Hey there again! I hope you enjoy this one, because I certainly did! Haha. I want to thank to Sega, Rhymes of the Renegades, Guest, bekronthegreat, Namikaze Nara, nighthawk-59, Mro Taz and fuji92 for reviewing my story and giving me moral support. I will do my best for you guys! And as for JSmakerwithyou, could you please use your own account to review? I mean really ne-chan… don't worry, I aint mad at her, actually I was with her when she posted that… Ah memories…
Enough life stories, I know this is what you've been waiting for!
Chapter 4
Touma and Mikoto were walking around Tokiwadai's school grounds. They walked in silence, not knowing what to say to each other. Especially after what just happened at the meeting.
'Darn it! I'm losing my cool! I'm totally losing it! Why did he have to say such words! Argh! And what did he say in between those lines? Any guy would want your attention in…ing…me. Did I just hear him right? Did he say 'including me'?'
Mikoto thought to herself, blushing as she did. Meanwhile,
'Ah damn it all! What the heck did I just say?! I hope that it won't make things awkward for that it already isn't awkward! Heck I just made things more complicated!'
Touma thought while mentally beating himself up. He had to make things right. No matter what!
"Uhm, Misaka?"
"Eh? Huh? Wha- What?"
Mikoto panicked, not even knowing the reason why.
"Oi, just relax will ya BiriBiri…"
"You damn jerk! How can I relax? After-"
"MISAKA-SAMA!"
Mikoto was cut off when her classmate called out her name. she took a deep breath before faking a smile to hide her irritation.
"Yes? What is it?"
"Uhm, could you please check the stage? We've already finished setting it up you see…"
"Ah, okay then. Thank you for your hard work! You did great! We're ahead of our schedule. Please keep it up!"
"H-Hai!"
The girl said while blushing, then she suddenly ran off. Mikoto breathed another sigh.
"Keeping up your façade must be tough huh?"
Touma said with concern.
"Please don't tell me you've been doing that the whole time you've been here?"
"Well, sorry to say this but yes I have."
A gentle breeze blew past them, making Mikoto close her eyes and hold down her hair.
"But why? That seems extremely tiring…"
He asked again. Touma just couldn't believe that she managed to live her life like this.
"Look, I don't have any intention of exchanging life stories with you. So just back off. We have a stage to check."
She said turning around and walking ahead of him. Touma quickly followed her.
'Guess she must be mad. I can't really blame her; I did say some harsh words to her…'
He thought to himself. Meanwhile,
'Ah darn it, I was pretty harsh back there, I hope he won't take it too seriously…'
Mikoto thought while blushing…
When they arrived at the stage, Mikoto went on it and talked with some girls. Touma just stayed down, not wanting to piss her off any more than he already did. He was fiddling around with some props when he heard some girls talking about the microphones.
"Hey, does this one work?"
"Dunno. Why don't you tug on it to see if it's attached to the amplifier?"
"Oh, okay."
The other girl started tugging and pulling on the microphone.
-About 5 seconds ago-
"Misaka-sama, is it all good?"
"Yeah, you guys did everything according to plan. But you probably should have used wireless microphones. Someone might trip if- GYAH!"
Touma jerked upon hearing Mikoto's unusually female and cute shriek and looked up to see her falling down on him. Being the hero he was, he eagerly waited for her to fall gracefully in her arms. And she did.
Touma looked at the girl he had just saved. Her eyes were still closed and she held her hands close to her chest. She was obviously scared. Slowly, she opened her eyes and blushed full force upon seeing the face of her savior. He was carrying her bridal style, much to her shock and embarrassment.
"Yo! You okay Misaka?"
He asked. She simply nodded, still couldn't accept the reality she was in. They were too close, as in TOO CLOSE.
"Misaka-sama! Are you alright?"
The girl who tugged on the microphone asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay. It was just a simple accident..hehe"
"Uhm, pardon my forwardness Misaka-sama but,"
"Yes? What is it?"
Mikoto asked innocently, tilting her head as she did.
"Pardon but, how long do you intend to be carried like that by that man? People are starting to stare…"
Mikoto immediately blushed upon hearing the girl's statement. She realized the position she was in and once again, tsundere overload, her 'illness', took over.
"GWAH! P-p-put me down you idiot!"
Touma obliged, knowing that if he didn't, he'd be shocked to death.
"Anyway, Misaka, mind explaining what just happened?"
Touma asked, trying to help her recover from her embarrassment.
"Isnt it obvious? My foot was tangled with the wires, so when the girl pulled the microphone, I stumbled and fell, but-"
"But what?"
"B-but y-you saved me..so…t-th-tha-thanks…"
She said blushing once more, trying to avoid eye contact. Touma let out a small laugh before saying,
"That was cute Misaka.. haha"
He said while patting her head.
"I'm not a dog you dufus! And since when did I become cute huh?"
