Hiya! After almost a month, I'm back with an update. I finally found time
to write, between all my work and stuff. School will soon be over so... YEAH!
Vacation is just around the corner! Well, anyway, here's chapter 21. R & R!
Disclaimer: You all know it. So, whatever.
Chapter 21: Jealousy
Misao sighed as she lay on her bed, in the room she shared with Tae. She was gazing at the ceiling, a really dreamy look on her face. A picture of her Aoshi-sama appeared in her mind. Then a flashback of yesterday night. She sighed again. She and Aoshi had kissed! She was blissfully ecstatic. All she had done the past evening was dance around, sigh and giggle. She had roused the curiosity of her friends, but they just thought she was like that because it had been Aoshi who had gone out to find her. So they didn't pay any mind to it.
Kaoru and Tae were nowhere to be found, Sora noticed. Just how were they supposed to help Sano, if one of the four of them was ecstatic about something, and two were nowhere to be found? That only left her. And today was the deadline Sano had given them. No way she was missing out on two thousand dollars. So she decided to go give Sano advice on her own. As she walked down the hallway to Sano's room, she heard a door open behind her. She turned around, startled. It was Rikkuse, who was just coming out to go catch some air.
"Oh. Sora. Didn't know you were out at this hour." He said, looking at his awesome platinum watch. It was about eleven thirty.
"I'm looking for Sano. Do you know were he is?" she asked him.
'Sano? What does she want Sano for?' he thought, but then mentally smacked himself. 'You moron... Nothing's going on between Sora and Sano. She just wants to ask him something. Yeah, that's it.' He convinced himself. All the while this was going on in his mind, all Sora did was stand there, giving him a funny look.
"Umm... Rikkuse?" she waved in front of him. He snapped out of it.
"Oh. Uh..." he said, thinking about where was the last place he saw Sano.
"Could you please hurry? I'm late." Sora said, looking at her watch. The straps were red, and so was the face. The face was bordered with gold and in the center of the face it had a golden silhouette of a dragon. The hands and the points that marked the numbers were white. (Yay! Cool dragon watch! Just like mine in real life! ^_^x)
"Um... don't quote me, but I think he was at the dining room or something." He said, and Sora lit up.
"Great! Well, thanks. Gotta go. Got a "date" with a roosterhead." Sora laughed as she disappeared down the stairs, not knowing that she left Rikkuse shocked.
"A... WHAT with a roosterhead?! Shit, you've gotta be kidding me! It's not possible!" Rikkuse said to himself. "Sano, how could you do this to me!?" he yelled devastated, with big teary eyes. But he stopped and started taking deep breaths. "Okay, Rikkuse. Calm down, calm down. Follow her and see what she and Sano are up to. Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do. You go." He said as he followed the path Sora had taken down the stairs.
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Sano was at the sparkling dining room of the hotel. There were many people there, all drinking, chatting, some dancing, others just eating, all having a good time. Except him. He was sulking. It just wasn't the same without a girl to share it with. And he was itching to dance. But he had no partner. To top it off, Jou-chan and the others had said they would give him some girl advice, and tonight was the deadline. He hadn't caught a glimpse of any of them.
"Am I destined to be alone, babeless for all eternity?" he asked a well- dressed young man that was sitting alone in the next table. The guy decided to humor him and answer back.
"Apparently you aren't the only one, dude." He said, resting his head on his arms.
"Yeah, I know." He said, now playing with the olive of his "aqueous" martini, which was really water with an olive, since he didn't drink. (Yay! Down with the Alcoholic Beverages! Drinking is bad for you. As I hope you all know. ^_^x)
"So, did your girl dump you or what?" the dude asked him, and Sano nodded, looking bored. Then all of a sudden, he heard his name.
"Sano!"
He and the guy looked around. Sano looked really relieved to see Sora standing at the doorway.
"It appears you aren't destined to be alone, babeless for all eternity." Said the guy, smirking at Sano.
