A/N: Hi people! So, going straight to the point, please check out Knocking on Heaven's door xDDD it didn't get as much success as this fanfic did, so I hope you guys will listen to my pleads and might take a peek to that fic and maybe review? Pretty please? xD
So here's chapter 25!
And once again I changed plans.
Those who write down a long review have the privilege to ask something about the next chapter. I will reply I promise! of course there are some things that cannot be asked. And if you ever write down a long review you can ask any question about chapter 26 (just one question) except for this question = Who is Kazune?
Ok that's it xD thanks as always to the reviewers and readers!
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Chapter 25 : Night time.
"Nightmare?"
Momo just nodded, and hiccupped.
It's been 5 minutes since Momo woke up and jumped on Toushirou. They were sitting on her bed, his back leaning against the wall, and she was curled up by his chest, sitting between his legs.
She didn't speak a word. The only sound that came out from her mouth were her hiccups and sighs.
And Toushirou didn't really know what to do next. He rested his chin on the top of her head, and his right arm was hanging lose around her smaller figure. Maybe I shouldn't ask her yet. He glanced down at Momo, wiping away fresh tears dripping down her face, hiccupping and trying to catch her breath. Not when she's in this state.
While Toushirou was running in circles in his head, Momo was emotionally dying again. Her past couldn't just leave her yet. And she was starting to hate herself. Maybe I should just tell him. It would be unfair for me to just cry like a baby here… she glanced up at him, looking at his blank face But what if he's actually not interested to know?
A sigh escaped from Toushirou's lips and Momo thought that she must've done something wrong. After trying to hold back her hiccups she sat straight, not leaning on him anymore "A-am I heavy?"
Toushirou looked at her surprised "No, why?"
"I-I heard you sigh, so I th-thought…" she bit her tongue while trying to speak to the handsome boy sitting with her on her bed.
He chuckled, running his hand through his hair "I was just thinking of something…"
Momo blushed, and she stopped hiccupping for a few seconds. She thought the hiccups were over, but when she was about to talk one strong as hell hiccup interrupted her.
There was an awkward silence until Toushirou put a hand over his mouth stifling a laugh.
The brunette blushed madly "You're so mean! I hate you!" she smacked his arm and huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Alright, I got it, sorry." He avoided eye contact and looked at the clock. It was around 11 pm now "Right, Hana-san called. She took care of your schedule and you have 2 days off."
Then Momo suddenly remembered her work "Oh no! The Chanel photoshoot!"
"Don't worry about that. The cameraman- or woman, or shemale or whatever he was, said that you could stay home. Somehow he seemed happy when I came…" Toushirou shuddered in disgust
Momo rolled her eyes "You're not everyone's type you know. Your ego is as big as a building. So just go bald, ok?"
Toushirou just shrugged and there was an awkward silence for a moment. Momo fidgeted, and even though she knew the position they were in, the notice just sank in her mind just now. She blushed again, Toushirou furrowed his eyebrows "Are you okay? You're really red." Then he raised an eyebrow "Ohh, miss Momo's enchanted by my charm."
Momo punched his arm, still blushing till her neck and ears "Why you-?"
Toushirou couldn't help but laugh at Momo's face as he helplessly received countless smacks on his arms, but his laughing didn't end.
"Hmpf…" Momo huffed "And don't think that I've forgiven you for making me wait, even if you're taking care of me right now." She turned around and sat still on her bed, but with her back facing him.
He ran a hand through his hair "Right…"
Then she peeked at him over her shoulder and saw him with a guilty look as if he was a kid. A smile escaped on her lips and, raising her hand, she held her thumb and index finger 2 millimeters apart "But maybe, just a little like this, I forgive you… just 3%."
Momo looked at Toushirou moving around the kitchen like a professional cook. She rested her chin over her bent up hand, and followed him with her eyes, often making out of topic comments.
Toushirou chopped down ingredients and kept thinking over and over how to ask Momo about Kazune.
'How am I supposed to bring out the Kazune-topic?.' He stopped slicing for a moment and turned on the stove, putting a pot filled with soup and meat. He peeked at her and met her gaze.
He immediately looked back down to the veggies he was slicing down and panic was starting a front attack 'No shit. Today I'm seriously out of character.'
"Ne, Toushirou, when did you learn cooking?" Momo smiled asking out of curiosity.
"Uh- since I'm home alone I learnt on my own… back when I was 14." Toushirou stirred the soup and turned down the fire of the pot with rice.
"Eh…" Momo crossed her legs Indian-style on the chair and looked at the clock "Wow, it's already this late…"
"Yeah. But you need to eat something." Toushirou put warm water in two different cups, and he put some cocoa powder in each one. After putting some sugar he handed the cup of chocolate to Momo. "Consider it as a midnight snack."
"Right… meat with soup and rice in the middle of the night can be considered as a midnight snack?" Momo laughed
"Hush." Toushirou turned off the fire and put the food in a white plate, and after grabbing two chopsticks he gave it to Momo.
Momo eagerly ate, not caring of her burning throat screaming at her bloody murder and stop stuffing herself like that.
Toushirou looked at her surprised "I never knew you had this beast side."
"Now you know." Momo said with her mouth still full. And in barely 5 minutes she finished her portion of food "Ok. some veggies were still a little raw, and you had to add more salt in the soup. But in general it was good."
'For heaven's sake, does she even need to complain?' "Yeah well, thanks."
"How about… Kazune and the coffee beans?" Toushirou asked without looking back at Momo
"That's a movie for kids."
"Then… Kill Kisuke?"
"No."
