Author's Note- What's up guys, yes I know this chapter is super late my apologies but there will be two chapters of TLN dropping back to back so I've been working on that also I been getting the basics of editing videos not to mention the site was down for a full day so I couldn't access my account and publish anything. Anyway, this chapter may seem a bit short but it's straight and to the point, by now you should be able to see a trend and you could probably guess what Chapter 4's title will be haha. Anyway that next chapter should definitely be out way earlier so not to worry.
He didn't know what was more unique, her undeniable beauty or her fancy name.
"Oh, that's uh, pretty name..." he said stuttering for just a second and in that second...
"Huh?! What are you saying?!" she seemed to momentarily recover from her fever as she sprang to her feet, even more red now thanks to that little comment Shugo just made
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to come off as creepy!" Shugo bowed his head as he asked Noire for forgiveness
"Idiot! Don't do that! Now you're making me look like the bad one!" she proceeded to scowled the boy
Though he had good intentions, he was overreacting just a tad but it couldn't be helped. When it comes down to it, Shugo was a sucker for a pretty girl, just like any other man would be. He kept his eye's squinted as he continued to hang his head in shame but a cough from the girl made him come back to his senses and turn serious once more.
"Noire!" he swiftly made his way to the girl who was about to fall over, he just barely managed to catch her in his arms "It's okay, I'll make it better" he looked at her
"You...promise?" she bashfully made out that last sentence as clearly as she could with her eye's half shut
"Yeah...yeah I promise you don't even have to worry" he said with a reassuring smile that almost brought a smile to Noire's face...almost being the keyword
"D-Don't get the wrong idea! I'm only putting my health in you're care for now! It's not like I want you to carry me or anything..."
"Hm?" Shugo looked at Noire funny, that last sentence made him wonder
"W-what!" a mix of shyness and anger in her eyes and a tone of uncertainty and aggression
"Do you want me to carry you on my back?" he asked her densely
"I-I...wouldn't mind it."
[Walk back to Shugo's]
The weather was a mix of humid with some light breeze passing by ever so often. However that didn't stop the burning sun from taking it's toll on any unfortunate passerby's that were planning to take a long walk home. In this case, Shugo was not lucky, he began to sweat and become extremely dehydrated as he huffed and puffed carrying Noire on his back.
*Pant*Pant*
"Hey are you okay? If you're getting tired I could-"
"No, it's alright, I don't want your fever getting worse" there was no logic in what Shugo just said who's to say that she would get even sicker if she decided to walk? But then again who's to say she wouldn't? Shugo wasn't willing to take that chance, he was a nurturer by heart, he liked other people being happy and perhaps that was one of his biggest flaws
"You're such an idiot."
"Am I? Heheh oh well, looks like you got saved by an idiot then, how does that make you feel lady Noire" he sarcastically teased the raven haired tsundere
"Hmph, don't get too full of yourself, you are after all in the presence of a Go-deh-ss...!" Noire bit her tongue before she could make out that word
"Huh? I didn't quite get that?" luckily for Noire the heat had taken it's toll on Shugo's concentration
"OH, nothing I said nothing! hahaha..." (that was close! I can't let him find out that I'm a goddess, that would only complicate matters, besides this is the perfect time to do what I was going to do in the first place! Interrogate him!)
"Um, Noire?"
"BWAH!" Noire was lost in thought and was startled by Shugo's dense tone, "Don't scare me like that stupid!"
(Man, girls are weird) Shugo thought as he took in a deep breath then released it into a calm sigh
(M-maybe...I'll hold off on interrogating him for now *yawn*...I'm feeling...) Noire thought before closing her eye's
[Front of Shugo's house]
"Kay, were here, um Noire?..." Shugo could feel a slight watery substance soaking the back of his shirt though it didn't disgust him it only brought a smirk and light chuckle "Man, what is it with girls and falling asleep on my back, sigh, oh well guess Nep snores and Noire drools...kinda cute"
"Huh? What's cute?"
"BAH!" a timid yet airheaded voice caught the boy off guard staggering him causing him to almost drop Noire , "Oh Neptune, it's just you" he saw the lilac haired girl walk outside of his house with a look of curiosity on her face.
