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Summary: Nothing says it all like a Father's rage. First it was the visit's, Then it was play date's, but what did it was the promise for his Daughter's safety being broken. Years later, a lot has changed, accidents occurred, and the war has just begun. And it all starts with the upcoming Summer trip..
Chapter 2
This was the fifth time I sighed since we've stepped foot into our Hotel room, which was about 45 minutes ago. The afternoon light shone brightly into the room, my back soaking in the sunlight's warmth. My half lidded eyes flicked left to right, watching Yui pace for the last 15 minutes, struggling to put her words into an actual sentence. "I didn't come all this way for this." I calmly stated. I couldn't get mad at this point. It would just drain the little energy I had.
My words seem to have gone over her head as she continued to pace. "Yui, Please just sit down. It's not that serious."
As if hearing for the first time, Yui halted to a sudden stop. Her mouth dropped, giving an audible gasp. "Not that serious? Not that- Why..How...Does Mrs. Keiko..hate me? Or did she not plan this out correctly? Does she want an accident to happen on this trip because of her mistake?" What? "Why does that Witch have to share a room with us?!" Her body was trembling with rage at this point, her lip twitch easily settling back in after years of resisting.
"Maybe because it's four to a room?" I gestured to the two neatly made king size beds.
"Let her sleep in the hallway!"
"Yui!" I reprimanded. "Enough. Now unpack so we can get ready. Mrs. Keiko said we have three hours to do whatever we want- prior to our rules, that is, until the Party tonight."
Hearing this, Yui's eyes lit up, the image of her enemy completely swiped away from her mind. Throwing her suitcase on the bed, she began unloading her Clothes eagerly. "That's enough time to go shopping!"
I blinked. "..What?"
"For the Party, duh!"
I wanted to cry at her words. "B-B-But we already went shopping! Remember? I said no the Lingere but got the dresses. We have our dresses." I said the last part slowly so she could understand we was okay with shopping.
"But what if we see something better? We must buy it if we happen to stumble upon better looking dresses, Pan." Yui rolled her eyes like it was obvious. "Don't act like you don't have enough money."
"Spending a week with you and I'll be broke!"
"Maybe so, but at least you'll have nice clothes."
She gave me one of her cheesy smiles and I couldn't resist groaning and tugging at my hair at this point. Falling back on the bed, my hands slip to cover my face. I never met someone who had an addiction to shopping. It was such a bizarre habit to have.
Lost in my temporary sadden state, I didn't even hear the door open.
"Hello." We both turned our attention to see Yuji strolling in. He flopped on the bed beside me and laid back comfortably. Going by his appearance, he seemed content, unlike Yui a few minutes ago. Hopefully he could help brighten thing's. "So, who you guys rooming with?" Dammit, Yuji.
Before I could answer without any curses tied to the names, we both snapped our head's in Yui's direction, hearing an inhuman growl. "With Marie Rose and Julie." I sighed. This was going to be a long Summer.
Yuji sat up on his forearms, his eyes wide. "Seriously?"
"Yes." Yui hissed, nearly tearing her shirt in half. "Out of all the girls in our class, she just had to be with us! Stupid Bitch.."
"Yui!"
"Don't pay her no mind, Pan. It's pointless to talk some sense into her at this rate."
Yui frowned. "Says the love struck puppy following after that piece of trash on legs!"
"Whatever you say, Yui. But just know, you'll never reach or surpass her level." He wasn't going to let Yui ruin his mood. Unlike Yui, he accepted his roommates, as they we're already friends from the start.
Before Yui could come back with a retort to his insult, he sat up and clasped his hand's together. "Anyways, I didn't come here to argue. Let's go explore this place."
"Good idea." Rising to my feet, I walked over to the dresser and grabbed both cards. "Yui, don't forget your key." I tossed her the card before grabbing the Brochure. "So where do you guys want to head first? Looking at the brochure, it says something about this museum that kind of caught my eye." My eyebrow furrowed slightly as I scanned through the small paragraph. "It's a little far but..It think we could make it back in time for the- Hey!"
I whined as the brochure was snatched from my hands. Yuji gave a bored expression as he crumbled the pamphlet and chucked it somewhere in the connected bathroom. My mouth hung open as I glanced to Yui who gave the same look.
My head fell back as I gave an exaggerating sigh as they pulled me along.
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She fell on all fours, her breathing labored. Strands of her snow white hair falling out of her pony tail, framing around her face. Her armor was in shreds just around her, along with her double swords that was shattered and discarded to pieces around her fallen form. Her tiny fist pounded at the ground in defeat.
The menacing chuckles and smirks above her was like added heavy weight of disgrace upon her scraped shoulders. Her men. Her Warriors. All gave astounding sacrifices all for it to be in vain!
Tears of anger pooled in her Blue Bell eyes but she wouldn't dare let a drop spill. She would go quietly, not letting them have the satisfaction of hearing or seeing her break.
