Author's Note: Okay, I DO take requests, but please don't make it any yaoi cuz i don't know, I just, don't feel the passion between them I guess.
Opposites Attract Part: 3
As soon as I got back to my empty house, I went up to my part of the pace. The top floor's all mine. I dropped everything off at my room and decided to clean it up later. I turned on the blasting radio and started tapping my foot to the beat as I rummaged through my closet to find my soft, pink bathrobe.
Subconsciously, I began singing along with the radio.
"See you blowin' me a kiss
It doesn't take a scientist,
To understand what's goin' on baby
If you see something in my eye
Let's not over analyze
Don't go too deep with it baby."
I finally found my bathrobe hanging on the back of my bathroom door on the silver hook. I quickly slipped out of my filthy clothes and stepped into the shower. The warm water against my cold skin sent chills up my back.
"So let it be
What it'll be
Don't make a fuss and go crazy over
You and me
Here's what I'll do, I play it loose
Not like we have a date with destiny"
I rubbed the rose scented shampoo in my hair as the beat of the song began to sink into my head.
"It's just (a), a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint, every time we touch
It's just (a) some little thing (crush)
Not like every thing I do
Ooh depends on you ooh"
After washing off the coat of shampoo, I turned off the water and began to apply the same brand conditioner. The steam from the hot water was visible and it lingered in the air and tickled the cool tip of my nose.
"It's raisin' my adrenaline'
you're banging on a heart of tin
please don't make too much of it baby
Say the word "forever" more
that's not what I'm lookin' for,
all I can commit to is maybe (maybe)"
The stream of water slipped through my hair as I ran my fingers through it. My hair felt like silk or a part of the running water, so soft and swift.
" Vanilla skies (vanilla skies)
White picket fences in your eyes
A vision of you and me (and me)"
AN: I know you repeat the chorus but I didn't. That part of the song past
I began to dry my hair with a towel after slipping on my bathrobe. I dried my hair with a towel but it was still dripping wet on my shoulders. I sat on the stool in front of my vanity and stared at the mirror. It was fogged up by the steam, but the reflection was still partly visible. I reached out and cleared up the image as I stared at myself, dripping wet.
I plugged in the blowdryer and began drying my hair. The warm breeze that came out of it made my hair fly all over the place. A couple of minutes later, my hair was dry again. I began to think about the son I was listening to. Pretty appropriate occasion, don't you think? Right when I discover m little "crush". But what if it's more than a crush? What if it's more than what the song meant?
I walked over and turned down the radio when the phone rang. I jumped on my bed and it bounced me a little before I could click the button for my speakerphone. "Hello? This is Mimi Tachikawa. If you have anything to say, please make it quick. If you don't, then hang up and find something to do like get a life. Oh yea, please." I said quickly. I hated getting interrupted while I listen to my music.
"Gee, you're real nice, Mimi." Sora's voice said.
"Oh, hey Sora. What's up?" I asked cheerfully when I realized that it's just my friend.
"Total boredom. As you said, I need to get a life."
"Oh that? Don't take it personally or anything. I'm just plain cranky right now." I said in a cheery voice. She does sound exceptionally bored.
"Hey, you think I can sleepover tonight?" She asked with a hint of excitement lingering in her voice.
"Depends on your mom. You know that no one's at my house right now," I replied. She practically dropped the phone and ran over to ask her mom. I heard her say yes and she came back, saying the good news.
"All right, I'll be right there." She said and she hung up the phone. I didn't even get to say good-bye. Oh well, I'll see her in like five minutes anyway. I finished brushing my knotted hair and it shined with my natural highlights. Just then, the doorbell rang and I realized that I was still in my bathrobe. Oh well, I really don't think that Sora would care much and no one would be on the streets at six-thirty at night looking in my door.
"Hey, Sora." I said as I opened the door. "Come on, let's go upstairs. I was just sort of, cleaning up."
When we got up to my room, I just realized how messy it was, clothes scattered all over the floor and books shoved on my nightstand. I always forget to put it back on the shelves after reading them before I sleep. "Cleaning up is a pretty good idea, isn't it?"