"Shut up. She's off limits." He snapped at the guy, who jumped back.
"Okay. Okay! Don't bite me!" said the guy, returning to his own business. Sora made her way to Sano's table.
"Sora-chan! I thought you would NEVER make it! Where are Jou-chan and the others?" he asked looking around, expecting to see the raccoon, the weasel and his sister pop out any moment now. Sora cleared her throat.
"Ahem, well, since Weasel Girl is ecstatic for some reason, and Raccoo-I mean, Kaoru and your sister are nowhere to be found, and since tonight's the deadline, I came on my own to help you." She said, and Sano sighed in relief.
Close by, a pair of aquamarine eyes were searching for a certain amethyst- eyed girl. He scanned the room until he found her. She was sitting at the same table as his brother.
"Shit, you've gotta be kidding me!" he quoted himself. This COULDN'T be happening. They were talking, and Sora was laughing. He decided to blend in, to see if he could get closer and hear anything.
Back to Sano and Sora...
The music then changed. It was a danceable piece, and Sano had this huge urge of dancing.
"Sora-chan, would you mind talking to me while we dance?" he said, getting up and extending a hand to her. Sora started to blush.
"Me? Dance? But I..." she stammered. She had never danced this type of music before. Well, come to think of it, nobody had EVER asked her out to dance to this type of music before. Sano wasn't gonna take no for an answer.
"Damn it! He's holding out his hand to her, and she's blushing!" Rikkuse cursed under his breath from his hiding place. It was getting worse by the minute.
"Oh, come on, Sora! Just one piece." He begged, and Sora gave in.
"Fine, fine. Just one." She said, and once in the dance floor, they started talking.
"So, d'you have any ideas for me to get Megumi back?" he asked as they moved across the dance floor.
"Well, Sano. There's only one way you can achieve it." She said
"And that is?"
"Tell her you love her. With utmost sincerity. No goofy names. None of that "Foxy Babe" stuff. No joking around. Only that way will you reach into the heart of a girl like Megumi." Sora said simply.
"What, like this?" he said as he got on one knee and said, "I have something I want to tell you. The thing is... I love you."
Sora started laughing at how funny Sano looked. Sano smiled back at her.
At this point, Rikkuse was at the pinnacle of frustration. Even through the crowd, he had heard his brother say THAT to Sora. (That's all he heard. He didn't hear anything before or after that. Except he had seen Sora laughing happily and Sano smiling.) How could Sano DO this to him? To HIM, his own BROTHER!
"I'll never forgive you, Sano. I'll never forgive you for this one." He muttered.
After the song was over, Sora said she had to go. So she and Sano said their goodbyes and they each headed to their rooms through different paths. When Sano went through the doors, he didn't notice his brother leaning on the wall, looking down. That is, until Rikkuse *coughed*.
"Oh hey, Rikkuse. What's up?" he asked him, but the younger boy just kept looking down. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Nothing could have prepared him for what happened next. Rikkuse punched him, straight on the cheek. Sano stumbled back from the force of his brother's punch. Then Rikkuse disappeared into the elevator.
"Damn, he punches HARD! This is gonna leave a mark. Oww!" he mumbled as he put his hand to his sore cheek. "Why would he do that? It's not like him to do that." Sano said to himself. But after thinking for a second, his eyes went wide. "Unless... Oh crap! Rikkuse, wait up!" he yelled as he quickly put his finger to the elevator button. It wouldn't answer. Apparently Rikkuse was still on it. "Double crap!" he cursed under his breath as he started to run up the stairs as fast as he could. He was doing five steps at a time.
"Crud, crud, crud. He must think me and Sora... Oh Crap, crap, crap!" he muttered breathlessly until he finally made it to their floor, just as Rikkuse was opening his door, never once looking back.
"Rikkuse, wait up!" he called out, but got to Rikkuse's door just as the younger boy smashed it. Sano cursed once more.
"This could be a problem..."