Her teeth grind hard when his enormous hand gripped her chin, angling her face to his. The hatred and raged within her eyes made the corners of his mouth curl into a sinister smirk. His Prussian blue eyes flared with anger as he stared down at her glaring, twisted face. "Such a young beauty..Full of spirit yet lacks the knowledge of a Knight. You should know better than to Raising havoc on my territory!" She squeezed her eyes shut at the pain when his grip tightened around her face, a small noise escaped her throat when he brought his face close. "I should have your head for your foolish act!" His eyes never left her's, his lips curling once more to let out a breathy laugh. "But that would be too easy."
"You will never break me." Her voice was small but full of determination. Her green eyes flared with this new found ambition.
Press A for new secret factor.
From her spot on the floor, Yui's head hung low, her bangs covering her eyes. Her hands grip the controller in a tight grip as Yuji rolled on the floor beside her, giving a loud and boisterous laugh. Her head shot up and she glared at the teary teen beside her. "Oh shit!" Gathering himself together, he sat back up, and struggled to obtain a straight face. Yui sat still, her eyes flaring dangerously at him.
A tear falling from his eye at the sight of her. There was rules when it comes to gaming. You talk trash to your opponent, but two things you don't do: Rage quit unless you want to be humiliated, and you never touch the loser on the shoulder unless you want to get hurt.
Yuji clapped a hand on her shoulder. "You almost had me there, kid. I'm proud."
Yui raised the controller over her head in warning. Yuji held up his hands, chuckling down to a minimum. "Easy Kitty, no need for the abuse. Just step your game up next time."
She fist the front of his suit, pushing him further into the ground. "Shut up, you little..Ugh!" Yuji just flashed her a taunting smirk as he dodged her blows. His elbow hit the button, continuing the forgotten game. Both heads turned towards the flat screen.
The atmosphere grew more tense around them. His expression: Heated glare, wicked smirks, and taunting voice. It was a slap to the face! Mockery! She would love nothing more than to wipe that stupid grin off his face but she was too weak to do any actual damage. But for a split second, her eyes flickered between vexation to confusion from his lack of response.
"End her!"
"Torture her until she begs for mercy!"
She sneered as His men continued to voice their options. Her eye's never left his as he tried to destroy her mentally with his stare alone. To say it was working would be an understatement as she remembered hearing rumors of his violent ways with his enemies. At first she laughed as her confidence sparked but now being in this situation, she was starting to have doubts, that these rumors was actually true.
The tightening on her chin brought her out of her thoughts, his eye's gleaming mysteriously. As his face drew closer, his voice was low, as if only wanting her ears to pick up on his next words. "I'll take you on that challenge."
Her body released a shiver at those words, her mind drawing a blank-
Yui stood up, and walked towards the system and hit the power button. "Oh no!" She sarcastically cried, flicking her heated gaze to him.
Yuji's mouth fell open in a breathless laugh. "We didn't even get to see the secret factor!"
"Too bad!" She crossed her arms stubbornly. "You don't deserve to see it." She stored over to the window, muttering how she hates when he plays games. She even threw a "Cheater," over her shoulders for good measures.
Yuji head turned as he followed her. "What? I don't cheat, your game skills just sucks."
"Whatever, nerd."
Getting to his feet, he crossed the room. "Your just a sore loser, Yui. You can't handle my awesome skills. Admit it and I'l even teach you a thing or two." Yui spun around fast, her hand shooting out to fist the front of his suit, bringing him closer. His lips curled into a smirk at the height difference, but despite her being "fun size" as he puts it, she could be pretty violent when mad. "Shut up, you little Brat!"
"Or what?"
Yui stood on her toes to gather some distance to prove her point. "I'll-"
"You guys ready yet?" I questioned, coming out of the Bathroom. The white dress literally hugged at my body in every place. It was a White lace Applique dress- a dress that we (Yui) happen to stumble upon, and according to her: "We just had to get it!" But I will admit, the dress did look and feel nice. The lace sleeves design was lovely, and I was glad it stopped just a few inches above my knees. The only problem I would say would have to be my back being exposed through the lace. It made me feel a little self-conscious. A nagging voice in my head was telling me it was a little too much.
Yui's hands came to her face as she gasped excitedly. Pushing Yuji aside, she was in front of me in seconds. "Oh my gosh, Pan. You look beautiful!" Forcing me to spin, I could feel my face heat up greatly.
"Go put on your shoes, I want a picture!"
"O-Okay!"
Fetching my matching white high-heels, I slipped them on. "Get over here too, cheater." Yui growled, also putting on her shoes.
Yuji placed a hand over his heart. "I'm touched." Standing on the left side, Yui in the middle, and Yuji on the right, Yui held out the phone from above. Once in our preferable poses, she gave the count down. "In Three! Two! One! Say Cheater!"
