Note: The day I have to make note of this is a sad day for me, buuuuuut a quick rant on FLAMERS. Yeah, if you can't write, then please, take your silly jealousy somewhere else. I don't approve of flaming and if you don't like a story, just leave it be. Don't act like you're better then everyone else, 'cause I hate to tell you, but that only makes you less than them. Any further flaming, and I WILL respond with my opinion on the matter. Thanks for listening to that, everyone. So sorry that it had to be done! This chapter took me longer than most… just out of sheer laziness! Still, I hope you enjoy chapter 10 of Whose Manga is it, Anyway? Thanks for your reviews, and please keep those puppies coming in!
Disclaimer: Don't own Fruits Basket, though it saddens my heart…
Whose Manga is it, Anyway?
Chapter 10: Splish Splash
--We Start in Izzy's POV—
Even though Kyo's not sitting with me bothered me, I chose to ignore it. Let him think that I felt nothing, the heartless idiot. I could see that Melony was chatting up to Yuki, which I'd expected. If nothing else, their like natures would lead to a deeply founded friendship.
Eventually, reading through and making note of various spells got dull, so I pulled out a bit of paper and a pencil and started drawing. At first, I wasn't sure what my hand was doing, but eventually it produced a sketch of Kyo—just as he currently was, sitting bored and lonesome in the seat all by himself.
It instantly became my favorite of anything I'd ever drawn—it was such an amazingly done drawing of Kyo! Though generally I was very critical of my own drawings, I thought it was really good and captured his pose perfectly.
"I should draw without thinking more often," I muttered, tucking the drawing away to be shown to Melony later.
"We're heeeeere!" Shigure declared, jumping up and grabbing his luggage. "Last one to the cabin has to unpack for me!"
He ran off and we all looked at him for a moment, then Kyo smirked at Yuki. "Do you hear that?" he said. "Another race! I'm going to beat you for sure!"
And he grabbed his things and mine and rushed off before I could protest that he was taking my things as well.
"So sorry, Melony-san," Yuki said, "But if I don't follow, he's just going to yell."
He snatched up her things in a much more gentlemanly fashion and darted off after Kyo.
"Well," Tohru said nervously. "Some things never change." She laughed nervously and fumbled with her bags. I thought it was funny that Kyo and Yuki hadn't taken her bags, but Melony apparently did not. She walked over and started helping her. Now I'd look bad if I didn't do the same.
And that was how our group got into the lake house, three running boys first and three walking girls sharing a load just after…
--Melony's POV—
The lake house was even more amazing in person than it had seemed in the anime. "It's amazing," I gasped, rushing to a window to look at the lake.
"Isn't it just?" Shigure said, beaming. "I knew you would like it! Let's not waste time—you should all go swimming! I, of course, will be your chaperone!"
Izzy rolled her eyes. "You just want to see Tohru-san, Melony, and I in swim suits," she said, retrieving her things harshly from Kyo. "Which room will Melony and I have?"
"How little you trust," Shigure sobbed, pointing her in the direction of our room.
"Since I already have your things, Melony-san, let me give you a hand," Yuki said as I picked up the smaller of my two bags. I flushed.
"Thank you very much, Yuki-san," I said, smiling. "But I can easily handle it. Why don't you help Toh—"
"I'm taking Tohru's bags, you damn rat!" Kyo called, snatching up Tohru's things and running off in a temper.
Yuki sighed. "You were saying?" he said, heading off towards my room. Defeated, I followed, forced to accept his chivalry.
After setting my things down, he left Izzy and I to unpack. As expected, Izzy raised her eyebrows at me as soon as he was out of sight.
"Since when are you and Yuki best friends?" she said, grinning wickedly.
"We aren't, he's just being polite," I responded, blushing. I wasn't used to getting attention from boys.
"It's not like I mind—that leaves Kyo wide open for me!" she said, giggling.
"Now now, whoever said I'm not still a fangirl?" I said, putting on my obsessive face. "For all you know, this is all a secret plot."
She laughed. "You? Secret plot?"
She had a point. I wasn't much of one for secrets, or plots. Unless it was the writing sort of plot, of course.
"Look at what I drew," she said suddenly, whipping a sketch out of her binder. It was an amazing depiction of Kyo.
"Wow! I wish I could draw like that!" I said, drooling over the drawing. "He might be flattered, if you caught him at the right time with it."
She sighed. "As you may have noticed, he doesn't seem particularly fond of me."
I shrugged. "He took your bags, not Tohru's. That might mean something." It was farfetched (they HAD been closest), but it was also possible.
"Notice who's he took when the race was over," she said, dragging out her suit. "I hate to say it, but let's take Shigure's advice and go swimming."
I beamed. I just loved water! "Okay!" I said, snatching up my suit and slamming the door so we could get changed…
Shigure looked utterly pleased with himself when Izzy and I emerged in our suits.
"Anyone else coming?" Izzy asked, looking specifically at Kyo, who I could imagine she was dying to see up close and in person in swim trunks.
"Of course, you'll need an adult present," Shigure said, "But I think I'll stay out of the water today."
