A/N — I don't know why, but I've been reading a lot of shoujo fics, and i've got to admit, I am obsessed with romance and whatnot XD Well, I was before, so this isn't really a different. Anyways, if you guys know my other chapters, I've been adding like fifty times more drama, and so in this chapter! But before I begin, to the reviews!
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Chapter Thirteen — Love Affair Misunderstandings
"Question twenty! Do you and Sapphire talk about marriage or anything concerning the topic?"
"We haven't really focused on marriage since we're both busy with our careers, so it's not really a subject we talk about."
"Good answer!"
"What are you guys doing?" Emerald asked as he walked into the living room; Yellow following behind him.
White was there, sitting behind a table with a bell; and Ruby and Sapphire were sitting across her, next to each other. When they was in the room for a good minute, White was asking weird questions and letting the other two answer it. After they said a satisfying answer, she would hit the bell.
"Doing some practice questions for the movie premiere," White answered, pausing the exercise.
"What movie premiere?" Emerald asked, oblivious of the situation.
"Oh yeah! Ruby and Sapphire are having one since that school movie is coming up!" Yellow reminded him, finally remembering. "I guess it slipped our minds since we were busy yesterday. I totally forgot about it. It's tomorrow, I think."
"Oh, okay then that makes sense. But what doesn't make sense are the questions you're asking. Aren't the questions supposed to be about the movie?"
"Well, yeah. But you know reporters! They'll ask something about the relationship just to get another scandal or something for the news," White informed. "I've already trained them to answer about the movie, just not their relationship."
"Train? You actors are so weird," Emerald commented, rolling his eyes.
"I think it's interesting," Yellow remarked, smiling. She and Emerald went over to the kitchen since that was the reason why they went to the living room in the first place. When they did, they found Black wearing a fluffy white apron with matching mittens, baking something.
"What's in the oven?" Emerald asked, ignoring his weird getup. He imagined White as the type that cooked instead.
"Prez is craving homemade cookies," Black replied. "So, I'm making her some."
"Doesn't White cook?"
"If she did, then she would blow up the whole kitchen," Black joked, laughing.
"What? Did you say something, Black? I heard my name," White called out from the living room.
"N-Nothing!" Black quickly replied, making Emerald and Yellow sweatdrop.
"I didn't think any of you guys cook, but it makes sense that you do since you're the assistant," Yellow said.
"Yeah, pretty much," Black responded, looking sheepish. "Anyways, what are you two doing here? I know it was a half day of work because of the premiere tomorrow, but shouldn't you guys be at work?"
Emerald raised an eyebrow, giving him a look. "You don't remember? On the schedule, we're supposed to rest since we just arrived a few hours ago in the morning. We have the day off, duh."
"Oh yeah..." Black mumbled. He placed his hand behind his head and started rubbing it. "I guess I forgot since those hours feel like a new day, or something. Time changes when you're with another person."
"I guess," Emerald said, shrugging. He just thought it'd be easier to go with the flow when Black starts to say something weird. "Hey Black, I know you're back on White's side, but do you want to go to the ice cream parlor with me and Yellow?"
"He can't," White answered for him, walking into the kitchen casually. "Sorry guys, but I'm going to need him to check on other stuff. Plus, later we need to go shopping for the movie premiere tonight. I saw this cute dress and this really cute suit for Black!"
"Wait, hold up, I'm wearing a suit?"
"Yep!" White replied. "It would be better to make it like Ruby, but we don't have enough time, and we have extra to spend anyways."
"Oh, yeah, we need an outfit huh," Yellow said, thinking about it. She knew about the movie premiere, but she wasn't really thinking about her outfit. Since everyone in the world thought she was a dude, it was normal for her to just wear the usual fedora, blazer, and the usual black slacks. "I'll just wear what I wore last time."
"No!" Ruby shouted from the living room, rushing over to the kitchen with Sapphire following behind. "You can't wear that again!"
"Why not?" White asked for her.
"Because! It didn't look that good, and they'll be talking about your appearance!" Ruby reasoned.
"It's your movie premiere though. Why would they care?" Emerald pointed out.
"Just please don't wear it," Ruby begged, stopping his reasoning.
"... Guess we're going shopping, Rald," Yellow said, listening to him even though he was insane. "Let's go before it gets dark."
"Yeah," Emerald replied, taking a water bottle out of the fridge before following her out.
"Ya didn't have ta say that ta Yellow. That was rude," Sapphire remarked.
"I was just trying to help," Ruby responded. "Besides that, tomorrow is the big day, and I am ready to make you look perfect. I've already finished half of sewing and making your dress, and all I need to do is find the perfect shoes for it, and also do your hair. Let's go out today after we finish 'question training'."
"What? Why?!" Sapphire exclaimed, thinking he had too much to do. "I was planning on visiting Wally!"
