A/N: So here we go. Trying to get on schedule. =3= YAY~! It's weekend, but I've got loads to do. I'm scared about meeting my deadlines, but hopefully I can. =.=; Also, I feel like I'm kind of speeding through this a bit. What do you think? More fillers, etc.?
To CrushedLove: Haha, I totally get that. It's like watching a drama. All the middle is so intense, and you yell at the characters even though they can't hear you. But you know there's going to be a happy ending. :D
jd: TY~ for the review; I didn't really understand what you meant by: the preview from last chapter did not do justice to what you have in stored. Haha, my brain can't comprehend it. & I'm glad you like it. :]
kanata-miyu: LOL. I like how into the story you are. ;] But please don't kill Seiya yet, I still need him. xP Haha. We'll see. :]
Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say it before you guys understand. Do I need to shout it through a bull horn on top of the tallest building in the world? "I DO NOT OWN D3! OR ANY CHARACTERS! MIKA KAWAMURA DOES!" Happy?
Normal POV
Kanata paced around the living room of the Saionji temple, waiting for a certain blonde to come home. He heard the sound of the door opening and immediately rushed out.
"Where were you?!" he yelled before he realized who the person was.
"Uhm...I was with Momoka-chan?" Ruu replied, clearly confused.
"Sorry, I thought it was your sister." Kanata said heading into the kitchen.
"Nee-chan still isn't back yet?" Ruu asked, following the brunette.
"..yeah." Kanata said getting some milk out of the fridge.
"Hmmm..."
"What?" Kanata asked.
"Well, I kind of saw nee-chan at the festival..."
"And?"
"She was with Seiya-kun...."
"I already know that!" Kanata said, trying to stop from getting angry.
"You didn't let me finish, she was also with Mizuki." Ruu said, "calmly".
"Mi-mizuki?" Kanata gasped.
"Yeah." Ruu said before leaving the room, obviously too tired to care.
'She was with Mizuki?! No, she couldn't be. Not with that guy.' Kanata thought.
flashback
"Don't cry Miyu." the brunette said trying to soothe the crying girl.
"B-but, I l-loved h-him s-so m-much." Miyu hiccuped
"Just forget about him Miyu! He doesn't deserve you or your love. You deserve someone much better, and I know he's out there. He loves you more than you can ever imagine."
Miyu looked up to face the boy, her tears momentarily stopping. She smiled, just a small one, wrapped her arms around his neck and said "Thanks Kanata."
end of flashback
'Half a year ago, huh. Half a year ago when Miyu fell in love with Mizuki, but that bastard had to go break her heart.' Kanata thought. 'But half a year ago is also when I-'
Kanata's thoughts were interrupted as the front door opened and closed.
"Where were you?!" Kanata yelled as he stormed out of the kitchen.
"At the festival of course." Miyu replied not looking up.
"Well you sure were there a long time, what happened?" Kanata said calming down.
"Nothing. I'm tired, I'll just head off to my room and get some sleep." Miyu said walking past Kanata before he even got a chance to speak.
Once in the safety of her own room, she slid down on the floor. Her cheeks were still burning hot, and her heart was beating as fast as ever. She closed her eyes and remembered the event that had just occured.
flashback
"Princess Miyu, would you give me the honor of being your prince?" Seiya asked kneeling on the floor.
Miyu stood there, her mind unable to process what had just happened.
'Oh no! What should I say? What should I do?! What should I feel?!!' Miyu's mind screamed.
The girl opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the explosions in the air. She turned around to see the sky adorned with colorful flowers. The explosions of red, orange and green, the crowd's 'oohs' and 'ahhs' from below. It was a sight to behold.
"They're pretty aren't they." Seiya said as he got up to stand next to Miyu.
"Y-yeah." Miyu replied.
The two stood there, watching the exploding colors decorate the ebony canvas. Miyu's heart in sync with the sky. Her heart exploding at every second, making her feel as if she were falling through the universe and her cheeks the same bright red color.
He reached out for her hand, but drew back.
Finally, the firework show was over. It was time to face reality, she needed to give him an answer.
"Seiya, I..." she said turning to face the boy.
She licked her lips, took a deep breath and said in barely a whisper "I think I need more time to think...."
"To think about this, about us. I like you Seiya, but I don't know if..." she trailed off.
"I understand." the boy said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, of course. Take as much time as you need Miyu. I'll always be here, waiting."
He smiled at her, but it was not the same smile as before, it had lost some of it's spark. She knew she had hurt him, by not saying 'yes', but her heart was uncertain. She would only hurt him more by saying 'yes'.
"Let's go back." Seiya said starting to head down.
"Yeah." she whispered back.
This time, he did not reach for her hand at all.
end of flashback
'What do I do? I like Seiya, but do I like him that way? Whenever he smiles, I smile. When he grabs my hand, my heart beats faster. This means I like him right? But, then why didn't I want to say yes? Why can't I tell what I'm feeling?' Miyu thought as a single tear fell down her cheek.
