WELPS TIME TO UPDATE! LOOKS LIKE MARMALADE BOY AGAIN IS DOING GOOD SO FAR SORRY FOR LEAVING YOU GUYS HANGING LIKE THAT...WELL NOT REALLY BUT JUST TRYING TO SEEM CONSIDERATE :D WELL NOT THAT YOU REALLY NEED THIS SINCE YOU CAN JUST CLICK THE BACK BUTTON, BUT HERE IS A RECAP FROM LAST CHAPTER!
Shoyasu looked into the distance and still could see the silhouettes of Kenta and Myuu. "So is that guy going to ask Myuu out or what? Or are they together already? He was looking at her strange the other day, so I figured something was going on between them."
Hitomi clenched her bag and stared down at the ground. "I'm afraid you are wrong," she said to him.
"Hm?" said Sho.
Tomiko looked at her expression. "Hitomi-chan..." she trailed off.
"They're not together anymore. Kenta-kun dumped her," she said calmly.
AND ON WITH THE SHOW!
"Dumped her?" said Shoyasu as he looked at Hitomi who seemed uncomfortable with the situation. "What do you mean?"
She quietly bowed out and looked at Tomiko as she headed to class. "I trust Tomiko will lead you to the classroom," she said.
Shoyasu turned to Tomiko and watched her nod to Hitomi. He was still pretty clueless of the situation, and he was quite confused. Tomiko looked up at Sho with a smile on her face. "Shall we go then?" she asked him as she started to walk. Sho nodded and followed her. The two reached a point where they could see the tennis courts and the bright green ball moving back and forth while Myuu and Kenta hit it. Shoyasu stopped and watched for a few moments, Tomiko stopping as saw his hesitance. She looked off into the distance and watched as her two friends played and then examined the expression on Shoyasu's face. It was quite unreadable really. But he continued to watch. Tomiko sighed and leaned her back against the wall. "Don't worry. They are really good friends now. Kenta's feelings just died down for her I suppose, that's all. It took a while but their relationship steadily grew better after the breakup. Those two are very close still," she explained to him.
"Is that so..." said Shoyasu as he started to walk inside the school building. Tomiko made her way in front of him to lead him to the classroom.
Myuu glanced back for a brief second. She hadn't noticed Tomiko and Shoyasu before. But they were both heading into class anyway. She glanced at her watch and then looked over to Kenta. But she didn't see him at first. The ball that was zooming towards her had caught Myuu's attention. She quickly ran to the side and dodged the tennis ball, holding her chest with her hand. Life had just quickly flashed before her eyes after all. "Oh, sorry about that. I didn't know you weren't paying attention," said Kenta as he jogged over to Myuu. He handed her a small towel to wipe her face with and opened his water bottle he had with him and took a large gulp. "Gave you quite a scare there, didn't I?"
The soft towel dabbed the perspiration off Myuu's face. "Just a little bit," she said to him. The two of them hurried to wash up and change back into their school uniforms and then headed into the main building together. Myuu was happy to be able to swing her racket this morning. A lot had happened over the short weekend after all in her opinion. She had met Shoyasu, a bitter sweet boy, and he was living in her house. She slid open the door to her classroom and looked around. There was Hitomi by the window...and Tomiko was over there in her seat...well that seemed to be everybody. Nori was absent after all. Something felt empty though. Agh! Where did that giant lump of turd go? Myuu quickly stomped over to Tomiko. "I thought you had Shoyasu with you? Where'd he run off to?"
Tomiko looked up to her friend and then looked around the classroom. "Miwa-kun didn't go anywhere," she said to her. A blankly confused face lay on Myuu as she heard the words sprawl out of Tomiko's mouth. The girl pointed over to a large crowd of girls. "He's somewhere in there I think. Lost Miwa-kun in the crowd. Sorry about that." Well Myuu was expecting this. Of course for some odd reason it was getting her fumed. Tomiko giggled at the expression she was seeing. "My, my, jealous already ne?"
