Chapter Eleven: The Date.
Yuriko brushed the folds off her skirt and turned in a position in front of the mirror to see if every thing looked okay from behind. She smiled, finally pleased with her outfit and skipped to her sisters room. Inside she saw her twin laying on her bed reading a manga. She wasn't dressed very smartly in Yumiko's opinion, rather she was dresses casually. She started to second guess herself on her clothing decision. Perhaps she should have not dressed up as much and went with jeans and a t-shirt like her sister. Or perhaps Yumiko should change.
"Do I look okay, sis?" Yuriko asked, finally decided that she'd like Yumiko decide whether she was overdressed or not.
Yumiko pulled the manga from her face and looked at her sister from the bed. "You look like you're going on a date."
"I… well of course I'm not, but I thought I'd look my best."
Yumiko sat up and rubbed the back of her head,, causing her hair to stand up a bit. "It's just an outing with friends. At least I thought it was."
"I suppose you're right." Yuriko sighed. She really wanted to show off her outfit though. "I just wanted to dress up, I don't get to do it often you know."
Yumiko raised her eyebrows. "You're being cute, you know. I guess that mean you want me to dress up?"
"I don't want to be the only one…" Yuriko pleaded. "If everyone else shows up, dressed casually, then I'll look like an idiot."
"No one would call you that… but fine." Yumiko sat up, tossed her manga on the bed, and walked to the closet. "What about this, with my jacket over here?"
Yuriko smiled. It was a mixture of dress and casual, which was perfect for Yumiko's personality. "I like it."
Yumiko was already pulling down her jeans. Yuriko blushed and ran over to the bedroom door and shut it. "The things I do for my sister. First going to some stupid girl-ninja movie, now putting on a skirt. To top it all off, I've got to be nice to that stupid foreign girl."
"I ask to much of you." Yuriko smiled kindly.
After Yuriko fixed Yumiko's hair, the two set out for the train station. If being twins wasn't enough to get stares from random passerbys, looking as they did dressed up was. Predictably on the way, they saw Satoshi making his way to the train-station as well. He wasn't as dressed up as them, but was less casual than usual. Yuriko smiled to herself at the sight of him. He really was a kind person for covering for her mistake back in class yesterday.
"Hey, Okada-kun." Yumiko called out.
He turned around, then stopped walking, waiting for them to catch up to him. Yuriko saw him obviously checking out their outfits, then mentally looking down at his own. "I knew it, we dressed up to much." She gave a small sigh as they reached him.
"It's fine." Yumiko waved it away. "I talked her into dressing up. It isn't everyday we get to do it, you know."
"I think you both look great." Satoshi stammered.
"Of course you do." Yumiko winked.
Yuriko smiled at her sister. Would everyone she knew cover for her? She didn't know. But she was glad that people around her cared enough to protect her. "We should be going, we don't want to miss the train."
The train ride was uneventful. Satoshi let the twins have a seat, while he stood over them, blocking people who were pressing in near them. When they exited the train, the twins took turns adjusting their outfits for each other before they continued on their way to the Cinema. Yuriko watched the back of Satoshi's head (as he was walking in front of them), seeing him doubt his choice in wardrobe still. When they finally arrived at the Cinema, they found Ayane and some girl she didn't recognize already waiting from them.
"Hello you three." Ayane waved.
Yuriko noticed that both Ayane and the other girl seemed to have dressed much the same way Satoshi was. They were dressed up, but in a casual way. She gave a slight sigh. No one was sticking out.
"This is Kasumi, the friend I was telling you about." Ayane commented.
"You got to be kidding me." Yumiko and Satoshi spoke in unison. They looked at each other, and everyone laughed.
"What's wrong?" Yuriko asked after a laugh.
"Kasumi and Ayane are female ninjas in a fighting game." Yumiko pointed out.
"Really?" Yuriko giggled.
"We didn't plan it that way." Kasumi blushed. "Besides this is the first time I've heard about it."
"Right." Satoshi rolled his eyes. "Well seeing a movie about Kunoichi with Ayane and Kasumi seems pretty fitting to me. The guys on the forum aren't going to believe this."
"What forum are you talking about?" Yumiko asked.
"Oh, I'm part of a gaming league online. We talk about all sorts of video games and such." Satoshi said, then looked a bit exposed. "Not like it's a big deal or anything. It's just a hobby."
"Don't get embarrassed." Yumiko grinned. "I'm practically a closet Otaku."
"If I were him I'd be embarrassed." Ayane eyed them both. "But he can get away with it because he's cute."
"That really isn't a nice thing to say." Yuriko noted.
