And here I have returned! Hey everyone, I'm back! Welcome back to New Beginnings!
I hope you enjoy the chapter, but first up is the regular notes
Alright, first the notes. Sally White owns Linda Mason and Hikari Louisa Faye is based upon me while Nene is based off of my best friend and Akizuki is based off of Nene's real life sister. leshamarieinuyasha owns Chihoro, whom is based off her and I own Toshiro, whom was created for Chihoro's loving boyfriend.
I completely own Hikari, Renaia, and Gerald; and I pretty much own the rights to Nene and Akizuki as characters.
Rin and Hyoma hail from Chaos Wars while Soul, Maka, Kid, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, and Black Star hail from Soul Eater. Inuyasha and Kagome hail from Inuyasha.
I own none of those characters
I also got the grocery store thing(you'll see) from a show I watch called Necessary Roughness on the USA channel. It's a great show and the grocery store line came from there.
Oh and by the way, I have a concept for the next in this series, if anyone wants to hear about it...? It'll also bring in Chrono and Rosette from Chrono Crusade if I don't decide to fit them into this story of the series.
So, anyone want to hear about it?
Anyhoo, enjoy and review!
New Beginnings: The Music of Our Souls
Chapter 12: Grocery Stores and Romance?
"Man Linda, you know something I just thought of?" asked Hikari
"No Hikari. Last I checked, I cannot read minds," laughed Linda.
Hikari Faye glared at her friend and stuck her tongue out at her, making Linda giggle harder at her friend's annoyance.
"Well then, I guess you don't want to hear why I think one of our cute couples is going to get together today."
"N-no! I want to know!" begged Linda.
"Are you sure?"
"YES I DO! Agh, Hikari!" she whined.
"Well Linda, haven't you heard that saying? That the one you're willing to go to the grocery store with, no matter how much you hate it….is the one you want to be with?"
"Yeah. I think it's so sweet…"
"Linda! One of our couple's is going to the store today, remember?"
"Huh….? No…"
"Yes, you scatterbrain!"
Linda stared at Hikari blankly and Hikari simply grinned before laughing at her friend heavily. Quickly, Hikari whipped out her phone and sent a text message.
Renaia heaved a breath before slowly sliding open Gerald's door, knowing that he had told her to start just coming in. Currently, it just didn't feel right, but she did it anyway. Gerald was sitting on the couch, perfectly ready to go, and just closing his cell phone from reading a text. He had a pink tint to his face as well as a slight smile as he looked up at Renaia. The gorgeous girl looked down at him, a cute tank sleeved skinny dress clinging to the majority of her form with some looseness, but it was not majorly flowing like most of her dresses did. It was silky and pink with little flowers on it.
"Wow, you're actually ready. Usually I have to pry you off of your pillow."
"Ah, well…I figured I'd just make it easier on you," Gerald responded, the blush on his cheeks deepening.
"Oh…well okay. Shall we head out then? It's going to be a long trip, as always. At least Marietta drives us home with the stuff….but we still have to walk and get it."
Marietta is the human shaped android that takes care of Renaia, built by her parents and kept in working order by Renaia herself.
"Well, let's just take our time and get everything right. I mean, it's not all bad, right?"
Renaia looks surprised; he's….okay? Usually he never stops complaining about this day; even by the time they're at the store. Today is their monthly trip to get groceries for both of their households. They always go together, since Marietta drives and Gerald doesn't have a car to ride in, so they carpool to get their stuff home. Lately though, they've just been having Marietta to ride them back and they just enjoy the walk there together. Gerald smiles up at her and Renaia finally grins too.
"No, it's not all bad. I enjoy it most of the time. I've always told you that though," she giggles.
"Yeah well, some people just take longer to get things to make sense."
At this, Renaia just giggles with a large smile plastered to her face.
'Gerald, I know you and Renaia are going to the store today. I thought I'd remind you of a saying. It goes 'The one you are willing to go to the grocery store with is the one you want to be with.' So with this I ask you, do you want to go to the grocery store with Renaia?'
'Yes, yes of course I do. I love her with every bit of my heart… Maybe….maybe that's what she means when she says it isn't all bad every single time I complain that we have to go!'
'Go for it Gerald!'
'Thank you Hikari.'
"Soul!"
"Yes Maka?"
"Oh! There you are. I was trying to wake you up, because I have breakfast ready."
Soul strode over to her with a grin and placed his hand on her soft cheek before putting his lips to hers softly. Her knees weakened under her as she pressed back lovingly.
"Well then," Soul sighed afterwards, "-breakfast must be very sweet then."
Maka smiles somewhat coyly, "Well, it does include strawberries. Does that count?"
"I believe so," Soul grinned coolly.
"Kisses, strawberries, and pancakes," Maka sighed.
"What a perfect breakfast," the pair laughed in pure, loving unison.
Still laughing and smiling, Maka passed Soul a plate of the breakfast and served herself. They sat side by side on the couch, happily enjoying all three pieces of breakfast.
"Okay…now I need strawberries and you need some….buttermints? Gerald, why do you need buttermints?"
"Oh, a dessert I want to make calls for it."
"Ah, I see. Okay so you must be making that strawberry mint dessert with the jello and marshmallows then, right?"
"Yup. How'd you know?"
Renaia smiled, "It's one of my favorites. I love it."
Her pink eyes shimmered brightly as she smiled up at Gerald before breaking the gaze to pick up the strawberries and examine the package.
"Hum…let's see…there should be better packages than this."
Gerald scanned the packages, standing right by Renaia's side as he pointed.
"What about those two packages?"
Renaia picked them up and looked them over before grinning.
"Yes, perfect! Nice call Gerald."
She gave him a high five before examining the two lists again.
