Title: The Cold Polonaise
Chapter 4: Surprise, Surprise?
Disclaimer: I don't own La Corda D'oro and their characters.
ORIGINAL CHARACTER:
Maori Kiyumi
Ayana Riyoka
Hiroki Kiyumi
Aemi Riyoka
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naomiyukari08 scribbles: the 4th chapter. I promise that this story will get better in someway. ;) Again, as I always say, I'm sorry if there are grammatical errors, spelling errors and grammatical slips. Please notify me is someone is OOC. Please... :) Thanks a lot. :)
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"What happened to you back there?" Ayana asked Maori as they went out in one of the practice rooms. Maori who is still in shock of what she said and what she heard during the break wasn't listening to Ayana.
"Hey! Maori Kiyumi! What the hell is happening with you?! You're spacing out!" Ayana shouted. She slapped Maori on her shoulders which made Maori go back to her senses.
"What you do that for?! It hurts, Ayana." Maori said as she rubbed the part where Ayana slapped her.
"Well because first you are not answering my question. Second you were spacing out. Anyway, now that your senses are back I'll ask you again, what happened to you back there?" Maori took her eyes off Ayana and looked at the floor with a gloomy face.
"Oh! I get it! Maori, I thought… you've moved on, I mean it's been a year now you know…" Ayana said.
"I know it's been a year… but it's hard. To go back there it's like… it's like reminiscing my first steps in skating… (She looked at Ayana) You know that grandpa's the one who convinced my mom to enrol me in a skating school. If not for grandpa, they'll be no figure skating for me." Ayana looked at her.
"hmm… well, we'll go thru this, Maori. It takes time to let go and move on. Just… just take it step by step. Maybe, this step in the Riyoka Family Villa will be a good one."
"I guess…" Maori replied then release a big sigh.
"Hey! Maori you're such a slow poke! I want to grab a drink in the cafeteria before it closes. Let's go." Ayana said dragging her friend.
In the farthest corner of the hallway, a Music student was listening to their conversation.
…so it is her after all... The Music student thought and entered one of the practice rooms.
-NIGHT-
-HINO RESIDENCE-
Hino was sitting beside the windowsill staring at the beautiful full moon.
"The moon's so beautiful tonight. I hope I can share this moment with someone special…"
Suddenly, her cell phone rang. She grabbed her cell phone and answered it.
"Hello, Kahoko Hino speaking."
"Hino-san." A familiar voice spoke at the other line. She froze as she heard the man's voice.
"Y-Yu-Yunoki-senpai? Why are you calling me?"
"Hmm… your voice seems like you've seen a ghost… Kahoko."
…again! With the Kahoko, are you teasing me or is there something more with that...Hino thought… if only I could stay that…
"Oh stop, daydreaming Kahoko." She whispered as she slaps her forehead.
"hmm… talking to yourself again when you can talk to me." Azuma Yunoki said on the other line.
…stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Kahoko! Why do you need to blurt that out?!... Hino thought.
"Ah.. A-Ano, I didn't say anything, Yunoki-senpai." …wow! Good going! And you know he heard you! Nice lie!...
"hmm.. You're annoying me again… Kahoko. Anyway, I'm at your doorstep for 5 minutes now. I think you left something in the practice room that you used earlier this afternoon."
…DOORSTEP?!... One second, I'm thinking about you spending time with me, looking at the moon and now you're at my DOORSTEP?!... Hino thought.
…wait… I left something? Wait… I know I'm missing something… OH SHOOTS!! Not my journal! Not my journal!! What to do? What to do?... She thought. She was fidgeting.
"Kahoko… I'm waiting. Aren't you going to let me in? It's getting cold out here." Yunoki said darkly.
"Oh! I'm sorry but uhm, are you sure that's mine? You know the thing that you're talking about."
"Are you telling me Kahoko that I'm stupid and I don't know how to read?"
