"I Wish I Had Met You Earlier"
Chapter 11:
"The Math Song; & Seiya and Usagi's first Date?"
Written from late night 12/23/01 - late night of 12/24/01
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Gomen Nasai, all, but by this time, i'm not even going to try to say that i will have the next chapter out at any specific time, or say that it will be soon, or not soon, or anything, cause obviously, i have a hard time sticking to any specific writing schedule. However, perhaps, if i try to write shorter chapters, and not feel compelled to write longer ones, than maybe they might come out more often, we shall see, meanwhile, i hope that anybody who actually ends up reading this chapter, finds much enjoyment in it.
I am truly sorry to anyone who has emailed me at any of my previously given email addresses, and never received a reply, trust me that your reviews, whether good or bad, mean much to me, and that the only reason i haven't replied is cause i am overwhelmed with life duties, and can barely find the time to do much other than try to write a chapter a year, lol. Sorry i'm such a horrible email responder, and i hope that my writing in and of itself will appease you. Thanks to all and any who love this fanfic, whether you write to me or not.
I'd like to dedicate this chapter to one of my most closest net sisterfriends, Nadia, who is sweet, kind, understanding, funny, and remarkable. I count my meeting of her on the Net to be one of my most precious blessings this year, and any year, and hope that this chapter will suffice as my Christmas gift to her, as well as something to help ease the stress that comes to her during this festive, and highly emotional, holiday season. To you, dear NadiaPu, I love you, and may your own romances be as sweet as those i make between Seiya and Usagi in this fanfic. I love you dear NadiaPu. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you.
And Happy Holidays and New Year to any other readers who are still reading this fanfic. I wish you all the best this festive time of year!
Please enjoy this shorter, but hopefully still nice chapter!
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Everyone joked and laughed, and got to know each other much better, during breakfast, and fed Shiranai's pet cheetah lots and lots of milk, until it looked like a round bubble with fur. After breakfast was all finished, Kirei, Arashi, Hataori, Someisa, and Aiseru said they had some work they have to do elsewhere, which is, of course, to help Mamoru and Makoto get romantic during there study session. Meanwhile everyone else ushered Usagi off into the Guest bedroom with Shizuka, for her study session.
So, one might wonder, how does the study session go in Math, well, lets take a peak shall we.....
"Okay, Shizuka, you say that 'x' stands for the variable in the equation, and that the variable can be anything, and that you have to find the variable by solving the equation for x? And that in order to do that i have to isolate x by neutralizing the other number with it on its side of the =, by putting its opposite on the other side? I think I see what you mean, when you show it to me like that," Usagi says carefully, pointing to some examples Shizuka gave her, "but still, I always end up forgetting all this stuff once i'm not seeing it carefully and slowly layed in front of me, ya know?"
"Okay, i think i understand then the kind of thing that might help you then, Usagi. I have tutured lots of kids who either have a hard time relating to concepts, or remembering them, just like you, and what i tell them is to come up with little rhymes or something, with the pertinent information in them, or otherwise incorporate something that you are interested in, into remembering the material. In your case...," Shizuka said, a plan starting to take shape in her mind, "I think what you need is to make a song out of all i have taught you. And since i am just good at math, and not neccessarily devising song lyrics and stuff, we need some musical talent in here, so hold on a second and i'll be right back," she said shyly, and got up and went outside the room.
Still being shy, even around someone she got to know as an adult, namely Seiya, she decided to ask her boyfriend to get Seiya to help Usagi study. She was surprised to find that it was already 5:30, but then remembered that she and Usagi had spent a lot of beginning time talking about each other and stuff, so that Usagi could feel more comfortable around her tutor before beginning the study session. And the study session had gone well, Usagi had indeed learned and grasped the concepts behind basic Algebra, so now all that needed to be done was to make it fun for Usagi to memorize the material Shizuka had taught her. And who better to do that, with music, then the very person that all of the time travelers were trying to get to hook up with Usagi, and vice versa.
Shizuka walked up to Kaze, and explained her plan. Kaze was engaged in a game of Chess with Oyu.
"Thats A Wonderful Idea!" Kaze almost shouted out, and squeezed Shizuka so tight she couldn't breath.
"What is?" Oyu asked, interested.
"Shizuka says that Usagi has learned the math, and now she needs to have a fun way of memorizing it, and since she loves music, and Seiya's music in particular, who better to have help Usagi come up with a fun song to memorize the material then him, and at the same time get them to spend more time together and know each other more and all!"
"That is a great idea Shizuka!" she says happily.
So Kaze and Oyu go around whispering the idea to the rest of the present time travelers, who nod and shake their heads enthusiastically, and Oyu adds the idea of, when the two of them are in there working on the study song, that all the rest of them can slip out, and leave the whole bus to the two of them for awhile, and even make the living room look romantic, so as to set the scene for some possible romance. Everyone excitedly agrees to that addition to the plan.
Usa, being the leader of the bunch, and having one of the most intense desires for Seiya and Usagi to end up with each other, is the one who goes to Seiya and proposes Shizuka's idea.