DEFINITLY TO BE CONTINUED
Well, THAT came out longer that expected. All I'll say is... review if you wanna know what happens next! ^_^x
Disclaimer: You all know it. So, whatever.
Chapter 21: Jealousy
Misao sighed as she lay on her bed, in the room she shared with Tae. She was gazing at the ceiling, a really dreamy look on her face. A picture of her Aoshi-sama appeared in her mind. Then a flashback of yesterday night. She sighed again. She and Aoshi had kissed! She was blissfully ecstatic. All she had done the past evening was dance around, sigh and giggle. She had roused the curiosity of her friends, but they just thought she was like that because it had been Aoshi who had gone out to find her. So they didn't pay any mind to it.
Kaoru and Tae were nowhere to be found, Sora noticed. Just how were they supposed to help Sano, if one of the four of them was ecstatic about something, and two were nowhere to be found? That only left her. And today was the deadline Sano had given them. No way she was missing out on two thousand dollars. So she decided to go give Sano advice on her own. As she walked down the hallway to Sano's room, she heard a door open behind her. She turned around, startled. It was Rikkuse, who was just coming out to go catch some air.
"Oh. Sora. Didn't know you were out at this hour." He said, looking at his awesome platinum watch. It was about eleven thirty.
"I'm looking for Sano. Do you know were he is?" she asked him.
'Sano? What does she want Sano for?' he thought, but then mentally smacked himself. 'You moron... Nothing's going on between Sora and Sano. She just wants to ask him something. Yeah, that's it.' He convinced himself. All the while this was going on in his mind, all Sora did was stand there, giving him a funny look.
"Umm... Rikkuse?" she waved in front of him. He snapped out of it.
"Oh. Uh..." he said, thinking about where was the last place he saw Sano.
"Could you please hurry? I'm late." Sora said, looking at her watch. The straps were red, and so was the face. The face was bordered with gold and in the center of the face it had a golden silhouette of a dragon. The hands and the points that marked the numbers were white. (Yay! Cool dragon watch! Just like mine in real life! ^_^x)
"Um... don't quote me, but I think he was at the dining room or something." He said, and Sora lit up.
"Great! Well, thanks. Gotta go. Got a "date" with a roosterhead." Sora laughed as she disappeared down the stairs, not knowing that she left Rikkuse shocked.
"A... WHAT with a roosterhead?! Shit, you've gotta be kidding me! It's not possible!" Rikkuse said to himself. "Sano, how could you do this to me!?" he yelled devastated, with big teary eyes. But he stopped and started taking deep breaths. "Okay, Rikkuse. Calm down, calm down. Follow her and see what she and Sano are up to. Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do. You go." He said as he followed the path Sora had taken down the stairs.
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Sano was at the sparkling dining room of the hotel. There were many people there, all drinking, chatting, some dancing, others just eating, all having a good time. Except him. He was sulking. It just wasn't the same without a girl to share it with. And he was itching to dance. But he had no partner. To top it off, Jou-chan and the others had said they would give him some girl advice, and tonight was the deadline. He hadn't caught a glimpse of any of them.
"Am I destined to be alone, babeless for all eternity?" he asked a well- dressed young man that was sitting alone in the next table. The guy decided to humor him and answer back.
"Apparently you aren't the only one, dude." He said, resting his head on his arms.
"Yeah, I know." He said, now playing with the olive of his "aqueous" martini, which was really water with an olive, since he didn't drink. (Yay! Down with the Alcoholic Beverages! Drinking is bad for you. As I hope you all know. ^_^x)
"So, did your girl dump you or what?" the dude asked him, and Sano nodded, looking bored. Then all of a sudden, he heard his name.
"Sano!"
He and the guy looked around. Sano looked really relieved to see Sora standing at the doorway.
"It appears you aren't destined to be alone, babeless for all eternity." Said the guy, smirking at Sano.
"Shut up. She's off limits." He snapped at the guy, who jumped back.
