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You're Not So Bad
Chapter 7
Botan confusedly stared at the two strangers' surprised faces and couldn't help but wonder who they were. Shuichi seemed to know them, but as much as she wanted to ask him, she doubted this was the right time.
Another thought occurred to her.
Then again, if he did know who they were, that would mean that the redhead was now apparently caught red-handed hugging a girl and judging from the look on the other two's faces, they obviously had not expected they would ever see Shuichi in this kind of situation. Which meant that Shuichi had some...well, explaining to do.
Shuichi, on the other hand, was growing paler and paler with each passing second. Oh god, why now? Of all times, why now?! Not to mention, in front of Yusuke and Keiko! What was he supposed to do now? No doubt his two friends would ask him a lot of questions later on. He silently hoped they wouldn't though, because he didn't really know how to answer, but that chance was pretty slim.
He didn't notice he still hadn't let go of Botan though.
Keiko's shock died down sooner than Yusuke's did. Nodding her head slowly, her brown eyes now darted to the girl in Shuichi's arms. "Uh, nice to see you too, Shuichi..." Although the brunette was addressing to her friend, her gaze was still focused on the azure-haired teen. The only thing that went through her head was:
Who was she and why was Shuichi hugging her?!
But then, as soon as the shock died down from his system, Yusuke's look was replaced by a snicker. "Well, well, well! Now what do we have here!"
Shuichi wanted to slap himself.
He could already tell this wasn't going to end well for him...
He watched as the delinquent walked closer to where they were – completely forgetting about his now empty soda can. "I'm Yusuke Urameshi, one of Shuichi's best friends! And who might you be?"
Botan would've thought he was friendly if Yusuke hadn't wriggled his eyebrows at her.
Nonetheless, she still answered in what she hoped was a cheerful voice. "I'm Botan. It's nice to meet you!"
Yusuke nodded his head happily – too happily for Shuichi's own taste, if I might add. "Right, right." Turning his head to look at his girlfriend, Yusuke tilted his head to Shuichi and Botan, as if signaling that she should come closer. Keiko would've frown at his sudden change of behavior, but she knew him all too well and he probably had something in his mind, so she did as she was told to. After she was close enough, the delinquent let his arms slid around the brunette's waist and added, "And this is my girlfriend, Keiko. She's also Shuichi's friend."
Botan waved a hand at the other girl. "Hi, the name's Botan!" A big smile was plastered on her face as she said this.
Keiko smiled, nodding her head once. "Hello, Botan. Pleasure to meet you." Well, the girl seemed friendly enough, didn't she? Although she was taken by surprise when she saw Shuichi hugging someone, Keiko was actually starting to take a liking on Botan a bit. Oh, who knows! Maybe they would be close friends! The brunette couldn't help but gush – inwardly, of course – at the thought. That would be just great, wouldn't it!
"So, uh... What are you guys doing?" Wait, did that snicker on Yusuke face widen slightly?
For a fleeting moment, Botan saw Shuichi's face contorted in something between a frown and exasperated look but as fast as it had appeared, it was gone from her sight and the said boy was now sporting a smile on his face. But he didn't answer Yusuke's question; instead he just stood there with that smile and Botan, seeing as he wasn't going to, replied, "Um, hanging out...?"
Okay, that seriously didn't sound convincing.
"Yeah, sure you are..." Yusuke agreed, but Botan couldn't help but catch on the sarcasm dripping in his voice as he did. The delinquent averted his attention to the redhead. "So, I guess snuggling in public is called 'hanging out' for you, huh, Shuichi?"
Shuichi's smile twitched.
He opened his mouth to retaliate but was cut off by Keiko who apparently decided to say something that made him feel even more embarrassed. "Speaking of that, Shuich...uh...don't you think you should let go of her already?"
He had first blinked when those words left the brunette's lips but caught on what she meant when he darted his eyes to Botan. Blood immediately rushed to his face, and he quickly pulled away from her.