"Oh be quiet," I sighed as I rolled my eyes. I went back into my little "beauty parlor" in the bathroom and sat back down on the stool by the vanity. I just realized how big my bathroom is. My room, closet, and bathroom takes up the whole top floor. My closet is a section in my room. But it's about as big as the Kari's bedroom. The floor is practically divided into halves between the room and the bathroom, so it's pretty big.
It has a huge counter with a sink, one place for the shower, a huge tub, a vanity, and a lot of other stuff which I really don't want to go through right now because it'd probably just take up a long time. But I have a lot of my cosmetics in there. Sora sat at the edge of my bathtub and leaned against the wall as I searched through my bureau for a set of casual clothes. Finally, I settled for a light blue tank top which hugged my waist and a pair of hugging bellbottoms. I don't even know why I dressed up, but I'm just bored as hell.
"Okay, let's see, we're both wicked bored and we have nothing better to do," I stated.
"Yeah, that's why I came over here in the first place. So what do you want to do now?"
"I don't know, but we're NOT touching the silly string!" I exclaimed as I recalled our previous experience with it. We had a silly string fight and it was NOT pretty.
"I remember that. It was fun, but a little messy," she said.
I laughed a little and said, "A little? What planet were you on?"
"Okay, very messy. That blue gunk dried in my hair and it took my hours before I got it out."
"And it took us days just to clean up my room. It was disaster, I couldn't even sleep in there because of all the silly string. It was EVERYWHERE! Hanging from the cabinets, mirrors, bureaus, it's like a spiderweb exploded." I said as I shook with laughter.
"Yeah, if spiderwebs are pink and blue," she said.
"Okay, let's do something less destructive..." I said as I dazed off with thoughts.
"With you, everything's destructive, Mimi," she joked and I playfully glared at her and threw a cushion at her. "It's true, though."
I suddenly gasped when the perfect idea struck me. I quickly turned around and faced her. "Let's play dress up and makeover like we always used to do when we were little kids. It'll be fun!" I know that I sounded like I was nine again, but it's good to bring back happy memories.
"Mimi, in case you haven't noticed, we're 15 now. And plus, I thought you were over that girlie stuff," she said in distaste. I knew that was going to be her answer.
"It is, but is it wrong for a girl to have a little fun and want to look nice?" I questioned as I got up. "Haven't you heard Shania Twain's song? 'The best thing about being a woman. Is the prerogative to have a little fun and...'"
"Yea I've heard of that song! Since when do YOU listen to country music? But..."
"No buts! We're gonna have it my way, now do you wanna go first or do you want me to," I said as I mimicked a little girl's voice. She sighed in defeat as she pointed at me. "You won't regret it, Sora. We're gonna actually have fun." I said as I brought my cosmetic box into my bedroom. Drearily, she followed me.
"Sure, Mimi." She said with a smile. She's always so easy to get along with. I guess that's why we're such good friends, she's the only one who can actually put up with my attitude and go with the flow. "Now, I really think that you should cut off on the pink this time..."
So, our little beauty festival began. After an hour of work, I ended up with a long, black dress with a slit to the side. I had on silver lip gloss and eye shadow. My hair was up in a bun except with two strands of hair hanging on the sides of my face. I smiled at my reflection and took out my bun and washed over the make-up on my face. "There, that's better," I sighed and Sora smiled at me.
Then, I stepped back into the bathroom and changed back to my bathrobe. When I came out, I smiled mischievously at Sora. "Your turn." I said in a sing-song tone. She rolled her eyes and flopped her back onto my bed. I quickly went over and pulled her arm back into a sitting position. "Come on, you promised!" I whined.
"Okay, okay. I give up. Now what?" She sighed in frustration. I just smiled and walked her over to my closet with my arm around her shoulders to choose an outfit. "Okay, let's see. We have our formal wear, skimpy wear, and sportswear. I think I'll go with sportswear," she said as she pointed to that section of the closet.
"No, no, no! If I wanted to see you in sportswear that'll be as easy as seeing Tai sleep in class. Now, as you said, either formal wear, or STYLISH wear," I said as I dragged her away from the sports section.
"Fine, fine," she sighed. "Then you pick"
"Even better," I said as I thought about it. Well, if I invite Sora to a party, then I can see her in a dress, but I can never get her to wear my stylish clothes... "All right, stylish it is!"
Sora rolled her eyes and sighed. She muttered under her breath, "Oh God help me!"
