Hey! Got you a longer chapter! Well, it isn't as long as chapter 6 or 7, but it's definitely longer than the few recent ones.
I won't waste your time by writing things you obviously don't care about, since I need to finish my Student Council work. So, let's go to the reviews, shall we?
Reviews:
Kyofan101: Kind-hearted and pervert can never be together o.O
xtheBLEACHEDalchemistx: He'll go haunt you in your room if you do that. *wooooo*
WanderingDreamer4Ever: Aww, thanks! And thank you for taking the time to review too! (THAT GOES FOR ALL OF YOU REVIEWERS!)
Lost Grey Soul: Because you're just like Misaki who can't use another word to replace 'naive'? LOL jkjk
Sarah: IKR! I wanted to penpal with people so bad, but I just can't find the way to get their infos and stuff like that.
fateMoon: Not exactly. He's the most brilliant antagonist character I came up until now. (Sorry for all the people who liked Minami better than Ankoku. I just think that Ankoku was better planned and all than Minami. But I still like both of them, though.)
cyndy-kawaii-maidsama: Yep. He's blackmailing her alright. Muchas Gracias! LOL, I only understand the part where you said I'm a great writer :p Never been good with Spanish, only learned it through the Internet.
blackopalz21: Oh right, I did make that mistake. Lousy me. Thanks for pointing that out! And, really? Most good fanfic authors are Indonesian? Well, thanks for the compliment, but most of us Indonesians are bad at grammar... :( Besides, I love American authors! You guys are so GOOD in your grammar and sentence structures!
usuixmisaki: OMG! I have so much U.S. readers! I LOVE YOU GUYS! *squeals and faints*(I LOVE YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU... You guys get my point. I LOVE ALL OF YOU!)
DarkkAngelll: We are all naive people! LOL
angelKWMSfan17: Yep, Java island. Jakarta, specifically.
Al-Orange Ninja: Amazingness B-) LOL
I'm feeling so happy right now that I went all the way and answer all the reviews! -I have no idea why I'm feeling so relaxed... It's unusually weird...-
"How was school?" Usui asked as soon as I stepped in my room. He was sitting on my bed, his back leaning on the wall just beside the window, reading one of the books that I had borrowed from the library to keep him company while I was in school. And guess which book he read the first?
The romance novel, which I will not state out its name since it'll embarrass me to death to let other people – aside from Usui and the librarian – know that I actually borrowed that book.
"Good. As good as a school can be, anyway," I placed my book bag down leaning against the wall beside the door frame and sat down beside Usui on my bed.
He closed the book and placed it down beside him. "So spill, why was there a package containing a dress addressed to you, signed by 'Your Date'?"
I won't lie to you, at that time I really didn't know what he was talking about.
"What package?" I asked him.
Usui looked at me with a pair of cold emerald eyes that made my heart sank. He looked angry and was ready to smack someone right on the skull and crack open their brains.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense and heavy as I scooted away from him.
Hey, don't blame me. He looked as if he was ready to smack my skull and crack open my brain! Can you possibly blame me for wanting to get a little space between us?
"W-what pack-package?" I repeated myself, with more fear in my voice.
"I don't know, I was hoping you can tell me," he said, sarcasm and coldness filled his voice.
And then suddenly, a white box, the size of human weight scale, fell onto my lap. And not gently, either.
The slightly opened box was fancy looking and it had a heck lot of frills and red roses all over it. In between a rose and a lace laid a card that read, "To Ms. Ayuzawa Misaki. Love, Your Date."
I picked up the card, unfolded it and started reading – not out loud, though, because I had a feeling that Usui already read what was inside and didn't need a reminder or it.
"Misaki, here's the dress I mentioned earlier. I'll pick you up at 6, an hour earlier than what we had agreed on. We'll go to my place first and have dinner, and then we can go on our date. I'm sure you wouldn't mind. The schedule will still be the same after that, just like we agreed on. I love you."
