CHAPTER 07! *I found out why the computer is messed up ad won't et me type: It has something to do with DAVID!*
The boy's plan, begins..?
~A.N: I'm tired! ~ But, I'm attempting to continue to write LHTTT for you guys. And at times, I might do little short stories at the end of the stories (that's a mouth full, I know xD), so watch for tiny stories! YAY! X3 And also, I might begin doing P.O.V's for the other characters, but for now, here's Luke's P.O.V! (P.S: It talks about Luke's past, Hikari's past, and the shark tooth necklace, so pay VERY close attention!)~
I couldn't believe that I just hugged Hikari… MY BEST FRIEND! I know we've done it a bunch of times but… this is just WEIRD! Gah! I should have never given her the gift!
"Luke? You ok?" Hikari said, and I blinked a few times and focused back on her. I think this day dreaming stuff Hikari does is contagious, because it's spreading to me!
"Oh, huh? Y-yeah, I'm fine Hikari. No need to worry. I-I just gotta… go! Yeah! Pop's gonna get mad if I'm not back at the shop soon! Bye Hikari!" I stammered, and I mentally face palmed myself. I'm such an idiot when it comes to girls, even for Hikari.
"Oh, ok Luke. But thanks for the present," Hikari said, and gave me her perfect smile. Not just an 'I never even wanted this gift' or 'what is this?' smile, but a genuine Hikari smile, complete with dimples. I could feel my cheeks heating up, but I quickly turned away.
"N-No problem, Hiki…" I stammered, messing up her hair as she giggled, and I saw that her hair was in a ponytail, not a braid.
"Hey, Hiki?" I asked, my eyes still focused on her ponytail, but I saw from the corner of my eye that she was staring at me.
"Yeah, Luke?" She said, and I pointed to her ponytail, and she blushed and looked at the ground. "Oh, well, I- well, you see… I can't braid…" Hikari whimpered, and I smirked. Even after 4 years, Hikari was still Hikari.
"Come on, turn around. I'll braid it for you… again." I sighed, and she twirled around like I said, and I saw her hair was a rat's nest, complete with what looked like live rats.
'I may be no expert in hair, but, YIKES!' I thought, flinching at the rat's nest of hair, and saw that (thankfully) they weren't real rats, but a small bird's nest literally stuck in her hair.
"H-Hiki… Why is there a bird's nest in your hair!?" I questioned, and Hikari's ears turned a bright pink, and that happened whenever she was embarrassed.
"Well, you see, the other day, I was helping a bird rebuild her nest and… her old one got stuck in my hair." She complained, and I sighed, grabbing a brush and gently running it through her hair, all the more while humming Romeo and Cinderella.
I could hear her humming softly as well, and she couldn't help but sing the song I had taught her years ago. Her voice was like caramel, sweet and always gently flowing…. Wait, why am I thinking like that!? GAH!
After I finally pushed away the thought of her voice like caramel, I quickly and accurately braided her hair, which she smiled at when I showed her that I had gotten the bird's nest out of her hair.
"Thanks Luke! This is the best birthday present I could ask for! ~" Hikari squealed as she hugged me (again), and I grinned, but quickly, my smile disappeared.
"Shoot! Pops is gonna KILL me when he finds out I wasn't home for dinner in time!" I squeaked, and gave Hikari one last hug, and bolted from her house, grinning like a mad man. I had just made Hikari the happiest girl in the world, and that was my present to her from the bottom of my heart.
~Nyan!~
"LUKE! GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!"Pops screamed up to me from my room, and I shuddered. I knew I was about to get in big trouble since I barely made it home in time for dinner… for the 5th time this week.
The last 4 times I wasn't here, I was busy chopping wood for a barn we were gonna build for Cain and Renee, but in the end, they decided they didn't need a new barn. So, there was my last 4 days, a complete waste of my time. And today, it was obviously an accident I forgot to leave Hikari's early! I swear!
"C-coming Pops!" I stammered, and I was practically sweating buckets. I can't help it if I fear my dad! He scares the crap outta me! When I was little, I accidentally broke my mom's favorite vase, and my dad had such a big rage attack, he went outside and broke a rock. With his BARE HANDS! Ever since then, I've feared him terribly.
When I slowly descended the stairs down to the shop, I saw my Pops. Strangely, he didn't look upset one bit. So why had he screamed at me?
"W-what's up P-Pops?" I stammered, and Pops… smiled at me? Ok, he's just scaring the crap outta me with that smile!
"Luke, your friends are here. You're gonna hang out with 'em tonight. Now go get your bags ready. Don't let 'em wait too long." Pops said, and he left the shop and into the kitchen, probably to finish off my plate of food that I forgot to eat.
"LUKE!~" A girly voice squealed at me, and in a flash of purple, I was tackled by the cross dresser, Julius, down to the ground.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" I cried, Julius's sharp, girl like finger nails digging into my flesh. "GET OFF!" I cried, and Julius immediately hopped off of me, giggling like a girl.
