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09: Path to the future
The white washed office was a mess. Desks were over turned and chairs broken into bit and scattered across the room. Umeki stood perplexed by the scene. What had happen in here? She stepped into the room glancing from her left to her right. Perhaps if she found Ojou she'd get some information but it didn't look like anyone was around…
Umeki stopped when she stepped in front of what looked like a mirror. The image she saw wasn't her normal self oval faced and hair dyed so much it looked brown and blonde and pulled up into a high pony tail. No, Umeki stared at a rounder face of a much younger girl with jet black slightly wild looking hair to the middle of her neck a white hair band stuck out well within the dark hair. Umeki held a hand up and touch her cheek and confirmed that the reflection was in fact hers. She was looking back into the hands of time at the old Umeki, the non-Delinquent Umeki.
"Umeki-Chan…"
A dark face loomed over Umeki's shoulder suddenly and frighteningly. She gasped whirling around to see the person better and when she did a shriek ripped from her throat before she could stop it.
Umeki screamed shooting into an upright position eyes wide and alert. She was greeted by her dark room instead of the office she had just seen a moment again. She was drenched in cold sweat and panting for air. Just a dream… Umeki sighed running her fingers through her hair and pushing it out of her face before dropping back into bed. She hadn't had a nightmare like that in a while... they always made her heart go a mile a minute when she did though. She glanced at the clock beside her bed.
"3:00" she hummed before slowly pushing herself up. There was no way in hell she'd be getting back to sleep after that, might as well get ready for class now…
"You guys, Graduation is right around the corner."
"Huh?"
"I'm talking about your path in life. If you've decided, fine, but if you haven't you better get started soon"
Path in life? That was the last thing on Umeki's mind at the moment. Her nightmare had left her a bit unsettled today but you want to know what was really throwing her off?
Umeki stopped drawing for a second and tipped her head to the side to get a better view of the easy-going boy she sat beside. He, like everyone else, stared ahead at Ojou so he didn't notice Umeki's stares. It had been a few days since what had happened between Hayato and herself and he acted as though nothing had happen. Neither of them had spoken about it but a look or two was often exchanged and now Umeki found herself sitting in a chair in between Hayato and Tsucchi and using Hayato's desk.
"I see." Take nodded "That's why you have that scary demon look on your face" he pointed two fingers on each side of his head to get his point across fully.
"There's no need to rush" Hayato added
"It'll all turn out good" Tsucchi ended
"How about thinking about it more seriously? It's about your own futures" Ojou sighed in distress but whatever else she had said was a blur when Hayato turned his head and locked eyes with Umeki. She quickly looked away trying to focus on her notebook and not the burning feel of Hayato's eyes on her skull. She heard him chuckle and she held back a snarl, what was he laughing about? It was his fault she was like this. Thinking back to what happened made Umeki's face turn bright red without fail and Hayato seemed to be getting a kick out of it, jerk.
"Uki-Chan"
"Don't call me…" She sighed curling her hands into a fist before glancing back at the boy beside her "…What…Hayato" The boy smirked at her and stuck out a finger poking her cheek slightly
"Your face is all red, are you alright?" oh Umeki would bite his finger off if she could right now.
"I'm Okay" she replied shortly but before she could turn back around Tsucchi was looking down in wonder at the shade of her face.
"Oh Hayato is right. Uki-Chan your face is all red! Are you getting a fever?" he asked
"Tsucchi-kun I'm fine-"
"Fever?" Take was in the conversation now leaning forward from his desk to the left of Hayato so he could see his friends "Who has a fever"
"No one-"
"Uki-Chan" Tsucchi answered turning Umeki's face fully around so that she was looking at Take "look! She's burning up too!"
"I don't have a fever-"
"Uki-Chan you should go to the nurse" Take suggested in concern nodding at the fact that her face was all red.
"I don't need to go to the nurse. I'm Okay-"
"I'll take Uki-Chan" Tsucchi offered raising his hand slightly
"No you'll just get into trouble" Take said pointing to his friend "I'll take Uki-Chan"
"You'll get into trouble too" Hayato pointed out with a snort of a laugh "I'm leader; I'll take Uki-Chan"
"You're the one out of all of us most likely to get into trouble" Take and Tsucchi chorused in union shaking their heads in disagreement. Oh god here we go again. Umeki slowly let her head drop to Hayato's desk as the three argued among each other stupidly. Oh she could feel a headache just seeding in the back of her head at this very moment. All she could hear besides the rest of 3D doing whatever was 'I'm taking Uki-Chan' 'no I'm taking Uki-Chan' back and forth and back and forth. Did they really have to argue about everything? She couldn't take much more of this and apparently neither could someone else.
