Note: I'm having a writer's block for my Bleach story 'La Pantera Azul'. It seems odd that I can have more ideas for this story rather than that one.
The Newcomer by Boogermeister
Chapter 3- Weekend Outing
Aki left her History class as the school bell rang. Her first few days at the boarding school was more or less decent, depending on her encounters with Yusei and his friends. Through the crowded hallways, she spotted Carly and ran up to her. "Finally!" smiled Carly, as they walked towards the cafeteria. "I thought I'll never see you at lunch again."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Aki smiled.
"We only had lunch together once, while you hang out with Yusei," Carly replied. "You like him or something?"
"No, not like that!" exclaimed Aki, although her face was blushing deeply. "We're just friend, that's all."
"Hey, Aki!" Yusei called out as he walked up to them. "Wanna hang out on the roof again?"
"No way, she's hanging out with me," Carly replied boldly.
"Come on," sighed Yusei. "It's boring with those guys most of the times. Half the time Kiryu talks about 'getting it' with the girls here. Please come and hang out."
"Only if Carly comes with me," Aki replied. Yusei plainly shrugged before they went for the roof. Once there, the three teen boys were already there, playing poker. "Gambling, as well?" questioned Aki. "You guys like breaking the rules, don't you?"
"At least it's for money and not clothes," smirked Kiryu. "You would like that if we bet on clothes, wouldn't you?"
"You're such an asshole," muttered Aki as she sat between Yusei and Crow, as usual. Carly, on the other hand, sat next to Jack and timidly scooted closer to him.
"You have to bring her here, as well?" Jack sighed in agitation as he glanced at Aki and Yusei.
"She wanted to come," shrugged Yusei as he took some cards from the deck. "Aki, you wanna play?"
"But I don't know how to play poker," Aki replied quietly.
"Peer pressure, peer pressure, peer pre--" Kiryu's chant was cut off by Jack smacking him in the back of the head. "Ow, don't hit me there! What if I'd gotten brain damage?"
"Good," Jack simply replied.
"I can teach you," Yusei said as he scooted closer to her. Aki's face blushed lightly at the very close contact, she could smell a faint musky scent on him. "In this game, the two's are wild but that you can overpower it if you got the right hand . . . ."
Twenty minutes later . . . .
"Yay, I win again!" cheered Carly as she scooped up the boys' money. Kiryu sighed angrily as he slammed his card down.
"Damn it, I can't see her bluffs with those thick-ass glasses," he huffed.
"I know, it's like you know what we got in our hands or somethin'," sighed Crow.
"Well, I played virtual poker on my computer so I knew the strategies," Carly smiled.
"Wait, Aki's winnings can't count because she got help from Yusei," complained Kiryu.
"Stop being such a sore loser, Kiryu," said Jack. "You're just mad because your ass were beaten by girls."
"Twice in one week," smirked Aki, sticking her tongue out.
"You only won fourteen bucks, Aki," smiled Yusei.
"Yeah but it was Kiryu's fourteen bucks," Aki happily replied.
"Whatcha gonna do this weekend, Yusei?" asked Crow, putting the cards away.
"I don't know, maybe I should go to the beach," pondered Yusei. "It's not too late to go there."
"Yeah, I want to get out of this fangirls-filled school," agreed Jack.
"You wanna come too, Aki?" asked Yusei. Aki was taken aback, going to the beach with just guys?
"Um, don't Carly wanna go also?" she asked.
"No, it's okay," shrugged Carly. "I need to develop my pictures this weekend anyway."
"Then it settles, Aki's goin' to the beach with us," smiled Crow.
"Yeah . . . . sure," Aki smiled a little.
The beach was a short bus ride away, Aki and the boys arrived at the beach in the late morning. The only people at the beach were a few sunbathers and a family nearby.
"Water, water!" screamed Kiryu as he dashed for the shore.
"Kiryu, wait!" Yusei called out. "We have to pick a spot first." Kiryu whined as they went near the big rocks that were jagged by the waves. Aki laid out her towel and sat down, she was wearing a pink sundress that was covering her dark red two-piece bikini with pink rose graphics on it.
