Shin checked his watch. He had gotten Miki's address from the school
information receptionist, who had given him a strange glance and a
suspicious eye, but he decided that if there were no guts, there was no
glory. He was happy that he had found her two story house. There would be
no one to interfere. He would give a proper apology, then ask her out on a
date. He realized how much he liked her when he saw her cool composed
attitude two days ago during lunch. Her leg had healed rapidly since, and
for some reason, he felt extremely relieved because of that. Shin looked
back at the gate. It was a nice house, a little big, but plain and simple.
Nothing like his medium, extravagant house. He stared out for what seemed
to be a long time.
"What are you doing here?" There was a male voice behind him. Shin looked back. There was the guy named Yuu.
Shin's eyes grew dark with indifference and annoyance.
"What are YOU doing here?" he asked. Yuu didn't show any trance of the same feelings. Instead, he said: "I live here."
Shin gaped. Maybe that dumb suspicious receptionist had given him the wrong address, instead giving him a MALE MAN'S house number. What was he, a gay?
Then Miki appeared over Yuu's shoulder.
"Shin, what are you doing here?" She asked him, giving a small smile. She gave Yuu a small push on the back to indicate that he could go in ahead, but he didn't seem to get the message. He stood still, but he just seemed to be standing without any particular purpose.
"Miki," Shin said. "Is this your house?"
Miki nodded. "Uh-huh."
"So the both of you-" his eyes widened.
"live together?" Miki finished for him, adding in the question mark at the end that she knew was supposed to follow. She laughed, which indicated a yes. In truth, she had wanted to speak to Shin as well, and she was hoping for a chance. Now that he was outside her house, then they could talk in private.
"Yuu, are you just going to stand there?" Miki asked him, poking him in the shoulder. Yuu was busy picking at a leaf that was caught in the gate. Yuu didn't say anything, but she got the message.
"Come on," she said heavily to Shin. "We can talk in my room. I'd wanted to speak to you, too, you know."
Shin hesitated a moment, then he walked through the gate. When they reached Miki's room, she shut the door closed. Shin said: "I want to say that I'm sorry about the Jira incident."
Miki frowned. "That's alright. But you could have just stuck an egg into my face or something. My DIGNITY was at stake there. You really didn't have to go that far."
Shin nodded.
Miki looked away. "Is that all?" she said cheerfully. "I just wanted a proper apology from you, that's it."
Shin didn't budge from where he stood. Miki put on a relaxed stance. There was more. What came next caught her somewhat off guard. Shin fumbled as he stood, with his school uniform and his ID.
"Um," he began. Then he said: "Do you want to go out with me this weekend?"
Miki flushed after a moment of silence, the words ticking in her brain.
"Err," she said, stalling.
Shin, not knowing what to do, grabbed Miki's shoulders and planted a kiss on her mouth. As soon as he let go of her, she drew her hand and slapped him. She breathed shallowly.
"Idiot!" she said in almost a small scream.
Shin didn't know why she was so angry. All he had done was steal a kiss.
Her right hand fell protectively across her chest. "Never touch my chest again, you idiot!"
Shin realized that he had accidentally brushed against it when he had grabbed her. He made towards her, attempting to explain that he had had no intention of doing that to her. But she said again:
"Get out of my room, you pervert!!"
He looked at her strangely. Wow, she did have fire, noted numbly. He went out of the room and led himself down the stairs. He saw Yuu on the living room couch, the TV was on, but he was staring at the clock above the television screen, as if he were waiting for some favorite show of his to come on. Shin exited the house, not hearing Yuu's muttered breath: "Three minutes and fifteen seconds."
***
The following week, Yuu was in his room when he heard the doorbell ring.
"Yuu, get that," his mom said from the kitchen. Yuu sighed. He got up and went down to open the stairs. As he looked into the peephole, he saw that it was Shin.
"Miki," he called to Miki's bedroom. "It's Shin. You have to come down and let him in."
Miki's door opened instantly, and she bounded down the stairs.