"Uhm, since the day you were born?…"
Touma, upon realizing that he had just tried to pick up on her, blushed, HARD.
"I'm not saying that you're my type! I'm just saying that well, uhm, you, well"
Touma stuttered not knowing what to say. To his surprise, Mikoto laughed.
"You suck at making excuses and lying, you know that?"
"Yeah, I guess…"
He said before smiling warmly at her. Making her blush and smile back.
-after 3 days-
The foundation week was only 2 days away. right now, everyone was busy. Touma was walking alongside Mikoto, again, while patrolling the school.
"Well, it seems like everyone is busy aside from us."
Touma said while stretching his arms and yawning.
"I'm really busy you know! I have to practice my violin part, study and manage the whole darn recital!"
"Oh yeah. You're the lead violinist. Why havent I seen you practicing?"
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR DARN BUSINESS!"
She shouted angrily at him, obviously stressed about everything.
"Okay, fine. Just relax Misaka. You-"
"Misaka-sama!"
one of Mikoto's classmates came up behind them.
"Misaka-sama! We've got trouble! The chairs are a mess, some of the committees are arguing, some of the decorations went missing while some were destroyed! And that's just half of our problems!"
"THE HECK?! What happened!"
Mikoto shouted, making the other girl shudder in fear.
"OI calm down Misaka. You're scaring your own classmate."
"I'm terribly sorry for causing you trouble Misaka-sama..."
The girl said almost in tears.
"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have shouted at you like that. But we really have a problem. I need to practice the violin..."
"I can fix them."
Touma said raising his hand.
"You? Fixing things?"
Mikoto said raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, I know I'm unlucky and all but I can't just let you handle everything now can I?"
"Alright fine. I'll leave it in your care. I'll trust you on this one, okay?"
"Yeah. Just practice hard okay?"
He said before watching her leave.
"Alright then, let's get this rolling!"
Touma said while filled with determination. He was going to fix this, no matter what, he was going to do this...
for her...
Meanwhile, Mikoto was trying to concentrate for her practice.
"He's gonna be alright. He promised. Everything's gonna be okay. I'm going to do my best!"
-After 3 hours-
the sun was beginning to set by the time Touma had fixed all of the problems. He was looking for Misaka, to finish up some of the papers.
"She should be done by now. This is the room right?"
He said while slowly opening the door to the music room. only to be greeted by the wonderful sound of the violin.
There she was, the girl whom he affectionately termed 'Biribiri', standing while her eyes closed, seemingly engulfed by the music she was playing. He knew that he shouldn't be imposing, but the beauty of the music and the player herself was just too alluring. he stayed there just watching and listening to her. Her face was relaxed and she smiled peacefully, just like he had always wanted her to. while being totally engulfed in her music, our idiot hero forgot that he was carrying a folder of papers, which he eventually dropped to the ground.
"Aw darn it!"
He said lamenting over his stupidity. Mikoto stopped and looked back.
"WHY THE HECK ARE YOU IN HERE?!"
"Relax Misaka, we both know that you already knew that I was in here."
"How did you-"
"I know that your electromagnetism can detect anything that enters within a 200 meter radius, or something like that..."
"Moron, there's no way I could cover that much without exerting too much effort."
"Hey, I've never been good at science and what not. Anyways, that was just beautiful Misaka!"
"Shut up. I know that I'm no good."
she said while putting down her violin and slumping down on the ground.
"I just wish that I didn't have to perform! That I didn't have to stand in front of so much people, that I didn't have to look at them all staring at me..."
Mikoto said while burying her face in her palms. Touma couldnt bear to see her like this. A moment ago she was playing beautiful music, but now, she was as sad as heck.
"You dont like it? having other people's attention?"
"Of course i DON'T! I hate it when people judge me, when they look at me like that, it just..."
She couldn't finish her sentence, but Touma knew what she was going to say. He sat down beside her and patted her buried head.
"Scares you?"
He asked, trying to complete her unfinished sentence.
"Yeah, I guess..."
Mikoto answered weakly. she has been exposed yet again, by the same guy.
"Hey, It's okay, you'll be alright..."
Touma said before putting a comforting arm around Mikoto as he slowly pulled her into a warm, much needed hug.
"I'm scared..."
"Shhh, I'm here... You dont have to be scared."
Touma whispered silently to her ear. hoping that she would calm down.
-to be continued-
YIIIIIIIH! Oh man! I am dying! I know they might be a bit OOC, but come on. This is a fanfiction! Yeah, after reading the reviews for chapter 2, I just felt fired up and immidietly wrote this one right after publishing chapter 3. by the way, did you know that the scientific term for stage fright is glossophobia? actually its just a subset, because glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. Mikoto's first fear has been revealed!
anyways, I hope that I could get ,more encouragement! I dont know when I can update but I'll do it as soon as I can!
bye! thanks!