Happy Thanksgiving! I'm sorry for updating so late. . . But please enjoy the story!
Misaki was running late. It was all the alien's fault. This morning:
Tap. Tap. Tap. A tapping sound was heard as the sleepy girl tiredly pulled up the covers higher to drown at the noise. "Five more minutes, Mom," she mumbled and went back to sleep.
Tap. Tap. "Here she goes again," Misaki grumbled. "I said five more minutes," she complained, her words inaudible and hard to understand.
"Now, now, Misa-chan, we have to do something special today," a voice called out to her. Wait, when did her mom start calling her Misa-chan? Oh well, it didn't matter to her anyway. "Mom, I need more sleep," Misaki extended out her hand and showed five fingers. "Five minutes, okay?" She motioned to her five fingers again.
Suddenly, the covers were yanked out and someone grabbed her hand to pull her up. "AH! It's cold!" she exclaimed. "Give me my blanket back!" Misaki latched on to her covers and played tug of war with whoever was annoying her. She pushed up her nightgown to scratch her stomach. "More sleep," she mumbled incoherently.
"Wow, I didn't know Misa-chan wore pink polka dotted underwear."
WHAT?! She hurriedly blinked open her eyes and stared. IT WAS THE ALIEN! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Get outa here! What do you think you're doing?!" she raised her hand and shielded the sun from her eyes, it was too bright and her eyes needed to adjust. But nope. The person grabbed her up and whispered into her ear, "If you want, I can wake you up the other way, with a beautiful good morning kiss, so you can feel the magnificence of my godly lips and-"
"WHY THE F*CK ARE YOU IN MY ROOM?!" Misaki sat up and shouted as her demonic aura began oozing out of her.
"It's not good to cuss, Misa-"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!"
Usui sat on the floor and started, "Well, this morning, I slipped out from my window, I went down the castle wall, passed through the gardens, took a short cut, got bored, came here to bug you and climbed into your room. Simple, really."
"I have important things to do, unlike YOU, you princely bastard who has everything done for you already!"
"Important things to do like scratching your stomach while you sleep?" he asked.
"Yes, like scratching- SHUT UP, and stop making me say things I don't mean!"
"Don't pin the blame on others, Misa-chan."
Misaki huffed and sighed. "I give up. . ."
"Good choice, now let's go." Usui stood up and walked over to the window ledge. "Meet me at the town square in 10 minutes!" and he leaped off.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE! THAT'S DANGEROUS!" She ran over to the window and looked out. Usui smirked back and waved. He had landed safely on the slippery cobblestone floor in front of her home.
"I forgot, alien abilities. Ugh," she said in despair, and flopped down on her fluffy, warm bed again.
And here she was again, sprinting as fast as she could to the town square. Where were they going anyway? This had better not be some stupid thing to wake her up from her precious sleep. Sleeping was important.
Finally Misaki arrived at the town square. It was so early that there wasn't even any people around. Her sister and mother weren't even up when she left, so she had to leave them a note. Scanning the empty area, she was able to find the blonde alien easily and walked up to him scornfully.
"Now what's so important?" She said impatiently.
"Okay, I can't tell you yet, but I'm taking you somewhere."
"Where?"
"I said I can't tell you yet. Promise me you'll come."
"Why?"
"It's important."
"What?"
"Misaki, just promise me you'll come okay?" he pleaded. Usui sounded desperate about this, whatever he was talking about.
The girl frowned. Say no. . . ., don't give in Misaki! Don't give in! she told herself, trying to resist his puppy face. "Fine. . ." she grumbled. Damnit Misaki! You gave in! ugh, she had to give in to him.
"Now that you promised to come, you have to come. Even if you might feel embarrassed about going." Usui said. "Okay, stay quiet and follow me; this route is a secret one that I discovered. It leads directly into the place I'm taking you." Usui held onto her hand and started running through a shady path into the woods. The ground was covered in leaves and grass so it was almost impossible to find it. But all Misaki did was glare at Usui's hand.
Misaki's POV:
The weather was beautiful today again. All summers are beautiful here, with vibrant colors of pink and gold and red in the meadows. There were tons of butterflies flying around, sipping nectar from the flowers and plants. The sun was so bright that the rays even penetrated the thick branches above us, as we quickly ran through the woods. A stream ran past beside us, bubbling while skipping over the rocks and pebbles. And it would be a perfect day if the alien didn't come!
THIS WAS SO ANNOYING! I hate it when he holds my hand! I don't need guidance; do I look like a four year old who needs to be taught how to run? I stared at his hand again. I was annoying me-no, wrong grammar- myself? Does that even sound right? Ugh! He keeps muddling up my thought process; I can't even say a sentence correctly. I can't believe I was blushing over him when he touched my hand, but somehow, it was warm and comfortable. Like we fit perfectly together- wait, did I just say that? sorry, I take that back. He'd be the last person who I'd want to be with.
Suddenly, he said, "Are my sexy pheromones really affecting you that much, Misa-chan?"
I looked up at him, "Wait, WHAT!?"
