Summary: Everything seemed to be going fine… except for a few fights and arguments here and there… until someone decided to play matchmaker… I wonder why?
Author's Note: Ahh, two chapters in two days… I hope I'm doing okay so far. o(?_?)o I've received three lovely reviews from people yesterday. ^_^ domo arigatou gozaimasu! I guess I need to work on the story more if I want it to be worthy of reviews.. blah, my head hurts. lol. But it's fun to write! So with that said, on with the story!
Roommates, You and I
By Yamito-Hitori
Part 2: matchmaker
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The next day, Serena woke to the sounds of merrily chatter through the walls. As if that wasn't enough to wake her up, the sun greeted her with bursts of golden afternoon rays seeping through the blinds of her windows. She glanced at the digital clock on her bedside table. Two o'clock. What a night yesterday was.
"Ugh.." She groaned. "I feel like road kill."
Last night, after meeting the girls at a fast food restaurant, they had all decided to go out and have a night of celebrating for the two new roommates. It really wasn't a big of a deal, but it was a perfectly good excuse to go out and party. After hurrying home and getting dressed once more, they had all met up at 'Rain' --a popular dance club. And hey, it was ladies night, so what female in her right mind wouldn't take up the opportunity for free entrance and dollar drinks?
Of course, poor Serena wasn't much of an alcohol drinker. It was amazing how she actually lasted through the night with all that she drank, but the new day wouldn't let her be. She had a headache the size of Texas! Or so it felt like..
"Five more.. minutes.." She reminded herself as she slipped back into sleep with ease.
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3:30 pm
She opened her eyes. Was it still Tuesday? Glancing at the clock, it certainly proved that it was still the same day, just not the time. The suns rays had gone to a different part of the city as the blinding light from earlier had already disappeared. Grabbing the thin blankets off of her, she pushed herself off the bed and headed for the door. Swinging it open, she marched through the hallways of the damned big condo and stopped just as she had reached the living room.
They— or so to say, Darien had a visitor.
* * *
She could already see the problems of having a roommate arising.
Visitors. She didn't like people coming in unannounced. Especially those she did not know.
"Oh, Serena." Darien stood up from his sitted position. "This is my good friend, Jaymison Nakagawa. Jaymison this is Serena, my roommate." He introduced. "He flew in from Japan a month ago to live here. He came to visit me earlier, I was wondering when you'd wake up."
Wondering when I'd wake up? Was it important for her to be awake when it was his friend? Not my problem.. She thought. I aint entertaining no Vi-Si-ToR!
"Uh, yeah. Hey."
'Jaymison' stood up and smiled. "Hello. Nice to meet you." He was tall. As tall as Darien --or if possible, half an inch taller. He had jet-black hair like Darien's as well, but the only difference between the two was that his hair was gelled into spikes ..and his eyes. The most softest golden-brown eyes. Like Caramel or lighter..
Serena smiled back politely. "Same here... ugh, you two catch up. You've both obviously caught me at a bad time. I must look horrible right now --don't mind me!"
"Actually," Darien said before she could take another step to leave. "We were wondering if you'd want to come out and join us for dinner tonight, Sere. Should be fun. What do you say?"
Did she just hear correctly? Darien asking her out to dinner? Fast food was a whole 'nother story, but 'out to dinner'? Had he drunk too much last night? Did he just refer to her as 'Sere'? Questions flew to her head, and suddenly she wondered if it was the alcohol that was getting to her and making her jumpy in the head.
Pushing the questions out of her mind, she agreed, so as not to be rude to the new guest, and went of to freshen up.
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"So what do you think? Cute, am I right?" Darien asked as they both sat down. Serena had disappeared back down the corridors so Darien had used the time they had to resume their earlier conversation.
"I'm not sure she took quite a liking to me, though. And we've only just met." Jaymison sighed. It had been about two days ago when Darien and him last talked on the phone. Jaymison had mentioned something about looking for a new girlfriend… and oh dear! …Leave it to Darien to play matchmaker..
"Don't worry," Mister Cupid said. "She'll like you once she gets to know you even more."
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"So where do you guys want to go?" Jaymison asked, driving his own car with two passengers. Darien and Serena. "Bertallinis? Masifo--"
"Hold up," Serena asked from the backseat. "are we going to one of those fancy looking restaurants?"
"Up to you, dear."
"Well if that's the case.."
Darien looked over his shoulder from the passenger's seat. "Serena.. no.."
"I wanna go to Jolly Bees!"
* * *
Darien and Jaymison ate quietly as the whole booth was filled with slurping noises.
Serena slurping up her spaghetti like an uncontrolled vacuum.
What a sight. What a noise!
Jaymison grinned. "Glad you like it.."
"I—do!" Serena said between chews. "Thanks!"
Darien shook his head. Where were her manners? You could never stop her from eating what she liked and expect her to act with proper etiquette like a princess. It was futile to tell her what to do if it concerned anything with food. And yet, even if she didn't act like one with gracious manners, she was so adorable doing whatever she did.
Her eyes lit up like a bright sapphire stone when a waitress brought another round of chicken joy and spaghetti. Darien couldn't help but spare a small smile.
He watched as Jaymison reached over and wiped spaghetti sauce away from her right cheek with a napkin. She gladly thanked him with a quick bow of her head and a sheepish grin.
Darien looked down at his own food. Light yellow strings intertwined with each other and bright red-orange sauce was splashed everywhere mixing with the ground pork.. or was it beef..?
He inwardly smirked at himself. Was he doing the right thing? Setting the two up and playing cupid. Why? He asked himself. Why take it upon yourself to play the matchmaker? Had it been because the opportunity just presented itself at an ironically close time between where he had just gained a roommate? His brain seemed to nod at the question. The only girl he had actually ever lived with under the same roof was his mother. And that, was way when he was younger. He could not bring himself to admit that maybe, just maybe, if he lived long enough with the meatball head, he might just find her attractive.
I mean, sure she was!
The girl had looks and all, but Darien had such a strong conscience that he'd rather hook her up with someone else so that nothing should ever arise in the future.
Should anything do arise…
"Darien," A soft voice cooed. "Are you okay?"
Darien looked up to see two worried blue orbs. Her brows shaped in concern and her merry feasting had ceased.
"I'm fine." Darien said with a smile, but all Serena saw was a fake smile as his eyes that hid the truth.
Was it the food? She wondered.
Explanations:
[Jolly Bees] – I believe is a restaurant + fast food place in Philippines, California, and I think Korea.. I don't know if they have any others elsewhere. Darn, I hope I'm right. =S Anyways, it's called Jolly Bees because of their mascot. A jolly orange and yellow bee that always seems to smile. Scary..
[Chicken Joy] – One of the most picked food entrees in Jolly Bees..
Pronunciation:
[Jaymison] - Jay-mih-sun
[Nakagawa] – Nah-kah-gah-wah
Author's Note:
LOL! So sorry for making Serena a little dense in the end. But I couldn't help myself! It was getting a little too serious, I had to add it. I had to! Hope you liked this chapter… I'll try to better work on my grammar and make the next a little bit more interesting.. kayz? See yah soon!
Replies:
TouchstoneoftheCharter – I'm flattered! Thanks! Buahahaha! I didn't think it would be that funny, so I'm glad someone enjoyed it!
French Tip – teehee, I was actually going to write it for a different anime. Misao and Aoshi from Rurouni Kenshin, but I liked the thought of having enemies, kind of, as roommates instead so I used Serena and Darien instead.
sweety – mwahahaha! Here it is, hope this chapter appeals to you like the first one did =)
Finished: 12:01 pm, November 12th 2003