…YOU READ MY JOURNAL?! OH NO!! NO!!... Hino thought.
"Kahoko, the clock is ticking. Do you have plans of freezing me to death?" Yunoki said darkness in his voice.
…now, I'm planning to do that…Hino thought.
"Oh! Ah… wait a sec." Then she ran down the stairs and opened the entrance door. She was greeted by a purple-haired guy, who was still wearing his uniform.
"Finally." Azuma Yunoki said as he enters the house of Hino.
"Uhm… Yunoki-senpai, my notebook?" She said as she closed their entrance door.
"Oh. Right. Here. About that, I knew that it was yours, first page, your name was written on it." Yunoki said, before he gave it to her, he opened the first page and pointed to her, her own hand writing of her name.
"A-ha-ha-ha… I forgot I wrote my name there." She scratched the back of her head.
"You're really an idiot."
…I'm not an idiot…Hino thought.
"A lot of interesting things are written there, ne, Kahoko?"
…OH NO!! YOU REALLY READ IT?...Hino blushed.
"Just kidding, Kahoko. That's just a wild guess. Don't worry, I didn't read the stuffs in there. You really are cute when you blush." Yunoki held her chin which made her blush more. Then Yunoki let go, then laughed.
…if only you're not a pretty boy, I've already crushed that face of yours!...
"Oh well, that's about it, Kahoko." He leaned to Kahoko's side, his lips near Kahoko's ear and whispered,
"I'll see you tomorrow Kahoko, from your beloved flutist." Then he straightened his back and said
"Be careful, next time okay, Hino-san. Ja!" he smiled and went out the house.
Hino on the other hand, stood still, frozen from where she was standing and was blushing ferociously.
-KIYUMI RESIDENCE-
"I'm home!!" Maori shouted while opening the main door and putting down her things on the dining table, she went straight to the living room to see her mother sitting in a couch and watching the news.
"You're back and... early." Maori said leaning to give her mother a kiss on the cheek. She sat down on the arm rest.
"Well, Misa Hamai and I are kind of missing our families." Aemi Riyoka said hugging the waist of her daughter. Maori rolled her eyes and just gave her mom a small smile.
The doorbell rang.
"Are you expecting someone?" Maori said looking at her mom with a questioned look.
"Not that I'm aware of." Her mother answered letting her go.
The doorbell rang again.
"I'll get it." Maori said standing up and walking towards the door.
Her dad came out of his office and shouted,
"Honey! Check first before opening the door, they might be reporters."
"I know." She said looking at the glass window beside the door.
"LEN TSUKIMORI!?" she exclaimed.
…why is he here?! What the heck is he doing here?!... She thought. She went to the door and turned the knob. She opened it and it revealed 3 people.
"Maori, how good to see you. You've grown a lot." Misa Hamai greeted. Maori looked shocked to see the family of Len.
…What are they doing here?!... Maori thought.
"Who is it Maori?" Hiroki shouted.
"It's the Tsukimoris (saying it looking at Len.) Oh, come in please." She said moving to the side to let the 3 people enter. As the 3 people entered the house, she closed the door.
Maori's mom went out of the living room.
"Misa? What are you doing here? And is this Len?" Aemi said moving forward to Len and looking at him. Len gave her a small smile.
"Why, he's handsome, Misa!" Aemi said. Len's cheeks formed a light blush. Misa Hamai and Mr. Tsukimori just smiled at her.
"Maori looks beautiful too, Aemi." Misa Hamai said turning her head to Maori's direction. Maori gave a curt smile and nod.
"Well, we are actually planning to go out for dinner to celebrate Misa's arrival but Misa suggested to just take out the food and go here to celebrate 3 things, your safe arrival, the successful concert and welcome back to Japan." Mr. Tsukimori said to Hiroki and Aemi. Misa Hamai just smiled at them. Len's look was like saying,
…They just forced me to come here…
"Oh, thank you. Why not let's start?" Hiroki said leading them to the dining table.