"Who's that?" Black asked, butting into the conversation.
"You don't remember? He's one of the cameo actors that work with them. Remember, he was the one who fell off of that seven feet cliff and hit his head?" White answered.
"Oh! That injured guy!" Black said, snapping his fingers.
"Yeah, Wally is a good friend of ours, so I thought I'd visit him. It's been a month since the incident, but he's still in the hospital," Sapphire informed.
"That's fine," Ruby waved it off. "I visited him a week ago, but I can visit him again. We can go shopping then visit Wally later then."
Sapphire narrowed her eyes at him, looking at him in disbelief. "How the heck did ya get in mah plans?"
Sapphire was wiped.
Though she didn't have actually work, she had to finish the rest of the three hour quizzing with Ruby and White, then she had to spend more hours with Ruby shopping once again. Shopping with him was horrible yesterday, and today, it was twice as worse. On the bright side, she didn't have to run from paparazzi, nor did she have to distinguish the difference between sky blue and ocean blue (she still doesn't get what Ruby meant).
And now, there she was, laying on the bench in the hospital lobby. The shopping bags were on the ground, in front of their feet. Unlike her, the boy had the energy of a regular shopping teen, so of course, he wasn't exhausted at all. He was just sitting there, innocently drinking a smoothie they bought earlier.
"So you want to hurry up and go see Wally already? We're kind of packed today because of the preparations for tomorrow, so it's best to not waste time," he advised, tossing his smoothie into a nearby trashcan after finishing it. It was around 5 PM already, and they had to hurry up and go home to study the questions that White gave them to make sure they don't screw up. Plus, Ruby also needed to finish the dress; not that Sapphire cared.
"Yeah..." she mumbled, getting up from her seat. "You comin' or ya want to wait here?"
"Of course I'm—" Ruby stopped in midsentence when his eyes met with turquoise ones.
"Ruby?" the girl with the turquoise eyes inquired, going over to where Ruby and Sapphire were. Sapphire noticed her odd looking outfit. She couldn't really judge since she wasn't that good when it came to fashion, but the girl was literally wearing a white poofy dress with nothing else covering her. It was freezing outside right now, and it made her wonder about whether she felt cold or not.
"Lisia?" Ruby responded, looking confused as to why she was here.
"Huh?" Sapphire looked in between the both, puzzled of what was happening.
"Oh, you're Sapphire, right?" Lisia said, turning to her. "No offense, but your disguises with the glasses and hats are way too easy to recognize. You should try a wig next time."
Ruby gave her a pleasant look, happy to see her here. "As usual, you know the best things!" he said.
"I'm lost," Sapphire bluntly stated, giving up on the confusion.
"Hi, I'm Lisia," she introduced herself with a smile, sticking out her hand. "I'm one of Ruby's rivals. We used to do Pokémon Contests together and act. He has the best fashion taste ever! You should've seen the Pikachu cosplay he made for them!"
Sapphire wasn't entirely familiar with Pokémon Contests since she paid no interest in them. They were in dramas, and of course, in real life, but it was sort of rare to find one. They were as common as other things in the world. If her memory was right, she was sure that the contests were mostly held in Lilycove.
"Lisia and I go way back before I started acting," Ruby informed, grinning. "She's one of the best people when it comes to fashion taste."
"Why, thank you," Lisia said, mocking a bow.
"Um... why don't you guys catch up?" Sapphire suggested. "I want to go visit Wally while I have the time."
"Oh, okay. I'll catch up with you later," Ruby told her.
Sapphire awkwardly retreated from the situation, feeling uncomfortable by all this contest talk. As she walked away, she turned around, only to spot Ruby laughing with her and having a good time. The uncomfortable feeling, she thought, placing a hand over her chest. She quickly shrugged it off, thinking it might be something temporary. It wasn't hurting anyways.
Ruby knocked on the door, hoping he wasn't sleeping. After no answer, he quietly let himself into the hospital room. When he entered, he was immediately met with green eyes blinking innocently at him, slightly startled. Upon meeting them, he closed the door behind him and walked over with a smile on his face.
"Wally!" he greeted, waving cheerfully at him.
The boy smiled back. "Ruby, what are you doing here?"
"Visiting you, of course," he replied. "How are you doing?"
"Really? Thanks! And also, I'm doing quite fine. My physical state is almost recovered, but as usual, I still have my illness. I'm not going to let it bring me down though!" He looked at Ruby with confidence, determined to keep his word.
"That's good to hear," Ruby said. "I want to catch up with you, but I'm really busy! Sorry! I'll make sure to visit after the movie premiere!"
"Thanks!" Wally beamed at him. "But I wouldn't blame you. Sapphire seemed busy as well."
"Oh yeah, speaking of which, where is she? I'm pretty sure I told her I'd come meet up with you, or meet her in the lobby."