"Really, Yui?"
Me and Yui bounced closer, our smiles growing wide. "Cheater!"
"Retake it! I was barely in it!" Yuji complained.
Yui stuck her tongue out at him childishly but complied. After taking multiple pictures in different poses, Yui scrolled through them all, nodding in satisfaction. "We look so good!" She gushed. Yuji looked over her shoulder, nodding in agreement.
"Send it to us so we could have it as our background." I said from my spot on the bed.
"Great Idea!"
Hearing my notification ring, I couldn't help but smile as well at the pictures. I will treasure them always.
"It's almost time." Yuji spoke, glancing at his phone.
Rolling my head to the side, I cast Yui a knowing smirk. "Ready to meet your Prince?"
Yui gave a confident nod as Yuji shook his head in the process.
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Already Two hours into the gathering and I managed to lose Yuji. Twice! My only guess was he went searching for Marie Rose, doing everything in his power to gain her attention. Yui remained by my side at all times, which I was grateful for.
Besides our class, we was surrounded by many staff members. They was all dressed so professional, talking in a business like manner (From what my ears picked up.). Surprised? No. Intimidated? ..Eh? I wonder what we would be doing in our stay. The permission slip that I was forced to read- Having enough surprises- it wasn't that descriptive, beside that one little detail about the Gathering, and job hunting. It didn't make any sense. I was going to have to ask Mrs. Keiko about this later.
In the time of our the search for Yuji, we stumbled upon a few business people. Of course, leave it to Yui to leave me to stutter horribly in multiple small talks with them while she continued to search for her supposedly future husband.
"Chances are he might not even be here, Yui. Don't get your hopes up." I spoke, after giving her a light punch to the arm. Talking to the higher up was scary.
Yui whipped around at me, her eye's wide in panic. "W-Why wouldn't he?"
"I mean-" I trailed off horribly, giving a light shrug. "He could be busy or tired from all his hard work. You could only imagine how much work needs to be done in his position-"
"Oh my gosh, Pan! There he is There he is!" Yui squealed, gripping my arm in a death grip. Following her gaze, I glanced up to indeed see our future President just on the next floor. It seem weird, seeing him in person opposed to on T.V.. I took note of the small frown on his face as he kept his gaze straight ahead, not bothering once to look down at his guest.
Taking a glance at my giddy friend, she bounced at my side. "Easy, Yui." I hissed, yanking my arm free. I rubbed the sore spot fast, hoping to rid the pain quickly.
She quickly turned me to face her, blocking his view. Her hands ran all over her body, adjusting herself. "Quick, how do I look?"
"You look gorgeous, Yui." I told honestly. I grabbed her hands in mine, sharing a smile. "And you don't need anyone to tell you that."
She bit her bottom lip nervously as she glanced past my head and back up at him. "Thanks but... I-I don't know. I just want to at least be up to his standards."
"You talk as if you two are together, and even if you were, you don't need to be at his level. He should like you for who you are, that goes for anyone you go for."
Yui glanced down in thought. "Your right."
I smiled.
"But I still want him."
"Yui." I struggled to not face palm myself in defeat as she glared at our fellow classmates, girls mainly, who was gushing at the sight of him. All I could do was shake my head with a faint laugh. "While you fight off the threats, I'll roam around." I informed, pulling away.
Leaving Yui probably wasn't a good idea, but I know she won't do anything too bad. Not around our future president, at least. I gave off small smiles and waves, even conversing with a few business men with a little more confidence.
Heading towards the back of the ballroom, I pushed open the two heavy doors and stepped into the summer night. A very warm breeze flew by, cooling my skin. Taking in my surroundings, it looked as a small little garden. The cherry blossoms was blooming at it's fullest, petals gliding in the soft current.
Walking along the stone floor, I was lead to a small pond. I blinked at my reflection. I placed a strand behind my ear before giving a nervous smile. Strange the other day, I couldn't even see myself going on this ridiculous trip, rather just spending my summer with my friends, but I had to admit this wasn't all that bad.
"Excuse me."
Looking over my shoulder, my mouth dropped open as I saw the true definition of beauty. Tight Blue curls bounced with each graceful step. Her pink lips stretched into a gracious smile. Her blue eyes sparkled lovely with the little light given. Her sparkling white dress was an eye catcher, adding to the perfection in her features. It ended just a few inches before her knees, revealing her perfectly shaped legs.
Snapping out of my daze, I cleared my throat rather unattractively. "Oh, sorry, Ms. Brief.. I-I was um..Just needed some fresh air.. er..B-Beautiful Garden!"
Surprisingly, she released a bell like laugh, letting it drift in the night air. "It's fine." She tilted her head, and I could she was eyeing me. I shrunk under her gaze, rather favoring to keep my gaze elsewhere, preferably the stone ground. Here I was, talking about how I couldn't care less about Trunks and his life style yet I couldn't keep a steady eye contact with his sister. I don't care, She just better move before I throw up- "You look awfully familiar.."