"Sorry Luke. I was just so excited!~" Julius squealed, and Chase groaned behind him, face-palming himself because of Julius's actions.
"Sorry about him, Luke. Gill forced me to bring him to come and pick you up." Chase sighed, and I laughed. Gill always forced Chase to bring Julius along everywhere he went.
"So," Chase continued, "Julius and I will be waiting outside for you. Come outside when you're ready." Chase sighed, grabbing Julius by the collar and dragging him outside.
"Alright! Be out in a bit, Chasey!" I called out to Chase, and he waved at me without looking over his shoulder, and continued outside as Julius was crying for his lawyer to tell Chase he wasn't allowed to do this.
As I quickly packed my bag with all my favorite clothes, I added a few things: A picture with Hikari and I on it; I could never sleep without it near me. My favorite axe; who says that we wouldn't go choppin' some trees!? And lastly, my shark tooth necklace. I never explained to anyone why I ever brought it… it always brought back painful memories…
*Flashback to 8 years ago*
"Mom! MOM!MOM!"I cried out, clutching my mom's cold, lifeless hand. I was trembling insanely, but I wasn't the slightest bit cold. She had, in my dad's case; 'passed out and won't wake up'.
"Luke, she isn't gonna wake up…" My dad said, putting his large hand on my right shoulder, but I pushed him away and ran out of the bright white room with medical stuff. I ran away from my pain… I ran from my mom.
"She will wake up! SHE WILL!" I cried as I raced out the door, Irene and Jin sadly gazing at me as I raced out the door of the clinic. I ran all the to Hikari's house, slamming on the door, tears streaming down my cheeks now.
"Luke..? What's the-"Hikari said, but stopped when she saw me crying. I clung onto her shirt and sobbed for what seemed like forever. She noticed how troubled I was and led me into her house and set me down on the couch.
"My… My mommy…. S-she won't wake up!" I cried, sobbing into the lush green couch, and Hikari rubbed my back.
"Luke, if this makes you feel any better, I lost my baby brother when he was just born…" Hikari sighed, and I looked up into her shiny silver eyes, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
When Hikari's baby brother, Rio, was just born, he was sick with a terrible flu, and no one knew how to treat him. So in the five minutes of his short life span, he suffered greatly, causing Hikari's family and her to be in great pain no sooner after he died.
Hikari and I sat there mourning, until my dad came to pick me up, but before I left, Hikari gave me something special; a shark tooth necklace.
"This was supposed to be Rio's… but you can have it Luke! I'll feel better to know someone has this… 'kay?" She said, and I nodded, and slipped it on over my bandana. It fit perfectly.
"Thanks, Hiki." I said, hugging her, and I've always kept this necklace with me since then…
*Present time*
I shook my head, and sighed. That terrible memory always seemed to bug me a lot lately…
"Come on Luke! Hurry up!" Chase cried up to me, and I bolted out of my second day dream today.
"Comin'!" I cried, and raced down the stairs with my bag and crashed into Chase with both of us now lying on the floor.
"Ow..." We both groaned, and quickly got up. "You didn't have to come down immediately!" Chase groaned, glaring and me, and I chuckled.
"Sorry 'bout that, Captain Buzz kill." I said, and Chase's face turned bright red, which meant he was furious.
"What was that, Hiki lover?" Chase teased, and I growled. I absolutely hated it when he teased me about Hikari. Only he knew that I visited Hikari almost every day since the war, so he always blackmailed me about Hikari.
"Oh, it's on!" I screamed, and Chase squealed and ran outside, and I went chasing after him, with Julius on our tails, squealing about how he was gonna give all the boys makeovers and manicures, which led to both me and Chase to run even faster to get away from Julius until we reached the Sundae Inn.
~Nyan!~
As Chase, Julius, and I ran up the stairs in the inn, Yolanda was yelling at us that we were disturbing the customers. In return, Chase and I stuck out our tongues at her, getting a gasp from the cook.
"Sorry, Yolanda! Anyways, have a nice day! And sometime, I should give you a makeover as well!~" Julius cooed out to Yolanda, and I tried to restrain from laughing. It didn't work.
"Humph! You two were rather rude!" Julius complained, but Chase rolled his eyes at him. He was calling usrude!? He was the one that said he had to give Yolanda a makeover!
"So? She's Maya's aunt, so Maya can get me and you guys outta trouble. No worries!" Chase laughed, but Julius scowled at him. Since we were at war with the girls, we weren't allowed to say the enemy's names, even if one of us was secretly dating them (catch my flow?).
"You're late." A voice said to us as we raced to the door to one of the rooms in the inn where all the boys were going to sleep, and saw Mr. Pompous Rich Boy glaring at us from the doorpost.
"Oh, sorry, your royal pompous-ness, but we…. Jokers… were having a bit of fun." Chase said, smirking, and I stifled back a laugh. His royal pompous-ness over there was going in the face, so he huffed and went over to his sleeping bag.
