Aurora & Ikuto ACT ONE: Enter the Muse Chapter 1.13: Another Date

"You did something bad today." The phone had kept ringing until she answered it, her lips pushing together wondering who at school could be calling her that late at night and also have her phone number. She knew that her father was horribly strict and that she was lucky that she was able to go to school even. If one person were to tattle, or even make up lies everything that she had come to like would go spilling away. Letting out a deep sigh she found herself going to sleep, only to find herself waking up at night wondering who was calling her yet again. In the morning the words changed to, "What bad thing will you do today?"

Thus she was tired when she arrived at school and Saaya approached her. "About the sports festival..."

"Look. I honestly understand that you don't want a date with me."

"Actually... I don't. But I won't be able to live it down if I didn't go on a date with you the full works and got pictures of it. You are very popular you know, and even the guys want pictures of it. Its..." Saaya pause. "Understand I don't swing this way."

Aurora blinked a couple of times. "Isn't there only one way to swing?"

The female paused before letting out a deep sigh. "Look, just leave the date to me... because that's what the day with you has turned out to be now that the rumors have spread around. I have the list of pictures they want and I've put Suzuki Seiichiro in charge of taking them as he's actually pretty good despite being a third grader. We'll go tomorrow morning as it is a Sateruday. Understand."

The female smiled and nodded her head. "Sure. This is part of the councils job, right? So it should be no problem. When she got home from school she found herself getting the phone calls again, an exact repeat of yesterdays. They arrived at the school, her wearing a very lady like outfit, causing Saaya to frown. "No... that won't do. I figured you would wear something like that so I came prepared. You need to change."

Aurora went to the bathroom and then found herself blushing at the outfit. The shirt was a ruffled tank with spagetti straps in a salmon color while the bottom part of the outfit was a denim skirt that was short. "Do I really have to wear this?"

"Yes." The female stepped out, feeling like crying. Saaya saw her face. "Look... you're not allowed to make that face. You need to smile. This is part of your job as the council. And please understand I don't swing that way." The girl watched as the other blinked. "Never mind."

"I like the idea of you two swinging that way." This caused Saaya to hit Seiichiro on the head. Saaya grabbed Aurora's hand.

"Why do we have to hold hands?"

"Because we're on a date. Those on a date hold hands."

They walked together to the subway. Buying a ticket was a new experience and they held hands on the subway. For some reason people were staring at them. They arrived at the amusement park and Aurora's eyes widened upon seeing the spot and she kept holding onto Saaya's hand as they went to the first ride, the roller coaster ride. The got on and she felt her breath taken away. They also went on a carousel ride, where Saaya insisted on riding behind Aurora. There was also the love boat ride, as well as Ferris wheel, finally ending at the cup ride. She found herself heading back and Saaya bought her a toy, much to her joy.

"Today was very fun." Aurora smiled at her.

"There is one more thing we have to do picture wise."

"Well, I can't see anything wrong about that." Suddenly Saaya leaned forward and kissed Aurora on the lips.

Saaya pulled back and turned to their young camera man. "Will that do it?"

"Well... we should take a few more shots in various other places."

"Wait..." Aurora blinked a couple of times. Her eyes were beginning to water as she didn't like the situation. "I don't know why you did that and I know my father doesn't wanting me dating guys, but I know that I like guys and not girls."

"I told you, I don't swing that way." Saaya let out a deep sigh. "They want the pictures. This is stupid really. If I had known that council members had this amount of work to do I wouldn't... well, I would have had a lot different respect for you."

They took a few more pictures of kisses before heading back. That night Aurora received a call on the phone. "Aurora Lawrascal was a very bad, bad girl. Aurora Lawrascal shall be punished by the law. Aurora Lawrascal will face the consequences." The next morning though was a repeat of what was there before. She went to school and found that the pictures had been printed in the paper.

"Oh my gosh! They really did it!"

"It is the new smexy!"

Aurora found herself crying then and hurrying off. No one seemed to notice that she was crying. She hurried to the garden, only to find that Tadase's chara landed near her. "Tadase says to tell you that the council never approved this. This was all the newspapers idea and they will be punished."

"It still hurts though!" Aurora found herself crying, rubbing her eyes as her Chara floated next to her. She then turned and ran out, not knowing where she was going. She found herself near the water, upset that the Chara was floating around despite the fact it was horribly stupid. For all she knew the said Chara had to be the one spying on her. "I mean... you don't talk, the other Chara are so much better..."

"Nope. The Chara don't side with adults." A familiar and comforting voice stated. "I saw the picture. Wished it was me instead of course with you."