Shuichi then turned to look at his two friends with what he was hoping was a calm expression, but failed miserably as the blush only deepened slightly and he stuttered, "T-this is not what you guys think!"
"Right..." Keiko and Yusuke nodded their heads slowly, but the redhead could easily tell the sarcasm in their voices and not to mention, they were also sporting an equal sarcastic expression on their faces.
Shuichi wanted to bang his head against a wall.
Botan though, had her lips quirked up in amusement at the scene in front of her.
Oh, this was just hilarious. Utterly hilarious.
"You know Shuichi, I thought you were gay. I mean, you've never liked a girl before," Yusuke started and glanced at Botan for a moment before returning his gaze back to the other male. "But, I guess I was wrong."
"Yusuke! You're misunderstanding the whole thing! She's not my girlfriend!" Shuichi denied, waving his arms frantically.
"Uh-huh," Keiko nodded her head, "like anyone would believe that."
An exasperated groan. "Keiko!"
"You should've told us earlier that you have a girlfriend," the delinquent added.
"Yeah, it's not like we'd be angry if you did." And the brunette had apparently agreed.
"I told you, she's not my girlfriend!"
The both of them stared at him with sardonically. "Yeah, right."
Botan wanted to bang her head on the ground and laugh her soul out.
Shuichi's eyes visibly twitched. "Guys, please," he spoke, trying to sound as patient as possible but that was proven hard as his tone only sounded like he was ready to push someone off the building.
Probably Keiko and Yusuke.
The said couple just grinned at him, even though they had heard the pissed off tone he had used and was about to say something else but seeing the mixed exasperated and embarrassed look on their friend's face – they knew him well enough to know they should not push him too far, they decided to drop it off. Well, just for a while.
The gelled haired teen crossed his arms behind his head. "Anyway, I guess we'll stop talking about it," he said nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders and Shuichi heaved out a sigh of relief... only to groan when Yusuke teasingly added, "for now."
Shuichi resisted the urge to groan. "Oh, don't," he grumbled under his breath.
Keiko nodded her head vigorously. "Yeah! We'll continue this conversation later," she agreed and when she saw that her boyfriend was walking away, she followed him, "Let's just have fun, for now."
Shuichi once again sigh only to blink when the two of them stopped in their tracks and Yusuke shouted over his shoulder, "Hey, you guys coming or not?"
"Eh?" Botan pointed a finger to herself. "Does he mean me, too?"
"What do you think, genius?" he sarcastically responded, and before Botan could say anything else, Shuichi grabbed her hand in his and began to pull her with him as they sauntered over to where Yusuke and Keiko were.
The first ride they went to was the carrousel. Well, not actually going there, it was only the first ride they happened to pass by to. The girls were been excited, Yusuke wanted to vomit while staring at the circling thing and Shuichi? Well, he just stared at it nonchalantly, and after mentally calculating the speed of the ride and realizing that it would give them no fun (except probably the girls), he backed out – along with Yusuke.
After a while, Botan and Keiko got bored of the carrousel and decided to find something else to ride. While they were walking away from the revolving thing, Yusuke immediately noticed the ginormous Roller Coaster, and he grinned. For some reason, he wanted to see his poker faced friend, Shuichi scream like a scared little girl while riding that frightening thing.
"Hey guys, let's ride that one!" the delinquent exclaimed, wearing the most mischievous grinning face he could ever imagine and pointing at the 50 feet Roller Coaster. 'I want to see your soul abandon your body in mid-air, pretty boy!'
Botan gushed. "Oh my gosh, I've always wanted to try that!"
"Yeah, me too!" Keiko agreed, and both girls jumped, going ballistic at the thought of riding it.
A sweatdrop formed at the back of Yusuke's head. Wow, girls really do go crazy when they're at parks, don't they... Deciding to ignore the squealing females, he turned his attention to the redhead. "What about you, Shuichi? You're gonna join us, right?"
Shuichi eyed the Roller Coaster for a few moments before looking at that same old nonchalant face. Then he grinned. "Sure."
Yusuke had the words "What the hell" written all over his face.
