Chapter 3: Sending Big Waves
The 2 girls walked down the sidewalk together, neither of them speaking, just an awkward silence hanging in the air.
After a few minutes of walking they reached the bus stop. The 2 girls walked over to the empty bench that was there and sat down.
Seiya glanced quickly over at Yaten and took in her expression. She could tell that the older girl was lost in her thoughts. A look of seriousness was on her face and her lime green eyes held a look of both hurt and fear. Even though Yaten was trying to hide it, Seiya could tell that the other girl was in pain and that broke her heart. Yes, Yaten could be a rude obnoxious bitch at times but at other times Yaten could be a total sweetheart. Behind her cold exterior was a heart of solid gold. She didn't deserve what had happened to her.
The 2 sat there in silence for a few minutes before the bus they needed to catch finally pulled up. They boarded the bus and payed for the ride. The 2 spotted a couple of empty seats in the back of the bus to sit in and walked over to them.
Yaten sat down in the seat next to the window, while Seiya sat in the seat opposite to her.
It honestly surprised Seiya that people didn't recognize them as the 3 lights. She found it surprising how even when they had to give out their names people still had no clue. People probably just thought that it was some crazy coincidence because they're girls, and the 3 lights are boys, so they couldn't possibly be the 3 lights. Seiya chuckled softly at that thought.
Beside Seiya, Yaten sat in total silence with her head resting against the cold window pane. She always hated crowds because of her abilities as an empath. She could feel all of their emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, every single emotion you could think of. It was extremely overwhelming and the bigger the crowd, the more overwhelming it got.
That was one of the reasons why she wasn't too thrilled about going to the amusement park. She had already been raped the previous night and then to go into a crowded amusement park was just not good for Yaten. She had to feel everyone's emotions all rolled into one and it was just too much.
"Oi, Yaten, daijoubu desu ka? You haven't said a word since we left home." Seiya said sounding slightly concerned. "Daijoubu, I just have a lot of stuff on my mind..." Yaten said quietly. "Oh."
The pair sat in awkward silence once again until the bus reached the amusement park.
"Yaten, we're here!" Seiya yelled excitedly, grabbing Yaten's hand and rushing off the bus. It was only once they got off that Yaten noticed that Seiya was holding her hand. "Let go of my hand you baka!" Yaten yelled blushing as she slapped Seiya's hand away. "Gomen..." Seiya whispered as her face flushed bright red.
Yaten rolled her eyes at the blushing girl and sighed. "Let's just get this over with." Yaten said, already sounding annoyed.
They went up to the ticket stand where a young lady was standing on the other side. "Two wristbands please." Seiya said, handing the money over. The lady grabbed 2 of the neon yellow wristbands and placed them in Seiya's hand. "Here you go. Have fun!"
They walked over to a bench and sat down to put the wristbands on. Seiya got hers on no problem, where as Yaten was fumbling around with the wristband, crinkling and bending it as she tried to get it on.
"Here Yaten, let me help you." Seiya said, taking the wristband from the other girl. Yaten stuck her arm out and Seiya wrapped the band around her wrist, sealing it shut at the top with the little adhesive patch. "There, all done! Now its time for rides! Which one do you want to go on first?" Seiya asked. Yaten shrugged. "I really dont care." she said nonchalantly. "Well then if you dont care, lets go on the roller coaster!" "Fine." Yaten sighed.
Seiya reached over and grabbed Yaten's hand again. "Lets go before the line up gets too long!" "Ok, but first can you please let go of my hand?" asked an irritated Yaten. Seiya blushed and let go of the other girls hand. "Gomen..." she whispered. Yaten rolled her eyes. "Can we just go get in line already?" "Yeah, lets go!"
And so the 2 went off to get in line for the roller coaster. There were a couple roller coasters at this particular amusement park but this one was the biggest and the scariest. Even though it had scared the shit out of Seiya the last time she had gone on it, she still wanted to go on again because she was a daredevil and she would do anything no matter how much it scared her.
Yaten wasn't all that excited for the roller coaster as she hated rides, and although she wouldn't admit it, she was actually kind of scared to go on some of them.
When they arrived at the line up they were surprisingly able to get on right away which was unusual as this ride was the most popular attraction and it was everyone's favorite, so it surprised Seiya as to how fast they managed to get on. "Oi Yaten. Did you see the line? There was like no one in line today. Thats pretty s-" Seiya started to say before Yaten cut her off. "Seiya, please just shut up." she said harshly. "Gomen..." Seiya said sounding hurt.
They got into one of the roller coasters cars and sat down. "Oi, Yaten! Are you nervous?" Seiya asked, as the attendant was buckling them in. "No, are you?" Yaten asked. "Nope!" "That's bullshit..." Yaten muttered under her breath. "Oi!"
After the attendant was done buckling them in, the ride began to move. Seiya jumped a little in her seat and reached over to grab Yaten's hand. "Ok, I take back what I said! I don't like this!" "Do you really have to hold my hand though?" "Yes!" Yaten sighed. This was going to be a long ride.
As the ride went on they both found themselves screaming at the top of their lungs.