"I heard that!" I said as we both let out a little giggle. After half an hour of trying on and rejecting one outfit after another, she finally settled on one. A red, tube-top that cut off at the belly button and strings of beads hung down, replacing the fabric. The beads cut off a little below the belt area. Then, we chose (actually, more like I chose, but too bad) a pair of black leather pants to match with a silver link belt.
After dressing in her new outfit, Sora was looking great already. I mean, she looked great before too, but she just never showed it off. "All right, now make up." I said. I placed my hands on her shoulder and pushed her to my chair. After about another half an hour, I've finally reached perfection. The main theme? Red. I mean, after all, she DOES have the crest of love.
She quickly ran into the bathroom and changed back into her yellow bathroom that she brought along with her and rubbed off the make-up. Yup, hours of work, gone in a matter of minutes. "So, what now?" she asked.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I REALLY want to do something with my hair. I'm getting a little bored with it. I mean, I've had the same hairstyle for two years now," I said as I took a strand of my hair and began twirling it around my finger. My straight chestnut hair is beautiful but also very boring. I've tried every hairstyle I can to go school. My bangs are up to my chin and the front slowly becomes longer and finally almost to my elbows.
"Why don't you curl the ends?" Sora suggested. That IS true. I've never done THAT before.
"Okay," I said as I opened a cabinet and revealed a package of curlers. I've thought about it before but just never got around to doing it.
"Here, let me help," she said as I sat down on my stool and she stood behind me with a curler in hand. "Sora's Beauty Parlor at your service." We both laughed, knowing that if that really happened, all of us would seriously freak out. After curling about half of my hair, she spoken up. "Hey, can I ask you a question?"
"You just did," I said. She seemed a little disappointed. Oh, she's serious. "I'm just kidding, shoot."
"Do you like Tai?" She asked. I cracked up so bad I almost fell of the side of my chair. "Is that a yes or a no?" She asked with a confused expression.
"Of course not!" I exclaimed. Well, I wouldn't blame her for thinking like that since we always hang out and stuff, but no, no way! And plus, right after my realization of my crush towards Matt? Yes, I admit it now. The first way to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem. Well, not like this is a problem, but, well you get my point. In fact, I'm thinking of marching right up to him tomorrow and telling him that.
"It's just that you two are so much alike and you always hang out and do all this stuff together. I... I just got a little confused I guess," she sighed with relief.
"That's the point, Sora. We're both too crazy. If you put me and Tai together, it's like putting fire and explosives together. Bad match! We're like brothers and sisters together. And plus, I'll never steal your guy, Sora. Don't worry about being confused though, love can be blinding," I said as we finished the last curl. Then, I turned around and sat her down on the stool. Standing up, I began to do little random braids in her hair.
"What are you talking about, Mimi? Isn't it nice to have something in common in a relationship?" she asked.
"Yea, it's nice to have something in common, but not complete imitation. You'll get bored. And plus, I need someone who can calm me down in case I get out of hand and be able to tell me what's wrong or right. I'm afraid Tai has trouble taking care of himself. Don't try to hide it Sora. We all know you've got the hots for Tai."
"Hmm, calming you down. I don't know... like Matt by any chance?" she said with a giggle.
"Yes like Matt! Now hold still!" I said as I got aggravated with her questioning and constant squirming around. Then I just realized what she's done. She's tricked me into confessing. "Okay, you win!"
"Yes! I knew it!" She said as she turned around. "Look at it this way, Meems. Now I know who you like and you know who I like. We're even."
"You're turning evil, Sora. Evil like me..." Then, I jerked her hair one last time and she squealed. "Revenge is sweet," I sighed. Then, she turned around and glared at me. "Hey, everything has it's price, right?"
"Oh yea," she said as she got up. I started backing up as she began to walk slowly towards me. When we're by the bed, she grabbed MY pillow and started hitting me with it. The first time, I squeaked a little, but then I took my other pillow and began slapping her.
After about an hour of play-fight, it was nine and we're both tired out. We laid flat on our backs on my huge bed (it's the size of two regular beds!). We completely forgot about dinner.
"So, now that we both know each other's secret, what are you going to do with yours?" I asked.
"I don't know, what about you?" She asked. I thought about it a little before answering.