"Who's the chick...?" she looked at him with a plain expression that didn't seem to suit her usual ditzy demeanor
"Oh, this is Noire"
"Noire? Fancy name...I bet she doesn't have any friends" Neptune said now closing her eye's and giving a catty smile
"Hey! Be nice alright, she's kind of sick, I'm going to take her inside, damn it I'm definitely late now"
"Oh don't worry babe just leave her in your eternally cute soon to be lovers care, I'll make sure she's better in no time"
"Huh?" Shugo had gotten used to Neptune saying outlandish things by now, he had stopped getting shy at her flirtatious remarks mostly because he was certain she must be joking around by this point and aside from those two awkward moments yesterday, he and Neptune didn't really have any romantic chemistry...at least that's what he thought at the moment. "Alright" he gave Neptune a confident smile, "I'll be counting on you Neptune" his smile made Neptune blush just a little followed by a smile of her own this time it was a smile of sincerity
Shugo placed Noire under a futon placing a wet rag on her forehead as quickly as possible
"I'll be back before you know it, lates" he signaled the girl a friendly gesture and ran off to school
[Running to school]
"Ahh crap, how the hell am I going to explain being an hour late, this sucks...oh well, at least Noire's okay, that's what's really important. If I had just left her there I could never live with myself, ha, no way in hell I'll ever let anything bad happen to her or Neptune." he closed his eyes while running and was lost in thought as he proclaimed his vow to keep the two girls that were in his care safe.
*Boing*Boing*Jiggle*
All of a sudden a pair of soft squishy objects seemed to engulf his face, Shugo still had his eye's closed like a dimwit and neglected to open them up as he was delivering his internal monologue.
"It seems my breasts have gathered the attention of many creatures in his world but none have been as bold as to plunge there face directly into them like you little boy"
"Brr-reasts!" that keyword automatically set a red flag off in Shugo as he opened his eyes and saw what his face had been laying on, "GAAAH!" he jolted back landing on his butt out of both frustration and embarrassment.
"My oh my I can't believe such a cute boy came to make a move on me so soon"
In front of him stood a mature looking girl with long curled light blond hair, long bangs neatly framing her face and innocent looking blue eyes. She wore an emerald green dress with gold markings. Big/loose light green and white gloves and along the top part of her skirt was a big peach/orange bow. Around her neck she wore a big piece of white collar with green lining around the bottom and a very thin white cloth connecting the dress and neck piece together. At the center was a gold circular piece with a small blue gem in the center and a tiny red ribbon with gold in the center but her most notable features were of course, her two frontal assets.
"Huh!? Me? Cute?!" Shugo was in a panic as he was blushing furiously and freaking out, feeling slightly tongue tied. He had never been called cute by anyone, except Neptune but again he was under the impression that she was just teasing him and besides, Neptune did not have the attributes that this girl had making it even harder for any male to focus.
"I must ask, what is your name little boy?"
"M-my name!? Um...Shugo...ma'am...miss...agh!" he didn't know what to address her as, she looked maybe two years older then him tops but even then he had not seen any girl with that radiated the amount of maturity that the mysterious emerald dressed girl had, she was beautiful and classy enough to be considered a goddess in his eyes.
"Shugo?...Hmhm such a cute name, it matches you very well" she shot a smile at him that made him even redder then a tomato if that was even possible, he looked down at the ground noticing he was still on his butt, he decided to get up and dust himself off however he still neglected from making eye contact with her but was still petrified.
"Holy crap, this girl just called me cute, am I hallucinating? That's the only logical explanation" he was sweating bullets
"Well since you've decided to be so direct, why don't we talk for a bit, you have my full attention" she said walking closer to the boy as she lifted his chin up with one of her fingers gently and elegantly forcing eye contact. His brown/hazel eyes and her blue eyes.
"N-no! Sorry I got to go, um, it was nice meeting you!" he bowed respectfully once more before dashing to school leaving the girl with a look of confusion but a gentle giggle as well.
[Finally At School-During Lunch]
Having finally gotten to school Shugo immediately had a less then easy day as this was his second day being late. He sulked in his chair as he let out a sigh of relief maybe he could finally get a brief moment of peace. He put his forehead on the desk and closed his eye's hoping to relax even for just a second, unfortunately...
*SMACK*
"Ay!"
