Does anyone watch Lazy Town?

Cause let me tell you, never have I identified more with a villain than I have with the bad guy in that show.

Not to mention, the guy has incredible hair.

Anyway, second last chapter.

More cheesiness, prepare yourselves.

I don't own Angel Beats.

Chapter Twenty-One: Lavender Love

"I know I'd be really cute in a cheerleader outfit, that's a given, but I'm not going to wear one to cheer for you."

"But why not? If you did that I'd definitely get so pumped that I'd win the entire game on my own, Yui," Hinata didn't try to hide the whining tone his voice took on. Even if it was just once, he really wanted to see his girlfriend wear a cheerleading outfit. Ever since he had drawn that picture it had been on his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more appealing it seemed.

Yui grinned mischievously, "I have no intention of dressing up in something like that for you. You know, if Otonashi were playing then I might go cheer for him, he's a more decent guy than you anyway."

Hinata's whining increased tenfold, "why would you dress up for Oto and not for me? I'm your boyfriend and I'm a decent guy aren't I?" It wasn't just seeing Yui in a cheerleading outfit at stake anymore; he couldn't just accept the fact that Yui thought Otonashi was more decent than him. The guy was totally stealing his girlfriend!

Well, maybe not really since Hinata was pretty sure Otonashi had shown no interest in dating her, nor did Hinata doubt Yui. But Otonashi was still stealing his girlfriend!

Actually, speaking of Otonashi getting a girlfriend, the guy's never had one. Maybe Hinata should employ his totally amazing skills of wingmanship and find the guy a date. Though frankly speaking, if Otonashi started going out with someone, Naoi would probably cry.

They didn't see the green-haired boy much anymore, a year or so ago his family had moved down south, he was going to a different school and living in a different city. He had cried himself hoarse before he left, clinging onto Otonashi and apologising for it. Otonashi had taken it in his usual way, but right before Naoi left, Hinata had seen him give the boy a hug and a smile goodbye.

Naoi still called Otonashi every night, sometimes he even rang Hinata though that was more to insult him than anything else. It would probably be for the best if the other boy didn't find out about Otonashi's girlfriend.

Well, the girlfriend Hinata was going to get him.

As part of the role of best friend since you're meant to hook your friends up with people all the time.

So that's what Hinata would do.

"You have that look on your face that means you've got an idea," Yui said, peering at him suspiciously, "and the only ideas you have are bad ideas."

Hinata bristled, "my ideas are great, and made out of love."

"And end up with someone covered in yoghurt."

"Okay first of all, that happened once."

Yui laughed and to Hinata it sounded like bells, she skipped to a stop in the middle of the road, something which Hinata might have tried to scold her for only they were on a side road, and no one really drove around there anyway, so it didn't matter. Instead, he found himself standing on the pavement, five steps behind her, looking at her with a small slightly goofy (though he'd deny it) smile on his face.

"So what's this idea of yours then, Hinata? Does it involve me dressing up in a cheerleading costume?"

Hinata froze, admittedly he had been distracted by planning how he was going to get his best friend into a relationship. He was disappointed in himself for forgetting about something so incredibly important, however, an opportunity had apparently presented itself so he had best take advantage of it.

"Yes, very much. You absolutely have to wear a cheerleading outfit for this idea, can't do without it," Hinata said, nodding seriously.

Yui rocked back and forth on her heels, an amused smile on her face, "I see, and what else does this idea involve?"

"Getting Otonashi a girlfriend."

Yui outright snorted at that, "Hinata, leave your friend alone, if he wants to be single then let him be."

The boy pouted, "Can you at least still dress up."

Yui shook a head, smothering her smile as Hinata's pout increased.

At that point, Hinata heard the sound of a car. Startled he turned to his right to see a blue Holden appear around the corner, the sun glinting off its metal. Hinata felt dread run through him momentarily, it was moving faster than it was supposed to be in a suburban area. Yui had plenty of time to get out of the way thou-

Yui was still standing there.

Yui recognised vaguely that the way to respond to a car driving at high speeds in your direction was to jump out of the way. Or even calmly walk off the road, provided you moved and didn't stay in that spot where you could be hit. She did know that, technically, and if you had asked her at any other point of the day she would have replied with saying that was the obvious way to react.

But even though she knew it was weird, she found that she wasn't moving.

Her feet were glued to the asphalt, her knees locked, her mind frozen. Her body felt peculiarly numb, tingling vaguely as though she were about to suffer from oncoming pins and needles. She knew logically that there was more than enough time to jump out of the way. But as the car came closer all she could do was stare at it with wide eyes because there was no way there enough time to jump out of the way and she was going to be hit and hurt. She won't be able to move again. There's not enough time.

She closed her eyes at the collision.

It must have been only a few seconds that she lay on the ground. But to Yui, it felt like a lifetime. A rock dug into her back, and her body felt vaguely crushed, squished under the weight of the warm body above her.

She opened her eyes slowly to see Hinata panting above her, terror morphing into relief then anger, "what were you doing Yui? Why didn't you jump out of the way?"

With those words, the whispers in her mind vanished, the numbness melted away from her body and she took in a deep breath, feeling a trembling set in. Without a word, she reached up and hugged Hinata, holding in her soft, gasping breaths and she clutched him tightly. With a small sigh, Hinata returned the embrace, rubbing a hand on her back comfortingly while she calmed down.

When her chaotic thoughts finally stilled she pulled back and looked Hinata in the eyes. He waited patiently as she gave him a shaky smile, "next time you play baseball I'll dress up in a cheerleading outfit for you."

So I can't write suspense pfft.

Anyway, it was pretty cool the other day. We went to a family friend's house for a Christmas party and one of my friends from a year ago who moved away was there. It was a fancy dress party and I went as Little Red Riding Hood and when I get there I find out Emily is coming too so I'm like cool and when she turns up she's dressed as Little Red Riding Hood too. Like, it's been a year and we've still got some kind of psychic link going on, heck yeah.