"Okay ground beef, chicken, bread, ramen noodles, sandwich meat, and some other things. Ready Gerald?"
"Sure thing Renaia."
She grinned, unsure of where his attitude change came from, but happy with it all the same. Gerald smiled back at her, just glad to be spending time with her. He understood now, why she was always somewhat cheerful about these trips. She wasn't any happier about the shopping than he was…but she enjoyed the time they got together.
"I really do understand now Renaia," Gerald murmured.
"Eh? What Gerald?" Renaia inquired, looking up from the corn she was examining.
"I understand why you enjoy yourself on these trips."
She looked at him, "Do you now?" she giggled, blushing pink.
"Yeah. Because we get to spend time together, right?"
Renaia blushed deeper and nodded, "Yes, that's the reason why."
Hyoma lay face down on his bed, his face buried into his pillow as he subconsciously murmured Rin's name. To him at the moment, the pillow was a certain girl's face and he really didn't know this since the teenage redhead was in dreamland; also meaning that he was very much asleep. Well, not for much longer….
"Hyoma!"
Hyoma jumped and rolled, startled from sleep as Rin came flying into his room. He didn't get a word out of his voicebox before Rin leaped onto his bed and crushed her lips to his. He accepted the kiss as he gently pressed back against hers, gladly as well.
"Ahh….morning Rin. What was that for?"
"This," she answered simply, planting a flyer of some sort over his face.
Hyoma moaned and shifted as he sat up, taking the flying from his face and looking it over. It shined with dozens of different ads and Hyoma's eyes soon traced one that was circled for a garage sale.
"You woke me from a sound sleep….and the most amazing dream of my lifetime….for a garage sale?" Hyoma inquired, his voice tinged with frustration.
"Wha-? No! The other one!" Rin cried.
Hyoma held his head, "Please stop yelling."
Rin pouted and muttered to herself while Hyoma scanned the paper again, finding another circle around an ad for the fair tomorrow.
"The fair?"
"Yeah. Mom told me all about it and I really want to go with you. It sounds like so much fun," Rin sighed.
Hyoma eyeballed her and then handed the paper back before laying back down.
"No way."
"Ah! Hyoma, please? I really want to go!" Rin pleaded.
He ignored and Rin huffed. She climbed onto the bed and over Hyoma's back, to his front, where she looked at his closed eyes.
"Hyoma, please?" she begged, "I…these didn't even exist in Endia…I want to go…with you….please?"
Hyoma pried his eyes open and looked up at her as her blue eyes shimmered, shaking with the threat of crying.
He felt his wall shatter….
He felt his heart jump up…
He felt his conscience slap him in the face…
And with her pleas, Hyoma lost the ability to say no to her.
The fact was, he wanted to take her, but he didn't know a damned thing about dates at all and he didn't feel like looking like a moron. Fine then…wasn't like she'd know much more…it would be fine.
"Alright Rin," Hyoma sighed, "-we'll go, we'll go."
The purple haired beauty leaped up, smiling as she hugged him merrily. His heart flung itself into his throat as he hugged her back and Rin filled his ears with her somewhat subdued cheers, being that Rin wasn't a very loud person unless angry or frustrated or very excited.
"Thank you Hyoma, thank you!" Rin cheered.
Hyoma held her, running his fingers through her silky hair.
"I….it's….you're welcome Rin."
His face lit red and Rin just had to smile as she simply sat herself at his side.
"I'm making breakfast, so come down soon."
"Okay. Hey, Rin?"
"Yes Hyoma?"
"I…love you," he whispered, a pink tint to his face to symbolize his unnerved embarrassment.
He was a stubborn sourpuss, but he was a soft one too. Rin smiled and tilted her head adorably with her blue eyes sparkling soft.
"Love you Hyoma. Very much I do."
With these words she parted, leaving Hyoma to think. He lifted himself from bed and got dressed for the day. She had just left…but much to Hyoma's own shock…he already wanted to be back by her side. Thinking of his dream, Hyoma felt his pink face darken to a deeper red as a slight smile graced his features and a certain warmth grew within his heart.
Renaia and Gerald were now done shopping and were in her apartment putting things away. Marietta was bringing everything in, either running it to Gerald's apartment or to her and Renaia's apartment. The two had decided to start with her groceries and then go two floors up to get Gerald's put away.
"So…you enjoyed the grocery trip today?" Renaia asked.
"Yeah, yeah I did," Gerald laughed, "-because I got to spend time with you. Renaia I…I…"
She listened carefully, her heart beating in prayer as she slipped the jar of pickles into the cabinet and put some other items away.
"Renaia…I love you…" Gerald finally sighed.
Marietta, although robotic, gave a silent and muffled squeal of pure delight as she brought the groceries in, resting them in the hallway just as Gerald had finally said this. She was a tall and well postured human formed android. Well-endowed with sparkling white skin and blank green eyes, Marietta was very difficult to differentiate from a human given her grasp on emotions and just her behavior plain and simple.
"I love you Gerald. Always have," Renaia responded.
Marietta gave another muffled squeal and headed back outside for more groceries, squealing outwardly when she knew it was safe. There, in Renaia's pink and blue linoleum kitchen, the pair shared their first kiss as individuals and as the new couple they were.
"Man Hikari, you're either the ambassador of love or the angel of fluffiness, take your pick."
Hikari Louisa Faye smiled up at Linda cheerfully.
"I'm the angel of fluffiness of course, don't you see the halo?"
Linda giggled, "I see a single devil horn and a halo, so which one am I supposed to believe?"
"Both of course! I am a devilish angel after all. But more so, I am the angel of fluffiness."
And Hikari was, she really was. Linda definitely had to agree.
So did Soul, Maka, Rin, Hyoma, Renaia, and Gerald…for sure.
