Twisted Fate 09

"Hey! Hey! Sweet thing! Are you alone?"

"Man are you cute!"

Makoto waiting for Ito when she was getting hit on by guys even when she was dressing as a guy

"Um..."

"No, I'm serious! How old are you? Are you in high school?

"Chat with us for a while. What's your name?"

"Sorry, guys. You're outta luck, I'm waiting for someone"

"A girl, right?"

"So if you any your friend are free, come along with us! We'll do karaoke! We'll even buy!"

"It's more fun the more people are there"

At that moment a hand flew between them, Ito stood in front of Makoto

"What are you doing?" He asked as he glare at the guys

"I..."

"Uh..." the guys became too scared to even say anything

"What about karaoke?" Ito asked, the guys backed away

"Ito san!" Makoto wanted to stop him

"Just whose girl do you think she is?" Makoto blushed at those words

"..." Ito blushed as he remembered the words he said 'just whose girl do you think she is? Ah... so embarrassing' they are now sitting in a family restaurant.

"Sorry" Ito started "you're supposed to be a guy, but I said those words"

"No, it alright" Makoto's face was still red from the blushing

"You should be more careful next time" Ito took a sip of his drink "there's many people that like pretty boys"

"I know," Makoto answered

Whisper were heard around them, though they didn't mind the attention much, it still annoyed Ito a bit

"Hey, those boys are cute"

"I bet they're a couple"

"Such beautiful eyes"

"Such a waste"

'She could pass as both a guy and a girl" Ito thought as he heard the whisper of them being a couple, he blushed, he still wasn't sure what kind of relationship they have at the moment.

Makoto looked confusingly at Ito blushing.

"That pretty impressive" Ito stated in the locker room "For your father to insist you graduate from school as a guy. And you're strong willed enough to do it!"

"Father was pretty anxious to do it. He wants me to succeed him or marry someone that will succeed him." Makoto replied "It all rides on the bet"

Ito thought about Makoto's situation and his own, for him, Ryuga will succeed his father so he's free to do what he wanted but for Makoto, she took up a challenge for her future, her mother and sisters supported him especially when dressing him as a boy.

They reach the gymnasium only to be greeted by a

"Congratulations!"

"Eh?"

"Ito kun!" Tsugumi sempai ran up to Ito and grab him on the arm "Listen! Romeo and Juliet in last fall's cultural festival gave us a good reputation around school!"

"This place has been reserved to prepare for a baseball tournament, so now the drama club has the pool area. Today as well" Ms Ito announced

"The pool? What does that have to do with Romeo and Juliet?" Ito asked

"You're not trying to make this into a beauty contest, are you?" Makoto asked just in case

"How'd you guess?" Ms Ito smiled "I call it the Juliet contest, and anyone can enter. They trend the thorny path in order to rescues their Romeo, the one who reaches Romeo first will be crowned Miss Juliet!"

"What kind of third rate setup is that?" asked Ito

"Quit being a stickler for details! And I've decided on my Romeo" Ms Ito announced which Ito quickly regret coming to club


At the pool, Ms Ito said it was the first day, so they could have fun, but for Ito, it would be pointless to have fun when Makoto would be sitting out, therefore he wanted to leave early but was dragged by other members to get changed. He came out in his swimsuit, exposing his slightly toned body, girls were staring at him as if he was a piece of art.

"Umm... why doesn't Makoto kun come swimming?" a member asked as they looked towards Makoto

"He got hurt in an accident. He can't go in the water, he was on a ferry-boat when he was young, and it sank. Since then, he's seen afraid of water.

'Ahh, I guess that makes sense. A swimsuit would be hard to sell.' Ito thought to himself until a yell took his attention

"Will you cut that out?" Ito turned to see Tsugumi sempai yelling at some guys behind the fence

"Tsugumi san?"

"I already told you no!"

"I won't go until you turn to look my way!" That guy began taking picture of Tsugumi only to have her back away from the fence

"What's the story there?" Ito asked

"The head of the photo club. Today he's got Tsugumi sempai in his sights.

