Me: Guess what?
Temari: Chicken chicken.
Me: Chicken chicken? What's that?
Temari: Well, it's unladylike to say your rear end in public.
Me: Okay, Temari. Whatever you say.
Temari: Disclaimer: Camilla-san doesn't own Shugo Chara or any of its characters.
(Rima's POV)
I couldn't believe it. I just could not fucking believe it. W-w-why?
"Aww, Rima-chi doesn't miss me. And to think we've been best friends for as long as I can remember."
"I did miss you, Yua-tan. I-it's just…why are you here?"
She got up from the window bench and the sad expression she wore changed into an angry one. What did I say? "Well, if you had called me like you were supposed to when you first got to Tokyo, you would've known that I have a concert here in Tokyo tomorrow."
Concert? I thought Utau was having a concert. "So you're having a concert here. In Tokyo?"
"Yeah! When I first got into rehearsals on Sunday, my agent told me I'd be opening up for Hoshina Utau. Me opening up for Hoshina Utau! I'm so excited; I wonder what it would be like to meet her! Do you think she's as sweet, amazing and down-to-earth as her songs?"
I can guarantee you the down-to-earth and amazing part, but the sweet part; I'm a little iffy on.
"I'm sure she is Yua-tan."
"Yippee! I cannot wait. I get to meet her tonight!"
I'm guessing Yua had some caffeine before she got here. Wait, how did she get into my house?
"Yua-tan." She stopped her excitement and looked at me. "How'd you get into my house?"
"Oh, I should probably tell you. Let's start from the beginning. I called your house last night; you're dad answered. I asked if I could stay here until Monday night and he said yes on one condition. Before I got here, I had to pick up Rikka at day care. He left a key for me under the mat."
"Then why didn't he tell me?"
"I told him not to. I got mad after waiting all day on Sunday for your call." Err; I knew I forgot to do something. "So, Rima-chi how is it in Tokyo?"
"It's good. It could be better, but it's still good."
"That's good to hear. How about we go downstairs eat some nutella and strawberries and catch up." She looped her arm around mine. I was following along until I remembered there was a certain purple-headed boy downstairs.
I quickly unlatched my arm from hers and went to block the door. She tilted her head in confusion. "You can't go downstairs…I'm working on homework." Hey, at least it's the truth.
"Really, well then maybe I can help you. Let's go!" She walked toward me, but I stood my ground. She bent down and examined me. Yes, I'm still short compared to her. "Are you hiding something, Rima-chi?"
"Yes," I finally said. She stood straight and waited for my explanation. "You see…" Oh man, I'm all out of good excuses. How about… "I have a termite problem downstairs and I wouldn't want you to go get chewed to bits." That was probably the worst excuse I made today. Correction, it was the worst excuse.
She stared into my eyes. "Rima-chi, you're lying. I'm going downstairs."
"You're not going downstairs."
"Yes, I am."
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I am."
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I am."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not." Haha, my confuse thingy worked. In a few seconds, she realized what I just did. "Fine, Rima-chi if you're going to be that way. Can I not ever be allowed to go downstairs?"
Damn it! I hate it when she uses her Jedi mind tricks. "Um, no," I stated.
She smiled and pushed right past me, "Thanks Rima-chi."
Shit! Wrong answer! I can't let her go downstairs.
Yua was a few feet ahead of me and I would've been able to stop her if only Rikka hadn't pulled on my uniform. In the corner of my eye, Yua was descending down the stairs. Rikka better make this short and sweet.
"What is it Rikka?"
"Can Onee-san play with Rikka?"
"Not now Rikka. I'm kind of busy." I made my way toward the stairs.
"But Onee-san wants to play with Rikka!"
I turned around and faced her. "No, Onee-san doesn't."
"Yes, she does." She gave me a big smile.
"No, she doesn't."
"Yes, she does."
"No, she doesn't."
"Yes, she does." Rikka made a pouty face and it looked as if she was about to cry.
"Fine." I gave in. She is my little sister after all.
"Yay! Let's go to my room!" She pulled me in the direction of her room. Is it just me or did Yua-tan poison Rikka's mind with her tricks. Or…Rikka just watches too much TV.
