Writing a Dream
Chapter 6
Alone on the Balcony
Great! More 'good' news! How much better can this day get?!
Natsuki thought as she rode her bike at a speed that would be considered to normal people very dangerous toward the mall.
Once she arrived at the mall, she instantly regretted asking as she courageously marched forward to an unexplored land, the formal clothing's section.
After the exploration of the 'new land' in the mall, the brave lone wolf finally was able exist and leave the 'new world' in one piece, or in other words, adorned in a navy blue tuxedo with silver designer emblem on it.
She headed toward her bike, relieved that the torture was over, but was soon interrupted when she felt a gentle tug on her sleeve.
The raven hair girl looked toward the origin of the disturbance, only to find her little blonde 'friend'.
"Umm… Natsuki-san?"
"Yeah?"
"You do know that we can't take your motorcycle to the party right?"
To say that Natsuki was surprise was an understatement, she was first of all angry, angry at her stupidity. She couldn't believe she would just panic like that and actually offer to go to that party with some stranger she did not even know to a party and did not back out when she heard she had to go in formal clothing.
The stress must be getting to her.
After this is over Natsuki made up her mind to cut back on her work a bit and try to not overwork herself to death, I mean who would go to school, work at a mechanic shop, and live their lives as a famous author whose identity was hidden to the world, while using all the money she earned from her jobs to find the murderer of her mother and investigate stuff to see if her father was alive or not.
Sigh, oh well. I'll at least finish this, but after this I'm never going to wear this kind of things again or leave my bike alone!
"Yeah, so what are we going to go on?" Natsuki inquired to the blonde that she almost killed today.
Pointing to her right she answered, slightly worried. "On my limo, I called for it when you were trying on stuff. I hope that's fine, you're not angry, are you?"
"Of course not, let's go we wouldn't want to be late now would we?" The raven hair author replies, still playing her character of a gentleman.
Stepping out of the limo, the, famous and well-known yet at the same time not, author was greeted by blinding lights, some from camera flashes, and some from spot lights showered all the incoming guests.
It wasn't all that bad because they weren't even focused on Natsuki but mostly on her partner and the other guests, though some did take a few pictures of her.
They, Natsuki and Erstin, entered and all was well, until Natsuki saw someone she did not want to see.
If that person saw her there, then it would be all over for her!
Whether drunk or sober it would mean trouble.
If she was drunk and she saw Natsuki then most likely she would introduce Natsuki as Duran Wolfs, the famous author, and since she's Duran's publisher and everything involving Duran goes through her, everyone would believe her!
If she wasn't drunk she would question Natsuki about this and say since the author went to one party she could go to another one and another one and another one!
The point was Natsuki had to get away no matter what!
The raven hair girl 'walked' away, trying to escape from that person, after excusing herself from Erstin for a while and continued 'walking' away very fast to somewhere she could hide.
Then, all of a sudden…
BOOM!
In her 'fast walking' Natsuki accidentally collided with someone.
That certain someone had the decency to not just walk away and not apologize, so that person got up, dusted herself and turned back to say sorry to Natsuki.
Normally, the raven hair girl would have acted rationally, considering that she was avoiding someone and did not want to be seen here, and just accepted, perhaps she might have gave a 'sorry' herself, but, as if upon instinct, she yelled out the moment she saw who it was that she bumped into.
"STALKER!!!"
Looks of disbelief, confusion, and somewhat irritation were evident on the 'stalker's' and the author's faces but that was by far not the major problem for either one of them at the time.
Due to a certain person's exclamation of a stalker being present, the other movie stars, executives, CEOs, and many other important people all were thrown into chaos.
Everyone looked around at all the others, trying to find this 'stalker' in the crowd and soon enough the security guards would come.
The worst out of all the many problems was that two particular individuals were slowly but certainly locking on to their targets or at least getting closer to their 'onee-sama' and 'Nat-chan'.
The two targets were facing each other but even after the loud claim Natsuki made the two were not looking at each other in fear but they were looking past the other at their annoyance.
In all the confusion and chaos Natsuki and Shizuru both tried to move out of their seeker's range.
Unfortunately, when Natsuki tried to escape to her right, Shizuru tried to escape to her left, resulting in another collision between the two.
They got quickly up, stared at the other for a quick second, their minds filling with annoyance, and tried again.
This time Natsuki went to her left and Shizuru to her right, the outcome of this was the same as the last.
Time was running low for the two soon to be hunted prays and this was not getting them anywhere.
The hunters were closing on them and it was only time until the targets would be in plain sight.
In the heat of the moment, or in frustration, the raven hair girl did something unexpected.
She took hold of THE Fujino's hand and dragged her off, out on to the balcony, which coincidentally, as if fated by god, was empty at that instant.