All the other boys were wearing T-shirts that matched their trunks. Jack's were black with red stripes on the side, Crow's were navy-blue with grey graphics on it, Kiryu's were red-white, and Yusei's were navy-blue with yellow stripes on the side. "Water!" yelled Kiryu as he took off his shirt and ran into the waves.
"Please drown so we can all be happy," muttered Jack as he laid down onto his towel. Crow followed after Kiryu, while Yusei sat to Aki.
"Hey," he smiled lightly. "What's the matter?"
"Nothing," Aki replied sheepishly.
"You're self-conscious about your swimsuit, huh?" he asked.
"No . . . ." she muttered, glancing away.
"Then what is it? Can you swim?"
"It's not that," muttered Aki. Yusei sighed deeply at the situation.
"All right," he sighed as he took off his shirt. Aki glanced back at him and she almost died mentally; Yusei has a perfectly chisled out chest and abdomen. She also noticed a huge dark scar on the right side of his stomach. "What is it, Aki? Your face is red."
"R-really?" she stammered as she glanced away again. "It must be from the sun."
"We were here for only ten minutes," muttered Jack. "You couldn't had sunburn that fast."
"Mind your business," huffed Aki.
"Come on, Aki," smiled Yusei as he stood up and held out his hand. "Don't be shy about it." Aki smiled softly as she took it and stood up. "You sure you aren't self-conscious about your swimsuit?" he asked.
"No, not really," replied Aki. Slowly, she took off her sundress and the moment she did that, Kiryu ran out of the water.
"Nice to see you let your puppies out to play," he smirked as he was catching his breath.
"Shut up!" fumed Aki, stomping harshly on his foot. "You're so immature, you jerk!"
"Calm down, Aki," Yusei sighed as he held her back from doing anymore destruction on Kiryu. "Let's just go to the water." Leaving the silver-haired teen to wallow in pain, Aki and Yusei went into the water.
"It's cold," whined Aki as they went deeper and she held on to his hand.
"It gets warm after a while," smiled Yusei. "If you want to, we can dunk our head into the water."
"Okay," Aki replied, giving him a shivering smile.
"On a count of three," Yusei smiled. "One, two, three!" Immediately, they submerged them into seawater. After a few seconds, they came up to the surface. "You all right now?" gasped Yusei.
"Yeah," laughed Aki.
"Yusei, you Crab-Head!" Kiryu yelled from the distance. "How comes you get to play with Aki and her beach balls?!"
"Stop whining, you big baby!" Yusei shouted. "And stop making fun of Aki's chest!"
"Why not, it's hard not to!" sneered Kiryu. "Both of you can use it as life jackets!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Jack yelled angrily as he sat up. "You guys are making a scene out here!" Crow, who were swimming around in circles, merely sighed at the commotion.
"Just ignore Kiryu and let's have fun, Yusei," he said as he swam past them.
"Fine," sighed Yusei, as he swam away from Aki.
"Wait for me," said Aki as she followed after him.
"NO! NOOO!" screamed Aki as Yusei tossed her into the water. The teen laughed as Aki was splashing around before she managed to stand up. "Stop doing that, Yusei!" she yelled, splashing water at him. "It's not funny!"
"You kept falling for it," laughed Yusei. Nearby, Jack was busy 'drowning' Crow and Kiryu for covering him with sand earlier.
"Come on, Jack, stop it!" choked Kiryu.
"We said we're sorry!" gargled Crow.
"You didn't had to make boobs on me, you pricks!" gritted Jack. "That wasn't even funny!"
"Jack, just let them go," said Yusei. "It's time to leave anyway." The sun was inching towards the horizon as they got out of the water. "Did you had a good time, Aki?"
"Except for Kiryu's rants about my chest, it was nice," replied Aki, being in the water for a long time had made their bodies feel heavy and sluggish as she and Yusei tried to move away from the shallow waves. Suddenly, a small yet rough wave hit Aki and she lost her balance.
Thinking quickly, Yusei grabbed ahold of her arm from the fall. But that caused him to lose his balance as well and he toppled over her into the wet sand. "Ow, you okay?" he groaned lightly as he looked over at Aki's blushed face.
"Um, Yusei . . . .?" she muttered sheepishly, her face was blushing in shock. "What's this touching my thigh?" Yusei frowned in confusion at her question before looking down. Immediately, he sat up and covered his hands between his legs.
