A Foren Transfer Student chapter 10. Boat Ride To Japan.

I looked down at the water and sighed. The boat I was on had left about ten minutes ago and I was still mad at Corey. I was thinking of just backing out of the dress thing and tolerate Aido bugging me, but Corey had made me make the dress thing a promise, and I never break a promise. 'Damned Corey' I thought, then went below the deck, to where the rooms were. I opened the door to my room and nearly fell in when the boat swayed. I caught my balance near the bed. I groaned in an annoyed way. I would have preferred to go on a plane then to be on this boat. It's not that I get boat sick or anything, it's, well it's a number of things. A plane doesn't sway like a boat does, it would have been much warmer, also, we would get there quicker if we were on a plane. By we, I mean that Aido and Kain were still with me. Why wouldn't they be? I sat on the bed and took of my jacket since it was warm inside. I then just laid in bed until someone knocked at my door. I sat up and looked up as the door opened and Aido stood there.

"You do know you should have waited until I said come in or opened the door myself, right?" I asked and he just smiled. He was wearing a heavy blue jacket, but not the same blue as his eyes, a little darker. He just gave me a smile as he walked in and sat beside me. "Are you settling down for the ride back?" He asked. 'What type of question is that?' I thought and gave a look. "Yes, but I don't like it. I'd rather be on a plane then a boat." I said as I put my jacket then walked out of the room, Aido following behind me. I wasn't looking at him, but I heard him chuckle. "Are you afraid that the boat will sink or something?" I rolled my eyes, a bit annoyed. "No. It's just a plane would be warmer and you can also stand up better in a plane. WHOA." The boat swayed again and I would have fallen if Aido hadn't caught me. "Thanks." I said as I pulled away from him and continued my walk to the deck. He smiled, did what I call a closed mouth laugh (sounds more like an Hm Hm Hm, than a Hee Hee Hee) and continued to follow me.

As I got to the deck of the boat, I only saw a few other people since it was already dark and cold. Kain happened to be one of the people on the deck. He now saw us and walked over. "Hay (or hi)." I then shivered as a cold blast of wind when down my jacket. "Cold?" Kain asked the obvious. "Yes, very." I said, still shivering a bit. I was cold because of the ocean wind. It blew off the icy water then onto the boat. "My, isn't someone in a bad mood today (tonight)." Aido said, teasing me and making my mood worse. "Oh, just shut up." I snapped madly, then headed below deck again. It was getting way to cold for me.

When I got to my room I was still a little cold, so I warmed myself up by setting my body on fire for a few seconds. It was a really good thing that the door was closed or someone could have seen me, my entire body on fire, and freaked. I undid the spell on the fire was gone. Now that I was warmer I felt calmer. Could it have been the cold giving putting me in a bad mood? Could have. I do get mad easily at times over little or stupid times. I then got bored so I laid on my bed and watch cartoon off of my labtop. I was watching Bugs Bunny and Twiety Shows when I heard my door opened. I had been lying on my stomach, so when I propped myself up, Aido was already by my bed. "What do you want, Aido?" I asked, wishing he had knocked. "Nothing in particular." He answered then looked at what I was watching. It was a episode with Sylvester trying to eat Twity, as always, but Twity kept turning into a bird version of Mr. hide (Real episode). I paused the show, since it was on my laptop. "Then what are you doing in here?" I then asked as I got into a sitting position. As soon as I sat up, Aido sat beside me and leaned back a little. "I just got a little bored and wanted to see what you were doing." He answered my question. I silently sighed and rolled my eyes. I then saw that he had no entrusts in leaving when he kicked his shoes off then sat, legs out on my bed and out right turned the show on my laptop back on to watch it.

I sighed as I watched him watch the show. "You really are the type of person that will just do anything if he really wants to, aren't you?" It wasn't really a question and he knew it. He chuckled but continued to watch Sylvester get beat up by Twity in Mr. Hide form. He then shifted to the side so I could sit beside him. I hesitated for a second, then sat on the bed with one leg stretched out and the other up and my arms around that leg. I had a feeling that Aido might try something on me, (like a kiss, or a arm around the shoulder) being the playboy that he is, but he just watched the laptop, which was now showing a different Bug Bunny episode.

"Can I ask you something, Ash-San?" I heard him say after awhile. I turn to see that he was looking at me. "What?" I asked in a somewhat sleepy voice. I was starting to get tired. "That boy, Corey. Is he just a friend, or is he more like your boyfriend?" The question caught me off guard and woke up my sleepy half. "What!? No! Corey is just my best friend not my boyfriend. I don't have a boyfriend." I didn't mean to sound so panicked; it just turned out that way. Aido smiled, closed his eyes and let out another 'closed mouth laugh.' He then asked another question. "Do you have any feelings for him?" That also caught me off guard, but not as much as the first question. "Well, I like him, but not in the way you're thinking. He is one of the only people not to think me as a freak." I didn't feel comfortable talking about so I just turned back to my laptop to watch more Bug Bunny. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw Aido smiling, a soft, realized smile. I had a gut feeling it was because I told him that Corey was no more then a friend.

