You Should Already Know, I Choose You
4 ;; I Think I Know
"Taru-chaaan !" Mikan shouted as she entered the room to hug her friend. She was just overjoyed about her friend and her date.
"Ugh, get your filthy hands off of me."
"But why Taruuu ?" Sakura whined as hard as she can. She took her phone to dial Natsume, but he wasn`t answering, then she dials Ruka`s number, but the number was out of service. "Hey guys, have you realized that Ruka hasn`t been answering our messages ? And when we call him, it says his number is out of service ? What the heck happened to that guy ?" Mikan asked. Then something strucked Hotaru.
The first box contains a phone with my number on it. I`ll text you.
Then Natsume and Ruka entered the room. "Nat-chaaan ! I missed you so-" Mikan shouts and kisses Natsume on the cheek, making Natsume blush, but hid it under his bangs. Later on, Mikan realizes Ruka limping, then looked at his foot, and saw a wound. "Ruka-pyon, what happened to your foot ?" Then it struck Hotaru once again.
We Waltz with the fireflies around making it feel so peaceful, until I suddenly kicked him. I tried saying sorry formally but he said that it didn`t hurt, so we went back to dancing. " Let`s try again, shall we ? One, two, three, one, two, three . . . "
"It`s nothing, I just bumped my leg on a log." Ruka said, trying to calm down the poor brunette.
Hotaru took the phone from her bag, and texted Rugi.
"I want to see you later, without the mask."
Hotaru presses send, and later on Ruka receives a message. Ruka grabs his phone and goes out of the class room. Suddenly, her phone vibrates.
"How about tomorrow ? My schedule`s full today."
Hotaru thinks about it. 'Rugi ? Ru. . . gi. Ruka Nogi. Crap, why didn`t I think about that ?' She felt stupid at the moment.
"Fine. Let`s meet at the school roof top after classes, tomorrow."
Hotaru finalized her mind, she has got to be sure.
Hotaru`s Pov
Classes were dismissed.
"Taru-chan, let`s go with Nat-chan and Ruka-pyon to Central Town." My best friend whined, but hey, maybe I will be able to check on Ruka. I`m so sure it`s him. Mhm, yea, yea. So we took a ride to Central town, and by the time we got there, it was already five in the afternoon. Natsume and Mikan decided to go around together as couple and left us. Ruka and I walked around the place and looked for something to eat when we passed by a shop full of different ways to prepare a crab dish.
"Imai-san, look, a crab shop. You like crabs right ? Let`s go buy some, my treat." Ruka smiled, and suddenly, I remembered something again.
"It`s like you were forced to come here, huh ? I`m sorry, but hey, we`re having crab for dinner, and I know just how much you like those."
"Sure." I agreed and we stood fourth in line, letting me have a lot of time to think. I mean, sure, a lot of things gave me a hint that Ruka is White Mask, like the cellphone incident, the wound on his leg, the name Rugi, and this crab thing. Ughh, maybe I should just ask him ? "Ruka," I started as he told the vendor to give him a bowl of crab soup in a styro-bowl with a cover.
" Yeah ?" He said as he gave the vendor 30 rabbits and reached for the plastic. We started walking, and I decided to continue.
"You know about my admirer, right ?" I asked as we sat down on a bench in front of a fountain.
"I most definitely do." He said, as he placed his head down, letting his bangs cover his face. That blonde hair of his was so shiny.
"I was wondering if you were him." Wow, this took me a lot of courage.
"The guy isn`t me, I would`ve at least made an approach way more romantic." He chucked for a while, but stopped immediately.
"Is that so ?" It felt like he was telling the truth, but I know he wasnt`t. Suddenly, I remembered his chuckle, it sounded the same as the guy did.
"Yea. Bet you`re having the time of your life with him, huh ?" He stared into my eyes and tried to force a smile. Damn, his blue eyes looked so nice.