"Sorry, Aki!" he muttered quickly, his face blushed with embarrassment as Aki sat up and stared at him in shock. "I didn't mean for it to happen like that!"
"Hey, what's going on?" Crow called out.
"Nothing," Yusei quickly replied as he stood up and walked towards his friends. Aki just sat there momentarily before getting up. On the bus ride home, both Yusei and Aki remained silent since the awkward incident although Kiryu kept nagging Yusei if something had happened.
Moments later . . . .
"See you guys later," Aki muttered as she smiled a little before walking towards the girls' dormitory. The guys, except for Jack, waved goodbye before turning to walk.
"Yusei, did something happened between you and Aki?" pestered Kiryu.
"No, and stop asking me," Yusei sighed in agitation.
"Somethin' must've happened," said Crow. "Your face was red like you ate somethin' allergic."
"If you want to know then fine, I'll tell you," Yusei muttered. He glanced at Kiryu but decided to tell his orange-haired friend since he's the calmer of the two. He leaned towards Crow's ear and whispered about the incident.
"You had a boner and Aki felt it?!" Crow exclaimed in disbelief.
"What?!" Kiryu yelled in shocked surprise.
"Keep it down!" hissed Yusei.
"Congradulations, Yusei," smirked Jack. "You went straight to third base without even going to first."
"Look, I didn't meant for it to happen, it just happens when we fell down," sighed Yusei. "Now she thinks I'm a sick pervert like Kiryu."
"Hey!" whined Kiryu.
"Did you apologize to her?" asked Crow.
"Yeah, but I don't think she'll forgive me for it," Yusei replied quietly.
"Then talk to her tomorrow," said Jack. "Maybe she'll forgive you if you streak across the school ground saying 'I'm sorry! I'm sorry!."
"Shut up," muttered Yusei.
Aki had a hard time falling asleep last night; all night she kept thinking about that embarrassing incident with Yusei at the beach. Since he's a boy, Yusei was probably bragging about it like a sexual accomplishment. Then again, he's not the one who seemed that way, he was more embarrassed than she was.
Probably because she secretely wanted something like that to happened. After all, she's having a crush on him. Just then, her bedroom door knocked before Carly opened it. "Aki, are you up?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah," mumbled Aki, ruffling from the bedsheets.
"Well, there's an email sent to me and it's asking for you," replied Carly. Aki stared at her before getting out of bed.
"An email for me?" she asked, as they walked to the living room where her roommate's laptop was on the coffee table.
"Yeah, it's from Yusei," Carly said, picking up her laptop.
"Yusei? How do you know?"
"His address is CrabHead18," replied Carly. "Do you wanna read it?"
"Yeah, of course," Aki said as she took the laptop and clicked on the message that said 'Message for Aki'.
I am truly, truly sorry about what happened at the beach. I didn't really mean for it to happen like that. Let me make it up to you by taking you out somewhere today. Please reply back.
Aki blinked in surprise at the message. Was Yusei asking her out on a date? Maybe just for a friendly outing, she thought. She clicked on the 'reply' and typed 'All right, I'll see you at 2:30, Yusei' and sent it.
Yusei saw the reply message on laptop screen while sitting on his bed in his boxers. He smiled in relief as Aki accepted his apology. "She also wants to know where to meet her," he muttered. His eyebrows furrowed as he pondered about the friendly rendezvous, just as big furry black creature with a white patch on his stomach tottered into his room.
"Damn it, Penguin," he sighed as he got up from his bed and picked up the guinea pig. "For a fat guy, you always somehow get out of your cage." Peguin simply wiggled his nose at the teen, who walked out of his bedroom and walked across the messy living room towards the slightly opened door. "Crow, Peguin got out of his cage again," he said as he walked inside.
"Mmmbblwwsrr . . . ." Crow mumbled in his sleep, only his orange hair was sticking out from underneath the sheet. Yusei sighed as he placed Peguin back into his plastic cage was on the dresser.
"Dealing with you is easier than figuring out where to go with Aki," he sighed as he walked away from the guinea pig, who was tottering around to plot his escape again later.
Okay, before you comment, the next chapter is not about really dating. I need to work on that chapter for my Bleach fic anyway.
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