Yay another chapter within a week to make up for my lack of updates. So I was a bit stumped about what I was going to have Tomo do and decided this seemed to fit her character. Hope you enjoy and review because receiving that oh so special email that informs me I have a new review brings such a big smile to my face. :DD
Dislcaimer: I don't own Azumanga Daioh or it's characters. But one can wish.
The phone rang repeatedly, signaling that someone wished to speak to her. Picking up the phone in the kitchen on the fourth ring, Kaorin answered with a very soft, "Hello?"
"Kaorin? I think you should be on the look out for Tomo," Yomi hastily said.
"What? Why?"
"Well, she came and barged into my room and asked me if I had written the letters. I said no of course, and she left. But the look on her face told me she'll stop at nothing to find out who wrote them."
Kaorin was silently panicking. She was beginning to regret writing those letters in the first place. Why couldn't she have just kept the crush to herself, like she did with her crush on Sakaki? But the thing was, her crush on Tomo was unlike her crush on Sakaki. She just couldn't keep it to herself, it was too much for her. "Kaorin?"
Kaorin was snapped back to reality. "Huh?"
"I said, what are you going to do?"
"Oh, I don't know. Probably nothing, making a scene would be suspicious."
Yomi murmured a low agreement. "Well, I just thought I'd inform you of this. I have to finish my homework. See you at school.."
"Yeah, bye." And with that, Kaorin hung up the phone and went back to her room. As she lay in bed, she was thinking whether or not she wanted Tomo to know it was her who liked her. Sure it would lift a great weight off her shoulders, but what if Tomo thought it was gross, or laughed and called her ugly. Kaorin couldn't handle a rejection like that. With these thoughts, Kaorin slowly fell asleep.
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Tomo had decided to stay at Kagura's place to play video games for a few hours. But once they had completed two games, Tomo became silent and closed her eyes for a while. Seemingly asleep. "Exactly when do you plan on leaving Tomo?" Kagura asked as she glanced at the clock on the mini table next to her bed. It read 11:45.
"Just as soon as I come up with a plan of action." Tomo was laying on the floor at the foot of Kagura's bed, gently kicking it.
"A plan? For what?"
"Well since Kaorin likes me and all, I've decided to mess with her mind a little." Tomo's grin scared Kagura.
"Why?"
Tomo was silent for a few seconds before simply saying, "It'll be fun." Kagura didn't put any deep thought into the situation. She figured it was just like Tomo to cause hell for people.
Kagura chuckled and said, jokingly, "Why go through so much trouble? It's like you like her back or something."
Tomo's eyes widened. She didn't know exactly how she felt about Kaorin. Tomo thought of her as a bit cute, the way she seemed to over react for some situations. Truth be told, no one had ever told her that they liked her. Of course, Tomo had a few crushes of her own, once on Yomi, once on Sakaki, even Kagura, but no one had ever had a crush on her. And the fact that now someone did, made Tomo secretly happy. As a blush threatened to creep up on her face, Tomo quietly said, "Wh-what gives you that idea?"
Kagura noticed Tomo's sudden awkwardness, and finally caught on. "Oh...my...God," she said slowly. "You do like her back! Wow, this is better than Halo 3!"
"No I don't!"
Kagura laughed and threw a pillow at Tomo. "I'm not an idiot, Tomo." Tomo, looking from underneath the pillow, raised an eyebrow. "My grades may say otherwise, though...either way, it's written all over your face that you like her back."
Tomo threw the pillow back at Kagura. "Liar." Kagura ducked, and the pillow missed. "I'm going home."
"It's about time." Tomo began to crawl out of Kagura's window, a habit from visiting Yomi almost everyday, when she remembered they were on the second floor of Kagura's house just as she was about to set her foot down. Tomo quickly crawled back in. "Geez, you're gonna get yourself killed one of these days." Kagura jumped off the bed she was propped on and lead Tomo to the front door. "See you tomorrow. Oh, and don't worry...I won't tell anyone about your crush on Kaorin," Kagura giggled.
"Hey! I-" Kagura closed the door right in Tomo's face. Tomo let out a small "humph", shoved her hands into the pockets of her sweater, and began her journey home. "I don't like Kaorin...do I?"
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To Kagura's surprise the next day, Tomo was at the school before her, sitting in front of the gate on the ground...reading? Confused, Kagura approached Tomo and saw she was reading a manga. After waiting a minute, or two, she kicked Tomo's leg. "Hey, what you doing here so early? And why aren't you in the school?" Kagura asked when Tomo looked up.
"Kagura!" Tomo threw the manga in her backpack and jumped up. "Just the woman I wanted to see! I've come up with the greatest plan to mess with Kaorin's mind." Tomo snickered to herself.
"Honestly, why go through so much trouble? Just tell her you like-"
Tomo silenced Kagura by placing her finger over her mouth. "Don't question the great Tomo." Moving away from Kagura, Tomo continued. "As I was saying, I've come up with the greatest plan to mess with Kaorin's mind. But I need your help."
"No way, I've already caused enough trouble for her by helping you find out she's the one who likes you." Kagura began to walk away.
"I'll give you my Dead or Alive 4."
Kagura stopped and turned to face Tomo. "Hey, you owe me that game to begin with. You broke mine."
Tomo crossed her arms. "But still, your mom hasn't found out it's broken has she? Imagine how mad she'll be when someone mysteriously tells her she spent 6500 yen for nothing."
Tomo may be an idiot, but she sure knows how to corner a person, Kagura thought. "You're evil, you know that?"
"So you'll help me?"
Kagura adjusted the backpack on her shoulders. She finally sighed. "Sure."
What is Tomo's plan? Who knows? It's Tomo after all. Don't forget to review.
