Disclaimer: I don't own Ultra Maniac; I wouldn't have written this fanfic if I did.
CHAPTER FOUR: Mixed Thoughts
While they were chatting, somebody suddenly called out to them.
"Tateishi! Sakura!"
When the two girls looked behind them, they saw Kaji and Tsujiai. The two girls greeted them back and then the four teenagers started walking together to the classroom. Nina and Tsujiai was talking along the way, they were talking about the new comic book, which Tsujiai bought the day before yesterday. Ayu blushed because she was walking beside Kaji, but she tried to hide her face so that Kaji wouldn't see her blushing.
(At the classroom)
Ayu sat on her usual seat beside the window, while Nina and Tsujiai still won't stop talking about latest comic book that was released.
Ayu's thoughts:
Oh gosh! I must've really looked stupid just a while ago! Ugh, I was as red as a tomato! I could've just talked to him about something so that I wouldn't look weird looking away from his direction… Why do I always screw up? Maybe he thinks that I'm a lunatic now… Sigh… Oh, Nina and Tsujiai-kun are still talking? Huh? Wait a minute… Why is Kaji-kun talking with them? I didn't know that Kaji-kun likes reading comics too.
"AYU-CHAN?!"
"…Nina? What?"
"You looked like you were thinking about something serious… your face was completely blank! What were you thinking about?"
"Oh, nothing! Nothing at all. Don't mind it."
"Right. Kaji-kun, Tsujiai-kun, and I were talking about going to the library to study later on. Wanna come, Ayu-chan?"
Ayu's thoughts:
So that's what they were talking about… I thought that they were still talking about comics with Kaji-kun! Sheesh! What was I thinking?
"So what do you say Tateishi? You're coming with us right?" Kaji asked.
Ayu looked up and said in a calm and cool voice,
"Sure, I'll come."
"Alright, let's meet by the library building after class, okay?" Tsujiai said.
"Okay!"
(Break Time)
Nina and Ayu were walking along the hallway and then they came across a big crowd of girls shouting and screaming. The two girls went closer to take a look on what's happening.
"What's going on, Satomi?" Ayu asked her friend who was also screaming along with the other girls.
"There's this new transfer student! He's so good-looking and he just joined the soccer club!" Satomi replied.
"That's all? It's only a guy; you girls don't need to make a big fuss about it." Ayu said calmly.
"No, Ayu! You don't understand, look how cool he looks! Come on, see for yourself!"
Ayu and Nina looked at the guy and the guy looked back at them. They stared at each other's eyes for a few seconds. The guy has nice, shiny, dirty-blonde hair and blue-green irresistible eyes. Nina noticed something and suddenly said in a very loud voice,
"YUUTAAA?!"
"Ah, Nina! Ayu!" Yuta said surprised.
"You know him Ayu, Nina?" Satomi asked curiously.
"Yeah, he's a childhood friend…" Ayu replied.
"YUTA!!! What are you doing here???" Nina exclaimed.
"Nothing… I was just on my way to your classroom to visit you two and then this horde of girls suddenly came." Yuta replied.
"No, Yuta-kun! What are you doing here at school, in that uniform?" Ayu asked.
"You see, I was going to tell you last night but I forgot… Hehe! I decided to attend school here at Shuei Junior High with you, Ayu!" Yuta replied cheerfully.
"…" Ayu said nothing.
"Nani? Kirishima-kun, does that mean you like Ayu?" Satomi asked.
"Yeah! Tell us Kirishima-kun! Do you admire Shuei's cool beauty, Tateishi Ayu?" all the other girls around him asked.
"Yeah! Of course I like Ayu; she's the reason why I transferred here. My heart belongs only to my pretty childhood friend, Ayu!" Yuta replied.
"Aw, that's too bad… Anyway, I'm happy for you Ayu. A heart-throb like Kirishima-kun likes you a lot!" Satomi said.
"Don't be disappointed girls! Ayu has rejected Yuta a lot of times already." Nina said.
"You don't have to tell the world about how many times she dumped me, Nina…" Yuta whispered.
(After Class)
"Ayu! It's time to go to the library, are you ready? Tsujiai-kun and Kaji-kun went there already, they said that they're gonna wait for us in front of the building."
"Okay Nina, let's go now." Ayu replied.
As the two teenagers walked out of the door, Yuta came running and suddenly stopped in front out them.
"Wait!" Yuta interrupted, "Can I come too?"
"No Yuta! You can't, now go away!" Nina replied.