"Geez" Hyuuga whined rising from his sleep in the desk in front of his friend. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and turned to glare at his friends "You guys are so loud I can't get any sleep. Let Ryu take Uki-Chan to the nurse"
"For the love of all things good" Umeki slammed her hands on the desk "I'm okay! I don't need a nurse! Stop it!" silence ensued before…
"I still think I should take Uki-Chan" Tsucchi muttered. Umeki sighed letting her head slam down on the desk. Any more of this and she'd really have to go to the nurse.
Being who Ojou was, all worried about her student's futures and all, individual interviews were held after school so the teacher could talk to each student about their plans for the future. Since apparently no one in the class had decided on what they would do after high school…
Umeki sat down awkwardly across from Ojou in the now empty room. It was strange to talk with Ojou like this in school she wondered if she could call her Ojou or not.
"Alright Ume-Chan" Ojou dropped down in the seat across from her "Do you have any plans for the future?"
"Well…." To be honest Umeki hadn't' really thought too much about her future. It was always when she will be hopping to the next school and where it would be nothing father than that. Ojou nodded as if she were reading Umeki's thoughts
"It's alright to not be sure, let's start with your talents. What are you good at Umeki?"
"Fighting?"
"Eh…..lets avoid that one for now" Ojou said sheepishly
"Ah,…sorry" Umeki nodded "I….I'm really good at medical stuff…you know from all the fights and all"
"Oh! Perhaps a doctor or a nurse then" Ojou suggested
"My father…My father was a doctor" Umeki spoke wondering if this would help. Her words seem to perk Ojou's interest; the teacher leaned forward mouth open slightly.
"Really?" she questioned "I guess it runs in the family then ne?" Umeki only nodded slightly "Then maybe we can find you some work in a local hospital or are you going to go straight to college?"
"I don't know" Umeki shrugged shifting her gaze to the classroom door in boredom. Ojou was more excited about Umeki's future than she was… but then again when isn't Ojou excited about something. Now that she thought about it, would college be good for her? What college in their right mind would accept her, she had a record longer than the wall of china… you know… respectively of course… "What college would even take me" Umeki remarked crossing her arms and slouching in the chair "I've been kicked out of over 13 high schools-"
"13?" Ojou repeated in a slight mutter to herself. This action didn't faze Umeki; she was too use to the reaction to just how many school she's caused trouble for.
"I was almost charge with assault when I was in junior high school" Umeki went on shifting her gaze from the door back to Ojou with a serious look "I would be trash to them Ojou, that's all I am to anyone"
"Don't say that" Ojou urged "none of you are trash"
"Then what are we? What am I Ojou?"
"You're my student" was Ojou's reply, it was plain and simply to her apparently but stubborn Umeki simply huffed and looked away "You're Testu's precious little sister now too Ume-Chan…. Now… I'll see if I can find you a job at a hospital in the area…"
"You? A nurse?" Erica peeped tipping her head to an odd angle and stared down at Umeki as the two walked together. "Well….. Uki-Chan being a nurse does sound a bit scary…"
"Oh thank you very much for the support" Umeki remarked sarcastically while picking at a strap hanging from her bag. Even though she didn't show any interesting in becoming a nurse or a doctor to Ojou Umeki was really considering some kind of work in the medical business, it would make her father proud of her for once she felt. Erica laughed a little looking up at the orange sky.
"Well if you wanna do it go for it I say" she said with a slight shrug
"What are you gonna do Erica?" Umeki asked "have you had a meeting with your teacher yet?" Erica nodded
"My parents are shipping me back to the good old red, white and blue for college" she answered with a sigh "Still working on a deal to change their minds…" oh right Erica was American born. Umeki offend forgot that her friend wasn't from here originally seeing as the girl never usually talked about her home country. Umeki arched a brow
"Did you tell Tsucchi-kun?" she couldn't help but asked, Erica quickly shook her head
"If I get my parents to change their mind there would be no point in scaring him like that" she replied shrugging her shoulders in a sort of 'conversation over' way but Umeki wasn't letting up that easy. The girls stared each other down for a couple of minutes and then finally the blond sighed loudly. "Uki-Chan-"
"It's not that I don't trust you to try" Umeki said crossing her arms "but what if they say no and you leave. I…." she grunted not sure how to put it so she settled for looking away from her good friend.