"I'm gonna tell Matt, what else? I mean, it's just a little crush," I think.
"You're crazy."
Opposites Attract Part: 3
As soon as I got back to my empty house, I went up to my part of the pace. The top floor's all mine. I dropped everything off at my room and decided to clean it up later. I turned on the blasting radio and started tapping my foot to the beat as I rummaged through my closet to find my soft, pink bathrobe.
Subconsciously, I began singing along with the radio.
"See you blowin' me a kiss
It doesn't take a scientist,
To understand what's goin' on baby
If you see something in my eye
Let's not over analyze
Don't go too deep with it baby."
I finally found my bathrobe hanging on the back of my bathroom door on the silver hook. I quickly slipped out of my filthy clothes and stepped into the shower. The warm water against my cold skin sent chills up my back.
"So let it be
What it'll be
Don't make a fuss and go crazy over
You and me
Here's what I'll do, I play it loose
Not like we have a date with destiny"
I rubbed the rose scented shampoo in my hair as the beat of the song began to sink into my head.
"It's just (a), a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint, every time we touch
It's just (a) some little thing (crush)
Not like every thing I do
Ooh depends on you ooh"
After washing off the coat of shampoo, I turned off the water and began to apply the same brand conditioner. The steam from the hot water was visible and it lingered in the air and tickled the cool tip of my nose.
"It's raisin' my adrenaline'
you're banging on a heart of tin
please don't make too much of it baby
Say the word "forever" more
that's not what I'm lookin' for,
all I can commit to is maybe (maybe)"
The stream of water slipped through my hair as I ran my fingers through it. My hair felt like silk or a part of the running water, so soft and swift.
" Vanilla skies (vanilla skies)
White picket fences in your eyes
A vision of you and me (and me)"
AN: I know you repeat the chorus but I didn't. That part of the song past
I began to dry my hair with a towel after slipping on my bathrobe. I dried my hair with a towel but it was still dripping wet on my shoulders. I sat on the stool in front of my vanity and stared at the mirror. It was fogged up by the steam, but the reflection was still partly visible. I reached out and cleared up the image as I stared at myself, dripping wet.
I plugged in the blowdryer and began drying my hair. The warm breeze that came out of it made my hair fly all over the place. A couple of minutes later, my hair was dry again. I began to think about the son I was listening to. Pretty appropriate occasion, don't you think? Right when I discover m little "crush". But what if it's more than a crush? What if it's more than what the song meant?
I walked over and turned down the radio when the phone rang. I jumped on my bed and it bounced me a little before I could click the button for my speakerphone. "Hello? This is Mimi Tachikawa. If you have anything to say, please make it quick. If you don't, then hang up and find something to do like get a life. Oh yea, please." I said quickly. I hated getting interrupted while I listen to my music.
"Gee, you're real nice, Mimi." Sora's voice said.
"Oh, hey Sora. What's up?" I asked cheerfully when I realized that it's just my friend.
"Total boredom. As you said, I need to get a life."
"Oh that? Don't take it personally or anything. I'm just plain cranky right now." I said in a cheery voice. She does sound exceptionally bored.
"Hey, you think I can sleepover tonight?" She asked with a hint of excitement lingering in her voice.
"Depends on your mom. You know that no one's at my house right now," I replied. She practically dropped the phone and ran over to ask her mom. I heard her say yes and she came back, saying the good news.
"All right, I'll be right there." She said and she hung up the phone. I didn't even get to say good-bye. Oh well, I'll see her in like five minutes anyway. I finished brushing my knotted hair and it shined with my natural highlights. Just then, the doorbell rang and I realized that I was still in my bathrobe. Oh well, I really don't think that Sora would care much and no one would be on the streets at six-thirty at night looking in my door.
"Hey, Sora." I said as I opened the door. "Come on, let's go upstairs. I was just sort of, cleaning up."
When we got up to my room, I just realized how messy it was, clothes scattered all over the floor and books shoved on my nightstand. I always forget to put it back on the shelves after reading them before I sleep. "Cleaning up is a pretty good idea, isn't it?"
"Oh be quiet," I sighed as I rolled my eyes. I went back into my little "beauty parlor" in the bathroom and sat back down on the stool by the vanity. I just realized how big my bathroom is. My room, closet, and bathroom takes up the whole top floor. My closet is a section in my room. But it's about as big as the Kari's bedroom. The floor is practically divided into halves between the room and the bathroom, so it's pretty big.