A vein popped out of Myuu's head at she looked at Tomiko. "Ugh! Kill me first," she said as she walked over to the large crowd with Shoyasu as its core. Tomiko just sat and smiled as she watched Myuu go on her way. She struggled, but Myuu finally made her way through the gang of giggling girls and pulled onto Shoyasu's -who was just smiling with a sweat drop by the way, standing there like a clueless idiot- sleeve, heaving him to the outside of the swarm. "See what happens when you flash that cute deceiving smile to the world?" she said to him as she crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the ground.
Sho smiled at her. "So you admit my smile is cute then," he said to her, patting her on the head.
Myuu grew tongue tied. He had definitely cornered her with that one. Instead of answering his question she just turned around and went over to Hitomi. She rested her head on her palms as her elbows stay planted on the windowsill. "He's too complicated. I'll never get used to this," she said to her.
"Try, Nee-chan. Shoyasu-kun will remain with us for a while. And according to Mom, you two were pretty close when you were young," Hitomi said to her. Shoyasu didn't really bother Hitomi at all. Maybe that was why she didn't mind him as much. The two of them still barely talked to each other after all.
"I don't remember ever being close to HIM," she said to Hitomi. But he had clearly remembered her, the scary part. Did he also remember Hitomi as well? Then how come he didn't treat her the way that he treated Myuu?
"Yup, does seem unbelievable doesn't it?" said Shoyasu with a wide grin behind them.
Myuu's blood pressure went boiling as she turned around to see Shoyasu with a goofy look on his face. "Why you! Is it polite in London to eaves drop on other people's conversations!"
"You mean the two of us weren't done talking? Since you didn't say a word to me and just turned around to go to Hitomi, I had to only assume that you were inviting me over to the conversation," Sho replied dumbly. Smart ass! He knew very well that the conversation between them was over! He just wanted to come over here to piss Myuu off. Well Sho definitely got his wish. He held Myuu's forehead with the front of his palm, with his arm stretched straight forward as he watched her growl and make attempts to sock him in his pretty boy face. "Tsk tsk, always so violent."
Tomiko watched from afar and laughed at the incident that was currently going on. She didn't know what to think of those two. Should she feel sorry for Myuu or just simply be amused. Well Shoyasu didn't seem like a bad person. He just simply loved to toy with Myuu. Tomiko felt a light slam on her desk as she looked down to see a tan fist resting on the surface. Her eyes worked their way up until she saw Kenta watching Myuu and Shoyasu with a serious look on his face. Tomiko had a questionable look on her face. What on Earth was Kenta getting so worked up about? "Hey, Tomiko," he said to her. Curiosity struck the cat as Tomiko reacted to her name. She didn't reply, well she didn't have time to anyway. Kenta was now on the verge of asking the question that was on his mind. "How does that guy know Myuu and Hitomi? And why is he all of a sudden going to our school?"
Jealous? No way; Kenta couldn't be. He was the one who dumped Myuu remember? Tomiko could imagine Myuu getting jealous but not Kenta. Tomiko decided to play with his mind for a little bit. She had convinced herself that Kenta was just simply curious. "Just some long lost love of Myuu's," Tomiko said in a careless manner. She glanced up to Kenta who seemed to have a surprising look on his face. This was interesting, to Tomiko anyway. Kenta took his hand off her desk and started to make his way towards Myuu and the others. Tomiko saw this reaction and immediately grabbed and pulled on the back of Kenta's jacket. He stopped and looked back at Tomiko. "Kidding kidding," she said to him. "Just wanted to see the look on your face."
"Why you..." said Kenta as a vein popped out of his forehead and back of his closed fist. "Then what is their real relationship."
Should Tomiko reveal it to him? It wasn't really Kenta's business unless Myuu wanted him to know. And from the look of current things, Myuu didn't seem to want anyone to know about how she knew Shoyasu. "I don't know much of anything about the situation really."
Kenta looked at her disappointingly. "Liar..." he whispered to himself as he watched Myuu and Shoyasu.
Hitomi glanced over to Tomiko and Kenta. "Honestly...if he has something to say he should just say it."
Shoyasu and Myuu stopped their battle and looked at Hitomi. "Huh?" they both said.