"If they still say no" Erica spoke up sullenly "I'll tell him myself….. Besides it's not like I won't be able to keep in touch!" Umeki turned her gaze back towards her taller friends as the blond idly waved a hand slightly and obviously trying to play off the situation. The sullen look on her face gave her up in a heartbeat. "Geez Uki-Chan you worry way too much"
"Rica-Chan!"
The girls stopped walking and looked back. How ironic, here came the boys right now jogging up to them or at least most of them were. Umeki raised an eyebrow when there failed to be a totally smitten Hyuuga rushing over to Erica with a request to go to karaoke with the gang, an offer Erica always politely refused. Instead it was Tsucchi calling the blonde's name.
"Konnichiwa" She greeted him bashfully not able to hide the pink forming on her cheeks. Tsucchi didn't reply, he simply grinned like an idiot in love and the awkward silence between the two made Umeki laugh.
"You stayed for your meeting then Uki-Chan?" Take asked breaking the awkwardness circling the group. Umeki nodded slightly.
"You did?" Tsucchi questioned "not me! Yankumi can be a real idiot thinking we'd all stay out in the hall like that right?" he nudged Hayato slightly making the leader nod while grinning. If Umeki knew him well enough, and she had a distinct feeling that she did at this point, Hayato had to have been the first one gone. Umeki shook her head at the thought rolling her eyes at how stupid they could be, the action was short lived though...
"So what did Uki-Chan decide for her future?" Take asked but Umeki didn't hear him. Before she could rotate her eyes into a full rolling motion Hayato had caught them in his stare. Umeki's mind almost instantly went back to that day and that moment... "...Uki-Chan?" Take waved a hand in front of the girls face.
"ACK!" She yelled out turning away from the others and covering her face startling poor Take and making him jump back and away from Umeki.
"What the hell was that!"
"Are you okay Uki-Chan?" Erica asked using her height to her advantage and leaning over to see her friends face. "Your face is getting all red..."
"Again?" Tsucchi questioned stepping in front of Umeki and making her look at him. It wasn't a lie; Umeki could tell by how hot her cheek had sudden gotten that her face was red and possibly getting redder by the minute. "I think you're coming down with something Uki-Chan" Tsucchi pointed out pushing her bangs from her face to feel her forehead.
"Are you getting sick Uki-Chan?" Erica asked concerned from the other side of Umeki.
"It's been happening a lot lately" Take said an a matter of fact tone "actually since..."
"Valentine's Day" Umeki visibly cringed at the usually silent Ryu's word. Right on point as usual, guess it paid to sit back and be a silent observer... While Umeki was busy shooting the male a heated glare the others, Hayato aside, seemed to be nodding in agreement to the statement. Umeki had been acting a bit off since Valentine's Day and not really doing well to cover the odd behavior up.
"Now that I think about it..." Take spoke up "didn't Hayato take Uki-Chan somewhere that day?"
Damn it all to hell and back!
"where did you guys go?" the question inevitably surfaced via an always curious Tsucchi and instead of heads turning to their leader, who if anyone were paying attention would see that stupid cocky smirk on his face, all eye went on Umeki.
"wh-" She stammered out "why is everyone looking at me? He's the one who dragged me off!" Umeki hissed pointing towards Hayato accusingly.
"That's not the point!" Erica stated "you and Hayato-Kun went somewhere on Valentine's day! Did you go on a date?"
"Date?" the boys chorused and finally looked to Hayato for an answer. Obviously the thought of their leader ever being able to successfully court young Umeki was a stranger in their minds. Umeki hated Hayato after all and she made it very apparent whenever Hayato addressed her, but instead of goofily correcting the accusation and following up with some flirtatious comment towards Umeki to make her angry Hayato simply grinned shrugging his shoulders slightly as if it were no big deal.
"oi,oi,oi" Tsucchi pointed his fan at Hayato "what's the grin for? You took Uki-Chan on a date?"
"He couldn't have!" Take jumped in "He's alive isn't he? There's no way he could have..." even his friend's words would not strip the 3D leader of his evasive grin. All heads turned back to Umeki expectantly. "What did you guys do that day Uki-Chan?" Take questioned.
"Uh..."Umeki held her mouth open slightly. Her classmates stared hard at her most likely hoping that their hard glares would make her crack and tell them the truth for once. Even Ryu looked curious as to what had happened. Umeki sent Hayato a small look requesting for back up but he did nothing of the sort. She had to act fast... Suddenly Umeki found herself pointing behind the boys and words coming to her before she could stop them "Look! It's Yankumi with some Yakuza looking guy!"