Startled by the statement, my head shot up to see her wearing a confused expression, her face growing shockingly closer than I remembered. "Do I? No," I chuckled nervously, taking a step back. "I highly doubt that."
She placed her hand under her chin in thought. "..No, I'm sure of it. You have that face."
"What face?!"
"A face that I seen before!" She quickly corrected.
Taking a much calm breath, I could feel my face heating in embarrassment. "Oh."
Deciding to wave it off, she flashed me another one of her dazzling smiles. "Enjoying yourself?"
"Very much, Ma'am." I bowed respectively, only to hear a horrified gasp. My head shot up to see her place a hand over her heart, a petrified expression now placed on her pretty features. "M-Ma'am? I'm only 19!"
"I'm sorry-"
"I mean, to call me such name! I-I-I...I should have your head!"
"I didn't mean it that way!" I cried.
The heiress released another one of her affectionate laugh. "I'm only kidding, sheesh." My shoulders fell limp and I resisted slumping to the ground in a heap.
"Yeah, yeah, haha, you got me." A tear rolled down my face, my heart slowing back down to it's normal pace.
She wiped a tear from her eye before looking at me with a sweet smile. "What's your name?"
Finding my voice, I gave a weak answer. "Pan."
"Pan." She tested my name on her lips, giving another smile. She held out her hand. "Call me Bra."
I stared at her hand, stunned. She was so..happy and...not at all stressed, or didn't look it. Judging by her personality and straight forwardness, I can gather she was charming and kind deep inside. Giving her one of my own smiles, I grabbed her hand.
After giving off friendly introductions, I was lead to a bench just at the end of the stony trail. I couldn't remember how long we stood out there but I didn't mind at all. We actually held a pleasant conversation, both of us growing fond of the other. (I would hope she enjoyed my company) I even think I made a new friend.
When she mentioned that it was almost time for her Mother- Bulma Brief- to give her speech, we both headed for the doors. Going back inside, we both parted. I waved politely before going to search for either of my love struck friends. Surprisingly, it was a tough job as it seems more people had came to welcome us.
Going off to the side, I glanced around in total embarrassment before shoving my hand in the front of my dress to retrieve my phone. This was such a weird place to keep things. What if I had my keys, where would I put that?! Quickly sending both of them a message of my location and loneliness, I decided to keep my phone in my hand. I rather not risk anyone seeing me struggle to place my phone comfortably in my Bra.
Feeling someone's gaze on me, I shifted my gaze to my right to see a rather short Man scowling at me. I subconsciously clutch my hands to my chest, doing my best to shrink away from his heated glare. I recognized him though. Yui had showed me many pictures containing the wealthy family. He was Married to Bulma Brief. What was his name again?
Sneering, he turned his gaze elsewhere, which I was grateful for. He didn't want to be there- is my guess. He looked as if someone ruined his night. But no need to take your anger out on me!
"Pan!" I looked over towards Yui, glad to take my attention away from the angry little Man. "Why are you by yourself?"
"Because you went to go search for the love of your life." I crossed my arms over my chest. "And I still have yet to see Yuji anywhere."
Yui waved it off. "Forget about him. I wanted to talk to you."
I could practically see the excitement glowing in her eyes. "Okay?"
"What did she say to you?"
"Who?"
"Bra brief! I saw you guys walking out back! You two was talking for a long time." She bounced closer. "Well? What did she say?"
I looked away sheepishly, giving a nervous laugh. Before I could tell her our simple conversation, my eyes rolled to the second floor to where baby blue eyes was staring back at me.
From up above...
"Rough night?"
Half lidded Baby blue eyes shifted onto an identical set. His baby sister walked up to him, obviously in a much better mood than he was. He turned his attention away when she graced him with her dazzling smile.
"Hn."
Coming to stand beside him, she rested her arms on the banister. Her smile faltered a bit as she turned to gaze down at the scene below. Her voice was low, already getting a hint to what caused his sour mood. "Does your sour mood have anything to do with Marron?"
"Don't it always?" He answered truthfully. Dark circles was beginning to form under his eyes, and he seemed more irritable than usual. She was expecting to much from him. He could feel it. In her mind-It was time to take that next step, but he wasn't ready. Far from it, actually.
For the past two months, she had been throwing hints about marriage to which he ignored. Of course he wants to settle down, years later. He could actually see himself settling down with her. But at the moment not really. Just the thought of her alone made him want to groan and wreck havoc somewhere.
To him, he doesn't know but...Either somethings missing or their relationship is slipping. That spark wasn't there anymore. Now, it's just a small flame. He pressed his fingers to his temple, trying to sooth the pain.
He needed a drink.