"I think I am." I really think. Think. Think. Think. Then suddenly, my phone played Mario`s I Choose You. Then suddenly I remembered looking into WhiteMask`s face when were dancing. His blue eyes, and I could see his blonde hair behind the mask. Is Ruka telling the truth or what ? Ughh, then I remember my phone. Some one was calling me. I checked my phone and I was not happy to see who it was.
"Taru-chaaan ! Where are you ? Let`s meet at the bus stop, alright ?"
"Sure, Mikan."
I hang up and held Ruka`s hand. "The guys are waiting for us at the bus stop. Let`s go." I said as I stood up.
"Let`s go, hand in hand ?" He tried to smile.
"No thank you. Lots of people think of false truth." I said as I recovered my hand, regretting to have held his. I started to walk as he stared at my back, then I suddenly heard someone running behind me.
He chuckled as soon as he caught up with me. "Imai-san, I was kidding, but if you ever want to hold hands, don`t bother." He said, smiling at me.
"Okay." I said, thinking that maybe someday, I will hold his hand, but that time shall wait. We met up with Mikan and her Natsume at the bus stop and we were dropped off at the dorms. It was already eight in the evening, and it was dark. The guys walked us to our dorms, well technically, Natsume walked Mikan to her dorm, while Ruka walked me to my dorm. "You can leave now you know." I said as we stood in front of my dorm room.
"I`m tasked to make sure you enter your room safely. Mikan might kill me." He said jokingly.
"I`ll be fine, go now." I said, assuring him that I won`t be going anywhere. I mean, where can I go in this time of the night ?
"Not until I see you enter your room." He grinned. So I opened the door and stepped inside.
"Happy ? Now leave."
"Very." He smiled once again, and kissed me lightly on the cheek. "Good night, Imai" He smiled again, as if there was nothing in the world that could make him sad. Then he left, leaving me staring into space. I went back to my self and closed the door. I walked to my closet to get a night gown and walked to the bath room to change. I went to my bed and sat, thinking that, no one has ever made my heart beat this crazy. Ugh, but why now ? Now that WhiteMask appeared ? But hey, Ruka may be WhiteMask ? Oh come on, why is everyone making it so complicated for me ?
End of Pov
The next day, they had the usual routine. Hotaru wakes up to the sound of the brunette`s irritating voice, then Mikan gets hit while Hotaru gets ready for school, and Hotaru leaves Mikan in her room. Which brings us to Why wouldn`t Mikan shout at Hotaru early in the morning in the classroom ? Minutes later, Hyuuga and Nogi entered the room.
"Ohayo, Natsume !" Mikan said as he approached the two. "Ohayo Ruka-pyon !"
"Ohayo, Sakura-san." He said, smiling at her, then noticed Hotaru on her seat, "Ohayo, Imai-san." He greeted and smiled at her, and Hotaru had smiled back.
"Ohayo, minna-san !" Narumi entered the room, bumping Natsume and Ruka.
Natsume shot him a death glare, "Next time, be careful you dumbass."
"Aww, gomen, Natsume-chan. Don`t be so mean, you might be like that for God knows how long." Narumi teased.
"Shut up." He said and walked to his seat, together with Ruka.
Classes started, and it felt like forever for the whole class. Jinno-sensei had, again, been made fun of, and the other teachers were plain boring. Hotaru waited for the last teacher to dismiss classes so she would be able to know who the guy is already. She has had too much already, she`s confused. As soon as the bell rang, she stood up and walked out, going to the roof top. When she reached the place, she saw a guy leaning on the railings, looking over the whole academy. He had blonde hair that was as long as Ruka`s, he was as tall as Ruka, and had the same body shape as he did. All Hotaru could think was How could Ruka lie to me and tell me he wasn`t WhiteMask ? So she called out, "Hey Rugi," and the guy turned around.
Haha, heyyy ! It`s the fourth chap :) You`ll find out who the guy is in the next chap ;)
Guess who he is : Review, please ? D: :)