Izzy glared at him. "If the rest of us are going to be half naked, you shouldn't get the opportunity to be an exception," she said.
"Now now, I know you're just dying to see me topless, but honestly—"
"NO ONE IS DYING TO SEE YOU TOPLESS!" Izzy and Kyo shouted in unison.
Shigure whipped up some fake tears. "Tohru, look how mean they're being," he whimpered.
"I uh…" she said, "I think I'll go get my swim suit on now!" she said, running off.
"I'm going with you," Kyo decided at once.
Kyo's going to go swimming? I thought in amazement.
"But I'm not getting in the water!" he finished, crossing his arms and looking determined.
"What about you, Yuki-san?" Izzy asked.
"Well I… guess I could come," he said.
"Come on, Yuki-san," I said, smiling. "You don't want to be in the house all by yourself, do you?"
Yuki smiled. "No, I guess not," he said, standing up. "I'll be right back, then."
Izzy gave me a very suggestive look and I sighed at her.
"I am NOT going to fall victim to the Prince's charms," I whispered calmly in her ear, keeping a smile plastered on my face.
Kyo's face turning an extremely strange shade of red signaled Tohru's return to the room, clad in her bathing suit.
"You look wonderful, Tohru!" Shigure declared.
"Shut up, you pervert!" Kyo yelled, moving over a bit as if to protect Tohru.
Izzy and I giggled, despite our jealousy. Yuki walked very slowly back into the room, looking very self conscious. I turned red at once upon seeing him; he looked undeniably attractive in his trunks, close to the same color as his hair.
"I wonder what the fan club girls would say if they could see him," Izzy muttered in my ear.
"Are we all ready?" Shigure asked, looking excited at the fact that he was in a room with three bikini-clad females.
"Sure are!" Tohru said, smiling. "But I'm really not a very good swimmer, so I probably won't be in the water much. I hope that's okay."
"That's fine," Shigure said. "But we can always help you out."
I was sure that was suggestive somehow, being Shigure, but I wasn't sure how. All of us set off towards the lake, Kyo bringing up the rear and looking a bit sulky in contrast to Tohru's smiling face beside him, chattering away.
"I bet you're a great swimmer, huh, Yuki-san?" Izzy said, a bit sarcastically.
"I wouldn't say that," Yuki said. "Just not terrible, is all."
I was smiling so brightly by now—I hadn't been swimming in what seemed like forever. "Melony loves the water," Izzy commented, patting me on the head. "And she's a good swimmer. The two of you should race."
"Race?" I said, giving her a pointed look of 'stop trying to hook me up with Yuki'. "I'd really rather not."
Yuki smiled. "It's up to Melony-san," he said. "I don't mind."
"Look, look, we're nearly there!" Shigure exclaimed, pointing like an excited three year old.
"Oooh it's even prettier than I remember!" Tohru said, picking up speed and leaving Kyo behind.
Izzy grinned at me. "Race you to the water?" she said. "You can join in if you want, Yuki-san," she added as an afterthought.
"I'm gonna win!" I said, laughing.
"One," she counted.
"Two," I responded.
"Three!" Yuki said with a shy smile, surprising us both and gaining the lead.
I sped up to overtake him, determined not to lose. I always beat Izzy, mostly because she really didn't care, and I was a fairly competitive person.
Yuki dove into the lake a mere split second before I did.
"Let's call that a tie," he said, looking a bit silly with his wet hair.
"Okay," I wheezed, much more out of breath than he was.
"Are you all right?" he asked, noticing my breathing trouble.
"Of course," I panted. "Just… not very… fit."
He smiled and looked like he might laugh, but seemed to be containing himself. A splash alerted us that Izzy had arrived.
"Who won?" She asked, resurfacing with a big grin.
"It was a tie," Yuki said.
"Stop splashing!" Kyo yelled from the shore, where he was sitting cross legged and watching Tohru splash around at the edge of the lake like a mother watched her children. "You're getting me wet!"
"That's your own fault for sitting so close," Shigure said, a bit further back on a lawn chair that had somehow materialized. Kyo glared at him, but Tohru falling over and creating a splash that soaked him distracted him.
"YOU—"" he began, catching himself. "Be more careful," he finished at normal voice tone.
Izzy, Yuki, and I all laughed softly. "Stupid cat," Yuki muttered.
"What's that?" Izzy asked slyly.
"Oh, nothing," Yuki said, putting on that charming smile of his.
Bored, I splashed Izzy and quickly dove underwater to avoid her retaliation.
As soon as I came up, Izzy splashed me, as I had expected. Laughing, I splashed her back. "Come on, you can splash better than that!" I said, diving again and swimming around Yuki to get behind her, splashing her from behind while she tried to figure out where I'd gone.
"Hey!" she said, splashing me back and laughing even harder. Yuki was just sort of watching us, so I splashed him lightly.
"Don't just stand there, Yuki-san!" I said, only just remembering to add the "san" to the end in my excitement.
He smiled, pleased to be included, and gave me a very gentle splash back…
End note: Yay first adventure at the lake house! Review and tell me what you thought of it, and maybe Yuki will take his shirt off for you! XD