"Okay. Okay! Don't bite me!" said the guy, returning to his own business. Sora made her way to Sano's table.
"Sora-chan! I thought you would NEVER make it! Where are Jou-chan and the others?" he asked looking around, expecting to see the raccoon, the weasel and his sister pop out any moment now. Sora cleared her throat.
"Ahem, well, since Weasel Girl is ecstatic for some reason, and Raccoo-I mean, Kaoru and your sister are nowhere to be found, and since tonight's the deadline, I came on my own to help you." She said, and Sano sighed in relief.
Close by, a pair of aquamarine eyes were searching for a certain amethyst- eyed girl. He scanned the room until he found her. She was sitting at the same table as his brother.
"Shit, you've gotta be kidding me!" he quoted himself. This COULDN'T be happening. They were talking, and Sora was laughing. He decided to blend in, to see if he could get closer and hear anything.
Back to Sano and Sora...
The music then changed. It was a danceable piece, and Sano had this huge urge of dancing.
"Sora-chan, would you mind talking to me while we dance?" he said, getting up and extending a hand to her. Sora started to blush.
"Me? Dance? But I..." she stammered. She had never danced this type of music before. Well, come to think of it, nobody had EVER asked her out to dance to this type of music before. Sano wasn't gonna take no for an answer.
"Damn it! He's holding out his hand to her, and she's blushing!" Rikkuse cursed under his breath from his hiding place. It was getting worse by the minute.
"Oh, come on, Sora! Just one piece." He begged, and Sora gave in.
"Fine, fine. Just one." She said, and once in the dance floor, they started talking.
"So, d'you have any ideas for me to get Megumi back?" he asked as they moved across the dance floor.
"Well, Sano. There's only one way you can achieve it." She said
"And that is?"
"Tell her you love her. With utmost sincerity. No goofy names. None of that "Foxy Babe" stuff. No joking around. Only that way will you reach into the heart of a girl like Megumi." Sora said simply.
"What, like this?" he said as he got on one knee and said, "I have something I want to tell you. The thing is... I love you."
Sora started laughing at how funny Sano looked. Sano smiled back at her.
At this point, Rikkuse was at the pinnacle of frustration. Even through the crowd, he had heard his brother say THAT to Sora. (That's all he heard. He didn't hear anything before or after that. Except he had seen Sora laughing happily and Sano smiling.) How could Sano DO this to him? To HIM, his own BROTHER!
"I'll never forgive you, Sano. I'll never forgive you for this one." He muttered.
After the song was over, Sora said she had to go. So she and Sano said their goodbyes and they each headed to their rooms through different paths. When Sano went through the doors, he didn't notice his brother leaning on the wall, looking down. That is, until Rikkuse *coughed*.
"Oh hey, Rikkuse. What's up?" he asked him, but the younger boy just kept looking down. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Nothing could have prepared him for what happened next. Rikkuse punched him, straight on the cheek. Sano stumbled back from the force of his brother's punch. Then Rikkuse disappeared into the elevator.
"Damn, he punches HARD! This is gonna leave a mark. Oww!" he mumbled as he put his hand to his sore cheek. "Why would he do that? It's not like him to do that." Sano said to himself. But after thinking for a second, his eyes went wide. "Unless... Oh crap! Rikkuse, wait up!" he yelled as he quickly put his finger to the elevator button. It wouldn't answer. Apparently Rikkuse was still on it. "Double crap!" he cursed under his breath as he started to run up the stairs as fast as he could. He was doing five steps at a time.
"Crud, crud, crud. He must think me and Sora... Oh Crap, crap, crap!" he muttered breathlessly until he finally made it to their floor, just as Rikkuse was opening his door, never once looking back.
"Rikkuse, wait up!" he called out, but got to Rikkuse's door just as the younger boy smashed it. Sano cursed once more.
"This could be a problem..."
DEFINITLY TO BE CONTINUED
Well, THAT came out longer that expected. All I'll say is... review if you wanna know what happens next! ^_^x