Wally furrowed his eyebrows, showing that he was thinking hard about it. "Mm... I think she left about fifteen minutes ago? I'm not certain, but I know it was more than ten minutes since she came around the time my dinner came. It's usually around 6, and right now, it's about 6:19; so roughly around ten to twenty minutes," Wally informed.
"How rude! She left without me!" Ruby realized, hearing the information. He let out a sigh. "I guess I should head home to finish her dress... Anyways, it was nice seeing you, Wally."
Wally waved at him. "Same for me!"
"Where's Ruby?" Blue asked when she saw Sapphire enter the house all by herself.
Her, Red, and Green have gotten off work an hour ago, and were just hanging around the house. Black and White already left, and Yellow and Emerald were still yet to return. Same for the Johto Trio since they needed to stay up later than usual to finish the missing shooting from earlier.
Sapphire slammed the door behind her, much to Green's dismay. "Why would I be with the prissy boy?"
Red looked up from his DS and furrowed his eyebrows. "White told me you guys went out together."
"Yeah! You went shopping without me!" Blue pouted, crossing her arms.
Sapphire ignored the previous question and went straight for Blue. "Ya could've gone shopping earlier. Didn't ya get off around 5?"
"Well, yeah, but I didn't want to go shopping alone," Blue told her.
"What about Red and Green?"
"I told them, but Green was like, 'I don't care. I want to sleep. Leave me alone.' so in the end, we didn't!" Blue explained, imitating his voice in an exaggerated deep tone.
Green, who was beside her reading a book, rolled his eyes. "Shopping with her is ten times worse than shopping with Ruby. I had my reasons."
"Are you sure about that?" Sapphire cocked an eyebrow, giving a surprised look. "He was arguing yesterday about the difference between blue and blue when we went shopping together."
"And I don't do that at all!" Blue backed up, shooting glares at Green.
Green shrugged it off then adverted his eyes back to his book. "I've been shopping with both of them before, and I never want to go ever again."
"Let's go shopping tomorrow together, Sapph!" Blue insisted, beaming at the brunette from the couch. "We have the day off tomorrow, and I haven't chosen what dress I want to wear! The movie premiere doesn't start till 7 PM if I'm right, so let's go hang out! We haven't had a girl's day in forever!"
"I thought you girls went to the spa a few days ago when we came back from the camping trip," Red pointed out.
"Again, that was forever ago," Blue replied to him. "Yellow finally came back from her trip, Crystal recovered quickly, and you're going to be in a new movie. We can't miss the chance to celebrate!"
"Uhh... I appreciate the thought, but three days of shopping...?" Sapphire became hesitant about the idea when she thought about it in another way. Ruby has been dragging her everywhere yesterday and today, and she honestly wanted a break.
Blue waved her off, assuring her. "Don't worry! I hold my own bags, and we can get those famous crepes that came out the other day downtown!"
At that, Sapphire beamed at her, the brunette's eyes shining excitedly. "Crepes?!"
"Wait, what? You make us hold your bags all the time," Red pointed out.
"Yeah, but you guys are boys. You're supposed to; it's proper etiquette. On the other hand, Ruby's been doing the other way around and making Sapph hold his bags. This time, it's girl and girl, so I guess we'll be holding our own bags," Blue responded.
Considering Sapphire buys nothing but food for herself, she didn't really have to carry anything besides money; and she could even get some food on the way. The only setback is going shopping with Blue meant being bored, but if it was an all girls thing, then Yellow would probably be there to hang with her, so she thought it'd be pretty decent to what she's used to.
"How many hours?" she asked.
"Considering I want to do some morning stuff, uhh... probably ten hours?" Blue estimated.
"Ten hours?!" Red and Sapphire exclaimed at the same time.
"Well, I want to get an early start. Wait, probably not ten hours. More like, eight. I'm planning to go at 9 AM then come back at 5 PM, but then considering how long it takes to curl my hair... yeah, coming back around 3 PM should be enough. I also need to give you time for Ruby to help you get ready," Blue calculated. "Oh, that reminds me, where is Ruby? You guys didn't come in together."
Sapphire opened her mouth to answer the final question until a door slam coming from the front was heard. Appearing in the living room seconds later was Ruby himself. He dropped all of the bags on the floor and let out a sigh.
"That was the heaviest trip ever!" he whined, crouching his back. He turned and saw Sapphire then pointed at her accusingly. "You! How dare you leave me at the hospital and go home by yourself! I told you either wait for me there, or meet me in the lobby later!"
"Uh..." Sapphire tried to find an excuse. "I went down and couldn't find ya, so I left." Okay, so it wasn't the best excuse, but it was an excuse.
"I had to carry all of these on my own," Ruby said, pointing at the bags. "They were really heavy. You owe me a sundae."
