Let's not forget about our bad boy Ruka.. hahaha.. he's getting angrier *sweatdrops*
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How the Pawn Became the King's Queen
Chapter 9
Ruka clenched his hand so tight that the wine glass he was holding shattered into pieces. He was trembling with anger. He has always been angry with his step brother, but never had he felt so mad.
He felt a gentle pat on his shoulder. He didn't bother turning around. Tsubasa sat beside him, smiling.
"And so, the sleeping tiger has been awakened," Tsubasa stated.
"Shup up!" Ruka snapped at him.
"What's with you? Don't tell me you're blaming Natsume again? And for what crime this time? Dancing with Mikan? Kissing her? Ah, my bad.. I meant being kissed by her."
Ruka growled, "All this time, Natsume has been having everything I want. The throne, my father's love, wealth, power, and now… even her!"
"Who her?" Tsubasa asked seriously, although failed at it and sounded teasingly. "The one you love? Your second love?"
Ruka glared at him. "You know too much for a prince of another kingdom."
Ruka stood up. Tsubasa shouted at him. "Where are you going?"
"I'm just going to call someone," he replied.
"You don't know what you're doing," Tsubasa said, seriously this time.
"Whether I do or not doesn't matter."
"You're going to get hurt if they pass that obstacle you're going to put."
"At least I'd let go of her."
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"I hope you like your new classmates," the teacher said.
I glanced at my two seatmates. Ruka at the right and Natsume at the left. How could things be so complicated?
"Don't get so happy, polka-dots. It doesn't mean I'm beside you that you can suddenly jump at me and do what you want," Natsume said with a grin.
"Say what!?!? And what would I just do to you?"
"Dirty stuff.."
I rolled my eyes. How ridiculous can he get?
On my right, Ruka was being serious. No smile, no kindness. He was, in fact, being gloomy. Not gloomy as in emotional. I meant, serious gloomy. He's ignoring me and he didn't even greet me this morning.
The new class is composed of half new comers (we came at the second semester), and the other half is composed of those who were enrolled since the first day. The new comers were partnered with those who weren't.
Guess who my lucky partner is!
Natsume.
Why him of all people!?
Our partners are supposed to show us around the school. The whole day, there won't be classes in order to do that.
Everybody stood up and roamed around with their partners. Ruka returned to his kind state after meeting his partner. I guess it must be hard keeping such a fake face. I didn't mean it as an insult though.
I stared at Natsume. He stared back at me. I looked away and stood up.
"We should go too," I told him.
He snickered then stood up as well. I followed him.
He went in front of the comfort room.
"This is the comfort room. Say hi to it," he told me.
"Hey. Take this seriously, won't you?"
"Already am."
He grabbed my hand and took me all around school. When we finished, I could barely walk anymore.
"You!!!!" I hissed at him. "Why do you take me to the gym, which is so far away, then take me back to the academic building and show my the faculty room. Then you take me to a pond beside the gym and back to the academic building again. Can't you finish roaming the academic building first!?!?"
He grinned at me. "You're so slow."
"Hey! You're the second person who told me that!"
His expression changed to a serious one. "Tsubasa? Then he kissed your forehead?"
I blushed. "How'd you know!?!?"
"There goes your slowness again. First, I've been watching you. I know whatever you do. Hmmm.. Like the time when you almost ate a worm in your spaghetti. When you were drooling in your sleep, most likely thinking about me. And other things.. Things you wouldn't want to let me know. Second, if we don't go around in circles around the school, the trip would finish fast."
"Isn't it better if it finishes…" I paused. Does that mean he wants to be together with me? I blushed. No! It couldn't be! I'm sure he's just toying around with me. How annoying!
"Haven't you realized yet where we are?" he asked.
I flinched. I looked around. We were at the lake, the Lover's Lake.
"Why did you take me here?" I asked.
"No reason," he said with a grin, repeating his reply to me the day I got lost and ended up going to the lake. "And why are you here?"
"No reason," I replied, laughing. Those were the days where I really hated Natsume. I wonder how I feel right now.
"I like your hair now. You followed my advice?" he teased.
I blushed. That's right. Ever since that day, I've kept my hair down. I don't know exactly why.
"That's just because you threw my tie to the lake," I reasoned out. What a fake reason.
He grinned and suddenly jumped to the lake.
"Hey! Natsume! What are you doing!?!?"
I paced back and forth. I couldn't see him anymore. What if he drowned? What is he doing there anyway!? But I can't swim! He can't expect me to jump to that cold water too! I touched the water. Yes, too cold. I frowned. But I can't just let him drown!!!
Suddenly, he rose from the water, hair and clothes wet, yet he was grinning. His hair shone in the sun, revealing a dark blue hair. I fell down the ground with relief.
"If you're trying to kill me with worry, I'd say you're doing a great job at it," I stated, frowning.
He simply handed two hair ties to me.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Your reason was because I threw these, right? Now, you have them back, what will you do?"
He threw the ties at me. He sat down and gazed at me, grinning and excited to know what I would do.
He is so unreasonable! He'd go this far just to know if I did it for him? He wants me to admit that I want to please him that's why I let my hair down!? I've never met a man as unreasonable as him.
I sighed and placed the ties in my pocket.
"Happy now?" I asked him, irritated.
His eyes beamed and, for the first time, I saw him smile… a sweet smile.
He looked like a child that has been given a gift he's been asking for his whole life. He's so stubborn to the point that it makes me smile. He's definitely one of a kind.
His evil grin came back. "So.. you like me?"
I rolled my eyes and stood up. "You are sooooooo annoying!" I walked away. I could hear him laughing and walking behind me. Such an arrogant guy. I never thought I'd meet a guy like him.
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Ruka knew exactly what he was doing. It won't hurt him. Will it hurt him if Mikan gets hurt? Will it hurt him if his step brother gets hurt? He blocked off those questions from his mind.
He brought out his cell phone and called her.
"Hello? Ruka?" someone from the other line said.
"Hi, Luna."
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