"The girl in the white." Trunks eyes wandered for a bit before locking on me and Yui. His eyes flicked between us as Yui continued to press me excitedly.
"What about her?"
"Don't she look familiar to you?"
Trunks eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he eyed me closely. His eyes trained on my face, looking at my posture and all. He slowly shook his head. "..I dunno. Who is she?"
"Beats me," Bra shrugged. "But..she just has that face. I can't really but my finger on it but she looks familiar."
Trunks stared at me for a few seconds longer until my own gaze flicked on his. His face remained neutral as my mouth fell open. Yui must have seen my face because she turned instantly and I knew her face was flushed at the sight of him. But his gaze lingered on me longer than it should have before he turned his attention else where.
Shortly after, we was called over to the tables. Me yui and Yuji sat together, along with Marie Rose. From beside me, I could feel the heat of Yui's glare on Marie Rose' smiling face. Much to my relief, she didn't do anything to draw attention. Hearing the mic. up in front, I turned my attention to the Lady who made this opportunity possible.
"I would like to thank you all for coming!" Bulma spoke, giving all smiles. The wealthy genius was dressed in a strapless black gown that hugged every curves of her body. I wasn't too surprised when even Yuji's mouth felll open, along with the rest of the male student body. "I know it's been a long day traveling, and now you just want to relax. Hopefully we can make the time we have together fun!" A round of claps echoed throughout the room.
"She is so pretty." Yui whispered in awe.
I couldn't help but numbly nod my head in agreement. It sucks not having good looks and brains like that from day one. They are truly blessed.
"So this Summer, you will get an insight on what this company is all about! Now trust me when I say, it won't be boring in the slightest. All of our staff and faculty will treat you like family and we're here to help you out!"
"The reason why we're gathered here to day is for you to get a chance to socialize with the staff and faculty because just in two days, they shall be your mentors for the Summer!" She suppressed a chuckle hearing many audible gasps. "You'll get the opportunity to take on many task you've never encountered before. We will strengthen your skills, as well as build new ones; preparing you for the next step! You'll get the full experience of the life of the business world!"
"Imagine me working along side Trunks!" Yui squealed in my ear.
I giggled. "I don't think he counts, Yui."
When Bulma Brief began to wrap up her speak, she allowed us to (or the rest of the student body who hasn't) get another change to speak to all faculty. As well announcing a bonus: we get to take a picture with the Royal family. I could only smile as Yui bit her lip to suppress her screams.
Lined up, Yui bounced beside me excitedly, every now and then fixing up her appearance, along with the rest of the girls in the class. I had to keep assuring her appearance was fine until it was my turn, leaving Yuji to handle my work.
I stood in between Trunks brief and his sister: Bra. She brushed closer to me, obviously happy and I couldn't help but smile. I could feel Trunks hand on the small of my back as he moved in. I blinked a few times, my face turning a light shade. The flash went off twice before I bid my goodbye's and scurried off.
"Next!"
We all had came back to me and Yui's room after the gathering. It was a mystery to Marie Rose' and Julie's whereabouts, but I wasn't complaining. I, along with the rest of the hotel could enjoy some peace, even if it's for a little while.
I had locked myself in the bathroom to start getting ready to bed, but not after warning both of them to quiet down. But deep down, I know my warning just flew over their heads.
"Come on, Yui. One more round." Yuji waved the controller in her face, blocking her view from the photo.
A growl escaped her throat as she gave her back to him, her eyebrows furrowing in annoyance. "Screw off, Loser. I'm busy."
"Yeah, staring at the picture of you with an old man is really worth wasting time." He replied sarcastically. Not getting a retort much like he use to, his shoulder's fell as he gazed through half lidded eyes.
Yui's heart was pounding, her mind floating back to just minutes ago when she stood beside him. His hand was touching her shoulder as he stood close to her. Her heart was beating fast in her chest from all the excitement and she couldn't resist in flushing her body against his in time as the flash went off. She couldn't contain herself and released a high pitch squeal.
But just as the happiness was quick to come, it was quick to be ripped away. Yui's mouth dropped open as the photo was torn away from her fingers. Her head followed her photo. "Hey!"
Yuji dangled the Picture out of her reach when her arm shot out. "Play me in one last match and you'll get it back." Dangling the photo close to her face teasingly, only to bring it out of reach when she jumped for it almost caused her to fall out of the chair.
Getting to her feet, Yui stood close and gave her best intimidating glare she could muster. Without any shoes, she stood even shorter which made it almost laughable. "You wanna go right now?"
Yuji's lips curled into a smirk, and that was all it took for her. Yui lunged at him, tackling him to the bed. Her hand gripped the front of his suit, pushing him further into the mattress, her other fist hanging over his head in warning. She nearly growled at him. "Give it back!"
"Just one game!"
