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Previously In Chapter Nine:
I gritted my teeth together as a migraine started. Turning around I glared at the blob of pink, brown, and white coming my way and the pale, white, and black coming my way. The only people who could make this worse are Komba, Dan, Runo, Shadow, Lync (gay wad), Elfin, Preyus, Baron, Ace (annoying), Jewls, Jenny, my grandpa, fan girls, and fan boys (definitely them). I glared at Julie's and Shi's forms as they came towards us. This was going to be hell with a side of drama and crap.
JULIE'S TRIP TO SHUN'S WORLD
Chapter TEN
At A Store In A Mall (Julie's POV):
I was so excited to be shopping in Japan with Kimi! The girl's super quiet but when you get her to get out of her shell, she's a nutcase and I love it.
"Hey Jules, don't you think these black and purple jeans scream Shun?" Kimi asked me across the mall. We were the only ones here and the check out person is Kimi's cousin or something. She is super pretty and tall. Her hair is black and she has the perfect tan. She was bobbing her head to the music she was listening to and chewing bubble gum when we entered. She seemed kind of snobby but she was actually nice and a little bit quiet. She went by Minnie.
I turned to look at the jeans that Kimi was talking about. They totally did scream Shun with their purple fabric with black line designs. "Like OMG Kimi! They totally do scream Shun! We should like totally get them for him!" I yelled back at her. Kimi nodded her head and put it in her shopping basket. So far she's picked out something for Shun, her boyfriend, her boyfriend's cousin, and her Chinese friend Ye Xian but nothing for herself. Shopping is meant to satisfy you inner needs of fashion!
I looked in my shopping basket, I had gotten three ruffle skirts in bright pink, white, and baby blue. A super sexy black tank top with neon pink lace and a neon pink jacket. I also got a pair of normal skinny jeans and off the shoulder shirt. Last of all I got a sports bra because my old one was getting to small. Ugh!
I guess I'll try to find something for Kimi, after all she did invite me, world-proclaimed shopoholic, to shopping! She's a whole less bustier and smaller than I am so I should go look in the petite area. She also likes the colors lime green, pure white, and sky blue. I looked at the jeans and picked out a pair of neon blue skinny jeans with the knees ripped and a pair of black skinny jeans that were also ripped but had neon blue showing at the rips. Then I picked her out a pair of white short, shorts with a lime green top that said "DANCE". Shun told me that she danced and was good at it. Hmmm. I wonder if Shun likes her? I always took Shun as the type who had no sexuality or was gay. Anyways I picked her out a blue plaid shirt that came with a white tank top, a big white hair bow, blue flats with a white bow, and black short shorts. The outfit had a matching pink set that had a pink plaid shirt with a lacy black tank top, a big black hair bow, pink flats with black bows, and a black skirt with pink lace at the bottom. It was super cute and came in my size!
"KIMI!" I yelled to her. I wasn't about to take my eyes off these beauties or they might disappear! I could hear the pitter pat of Kimi's tennis shoes as she made her way over.
"Um, ya Jules?" She asked from behind me. I, still without taking my eyes off the outfits, grabbed Kimi's hand and dragged her so that she was next to me.
"Aren't these outfits cute! They'd be perfect for a double date between friends!" I squealed excitedly. My eyes hadn't left the outfits yet.
"Oh ya! They definitely are! Are you going to get them?" She asked. Was she nuts? I don't wear that shade of blue! I wear pink, white, black, some reds, and ONLY sky blue. Not blue! Ugh! She had so much to learn but I will be patient and teach her the ways of Miss. Julie Makimoto.
Still not looking at her, I nonchalantly replied, "No. The pink one's for me and the blue one's for you. Let's go try them on." I picked up the pink outfit and grabbed the shoes and started to walk to the dressing room. When I didn't hear the pitter pat of Kimi's shoes I turned around and saw that Kimi was staring at Shun who was staring at me.
"When did Shun get here?" I muttered out loud. That seemed to break the odd, awkward silence that had consumed us for a couple of minutes. Kimi and Shun both blinked three times and went back to being normal?
"Kimi, you forgot your cellphone", Shun said like it was the most normal thing ever. He handed Kimi her baby blue cellphone. Did she leave it in our dorm or did Shun just find it in the hallway?
"Oh thanks Shun! I lost it in my room a couple of days ago. Sorry for making you go through the trouble of looking for it", Kimi said. She blushed lightly and bowed. Wait a Runo temper tantrum second, what did Kimi mean by 'lost it in my room'? Did that mean that Shun snooped in her dorm to find it? What the hell? That is like so not normal.
"It was in the corset of one of your dance outfits", Shun continued. He had a small smile despite the fact he was talking mundanely…again.
Kimi's face was bright pink but laughed it off by saying, "I put it there during dress rehearsal because I couldn't get to my sport's bag. Haha. Sorry bout that." Shun smiled a little wider for her.
