Title : Summer Romances
Synopsis : A story of chaotic loves, with lots of romances, friendships, funs, betrayals, and lessons in lives. As Fujima watches the people around him finding the 'right one' for them after going through rains and storms, he thinks of and longs for his lost love. Will he ever reunite with the girl whom he shared a magical summer with? Or will he put her behind, go on with life, and learn to love another girl in his life?
Genre : Comedy/Romance
Cast : Students of Shoyo High
Pairings : LOTS. That is why it is called CHAOTIC loves.
This chapter's pairing--> Fujima Kenji x Yuna Rie.
The Previous Summer: Final Farewells (Fujima)
"Home sweet home! We are coming back here again – next year, to beat those cheating b*st*rds," Hanagata Toru joined in the cheer, "Remember us!" The two of them and Fujima Kenji were sharing the same room. Both of them were wide-awake, and had packed everything (which included only a few articles of clothing), ready to hit Hiroshima's market place before returning home. "Right, Fujima-san?"
Unlike his two hyperactive friends, Fujima was still cuddled up in his lovely, comfortable mattress. A mischievous smile curved upon Hasegawa's face. Smugly, he stood up and pulled the soft, velvet curtain apart, allowing the majority of sunlight to lay on the sleeping boy. Fujima groaned, pulling his blanket and hid under it. The two taller boys looked at each other and laughed. It was so unlike their ace to oversleep under any condition.
"Wake up, Fujima-san! It is nearly nine!" Hanagata shook the sleeping 'beauty' (he really is a beauty!!! Such good looks! *Nellie drools, imagining the sleepy Fujima*). He winked at the other boy, who was covering his mouth to prevent himself from laughing aloud.
"Five more minutes," Fujima moaned and turned around, clutching his blanket tighter. The two boys shared knowing glances at each other, silently counting with their fingers. One, two, three…
"NINE?" Fujima was fully awakened,
rushing to change and clean himself. His teammates' hysterical laughter
stopped him. Confused, he looked at his watch. In no time, he was chasing
after the boys, who were begging for mercy as they ran for their lives.
Rie hummed happily to herself as she put on a decent dress. She swirled a few times in front of the mirror, watching herself from every perspective. She definitely looked better in casual clothes than in her usual all-white dress. She considered a few possible hairstyles, then decided to leave it in a normal ponytail – a very long.
Am I really in love? she asked herself silently, smiling as she recalled their kiss the previous night. In love with someone whom I might never see again in the future?
No, of course I will see him again. I will return to Kanagawa after my mission in Osaka is completed…
She eyed the image reflected from the full-size mirror in front of her. She saw merely the person she had been seeing day after day, in different 'disguises'. However, she liked her present looks. She looked so natural without having to change any of her features. She was even excused from using make-ups. Perhaps it was because her present mission requires her to be a 16 year-old nature lover, which she easily adapted to. She never thought she could meet anyone special in any of her missions. In her whole life, she was trained to see through men and their intentions of 'toying' with 'pretty and innocent' girls like 'Yuna Rie'. However, Ken was different. He did not drool over her 'good-looks', as most did when she approached them. In fact, he hardly noticed her existence. She was the one who was haunted by his extra-ordinary good looks. He cared more for her inward beauty, which none had ever tried to. He only started liking her after he knew of her passions. He was, without doubt, special, and she was ready even to break the rules for him.
"Enjoying yourself, Yuna Rie?" a figure asked as it stepped into her room.
"Commander!" Rie gasped, not expecting the 'visitor'.
"You are on a mission, in case you forget," he warned her firmly.
"I remember, sir," she replied cautiously.
"Good, your mission here has ended. Return, and you shall be given another mission," he commanded.
"Then… what about 'Yuna Rie'?" she asked quietly, fearfully, as she knew the dreadful answer.
"This is not your first mission, girl. 'Yuna Rie' will 'die', and be no more than a shadow of history in time. You shall be given another identity."
She kept quiet.
"Come, it is time to return," he commanded.
"No!"
Silence.
"It is because of that boy, isn't it? That good-looking basketball player with a plaster on top of his right eyes?"
She glared at him. "You spied me!" she accused.
"We have every rights to know what our spies are doing," he replied calmly. "You should know our rules. You are prohibited to fall in love, especially not with a normal citizen like him!"
"Love is not something you can control," she replied coldly. "It is a special emotion. Those rules are irrational!"
"Emotion? What do you know of emotions? You are merely a spy, a tool belonging to us," he mocked.