"WHO is it?" she asked, having not heard the name. She stood beside Yuu and started to tiptoe to see through the small hole. She gently pushed Yuu away with her upper body. She had just come from the shower, and Yuu couldn't help but notice that she smelled like strawberries.
"It's Shin," Miki's voice said, having turned flat. "Tell him to go away." She started to walk back up the stairs. But Yuu let Shin inside anyway. Shin immediately started bounding for Miki. She stood still and faced him, a cold look in her eyes.
"You haven't been answering my calls," Shin said. Miki shrugged.
"I just don't care. Leave me alone."
She started again to walk forward, but this time she didn't even bother to look back. Shin called out her name two times before he let out a frustrated sigh.
"Hey man, get out of here," Yuu said. He was holding the door slightly open suggested that the guy leave. Shin was trapped. He took one look at Yuu's passive face, and another at Miki's slowly retreating back, and then said: "Hey Miki, I like you, alright?! Give me a break here!" He ran up after her and grabbed her by the shoulders. Her surprised expression when she turned around sort of gave him a clue that he was doing something wrong. He looked at her squarely.
"I'm sorry for what happened to you earlier this month, but it won't happen again. Just.Just go out with me for one night, and then you can ignore me all you want. I know we didn't exactly tick off in the beginning, but still."
He was pried off her by Yuu, who had grabbed Shin by the back of his shirt.
"What the-"
Shin never did finish the sentence, because he was already on his way out the door. In front of his eyes, he could see Miki just standing there and staring at him, a startled expression on her face. Then:
"Yuu! Stop that!"
Shin wasn't immediately released, though. He leaned forward until his mouth was in line with Shin's ear. For a sickening moment in time, Shin had the strange feeling that Yuu was about to kiss his neck. But it wasn't going to happen, of course. Yuu just simply whispered.
"Get out of here, and don't come back again."
Shin was pushed completely out, and was on his way to walking home. The darkening sky looked peaceful. He willed his legs to move. Miki suddenly appeared behind him and threw her arms around his neck. She leaned her head against his wavy brown hair. She laughed.
"Sure, Shin."
There was a momentary pause as everyone weighed the gravity of that line. Yuu's mother came into the living room, wiping her hands on a rag. "Is everything alright here?"
Yuu's door to his room slammed shut.
***
Short, I know, but time in high school is even shorter. I struggle to meet up with the expectations of all the teachers. Please comment!! Thank you!!
"What are you doing here?" There was a male voice behind him. Shin looked back. There was the guy named Yuu.
Shin's eyes grew dark with indifference and annoyance.
"What are YOU doing here?" he asked. Yuu didn't show any trance of the same feelings. Instead, he said: "I live here."
Shin gaped. Maybe that dumb suspicious receptionist had given him the wrong address, instead giving him a MALE MAN'S house number. What was he, a gay?
Then Miki appeared over Yuu's shoulder.
"Shin, what are you doing here?" She asked him, giving a small smile. She gave Yuu a small push on the back to indicate that he could go in ahead, but he didn't seem to get the message. He stood still, but he just seemed to be standing without any particular purpose.
"Miki," Shin said. "Is this your house?"
Miki nodded. "Uh-huh."
"So the both of you-" his eyes widened.
"live together?" Miki finished for him, adding in the question mark at the end that she knew was supposed to follow. She laughed, which indicated a yes. In truth, she had wanted to speak to Shin as well, and she was hoping for a chance. Now that he was outside her house, then they could talk in private.
"Yuu, are you just going to stand there?" Miki asked him, poking him in the shoulder. Yuu was busy picking at a leaf that was caught in the gate. Yuu didn't say anything, but she got the message.
"Come on," she said heavily to Shin. "We can talk in my room. I'd wanted to speak to you, too, you know."
Shin hesitated a moment, then he walked through the gate. When they reached Miki's room, she shut the door closed. Shin said: "I want to say that I'm sorry about the Jira incident."
Miki frowned. "That's alright. But you could have just stuck an egg into my face or something. My DIGNITY was at stake there. You really didn't have to go that far."
Shin nodded.
Miki looked away. "Is that all?" she said cheerfully. "I just wanted a proper apology from you, that's it."