She stretched for it, her knee moving up into his stomach hard. Her fingers grazed it, but all hope of retrieving it died when he put the photo behind his head. He gave her a smug look at her deadly glare.
Now he was struggling to hold his own as she was now trying to scratch at his face. She was successful in hooking her pinky in his nose. "Dammit, Yui! Let go!"
"Would you two knock it off! It's late!" I called from the bathroom. Using one of the many plush towels stacked on the rack, I dried my face, riding the little amount of make-up Yui slapped on my face. Now looking at myself in the mirror, my face looked boring, naked and plain. I smiled. Just how I like it.
Looking down the rest of my form. I subconsciously rubbed my arms. It was weird. To ever think I would ever have the courage to go outside dressed like this, I guess that's one of the perks of having a wild and out-going best friend. They never do let you miss out on anything if they have something to do with it. I should thank Yui. She's basically helping me out my comfort zone. Slowly but surely.
Turning around to gaze at my backside, I could feel my face heat up a bit. I-I guess I do kind of look okay, a-and I guess this I-Isn't such a bad color on me-
My train of thought suddenly froze, my eyebrows creased a bit as my nose twitched. I began sniffing the air until I came to my shoulder. Smelling myself, I pulled back. It smell just..like him.
"Hm."
Yuji had been successful in detaching his nose free. In his teen-like state of mind, he couldn't help his gaze as it fell on her chest. During their little wrestling match, her dress gave him a nice view from his angle. Subconsciously licking his suddenly dried lips, he quickly averted his gaze to meet her heated chocolate gaze that was locked on the object at hand.
Managing to catch his wrist, she pinned them by his head, her nails digging into his skin. She angrily blew away the few strands of hair that had managed to fall out of place the process before fixing her blazing eyes on him again. She slowly leaned forward, nearly growling in his face. "Give. Me. The. Picture. Now!"
Yuji met her glare, throwing it right back, his mouth set. He began to speak, refusing to let up when the door opened, and Marie Rose and Julie strolled in. The two girls halted when they spotted the two on the bed. Marie Rose covered her smirk behind her manicured hand. "Oh my!" She gushed. "Did we interrupt something?"
Yui and Yuji turned their attention once new voices entered the picture, and seeing their shocked faces. Both faces turned a bright red as Yuji began rambling, "I-It's not what it looks like!"
Yui's eyebrow twitched as a dangerously growl erupted from her throat at the sight of her enemy. Despite her embarrassing position, Marie Rose was the last person she wanted to be caught like this.
Yuji threw Yui to the side of him, her body bouncing ungraciously on the bed. Her mouth fell open, not believing he just did that. "Yuji!"
"What? No! We wasn't doing anything!" He exclaimed, nearly close to tears. He tossed the Picture aside, which Yui dove for, falling off the bed in the process. "You bent the Corner!"
Yuji slid in front of Yui's view, scratching the back of his head. "Honest! We was just messing around! Nothing serious!"
"Yuji, no need to hide your secret from us." Marie Rose gave him a charming smile. "I'm happy your able to find someone and just be happy, despite all the flaws she may possess, we look past it!"
"What?!"
Yuji returned the smile, grabbing her hand in his. He took how soft her fingers felt. He had to resist in rubbing his face with them. "You have it all wrong. I was only teasing the child. I took her photo to get her to agree to play a simple game match. Harmless teasing, see? No love between us whatsoever!"
Marie Rose raised her free hand to her face in pure happiness. "Well, if that's just it, I don't have to hide this inside any longer."
"Hide what, my darling?"
Marie Rose rocked her body back and forth, her face heating up appealingly as she struggled to put her words.
Yui leaned over, giving a disgusted look as she watch the scene before her, her worries for the bent corner of her and the Royal Family long gone.
I too couldn't help but poke my head out of the Bathroom at the sound of the commotion.
"Ever since I saw you tonight, dressed up so Handsomely, I...Oh! I-I don't know what I'm saying!" She cried.
"No no! Please continue, Marie Rose! " Yuji urged.
"I-It's just, you clean up so nicely, that..I couldn't keep my eyes off of you the entire night!"
Yuji practically melted at her feet.
Yui shut her eyes, her anger rising up a notch. And that was my cue to step in. Not only to give everyone in the Hotel some piece and quiet, but mainly me. "Alright, guys. That's enough excitement today." I grabbed Yuji's arm and pulled him to his feet, making sure he was steady enough to balance his own weight. "Why don't you give us sometime to get ready for bed and we'll see you tomorrow."
By the look of his face, he was still dazed from his "Secret" Crush "confession". "Well the night is still young, Pan. No need to rush things. We could spare a few minutes to continue our lovely conversation."
"Goodbye, Yuji." Pushing him out the door and into the correct direction of his room, I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, my eyes falling shut. So much energy in the same room, you could almost feel the electric waves bouncing off every corner of the room.