No wonder Usui was so pissed off. Even my blood boiled when I read the note. Because:
The note was nothing but a huge lie; and
Receiving a not-so-anonymous note saying 'I love you' in front of your boyfriend is embarrassing and traitor-like.
I silently cursed that blackmailing pervert. He said he was going to send it at 5! And what time was it? Right, a quarter to 3.
I mean, yeah Usui's anger was inevitable. Even an idiot knew that. But if Ankoku had sent it at 5 – like how he promised – at least I got some time to make up a lie.
I peered over the paper and saw Usui's hand clenched into a fist so hard that his knuckles were paler than his skin. And ghosts have really pale skin.
"Who's your date for tonight?" He asked abruptly. "Where are you two going?"
My whole body was trembling like crazy as I placed the card down onto the box. I couldn't possibly say that I would be going out with Ankoku to a party with a freaking dress code. He would blow up right there and spray ghost guts all over me. Now that wouldn't be pretty, I tell you.
"Who are you going with tonight?" He asked again with even more coldness in his voice. "And where?"
I pressed my lips together and remained sient.
I guessed he finally had enough of silence since the next second I knew, he was in front of me, his hands pressing my shoulders against the wall. My head hit a bit of the window frame with a loud 'bump'. I knew it was supposed to hurt, but I couldn't care less about the temporary pain when I was pressed onto the wall by an angry ghost. Most importantly, my angry ghost boyfriend.
"Ayuzawa," he looked into my eyes. His eyes were so sharp that I thought my eyes were jabbed by knives. "Answer me."
I felt my eyes tearing up and my breaths became shorter and much shallower than before. I didn't know which finally made me cry; the fear that came when Usui suddenly used that cold eyes and voice on me, the guilt for betraying Usui like that, the anger I had inside for Ankoku, the growing stress inside of me for having to face this kind of unusual problem that couldn't be solved just by simply googling it up, the embarrassment for being caught 'cheating' by my own boyfriend or maybe all of it. The fear, guilt, anger, stress and embarrassment.
I had enough.
When all the feelings were clear, I felt like breaking down and cry until my eyes were swollen like a bee sting.
I had enough.
I was sick and tired of needing to be responsible of the shit that people do. I was sick of needing to keep all my problems to myself and yet have to deal with other people's dilemma. I was sick of needing to ignore my own feelings just to keep others safe or happy. I was sick of being the girl of this messed up 'love triangle'.
I had enough.
So you know what I did next?
I used all my power to wrench myself away from Usui's hands and hugged him tight, my head on his chest.
"Usui," I sobbed against his uniform, "I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry!"
Usui, not expecting what I did, just sat there like a stone.
"I… I agreed… To… To go with…" I sucked in a lungful of air, before spitting out the name of the person I officially despised most. "Ankoku."
Usui, upon hearing what I just said, immediately jumped out of my embrace and stood by his feet on the floor.
"You what?" He asked as I fell face-first onto my bed.
I straightened myself and wiped the tears that managed to leak out of my eyes. I didn't think I could manage to say anything else, so I murmured, "I… I'm sorry."
I kept my head low the whole time; I didn't have the courage to look up into the face I knew for sure that was full of hurt and coldness.
"But why?" His voice was filled with pain.
I couldn't possibly say that the reason for my date was to protect him from going to Netherland. He wouldn't take Ankoku's threat seriously and suggest that I ignore him for the rest of my life.
And besides, I knew all too well what Ankoku would do if he found out I'd narced on him.
"I… I'm sorry…"
From the corner of my eyes, I saw that Usui shook his head and dematerialized, leaving a glittery shimmer at the space he had left.
Oh, and a sobbing girl with a date she needed to attend at 6.
I won't even lie to you, I shivered and got scared when I imagined the scene in my head. The coldness and the dark aura... The cold Usui...
ANYWAY, please review!