Why did he look calm when he said that?
'I want to see the color drain from your pretty face, dammit!' He thought in frustration.
Most people would wonder, Yusuke...are you really that desperate to watch him scream?
Well, people, the answer is yes. Yes, he was.
"What are you waiting for, boys? Come on!" Botan giggled.
"If you're just going to stand there, then we're going to leave you, ya know!" Keiko playfully threatened.
After that, the two girls literally sprinted for the Roller Coaster.
A chuckle erupted from Shuichi's lips. "Okay, ladies!" With that said, he trudged over to where the ride was.
Yusuke muttered a string of curses under his breath, before staring – more like glaring – at his back. After a few moments of trying to burn a hole into the redhead's back, a smirk slowly found its way to his lips. 'Oh well, maybe you're not scared now but I'm sure you'll be screaming for your mommy soon!' Insert evil laugh here.
"I wonder what Botan-chan and Shuichi are doing..." Shiori said thoughtfully as she stared at her strawberry parfait.
Yukio resisted the urge to slam his face on the table.
Really, his darling was nice... Almost perfect, even. But, at times he had to wonder if she would ever stop worrying about the two teenagers. It was almost as if every time they would go on a date, and leave Shuichi and Botan alone at home, she would always open the topic about the kids. Seriously, it was tiring to say the least. Not that he didn't like that she was worrying about them or anything – it showed him that she was a compassionate woman – but sometimes he'd get pretty annoyed by it because at times, it would cut the time of what he dubbed, "lovey-dovey time".
Despite that, he still answered her. "Darling, please stop fretting."
Shiori looked up from the parfait. "But, what if something happens?"
"Remember last time when you thought that? Nothing happened, right?" Yukio reminded her.
She tilted her head at the memory. "Yes, I remember that," then she frowned, "but what if something bad really happens this time?"
"If that happens, I'm sure Shuichi can take care of himself, and Botan, too."
"I know that but, I can't help but worry about them..."
He smiled at her and reached for her hand, squeezing it and she looked at their joined hands before returning her gaze to him. "Listen, I'm sure Botan and Shuichi wants some time alone to themselves too, okay? Stop worrying, or you'll get wrinkles," he reassured her, jokingly adding the last sentence.
Shiori's face brightened but she playfully replied, "I already have wrinkles."
A small laugh escaped Yukio's lips at her words. "Maybe, but you still look beautiful to me."
She blushed beet red at the compliment, a shy smile slowly appearing on her face. "Oh, stop making me red!"
He once again laughed, but this time it was louder, and she playfully punched his shoulder.
You all remember when Yusuke said Shuichi would scream like hell as soon as he got on the Roller Coaster?
Well,
that didn't happen.
The redhead seemed like he enjoyed going on the ride very, very much really – heck, the delinquent had never seen his friend had this much fun before. And frankly, he didn't know if he was supposed to feel pissed off that the ride didn't manage to scare Shuichi or to feel glad that he was enjoying himself that much. Maybe it was the former, or the latter. Maybe both.
Also, Yusuke didn't know how many times they had gone on that ride already. Apparently, Shuichi seemed to be having too much fun and kept forcing them to go again and again – Yusuke backed out, of course, since he had decided that he had enough of the Roller Coaster after the third time. But the girls still joined Shuichi.
"Whoo-hoo!" Shuichi raised his arms in a sort of victory way and an expression of excitement and joy beyond definitions was on his face. "That is the best thing that I have ever experienced in my entire life!" Turning around to look at his two companions – Keiko and Botan, the redheaded genius went on, "Let's go again!"
The two females could've sworn they almost puked, their faces draining of color at what he suggested – well, not that much of a suggestion because he would pretty much force them again.
"I-I think I'll pass, Shuichi..." Keiko answered truthfully, her voice sounded slightly muffled, as if she was going to vomit any second. "I don't think I'm up for a seventh ride on that thing..."