Shin didn't budge from where he stood. Miki put on a relaxed stance. There was more. What came next caught her somewhat off guard. Shin fumbled as he stood, with his school uniform and his ID.
"Um," he began. Then he said: "Do you want to go out with me this weekend?"
Miki flushed after a moment of silence, the words ticking in her brain.
"Err," she said, stalling.
Shin, not knowing what to do, grabbed Miki's shoulders and planted a kiss on her mouth. As soon as he let go of her, she drew her hand and slapped him. She breathed shallowly.
"Idiot!" she said in almost a small scream.
Shin didn't know why she was so angry. All he had done was steal a kiss.
Her right hand fell protectively across her chest. "Never touch my chest again, you idiot!"
Shin realized that he had accidentally brushed against it when he had grabbed her. He made towards her, attempting to explain that he had had no intention of doing that to her. But she said again:
"Get out of my room, you pervert!!"
He looked at her strangely. Wow, she did have fire, noted numbly. He went out of the room and led himself down the stairs. He saw Yuu on the living room couch, the TV was on, but he was staring at the clock above the television screen, as if he were waiting for some favorite show of his to come on. Shin exited the house, not hearing Yuu's muttered breath: "Three minutes and fifteen seconds."
***
The following week, Yuu was in his room when he heard the doorbell ring.
"Yuu, get that," his mom said from the kitchen. Yuu sighed. He got up and went down to open the stairs. As he looked into the peephole, he saw that it was Shin.
"Miki," he called to Miki's bedroom. "It's Shin. You have to come down and let him in."
Miki's door opened instantly, and she bounded down the stairs.
"WHO is it?" she asked, having not heard the name. She stood beside Yuu and started to tiptoe to see through the small hole. She gently pushed Yuu away with her upper body. She had just come from the shower, and Yuu couldn't help but notice that she smelled like strawberries.
"It's Shin," Miki's voice said, having turned flat. "Tell him to go away." She started to walk back up the stairs. But Yuu let Shin inside anyway. Shin immediately started bounding for Miki. She stood still and faced him, a cold look in her eyes.
"You haven't been answering my calls," Shin said. Miki shrugged.
"I just don't care. Leave me alone."
She started again to walk forward, but this time she didn't even bother to look back. Shin called out her name two times before he let out a frustrated sigh.
"Hey man, get out of here," Yuu said. He was holding the door slightly open suggested that the guy leave. Shin was trapped. He took one look at Yuu's passive face, and another at Miki's slowly retreating back, and then said: "Hey Miki, I like you, alright?! Give me a break here!" He ran up after her and grabbed her by the shoulders. Her surprised expression when she turned around sort of gave him a clue that he was doing something wrong. He looked at her squarely.
"I'm sorry for what happened to you earlier this month, but it won't happen again. Just.Just go out with me for one night, and then you can ignore me all you want. I know we didn't exactly tick off in the beginning, but still."
He was pried off her by Yuu, who had grabbed Shin by the back of his shirt.
"What the-"
Shin never did finish the sentence, because he was already on his way out the door. In front of his eyes, he could see Miki just standing there and staring at him, a startled expression on her face. Then:
"Yuu! Stop that!"
Shin wasn't immediately released, though. He leaned forward until his mouth was in line with Shin's ear. For a sickening moment in time, Shin had the strange feeling that Yuu was about to kiss his neck. But it wasn't going to happen, of course. Yuu just simply whispered.
"Get out of here, and don't come back again."
Shin was pushed completely out, and was on his way to walking home. The darkening sky looked peaceful. He willed his legs to move. Miki suddenly appeared behind him and threw her arms around his neck. She leaned her head against his wavy brown hair. She laughed.
"Sure, Shin."
There was a momentary pause as everyone weighed the gravity of that line. Yuu's mother came into the living room, wiping her hands on a rag. "Is everything alright here?"
Yuu's door to his room slammed shut.
***
Short, I know, but time in high school is even shorter. I struggle to meet up with the expectations of all the teachers. Please comment!! Thank you!!