"Hey, hey!" A sound from the crowd came though. Running up to them was Natsume. "Looks like I'm last."
"Last one pays for the tickets." Satoshi teased.
"I thought the boy pays for them." Natsume grabbed onto Satoshi's arm.
Yuriko felt like someone someone kicked her in the stomach for a moment, but she shook it off. Instead she decided to focus on how lovely Natsume was dressed. Like Yuriko, she dressed for a date. Satoshi was pretty lucky to have a pretty girl like her hugging his arm. He didn't seemed thrilled, as usual.
"I know, I know." Satoshi groaned. "I was only joking."
Yumiko suddenly started. "Don't tell me you're going to pay for all of us?"
"I had planned on it." Satoshi said dryly.
"That won't do." Yumiko reached into her purse and pulled out a paper bills. "That's for me and Yuriko."
"What?"
"Take it, or I won't forgive you." Yumiko insisted.
Satoshi rubbed the back of his head. "You didn't have too."
In the meantime Ayane and Kasumi were forking over more bills. "Here's for us. I guess it's wrong to expect you to pay everyone's way. This was originally just supposed to be a date between you and Natsume after all."
"Thank you." Satoshi looked flustered. "I'll be back with the tickets."
Natsume let him go, and he walked off towards the ticket counter. "That dolt was really going to pay for us all?"
Yuriko grinned. "That's pretty admirable."
"Yeah, some boyfriend you have there." Kasumi nodded at Natsume.
Natsume shrugged. "Well he's some lucky guy. Not only is he on a date with me, but he has four other girls admiring him. Maybe I should be jealous?"
"No don't think like that!" Yuriko piped up.
"She's joking around, sis." Yumiko said blandly.
The movie was less than lack luster. Apparently the casher didn't check the ages of who was buying the tickets as the film they watched had more violence, blood, nudity, and sexual situations than they normally would have been allowed to see. When they walked out, everyone wondered about Ayane's tastes in films, and she herself looked completely embarrassed she took them to a shameful b-rated pornography film.
"I didn't know clothing was a hindrance towards swords play." Satoshi commented as they stood in front of the theater. "Next time I have to fight a harem of sex crazy slaves with no shirt, I'll remember that."
"Yeah." Yumiko joined in. "I particularly liked how Jubei had sex with the giant Amazon in order to distract her from the Kunoichi powering up the Orgamsic Shuriken."
"Okay okay, I got it. I'm sorry. I didn't know the movie would be like that." Ayane apologized.
"It was… interesting." Yuriko tried to reassure her.
Natsume sighed. "Now that that's over, lets get something to eat. After seeing those samurai eat all that food off that naked lady I'm hungry."
"Shut up." Ayane groaned.
"There is this cafe I wanted to try." Yuriko added. "If no one objects that is."
"Please." Satoshi agreed with her. "If you're taking us to a cafe, it's sure to be safe."
Yumiko and Natsume laughed hard, while Ayane looked miserable. Kasumi tried patting her on the back, but it was apparently she was secretly laughing along side the others.
The cafe was a nice place, compared to what they just exited out from, and served western style food. Yuriko felt slightly sorry for Satoshi, who had to pay for Natsume's big appetite. All the while she held his hand, or clung to his arm, which made her feel uncomfortable. But they were supposed to be a couple, so she had to live with it. But she could tell she wasn't the only one uncomfortable with Natsume's public displays. Yumiko was desperately holding back her comments. Yuriko could read every flicker of emotion from her twin, and knew exactly the type of things she was thinking.
"You two make a cute couple." Ayane spoke after a while.
"Really?" Satoshi sounded unimpressed.
"I think so anyway. You're so different, but work so well together, you know?" Ayane smiled.
"I think she's sucking up to us, because of that sword hilt dildo scene." Natsume smirked.
"I am not!" Ayane blushed.
The date ended shortly after, and Satoshi, Yumiko, and Yuriko prepared to say their goodbyes. As they were turning to go, Natsume ran up to Satoshi and pulled him away from the others. With their back towards them it looked as though she pulled him down and kissed him. He certainly looked surprised as he rejoined them, and she looked her ever hyper self. As they walked away, no one talked this time. Yuriko was sure they were all thinking about that kiss. Natsume just kissed him right then and there. Only she knew that Natsume wasn't really going out with him, but it still bugged her. Even if she kissed him to show off that they were a couple, she thought it was wrong. Her stomach felt ill just thinking about it.
"So how was it?" Yumiko asked after a moment.
"What?" Satoshi was pulled from whatever he was thinking. "Oh, that. It was… nice I guess."
It was really unconvincing sounding.