I guess I had fallen asleep, because I slowly woke up with sunlight coming through the boat window. My laptop was on the desk beside me, strapped down in case the boat swayed. Aido was gone and I was also under the blanket. 'Wasn't I on top of the blanket when I fell asleep?' I asked myself, then realized that Aido must of put the blanket on my before leaving. My chest hurt as I pictured Aido "tucking me in." I then put my face into my pillow and groaned. I couldn't deny my feeling of liking Aido anymore, since that only seemed to make the chest pain worse. Although, I didn't know if I was in love with him. All I knew was that I really, really liked him. I then got dressed to go have a early lunch (had slept till 11:00) in the boat's cafe.

When I was finished with my lunch, I went to the fun room, somewhere where the people on the boat can go when they get bored, to play some pinball. After about a hour of playing that I got bored and just read a book at one of those tables. After a few hours of doing that, I started to get tired. As my head started you drop and my eyes kept opening and closing, someone grabbed me from behind. Well, it was really more of a hug, but it was so sudden it still made me jump and let out a small scream. I then heard a laugh and knew who was hugging me. "AIDO, YOU CREEP!" I yelled at him and he let go of me, grinning. "Well, that's not very nice." He said still grinning as he crossed his arms. "Nether is scaring me like that." I snapped as I tried to calm down. I really hated to be scared. He chuckled at that. I then looked at the clock on the wall to see it was 5:30. Had I really been in here that long? No wonder I got so tired. I yawned and rubbed my eyes, trying to wake myself up. "Tired?" I heard Aido ask beside me. "A little. More bored then tired." I said as I stretched and let out another yawn as I did. I then caught Aido smiling at me. "What?" I asked and stood up. "Nothing." He said with a small shrug.

I then walked out of the room to go above deck, thinking that the cold are would wake me up. I didn't have to look behind me to tell that Aido was following me. When I walked onto the deck I saw that the sun was just about set. It was also warmer then it was last night, but still cool enough to wake me up. I then looked out towards the way we were heading and I thought I could see land. I narrowed by eyes, and gave myself my "cat eyes" so I could see better, to see that I was right. There was land in front of us. It should be only about, maybe half a day, or 12 hours until we would be in Japan. I slightly shivered as a blast of wind blew on me, then I felt arm rap around my waist then pulled me closer to him, until my back was against his chest. I knew it was Aido, and I blush as my body felt warmer against his hold and I was glade that Aido was behind me, so he couldn't see me blush. "Aido, let go of me." I said and I tried to pull away from him, but Aido didn't even loosen his grip. I looked behind me to look at him to see that he was smiling softly, with his eyes closed. I could tell by the look that he liked having me this close to him. "Aido, let me go." I tried again, but it didn't work.

I then felt someone pull Aido off me. "Hay!" Aido said and looked behind him to see his cousin. "It looked like you were smothering her, and didn't you hear her tell you to let go?" Kain asked as he let go of Aido's jacket collar. Aido put a pout on his face and I sighed as I rolled my eyes. I then put my arms on the railing and looked out at the ocean and up coming land. I could hear Aido and Kain talking to one another, but I played no attention to what they were saying and continued to look forward. To me, the view was beautiful. It took be a few minutes to notice that the sun had gone completely down and was dark. I then let out a yawn then went below deck, leaving Aido and Kain without saying were I was going, beside why would I have to tell them? I then went into my room and laid on the bed, feeling really sleepy, which was un-normal for me. I have always been a night time person, but tonight I was feeling tired as soon as it got dark.

Someone knocking on my door woke me up. I couldn't remember falling asleep, so I must have been more tired then I thought. I pulled my sleepy body off the bed and went to answer the door. It was Aido. "Hay, Ash-San, get your things ready. We'll be in Japan in only a couple hours." I nodded sleepy and saw that he was smiling like he was trying not to laugh. I guessed I must have had bed hair (really messy hair). I then shut the door before he could start laughing and started to pack my things up. I then brushed my hair, so it would go back to looking curly. I then put my backpack on then went into the hall, where Aido and Kain seemed to be waiting for me. They had their stuff beside them. They then picked up there stuff and we went above deck, to see that the boat was slowing into a harbor. Soon, we were off the boat and in a car, going back to Cross Academy. I smiled out the window of the car, thinking how good it felt to be back in Japan.