Shuichi blinked at her, like he was wondering why she would even turn down another ride. But, he shrugged it off. Oh well, whatever. It didn't matter that much to him. Nothing was going to stop him though. So he turned his attention to Botan. "What about you, neko-chan? Are you coming with me?" He didn't know what got him into calling her with that name again, but he liked how it rolled off his tongue. Neko-chan, neko-chan, neko-chan...
Yusuke almost snickered at the nickname. Keiko, on the other hand though, would've heard it if it hadn't been from the barf that was going up her throat.
Botan ignored the nickname – as much as she was irritated that he brought it up, she didn't have the strength to yell angrily at him. It was obvious that she was tired of the Roller Coaster. If she could, she wanted to keep her mouth shut for the rest of the day – just to refrain herself from throwing up. Nonetheless, she forced out a retort, "Do I have to?"
His brows furrowed. "Do you have to? Does it look like you have to? Of course you have too, idiot! I'm not going to go on that ride alone, you hear me?"
Yusuke wanted to laugh when he heard Shuichi call Botan an idiot, but he was too surprised by it to even let his own lips quirk up. He just stared stupidly at his redhead friend. Did the usually calm Shuichi actually called someone – not to mention, a girl, too! – an idiot? It was surprising, really. It didn't take him long to recover from his shock though and a smirk slowly found its way to his lips. 'Ha-ha, this two must really be so close...'
"What if I don't want to?" Botan stubbornly retaliated.
He was practically gawking at what she said but that look was soon replaced by an exasperated expression. "I don't care! You're still going on that thing with me!" As those words left his lips, Shuichi took Botan's hand in a death grip – so that she wouldn't run away – and began to literally drag her to the Roller Coaster.
It took the girl a few moments to comprehend what was happening. "E-eh? Eh? EHHHH?!" Her eyes widened in realization that Shuichi was actually dragging her back to that...that thing! Her face immediately paled at the thought of having to ride it again. Looking over her shoulder to Yusuke, she screamed bloody murder, "Yusuke! SAVE ME!"
And the delinquent would've felt sorry for her if he wasn't too busy laughing his heart out.
"I hate you."
Botan's words came out in a heated tone, her eyes glaring hotly at Shuichi. If only looks could kill... Oh, how she just wanted to burn him until there was nothing left but ashes! Well, maybe not literally, but the idea sounded tempting.
The redhead however, just pretended he didn't notice the death glares she was shooting at him. "Yeah, sure you do," he told her in a monotone voice.
She rolled her eyes and was about to make a smart remark only to pale visibly as the thought Roller Coaster moving in a fast speed suddenly came into her mind. Oh, what the hell? This was going to end soon, right? Might as well get it over with! Plus, it would move slowly at first, right? Right... 'Yeah, it's slow as shit at first but it'll go fast like hell soon, and when that happens...' Botan didn't even want to think about it.
Instead, she darted her eyes to Shuichi who actually looked like...a 7 year old kid... 'Oh, wow. He's all serious when it comes to books but take him for a ride on the Roller Coaster, he'll be like a kid in a candy store.' She sweatdropped at the thought.
But it was good...to see him have this much fun, Botan mused. Shuichi would rarely go out and even if he did, he would never enjoy himself that much. So, she guessed, maybe the whole Roller Coaster thing wasn't bad after all. On the bright side, it brought joy to the redhead next to her.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the thing started to move slowly and even though it hadn't even gone into fast speed yet; Botan could already feel as though she was going to throw up... Oh, it's coming up her throat... What the hell was she supposed to do now?! She didn't want to puke there! Oh god, it's trying to come out now... Ugh-
She immediately forgot about the barf that was practically trying to get out of her mouth when she felt a hand touched hers. It wasn't her other hand, so that meant the hand belonged to... Botan glanced at Shuichi – who had quickly looked away, which meant that he was already looking at her before she realized it.
"Shuichi...?" His name came out as a mere whisper.
The said boy stammered, "I-it's just that, um...you look like you're going to be sick so I-I...I...um..." For what reason was he acting like that, Shuichi himself didn't know. And although he didn't continue his sentence, she already knew what he was trying to say.
