The Memoirs of Happiness
Name:The Memoirs of Happiness
Author: Kanata Saionji
Summary: "The Memoirs of Happiness" is a fictional story on how two teenagers, innocent and pure at heart fall for each other while the girl was at her parent's hometown for a year, a vacation for her parents, escaping from their tight work schedule in NASA. The girl moves to a town where she knows nothing except the fact that her parents love it.
But that is just the beginning. The plot of the story is what happens when she returns to America.
Disclaimer: The Author does not own few of the characters in the story like the lead characters, Kanata Saionji and Miyu Kouzuki, who are from Mika Kawamura's master piece, Daa! Daa! Daa! So, please excuse the author for using others' characters. But, the story on the whole belongs to the author.
Author's Note: This is Kanata with another story for "D! 3" Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
Story:
Chapter 4
What are you thinking?
It had been like a dream. As she stood at her balcony, leaning over the sill, with her chin on her palms, looking at the darkness of the sky, she knew that it had been the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to her.
To have the most handsome guy at her school, dressed in prince's outfit, looking up at the moon, and proposing to her… it had been truly like a dream except that… it was weird. It was weird for it was the first time that a guy had ever told her something like that.
'Miyu, I love you…'
Miyu turned crimson at the memory of his words. She closed her eyes for a moment but opened them again at once for even with her eyes closed she could see only him. She couldn't believe that it had been already 24hours since her best friend in Japan—Kanata Saionji—told her that he had fallen for her.
'Miyu, come down for dinner honey!' came the distant voice of her mother's.
She took in a huge breath and walking out of the balcony and into her room called back, 'in a minute…' in a voice she barely recognized as her own.
She walked out of her room, closing the door behind her. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Her mother was standing at the table, laying down two glasses filled with orange juice.
It completely slipped Miyu's mind that her father would not be joining them for dinner that night. His class had some kind of presentation to give the next day so he had volunteered to help his students out over-night.
Miyu involuntarily sat down on her usual seat, with a dead look in her face. She could feel her mother's eyes on her as she placed some spaghetti on her plate and instinctively took her chop-sticks and began to shove them into her mouth.
'Miyu, are you okay…?' came her mother's voice, breaking her thoughts about the brunet, 'do you want to see the doctor..?'
Well, that was the dozen-th time that Miyu had heard that in two days. Obviously, she hadn't told her mother what happened at the Party. She didn't want to hear an hour long speech on how to be with boys… oh, wait… that's with grandpa… not mum.
'You can tell me anything Miyu…' came her mother's soothing voice, 'your dad has been really worried…'
'Well, mum… it's…' started Miyu, unable to string two words together.
Her mother waited with raised eyebrows and bated breath.
'It's… well, Kanata…' her voice sounded a little choked when she uttered his name. She couldn't continue. It was very awkward and moreover, she had started hyperventilating.
'Oh… right…' her mother said, with a smile that indicated as though she understood.
'Mom…?' called Miyu a little confused.
'What did you reply…?' asked Miki, with a smile.
'What are you talking about mum…?' asked Miyu, a little panic-stricken.
'He did ask you out, didn't he…?' asked Miki, confused.
Yeah, that sounds like the most obvious thing that might have happened, thought Miyu, but Kanata just didn't ask me out… he…
'Yeah, something like that…!' she replied. Technically, she wasn't lying. She was just curtailing the truth.
'So, what was your reply…?' asked Miki again, a little taunt peeking through.
Miyu shifted her gaze back to her food and remained quite still for a whole minute. Miki's smile faded a little.
'You rejected…?' she asked, a little hart-broken.
Miyu looked into those emerald orbs that she had inherited and lightly shook her head. Miki frowned.
'If you accepted, then why such a long face…?' she asked, curiously.
'Because I didn't…' muttered Miyu in a small voice, biting her lip.
'What…?' exclaimed Miki a little confused.
'Well… it was the very first time that a guy ever told me that…' started Miyu, going mauve, 'I was… well… I… hm…'
'Hm… what…?' asked her mother, impatient.
'I didn't reply,' said Miyu, finally, her dropping.
'What?' exclaimed Miki, getting to her feet in surprise, 'why not…?'
''Cause I have no experience in stuff like this mum…' Miyu managed to say. This conversation was getting weirder and weirder and she had no idea when it'll be too awkward to continue.
Miki looked at her daughter thoughtfully and then asked, 'so... do you have any idea as to what kind of feeling you might have towards him…?'
Miyu turned a bright shade of crimson. She wished that she were back in America with her grandfather shepherding every one of her moves. She had never had to endure such questions when in America.
'Miyu…?'
Miyu took a deep breath.
'I don't know mum…' she said lightly, still unable to take Kanata's image from her head.
She heard her mother sigh lightly. She looked up to see Miki Kouzuki smiling at her, knowledgably. She looked at her mother curiously, wondering what was going inside the ginger-head's mind right now.
'Miyu, honey…' she said soothingly, 'give it a try…'
'Give what a try…?' asked Miyu, blankly.