It has a huge counter with a sink, one place for the shower, a huge tub, a vanity, and a lot of other stuff which I really don't want to go through right now because it'd probably just take up a long time. But I have a lot of my cosmetics in there. Sora sat at the edge of my bathtub and leaned against the wall as I searched through my bureau for a set of casual clothes. Finally, I settled for a light blue tank top which hugged my waist and a pair of hugging bellbottoms. I don't even know why I dressed up, but I'm just bored as hell.
"Okay, let's see, we're both wicked bored and we have nothing better to do," I stated.
"Yeah, that's why I came over here in the first place. So what do you want to do now?"
"I don't know, but we're NOT touching the silly string!" I exclaimed as I recalled our previous experience with it. We had a silly string fight and it was NOT pretty.
"I remember that. It was fun, but a little messy," she said.
I laughed a little and said, "A little? What planet were you on?"
"Okay, very messy. That blue gunk dried in my hair and it took my hours before I got it out."
"And it took us days just to clean up my room. It was disaster, I couldn't even sleep in there because of all the silly string. It was EVERYWHERE! Hanging from the cabinets, mirrors, bureaus, it's like a spiderweb exploded." I said as I shook with laughter.
"Yeah, if spiderwebs are pink and blue," she said.
"Okay, let's do something less destructive..." I said as I dazed off with thoughts.
"With you, everything's destructive, Mimi," she joked and I playfully glared at her and threw a cushion at her. "It's true, though."
I suddenly gasped when the perfect idea struck me. I quickly turned around and faced her. "Let's play dress up and makeover like we always used to do when we were little kids. It'll be fun!" I know that I sounded like I was nine again, but it's good to bring back happy memories.
"Mimi, in case you haven't noticed, we're 15 now. And plus, I thought you were over that girlie stuff," she said in distaste. I knew that was going to be her answer.
"It is, but is it wrong for a girl to have a little fun and want to look nice?" I questioned as I got up. "Haven't you heard Shania Twain's song? 'The best thing about being a woman. Is the prerogative to have a little fun and...'"
"Yea I've heard of that song! Since when do YOU listen to country music? But..."
"No buts! We're gonna have it my way, now do you wanna go first or do you want me to," I said as I mimicked a little girl's voice. She sighed in defeat as she pointed at me. "You won't regret it, Sora. We're gonna actually have fun." I said as I brought my cosmetic box into my bedroom. Drearily, she followed me.
"Sure, Mimi." She said with a smile. She's always so easy to get along with. I guess that's why we're such good friends, she's the only one who can actually put up with my attitude and go with the flow. "Now, I really think that you should cut off on the pink this time..."
So, our little beauty festival began. After an hour of work, I ended up with a long, black dress with a slit to the side. I had on silver lip gloss and eye shadow. My hair was up in a bun except with two strands of hair hanging on the sides of my face. I smiled at my reflection and took out my bun and washed over the make-up on my face. "There, that's better," I sighed and Sora smiled at me.
Then, I stepped back into the bathroom and changed back to my bathrobe. When I came out, I smiled mischievously at Sora. "Your turn." I said in a sing-song tone. She rolled her eyes and flopped her back onto my bed. I quickly went over and pulled her arm back into a sitting position. "Come on, you promised!" I whined.
"Okay, okay. I give up. Now what?" She sighed in frustration. I just smiled and walked her over to my closet with my arm around her shoulders to choose an outfit. "Okay, let's see. We have our formal wear, skimpy wear, and sportswear. I think I'll go with sportswear," she said as she pointed to that section of the closet.
"No, no, no! If I wanted to see you in sportswear that'll be as easy as seeing Tai sleep in class. Now, as you said, either formal wear, or STYLISH wear," I said as I dragged her away from the sports section.
"Fine, fine," she sighed. "Then you pick"
"Even better," I said as I thought about it. Well, if I invite Sora to a party, then I can see her in a dress, but I can never get her to wear my stylish clothes... "All right, stylish it is!"
Sora rolled her eyes and sighed. She muttered under her breath, "Oh God help me!"