For Fujino Shizuru, running into the same person not once, not twice, but three times, was not her definition of fun.
Being branded a stalker then being dragged off to some isolated balcony was even less so.
However, she did not complain since it did help her escape from her stalker, and yes, this time the person being called a stalker really deserved the infamous title that Shizuru herself was christened with by a certain raven hair girl.
The giver that granted Shizuru the name, as the star observed, had on a face that screams 'Yes!' with a touch of relieve on it, the same one Shizuru would have on because she was spared the pleasure of entertaining Tomoe if she did not have on her near perfect mask.
After a few more seconds of silence, which allowed the two to have some time to regain their breath, crimson eyes twinkled with mischief and it was decided that it was time for so payback.
Yes, she wanted payback for calling her a stalker, but she would soon discover the entertainment in what she was about to do, that it might become a habit that would cause embarrassment to the raven hair girl in the near future.
"Ara, so after calling me a stalker, Natsuki-chan has the nerve to kidnap me? If only she would have asked me I would have gladly gone with her. At least that way she wouldn't have to tackle me three times just to get me here."
Shizuru mercilessly teased, using Natsuki's name because she picked it up in her conversation with Mai, the girl at the café that was also Natsuki's friend and adding 'chan' to it just to add to the effect.
And to add to the effect it did.
While she was not used to being tease and hated, it could not be helped, considering who her friends were and who she works, for but teasing and adding 'chan' to her name, by none other than her 'stalker'?!
It was the last straw for the green eyed hair writer.
"WHAT?!?! Kidnap you?! Oh please! Why the hell would I kidnap you? If it was the other way around somehow I wouldn't be surprised but me?! Kidnap you?! Yeah, I have plenty of time to just go around and kidnap people like you!! In your dreams!!"
Natsuki fired back furiously, each of her words dripping with sarcasm although her face was graced by a light pink shade, whether from anger or embarrassment.
Though the star had only meant it as a playful tease done just for the sake of entertaining herself based only a tad bit on revenge the raven hair girl was not helping her keep her calm graceful mask on.
"Well, excuse me. As I recall, I wasn't the one who assaulted someone three times and pulled them out here. Not to mention the fact that I wasn't the one who wanted to shoot someone with a gun just for walking into a café."
Crimson red eyes staring down into emerald green ones with a dangerous gleam as the other did the same if not more fierce.
The air dropped at least down to 0 degrees, it was as cold as the arctic air that could send shivers down anyone's spine, paralyzing them with unspeakable terrors.
Unfortunately, neither of the two girls felt that, for in each pair of eyes the flame of anger and hate were fueled by the sight of the other.
Both challenging the other to make the first move and it would be the other's last.
In the end the one who rose to oppose the dare was the courageous and fearless writer.
Huff!
"Whatever, and drop the 'chan'. Later or hopefully never, stalker freak."
And so Natsuki left and reentered the party before the chestnut hair girl could reply.
Little did the famous author know that karma was there waiting for her.
The moment she stepped into plain sight it happened.
"OoOoOohhhh!!! Nat-chan! I didn't know that you liked to go to these parties!!!"
Moments later after receiving such rude insults, Shizuru was left enraged.
However, not only did she not show it but all that was shown in the rage's place was an eerie smile, the psychotic type, all-the-more scarier when accompanied by her near perfect mask.
It was time to leave unless she wanted to give some of her fans scars for life, Shizuru decided.
She walked out to the party taking the same path as Natsuki did, in more than one way.
The star was greeted with a frightening sight.
Her fear was talking to her producer but that would not be for long.
Upon seeing THE Fujino Shizuru, the 'thing' rushed to her.
"Shizuru-onee-sama!!"
Now that the two have been spotted by their fears the other was set aside so that their mind may be prepared to face a worse existence.
Though it was too bad for them, for their fears would not be the last of their troubles when the time comes.
Just like how a storm is, while it may seem strong at first there's always the calm part.
Then just when you think it's all over, the time for the eye of the storm comes.
Old friends meet new ones and new bonds are forced to be made when publisher and producer meets.
Author's Notes:
Wow! Finally it's up!!! :)
Sorry it took forever to finish since my break was so short I mean they let you off so late and then right after New Year they make you come back! Sigh. Oh well, at least chapter 6 is up.
I'll warn you all now though, the next chapter will take at least one week to write and that's the fastest, sorry. :(
But I'll tell you what; if you can help me come up with ideas for the next chapter then it'll help me write faster. Also reviews/comments/suggestions/opinions/ect are also helpful, they allow me to see if I'm on the right track so please share what you think, anything is good.
P.S. Do you think that Shizuru and Natsuki should keep this up for a little longer or do you think they should be friendly soon?