And she smiled. A soft, gentle smile. "You just notice that?" she playfully asked.
He scowled at her, but his actions differed the look on his face as he just tightened his grip around her hand. "W-whatever," he stuttered. Okay, he admitted it, he had been too overly excited that he didn't realize she looked as if she was ready to barf any second. But, he wasn't going to admit that to her, now would he? So, he let his ego take over. "It just took me some time to figure that, okay?"
A fit of giggles erupted from her lips, her voice sounding like music to his ears. "Egoistic jerk." Her face brightened slightly. "It's not that hard to figure out."
"Shut up, Botan. I'll strangle you myself if I have to," he threatened, trying to get her to keep her mouth shut. But her response wasn't what he expected; Botan entwined their fingers together, and a small smile was playing on her lips.
Her eyes then met his for what seemed like forever.
And as the Roller Coaster began to moved in a faster pace, he squeezed her hand.
"Oi, Keiko."
The addressed girl turned to look at her boyfriend with eyes slightly narrowed. Now was seriously not a good time to talk to her. She felt a bit sorry for Botan, having to go on a seventh ride on that...fast-paced, always-trying-to-make-people-puke thing. Those six rides she took on the Roller Coaster was starting to make her feel more than nauseous. She had vomited once, but it still felt as though she was about to throw up again.
And Yusuke wasn't helping her either, with his constant "Keiko"s. Keiko that, Keiko this. It was almost as if the delinquent was deliberately trying to worsen her condition by trying to get her to talk, which wasn't a good idea since she felt like the barf would come out of her mouth if she did that. Oh, goddammit, Yusuke! What more do you want from poor Keiko-chan?!
For a moment, she wondered if he was trying to get back at her for forcing him to try out that wedding stall...
But, hey! It wasn't that bad, or anything! She loved it very much, really. It was a fantastic experience for her. But then again, not for Yusuke...
Argh! Whatever!
"What do you want now, Yusuke?" she asked impatiently.
His eyebrows creased at the tone she was using. But, that frown immediately faded away as he thought of his wonderful plan... He snickered at the thought. Oh, he could already imagine their faces in that situation! "Their" as in Botan's and Shuichi's, of course.
Yusuke inwardly laughed evilly, but he tried to keep a straight face – he was far than successful when he just kept grinning though – and asked her back, "Remember that wedding stall we went to earlier today?"
An eyebrow arched at his direction. "What are you getting at?"
He glanced at the 50 feet Roller Coaster before returning his gaze to his girlfriend. "I have an idea..." A light smirk lingered at the corner of his mouth.
"You want us to what?!"
Botan's piercing scream penetrated the two lovebirds' brains but Shuichi – who was pretty used to it by now – just ignored it.
Instead his emerald eyes were glued to Keiko and Yusuke, staring at them in a mix of confusion and shock. He couldn't believe they would even suggest that... His eyes quickly darted to Botan and the girl returned his gaze, before looking away with a deep blush on her face.
Shuichi sweatdropped.
How did it end up this way?
Well, let's just start from the beginning, shall we? Well, you see, after the Roller Coaster ride Botan and Shuichi took, the two teenagers went back to where the other two were but they had been greeted by the sight of a grinning Yusuke and a slightly trying-to-control-her-laughter Keiko. It had been bewildering to see their friends – of course, Botan had just met them that day, but seeing as the four of them spent some time at the amusement park together, I guess they could be counted as her friends, too – act so strangely all of a sudden.
But that confusion had died down as soon as Yusuke said something the both of them had honestly did not expect him to.
He told them to get married at the wedding stall.
It was a ridiculous idea. Completely ridiculous.
Botan was not going to participate in this at all. Especially when it was for other people's entertainment – "other people" here meant Yusuke and Keiko. No, she would not! She wasn't going to! Not even if they blackmailed her! Getting married with Shuichi, and not to mention at a wedding stall in an amusement park? No, no way ho zay! She wouldn't, she wouldn't, she wouldn't, she wouldn't-
"Okay."
