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Whee! It's FINALLY up! :dances: Thanks for all your reviews, and for new readers too. Sorry you found it before it was finished Mimi-san. :sighs: I've done that with way too many fics as well...
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After dinner, which didn't actually happen since Riku missed a big goal in her game and Mom, Dad and her had to go out to make her feel better about it and I ended up eating cold ramen, there's nothing to do but study and think.
"And the variable X goes into the products that add up to Krad when the Dark factor is introduce--"
WHAT?
Not only did that not make sense, but Krad and Dark got in there...
Oh heck with math, I'm going to bed.
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Silence.
Unfortunately, not in MY mind.
Satoshi was so quiet when I left... and so distracted while I was there! Was it something I said? I know I started started talking about how Wiz was getting along with Marron but that didn't upset him!
--why would that upest him Risa?
"Arghhhhhh!"
I flop back on my bed, quietly so not to wake up my sister, staring at the ceiling glumly. There are 18 cracks in my ceiling, one spiderweb which I am NOT going near, and a picture of Dark.
Jerk.
He goes off and gets himself sealed, so he's not here to help me with my problems! No pun intended...
...and 20 (40?) years is such a long time to wait for him. I'll be ancient by then! Satoshi wouldn't want me by then, much less Dark.
Why did I think Satoshi? Risa, you are officially losing it.
"Tap."
Yup, you've lost it.
My gaze shoots over to the window where... TARO is sitting?! I run over to it, staring at him like he's nuts.
Check that, he IS nuts! It's 11:00!
"Risa!" His voice is muffled through the glass, but it's clear enough to tell that he just said my FIRST name.
"Open the window!" He continues.
How dare he?! What makes him think he has the right to call me by my first name!? The jerk!
I throw the window open, about to give him a piece of my mind. We are NOT that close!
"Look, how dare you call me by my fir--"
His lips are pressed against mine and I feel my body freezing up. His kiss is captivating...
like a thief...
He breaks the kiss almost as suddenly as he gave it, smiling at me faintly.
"Because I like you, no... even though we only met today, I believe I'm in love with you." He says this all with that impossible, innocent smile.
"M-Mokuta-kun..."
"Iie." He puts his finger over my lips and the gesture makes cold shivers run down my spine, wonderful and frightening.
"Taro. Call me Taro." His green eyes smile as I trip over the word. All my rage is bolting at a rapid rate. Taro is sweet and, not to sound shallow, but he's amazingly attractive. Even though he's new, girls are flocking to him. And he's interested in ME.
It's not like I'm involved...
Satoshi wouldn't care. He doesn't care about anyone. Right?
"Taro... I like you too. A lot." The words sound amazingly stupid and clumsy coming out of my mouth, but he doesn't appear to care. Actually he looks... relieved?
"May I walk you to school tomorrow, my princess?" He says slyly, a burning red strand of his hair falling lazily over one jade green eye.
"I'll be here." I say too quickly, feeling my breath catch in my throat at the thought of walking together with him...
"Excellent. I would stay longer but... sleep clouds your eyes. You must not be tired tomorrow. Goodnight!" He slides off the ledge after this monologue, and darts into the night.
Feelings are such fickle creatures.
But I think I'm in love with him.
"So, you're not picking up Hiwatari tomorrow?" The question comes from my sister, who evidently was woken up by my romantic renzdevous.
"It's not like I have to pick Hiwatari up every day. I'm sure he can get to school by himself." I answer, turning to face her. Riku shrugs lightly.
"But I thought--"
"I'm going to walk with Taro."
Just the sound of his name! So lovely! Like angels in a choir...
And he likes me...
I didn't announce it first. HE likes ME. He's the first to ever feel that way and tell me...
I'm in heaven as I fall back on my bed, sinking into the covers.
Taro...
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I wake up this morning on a cloud... I float down to the kitchen, make breakfast in a Taro-induced daze, and float back up the stairs. I pull on the prettiest shirt I own, a light blue one with tiny white flowers cascading down it like a waterfall. I can swear that I'd wait all day for him to show up and he could come at 8:00 tonight and I wouldn't even be mad... I pull my hair into a bun, grabbing the hair chopsticks to affix it in place and beam at my reflection, but it vanishes and my reflection's eyes go wide as the moon when I hear the doorbell ring.
He's here!
I run downstairs, opening the door smoothly as his hand is lifting to knock again.
"H-hey Taro-kun." I greet him brightly, hoping he doesn't notice my voice is shaky and nervous.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, shirahime-chan." He says gallently, offering me his arm. I don't even feel like we're going to school! I take it nervously, shutting the door behind me, only to realize I've forgotten my books. The very reason we're GOING to school!
Now, how to say this without sounding like a Taro-obsessed idiot?
"U-um, Taro-kun, I forgot something, I'll be right back!"
I zoom inside before he can comment, grabbing my books and a jacket and speeding out to where he's waiting. I smile sheepishly and feel my cheeks going red.
"Heh heh... s-sorry..."
"No!" He looks surprised that I'm apologizing. "Anything for you Risa-chan." He smiles sweetly and I can feel the blush darkening. This feeling...
--is NOTHING like what I felt with Satoshi.
And speaking of Satoshi, he appears at that moment. Which is odd, he usually doesn't come in front of my house on his way to school... but Satoshi's his own person. If he wants to walk by my house, that's his own business. I lift my hand to wave though, feeling a tug as Taro pulls me close to his side.
Wow...
All thoughts of waving fly out of my mind as I glance up at Taro, seeing him smile down at me again, red hair with it's radiant brown mix framing his face, for lack of a better word, adorably.
Abruptly remembering myself, I look for Satoshi again, feeling guilty, but he's already walked on. Well, that was kind of rude... but then again, he usually is. Cold, frigid Satoshi.
With this consolation, my guilt lingers only a second, before it returns to more important things.
Like Taro.
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All right, since I figure I should explain this:
Q: Isn't Risa and Taro's relationship moving a little too fast? She's sounding really shallow again!
A: No, she's not becoming shallow. But this is a girl who went for Dark Mousy for a) his good looks, and b) his sweep-you-off-your-feet personality. Dark's a prince to her, and now Taro appears, gallent and noble (apparently), so she's bound to be attracted to him. AND it's really flattering to have someone tell you that they love you first, instead of you making the first move. (don't ask, I have no love life, I just make this up).
I apologize for the long no-update time... lack of ideas and laziness. Holidays can do that to people... heh heh heh. Happy holidays to all by the way!
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