"What?!" Sapphire exclaimed, looking at him with an incredulous look. "I don't owe ya anything! And anyways, ya were catching up with yer friend, so it was fine!"
"Lisia? Well yeah, I was catching up, but that doesn't mean you should leave me like that!" Ruby argued, crossing his arms.
"Woah, woah, woah." Blue squeezed in between the two and put her arms out to separate them. She turned her head to Ruby first. "Who's this 'Lisia'?"
"My rival when I was mastering the contests," Ruby answered.
"She's a girl, right?"
"No, she's a boy," Ruby responded sarcastically, giving her a look. "Of course, she's a girl! If you want to know her so bad, you'll see her at the movie premiere. I invited her!"
"Hold up for a second." Blue quickly pulled her phone out and dialed a number.
The phone rang for a few second before a light female voice answered. "Yes, this is Yellow. What's up, Blue?"
"Yeah, Yellow, I have big news! There's a fire at White's apartment! Come quick! Oh, but leave Emerald out of this. We don't want him to get hurt. Hurry! Bye~!" Blue quickly hung up her phone and then said the same thing to Crystal except for the fact she told her not to tell Silver or Gold because they would make things worse or something. After hanging up on them, she grabbed Sapphire's elbow and announced to everyone, "Guys, inform the others too. We're going to be bunking with Black and White tonight."
"What?" Green, Ruby, and Red inquired in unison.
"It's official business. C'mon Sapph," Blue said, grabbing her elbow and dragging her along.
"Wait, what?!" Sapphire exclaimed, confused at the situation.
"Hold on!" Ruby interrupted, yanking her other arm to stop Blue in her path. "I need Sapph to see whether the dress fits her and everything after I finish it! It has to be done tonight!"
"You already took her measurements! Remember, last night? And she could just try it on at 3 PM or 4 PM tomorrow. Just wait another 20-22 hours," Blue suggested, pulling the brunette to her and breaking Ruby's grip off of her. Before the boy could say anything else, she hurriedly grabbed her purse off the rack and ran to the door with a dragged Sapphire.
"H-Huh?!" she exclaimed.
Blue quickly unlocked the door and opened it. "We're taking Green's car by the way!" she announced, swinging his car keys visibly around her finger.
The spiky brunet jumped off the couch, finally getting his head out of his book. "Wha—" Green got cut off when a door slam interrupted him. He sat back on the couch and let out a groan as he ran his fingers through his hair. He would've chased after her, but at the speed she was going, she was probably gone already and it would've been wasted efforts.
"... Are you guys okay?" Red asked, seeing the stressed Blue caused them. Ruby looked distressed as he started to rub his temples, and Green clutched his book, trying to keep his irritated face in.
"I'm going to kill her later."
Crystal kicked the door down, breaking it. She ran in and held the mighty red item in the air, exposing it. "I got the extinguisher! Did you call the firefighters yet?!" In a frantic fashion, she scanned the room for the fire Blue talked about, only to find Blue, White, Black, Sapphire, and Yellow hanging out on their couch normally as if there weren't a fire in the first place.
Crystal frowned and put the extinguisher down. "I should've known." She walked over to their living room and plopped on the couch next to Sapphire. "Why the heck did you call me for?"
"Girl talk," Blue simply answered seriously.
Unfortunately for her, Crystal didn't take her seriously in return. The blue haired girl stood up. "I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Blue called after her, dramatically putting out her arm.
Crystal turned around. "What is it?" She placed a hand on her hip, demanding a more reasonable answer. "It better be good. I left my work for this and I ran down at least twelve blocks to get here since taxis aren't around. I'm exhausted physically and mentally."
"This isn't a normal girl talk. It's an emergency situation girl talk," Blue clarified. Crystal stared at her with non-pitied, dead fish eyes. She turned to the other sane people in the room to demand a real answer. The others only shrugged at her, not understanding her logic at all.
"I'm leaving."
"Crys!" Blue called out again. "This really is an emergency! It's about Sapphire!"
"Wait, what? It is?" Sapphire inquired, totally surprised and off-guard.
"You didn't know?" Yellow asked, thinking she would be involved with Blue since she was the only one who was informed of a fake fire.
"She just dragged me here!" Sapphire responded, pointing at the culprit. "I just went along because I didn't want to face Ruby's whining."
"It was needed!" Blue said, slamming the table with her hand to get their attention. "This is a love emergency! We need major girl talk; stat!"
"Woah, hold on!" Black spoke up, waving his hand in defense. "You said 'girl talk'! Explain why I'm here for it."
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to explain. Okay, so us girls will be sleeping over White's apartment for girl things; meanwhile, Black, honey, get out and go to our house."
"What?!" Black shouted, finding it hard to believe that she just told him to get out of his apartment.
"Blue, you can't order Black like that," White defended.
"Thank you, Prez!"