Thirty minutes later
At last! I got Rikka to take a nap. If only I had done it twenty-eight minutes ago. Who knows what Yua-tan told Nagihiko? She probably told him more of my fears, allergies, dislikes or worse…the reason why I can't fail. Unless, Nagihiko got tired of waiting for me and just left. Let's hope that's the case.
I slowly retreated down the stairs. I made my way to the living room. I saw Yua-tan and Nagihiko sitting on the couch eating strawberries. Who gave them permission to go into my kitchen?
Yua-tan saw me. "Hey, Rima-chi! Is Rikka sleep?"
Well, duh she's asleep. No thanks to you. "Yeah, she is."
I went toward a chair. I eyed the two suspiciously. I think…no…I know they were talking about me.
As I made it to a single person chair, Yua-tan got up from the couch. "How about if I go upstairs and take care of Rikka if she wakes up and then you two can continue your tutoring session?"
Before I could protest, she ran out of the room. Since she knows about Nagihiko now, there was no use for her to leave, right?
I went to the couch Nagihiko sat on. As I sat down, he said, "Strawberry?" He offered the basket of strawberries in my face. I shook my head.
I lifted the Language Arts for Dummies book onto my lap. I twisted his way. "Let's get started."
(Nagihiko's POV)
5:30 P.M.
I am super bored; it's like science all over again. Who knew Rima-chan could actually be like a real teacher and be boring?
I better do well on the final test though. I was considering just trying my hardest, but now I'm going to study my ass off after what Yua told me.
Poor Rima-chan.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
I went out of my trance. "Ah, sorry Rima-chan. Continue."
"Okay, the final test will have lots of vocabulary and spelling. You need to work on your spelling more. Hayashi-sensei told me you spelt "dog" wrong in your story."
Hey! It's not my fault, well, actually it is. I made Kukai proofread my story. "What are the words?"
She got her notebook from her backpack and was turning to a page, but stopped. "Can I ask you two questions first?"
Crap. What is she going to ask me? "Go ahead." I tried to remain cool.
"First, how can you be failing Language Arts, but have a perfect score in French?"
"Oh, when I was younger, Nadeshiko and I spent some time in Europe. And the second question?"
She faced me and stared right into my eyes. Damn, something's telling me, I'm not going to like the next question. "What did Yua-tan tell you about me?"
"What makes you think she told me something about you?" I tried avoiding her gaze.
"You're lying. I can tell; you're not looking me in the eye." Oops.
"Okay. Rima-chan I-"
*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* (AN:/ My poor excuse for a phone)
Yes. Saved by the phone. Whoever this is, I'll love them forever, unless it's Kukai or Tadase, then that'd be kind of creepy.
I answered my phone. "Hello."
"Nagi, where are you?"
"I'm at Rima-chan's house. Why?"
"Oh. Mom wants you home now. She's going crazy wondering where you are." Yeah, I should've told my mom first. "Could you guys pick up the tutoring another time?"
"Yeah, I guess. I'll be there in five minutes. Bye." I shut the cell phone. "Rima-chan, do you mind if we continue another time?"
"Of course not. Go ahead. I'll just find out another time," she muttered the last part.
"What Rima-chan?"
She shook her head. She got up and started walking toward the front door. I put my stuff in my backpack and followed her. I reached for my back pocket and felt the ticket. Should I ask her?
We made it to the door. "How about we continue tomorrow after school?"
Here goes nothing. "Actually, Rima-chan I was wondering if you're busy tomorrow."
"Not that I know of. I'm not sure though. My parents could always make me baby-sit Rikka at the last minute…Why?" She gave me a glare.
Geez, this girl is a piece of work. I reached for the ticket. "Because, if you aren't busy, would you like to go to Utau-chan's concert with me…and Nadeshiko tomorrow?" I handed her the ticket.
She grabbed the ticket and read over it. She looked up. I was closing my eyes expecting the worst, but it didn't come. "Sure." Wow, she said yes. "Wait, where did you get these tickets?"