When the ride was over they found themselves both stumbling out of the car, Seiya still holding on tightly to Yaten's hand and her head resting on Yaten's shoulder.
"So that was fun." Seiya said sounding a little out of breath. Yaten shrugged. "I guess it was kind of fun. I'm hungry." Yaten said, pulling away from Seiya and looking her in the eye. "Yaten, we just had breakfast like an hour ago." Seiya said. "Yeah I know but I'm hungry." "You're never hungry." "Yeah, well I am now. Come on, let's go get some food or whatever." Yaten said before wandering off. "Oi Yaten! Matte!" Seiya yelled before running after the shorter girl.
Seiya caught up to Yaten in no time and placed a hand on the other girl's shoulder. "See anything you want?" she asked. Yaten shrugged. "I don't know. Give me some suggestions." she said. Seiya thought for a moment. "Ever had cotton candy?" she asked. Yaten shook her head. Seiya gasped and moved her hand that had previously been on Yaten's shoulder and grabbed onto her wrist. "Come with me. You need to try some." she said and dragged the girl off to one of the concession stands.
Seiya walked up to concession stand, still holding on to Yaten's wrist, and approached the young lady standing there. "Hello! How may I help you?" she asked in an overly cheery voice. "Can I please have 1 thing of cotton candy?" Seiya asked to which the other lady gave her a big smile. "Why certainly!" she replied before walking over to the little machine it was made in.
"Watch this." Seiya whispered to Yaten. Yaten turned her eyes to watch as the lady poured in the mixture and pink fluff started appearing. Well ok so it wasn't exactly like it came out of nowhere but to Yaten it was like magic. She had never seen sucha thing before.
When the lady was done she handed the paper baton to Seiya who handed her the money. "Arigatou!" Seiya said before they walked away.
"Here, let's go sit down." Seiya said and the 2 wandered off to a bench. They sat down and Seiya passed the cotton candy to Yaten. "Here, try some!" she said with a smile.
Yaten looked down questioningly at the pink fluff. She was not really one for sweets or junk food, but Seiya really wanted her to try it so she would try it for her. But then again when did she ever care about what Seiya wanted?
Yaten ignored the questions lingering in her brain and hesitantly took a bite. Her eyes lit up and a big smile appeared on her face. "Sugoi!" she exclaimed happily before taking another bite.
Seiya smiled at the silver haired girl. It was nice to see Yaten happy after last night. She was so strong both emotionally and physically. It made Seiya happy to see Yaten forget about her pain and fears for just one moment and to just be happy.
"Want some?" Yaten asked, holding the paper baton out to Seiya. "Sure." she replied and took a bite.
The 2 sat there and finished the cotton candy in only a few minutes.
"Ok, whats next?" Seiya asked excitedly. "I don't know, you choose." Yaten said as she tossed out the paper baton. "Oh, I know! We can go on the ferris wheel! Come on Yaten!" Seiya yelled before taking off. "Oi Seiya! Matte!" Yaten yelled and took off after the other girl.
When she caught up to Seiya, she was already in line for the ferris wheel. "Yaten, come on, or else I'm going on without you!" Seiya called out as the silver haired girl ran up to her.
They were then boarded into one of the little passenger cars and were buckled in. "Enjoy your ride!" the attendant said to them before moving the car up to let the next group of people on.
The ride went by fairly quickly and after that they went on all kinds of rides like bumper cars, a couple other roller coasters, and other various rides.
It was after they went into the house of mirrors that Seiya noticed that Yaten seemed hot in her sweater. "Oi Yaten! Aren't you hot in that sweater?" she asked. "No..." Yaten muttered but Seiya could tell she was lying.
"You're coming with me." she said, grabbing Yaten's wrist and dragging her off to a rest room.
She pulled the girl into a bathroom stall and locked the door. "What the Hell Seiya?!" Yaten yelled at the other girl. "Why are we i-" she started to say but was caught off by Seiya. "Just shut up!" Seiya said as she began to take off her tank top.
"Seiya, why the hell are you taking off your clothes? I am not ha-" Yaten started to yell before Seiya cut her off again. "I said shut up!" she said harshly as she threw her tank on the ground.
Then to Yaten's protest she pulled Yaten's sweater off and put it on herself. Then reaching down, she grabbed her tank top and put it on Yaten (although it took a fairly decent amount of time to be able to do all of this).
"WHAT THE HELL SEIYA?! ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? IF PEOPLE SEE ME LIKE THIS THEY'LL THINK I'M A WHORE!" Yaten screamed and tears began to fall down her cheeks. "Yaten, you're boiling to death and if people call you a whore then I will beat them up. I promise you that I will protect you." Seiya said calmly as she wiped away Yaten's tears.
"Now come on. Let's go have fun ok?" she said to Yaten who nodded her head meekly in response.
They walked out and Seiya placed an arm around Yaten's waist, pulling her close to herself so that she'd feel protected.
"Ok, do you want to go on the carousel? We haven't been on that ride yet." Seiya suggested. "Sure."
They got on the carousel and picked their horses. Seiya's was a navy blue with little white stars and Yaten's which was beside Seiya's, was silver with lime green polka dots.
The ride started and by the end of it, Yaten was smiling and laughing.