Blue leaned over to her and whispered something in her ear for a good ten seconds. After that, White turned to Black. "Black, get out and go bunk with the guys."
"What?!" Black exclaimed, standing up. "You're kicking me out too?!"
"Oh, don't make it sound bad," White waved off. "It's an emergency that could break the world. By world, I mean Blue's world. As her manager, we need her world alive because without it, Gary can't propose to Leaf. Now leave."
"Gary? Leaf? What the heck?!" Black said, not understanding what the heck she was talking about or her reasoning at all.
"Just go. If you don't, you'll be ripped to shreds by the girl talk," White advised, holding out his car keys to him.
Black let out a frustrated sigh as he still continued to not comprehend their logic. First, he takes White shopping for hours, and now, he's getting kicked out of his own apartment by crazy girls. He seriously couldn't catch a break today. It was just easier to leave.
He snatched the keys out of White's hands. "Fine. I'll leave."
"Be back at 8 AM! You have tux fitting since we couldn't do it today, and I also need to go to Elesa's fashion show before the premiere!" White reminded him as he walked out the door.
"Yeah, yeah!" he replied, shutting the door behind him and finally leaving.
Crystal watched the scene awkwardly, completely forgetting to leave in all the weirdness. "Why am I still here?" she muttered to herself, about to take the leave as well.
"Crys~!" Blue sang in a whiny voice. "I'll finally tell you the deeper details now that the guy is gone!"
The blue haired girl swirled around again and crossed her arms. "Get to the point now, or I'll leave in a minute."
"Ruby is dating a girl named Lisia while fake dating Sapphire." That dramatic sentence took everyone besides Blue and White off guard. The three girls seemed completely surprised; especially Sapphire who was chocking on the chips White left on the table for them.
"What?! Isn't that considered two-timing?" Yellow exclaimed, turning to Sapphire. She wasn't really sure since one was fake dating, but in a way, it was still dating so... right now her head was confused.
"Yikes, it is important!" Crystal said.
"B-Blue's overreacting! It's not like that!" Sapphire spluttered, trying to clear it up. She turned to the blamed brunette. "Is this why we did a meeting?!"
Blue nodded then pumped up a fist encouragingly. "Look Sapph. This is the game of love. That girl might not be Ruby's real girlfriend now, but she will be later! The fact that he still remembers her is a crime! It's up to us, the girl committee, to prevent it happening. Ruby said she'll be at the movie premiere, and we need to stop her interfering!"
"Interfering with what?!" Sapphire screamed back, still upset at why Blue commenced the girl meeting in the first place.
"My ship!" Blue replied, super serious about this. "We need to sabotage the other ship now!"
"I'm not good at sabotaging, but I'll help," Yellow offered sweetly, looking determined for the wrong reasons.
Crystal seemed unsure whether she should even go along with Blue's ideas. Sapphire told her that Lisia wasn't dating him, but if something were to happen to Sapphire, she would interfere. Other than that, she wanted to help only if it was for a good cause. Sabotaging a random girl's day is not a good cause.
"I ship you guys like Blue, so count me in!" White said, giving Blue a high five.
"Okay, all of you are crazy. I should be leaving," Sapphire announced, getting up from her seat.
A scary glint appeared in Blue's eye. "If you leave, you'll end up with the guys all night long. Then there's Ruby who'll make you try on everything~!"
Sapphire sat back down, grimacing at the thought of it.
"Sapph, I'm trying to help you! Don't you feel kind of weird when you're with Ruby? Like you want to be with him more?" Blue asked, trying to make her expose herself.
"I literally just sat down because I didn't want to go back to see him," Sapphire stated, giving her answer.
"Hold on, Blue," Crystal interjected, stopping them from speaking for a second. "I know you're one to rush in things when it comes to your fake ships, but did you even plan to ask White about this? Because, no offense, but her place looks kind of small for all four of us, and we don't even have our pajamas."
"Real sleepovers are on the floor," Blue stated.
"You can borrow my clothes," White offered. "Problems solved."
"Okay, one more question. How are we even going to sabotage according to your plan? I still don't know what's going on," Yellow honestly said. "I feel like we're the bad guys because we're trying to ruin Ruby's friend's day tomorrow."
"It's all about supporting Sapphire, so don't worry about it!" Blue assured shakily, putting a hand on her shoulder.
Sapphire shoved her hand off. "I don't like prissy boy! I already have someone I like!"
"..."
"WAIT, SERIOUSLY?!" Blue exploded, breaking the long minute silence. Sapphire nodded hesitantly. Immediately, she was bombarded by questions from the brunette; while the other three looked extremely curious and surprised. Blue grabbed onto her shoulders again and shook her violently. "What?! Tell me who it is! When was this?! What's his name? Is he famous?!"