"Isn't he a little overboard?" Ito asked as he looked over to the commotions again, the head of the photo club took out five photos

"Original unposed shots of Ito Miura in his natural element! A set of five for only 1000 yens!

"Sold!" Tsugumi movement was so quick that Ito didn't notice her move until sold was heard

"Ma'am, you have good taste"

"Be careful if they get something juicy, they can sell it for a fortune." Ito's friends warned

Ito looked towards Makoto, they were taking pictures of her too. Ito felt a little annoyed.

"Will you cut this out" Ito demanded

"Thanks for all the modelling!" the head of the photo club announced as he began to take pictures of Ito "These pictures will sell! Don't worry so much!"

"You don't understand the situation, do you" Ito stated " My job is to represent the drama club!, you cannot take pictures of these members without first obtaining their permission! With three cameras, no, less!"

Upon hearing those words females members of the drama club melted

"How can the photo club survive with those rules?" he argued

"A guy who is nothing but a voyeur has no right to talk" seeing that he had no interest to follow his demands "Okay, you'll excuse me" With those words he jumped onto the fence and took the camera out of the other guy's hands

"Aaaah! My camera!"

"Don't freak. I just want what's inside. Now..." Ito looked back to see that the head of the photo club had fallen to the ground and is now unconscious.

"I never thought he'd fall off!"

"Thanks! I mean it! A photo club member said

"Yeah, when he gets going, no telling what he'll do!

"So I helped, good." Ito stated as the photo club dragged the unconscious head away.

"Ah, you did it again" the male members looked at him

"What?" he asked confused

"More girls would be after you now"

"Will you shut up" Ito blushed, he just want Makoto to be safe

"Ito san, you're bleeding" Makoto walked up to him

"Eh?" Ito looked at Makoto "You know... it must have been boring. I got to swim and you couldn't."

"That didn't bother me." She replied "I got a eyeful of Ito san"

"..."Ito blushed at those words.

"Besides, this is the path I've chosen for myself, right?"

"Hurry up Mako!" Ito stated as he helped Makoto go through a hole in the fence

"Wait a sec, Ito san!"

"Don't be such a worrier! There's nobody working tonight!"

"I thought it was strange to come get me so late, but why are we at school at night?"

"You'll see" Ito answered both unnoticed the shadow in the bush

"Thepool?"

"Yep! You can swim now, can't you," Ito brought out a t-shirt and pants "nobody's here, and I'd like to go swimming with you! Just for tonight, you can go as yourself, we can't do this often so go change clothes!

Makoto came back, in the t-shirt and pant Ito have gave her, the pants was right for her but the shirt was too big

"Ah you're back" Ito asked as he noticed Makoto "sorry the shirt was too big"

"No, it's alright" Makoto answered

"Now get in the water" Ito instructed and Makoto followed, after a second she got back up, the clothing sticking to her body clearly showing she's female

"Ito san?" she questioned as she noticed Ito staring at her

Ito bends down next Makoto who was now sitting on the edge of the pool, he took hold of a bit Makoto's hair and smiled "You're beautiful"

Makoto blushed but quickly recover, slowly she place her hands on Ito's cheek and brought his face toward her where they had a slow kiss under the moonlight.

Kachik kachik

Ito was sitting on the edge of the pool when Makoto noticed he's not changed

"You say that nobody's here to see us but Ito san, you haven't changed?" Makoto asked

"Sorry, but you already got an eyeful this afternoon" Ito replied happily

"Then why did you..." Makoto was interrupted by another kachik

"?"

"Ito san"

"Don't come out!" Ito instructed

"Is something..."

Before Makoto finish, Ito have already jumped over the fence and found the reason for the kachik sound

"Ito san" yelled out worryingly

"You..." Ito yelled as he attacked the person with the camera,

"Eeee!" the guys cried as he touch his face that was hit by Ito

"You seem to have a death wish." He glare at guy while he ruin the film

"Forgive me!"

"I'm gonna murder you!"

But before he could do anything, flashes of light was noticed by Makoto

"Everyone! Hold it right there!" it was a security guard "What are you doing at a night like this?"

"Ito san " Makoto whispered as she jumped over the fence and began to run away with Ito

"Good timing, Makoto!"