Miki smiled and placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder said, 'close your eyes first…'
Miyu obeyed her mother's request, a little worried. As soon as she closed, she could see Kanata's face behind her eyelids. He was smiling at her. Her memories raced from the first time they had met to a few hours ago when he proposed to her. It was all so… comfortable.
She opened her eyes and frowned. What was this feeling that suddenly rushed to her stomach as though a thousand butterflies were let lose? She looked at her mother questioningly.
Miki smiled and said, 'honey… you are young… there is a lot of time left… give everything a try… that's one of the reasons we brought you here, away from your grandpa's supervision.'
Miyu looked away from her mother, a little confused.
'I don't want to "try" with him, mum…' she finally said slowly, assessing every word she said.
'Do you not like Kanata…?' asked Miki, doubtfully, 'from what you said, he seems to be a nice guy…'
'That's why mom…' said Miyu, frowning, 'I don't want to "try" with him… what if it fails and I have to be away from him…?'
Miki smiled widely and said, 'I don't think it'll fail…'
'But mum…'
'I think he's really serious about this,' said Miki, 'you don't have to try… you are going to fine…'
She walked to the cabinet and brought back the phone. She handed it to Miyu and said, 'call him and tell him how you feel'.
Miyu looked at the phone for a very long time.
'Miyu, I love you…'
Miyu returned the phone back to her mother with a smile.
Miki looked a little taken aback and asked, 'don't you want to tell him that you love him too…?'
Miyu smiled at the fact that even without saying anything, her mother knew before her that she had lost her heart to that brunet jerk.
'No mum,' she said smiling, 'I love him too and I want to tell it to him… but like he did… directly…'
Miki smiled and said, 'poor boy… hanging at the edge for an answer from you…'
Miyu smiled and finishing the last of her dinner, bolted to her room going, 'good night…'
As soon as she reached her bed room, she closed the door behind her and dropped on her bed, smiling. Just a few minutes talk with her mother had done the magic. She now knew how she felt about Kanata and what she had to tell him.
She looked at the roof of her room and a cheerful smile spread across her face. She was going to tell him. How and where she had no idea but one thing she was sure... he deserved to know. Whether or not he likes her still after leaving without an answer she was still going to tell him…
Monday…
She decided to tell him on Monday.
One more day to go…
~memoirs of happiness~
Dear Diary,
I don't believe this. It's been nearly two days since I told her how I feel about her. I don't really expect her to reciprocate but at the least, she should reply, right…? Good or bad, I really want to know… but the hell… she didn't… It's making me so furious. It's Monday tomorrow and she can't avoid talking to me forever… But I can't demand for an answer, can I? I'll just wait for her reply…
Kanata Saionji
~memoirs of happiness~
It was a bright and sunny Monday morning and Kanata was torn between despair and confusion. He was sitting at one of the tables in their massive school library during one of the class' free periods, finishing a math assignment that their teacher set them only a few hours ago. The rest of the class was all spread across the hall.
It was ever so rare that Kanata would actually miss somebody. But he did today and that very somebody was not even in the library at the moment. He had no idea where she was at the moment.
The girl in question, Miyu Kouzuki, his first girl-who-is-a-friend and love interest did not come to school with him, like always. He wasn't bothered for it was expected that that would be the reaction that she shall give after he proposed to her.
But what infuriated him was that she never gave a reply. Yes or no… at the least a formal reply was required.
He punched his mechanic pencil on the paper so hard, the lead broke. He closed his eyes and sighed lightly.
Well… forget it, he thought.
He heard movements before him and he opened his eyes to feast upon the one girl he was thinking about; the one girl who managed to take his breath away.
'Hey K-Kanata…' she greeted, mustering a smile.
Kanata looked at her curiously.
'Hey…' he said, managing a small smile.
'I-I w-was wondering if y-you would be a-able to teach me to so-solve this problem!' she said fast; though the stuttering was still there.
She extended her math assignment, showing him a problem on Poisson distribution. He sighed and motioned her to sit down.
At the least, she was still on speaking terms with him. That was better.It was hell to find her avoiding him. Comparatively, this was much, much better.
He started to teach her the sum, with her sitting across the library table, opposite to him. Within seconds he realized that she was not paying the least bit of attention.
'Miyu, if you have a problem me teaching, you can ask someone else…' he said, a little irritated and also hurt, 'don't torture yourself like this…'
Miyu's emerald orbs glowed in anger and she said furiously, 'I've never done this before Kanata… don't make it hard for me…'
'It's just a simple sum,' he pointed out, his eyebrows twitching.
'I'm not talking about the damn sum,' she muttered under her breath but he caught it.
'What…?' he asked, questioningly. This girl is testing my patience, he thought.
She started fidgeting again and he was sure that beneath the table, her hands must be torturing her skirt. He frowned. She turned a moderate shade of crimson around her cheeks.
She bent her head a little and said, 'me too…'
Kanata stared at her curiously. What the hell is she talking about…?
'What…?' he repeated.
He saw her ears go bright crimson as she heard his voice.
'I…' she started.
He raised his eyebrows.
She finally sighed and looked up, facing him full into his auburn orbs. She smiled and then said a little embarrassed, 'I want to give it a try…'
'What…?' he asked for the third time, this time in almost a whisper.
