours, Kukai?"
After switching numbers, the bell rang for Period 5.
Rima and I had all our classes together (scary, right?), so we decided to head over to the drama room. Amu and Nagehiko went to their own separate classrooms as well.
"SO...what's the big deal about phone numbers?"
I gave her a victory sign. "At least you have Nagehiko's number now, right?"
"Yeah but...what am I meant to do with it..."
She's so cute when she's not vicious. "Well, if Nagehiko and you talk a lot, you might discover you have similar interests, right? Then Nagehiko would like to talk to you more, because he knows you both like the same things,"
"I see!" Rima's eyes sparkled. "Tell me what he likes!"
I rolled my eyes. "No,"
"Why not?" She glared.
I gave another roll of my eyes. "Because it will be no point if you only fake your interests"
"Are you trying to lecture me on love?"
"Are you trying to lecture me on lecturing you on love?"
"What?"
"I don't know."
We both strolled in, and everyone glanced at us, then resumed to what they were doing. We were always together now, for some reason. Maybe it was because we could tell each other instantly if we had an idea.
At first, everyone was shocked, because we never hung out before, but as time passed, it was a usual routine for them. I wonder if they will spazz if we don't hang out together anymore. The only time we don't hang out is at lunchtime.
"OK! EVERYONE, PERFORM LITTLE SKITS AMONGST YOURSELVES WITH A PARTNER FOR STARTERS!"
Rima rolled her eyes. "You're my partner"
"What?"
She glared at me. "You heard me."
"What did I do this time?"
She stared at me, as if trying to send me a message. It didn't really reach to me. Realising this, Rima decided to smack me on the head.
"We're starting the skit already! YOU START, DIPSHIT!"
I rubbed my head. "Make it clearer then...So violent..."
"What was that?" Rima appeared next to me, her eyes gleaming maliciously.
Uh oh.
"I said...uh...you are so good at acting!"
She tossed her hair back and gave me a smug look. "Well of course. I'm naturally talented at everything, aren't I?"
"Except for sports..."
Rima stared at me, a funny smile on her face. "Do you want to know what I say about that?"
"Not really?"
She rolled her eyes again. "I'm not giving you a choice."
"But you said it in a form of a question..."
The petite blonde gave another glare at me. "Shut up, Kukai. When did you become so observant?"
"F-Fine. Tell me, what do you say about that?"
A smug look came across the girl's face. "Well...I say..."
Suddenly, she leapt back, sprang forward, spun around in the air and kicked me hard in the face.
It sent me sprawling to the ground. She's strong for a little girl... "Ow..."
"You should be saying Ow. Now tell me, would a person not good at sports be able to kick that hard?"
"Well, you just showed that so ye-"
"And if you do not get it, I'll show you again for an example, just in case you didn't feel or see it properly."
"...No. You are very good at sports."
She stared at me triumphantly.
"I thought so."
Rima's POV
After school, I said bye to Kukai, and rushed off to go home straightaway.
Why am I in such a hurry?
To call Nagehiko! Duh.
So I rushed home, and realised my parents weren't home. YES! That's good. I instantly walk in, and picked up my home phone, seeing my mobile was nearly out of battery.
That's when my home phone called. Who could it be?
I picked it up. "Hello?"
"It's Kukai."
Oh. Him. "Oh. You."
"Disappointed?"
I wanted to give him a glare, but you can't really do that over the phone. "No. Shut up. Yes. Bye."
"Wait!"
I sighed. "What, you idiot?"
"Don't call him now, call him in 5 minutes. That's when he usually comes home."
Weird..."How would you know? Stalker much?"
"No, Rima. I'm his best friend."
I gave him a heated glare...ish. Well, I gave the phone a heated glare. "I'm Amu's best friend, and do I look like I know what time she goes home?"
"What time does she come home?"
I answered instantly. "4:10pm."
"See?"
He pisses me off. "SHUT UP. You tricked me!"
"...No, I didn't."
What an idiot. "Whatever! It's been nearly 5 minutes now. GOOD BYE."
"Wait, Ma-"
"Bye!"