Opening my eyes, I glanced at the three. "I get shower first." I pointed my gaze at yui. "You'll sit in the bathroom until I'm done." Knowing Yui so well, I doubt anyone wanted to pay off any damaged furniture.
Yui opened her mouth to protest but Julie beat her to it. "Why don't we all go to the huge Bathroom on the Third Floor?" Her voice was monotone. She didn't even wait to hear our responses as she began gathering her bathroom essentials.
"Great idea, Julie!" Marie Rose clapped.
"There's no way I'm sharing a bath with a mutt like you!" Yui barked, getting to her feet.
Marie Rose gave a mocking pout, holding a finger to her chin. "Oh, I get it. It's okay, sweetie, you don't want to feel ashamed with so much developed bodies lined up next to each other while you.." Marie Rose gave a smirk as she trained her eye's low. "Come in small packages. But don't worry, someday you'll finally fill out like the rest of us. I believe in you!"
"I'm not ashamed, mutt! Y-you-" Yui's lip began twitching at her stuttering. Her eye's fell on her enemy's well developed chest, her chest moving with every breath she took from laughing. Her eye's flicked over to Julie's, watching every move she made packing, then her eye's landed on me. I held my arm's to my chest defensively, shielding my body away from her heated gaze. "Quit it!" I turned my attention to the laughing headed. "Okay, why don't you two go, we'll meet you there."
Moving to let them leave, I turned to Yui with a raised eyebrow. "You know it won't end well if you go, don't you?"
Yui huffed, her arm's dropping to her sides. "I don't care."
I watched as she started to gather her belonging. Now I see what Yui was talking about. The little teasing Marie Rose did was enough to get so riled up. Maybe sharing a room with them wasn't the best idea. I'll have to talk to Mrs. Keiko about the matter later. But in the meantime...
I grabbed her hand just before she could leave. Yui sighed tiredly. "Pan.."
"Yui, please promise me you'll be in your best behavior. We're suppose to have fun on this trip, and you shouldn't let anyone get you so worked up at a time like this."
Yui cast a light glare to the side, her lip's forming into a small pout. After a few seconds, she gave a loud sigh. "Fine. But if she stars with me, all deals are off."
"Ahh!" Crossing my arm over the edge, I rested my head letting the steam heat me up completely. Thank you, Julie for this brilliant idea.
"This is relaxing." I looked over my shoulder and smiled as Yui got relaxed in her spot. Her hair was tied back in a messy bun, parted in the front.
I'll admit, I never did this before. At first I was tempted to turn back around but with a little coaxing from Yui, I caved in. I could proudly say today wasn't so bad as I thought it would be. Thank you Yui!
"So you decided to join us after all. I'm glad." Marie Rose smiled cutely, tilting her head innocently. Her hair was piled atop of her head as well, done with more care. I could only picture Yui's face was just as red as mine at the sight of her. We would have to take Yuji to the hospital is he caught sight of this.
Marie Rose slipped into the steaming water and gave a content sigh as she melted away. Opening one eye, she glanced at both of us. "You two okay?"
"Y-Yeah!"
"Your b-boobs!" Yui weakly pointed, her hand trembling. "Their huge!"
Marie Rose looked down at herself to see her chest rising slightly higher due to the water level. Her face turned a light shade but she did nothing to cover herself. "My gosh, Yui. You pervert!"
"What?! It's not my fault if your flaunting that in my face!"
A pair of hands suddenly came around me and my body instantly froze, my face heating up greatly as I gasped in utterly surprise. Feeling an equally hot body pressed against me, I looked over my shoulder and seen Julie's stony face. "You've grown tremendously."
"Julie!" My hand's clutched hers in attempt to remove her hands from my person but she surprisingly had a tight grip on me. I'm actually scared to share a room with Julie now.
"Really?!" I snapped my head towards one of my classmates: Anastasia. She was rather short but over excited classmate that never went unnoticed when on the move. She stood not too far from us, a gleam appearing in her eyes. Giving a cat like smirk, she began making her way towards us, her hands moving creepily.
All the color nearly drained from my face with every step she took. "Wait! No! Stooop!"
"Seems like Yui's not too far behind either." Smirked Marie Rose, appearing behind her.
Yui's body trembled, her face turned a darker shade. "Y-You Pervert!"
"Allison here isn't too far behind either!"
"Get away from meee!"
Multiple screams echoed through the bathhouse, water splashed everywhere and many bodies pressed against one another.
Back into the room:
"What the hell was you girls doing in there?" Yuji questioned, rubbing the towel to his head vigorously. He was clad in a Black shirt with gray sweats, his feet being covered only in socks. "We heard screaming."
Me dressed in a Baby blue tank top and matching short, my hair was still damp from our.. (Cough) Bath. Yui was dressed in a gray shirt, a familiar looking cartoon on the front with pants. I could feel my face growing more red and can only imagine Yui matched me as we kept out heads down, organizing our clothes to put away in the draws neatly. "Don't worry about it." We muttered.