"I am a living soul, and I deserve to have feelings! I refused to be treated like a tool!" she protested.
"I can't believe it! One of our best spies are rebelling for a boy she hardly knows," he mumbled, shaking his head.
"I know him, very well!" she denied his statement firmly. He smirked in return.
"How well? Do you even know his full name, or his age?"
It srtuck her quiet. She was at lost for words. Slowly, she bit her lower lip. I… I do not even know his full name… Ken-kun…
"N-02, do not do something you will regret in the near future. Love is not something you can receive as a part of your life," he told her gently, yet his voice filled with menacing threats.
"Commander, can I please… see him for one last time?" Rie asked pleadingly.
The older man sighed, "Fine, I shall
give you the permission."
"You actually allowed her to meet that boy again?" a moderately aged man asked Rie's 'commander'.
"Professor!" he greeted. "Yes, it is hard to keep girls her age from falling in love. We might as well let her see him one last time."
"You are forgetting something. She is not just any girl. In fact, I believe she does not even deserves to be called a 'girl'," the professor reminded his younger partner.
"I'm sorry, but she won't have any chance to meet him again in the future," he promised the professor.
"You are wrong. Her next mission to guard our 'secret weapon' located in Kanagawa."
"So…?"
"We will erase all her past memories,
and arrange that they will not share not meet again. She shall neither
study in Shoyo High nor play basketball."
"Wake up, Fujima-san! It is nearly nine!" Fujima mimicked his friends mockingly while the three of them were visiting a bookstore. Both boys, with plasters all over their faces, narrowed their eyes at him (like this--? ) and sighed. "Somehow my watched showed that it is only 8.30 am now."
"Can't you take a joke?" Hanagata muttered, directing it more to Hasegawa than to Fujima.
"He had been acting weird these few days," Hasegawa added naughtily, "such as staying out till late night, alone, and finding trouble to wake up at his usual 5.30 am."
"And forcing us to visit this store at exactly 8.00 am sharp, refusing to leave even though half an hour had passed," Hanagata offered his information voluntarily.
"I just need some time to make up my mind which book to buy," Fujima defended himself, at which his friends snorted "Yeah right!". "You don't have to stay here with me…" he muttered under his breath.
"Ken-kun!" a feminine voice greeted cheerfully. All three boys turned to face her. Rie quickly walked towards Fujima.
"Rie-chan!" Fujima smiled. Hanagata and Hasegawa turned into chibi forms, nodding understandingly. Both began to multiple in number as they circled the two lover birds.
"Ken-kun," both mimicked (imagine chibi Kiyota when he is mocking Sakuragi) and faded into the background. Fujima, however, had no time for them.
"You remember our promise!" Rie smiled happily as she stopped in front of Fujima. (At the back of the scene, Hanagata and Hasegawa waved their hands across their faces, "He forgets ours, though.")
"Of course, I do. I thought you have forgotten it," he held her hands, and she blushed. (A camera popped out from nowhere, and the two boys started circling them and taking snap shots, in chibi forms)
"Come on, Ken-kun! Let's go to our usual meeting place!" Rie invited cheerfully, and Fujima did nothing to protest. Soon, they were out of Hanagata and Hasegawa's sights.
"I just need some time to make up my mind which book to buy," both mimicked simultaneously, then burst into laughter.
"So?" Hasegawa asked.
"So what?" Hanagata asked back.
"What are we waiting for? It is finally
time for us to reveal our talent in spying!"
"So this is it? Goodbye, forever?" Rie asked, not looking at him directly. Gently, Fujima lifted up her chin, and wiped off her tears.
"You are crying again," He teased her, "Crybaby!"
"I am not!" she denied, "The sand went into my eyes."
"Yes, you are! You can't stand the idea of parting with me," he patted her head softly, "I'm just too charming for a junior internee like you." A few meters away, two spies sweatdropped, sighing aloud. Trust Fujima not forget his ego.
"Ken-kun, you… you fool! I do not care if I will never meet you again. It doesn't matter, not at all," her voice betraying her words. "I have only known you for four days, what differences will it make even if I shall never see you again in my entire life?" The two spies nodded in agreement, waiting for Fujima's 'smart' response.
"Of course it makes a great difference, because you are in love with me!" Fujima told her smugly. Desperate sighs were heard. (Guess from whom?)