"S-Stooop shaking me!" Sapphire slurred, trying to get ahold of herself. She ripped Blue's grip once again by using her superhuman strength.
"Sapph! I cannot believe I didn't see this coming! Now spit it out! Who is it? What's the name?" Blue continued, looking in a state of panic.
"Look, I don't know!" Sapphire answered, finally calming the peppy brunette down. "It happened when we were smaller. There was a salamance one time when we were playing together, and when I was going to get hurt by the salamance, he stepped in and helped me! After that, we never really saw each other anymore. I never really mentioned him before because it wasn't that important."
"Wait, how old were you?"
"Uh... Probably around five?" Sapphire guessed, shrugging. "I don't really know his name, so I can't really answer. But aside from that, I like that guy, so there's no way I'm going to have feelings for prissy boy. Sorry to sink yer ship. Now will ya give this up?"
Blue froze in her spot for a few seconds, studying Sapphire's face with a concentrated stare. "Hmm... I don't know."
"I'm sorry, what?" Crystal said, not understanding why Blue said that.
This is Blue she was talking about. Knowing the brunette, she was totally obsessed with her ships big time. Usually when it came to interference with her ships, she would rip anybody apart to get them together and eliminate the enemy. Even if it was one-sided and the other one had a crush on another, she wouldn't really care and she would try to convince the person to give up and go with her ship. It was a bad, unhealthy side of her, but it was a side; and Crystal knew it. What blew her away is that Blue seemed hesitant in the situation for once.
Blue let out a sigh. "I want them together, but... if Sapphire has a crush that lasted for what, fourteen years? It's going to be hard. Plus, it's so romantic to like a guy for that long! It's like an awaiting Romeo and Juliet scene except for the death and the short time part. Y'know, since they got hooked up in three days, or something. This crush is cute, but I don't want Sapph to give up on Ruby. He might be a lame loser sometimes, but he's perfect for her! And c'mon, who hasn't acted like one before?"
"Guys, stop talking like I'm not here," Sapphire said. She turned to Blue. "Let's be honest, most of yer ships weren't going to work out in the first place."
"I'm extremely offended right now," Blue responded, putting a hand over her heart.
"Okay, now that we got this out of the way, can we just hang out instead of planning sabotage on some random girl?" Sapphire inquired.
"But Sapph, you sure you don't feel weird or a sharp pain when he's with her or anything? Like, no feelings at all?" White asked, making sure before they put the plan off.
Sapphire glanced at her hand, remembering when Ruby held it. When she adverted her sapphire eyes at the girls, the picture of Lisia and Ruby appeared in her mind. She did feel weird about it, but she didn't think it was a feeling at all, or at least she doesn't think so. And if anything, Lisia and him have more in common than her, so it wouldn't be weird.
"None whatsoever!"
"I can't believe Crys just up and went like that!" Gold complained, slamming the door behind him as he took off his shoes at the front. Silver just ignored him and let the conversation be one-sided. When the two entered the living room, Gold stopped talking once he noticed only the guys present; Black included.
"Yo, why is this a man cave again?" the black haired boy asked.
"Blue came here earlier and dragged the girls to Black's and White's apartment for a sleepover," Red explained.
"Why is he here?" Silver inquired, nodding his head towards Black.
"Because Prez and Blue kicked me out, saying that I'll die from their girl talk," Black answered in a sulky tone. "I don't get it!"
"It's probably just another one of Blue's weird plans," Ruby stated, checking out the shoes that he bought for Sapphire. "I can't believe she took Sapph away from me though! I was about to make the perfect model of my creation!"
"Aw, love sick without your hubby, Ruby?" Gold teased, nudging him playfully.
Ruby rolled his eyes at his attempts. "More like, fake-girlfriend."
"I ship you guys," Gold said proudly, taking a seat next to Red on the couch.
"I don't," Black spoke up, surprising everyone. All eyes turned to him for an explanation. "You guys are really rough. Every time you guys are together, I'm the one who gets hurt! I still have the claw marks from Sapphire on my arm. Here's some advise; stop insulting her."
"I'm not insulting her. I'm advising her to make herself look better," Ruby corrected. "Why do people keep thinking that?"
Red raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Okay, maybe I call her a barbarian from time to time, but that's all. It's only 'cause she calls me things too," Ruby defended, crossing his arms. "Speaking of her, I think I'm going to die if I don't get to my sewing kit to start on the dress! What time is it?"
"Ten minutes before 9 PM," Black told him.
"I don't think I can last an hour." Ruby groaned, putting her shoes down. "I don't get why you guys are so calm about this! You're not doing anything to get ready!"
Black told him about the tux fitting White was going to make him go through, Silver, Emerald, and Green simply didn't really care since it wasn't their movie, Red already got his clothes ready, and Gold shrugged it off, saying anything would look on him. If anything, it was mostly the girls who needed to get ready.