'I want to give "us" a try…' she said, sitting a little stiff on the wooden bench.
Kanata's orbs opened a little wide. He couldn't grasp the right meaning of what she had just said. It was a little obvious that she was shy. He could see that it was very difficult for her to say what's actually on her mind.
'You want to give "us" a try…?' he croaked, his own voice sounded unusual to him, 'as in…' he cleared his throat and asked, '"us" as in a… a couple…?'
She stiffened lightly and then slowly nodded.
Despite himself, Kanata started laughing. Miyu turned a bright shade of crimson and glared at him furiously. A few people at the nearby tables turned to look at him curiously for they had never seen the Kanata Saionji laugh like that.
He rubbed the tear that had come to his eyes from all those laughing and still unable to control his laughter, he leaned a little further towards her and asked, 'it took you forty-eight hours to come to that conclusion…?'
She turned a bright shade of mauve and said in a small voice, trying very hard not to look into his eyes, 'it's my first time… what am I to do…?'
He smirked and then sat back down with a satisfied smile on his face.
Miyu looked at him curiously and asked in a light whisper, 'what are you thinking…?'
He glanced at her questioningly and asked, 'you want to know what I'm thinking…?'
She pouted and said, 'it's very difficult to know what goes on in that silly head of yours…'
He smirked, 'so you wanna know…'
She rolled her eyes lightly and tried to stop her heart from beating so fast. It was beginning to go out of control for it was the first time she had ever talked stuff like this.
'Okay…' he said, 'your wish…' he added in a husky whisper, '…is my command…'
Miyu frowned.
He smirked again and climbed onto their table. Miyu's orbs widened. He smirked at her whilst the entire population in the library turned to look at Kanata, surprised.
'Hey all…' Kanata shouted across the hall.
Even people, who hadn't noticed, turned to see the model student disrupting the silence of the library.
'Yo! Captain what are you doin'?' asked Souchi, smirking.
'Well…' shouted Kanata slowly and loudly, 'Ms. Miyu Kouzuki here…' he pointed at Miyu with a smirk, 'wants to know what's going on inside my head…'
Everybody crammed to catch a glimpse of Miyu, who turned even a brighter shade of crimson at the sound of her name.
'Do you want me to give her an answer…?' asked Kanata, now looking at Miyu intensely with a smirk on his face.
'Yes!' shouted almost everybody in the library with much enthuse.
Kanata dropped to the floor on his feet gracefully and turned to Miyu with the cocky smirk still plastered on his face. Miyu tried to ignore the one guy who was attracting the attention of everyone in the library.
'This is what is going inside my head, right now…' he said softly, but everybody caught his words for they all silenced.
'Kanata, stop this…' said Miyu and stood up to leave, her face red.
Kanata grabbed her by her knuckles and forcing her to look into his eyes said slowly in the silence of the library, 'Miyu Kouzuki… I'm in love with you… will you be my girlfriend…?'
There was complete silence in the library.
Miyu turned a brighter shade of crimson (if that is even possible) and looked at him a little shocked. Kanata Saionji, the guy who hated Social gatherings, was asking her to go out with him in the middle of a silent Library? Is this a dream?
Suddenly, as though they just realized what he had said, girls gasped (an agonized and jealous gasp) and the guys wolf—whistled. Then there was silence again. Everybody waited for Miyu's reply.
Kanata looked at Miyu expectantly.
Miyu closed her eyes tight hoping it was just a dream and everything would be back to normal when she opened her eyes. But she could still feel Kanata's hands on her arms and when she realized this, she started to hyperventilate. She opened her eyes only to stare into the deep auburn orbs of his.
She opened her mouth.
'Yes…?' he asked raising his eyebrows.
She smiled and biting her lower lip preventing that smile to widen as a weird grin she nodded her head.
Applause sounded around the entire Library.
'Great…' said Kanata, smiling.
Miyu returned the smile.
'KANATA SAIONJI—PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE'
Everybody turned to the croaky shout of their librarian. She was a steely old woman wearing huge spectacles. Kanata had been wondering how come she hadn't come earlier but thanked god for her lateness nonetheless.
Kanata sighed as he saw the librarian walk across the hall towards him and Miyu. He turned to look at the now-worried-Miyu.
He gave her an assuring smile and said, 'don't worry…'
Before she could speak, he gave her a small peck on the cheek and with another smile walked towards the library as though surrendering to a vile crime.
'I'm very disappointed in you Mr. Saionji,' she started, glowering at him threateningly, 'you of all people should know better than to…'
But Kanata was not listening. His head and heart was somewhere else and nothing's going to break them away from where they were.
End Chapter 4
A/N: I know the story started a little lame but trust me… it will be better. And I'm really sorry for the delay in Castles…" I'm kinda bummed out that I have no inspiration to write the final chapter. But, I'll surely try to finish it soon. So, as usual… review…
Thought:
"Every great Improvement has come after repeated Failures
Virtually nothing comes out right the First time
Never lose your confidence…
Keep Trying till you succeed"