"BWAH!" Shugo nearly jumped out of his seat at the smack to his back
"What's up partner" Hayato stood with a cheesy grin next to his bestfriend
"Damn it Hayato, sigh"
"Woah, what's up with you? You look bushed man" his friend with a concern look on his face addressed Shugo's obviously stressed and worn out demeanor
"Yeah...things have been a little crazy lately..." he solemnly said with a look on his face that expressed the words "it can't be helped"
"Well, you should take it easy, you know your only human and again were young and-"
"Were supposed to be having the time of our lives right? Yeah I know, but still, it doesn't hurt to take some responsibility, even at this age, don't you think?" Shugo gave his friend a look of uncertainty as if looking for reassurance that wanting to take care of the girls in his house was what was best for everyone
"Right, your absolutely right my hopeless friend haha" Hayato gave him a smirk with a thumbs up seeing at how his friends confidence seemed to not be all there
[End of School]
Shugo and Hayato proceeded to walk outside of the school and in front of the school gates as per usual
"So dude did you hear?"
"Huh?"
"Marianna's father is supposedly in with the yakuza"
"What? Really?"
"Yeah, well that's what the rumors say, wait, was it that he's IN the yakuza or that he RUNS it agh can't remember how people phrased it"
"Wow Hayato, you sure are a sucky reporter" Shugo teased his friend giving him a disappointed look
"Aw, cut me some slack, at least I get some intel unlike you, you're so out of date with everything that you might as well say HEY I"M SHUGO YUUKI I LIVE UNDER A ROCK"
"Th-that's not..." Shugo made an attempt to prove that his friend was wrong, however he couldn't since he pretty much hit the nail on the head
"Listen dude, all I'm saying is that you need to go out more and explore the flavors of life you know? I mean just cause Marianna turned you down doesn't mean you should give up on your social life completely"
"GAH! Th-that's not!"
"Not another word, from now on I'll be your wing man, I'm not going to rest until you get l-a-i-d partner, were going turn you into a bonafide stud muffin, just wait for my charm to rub off on you a bit though it shouldn't be long "
"No really...you don't have to haha" Shugo gave his friend an uncomfortable "haha" when all of a sudden
"Shugooo!"
"Oh no..." Shugo knew that voice, it was her, the girl he had met this morning...did she follow him?!
"Woah! Who's this bombshell dude! Ahaha Shugo you dog"
"N-no! Hayato it's not like that"
"Uh huh, sure buddy" Hayato only gave Shugo a skeptical smile as he stretched and then pulled his best friend in for another nuggie , "Just make sure to holler if she has any friend yeah? I'll let you two have your alone time heheh"
"B-but" Shugo was a nervous wreck, being left alone with this girl wasn't a good idea at all but Hayato didn't listen
"Go get her partner" were his final words of encouragement before he casually walked off
"Great..." Shugo took a big gulp of his saliva as he saw the stunning beauty heading towards him until
"Heavens what's the matter?"
"Did you follow me here?"
"Never mind that, there's one crucial thing we both forgot to do"
Completely ignoring Shugo's question only made him go (So you did follow me...) as he gave her a dreary smile, he better just roll with it he thought
"Huh? What?"
"Exchanging emails" she said with an innocent smile as she closed her eyes cheerfully (this girl was really direct, maybe even more so then Neptune)
"Huh? With me?"
"Of course, were friends. Exchanging emails between friends is quite normal is it not?"
"W-well I suppose?" (damn she's good) Shugo thought as he had nothing to counter her statement, "Um, well I don't really have anything to write..."
"It's quite alright, we can use this device that I acquired from working at this cute little store that sells electronic devices, I believe you people call it a smart phone(?)"
"You People?" Shugo was quite confused by what she meant by "you people" but that aside...she was good, a smartphone was a perfect place to store an email, "Sigh" Shugo finally gave in, what's the worse that could come from it he thought, besides he was starting to get tired, he just wanted to get home and relax already.
"There, now were email friends too hmhm" she said with a delighted smile
"Looks like it ha" (Vert huh? Strange name, then again Neptune and Noire are strange names too and mine isn't any different haha) Shugo thought, "Well I need to head out"
"Oh? What's the rush?" she asked with a look of disappointment at the sight of him beginning to walk away
"There's someone that's sick at my place and I need to take care of them before they get worse"
"My, how unfortunate. But I suppose you have needs to attend to, however, feel free to email me at anytime hmhm"
*kiss*
(Gaahh!)
She walked over to the boy and planted a kiss on his left cheek, the feeling of Vert's soft lips on his skin immediately made him turn red and paralyzed him as if he were now made of stone he stayed like this for a good three minutes.
Vert then proceeded to walk away (Shugo...Maybe he can help me...)
