CHAPTER 9: Him and Her… He and She… Everything revolves around them… But who are they?

Cherry Blossoms, scattering around in that stony path… covering the red path with pink… till now, some of them keeps on falling… blown and carried by the wind… but no matter how far they're blown away, they'll still fall on to the ground…

He stood there, unable to sit down and enjoy the view anymore since he has a club to attend. But even if he's standing or even sitting, he's one person that will never change. Striking red hair, dark-golden eyes, his cool composure, the relaxed look on his face, the aura he emanates… Nothing changed…

Now standing amongst those beautiful falling petals, he was really… striking… the view was really breath-taking. She could've sworn her heart had stopped beating, and that time had stopped, except for those falling petals… just like then…

And once again, Yellow finds herself staring at him from afar for 5 minutes already. He noticed her standing there, and smiled at her, "My, hello there Yellow." He said.

Yellow snapped out of her thoughts, and blushed a bit, "Hi there, Lance." She mumbled, loud enough for him to hear, as she walked closer to him, "I was expecting you here actually."

He tilted his head questioningly, "Need something?" He asked.

"Well… I was just wondering, about the incident during lunch break just now…"

"Ah… well, about that, I don't think you need to worry about it much… it's nothing really important to you anyway." He said and smiled lightly and reassuringly to her.

A mysterious smile that reflects nothing but more mystery.

"Ah?" Yellow whispered to herself, "Wha…"

Lance raised his brows, "Anything the matter?" He asked.

Yellow shook her head, "No, nothing…" she said. What's this déjà vu I'm having?

Lance chuckled, "Don't daydream." He said as he tapped her head lightly.

Yellow blushed lightly, "Ah, I'm not daydreaming!" She quickly denied, "I was just… thinking…"

Lance smirked, "About Red?"

Yellow blushed even redder, "NO! What do you mean anyway?" she asked, both annoyed and embarrassed at the same time.

Lance chucked again, "You're really happy that now you're his girlfriend huh? So, how's he, is he a good boyfriend?"

Her face turned to the shade of crimson red, "Well…" She hesitated, "I don't know… we haven't do anything much… as a couple I mean." She quickly added, "We only had lunch together, and that's all…"

Lance raised his brows, "Really?" Lance asked, quite surprised, he then sneered, "You sure you two didn't kiss or anything? Or cuddling each other when no one is looking?"

"W-w-w-what d-d-do you m-m-mean?" She exclaimed.

Lance chuckled at her reaction, "so, you didn't? My, I wonder what he's waiting for…" He wondered, meaning to tease her a bit more.

"Argh! Stop it!" She exclaimed, getting annoyed and embarrassed at the same time by him.

Lance laughed lightly, "Well, alright, sorry then, Yellow-chan." He said, with an amused tone yet a bit of apologetically.

"Huh! MEANIE!" She exclaimed.


"No matter how many times you try…" Green started.

"No! I'll definitely win this time!" Red said.

"…You won't ever…" Green muttered as he tilted his head slightly.

"Ugh… take that! And that! Die!"

"Oh yeah? How 'bout this then?"

"NO! Arrrrgghhh! Dimmit!" Red cursed as he threw the console into the air.

Green chuckled arrogantly, "You lose, again. And now that makes it 20 wins for me, 20 loses for you, and 0 tie." He informed.

"Dimmit, how come you're so good in these types of fighting games?" Red asked, annoyed by the fact that he had lost terribly to him.

Green shrugged, "it's not that I'm good in this, you just suck in this thing."

"Oh really? Well then, let's prove it; one more time! I had it close just now!" Red declared.

Green sighed, "Whatever, though you'll just end up losing again, I'm sure…"

"I won't!" Red said as he took the console again, and started playing again.

Green was quite for a moment, "… Hey Red." He said.

"What is it?"

"Wanna make a bet?" He asked.

"Huh? A bet?" Red asked as he looks at his face.

Green nodded, "What do you think? It's getting a bit boring; winning all the time…"

Red sneered, "Sounds fun, I'm in! What are we betting on?"