And that is my cue to leave. I walked off her porch. "Bye Rima-chan. See you at school."
"No! Come back here damn it!" I ran to my house with Rima-chan screaming at me.
(Yua's POV)
"What the hell Nagihiko? I will never get him. How'd he get these tickets anyways?"
"From me!" I sprang up and tackled Rima.
"Yua-tan, don't do that!"
"Sorry. Soooo…how'd your studying go?"
"It was okay. How's Rikka?"
"She's still asleep. You know she's been sleeping for about two hours. She sleeps like a rock."
"That's Rikka for you. Before in Kyoto when she took her naps, I'd go to the store and when I got back, she'd be still sleeping."
"You left your little sister alone?"
"Yeah, why?"
And she calls me strange. "No comment. I haven't fully explored your house. Can you give me a tour?"
"Kay." Rima started walking. "This is the living room." Obviously. "This is the kitchen and over here is the dining room. This is the-"
"YOU HAVE A PIANO!" Rima-chi might've given me a face, but I don't care. She has a piano!
"Oh, that. My dad's company gave it to us for moving here. It used to be in the living room, but we moved it because the neighbors visited and asked us to play something, but none of us know how. You know how to play?"
"Know how? I am so pro!"
"You're being sarcastic, right?" I gave her one of my glares. "Sorry. Play something for me." She pulled out the piano bench and I took a seat. "How'd you learn how to play?"
"My agent thought it'd be good for me so, he made me take up piano lessons. In just three lessons I could easily sight-read the notes. My teacher called me a protégée."
"I'll be the judge of that. Play something."
I touched the keys to the piano and started to play. I saw Rima over the piano and her jaw dropped. Ha, I told her I was good.
The song ended. "Can you teach me how to play? Pleeeeeeeeease, Yua-tan." Now she's nice to me.
"Yeah, sit here." I made room for her on the bench. I first taught her all the keys on the piano, and then I showed her how to read music.
"Oh, so the right hand is the treble clef staff. And to get the notes that are on the line say Every Good Boy Does Fine. And for the ones that are in between the lines it's F-A-C-E?"
"Correct. What about the bass clef?"
"For the ones on the line say it's Good Boy Does Fine Always. The ones in between are A Cow Eats Grass."
I clapped my hands. "Good job, Rima-chi. You're a quick learner just like me! How about instead of playing an already made song, you and I can make up one?"
"Kay, I'll try."
For the next hour, Rima-chi and I composed a song on the piano.
7:00 P.M.
"Don't worry; I'll be home by nine. Bye-bye." My agent came to pick me up after I had dinner with Rima and her family; I sure did miss them.
I got into the limo. "Honestly, Yua. Why couldn't you have just slept in a hotel? You could've had your own room. Heck, you could've had your own floor."
Blah, blah, blah. "Sorry, I missed Rima-chi.
"Okay. Be on your best behavior when you meet Hoshina Utau."
"Aren't I always?" My agent gave me a look. "I will."
Twenty minutes later
Yes, I made it to the concert arena. I ditched my agent in the parking lot. Who needs him? I am so close to meeting Hoshina Utau. I'm surprised Rima-chi didn't want to come.
I traveled through the arena and found a long hallway. I spotted a slightly open door. I went for it and peeked inside. Inside was…Hoshina Utau!
"What do you mean there's no more left? I need three more…Then find some! I need three more tickets!"
This is Hoshina Utau? A dust ball floated up to my nose and I sneezed.
She turned to the door. "I'm going to have to call you back. Keep trying." She hung up the phone. "Come in."
I pushed open the door. "Hello, Hoshina Utau-sama. I'm-I'm Sakurai-"
"Yua. I know. You're the one who's opening up for me, am I right?"
"Yes, Utau-sama. It's probably just in my head, but I thought you'd-"
"Be nicer?" How does she know what I'm going to say? "I am usually nice. But, I've been just informed that you took the last three available tickets to the concert. You know, I needed those tickets for my friends."
"I'm very sorry. I would give them back, but I already gave them away."
"You should've asked before you took the last three. Whose concert is it? Who's only opening up?"
"It's your concert and I'm the one only opening up."