Huh?
Botan gave Shuichi a weird look. "Are you fucking serious?"
He glanced at her for a fraction of a second, looked back at Yusuke and Keiko and answered her, "Relax, Botan, how bad could it get?"
She rolled her eyes while trying to focus on not to blush. For what reason she felt the blood rushing to her cheeks were beyond her knowledge. Why was she blushing?! Oh gawd... She tried to cover her red face by sarcastically retorting, "Oh, I don't know. Why don't you tell me? You're the genius here."
A glare was shot at his direction.
Somehow she felt her face was no longer burning.
"Botan, as if being sarcastic is going to help any of us in this situation."
"At least it gives me the satisfaction of venting my anger on you."
"Why are you letting out your frustration on me? It's their idea." Shuichi pointed a finger accusingly at Keiko and Yusuke and they sweatdropped.
"Yeah, but you just agreed to it!"
"I just thought we might as well get this over with. There's no use feeling irritated by it."
"I don't want to." Amethyst eyes narrowed slightly.
"Oh, please." Shuichi rolled his eyes. "Would you do me a favor and just get over this? It's not like it's the end of the world if we do this."
"Would you do me a favor?"
An eyebrow arched. "What?"
"Go fuck yourself."
Botan expected to see a vein popping at the back of Shuichi's head but instead the redhead just gave her that look. Yes, that look. The look he'd always give her when he was going to say something perverted.
And he did.
"No thanks, Botan. I'd rather have a fuck partner, you get me?" He wriggled his eyebrows at her.
Somehow Shuichi forgot Yusuke and Keiko were there.
The couple stared at him with wide eyes and jaws dropped. What happened to the Shuichi they knew?!
A blush crept its way to Botan's cheeks at the dirty meaning behind his words.
"AGH! SHUICHI!"
Botan seriously didn't know how the three got her to agree...
But she did.
"This is unbelievable..." she uttered under her breath, staring back at her reflection in the mirror.
She was wearing off-white french lace gown with an empire waist and cap sleeves. The gown was slim fitted through the bust, waist and hips, making her curves look even more...er, noticeable. There was a rose pink velvet band at the empire waist, with a formed bow at the back of the dress. 'Well, at least I look...uh, pretty good.'
Before she could take anymore time admiring herself in the mirror, Keiko came barging into the dressing room, wearing an excited smile on her face, as if she was the one getting married here.
Oh, wait.
Not that she was actually getting married, either.
This was only pretend.
. . .
God, this felt weird...
Not noticing the frown embedded on Botan's forehead, Keiko pulled her slightly by the arm, ushering her to walk with her and the girl did as she was told to. The brunette grabbed the doorknob, twisted it and Botan couldn't help but give an audible gulp.
Great.
Why was she feeling nervous now?
But as soon as she was out of the dressing room, Botan was greeted by the sight of a (probably) hundreds of people surrounding the wedding stall, an ear-to-ear grinning Yusuke and most astounding of all: Shuichi who stood proudly in his black Jos A. Bank groom clothes.
Oh god, help her... She almost swooned at the sight...
He was just so darn good-looking.
After a while of pretending as if they were in a real wedding (they had even exchanged "I do"s, I think this prove just how far the park is willing to go just to have a grand opening), the words finally sounded:
"You may kiss the bride."
Shuichi reached out and trailed his fingertips gently down Botan's cheek, as their gazes locked. Ignoring the cheering crowd around them, Shuichi slowly brought his fingers to her chin, tilting her head up. His free hand tugged at her hair, fingers entangling around the silky sky-blue locks as his lips finally met hers in a short, simple kiss.
And for a moment, Shuichi couldn't help himself from thinking...
Short and simple...
Well, it wouldn't be just short and simple if they were alone...
He shook the thoughts out of his head, removed both of his hands from her hair and chin respectively, and smilingly stared back at her equal smiling face.
"See? That wasn't so bad, was it?"
Although his sentence sounded more like a statement than a question, the girl still replied, "Yeah, I guess," and her smile widened slightly.