I hung up, but for some reason, I was actually smiling. What on earth? It must be because I am about to call Nagehiko. Yeah, that's it.
After dialing Nagehiko's number, I nervously waited for him to pick up.
"Hello?"
I smiled nervously. "H-Hi, it's uh...R-Rima..."
"Oh, hey Rima!"
My heart gave a little yelp of joy. "H-Hey! Um..nice..nice...nice weather?"
"Yep, it's just the perfect weather! I'm guessing you like fine days?"
I love how he is so nice, even though I'm being such a weirdo. "Y-Yeah! L-Love them! What things do y-you l-l-love?"
"I love many things! Such as dancing, do you know how to dance?"
Hesitantly, I decided to tell him the truth. "Um. Not really. B-But I love watching dancers!"
"I love watching dancers too! They're just so graceful, and they put you at peace, you know?"
I nodded, although he couldn't see. "Y-Yeah! I totally get what you mean!"
"I wish I could be like them one day…I want to be able to dance, and put the audience at peace,"
He had…such a dream? Nagi is such a kind person! "I-I'm sure, you'll be able to do it, Nagi,"
"I hope so! That's why I'm practicing. What do you want to do?"
…What do I want to do? "I'm not sure…but I want to do something that will affect the audience in a positive way, just like you!"
"You already do that, Rima-chan,"
I blushed, and thanked the heavens that he couldn't see me right now. "R-Really?"
"Yep! So I'm sure you'll have no problem doing it again in the future,"
"T-Thank you…Nagi…"
"It's no big deal, Rima. It's true, after all,"
I blushed heavily again, but the blush instantly disappeared as soon as I heard the door slam.
"Er…Nagi? I've got to go, see you!"
"Okay. See you tomorrow, Rima-chan"
"Bye!" I squeaked hurriedly and hung up.
My parents strolled in at that exact moment, and caught me holding the phone.
"WHO WERE YOU CALLING?" My mum hissed, narrowing her eyes at me.
I gulped silently. "M-M-My friend…"
My dad gasped. "What? You can't trust those so-called friends of yours!"
"No…they're really…really…good people…"
He ignored me, and turned around to my mum. "SEE WHAT YOU DID? Why didn't you warn her about other children before letting her go make friends?"
"I'm too busy at work to lecture her about those things! How about you, huh? All you do is laze around all day! YOU tell her!" My mum screamed back.
It's like this every day. They always fight. It seems like they're fighting over me, but I know that they're only fighting just to throw all their anger out. It just doesn't seem fair they have to do it on each other…they married each other, didn't they? Doesn't that mean they love each other? Why do they have to do it, and why in front of me?
"WHAT? You think I'm lazy? I MAKE MOST OF THE MONEY AROUND HERE!"
"You filthy liar! I'm the one working her butt off! You just sit around all day!"
"YOU DARE CALL ME A LIAR? OLD HAG!"
"OLD HAG? WELL, YOU'RE AN IDIOT! You have no right to be a father!"
"Yeah? IT'S NOT LIKE I WANT TO BE RIMA'S FATHER ANYWAY!"
That did it.
I stood back, my eyes watering.
He finally admitted it. He never viewed me as a child. I know people think it's no big deal, but family is meant to be close to you.
So why are we so far apart?
Gritting my teeth, I rushed past then and stormed out of the door.
"RIMA! COME BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO GET KIDNAPPED AGAIN!"
That's all they care about? Me not being kidnapped? It's not like they even care about me. They only care about the ransom money they're going to have to give.
If they don't give it, they're going to be regarded as selfish, so they have to.
That's all they care about.
I ignored them and headed to my secret area. Well, it's not really secret, but you would have to go through a lot of trees and forest to get to that one big main tree.
My crying place.
I pushed through the trees, not caring if I got lost. It's not like I would anyway. I was too familiar with this place. After all, I always went here to cry.
Never would I cry at home.
The main tree loomed ahead of me, and I strolled slowly over to it, before letting my legs drop to the ground.
That's when I cried once again, all alone.
No one could care. Not my parents, not Amu, not even Kukai.
They don't care about me at all.
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