"Premieres are boring anyways," Emerald stated. "Well, the movie is decent, but the after parties are always like those lame ones."
"The after party depends on where the movie premiere is at. If I'm right, you guys are hosting it at that new fancy five star hotel, right?" Red asked.
Ruby nodded. "It's a ballroom-like party."
Emerald stuck out his tongue. "Even more boring than usual then."
"Oh, speaking of which, how is Lisia going to meet you there?" Red inquired, thinking about the earlier conversation.
"Wait, who's that?" Gold asked.
"Some girl that's dating Ruby," Black answered.
"What?! We're not dating!" Ruby denied, giving a gross out look. It was similar to the ones Emerald gives when he sees lovey-dovey scenes. "She might be very fashionable, but there are so many things wrong with her. She's like a good friend! Why would you even think that? And anyways, I'm meeting her there. I already told the bodyguard to put her name on the list."
"Because when I was leaving the apartment, I heard from outside about some girlfriend named Lisia. Our walls are really thin," Black replied.
"You heard it from who?"
"I heard it from Blue."
"Ohhh! That explains why she went all crazy before," Red said, finally understanding the situation earlier.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked, still not getting it at all.
"All she cared about was whether Lisia was a girl. She is one, and not only that, she's close to you and from your past. That would interfere with her plan to get you and Sapphire married, so she probably thought she'd do something before you get together with Lisia," Red explained.
Green cocked an eyebrow at him, finally looking away from his phone. "You're seriously finding this out now?"
Ruby groaned, interrupting Red's reply to the brunet. "Dude, I have no interest with love. What is with that girl?"
"I don't get why you guys trash Blue so much. She's been a great help for me and Crys," Gold stated, shrugging his shoulders.
"You guys aren't together though," Black pointed out.
"Yet," Gold quickly added. "I've been working for at least five months for her to get with me. I think it's working."
"I don't think so," Silver stated beside him.
"Well you've got to give the guy some points for helping her out during the fever," Red defended, giving Gold some slack. "I heard from Sapph that he went to go get her."
"Really? What the heck happened when I was away for a few days?" Black raised a curious eyebrow, laying back onto the couch. "First, there are rumors about Sapph getting pregnant, and now, Crystal was sick? Then there was that moment with Blue going crazy. For Prez... She's always been insane. Well, at least I know Yellow's okay."
"When you're away from the drama, you become good," Gold stated in a quote like manner. "And right now, the crazy drama is at White's apartment. What do you say about going over there and checking out the girls through the wall? Black did mention about the thin walls. C'mon, it'll be fun!"
They all looked at him with grossed out eyes. Black wanted to avoid the crazies, Ruby just wanted to start on Sapphire's dress, Red thought it was a bad idea in general, Emerald wanted Gold to get away from Crystal, Silver wanted the same thing as Emerald but with Blue instead, and lastly, Green thought it was a stupid idea and that no one should go along with Gold's plans.
"No," Green rejected for everyone.
"Oh c'mon, Green! You're such a stick in the mud!" The black haired boy shut his mouth when Green glanced a deep glare at him.
Black opened his mouth to reason with Gold. "I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea. Don't you already have drama in your show?"
"Not enough drama. You will never believe the crazy situations I've been through."
Silver rolled his eyes. "Half of them were all your fault."
Sapphire stood outside in the cold, dressed in White's clothes. She wore her white hoodie with the BW agency logo on it with tights and boots. It wasn't really her style to wear thick clothing, but earlier, she changed into her pajamas and her other clothes were currently being washed at that time. After that, Blue ingeniously plans to go out for food or something. Because her clothes were in the washers, she couldn't wear it, and thus, she was dressed in White's clothes. Though she actually didn't mind it for once. White had cute clothes, and they were pretty comfortable too.
In the end, Blue decided to go get takeout from some fancy big-shot restaurant. Even if it was almost midnight, the restaurant was still crowded and busy. She felt claustrophobic since there were so much people, so she told the girls her order and said she'll wait outside for them to get finished.
And here she is now.
The brunette let out a sigh, and watched her breath form a white small puff in the air. She was just staring into space with thoughts running through her mind. Even the headphones she had on didn't block them out, nor could they help her clear her mind.
"Sapphire?" A voice called.
Unfortunately, Sapphire focused her thoughts and stared at a tree, so couldn't hear her name get called. There was also the factor of the roaring music in her ears.
The person finally snapped her out of her thoughts when she stepped in front of her and waved a hand in her face to get her attention. Sapphire looked up, her sapphire orbs catching familiar turquoise ones. She immediately recognized her, remembering her face from earlier and that poofy skirt she wore. Sapphire grabbed her phone out of the hoodie pocket then paused the music before sliding the headphones down around her neck.
"Hi there!" Lisia greeted, her turquoise eyes beaming at her.