Hitomi lightly shook her head. "Nothing. He's just an idiot," she replied. "It's best we find our seats now." Hitomi walked over to her desk in the front row and sat down quietly.
"Strange girl..." said Sho as he watched Hitomi.
"Yeah... I don't really know much about my sister. She's the quiet type, always has been," said Myuu. She sighed and walked over to her desk right next to Tomiko.
"My, isn't everyone lively this morning?" said a more mature voice in the crowd. Shoyasu turned to see Motowara-sensei stand at the entrance to the classroom. He had met her when he came to the school the other day. The class' eyes lit up brightly. From what Shoyasu had heard so far, Motowara-sensei was pretty popular. She was young and very beautiful, her eyes with a hint of amber hazel and her long jet-black hair. Her very presence brought the girls admiration and jealousy and brought the boys a reason to come to school every morning. Everyone adored Motowara-sensei and hated a day when she was to be absent. She made her way to the front of the room and set down her books on her desk. She lifted the overhead to present the days agenda on the board. Shoyasu then caught her gaze upon him. She smiled. "Oh there you are," she said to him. Shoyasu pointed to himself and then looked around. "Yes, you. Why don't you come over here and introduce yourself Miwa-san, though I'm pretty sure all the ladies have probably already taken the time to introduce themselves, ne?" She smiled at the class.
One of the girls in the class laughed. "Momo, you're going to embarrass him."
"Ah, oops," said Motowara-sensei. She looked over to Shoyasu. "Well then to save you some modesty, I'll let you just stand there by the window while I tell everyone who hasn't heard who you are." Shoyasu stood up from him lazy pose and took his hands out from in his pockets, placing them at his sides. "This is Shoyasu Miwa. He's transferred here all the way from London. And rumor has it that he is the grandson of the famous architect, Yoshimitsu Miwa." The oo's and awe's were felt throughout the classroom. "Is our rumor true, Miwa-san?"
"Well sort of," replied Shoyasu.
Myuu looked at him strangely. Sort of? How could you sort of be related to someone? Myuu just couldn't find it genetically possible. She set aside her thoughts for a moment and noticed that Sho's interrogation was over, since he was now heading over to his seat. She missed the rest of his introduction over pondering. She didn't like the guy much, but she still had wanted to know a little bit about him. He had known a lot about her which had ticked Myuu off a bit. Myuu then felt a tap on her shoulder. It was from Tomiko. She gave a gesture and Tomiko pointed behind them. Kenta was staring dead on at Shoyasu. Myuu could only imagine it from Sho's point of view. It must be very creepy having a guy staring at you as if he wanted to push you off a building. Tomiko whispered to Myuu, causing Hitomi to look behind her and Shoyasu to get a glance over as well. "He's been like that ever since he me Miwa-kun."
One of the girls joined the side conversation when she glanced over at Kenta and heard Tomiko's whispers. "Jealous maybe? You and Shoyasu seem to know each other well. Kenta is probably just afraid to lose you to him."
Myuu shook her head. "Kenta and I broke up quite a while ago. He was the one doing the dumping so it is impossible for Kenta to be jealous," she answered her.
"Oh...gomen ne?" said Myuu's and Tomiko's classmate.
"It's alright," said Myuu with a reassuring smile. Everyone returned to laying attention on Momo. Myuu took one last glance behind her towards Kenta. She remembered doing the same thing in middle school, only then she would turn red in the cheeks. But now she just looked back unaffected at all. It was such a long time ago in Myuu's mind, though it was only in the middle of second year middle school. She, Tomiko, Hitomi, Nori, and Kenta were all good friends, just like they were right now. Kenta, Nori, and Myuu were all in the tennis team white Hitomi and Tomiko preferred the lit club, and Myuu's hair was even long back then too. Myuu replayed everything that had happened over that period of time in her head.