"wha?"
"Where?"
Bingo.
As soon as the boys whirled around to see what Umeki was pointing at the girl grabbed hold of Erica's hand and the pair took off the other way as fast as she possibly could go. It didn't take long for the boys to realize they'd been tricked.
"Oi!"
Their footsteps thundered after the girls but they were too far ahead to be caught up to.
"Uki-Chan! Where are we going?" Erica yelled out
"Just shut up and keep running!"
Umeki clenched her sides unable to control her laughter. Erica was the same leaning against the nearest wall and laughing as hard as her body would let her. Though their legs hurt from all the running and they were so out of breath you couldn't tell if they were laughing, crying or writhing in pain it was all worth it though. If they hadn't run Umeki would have had to answer that awkward question. Hayato seemed so passive about it like it didn't bother him and though Umeki would have loved to test just how much it "didn't" bother him she didn't want to throw herself to the lions at the same time. So, Formation B went into plan and they ran as fast as they could in their skirts and blazers lugging their school bags with some trouble.
"You should have seen their faces" laughed Erica "Uki-Chan, I didn't think they'd fall for that! It sounded so out of character" she paused for a minute to catch her breath "I mean... Why would they think their teacher would...w-would be with some Yakuza guy?" now Umeki stopped laughing. If only Erica knew...but Ojou's job would be on the line if she did know so Umeki would keep the truth a secret even though she felt like she owed Erica the truth. Still… Seeing their faces when Umeki pointed behind them and yelled what she did and to then have the girls run away as soon as they whipped their heads around was funny.
"Come on" Umeki said digging into her pockets for her house key "we can go to my room. The lights are out so my mom shouldn't be home" she slipped the key into the lock and opened up the door.
"Oi,Oi Uki-Chan" Erica spoke and Umeki looked back at her as she pushed into the darkness of her house. "'he couldn't have! He's still alive isn't he?'" she copied Take's remark about his leader. This imitation unleashed more laughter among the two as they felt through the dark for a light switch. Suddenly Umeki walked into some solid object that was the height of just below her knees. Not expecting there to be anything right there in front of the doorway Umeki went head over heels flipping over the item with a loud thud. "U-U-Uki-Chan" Erica said between her laughter "are you alright?"
"Hai, Hai" giggled Umeki to busy laughing to try and pick herself up off the floor.
They were going to be here a while if this kept up.
"Did you hear that? Someone's in the house"
"Did you lock the door?"
"Yea"
The two girls quieted down a little soon hearing these voices farther inside the house. Suddenly bright lights took over the house. Both girls hissed in pain hands shooting to their eyes instantly to block out the brightness.
"KuKi-Chan!"
Umeki's mother sputtered out in shock and Umeki looked up just in time to catch her mother hastily buttoning up her blouse. Umeki groaned.
Most embarrassing parent/child moment #3: catching your parent in "the act"
"You're home!" she stammered while running a hand through her hair in hopes of fixing it "I thought you said you'd be out with your friends today..." Daichi emerged from the living room in the same fixing himself manner as his girlfriend.
Oh Gross! They were fooling around in the living room! That was Umeki's favorite napping spot!
"The teachers caught us" Umeki muttered "sent us home" of course that was a dead lie but it wasn't like her mother would follow up on it to verify if it was true. Now that Umeki could see she looked down at what she had tripped over moments ago and now had her legs lying across. "What is this?" she questioned gazing at the suit case.
"Daichi" her mother swatted her boyfriend "I told you not to leave that in front of the door like that"
"What is this?" Umeki hissed staring at the suit case.
"Uki-Chan..." Erica muttered seeming to realize what Umeki was.
"we were hoping to tell you tomorrow" Daichi said now stepping beside his girlfriend with a joyful smile "your mother and I were talking about it and well..." the couple smiled at each other laughing happily. Umeki slowly got to her feet still glaring at all that caught her eye. She did not like where this looked to be going.
"Daichi put up a good point while him and I were talking the other day" Umeki's mother picked up where Daichi left off "it's been so long since your fathers accident" Umeki flinched "and I admit I haven't been the best mother figure, it's no wonder you always cause so much trouble in these schools..."