"Exactly. So it'd be better fit if I had gotten the last three tickets."
"I am very very very sorry Hoshina Utau-sama. Please forgive me. I didn't know." This is great. My idol hates my guts.
She sighed. "I'm sorry; that must've sounded very bitchy. I wanted those tickets for my three friends. I guess I'll tell them about the concert. They already know they're not coming." I tilted my head toward the ground. "So…just wondering, who did you gave the tickets to?"
At least she's calm now. Hopefully, she'll understand. "Well, I gave the three tickets to this purple-headed boy my friend was tutoring; his name is Nagihiko. He said that he was going to give one to his sister, Nadeshiko, he took one and he gave the last one to my best friend, Rima-chi." I sagged my shoulders. I feel bad now.
Surprisingly, as I finished my sentence, she brightened up. Does she have PMS? She went up to me. She grabbed my hands. "You gave the tickets to Nade, Rima, and Nagi!"
"Yeah. Is that a bad thing?"
"NO! Those were the three friends I was going to give the tickets to!"
"Seriously?"
She nodded. After that, a few seconds of silence followed. Then she declared, "Let's start over. Hi, I'm Hoshina Utau, but you can call me Utau-chan. You must be the awesome Sakurai Yua." She held out her hand to me.
I shook her hand. Phew, my idol likes me.
(Rima's POV)
10:15 P.M.
Out of all the rooms in my house, Yua-tan just had to sleep with me. Haha, that sounds funny.
"How'd it go with Hoshina Utau?"
"Intense. When I first got there, I could have sworn she was going to murder me, but then I cleared up this huge misunderstanding and we're on a good basis now."
"What else happened?"
"We went over the songs we're going to sing. She informed me of the changes that I'll tell the stage crew tomorrow while she's at school. Did you know she goes to Seiyo Academy too?"
Really? "Really, I haven't seen her around."
"Rima-chi."
"What Yua-tan?"
"You're lying. She told me you're one of her best friends at school."
"I'm one of her best friends!" Yua sat up and glanced at me.
"Sorry."
"Yeah, she also said you're this Nadeshiko person's best friend also."
Really? I've only known them for about six days. Yua muttered something under her breath.
"What was that Yua-tan?"
She fell back on the bed. "Nothing."
"Tell me."
"It's okay."
"TELL ME!"
"No."
"TELL ME!"
"YUA! HUNNY-BUNNY! PLEASE GO TO SLEEP!"
Yua and I turned to the door. "Yes, mom."
"Yes, Mashiro-san."
Yua and I were lying on my bed staring at the ceilings. What a minute! "Yua-tan," she faced me, "what did you tell Nagihiko about me?"
She immediately rotated so that her back was to me. "Nothing."
"Yua!"
No answer. Is she pretending to be asleep again?
Damn Yua! I sat up and peered over her. I put my face really close to hers. She usually starts laughing when she pretends to be asleep, but this time, she really was asleep. Her snores began to fill the room.
"Oh, Yua-tan."
I fell back on the bed. Right when I was going to try to go to sleep, I heard Yua say something. "Rima-chi, am I still your best friend? No, Rima-chi come back. Please don't leave me."
Aww, Yua.
I may be Utau or Nadeshiko's best friend, but Yua-tan will always be my best friend. Wait…more than that. Yua-tan isn't my friend…she's my sister.
To be continued…
Me: Hmm, mostly a filler chapter.
Temari: Hey! You said you weren't updating until next week.
Me: First, hay is for horses. ;) Second, I can change my mind.
Temari: Oh. I forgot it's your finals week.
Me: Yup, so I get out at noon. Haha!
Temari: Uh, oh. This can't be good.
Me: What?
Temari: The world will be chaos now that you get out early.
Me: Shush. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Don't listen to Temari. I'm calm and collected.
Temari: That's what she always says before she strikes.
Me: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. See you next week.
Haha! I got this chapter up because it's finals week. So far I passed all of them if you count D as passing. XD
I have only P.E. and Science left, but I don't have to do the Science one. (:
Yay, since its summer, I'll be updating more often.
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