"Nice on, Chasey!" I laughed, hitting Chase on the back, and he winced. I always hit everyone I knew more than I should, but I can't help it! I'm like Owen; I don't know my own strength.
"Oh, hello Chase, Julius, Luke. When did you guys arrive?" A calm voice asked, and we turned around and saw Jin with a teal green sleeping bag over his right shoulder, a serious expression on his face.
"Hey, Jin, we arrived just now! Did you just get here too?" I asked, and Jin nodded. He seemed like the older brother type, even though none of us were related, and he was only 3 years older than us. Still, I always felt a lot calmer around him.
"LUKE!" A voice called, and I turned around, only to get tackled by Calvin and Owen, the first and third biggest in our group.
"OW! GET OFF! Chase, HELP!" I cried, but I then saw Chase off to the side, smirking at me with Julius, no surprise. I glared at the two, but it seemed like no one would help me now.
"Get off him." An annoyed voice with an irritated tone said, and we all turned to see Gill glaring at all of us with Toby behind him.
"S-sorry 'bout that, Luke, but Calvin and I were just so excited to see you!" Owen said, grabbing me into a tight hug and squeezing me, feeling like all the air had rushed out of my body.
"I-I-It's ok. J-just let… go." I managed to say, and Owen quickly realized he was crushing me, and stepped back, allowing me to breathe.
"Sorry, again!" Owen cried, and everyone else laughed except for Gill and Jin.
"Now, we have to get to work." Gill stated, and everyone groaned (other than Jin. What is with that guy, he has, like, no emotions!?).
"But we just got here!" I complained, dropping my sleeping bag on the floor and flopped on top of it.
"Too bad Luke. Anyways, I already have it all planned out, and all I need now for it to work is…" Gill blabbered on, and everyone sat down in a circle.
Since we were at war with the girls, we had sleepovers occasionally to plan out our pranks on the girls, and this one was the biggest one yet. We were going to 'surrender' to the girls in the courtyard in front of the town hall, while Owen and I would hide in the bushes of flowers and soak the girls with ice cold water.
I could barely pay attention to Gill, as my mind kept drifting back to Hikari. The present I had given her this morning had been a small, hand carven chick, made by yours truly, and had a small red collar on its neck with a bell attached. It was the perfect present for Hikari.
"Luke." A voice called out to me, breaking me out of yet another day dream, and I saw everyone was looking at me worriedly.
"H-huh!? W-what is it, G-Gill?" I stammered, and Gill rolled his eyes.
"We were all agreeing that the plan was good, and that we'd do it. Are you in?" Gill asked, and I could feel my hands getting clammy.
"Well, I-"I began, but then Yolanda burst into the room with a small tray of food in her hands. Thank the Goddess!
"Dinner's ready, kids!" Yolanda cooed, and placed the tray of tarts onto the ground in the middle of the circle, a small tart on the plate for all 8 of us. One had blueberries on top for Gill, banana slices on one for me, orange slices on one for Chase, herbs on one for Jin, a berry berry on one for Toby, apple slices on one for Calvin, raspberries on one for Julius, and strawberry slices on one for Owen.
We all cheered and dug in, and no sooner than a second had we all finished ours, except for Gill, Julius, and Jin.
"You boys are disgusting!" Julius cried, and Chase and I laughed at Julius, while Jin and Gill were content on eating their tarts.
"Lights out, all of you!" Yolanda shouted up to us, and we all groaned, exception for Jin and Gill.
"Aw! But I was going to give you all makeovers!" Julius cried, and magically pulled a bottle of eyeliner from his pajama pocket.
"Goodnight!" I cried, terrified of what Julius would do to me for a makeover, and plopped onto my pillow, my eyelids heavy.
"Night." Chase said, as he got up from his orange sleeping bag and turned off the lights, the only light coming from the full moon outside.
"I wonder how Hikari is…" I mumbled, brought out the picture of her and me from my pillowcase, held it close to me, and silently drifted off to a dreamless sleep.
~A.N: Sorry for the long wait! My brother would NOT get off the computer. Hopefully, I'll get my own computer soon, so I can write my stories faster! :D Anyways, thank you all for reviewing my story, and I hope write even more later! And this chapter is almost 3K words, and I'm so enthusiastic! And since I'm bored, I would like to do a small bio about myself;
I'm _ years old, or almost old enough to watch PG-13 movies, my favorite color is purple, my favorite band is the Vocaloids and Utaloids, my favorite Vocaloid is Len Kagamine, and my favorite Utaloid is Teto Kasane, my favorite song is Meltdown by Rin Kagamine, my favorite movie is The Secret World of Arriety, and my favorite video game is Golden Sun, Dark Dawn.
Now that you guys know a bit more about 'lil old me, I can't wait to see your reviews! Until next time, my trust viewers! :D
Seagull195~