"Nina, you're so mean!" Then Yuta looked at Ayu with puppy dog eyes and said, "Ayu… pretty please?"
"Umm… Maybe you could come along. Just don't cause trouble or make any noise." Ayu answered back.
"Aww! Ayu! …Mou, Yuta! You better behave yourself." Nina said.
(In front of the library)
Kaji and Tsujiai were waiting for the two girls in front of the library. When they saw them, they also saw Yuta with them…
Kaji whispered to Tsujiai,
"Who's that guy next to Tateishi? Do you know him?"
"Nope. He must be a friend or something… I don't know…"
Then Kaji called Ayu and Nina,
"Tateishi! Sakura! Over here!"
They followed Kaji and Tsujiai and went in the library. They found an empty spot and sat there.
Ayu then said to the two guys,
"Sorry we took so long… By the way, Kaji-kun, Tsujiai-kun, this is our friend, Yuta-kun. He's a transfer student in the school, but unfortunately, he isn't in our class. Is it okay if he stays with us here in the library?"
"That's fine." Tsujiai replied.
Yuta introduced himself to Kaji and Tsujiai.
"I'm Yuta, Kirishima Yuta! You two must be Kaji and Tsujiai. Ayu invited me to come along…"
"Nice to meet you Kirishima… I'm Kaji Tetsushi."
"And I'm Tsujiai Hiroki… It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Now that everyone knows each other, why don't we get the books that we need for our homework?" Nina said.
"Okay, come on…" Ayu replied.
After getting the books they needed, they started doing their homework…
"Well then… Since I have nothing to do, I'll just help the lovely Ayu with her homework!" Yuta said.
Then Kaji glared at the boy.
Hearing that, Ayu said, "Cut it out, Yuta-kun!"
"Yuta, stop messing around! Don't disturb Ayu with her homework!" Nina said.
Kaji became a little jealous of Yuta…
Kaji's thoughts:
Who does this guy think he is? What's his relation with Tateishi? Why does Tateishi call him by his first name? Why is he sitting beside Tateishi? Does he like Tateishi? Now I should change the topic…
Kaji noticed that Nina still looks pale and really sleepy. So he changed the topic to Nina…
"Nina, your cold… Has it gone worse or are you feeling better?" Kaji said.
Ayu's thoughts:
Oh no!!! Because of what Yuta-kun said, I think Kaji-kun hates me now! It's all over!! Why did Kaji-kun suddenly change the topic to Nina? Is he concerned about Nina? What should I do??
Tsujiai, bothered by all the people around him talking, said,
"Listen guys, we're here to do our homework not to talk all day… Please, let's concentrate now…"
Everyone agreed with Tsujiai and started to work more silently. After a few minutes, Yuta became bored of just doing nothing, so he got up from his chair and decided to just walk around.
While he was walking, he came across a cute girl trying to reach a book from a high shelf. He decided to get a ladder and help her. He got the book that the dark-blonde lass wanted and handed it to her.
"A-arigato..." she said in a shy voice.
"No problem, I'm glad I could help." Yuta replied.
"Ano… I have to go now, gomen…" the girl said respectfully.
The girl bowed and went away leaving Yuta behind.
Yuta's thoughts:
Wow, she's cute… but I forgot to ask her name! …I wonder which school she goes to… Hey, what am I thinking? It's not that I like her or anything; I just think she's cute! Yeah, that's right…
Ayu saw Yuta standing alone beside a ladder, so she approached him.
"Yuta-kun? Where have you been? We have been looking for you; it's time to go now."
"I was just here the whole time… waiting for you guys to finish."
"Oh, by the way, I saw you talking with a girl… Who is she? To be honest, she's really pretty you know."
"Ah I don't even know her; I just helped her reach the book from the high shelf."
"Oh, well we better go back now, they're waiting for us. Let's go."
Ayu and Yuta went back with the group (Nina, Kaji, and Tsujiai). When Kaji saw that Ayu and Yuta are together, he felt really jealous again.
To be continued…
Note: Did you guys like it? I'm also making this fic a NinaxTsujiai fic! But I haven't really put a mushy part between them though… I'll try to put that on the next chapter! Oh, and come to think of it, the story is mostly about Ayu. So, I'll have to change that too, I have to make it more even, like a NinaxTsujiai and AyuxKaji OR AyuxYuta… I'm sorry to all those NinaxYuta fans out there, because I'm pairing Nina with Tsujiai already…