"I heard that!" I said as we both let out a little giggle. After half an hour of trying on and rejecting one outfit after another, she finally settled on one. A red, tube-top that cut off at the belly button and strings of beads hung down, replacing the fabric. The beads cut off a little below the belt area. Then, we chose (actually, more like I chose, but too bad) a pair of black leather pants to match with a silver link belt.
After dressing in her new outfit, Sora was looking great already. I mean, she looked great before too, but she just never showed it off. "All right, now make up." I said. I placed my hands on her shoulder and pushed her to my chair. After about another half an hour, I've finally reached perfection. The main theme? Red. I mean, after all, she DOES have the crest of love.
She quickly ran into the bathroom and changed back into her yellow bathroom that she brought along with her and rubbed off the make-up. Yup, hours of work, gone in a matter of minutes. "So, what now?" she asked.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I REALLY want to do something with my hair. I'm getting a little bored with it. I mean, I've had the same hairstyle for two years now," I said as I took a strand of my hair and began twirling it around my finger. My straight chestnut hair is beautiful but also very boring. I've tried every hairstyle I can to go school. My bangs are up to my chin and the front slowly becomes longer and finally almost to my elbows.
"Why don't you curl the ends?" Sora suggested. That IS true. I've never done THAT before.
"Okay," I said as I opened a cabinet and revealed a package of curlers. I've thought about it before but just never got around to doing it.
"Here, let me help," she said as I sat down on my stool and she stood behind me with a curler in hand. "Sora's Beauty Parlor at your service." We both laughed, knowing that if that really happened, all of us would seriously freak out. After curling about half of my hair, she spoken up. "Hey, can I ask you a question?"
"You just did," I said. She seemed a little disappointed. Oh, she's serious. "I'm just kidding, shoot."
"Do you like Tai?" She asked. I cracked up so bad I almost fell of the side of my chair. "Is that a yes or a no?" She asked with a confused expression.
"Of course not!" I exclaimed. Well, I wouldn't blame her for thinking like that since we always hang out and stuff, but no, no way! And plus, right after my realization of my crush towards Matt? Yes, I admit it now. The first way to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem. Well, not like this is a problem, but, well you get my point. In fact, I'm thinking of marching right up to him tomorrow and telling him that.
"It's just that you two are so much alike and you always hang out and do all this stuff together. I... I just got a little confused I guess," she sighed with relief.
"That's the point, Sora. We're both too crazy. If you put me and Tai together, it's like putting fire and explosives together. Bad match! We're like brothers and sisters together. And plus, I'll never steal your guy, Sora. Don't worry about being confused though, love can be blinding," I said as we finished the last curl. Then, I turned around and sat her down on the stool. Standing up, I began to do little random braids in her hair.
"What are you talking about, Mimi? Isn't it nice to have something in common in a relationship?" she asked.
"Yea, it's nice to have something in common, but not complete imitation. You'll get bored. And plus, I need someone who can calm me down in case I get out of hand and be able to tell me what's wrong or right. I'm afraid Tai has trouble taking care of himself. Don't try to hide it Sora. We all know you've got the hots for Tai."
"Hmm, calming you down. I don't know... like Matt by any chance?" she said with a giggle.
"Yes like Matt! Now hold still!" I said as I got aggravated with her questioning and constant squirming around. Then I just realized what she's done. She's tricked me into confessing. "Okay, you win!"
"Yes! I knew it!" She said as she turned around. "Look at it this way, Meems. Now I know who you like and you know who I like. We're even."
"You're turning evil, Sora. Evil like me..." Then, I jerked her hair one last time and she squealed. "Revenge is sweet," I sighed. Then, she turned around and glared at me. "Hey, everything has it's price, right?"
"Oh yea," she said as she got up. I started backing up as she began to walk slowly towards me. When we're by the bed, she grabbed MY pillow and started hitting me with it. The first time, I squeaked a little, but then I took my other pillow and began slapping her.
After about an hour of play-fight, it was nine and we're both tired out. We laid flat on our backs on my huge bed (it's the size of two regular beds!). We completely forgot about dinner.
"So, now that we both know each other's secret, what are you going to do with yours?" I asked.
"I don't know, what about you?" She asked. I thought about it a little before answering.
"I'm gonna tell Matt, what else? I mean, it's just a little crush," I think.
"You're crazy."