Seiya immediately brightens up, from his somewhat bored expression, after trying to beat Yaten unsuccessfully at a game of Parchisi.
"I'd love to help out Usagi with a song!" he says. [like we didn't figure that one out already, lol]
He immediately runs down the hall and opens the door, leaving a previously gloating Yaten to start to sweat when Oyu takes his Seiya's place at the gaming table, and catches up to his pieces at an alarming rate.
When Seiya is inside the bedroom with Usagi, and they start hearing some singing from there, everyone immediately starts cleaning up the living room of all the board and video games they were all playing, and Shiranai magically comes up with beatifull roses and lilly's from inside her cloak, and the others deposit them around the room. Ai has some lovely, romantic ocean music that she took with her, and pulls it out of her backpack and puts it in CD player, and sets it at a soft volume, on repeat. Tanoshii finds some nice, ocean blue linen in the cabinets in the dining room, and puts it over the round dining table in the dining room. And Akari pulls out some nice chinaware and wine glasses and sets the table romantically, putting a vase of Shiranai's roses in the center of the table. And Ai, deciding to try her hand at cooking, prepares some food in the oven, and writes a big note on the table as to when it will be ready to come out and be served. After double checking both main rooms, to be sure they are perfect, they all go out to the movies.
Meanwhile, Usagi and Seiya are, well..., coming up with a song.
Usagi, laughing, "That is cute Seiya, i really like that, you have got to be one of the most talented people i have ever met, if you can make a song out of the steps to Algebra!"
Seiya, smiling, "I DO amaze even myself," he says, winking his devilish wink, "okay, should we try singing it together then? After all, you have to be able to sing it and remember how it goes, if its going to work!"
Usagi laughs, as Seiya quickly grabs a piece of paper out of a drawer in one of the cabinets, that he figured might have blank sheet paper in it, and starts to write down the lyrics he came up with, and the music to the words as well.
"Do you know how to read music, Odango?"
"Oh gosh, not really."
"No problem, I'm not sure i can teach it to you in one night, however, why don't you look at the music, and also sing it with me as i sing it, and you might start to get the feel for reading it yourself? Sound good?"
"Oh Yes!"
So the two of them sang it together, and laughed hysterically during it and had to start over again numerous times, before they could sing it all the way through without breaking up laughing, but they finally did it, and it was one of the most beautifull harmonies either one of them had ever heard. They sang it a few more times after that, just to hear the beauty, that was the both of them singing together so well.
Afterwards, still laughing, and with slightly sore throats from so much singing and laughing, they walked out of the bedroom and down the hall, ready to ask the others if they wanted to go out and get something to eat, as it was 7:45 in the evening by the time they had finished up learning and creating the study song.
"OH MY GOSH!" Usagi yelled in her, "i'm trully amazed and excited" happy voice, as she was the first one to enter the dining room and see both rooms in their romanticized state.
"What, is everthing okay?" Seiya asked concerned, rushing in behind Usagi, his eyes nearly bulging from his head in surprise at the lovely, unoccupied scene before him, "Where is everybody? What is all this?" and under his breath, "and who came up with this idea, so i can kiss them to death!"
Meanwhile, as Seiya was asking his questions, Usagi walked up to the dining table and saw Ai's note:
Dear Usagi and Seiya,
The rest of us got bored with our games, and had heard that "The Lord of the Rings" movie had just come out and gotten really good reviews, so we decided to go out and see it, while you two were studying. So in order to appease you both for leaving you out, we decided to fix the place up and cook you dinner, as we all will also be eating out after the movie. Please enjoy your dinner, it should be ready to come out of the oven at 8:00pm. And we all will be back around 11:00pm. And Usagi, don't worry, we called your mom, and she's okay with you staying out another night. Again, sorry for leaving you two out of the events, but hopefully with the nice dinner, and the place to yourselves, you won't mind. Have fun.
-Ai
Usagi shook her head and laughed, after pouting a little bit, cause she had also wanted to see "The Lord of the Rings", then handed the note over to Seiya, who innwardly smiled, for this amazing opportuntiy to have a night with Usagi all to himself.
"Well, Odango, look like its just you and me, here why don't i turn up that really nice music, and get some of the Perrier i saw in the refrigerater out, so we have something nice to drink, to go with the baked Spaghetti dish Ai made for us!"
Usagi thinks silently to herself, -Oh Great. Spaghetti, the one meal i can't eat around anyone without getting it all over myself and being a complete embarrassment. And of all people to be eating it with, it has to be my darn idol, Seiya! What luck. *drop*-
Seiya goes and turns up the volume on the ocean music, and then goes and takes the Perrier and Spaghetti out and sets them on the table, and serves both himself and Usagi. Then, he sits down at stares at her for a bit, admiring how lovely she looks in the dim lights left on by the others before they left. Usagi, on the other hand is busy staring at her food, and trying desperately to think of some special way of eating it that will save herself from massive embarrassment.
Seiya, shaking himself out of his reverie, finally speaks again, "Well i guess we shouldn't let the food get cold!" he says, chuckling, a bit nervously, as he is a little nervous, with this evening being so much like a date, and his very first one, with Usagi.