"it wasn't me that was the problem" Umeki groaned out of pure annoyance that she was saying this again, honestly she'd lost count how many times she'd explained this to her mother so far. "It was never me or the students or the principal it was-"
"what your mother is trying to say" Daichi interrupted "is that we thought it better for you to have a father figure in your life again" Yea because a father figure was really going to subdue the short tempered spitfire known as Mastushima Umeki, if anything it would make it worse "so as of today I will be the man of the house!"
The pair before Umeki chuckled among themselves but she wasn't laughing. Man of the house? Who would be man of the house? Umeki didn't wait for any further explanation.
"Let's go" she said to Erica "I have to get you home" Erica of course jumped at the chance to get out of an obviously awkward situation. She bashfully bowed to the adults and turned to the door that Umeki was already a step away from getting out of.
"Wait!" Umeki's mother spoke "you're leaving already? This is the first time you've brought a friend home! Please have dinner with us uh..."
"Erica" Erica said quietly
"We can't" Umeki said "if we wait too long the thugs will start wondering around" but as always her words fell of deft ears.
"Your uniform is so pretty" her mother gushed "what school do you go to?"
"...um...Elize all girls school..." Erica answered
"Ah! I wanted to send Kuki-Chan to that school but she's such a brat! Always complaining! Did she tell you she's been through more than a dozen high schools? I really thought that last one was going to work out." the woman sighed shaking her head. Erica smiled nodding politely but she was keeping an eye on Umeki. At this point Umeki was shaking with Erica knew had to be anger but her mother went on with another sigh. "Look at her now: kicked out of so many schools not a single one we agreed on would take in for these last few months. How will she ever be married when she had no choice but to spend the rest on her school days in a troublesome class of trash in an all boys school-"
"Shut up!" Umeki finally blew silencing her mother in one shrill shout. "If I'm so bad you must be horrid!" Umeki glared at her mother "a young widow who can't even keep a steady job! Who abandoned her first child to chase after some man who didn't even love her!" her mother's easy going face faltered instantly and that was when Umeki realized, she'd let it slip. Her mother now knew that Umeki knew about Testu-Nii.
"...what...first child?" her mother asked her eyes just begged Umeki to say she'd heard wrong.
"Uki-Chan" Erica gave a much needed nudge. Now it was time to get out of there. Without another word Umeki hurried out of the house with Erica hot on her tail.
As soon as Erica was safely home Umeki took off running. Her head was spinning with all that had taken place, Daichi man of the house? Ha! Over her dead body would she ever let that happen! She would make his life in that house a living hell if she had to as long as he knew he could charm her mother he wanted but in her mind he would always, always be the enemy.
Before Umeki knew it she was kicking off her shoes and stepping into the Oeda house. No one was in the immediate area so she had to buzz around the house for a few minutes but as soon as she came to the room where everyone seemed to be seated together and she caught sight of her brother's familiar patterned shirt Umeki let herself drop. Whatever conversation was being held in the room at that moment stopped as the girl dropped into her brother's lap hoping for comfort. Any other night Testu-Nii would act almost immediately placing a hand atop Umeki's head with the same line of 'who's the stupid punk I'm going to kill that hurt you?' but for some reason of another Testu was stiff. An odd silence circled the air.
"M-Mastushima..." Ojou's voice came a minute later. Mastushima? That was strange... Ojou only called Umeki by her last name at school.
Umeki raised her head slowly to look at the men and woman who had grow to be her family over time. Something didn't fit with what she saw... There were more people than usual today...two to be exact.
"U...Uki-Chan?" Umeki went wide eyed when one of the new comers spoke.
"Ha...H-H-Hayato!" Umeki stammered out "Ryu!"
Well wasn't this just a lovely scene? Here Umeki was almost sprawled across her brother's lap in front of Hayato and Ryu who weren't suppose to know that Umeki had a brother or that she even knew these people... What fun it was going to be explaining this away...
"ah...ah..." come on think Umeki think! "Ah...Testu-San!" she quickly picked herself up and bowed to her brother "I-I'm so sorry! I tripped a-a-and well... I should get to cleaning!" eyebrows rose at her words but not even Umeki knew what she was doing. She stood up quickly "yes! I should start cleaning! I'm sorry I'm late! I was caught up at home! But I'm here now so I...should just..." Umeki gave Hayato and Ryu a weary look, they weren't buying it. "...uh...uhoh?"
"older brother huh?" Ryu voiced a long explanation later. Umeki nodded slowly though she glared at Minoru, how could the idiot get so drunk! If he hadn't this wouldn't have happen! "I see it now..." the usually silent male said looking from the young female to her brother "you do look alike a bit.."