They got off the carousel and went to sit down on a bench. "I'm going to go get us some lemonade. Wait here ok?" Seiya said and Yaten nodded in response. Seiya flashed her a quick smile and then left, leaving the silver haired light all by herself.
Things were calm and peaceful for only about a minute when she heard a couple of teenage boys laughing and mocking her. "Look at that girl!" "Look at all her hickeys!" "Such a whore!" "I bet you that she fucks any guy that she meets, the little slut!"
Yaten's eyes filled with tears as she ran off, their comments and laughter still in their minds.
She ran until she found Seiya who was still in the line up, and when she spotted her she ran over to her fast. "Seiya! Take me home!" she cried. Seiya looked down at the girl who's eyes were red from crying and who had tear streaks running down her cheeks.
"Yaten, what happened?" Seiya asked. "Onegai, Seiya! Just take me home!" Yaten sobbed. "Onegai!"
Seiya sighed and stepped out of line trying to give Yaten a hug. Yaten refused and backed away, her expression angry and hurt. "Don't touch me!" she spat angrily. "Onegai Seiya. Just take me home." Yaten said.
"Ok, Yaten. I'll take you home." Seiya said and the 2 left to go to the bus stop.
Yaten didn't say a single word the entire ride home and once they got there, Yaten ran up to her room, slamming the door shut and locking it.
"Yaten..." Seiya whispered as she collapsed on the couch.
Seiya argued with herself as to whether or not she should go check on Yaten. She decided she would so she got up from the couch and went up the stairs to Yaten's room.
"Yaten?" she called as she knocked on her door. "Go away Seiya!" Yaten yelled. Seiya sighed and went back downstairs. At least she'd tried.
She was about to sit back down on the couch when all of a sudden she heard the door open.
"Taiki!" Seiya exclaimed as she ran over to greet her friend. "Hello Seiya." Taiki said as her shorter friend pulled her in for a hug.
"So, how was your date with Ami-chan?" Seiya asked as she pulled away from the hug. Taiki blushed. "Seiya! I already told you it wasn't a date! And we just went out for coffee anyways." "Yeah, yeah. Sure it wasn't a date."Seiya said stubbornly. Taiki rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, what did you and Yaten do today?" Taiki asked. Seiya's face fell. "I uh-we uh-" Seiya stuttered and Taiki sighed. "God Seiya. What did you do this time? And why are you wearing Yaten's sweater?" Taiki asked sounding confused and concerned. "You might want to ask Yaten." Seiya said before walking off to grab the phone. "What are you doing?" Taiki asked. "Ordering pizza."
Taiki sighed and decided she'd go talk to Yaten. She walked upstairs and knocked on the girl's door. "Go away Seiya!" Yaten yelled. "Yaten, it's Taiki. Can I come in?" she asked gently. The door then opened to reveal Yaten who was wearing a baggy black sweater, grey sweats, silver hair undone, tear streaks going down her cheeks and puffy red eyes.
Taiki walked in, shutting the door softly behind her. She sat down on Yaten's bed and motioned for the girl to come sit beside her. "Now, tell me what happened." she said gently once they were both sitting.
Yaten took a deep breath before she spoke. "Well me and Seiya went to an amusement park and it was all good until Seiya pulled me into a bathroom stall and switched my sweater with her tank top because she thought I'd boil to death. She promised that she'd protect me if anyone was mean to me and then she left to get us some lemonade. Then a couple of teenage boys started laughing at me and calling me a whore and a slut and other names. She promised she'd protect me." Yaten said as more tears fell down her cheek.
"Yaten..." Taiki said and pulled the girl into her arms. "What happened last night wasn't your fault. And you know that Seiya didn't mean for that to happen. Last night when we were in the club Seiya was the first to realize something was wrong. I was standing off to the side talking to Ami when Seiya ran up to me saying that she thought something had happened to you so we ran outside and henshined. Seiya was almost in tears when we were trying to find you. Yaten she was so worried about you. She couldn't even sleep last night after what happened. Yaten, Seiya cares about you a lot. She really does." Taiki whispered calmly as she held the other girl tightly.
"I know." Yaten whispered as she sobbed into Taiki's chest. "You should go talk to her." Taiki said after a few minutes and let go of Yaten. "Hai." Yaten said, standing up from the bed.
She opened the door only to find herself face to face with Seiya. "Gomenasai Yaten. I heard what you said in there. I didn't know that they were going to make fun of you. If I had known I wouldn't have left. Gomen." Seiya said softly.
"Daijoubu. " Yaten whispered as tears formed in her eyes. Seiya sighed sadly and wrapped her arms tightly around Yaten. "Gomenasai Yaten." she said softly. Yaten started sobbing into Seiya's chest and she wrapped her own arms tightly around the other girl.
When they pulled apart, Yaten noticed that Seiya herself was crying. "Seiya... don't cry." she whispered as she reached up to wipe away her leader's tears. "Daijoubu Yaten. " Seiya said softly, giving Yaten a small smile.
"There's pizza downstairs if you're hungry." Seiya said before heading downstairs. "Shall we?" Taiki asked and Yaten nodded giving her a small smile.