Little does he know that Usagi is a whole lot more nervous than he is, as she carefully picks up her fork, and tries to wrap the spaghetti noodles around it tightly enough that they will stay that way as she puts it in her mouth, like she sees her mom and dad do it. She gets it to her lips with no trouble, but as she tries to put it inside her mouth and get the noodles off the fork, they unravel, and flop down all over her chin, spattering chunky, Ragoo, tomatoe sauce all over her lower face and lips.
Seiya can't help but get a big goofy grin on his face at the sight, and Usagi, self conscious as a elementary school kid giving their first live presentation, looks at him from the corner of her eye, sees his smile, mistakes it for ridicule, and puts her face as far down as it will go, and practically smothers her lower face in her napkin cleaning it off, and trying to hide her growing tears.
Seiya, seeing a pool of reflective material building up under her eyelids, and realizing her mistake, wants desperately for her to realize that his smile was not one of ridicule, but of admiration at how cute she is. Hit with inspiration, he reaches out his hand and helps her to wipe off the sauce, and then gently speaks again.
"Don't be upset Odango, I had the same problem recently, until i Fiiinallly asked Taiki how he ate his so neatly, so here, let me show you how to avoid that!" he says, and he take his fork and knife and proceeds to cut his spaghetti up into much shorter noodles, that are much easier to handle.
"However, if you don't want to feel like the only one getting messy, than i'll be more than happy to oblige," he says, smirking, and picks up some noodles with his fingers and rubs them on his chin, in the same way that Usagi's were splattered all over her lower face, which sets her into out of control laughter!
"Okay, okay, feel better now," Seiya asks, laughing himself, and then proceeds to try to get it all off with his tongue, to no avail. Usagi laughs even harder, before helping him this time, and rubbing it off with his napkin. In the process, his tongue accidentally licks her hand for a moment, and their eyes catch for a single moment, as they both, once again, feel that electricity run through them.
Usagi is the one to break the moment, as she quickly and nervously moves her hand back away from him, and starts to cut her spaghetti the way he showed her to, and finds much to her happiness that it works well, she eats the rest of her meal with no mess. They both eat silently the rest of the time, though they frequently raise their eyes up at each other to find a nervous but enticing glint in the other's eye.
When they're finished they put the plates and dish in the dishwasher, and then go and sit near each other on the small sofa.
"Well what should we do now? It will be quite some time yet before the rest of them get back," Usagi asks.
"Well how about we watch a movie, i think i noticed a bunch of DVD's in the cabinet underneath one of the swivel TV's, lets see what all i have stocked here that you might be interested in," he says.
"Lets see, there's 'Total Recall', 'Night of the Living Dead', 'Karate Kid' all parts, 'Hey Honey I Shrank the Kids', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', ---"
"Oh lets see that, i heard it is really romantic and full of adventure, but i'd never seen it before, i think i was punished for a week when it first came out!" Usagi says enthusiastically.
"Sounds great to me!" Seiya says, getting it out and putting it in the DVD player, grabbing the remote, and going to sit fairly close to Usagi on the small couch.
He turns on the movie, and ends up watching Usagi in awed rapture, as she sits excitedly next to him in excitement at the intricately choreographed fight scenes, and tears of joy during the love scenes. He smiles happily as she ends up flinging her head around and into his chest so as not to see the scene where The Jade Fox throws the poison dart into Li Mubai's [the hero's] chest, and he fights for his life.
Both of them sit in teary silence and awe at Li's last words to his long denied love, Yu : "I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side...as a condemned soul...than enter heaven without you. Because of your love...I will never be a lonely spirit.".
And both of them cry silently as he dies, and Yu cries in denial of his death, before stoically finishing what must be done, and handing over her mantle of responsibility to Jen. And as the last scene, of Jen telling reminding her own love of the story of the one who jumped off the mountain making a wish, and not dying but floating down the mountain, before Jen herself does the same, and floats also, Seiya and Usagi both cry again, and Usagi ducks her head completely into Seiya's chest again, as Jen takes the leap.
On seeing Usagi still crying over Li's death and all, he decides to try to destract her from her sadness by turning on the special behind the scenes and other special parts of the DVD, and the two watch those in happy silence. When that is over, Seiya turns it off with the remote, and realizes that Usagi has fallen sound asleep, with her slightly wet eyes and face up against his chest. He smiles gently, pulls an afghan lying behind them on the back of the sofa, over her gently without waking her, and leans his head against the top of hers, puts his arm around her, pulls the blanket some around himself, and drifts off to sleep himself.
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Well, all, finally, another chapter completed. I do hope you liked it. I can't promise anything, obviously, but i will try to come out with the next one soon. And maybe next chapter, i will try to come up with a way that i can more easily respond to comments of you readers, so you don't feel that i don't care about your comments, which i do care very much about. We'll see. But i do care, trust me!!!!
Take care all of you readers still remembering to follow my fanfic, through its sparse additions, and i will see all of you whenever the next chapter comes out!
Until then, Ja ne!
-Seiya's Star
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