~~~The Next Morning~~~
Miyu awoke with aches in her muscle, and a big one in her heart. She had fallen asleep by the door, her tears stained her face.
"Great, I must look so pretty." Miyu thought sarcastically.
"Whoa!" Ruu said as he stepped out of the bathroom.
"I know, geez." Miyu snapped back.
"Sorry, didn't mean to be rude sis." Ruu said as he stepped aside.
But before Miyu closed the door, he grabbed her wrist. "You're okay right? You know you can tell me anything. I'm right down the hall if you ever need me."
Miyu paused, looked at her younger brother, smiled and said "Thanks Ruu."
"Of course, you're still my sister, even if you look like a horrible monster." Ruu joked.
"Out!" Miyu yelled rolling her eyes.
"Okay, okay, I'm gone."Ruu said as he headed towards the kitchen.
(A/N: Isn't that such a nice sister-brother moment?)
"Morning." Kanata said as Ruu entered.
"Hey." Ruu replied going to the fridge.
"Is your sister up?" Kanata asked.
"Yup." Ruu replied.
"Is she okay? She seemed kind of out of it last night." Kanata asked, trying to contain himself.
"Hmm...that girl huh. She's......" Ruu wondered out loud. "Why don't you ask her, it's none of my business."
"Sheesh, no help at all are you Ruu." Kanata said angrily.
"Sorry, some things are best left unsaid." Ruu muttered as he left the kitchen.
"Did you say something?" Kanata asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all." Ruu waved off.
"What are we going to do with that kid?" Kanata sighed.
"Hey." a small, familiar voice said.
"Miyu.....g-good morning." Kanata said getting back to his cooking.
"What are you making? It smells good." Miyu said.
"Just eggs and toast." Kanata said trying to act normal.
"Hmm."
"H-how are you?" Kanata questioned.
"Fine."
"Oh. How was the festival?"
"Fun."
"Did something happen between you and Seiya?" Kanata asked, getting irritated at Miyu's one syllable answers.
"N-nothing special." the blonde replied.
Kanata could feel Miyu heating up even with his back to her.
"What about with Mizuki then?"
"How did you," Miyu started.
"Were you spying on us?" Miyu accused.
"Of course not!" Kanata replied flusteridly, turning around to face the girl. "I have better things to do."
'C-R-A-P! I did not just say that!' Kanata thought.
"Well Saionji-san, if you have better things to do, then I'll leave you alone." Miyu said icily before walking off.
'Uhh. Again? Well I was just being concerned about her, she didn't have to snap at me like that! I mean, I'm just caring for her. I mean, how can she expect me NOT to get mad? Especially talking to the two guys close to her heart, when I- I. Forget it, it's not my fault. I'll just wait for her to cool down and apologize.' Kanata thought.
'Stupid Kanata! I DO NOT want to talk about those two right now. Geez. I don't need any crap coming from him. Especially if he's spying. I mean, what's he so curious for in the first place. This has nothing to do with him! And Mizuki...I wasn't even thinking about him...Forget it, my main problem right now is Seiya, I don't need any other kind of trouble. And I'm definitely not apologizing!' Miyu thought.
The tension in the classroom when the two arrived rose dramatically.
"Err, another fight with Saionji-kun?" Nanami asked sweat-dropping.
"No, not at all. Saionji is just being a nosy little brat." Miyu replied.
"Uhm..okay. Well, what happened between you and Seiya last night?" Nanami asked.
Miyu's heart skipped a beat and her face flushed, "W-what do you m-mean?"
"You two left and didn't come back at all." Aya said preparing to scribble some notes down.
"N-nothing happened." Miyu lied.
"R-" Nanami started.
"Class, settle down." Mizuno-sensei said, interrupting Nanami.
Everybody got into their seat and the classroom became silent in an instant.
"Let's see, who's absent today? Yaboshi-san?" Mizuno-sensei marked.
'Ehh? Seiya's..absent...' Miyu thought.
She felt slightly relieved, but at the same time worried.
"Kouzuki-san, you were in charge of changing the water in the vase today, you didn't do it did you?" Mizuno-sensei said.
"Ah, no. Sorry sensei." Miyu said.
"Alright, go hurry and do it now."
"Hai sensei."
Miyu got up and got the vase near the windows. As she approached the door, it suddenly opened, causing the two people to bump into each other.
"S-seiya." Miyu stuttered once she realized who the other person was.
And in her surprise, she dropped the vase. Causing it to shatter into tiny shards.
"Shoot." Miyu said as she bent down to pick up the broken glass. Seiya also crouched down to help her, the two ignoring whatever Mizuno-sensei was saying.
"Itai." Miyu said wincing as one of the shards cut her finger.
"Are you okay?" Seiya asked panickedly as he reached for her cut finger.
"I'm fine." Miyu replied, biting her lower lip.
"Yaboshi-san take Kouzuki-san to the nurse." Mizuno-sensei said. (A/N: Finally back to reality huh you two?)
"Hai sensei. But, er, what about the glass." Seiya said standing up with Miyu.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Mizuno-sensei sighed.