"Hey," Sapphire greeted back.
"I like your outfit! It totally matches you in winter form, and plus, those glasses are super cute!" Lisia complimented with a big smile. "Are those prescription?" Sapphire was taken back at how she acted so friendly with her already, but she was somewhat the same (but in a ruder way), so she couldn't really judge.
She took off her oversized black rimmed glasses. "Nah. I'm just wearin' 'em so no one can recognize me," she replied, putting them back on afterwards. "Thanks though!"
"No problem!" Lisia replied, waving it off in a friendly way. "So what brings you here?"
"I'm just getting takeout with mah friends, but it seems they're being held up with the line. I decided to wait outside," she answered. "What about ya?"
Lisia showed her a bag from a nearby store. "Me? Oh, I'm doing some late night shopping for my dress. I thought I'd add something!"
"Oh," Sapphire mouthed, finding it hard to continue the conversation after that.
"I can't wait to go to your movie premiere! I'm a huge fan of Brendan and May so much!" Lisia told her, grabbing her hands. "I was so excited to meet you!"
"Thanks," Sapphire replied, smiling back at her. Though she didn't hate the girl, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. It was probably because she didn't know the girl that well.
"I find it really funny that you guys are fake dating!" Lisia commented. Sapphire expressed a shocked look, surprised that she knew. Seeing it, Lisia continued, "Oh, don't worry about that! Ruby told me already when I mentioned it! He told me all about you and how your taste of fashion is horrible, but I think he's overreacting since I think your outfit is cute!"
That bastard, Sapphire thought. Though this was White's clothes, she couldn't admit it.
"Anyways, I have something to ask you seriously, face-to-face!" Lisia said, her smile still on her face. With worried, shiny puppy eyes, she asked, "Do you have a crush on Ruby?"
"W-W-What?!" Sapphire exclaimed, her face getting heated up. "No way! Why would I like that annoying guy?! Why is everyone always asking me that?"
Lisia giggled when she saw her reaction before letting out a relieved sigh. "Oh, that's good to hear!" she said, surprising Sapphire once again. "I wanted to ask you a favor since we're friends and all."
Friends? This is the second time she was meeting the girl, and the first time barely lasted thirty seconds, Sapphire thought.
"At the premiere tomorrow, can you help me hook up with Ruby?" Lisia asked, a small blush growing on her face. After that, she seemed to be slightly flustered and started to get embarassed. "I-I liked Ruby when we used to do contests together, but I never had the courage to tell him before he left off to become an actor. Now, I want to say something while we're in touch again, and thought it'd be my last chance to confess! D-Don't worry though! I'm not going to break your fake dating image, or anything, nor try to cause scandals! I just want Ruby to answer my confession and see whether he likes me or not! So, can you please help me get time to confess? Since you don't like him and all..."
Sapphire stood there, shocked, not knowing what to do or how to react. The thought of Lisia and Ruby together made her feel weird; like she didn't want it deep inside. She felt the uncomfortable feeling in her chest again, feeling awkward about it. But seeing Lisia like that innocently made her know she had to help. The girl matched so perfectly with Ruby and had obvious feelings for him. It would be horrible if she didn't do it and denied it. Besides, she didn't like him.
Cracking a fake grin at her, she gave the turquoise haired girl a thumbs up. "Count on me! I'll help!"
Lisia beamed at her with sparkly eyes before throwing her arms on Sapphire and giving her a huge hug. As she hugged her and jumped elatedly, Sapphire followed with a blank face over Lisia shoulder.
She didn't like him. Not at all. Her heart was already set on her childhood crush. So, it should be okay... right?
A/N — and I keep adding drama to my stories, huh? I'll admit that at first it was going to be Courtney/Marge (idk what name to choose), but then I thought Lisia would fit more well in this story as a love rival after seeing her in the ORAS arc. I'm not gonna put any hate on her since I don't really like underhanded ways (unless it's Blue who's trying to get her ships through), so Lisia is just gonna be this bundle of sunshine and rainbows. Wonder how Sapph will keep her bae from leaving though, LOL XD
I planned for this to be two chapters long, but in the end, I ended up writing less than intended and quicker. The next chapter will probs be the pre-movie premiere for the morning and afternoon, or something. Either that, or it's the start of the movie premiere arc! I've been putting a lot of things back in the plots lol. But I have to admit, that I'm excited to write the rest (probs cause Sapph is developing her feelings)! I'll probably post it AFTER school starts somewhere along the line! :)
Aw, but I wanted to get some moments OTHER than franticshipping in these few chapter, but sadly, it didn't work out. franticshipping is probs the main thing now! I'll have to put it off for awhile... hopefully I can get everyone together after this! But kudos for me for finishing this literally three days after the last update XD (though I didn't update till 2 weeks later bc I went on a cruise)