"Bye", Shun said gently to Kimi, not me. I kind of felt like an intruder.
"Oh hey Shun", Minnie said from the counter. She smiled brightly. Shun replied with a smile and a nod of his head before he disappeared from thin air.
"How does he do that?" I asked in astonishment. Kimi turned to me like she just realized I was there. Shun sure does have had odd effects on people.
"Oh, it's a Shun-is-a-beastly-ninja thing. You'll get used to it", Kimi said. I don't think I will though.
I just stared at her blankly. I guess it made her nervous because she grabbed the blue outfit and nervously said, "Here, let's go try on these sexalicious outfits." Kimi likes to make up words.
I strutted, yes I said strutted, to the fitting room. I quickly changed into the outfit, fixed my hair, and applied some of my emergency make-up. I looked in the mirror and frowned. Why don't I feel pretty? Argh! I don't think I look ugly, but I definitely don't feel like my gorgeous self. I hate this when it happens. I'm gorgeous, right?
"Hey Jules, are you done yet", Kimi started, "I am." She finished off. I took a deep breath and open the dressing room door. I stepped out and looked at Kimi who looked adorable in her outfit.
"You look adorable Kimi!" I told her. She smiled and blushed before she inspected how I look.
"You look really pretty Julie. You should totally get it", Kimi complimented whole heartedly. Ugh! I don't feel pretty but I should get it. OMG! I just had an awesome thought!
"Okay! We should both like get ours and then go on like a date in them sometime! Duh! Why didn't I think of that before?" I said out loud while I smacked my forehead. Kimi gave me a weird look before shrugging.
"Well we should go check out unless you're not done..", Kimi trailed off. I am so like done. Shopping is a real workout! I don't know why it isn't in the Olympics.
"I'm done and I got you some other clothes as well because you like totally didn't get anything for yourself!" I told her. She laughed it off and nodded. We both went into the changing rooms and changed back to our clothes. When we came out, we made our way to the check out area where Minnie was getting ready to scan our stuff.
"Oh! I see that you guys got those cute outfits. Lucky too, those were the last we had. I have the white and black one. Aren't they super cute?" Minnie said as she scanned out clothes. We nodded our heads. Her Japanese seems kind of rocky and up close she doesn't look completely Asian. Hmmm?
I looked at the price and I kind of felt bad that I was making Kimi pay so much. So far we were already at 29192.315 yen ($250.75) and we weren't even half way done with my clothes. I kept watching Minnie scanning our stuff and kept feeling worse as the price raised. Kimi isn't my mom or dad or Daisy so I shouldn't make her spend so much on me. While I was freaking out, like actually freaking out, over the price, Kimi was just watching placidly like it was not big deal. Maybe she's super rich.
So the total price ended up being 83950.462 yen ($721.10)! That's a lot but then Minnie clicked something and the price became 41975.231 yen ($360.55)! Woah!
"Is there like a sale going on?" I asked Minnie. She nodded her head.
"Yup, there is a half off sale. Kimi only shops when things are on sale. She's a smart shopper", Minnie said in English. She speaks English? Like double woah!
Then Kimi pulled out a card and Minnie scanned it. The price went down to 8395.046 ($72.11)! Okay like triple woah!
"What did you just do?!" I exclaimed at Kimi.
She cheekily smiled as she said, "I have a rewards card and it just took 80% off the price. Isn't that awesome?!"
I nodded my head. This girl is a smart shopper. Like seriously smart.
"Your total is 8,395.046 yen", Minnie said with a smile. Kimi took out some paper and coins and gave it to Minnie who then put it into the cash register.
"Have a nice day", Minnie said in her rocky Japanese as we took our leave.
When we left the store, I turned to Kimi and bowed. "Thank you so much for like taking me shopping and spending like that much money on me!"
Kimi laughed and said, "Well I like you a lot Julie so it's not a big deal!"
I smiled at her and told her, "I like you too Kimi!" Then we went and got some desserts at a bakery. We each got a big box of crème puffs. She literally inhaled hers! It was so cute! I didn't finish mines so I took the box home to save and eat later.
We went inside the dorms and said our goodbyes. Kimi's younger than me so she has to go in the opposite way as me. I was still getting dirty looks from the girls and I walked down the hallway but I didn't let it bother me anymore. Shun told me to ignore them so I was going to do just that. Ignore them.
In The Dorm (Shun's POV):
I looked up from the book I was reading as I heard the door open. Julie entered juggling numerous shopping bags and a pastry box. I quickly got up from the couch and went over to help her carry her load of items.
I grabbed the pastry box from her and sat it down on the kitchen counter. Inside were two rows of large crème puffs. Half of the box's contents were already gone and by the smudge of white crème on the corner of Julie's lips, she had received her fair share of the crème puffs.