Toushirou was trying to find a way to talk about Kazune. So of course, even in the most stupid things, he searched for K-things. "Run from the Kappa-doll."
"No." Momo crossed her arms over her chest. She didn't understand Toushirou's mania for K. she didn't know he was actually dying of curiosity to know who Kazune was. She herself didn't know if she should talk about it with Toushirou. First of all they weren't really together. Second they couldn't be really considered as friends.
"Kick the Kan?" Toushirou insisted as he looked through the old dvds in the living room's cabinet
"No." Momo rolled her eyes.
"Kiss the killer?"
Momo didn't say a thing so Toushirou took that as a yes. It was a good movie actually. The movie talked about a boy named Kazune and a girl named Kilarin. Kilarin is a detective, who was to resolve some twisted mystery. Kazune was the killer of the mystery that Kilarin had to resolve. The two fall in love with each other, but Kilarin didn't know that he was a killer. An evil laugh started off in his mind. Kazune sure was a common name in Japan.
"No… Kilarin no…" Momo cried sniffing, sneezing in the white tissue she grabbed from the small box "Saddest ending ever!"
Toushirou rolled his eyes. He took out the DVD cd and turned off the TV player. It was weird. All that Momo spoke about was Kilarin, she didn't even mention Kazune. Not even once.
It was 2 am. "Momo, I think it's better if you go to sleep."
"It's alright, tomorrow I don't have work anyway." She stretched her arms upwards and stifled a yawn.
"So? What else do you want to do?"
"Ohoho, you're so kind tonight Toushirou." Momo smiled "Is it because you're feeling responsible?"
"shut up." He put the DVD cd in its case and put it back in the cabinet.
Toushirou and Momo got hungry, and they decided to eat again.
The rain stopped a few minutes ago.
"So… school is going to start next month…" Momo stuffed again her mouth with infinite food.
"Yeah." Toushirou glanced at her "Don't tell me you're planning to use your disguise again."
Momo gulped down her water and stuck out her tongue "What's it to you anyway. Your blackmail contract ends on the 31st of august dear dude."
"That doesn't mean I can't make it last longer." A smirk graced Toushirou's handsome face and Momo almost blushed
"Well…" 'it's not like I really mind anyway' "the one you'll show up with is Momo Konishi, not Hinamori."
"Konishi's surely better than Hinamori."
Momo threw a chopstick at him and he easily avoided it. "Asshole."
"Thanks." He gently put down the chopsticks on the side of his empty plate.
"Hinamori has to stay out of your mess." Momo nearly glared at him
"Hinamori has nothing to do in this. It's just in Konishi Momo that I'm interested in." he mocked and stirred the hot chocolate in his cup.
Momo looked down at her lap. Of course Momo Konishi and Hinamori were both her, but it hurt her that he couldn't like Hinamori. Because she was more Hinamori than Konishi.
"So… if Yuki finds out about me being Konishi I'm dead." Momo muttered "I hope she won't find out, I'm not into cat fights."
"The probability to be found out is high." He stopped stirring "Why don't you want everyone to find out about your model being?"
"I'd like a normal life."
"You know dorks can't have a normal life."
"Thanks for noting the obvious. But I've already started this dorky put up, might as well continue it."
"Don't you even want to get a boyfriend?"
"Of course, but I'd like a boyfriend who won't care about how I look."
"Well, Kira is one of the candidates then."
Momo looked at him surprised "What does Kira-kun have to do with this?"
"You blind? He's madly in love with you."
The brunette laughed "Impossible. Even if that was the case I just see him as a friend."
"If he heard you saying those things he'd suicide."
The two teenagers laughed. And suddenly a flash of light lightened the kitchen, followed by one strong creepy roar in the sky.
"Wow, that's what I call a thunder." Toushirou looked out of the window, when he looked back Momo was gone "Momo?"
He looked down the table and saw her cuddling herself, with her hands covering her ears, her eyes closed shut "Hey Momo."
Another thunder came and Momo shrieked in fear.
"You're scared of thunders?"
She looked at him with a teary and pouty look.
They sat on the couch of the living room cuddled in a light cover.
Momo refused to stay upstairs in her room because she believed that the thunder might get in her room and she'd die.
So they were stuck in the living room. Momo shaking, looking on the ground. "I feel so stupid. I'm supposed to be used to this."
Toushirou looked down at her.
"Back when I was a kid my dad used to comfort me in times like this –I'm not saying you should do the same- since my mom is always busy with work." She smiled sadly "and since he passed away I always had it on my own."
"You always hide under the table?" Toushirou asked and got a smack on his arm as a reply "ow."
"I couldn't possibly call my mom at work and disturb her telling her I'm pissing in my pants because I'm scared of thunderstorms. So all I could do was hide in a cover and wait for the storm to be over." She was on the verge to cry but covered it up with a nervous laugh "look at me now, I'm 17 and I'm still acting like a baby. I'm so stupid. Ahaha-"
Toushirou shut her up by pulling her in his arms before she could even react.
"It's ok." her eyes widened "It's ok to be afraid. No one will scold you for getting scared or calling to ask for help. So just feel free to call your friends when you need them, even for the stupidest thing. I'm sure they'd be still glad to help you since you do so much for them."
Momo blushed and she let herself be craddled by the white haired boy's strong arms. "You're so unfair..." she muttered
"What?" he asked surprised
"I'll tell you..." she looked up at him "I'll tell you about Kazune-kun..."
A/N: Well guys. I'm sorry for the late update! I had this ready since Friday/Saturday... and there's suddenly this problem with updates.. I luckily found the solution to fix this thing waaaah! Hope you guys enjoyed this!