"Am I really that hot, so much that you can't even think properly?" Usui smirked at me again.
My eyes widened and my mouth dropped open. Did I say everything out loud earlier?
"No, you didn't," he said.
I stepped back in horror, "Don't tell me. . ."
"Yeah, I read minds. Another privilege of being an alien."
"No way." I closed my eyes and continued walking. Reading minds? READING MINDS? This means I can't even think in front of him without him knowing what I was thinking. I've had enough of him for today. From this morning to now. Stomping off in front of him angrily, I held my head up high. Behind me, I could still hear him snickering at me and laughing.
He called out to me, "Misa-chan!"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" I yelled to him.
"Fine, Misaki-kun!"
"For the last time, I'm NOT a guy!"
"Okay, whatever, but you should really watch where-" BAM! "-you're going." My head was still spinning and I saw stars. Wow, was it night time already? Gradually, my eyes focused and I looked in front of me. I had walked into a stupid tree! The bump on my head was growing larger and larger. My fingers rubbed the huge bruise. I am going to look so stupid.
"Why did god have to grow a tree here in the middle of the road!?" I yelled, frustrated by my stupidity.
The stupid alien replied, "If you've been watching, you could tell that you haven't been walking the right way."
"Huh?" I looked around me. Gosh! I had almost fallen into the river. Thank god, he put a tree there!
Usui snapped his fingers. "Oh I understand!"
"What do you understand?" I growled.
"You wanted to fall into the river and act like you didn't know where you were going. Then if you got wet, I would have to give you my jacket."
"WHO WANTS YOUR STUPID CRAPPY CLOTHES!" I yelled. Geez, that idiotic piece of crap just can't get enough of himself. I stood up rapidly and stumbled. "Woah, the ground is spinning. . ." I said slowly. "It's kinda dizzy." My legs wobbled and gave away.
Quickly, his arms caught me before I could get a bump on top of my bump. That would be Bump #2. "Hey, you alright?" Usui asked me.
"It's your fault again," I grumbled. He adjusted me in his arms into bridal style. "Hey! Put me down!"
He shook his head. "First, you should have watched where you were going. Second, you shouldn't pin the blame on others." He smirked on that one. "Third, you should be grateful since I tried to warn you. Fourth, you should have been thankful that I took the liberty of carrying your heavy -"
"WHAT THE HELL? You- you insolent brat! You didn't have to carry-"
"Fifth, you should have been happy that you spend all your time with me-"
"I DO NOT ENJOY THIS-"
"Sixth-"
"Okay! I get it. I'll stay quiet in your arms, alright?" I humphed and glanced away. It felt nice. Kinda. Some things, you have to admit, especially things like having some prince dude carry you.
Usui chuckled and said something to himself like, "This never gets old."
You know what I say after that. "SHUT UP!"
After a while, we arrived at a huge stone wall at the edge of the forest. It was 4 times as tall as Usui, which is an accomplishment since he's an alien. The whole wall stretched around a huge building, but I really couldn't make out what it was, due to the foliage and branches of the trees. It seemed very old but strong, as if it had lasted for thousands of years, withstanding all the rain and snow and attacks.
I stared at the wall, and asked, "It's really cool that you brought me to a wall and stuff, but now what?"
"Now, we climb over it."
"WHAT! For your information, I am a normal person, not some crazy alien like you, and I intend to stay that way!" Gosh, I can't climb a damn wall!
"Well, I'll carry you over," he said simply, as if carrying a person over a wall didn't take any effort at all.
"No. Way. If you dropped me, I'll smash your brains out." I threatened. "I don't need you to baby me!"
"Says the girl who allowed me to carry her for 3 miles because she bumped her head on a tree trunk!"
"That was then and this is now! I'm gonna climb it myself!" I sprinted over and stepped onto a bit of rock that protruded from the structure and tried to push myself up.
Usui positioned himself as well and called, "Last one to the top has to do something for the winner!" He grabbed on to the next ledge and pulled up quickly. Damn that monkey! But no way is he going to order me to do something! I'm not going to lose to him ever again! Gathering my energy again, I started climbing as fast as I could.
Ten minutes later, I finally got to the top. I HAD BEAT HIM! I looked around me. He wasn't up here yet! "I WIN USUI, YOU IDIOT! I BEAT THE ALIEN!" I laughed loudly. Wait, then where did he go?
"MISA-CHAN! I'm down here already!" I quickly stared below me. There he was on the ground, waving up at me. Damn, I'll never defeat him. I rolled my eyes, and prepared to go down the other side.
But nope. He yelled, "JUMP, MISAKI! Hurry up, you're so slow!" He taunted at me with his stupid smirk.
What is wrong with him? I can't jump down that far! "You know Usui, some people don't want to die young!" I shouted to him.
"I'll catch you! It's alright!"
"You're kidding! I am not going to jump!"
"Don't tell me you're afraid of heights, Misaki," Usui jeered again.
"I climbed a huge TREE with you the other day!" I just want to take it easy and go down slowly. Geez, he won't even let me do that!