"Why not, you kids sit in the living room first while we prepare." Aemi said to her daughter and Len.
"Kids?! MOM! We're not kids anymore!" Maori said rolling her eyes and crossing her arms towards her mom.
"Well, just do whatever you want." Aemi said and went to the kitchen with Misa, to prepare the food that the Tsukimoris brought.
Hiroki and Mr. Tsukimori went to the liquor cabinet to find something good to drink. The 2 teenagers just stayed where they were left.
"You want to go to the living room or the music room or the library…" Maori started but was cut off by Len.
"Anywhere but here." He said coldly looking at the floor. Maori raised an eyebrow,
…oh you will not make my day worst!... She thought.
"Fine. Go somewhere else than here. I don't mind. If my mom ask me where am I, I'll just be in the garden." She said and turned her back to Len. She went out to their garden.
She sat near the water fountain and just listened to the rushing water. It was a tiring day for her a little relaxation of her mind and heart will refresh her senses. She closed her eyes, lay down on the grass and in just one moment she was fast asleep dreaming,
"Grandpa, another hour please…"
"But dear, it's 11:30 in the evening. Aren't you tired yet? I need to pick you up right now."
"Grandpa… please… Just leave the house…by 12. I promise I'll be ready when you arrive."
"Hmmm… if you are not only my grand daughter, okay, okay. Just promise me my princess you'll win this competition."
"Grandpa! Don't put pressure on me! But I'll win of course, for my beloved grandfather."
His grandfather laughed at the other line. "Okay, honey. I'll hang up now, so you can practice." Maori's grandfather hung up.
"That's strange, grandpa's never late." Maori said to herself, she looked at her wrist watch, 12:40 am.
"And why is his cell phone off?" She looked at the LSD of her cell phone and tried speed dialling her grandfather.
Then her phone rang…
"GRANDPA!"
"Honey, its Dad, I have bad news for you…" Then tears started running down her face.
"Maori? Maori?" Someone was waking her up and shaking her gently. Tears were running down on her cheeks and she could feel it.
"NO!!" Maori shouted. She sat up panting and sweating, her cheeks wet because of the tears.
She was still on the same spot, at the grass near the pond. She looked around to see who woke her up and at her left, she saw Len, one leg is kneeling the other leg is supporting his arms which is around Maori's shoulders.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
…yah right! You're worried… Maori thought. She doesn't know why but her blood boils when he is near.
Maori just nodded.
"Auntie Aemi told me to call you because dinner is ready, then I saw you, you were dreaming am I right?"
Maori nodded again.
"Of what Maori?" He asked. Len doesn't know why he is asking this to her.
…Why am I being nosy??... Len thought.
Maori didn't respond.
…why do you need to know??... Maori thought.
…I just saw you today and now you're asking me to share things to you?...
"It is none of your business." She said coldly. She doesn't want anyone to know that the dreams she had before still hunts her until now. She tried to get up but was supported by Len anyway.
"I'm fine. Let go." She said. He let go of her. She walked away from him and went inside the house. Len rubbed his temples,
…why did I bother to come here?!... He said to himself irritably. He will never like that girl… or he already did??
-HINO RESIDENCE-
Hino went back to her room, dumbstruck and confused of what he said.
...He did reat it... he did read it... She only thought of these words as she walks up to her room.
"WHY IS THIS MAN ALWAYS DOING THIS TO ME?!" She shouted when she entered her room.
She lay down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Then it struck her, she sat up,
"OH NO!! I'M WITH HIM FOR SEVEN DAYS!?" She shouted again.
"NO! NO! AH!! YUNOKI-SENPAI!! YOU'RE MAKING ME INSANE!!" she shouted while lying down again, her face buried in the pile of blankets.
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Chapter 5 will be coming soon. I hope I can fasten pace. Why am I so lazy in typing stuffs?? Oh well. ;)