Julie quickly wobbled to her – our – room to drop off her bags on her bed. Honestly, I didn't know if I should follow and assist her, or stay out of her way. The legends I've heard about her shopping habits led me to wisely stay out of her way. No point in being a nuisance – especially after I had rudely asked her not to be a nuisance in my life. I went back to the couch and picked up my book, trying to read, but I was too distracted – which had been happening lately and I certainly was not enjoying it.
"Shun?" Julie's tentative voice – an oxymoron – caught me off guard. When had she arrived in the living room? I really was distracted – another stress to add to my life.
Remembering that Julie was still waiting for me to reply to her, I replied with, "Yes?" I finally turned around to look at her and noticed that she had three of her shopping bags in her hands. They were obviously not from the female stores inside of the mall. They were from male stores, so did this mean that somehow, Julie Makimoto had bought me something? Honestly, after how I've treated her, I'm surprised that she hasn't requested to change dorm partners – looking back on my behavior, I was incredibly rude to her and she didn't deserve it.
"I like got you these as like thank you gifts and everything. Kimi helped me pick them out," Julie awkwardly muttered as she quickly shoved them into my hands. And almost as if an afterthought, she added a short, awkward laughter.
I stared at the shopping bags as bolts of guilt struck through my body. For the last two days, guilt had been eating up at the edges of my consciousness because of my previous behavior. It began to become unbearable as it followed me into my dreams and entered every thought that I formed. I couldn't look at Julie without feeling like a jerk. It was too much as it was, and now she had to buy me – a big jerk – thank you gifts. What gratitude did she owe me?
I was starting to reevaluate Julie; maybe she wasn't as shallow and dim witted as I wanted to believe. So far she had not done me wrong and had abided to all the rules I had set up – which I honestly didn't even follow sometimes. And I felt like the air was thick with awkward tension – and really it shouldn't have bothered me since I enjoyed silence – that was too thick to even function in.
"Thank you Julie," I said as I looked up at her. Her face contorted into confusion before relaxing. A smile broke out on her face – and it might be the first real smile I've seen on her in, well ever.
"You're welcome Shun." And the mere brilliance of her smile brought flashbacks of my dream on the bus – and kissing Julie and liking it. I felt heat rise up in my cheeks a bit – and this was a bit too much.
"Oh! I also like saved you some crème puffs, but Kimi said that you didn't enjoy sweet foods." Julie headed to the kitchen counter and got a small plate from a cabinet. After washing her hands, she delicately put two crème puffs on the plate and headed over to me. Why she tries to impress me is a question I don't understand.
"Here you are Shun-san!" And a little bit of the normal Julie pops out as she plops down next to me, her extravagant smile still plastered on her face. She giggles and smiles and looks at me expectantly. And Kimi was only partially saying the truth; I don't like sweet things, unless they're Japanese, and crème puffs did not make the cut. However, for the sake of my sanity, I picked up one of the crème puffs and took a decent bite out of it.
The sheer amount of sugar in that bite of crème puff was too much, kind of like Julie, but it was worth it when Julie's smile spread wider – and I felt less guilty. And it really wasn't that bad when I got past the sweetness; it wasn't half bad.
"Thanks Shun." Julie's sincerity surprises me – and she isn't as bad as I make her out to be.
"You're welcome Julie." And I'm sincere in my words, and Julie can tell. She reaches her hands around my body and pulls me close in an awkward hug, and because I owe it to her, I return the hug – albeit awkwardly.
And after a few awkward moments, her body heat leaves me and she smiles as she says, "And this is for being a jerk." She grabs the untouched crème puff and spreads it all over my face while laughing – and now I feel a whole lot less guilty. Before I can throw something at her, she quickly scrambles up – but not without grabbing the crème puff I had bitten off of – and heads to our room.
"Revenge is sweet. Like very sweet Shun." Her face is dusted in red as she walks away and pops the half eaten crème puff in her mouth.
When she leaves, I can't help but chuckle. I deserve much worse than a crème puff to the face for how I've treated Julie, but it makes her content. Obviously, her idea of revenge and mines are contrastingly different – which would make war interesting. But I feel less guilty, and the dorm feels less thick with awkward tension. And maybe – actually I am wrong about Julie.
Author's Note: How much did you like it? (Or my haters, how much did you hate it ;) ?) Haha. I tried putting in some fluff in there...don't know how well I faired, but I hope you loved it. Anyways, I've been reading my previous chapters, and reviews, and such and I totally want to apologize for how depressing I was. I've had some ruff times, but I'm trying to put them behind me - and for the most part I have. So, if you've ever read a depressing post I've ever put up, thank you. I like to vent and I've given you guys - the most innocent people in my lives - the bulk of it. Thanks for reading my life story and not bashing it. This is why I love you guys and fanfiction (most of the time :p). Ooh, also I wrote a little one-shot for you guys. Go check it out maybe? It's called cheesecakes & truffles with ketchup & waffles. Hope you adore it! :) Cookie for your thoughts? Review please.