"I promise I won't let you fall. If I do, then I'll let you kill me, or punch me, or make me leave you alone."
Dang, he got me. That offer was pretty good. It would be nice to kick him out of my life. Right? Would it? "OKAY!" I yelled at him.
A rush of air hit me in the face as my feet left the surface of the wall. It was so fast! The wind flew, lifting my hair and flapping my clothes around, and then suddenly, his arms caught me. We spun around due to the amount of force.
The alien laughed at me and teased, "You were like a dove flying out, in that short white dress of yours."
I blushed and buried my face in his chest, so he couldn't see my expression.
"I know you're blushing, Misa-chan."
"Shut up!"
"We're here now." He set me down and I watched in awe at the beautiful palace looming over us. We were at the castle. Wow. The walls were all a gentle pale white color, with all the roofs of the towers made out of a blue tile. The towers were built all around the castle, surrounding the tallest one in the middle. The roof of the towers were cone-shaped and spiraled toward the sky. There were thousands of windows and thousands of rooms surrounding the entire building, and the walls in the bottom were built of grey stones.
Right now, we were standing at the edge of a huge rose garden. I swear, they had about every single rose in the country planted here. In front of us was a huge bush of large white roses, on our left there were bushes of peach and orange roses, and farther off were roses I hadn't even seen. It was a huge maze of roses with a statue of an angel or an animal at each turn. Above the entrance to different gardens was a beautiful arch of pure white lilies. Right in the center stood a magnificent fountain with a cupid adorning the top. It was like standing in a fairy tale. We walked up to the fountain.
"Welcome to my humble abode," Usui smiled jokingly.
"Please, humble?" I raised an eyebrow skeptically.
"I only get six rooms for myself though," he said.
"SIX!? I only get 1!"
"Okay, okay, I get it." A pair of footsteps were heard, and Usui suddenly jerked me behind the topiary of a Pegasus.
"Hey! What's your problem?"I glared at him.
"Shhh." He whispered and put his finger to his lips. Gesturing with a nod of his head to our left, Usui pulled me back even more. There was a group of around 20 guards passing by us.
"Damn, where is that prince? How could he do that!" A guard muttered angrily to himself.
I tugged on his shirt to make him reveal himself. "Didn't you say that this was your house?"
"Yeah, but-" he started.
"What did you do, huh?"
"Well, I was supposed to be in my room, and preparing for the ball tonight-"
"Wait, there's a ball tonight?!" I asked in horror.
He nodded and said, "And I need a dance partner for this thing,-"
"No way in hell would I be your dance partner! I would rather be a girl's dance partner even if I'll look weird!"
"That's because you're a man, Misaki-kun."
"SHUT UP!" I screamed at him.
Uh oh. Too loud. The guards rushed over and yelled, "There they are!" and surrounded us in a circle.
"Wow, Usui, it's like you committed a murder or something." I commented.
"Precautions are necessary when dealing with an extraterrestrial being," he joked. "We're caught this time though."
I gasped. We're? We're? No freakin way, I have to spend my time with him! "I'm not gonna go anywhere with you!"
A guard wearing a coat of silver armor and a helmet said strictly to Usui, "Your Highness, please return to your room. There is a ball tonight, and you must get ready." I felt sorry for the poor guy, he had to deal with a hyperactive alien who could do just about anything.
"And you," he said, pointing at me, "you will be accompanying him tonight, am I correct? You're definitely fit for the prince, if I may say so myself. I will inform His Majesty and Her Highness about this."
I protested, "Um, I'm not going-"
"Oh, yes she's going with me tonight." Usui flashed one of his killer smiles and said, "I'll escort her, no worries!" And he pulled me towards the castle, probably leading me to one of his huge six rooms.
"Hey, let go!" I resisted trying to shake off his grip on my arm, but to no avail. That guy was as clingy as a leech.
"Just treat this as a way to repay me for getting me caught okay?"
My eyebrows furrowed. "Hey, how did I get you caught?" I said angrily.
"By yelling like what you're doing now," he tried to keep his ears away from me.
"Usui Takumi, are you saying I have an annoying, obnoxious voice?" I yelled.
He stopped and said cheesily, "Misaki, your voice is music to my ears. When you scream, it is so shattering and heartbreaking. When you yell, all the birds fly away to acknowledge your presence. When you shout, it is the most loveliest sound to me. Happy?"
"Now you're exaggerating it," I mumbled.
"So hard to please."
"Shut up, you stupid alien!" I shouted.
"Ah, that lovely sound. . . "
Man, this is torture being with him.
I'm so sorry for updating so late! I didn't have any ideas coming to me since my head was all filled with school work and stuff, but I just randomly continued rambling on and on. This chapter was kind of boring I think. I'm so sorry. Yeah, I suck at writing sometimes. Oh well, I hoped you enjoyed it, and please review! It's a huge inspiration to keep writing. Or favoriting. Or following. Or just reading. You can give me ideas as well, I'm really not that creative and stuff. School work killed my imagination. (^_^) JK. Happy Thanksgiving!
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