"I am not!" she shouted, punching Fujima's chest. Fujima yelped, surprised at her strength. (What do you think? She works for a 'secret organization', after all) She could no longer hold on. She broke off, bursting into tears. (No wonder Fujima call her a crybaby)
"I am just joking, Rie-chan," Fujima whispered softly, audible only to both of them. (The two 'chibi' spies rolled up papers, which appeared out of nowhere, to put them besides their ears. Imagine Sakuragi when he was spying the Ryonan team during their first practice match) "We will meet again, I promise you."
Hanagata and Hasegawa watched in amazement as their best friend slowly embraced the girl, holding her close and kissed her. A video camera popped out of nowhere, and Hasegawa started recording, while Hanagata started his stopwatch.
After what seemed like forever, Rie pulled apart, blushing furiously. She looked at Fujima, who was looking as bashful as she was. Gently, she laid her head on Fujima's chest, whispering, "Ken-kun, tell you friends that they are lousy spies." She chuckled, then broke free from Fujima's embrace. Fujima looked her in confusion.
Her whisper was just loud enough for the two spies to hear (with the help of their rolled-up papers). Both immediately tensed, and tiptoed away.
"Rie-chan, how can I ever contact you after this? Can I have your address and phone number in Osaka?" Fujima asked suddenly. Rie stared at him oddly. Fujima did not notice her odd expression, and took out a piece of paper and a pen. He tore the paper into two, and handed her half of it. He began writing down his own address and phone number.
"I can't give them to you," Rie began silently. "There is just no way for you to contact me after this."
"Why?" Fujima demanded, half-believing that she was joking.
"I'm sorry, Ken-kun, but I guess this really is goodbye. Forever," she whispered, and ran off. Fujima tried to run after her, but his body felt numb. He tried hard to move his legs, but they felt so heavy. There was nothing he could do, as he watched her running out of his sight in a motion slower than a snail's crawling.
"Rie-chan…"
"You did the right thing, N-02," the professor told her gladly, "We would have to eliminate him otherwise."
'Rie' nodded slowly. She knew the professor would never allow 'her Ken-kun' to leave Hiroshima alive if she were to continue being unwilling to part with him.
"However, I believe you still have strong feelings toward that boy," he began.
Rie gasped. "No, professor. Honest!" she quickly denied.
"Don't ever try to fool me! I created you, remember?" he roared, furious at her.
"I'm sorry, professor. Please, don't … kill him," she begged quietly.
"That… we have no need for. However, I will have to freeze all your memories of these five days," he told her, hoping it would please her.
"Freeze?" she repeated, feeling as if her blood had already been frozen.
"Or would you prefer it if I erase all of them?"
"No, professor. Freezing would be
fine."
Author's ramblings : Ahhh, can't think of any poems to put up in between. My mind is totally blank. I might start to 'steal' poems from my other fics if this writer's block continued... or increased to a more serious level. :P
Uh oh... I think I added in sci-fi genre again. *sigh* Sorry, I am so used to writing to science fiction. Promise there won't be too much scientific stuff. This is be purely romance, and humour. Hmm... you don't find any humour? Sorry, trying my best to put up more humour in the coming chapter. It's my first attempt to write a comedy-like romance. So... don't be too hard on me, please? Flames are welcomed, but 'ideas' are welcomes even more. :P
P/S : I believe Fujima and Hasegawa are close friends, too. Perhaps even closer than Fujima was with Hanagata. Note how Fujima calls him in the anime/manga.
Next chapter : Will be focused on Hanagata. Or will you prefer it if I go on to Hasegawa first?
Replies to reviewers;
Aeris
: Wow... you only have to review once. :P Sequel? Sorry, but this story
itself has not been finished. It will a rather long one, I believe. With
three guys to concentrate on, and three other girls (will only appear 'the
next year')
Ai Zutto
: Thanks. Do tell me where my grammar mistakes are. :) I will try to
improve them. After all, the reason I write English fanfics is improve
my English. :þ
SyiveSe
: No, you are wrong. Fujima is mine!! Mine!! :P Want to meet you in
ICQ too!!!
Magenta
: *Yeay* I'm glad you like it.
Alexia
: Another chapter finished, do help me check for mistakes too! :) OOC
means out of character. Again, Fujima is OOC in the chapter.
rurouni
: Here's more :)
Lady Ice Dragon: Glad you think it's sweet. I'll add more in
sugar. :P
Yuuki
: Thanks, I'm so gald you like it! Continue to support me, ne? :) *loves
Fujima* hehe
super rookie : Thanks (how
many times have I mentioned that above..? hehe). Never received so much
compliments in one go. *floats in the air* Sorry can't think of poems to
fit in. My mind's so blur....