"Then we'll go now." Seiya said bowing before the two exited the classroom.
The two walked towards the infimary in dead silence.
'This is so awkward. What do I do?' Both of them thought.
"Anybody here?" Seiya knocked when the two reached the nurse's office.
Receiving no response, the blonde boy opened the door, to find it void of people. Only a small medical kit and a sign that said "Out" lay on the desk.
"Here, sit down. I can fix you up." Seiya said opening the kit.
Miyu hesistantly sat down on the edge of one of the beds. Seiya disinfected her cut, and wrapped the banadage around her finger, in silence.
"Thanks." Miyu mummbled as she got up to leave.
"Wait Miyu." Seiya said.
Miyu stopped in place for a moment.
Seiya took a deep breath and said "I'm sorry Miyu...for making this so...awkward. I never meant for it to be this way. I didn't want to harm our friendship, if you can call it that. But I want you to know that I'm serious. 100% serious. I really, really like you Miyu. Ever since I first met you. I don't want to put you on the spot or anything, not in the least. I just...wanted you to know that I was serious, and that I do like you Miyu, alot."
The blonde exhaled, and received no sound from the latter. So he continued. "I think...it'd be best for the both of us if I disappeared for a little bit."
Miyu opened her mouth to say something in protest, but Seiya cut in. "Don't worry, I won't skip school. I'll just stay out of your sight for a while."
Seiya walked toward the girl, turned her around to face him.
"And if you ever want to find me, or if you've made up your mind. Here's where you can find me." he said slipping a piece of paper into her hand.
"Bye Miyu." Seiya said before exiting.
Miyu let out a big sigh. 'I didn't want it to be like this either. I never...wanted anything like this. What am I going to do?'
"Oh, there's someone here?" a voice interrupted Miyu's thoughts.
"Are you hurt?" the nurse asked.
"Oh, I'm fine. I already got bandaged, I'll head back to class now." Miyu said making a dash towards the exit while unconsciously slipping the piece of paper into her pocket.
The rest of the day went on as normal. Well, normal for everyone else.
Today was not Seiya's lucky day to be "out of her life". The two blondes were assigned to be partners and in the same group countless times. Only once, did the teacher allow the two not to work together.
riiiiing
Finally, the day was over. Both blondes were exhausted from the day, but neither showed it. Miyu's friends, Kanata especially, noticed her weird acts, but said nothing.
"Miyu, you wanna go shopping with us?" Aya asked.
"Uh..sorry. Not today Aya-chan. I've got...some stuff to take care of." Miyu said.
"Alright." Aya said, slightly disappointed.
"Sorry." Miyu apologized again.
"Don't worry about it. You seem tired today, so we'll let you off the hook." Nanami said.
"Thanks Nanami." Miyu smiled weakly before leaving the classroom.
Kanata's POV
I don't care.
I don't care.
I don't care.
I don't care.
I don't care.
I. Do. Not. Care.
Okay? GAH! So I do care. Why the heck is so mad at me, I was just concerned about her, geez. And then she has to go flirt with that Yaboshi kid, and how dare he get her hurt. If we weren't fighting, I so would've punched his guts out. And then they come back, and they both act like weird aliens. Just what the heck happened?!
"-nata. KANATA! ARE YOU LISTENING?!" Santa screamed into his best friend's ear.
"I CAN HEAR YOU SANTA," I replied, rubbing my right ear "Geez, what are you trying to do? Make me go deaf?"
"Well, it's not my fault you were spacing out. I called your name like ten times." Santa replied.
"Yeah, yeah. What do you want?" I said, not at all interested.
"Go with me to the record store today, I need to look at some records for my collection." Santa said.
"No thanks, I'll pass." I replied, getting up.
"Come on Kanata, you're going to leave your best friend hanging?" Santa yelled.
If I ignore him, he'll go away.
"I bet if she asked, you wouldn't say no." Santa said.
"Who's she?" I replied.
"Don't act dumb Kanata. You know, today is your "anniversary". It's been 10 years already, huh." Santa said, getting a distant look on his face.
Ten years ago?
Ten years ago...
Ten. Oh.
"Tadaima." I said.
I didn't really expect an answer, considering Miyu was giving me the cold shoulder and Ruu was still at school or with Momoka.
"Okaeri." a familiar voice said, surprising me.
I was surprised at this response. The familiar voice. It couldn't be? Could it?
I followed the voice into the living room, opening it to find out if it really was.
"Welcome back Kanata. I've missed you."
"A..a..a-akira?" I stuttered disbelivingly.
A Stormy Arrival
Preview:
He just doesn't feel like "the one".
"This is Miu."
Maybe if I ignore him, he'll go away.
"Why can't you hurry up and make a decision already? It's not that hard. You're being pretty stupid and cruel."
"You should follow your heart. Don't be with the one you don't love because you're afraid."
"Whatever happens, happens. And if either really loves you, all he'll want is you to be happy."
"This is Akira."
"Geez, can't you be a bit nicer to me?"
"I'm taking him back."
"Just be careful."