"I'm fucking bored as hell. Can't we all go back to my apartment now?"
Yusuke crossed his arms behind his head, staring off into space with a nonchalant expression on his face.
Keiko glowered at him. "Oh, Yusuke Urameshi! We'll get back to your apartment soon enough! Will you just be patient!" she yelled angrily at him, a vein popping at the back of her head when the delinquent pretended like he didn't listen to what she said.
Shaking her head, Keiko mumbled, "Sometimes I don't know what I see him..." before turning her attention to Botan and Shuichi who were now back in their normal clothes. She was about to say something but cut herself off as she noticed, was Shuichi holding Botan's hand? Were they actually HOLDING HANDS?! If this had been the first time she had seen the two touch each other, she would've scream in her head. But it wasn't the first time so she just smiled inwardly. She then went back to what she was going to say, "You guys were great there!"
Botan scratched the back of her head, and sheepishly asked, "R-really?" Pink tinted her cheeks.
The brunette nodded her head vigorously as a form of agreement. "Yes, really!"
Shuichi, on the other hand, just smiled and without realizing it, his hand squeezed Botan's a bit – though the said girl didn't seem to be aware it either. "Thank you, Keiko," he thanked her, gaining her attention.
She giggled. "Oh, you're welcome, Shuichi! By the way, that kiss was just so cute! Short, simple as it's supposed to be on weddings!" she complimented them even more.
Yusuke's voice chimed in. "But, ya know, I'm slightly disappointed that a hot make-out session didn't happen. Frankly, I was hoping there was going to be." He heaved out a sigh before turning to look at his redhead friend and his azure-haired companion, wriggling his eyebrows at them. "Why didn't you guys just kiss passionately right then and there? I'm sure it would've been an awesome show."
Keiko gawked at her boyfriend's choice of words. "Yusuke!" she indignantly cried out.
Botan and Shuichi could only sweatdrop as they watched the two lovers bickered with one another; the same thought went into their minds at that moment: Yusuke didn't know just how many times they had kissed hotly before.
With that thought, the both of them turned their heads to look at each other simultaneously. Botan blushed beet red, and looked away but Shuichi just grinned, amused by her antics.
"Oi, Botan!"
Hearing her name called, the said girl averted her gaze from the ground to Yusuke. "Wha-?"
Before she could even finish the first word that came out of her mouth, the delinquent cut her off, "Wanna go to my apartment? And don't worry, your 'boyfriend' is gonna be there, too," he teasingly added the last sentence, a snicker tugging at his lips.
Ignoring Yusuke's last sentence, Botan asked him in uncertainty, "Are you sure it's okay? I don't want to be a trou-"
"Trouble?" Keiko seemed to already know what the other girl was trying to say without her finishing it. "Nah." She waved a hand in front of her face. "You're not going to be any trouble to anyone. Any friend of Shuichi's is a friend of ours."
"Yeah...'girlfriend'..." Yusuke decided to change the brunette's words a bit. Keiko didn't even acknowledge him though and just smiled at Botan.
The azure-haired teen smiled back at her, though she was trying hard to ignore the weird glances Yusuke kept giving her and Shuichi. "Oh, I guess it's okay, then."
As instantly as Botan had agreed, Yusuke and Keiko gave her a smile before continuing to walk out of the park, with Botan and Shuichi following closely behind them.
"So," Shuichi started and Botan darted her eyes to him.
"So?"
"That was a wonderful wedding, I must admit." A smile was planted on his face as he stated that.
The smile, which was never gone from her face, broadened a bit at his words. "Sure, I'll agree to that." She nodded her head once.
There was a comfortable silence after that.
Botan couldn't stop herself from smiling. This moment they shared...it was fantastic. Nothing was going to ruin it, she was sure of that. She was completely sure of – oh wait, scratch that, Shuichi had entirely ruined it.
"Anyway, since we're practically husband and wife now, want to make a baby?"
Her hand squeezed his in a death grip.
"In your dreams, Shuichi."