Marie Rose giggled, a light blush decorating her own face. She sported a small red tank top with black hearts and matching shorts. "You two are so red, it's adorable!"
Yuji stayed around for a few minutes longer before disappearing into his own room. We all having the same idea as him. Climbing into bed with Yui, we all bid eachother goodnight. I reached over and switched the light off. I turned on my side, and I could feel Yui's body press against mine. I smiled and welcomed her heat, slowly drifting off to sleep.
Today..wasn't such a bad day. Turned better than I expected honestly. Not only was I able to leave my house and away from a only summer, I made a new friend, and I'm getting an opportunity to work along side the smartest Women alive! Maybe some of the stuff Yui wraps her head around is actually worth..paying attention to.
I'm shock to say this but...I can't wait to see what this summer has in stored for us!
Turning around, I glanced into Yui's face. "Yui?"
Her eyes opened instantly. "Hm?"
I gave her a small smile. "Thanks.. for forcing me to come along."
Yui returned my smile, clasping her hand in mine. "Anytime. I'm always there to give you a push when you need it."
I wheezed when a body came crashing down on me. After struggling to break free from the hold of the blankets, I freed my head, snapping in the direction of my bright smiling best friend. "Yui-"
Her hand muffled my mouth as she held a finger to her on lips. "Shhh!" She nodded with her head in the direction of the other bed beside us. Following her gaze, I spotted Marie Rose, who was snoring lightly.
I turned my gaze back at Yui and glared, snatching her hand off my mouth. "Don't even think about it."
Yui gave me a defeating look. "But this is the perfect opportunity to strike!"
"Yui, No. Then this little...war you two have going on will never end!" I hissed, quiet enough to not disturb the others.
"Oh yes it will." She popped open the Black Marker and grinned evilly at the Sleeping teen. "And I will finish it."
"Yui-" A rapid knock from the door forced me to hold off in scolding Yui. Unlike my confusion look, Yui wore more of an exasperated one.
Marie Rose eye's fluttered open in alarm. "Huh?"
"Dammit, Yuji." Yui growled, climbing off me.
I sat up on my forearms, watching her head for the door. "Yuji?" I questioned. What was he doing here?
Marie Rose sat up, rubbing her eye's tiredly. "Why is Yuji here?" She yawned.
"None of your business, mutt! Just go back to sleep." Yui threw opened the door and yanked him inside. Poking her head out, she glanced down both ends of the hall before closing it shut tight.
"What's going on?" I yawned. I was rewarded with them both grinning at me, and I fell back. I felt like cried out. Quickly shielding my body with the blankets, I closed my eyes. "Run. Run far away, Marie Rose." I warned, another yawn slipping through. "They'll trap you in their webs of stupidity."
"Hey!" They both cried.
"Besides it's late." I threw the covers off my head to glance at the time. "Guys, It's 2:34 in the morning! Go to bed!"
"No way!" The covers was thrown off me completely, and my bare skin suddenly felt cold despite the warm temperature. I didn't hold back in giving Yui a heated glare. Unfazed, Yui gave me her usual defiant smirks. "You guys ready to have some real fun?"
"No, Yui-"
Marie Rose stretched her arms above her head, releasing a content sigh. "Pan's right. We might get in trouble."
"Who ever said you was coming with us?" Yui grumbled from her spot. Yuji's hand came down on top of her head, pushing her down. "Not if we're careful, that is." He chirped.
"Dammit Yuji!" Tearing her head from his grip, she jumped on the bed beside me, her eyes beaming. "Come on, Pan! Get up!"
I cocked an eyebrow at her. "You want me to out there. Dressed like this?" I pointed down at my nightwear.
"Get changed!" I glared at her through lidded eye. I wasn't surprised to see her already dressed in a different shirt and shorts.
"W-Wait! I'm coming too!" My head snapped in Marie Rose's direction in shock as she jumped out of bed with new found energy.
"Marie Rose!"
I sat up speechless as I watched them run out the room without a second thought. My attention was divided when a mess of Blonde hair shot up. Julie head turned slowly in my direction, then back at the door before her head fell back, her head getting lost in the mess of pillows. Pulling the covers up to my shoulders, I laid back down and squeezed my eyes shut. "Just go to bed. Just go to bed. Pretend you didn't see anything."
My hands clutched the bedding beneath me as I tried to rid the small chanting in my head. The same words in my head ringing loud. Go after them.
I knew I shouldn't have, but it just couldn't be helped.
I caved.
"Oh gosh.." Throwing the covers aside, I jumped off the bed, I grabbed my shoes and ran after them.
That's it. Hope this was a faster update guys, lol. No? *Bows head* Yeah, I know. I'm sorry! Next one Shoooould be up faster than this one!