The battle in the screen started. And the 2 characters on the screen started fighting immediately.

"If you win… I take back what I said…" Green said, "And if I win… you'll break up with Yellow."

Those words struck Red hard, "What?" He whispered in shocked as he glanced at him.

'Yeah, break up with Yellow, and leave her forever…" Green muttered, not taking his eyes off the screen.

Red was awe-struck for a while, he's really shocked to hear his best friend saying those words, but then he sneered, "Okay then." He concentrated back on the screen.

This time, Green glanced at him, and raised his brows, but said nothing. He's the one who was surprised now… He accepted it? Is he really THAT confident in winning? But then, IF he loses… then Yellow… Yellow will…

Green turned his attention back on the big screen on the wall. Oh, he sure he has to win this one…

"TAKE THAT!" Red exclaimed triumphantly as he delivered the last blow, and he win.

Green was surprised and taken aback for a moment. He had lose? Impossible… no way… He loses in a bet he had made up on his own?

Red cheered happily, "Ah Green, guess this time I win! Yeah! So, take back what you said just now!" He said while pointing at him.

Green sighed, "Alright, alright, I take it back…" Green muttered.

Red laughed, "Ah well Green thanks anyway."

"… For what?"

"Well, you make that bet to encourage me to win, huh? That's really nice of you, you know." He said as he sneered.

"… Red?" Green asked after a moment of brief pause, "What do you think of Yellow?"

Red look at him with a questioning look, "Huh?"

"To you, what is Yellow? Besides being your girlfriend."

"W-wait, why are you suddenly asking this?"

Green shrugged, "Just wanna know…"

Red was quite for a moment, looking thoughtful, "… Well, to me… she's… really something… Her smile, her cuteness… her personality… It always cheers up even my gloomiest day… she's… she's my sun… Yeah! I guess that's it, she's my sun… the sun that shone on me and only on me…"

"Is she really important to you?"

"Yeah, she's important to me…"

Green said nothing, but he stood up, "… I'll get some drinks…" He muttered.

"Hey, get me the cold one, Kay?" Red said.

"Sure."

Green walked out of the room they were in. He walked down the grand corridor of his house towards the kitchen. While walking, he pondered on the bet he had made just now… Why did he make it in the first place? What was he thinking? Red is Yellow's boyfriend, and Yellow likes him, so why did he have to interfere in their love affairs? He really felt stupid… and somehow guilty...

As Green left the room, Red sprawled Green's bed. He smiled to himself, "Nice try Green… But, she chooses me over you, and there's nothing that can change that fact… I won't give her to you, even if that means I have to end the friendship we have. That's how much I love her…"


"But why the…" Clair started.

Sarah sighed, "Just sign me up, please."

"Wait, I thought you…"

"It's better than nothing, right?"

"You can't draw." Clair said in a matter-of-fact manner.

Sarah paused, "I know I suck at art, but then I guess this is a chance to improve my skill in Arts, right?"

"Well, if you really insist, I can't help that, so, the Art Club then?"

"Yeah, I'm joining the Art Club."


Author's note:

Yeah, I know everything seems to be progressing slowly, but I can't rush things either, the ending of the story will become really abrupt. Well, so yeah, if my faithful readers finds it a bit… boring, forgive me *Bows deeply*!

From now on, Yellow somehow started finding herself falling for Lance. It will take time for a quite 'dense' girl like her to realize it, so, it'll be a few chapters before she really realized her feeling for him.

Oh and for Green? Well, he just can't forget about Yellow, not yet.

For Sarah… Well, plays quite an important role in the story, just wait and see

And for SpicyJuliet (Is it?) thank for reviewing (Or rather flaming… But I don't mind much at all). My whole story won't have that crappy plot. I've considered that plot for a few times though, and I must say, that kind of plot IS crappy. So, I won't be making a story with THAT kind of plot, I promise

And Lance is rather emotionless? Hmm… one of my friends says so…

Oh well…

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With love, Eleria-chan.