"I don't see why you don't just tell Kenta-kun how you feel, Nee-chan," said Hitomi as she licked her ice cream. Tomiko, Myuu, and Hitomi had decided to treat themselves to some Bobson's after Myuu's vigorous training at tennis. Myuu glanced at Hitomi but still continued to lick her ice cream. So Hitomi was going to be ignored, was that it? She paid no attention to Myuu's denial and looked over to Tomiko. "Why won't she admit one thing if she won't admit her feelings? If she's too chicken to say anything, she could at least tell us that."
"Indeed, indeed," answered Tomiko.
A vein popped out of Myuu's head. "Y'know...I'm not a mile away. I CAN hear you two."
Tomiko lightly giggled. She then glanced at her watch. "Where on Earth are those two? Nori and Kenta said they would be here right after they were done with clean up."
Myuu's cheeks turned red. "They did?"
She then heard the bell on the door as it opened. Kenta and Nori were panting as they answered the ice cream parlor. They must have ran here the whole way. Nori's face went blank as he looked over to Kenta. "Sorry we're late. This guy right here kept wanting to go the other direction. I didn't know you were that bad at finding your way around, Kenta."
Kenta glared at Nori. "I know my way around just fine!"
"Says the many times you ran into a pole on the way over here," retorted Nori.
Kenta grew tongue tied for a few moments and then crossed his arms. "I just had something on my mind," he said.
"Someone you mean?" said Nori. Kenta's cheeks turned red, along with Myuu's. Had Kenta already found someone that he cared about? "So...Who is he?"
Kenta took his fist and bonked it on Nori's head. "Baka..." he said. Tomiko, Myuu, and even Hitomi laughed. Both Kenta and Nori turned red as they heard the three girls. Kenta blushed even harder as he caught himself staring at Myuu. She caught his gaze and continued to smile with crimson cheeks. Kenta smiled back at her.
That was first time Myuu had truly accepted her feelings for Kenta. Then a few days later...
"Myuu-chan!" said Nori as he ran towards Myuu who was just getting out of the locker rooms.
"Nori-kun...What is it?" said Myuu as she noticed the boy running towards her.
"Well...you see...umm...do you know how to climb a tree?"
Myuu sweat dropped. "Got the ball stuck in there again?" Nori nodded. "Heh, I'll see what I can do." She followed Nori as he led her to the tree.
"Gomen ne. I'm still very unskilled," said Nori as he watched Myuu climb up the tree.
"You're just a beginner, Nori-kun. Don't worry about it." Myuu finally spotted the bright ball and climbed towards it.
Kenta noticed the two after he had gotten changed and ran towards Myuu and Nori. "Hey, what's up?" Nori pointed towards the ball in the tree. That wasn't very wise to send Myuu up, since she was the clumsiest. "Myuu, do you need any help? Be careful."
"I'm fine. Just a little far-" Myuu's foot then missed a branch and she felt her hand loosening on the grip that she had already obtained. "Uh oh. Not good!"
"Myuu-chan!" said Nori as he noticed her slip.
"I'm alright. Don't worry about me, Nori-kun," said Myuu as she sweat dropped and just smiled like an idiot. Her grip had finally let go of the only branch that was keeping her up and she felt gravity pulling her towards the ground. Kenta luckily got directly under her and was able to catch Myuu before she hit the ground. Unfortunately though the both of them both fell since Kenta couldn't support Myuu's weight plus gravity. Myuu sat up and looked at Kenta, her cheeks flushed. She smiled and then looked at Nori. "Well I got the ball," she then tossed it over to him.
"Uhh...thanks. But are you okay, Myuu-chan?" said Nori a bit relieved but still concerned.
"I'm fine, real-" Myuu was interrupted when she felt Kenta pulling her towards him. Her cheeks were now beat red and she felt the warmth of his chest. "Kenta?"
"Baka! You know how much of a klutz you are! Don't be so reckless," said Kenta as he embraced Myuu tightly. "I want to be able to protect you, but I can't always, though I will try no matter whatt."
He was worried about her. Myuu had always been told her mom and dad not to go climbing. She wasn't sure why but she felt her body involuntarily embracing Kenta back. "Kenta...Gomen ne. Arigatou."
After that Kenta and Myuu became closer and closer than before and eventually became a couple. But Myuu's happiness was short-lived.