"you can't tell anyone" Umeki said immediately "if the school finds out that my brother works for the Oeda family I'll be..." she trailed off hanging her head slightly. She didn't want to deal with having to changing schools again especially now with the end of her senior year so close. She really hoped they wouldn't rat her out, she did deserve it for be such a frigate you-know-what but still. Hayato grinned slightly.
"And get the only girl in the school kicked out?" he said "never"
"Really? You won't?" for once the idiot was being really cool! Umeki glanced towards Ryu beside Hayato. He nodded slightly.
"School wouldn't be interesting without you there Uki-Chan." he said "I won't tell anyone"
"Thank you guys..."
After a few exchanged words the three teens were off to their own homes. Ryu, living father from Umeki and Hayato, bid his farewell and went on his way home leaving Umeki and Hayato to walk together hoping that no trouble would result. The two walked silently for a moment.
"So you're a henchman's sister huh?" he said amused as he gazed down at Umeki who nodded slightly. "I kissed a gangsters sister. Not many can say they did that!"
"Shut up" Umeki hissed flashing red almost immediately and Hayato didn't spare her from this fact.
"Oi" he grinned "you're going all red again! Is that why you've been getting all red all the time?" oh if looks could kill... "I didn't think a tough girl like Uki-Chan could be embarrassed by something like a simple kiss"
"Keep pushing your luck Hayato" Umeki warned shoving her hands into the pockets of her blazer and walking a bit faster. Hayato chuckled and jogged a bit to catch up to her.
"I'm curious" he said as he got in pace with Umeki and she looked at her "did Uki-Chan and her boy friend ever kiss?" it was a bold question even for him and it was one that if possible made Umeki's face go even redder. She huffed looking ahead again.
"That's none of your business" she remarked
"When are you going to give me a straight answer Uki-Chan?" Hayato sighed with a shake of his head
"When you stop asking questions you have no business asking" Umeki replied without hesitation but she knew he wouldn't take that. Hayato was persistent when it came to what he wanted, he had been enjoying this game of avoiding facts about Umeki but she was sure he'd eventually grow tired of it and make her answer him truthfully.
"Come on Uki-Chan" he said stepping in front of Umeki and of course towering over her slightly. "Please just once tell me. Did you and your boyfriend ever kiss?" Umeki sighed gazing up into those playful eyes of his and grinned slightly.
"You want to know if I've ever kissed Akihiko-Kun?" she asked, Hayato nodded. Umeki opened her mouth to answer but as the words were about to take form something caught Umeki's eye. She glanced to the side slightly to look at the people heading their way.
"Uki-Cha-" Hayato nearly yelped when Umeki took a fist full of his shirt and yanked him towards her. She backed up until her back hit the wall of a nearby building and Hayato had to press his hands up against either side of her head to keep from falling on Umeki. Still she pulled the boy closer until their foreheads bumped and their noses touched. "What are you.."
"shhhh" Umeki hissed in a low whisper "pretend that we're kissing!"
"Huh?" Hayato gazed down at her like he hadn't heard her right. The look on his face was priceless but there was no time to taunt him for it.
"Look Senpai"
The pair stiffened slightly when a group of boys walked past. "that's what you should be doing with Umeki-Chan right about now" Hayato raised an eyebrow at Umeki who shot him a nasty glare pulling him closer until their lips were dangerously close. The group seemed to stop to take in the scene, a deep chuckle was heard.
"I suppose so right?"
"Hayato" Umeki hissed quietly reaching up and gripping his shoulders to keep Hayato in place as he tried to move and most likely start a fight. Lucky for them the boys watching seemed to take the action as a couple getting more passionate. "I'm not getting into a fight again because of you" Umeki whisper "now be a good boy and stay still" Hayato didn't move so Umeki assumed it meant he would listen.
"Let's leave these two love birds alone" Akihiko spoke and he and his gang kept bustling down the road. When she could no longer hear them Umeki sighed.
"Thank you" she remarked "now I don't have to get into a pointless fight tonight" she moved to release Hayato's shoulders but suddenly he moved one of his hands from the wall and pressed it against hers keeping it where it was. "Hayato it's alright they're gone" Umeki said glancing over his shoulder just to be sure and of course saw no one still Hayato didn't move. "Oi, Yabuki-" she glared up at him but was only met with a strange look in return. Umeki grew wide eyed as he leaned down allowing his face to get even closer to hers.
"...H-Hayato?..."