"You seem so happy now-a-days, Nee-chan," said Hitomi as she saw a smile embedded on her sister's face. She turned to Tomiko. "Don't you think so too?"
"Yes, she's very happy," said Tomiko as she smiled over to her friend. "And your serves were excellent today. Hitomi and I picked a great day to skip lit club and watch your practice."
Myuu continued to smile. "Thanks. I felt good today," she said to her friend and her sister. "Hm?" Myuu looked at the items she was carrying and then gasped. "Agh! I left my tennis racket! Sorry you guys, just go on without me!" Myuu hurried back in the direction of the school, Hitomi and Tomiko walking at a fast pace behind her. She had finally reached the locker rooms. Myuu looked around as she walked through each narrow hall until she finally spotted her racket in a pastel pink zip-up covering. She walked over to pick it up and started to head out the door.
"So you and Matsuura-chan are getting pretty serious now..."
Myuu could hear conversation going on around the corner. Her name was mentioned so Kenta and Nori were probably involved in it. She decided to peek around the corner. Ah, so she was right; Kenta was there. She decided to wait at her hiding spot. Maybe she would get a chance to walk home with Kenta. Hitomi and Tomiko had just arrived at the school since they were walking rather slowly. They backed up behind Myuu and eaves dropped along with her. They watched as Kenta shrugged his shoulders. "Nah, not really. It probably won't last too long."
Myuu's heart sank as she heard the words coming out of Kenta's mouth. One of his friends spoke. "So you won't mind if one of us asks her out then? She seems pretty dense so probably won't be that hard to convince to do stuff."
"Nah, I don't care. Like I said, we're just good friends." Kenta heard a drop of an object. He turned to see Myuu, Hitomi, and Tomiko all standing at the corner, staring straight at him. "Myuu!"
Tears filled Myuu's eyes as she dropped all her things and ran in the direction of her house. "Nee-chan!" said Hitomi as she picked up the stuff that Myuu had dropped. Tomiko watched as Hitomi gave a nasty glare to Kenta and then ran after her sister. Hitomi was never the most athletic, so she could never run fast, but she was able to keep a steady pace behind her sister. They both reached the house and Myuu ran up the stairs and into her room to shut the door. Hitomi reached her sister's door a few moments later and followed her in. "Nee-chan..." She then sat on the bed and stroked Myuu's hair as she loudly sobbed.
The next day, both Kenta and Myuu had gone to school, both of them with shorter hair. Kenta's grew back to what it was originally. But Myuu continues to cut hers when she spots it gaining length.
Myuu sat dazed as she played back some of the memories. She had moved on but for some reason always felt pain when she looked back on those days. "Myuu... Oi, Myuu!" Myuu shook her head. She had been daydreaming all this time. She looked up to see Shoyasu staring down at her. "Y'know the lesson's been over for quite some time. Aren't you going to eat?" Myuu had not completely gone out of her dazed state yet. She drowsily looked up at Shoyasu. "Hey, are you okay?" He felt her head. "Yikes, that hurt. Why didn't you tell us you had a fever this morning?"
Hitomi walked over to Myuu and placed her hand gently on her head. "Another one...that's the third fever this month," she said to Shoyasu. "Myuu's missed a lot of school because of this. Can you take her to the nurse's office?" Shoyasu nodded. "Thanks."
Myuu wasn't too sure of what was going on. She was a bit delirious already. It was playing Tennis this morning that had probably triggered it. She had got up earlier than usual and was still pretty tired. Then she wore herself out more when she had a work out with Kenta. Shoyasu pulled her arms up and walked Myuu over to the nurse's office, setting her on one of the beds. "Oi, Myuu! Can you hear me? Myuu?"
Myuu was still delirious. She could hear Shoyasu but couldn't comprehend what he was saying, nor could tell that it was him. Her head fell onto Sho's chest. "Wasurenai.."
"Myuu?" Too late though. She was now fast asleep. Shoyasu smiled. "So you remember some, ne?" he said as he laid her on the bed and pulled the covers over her shaking body.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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