A/N: Usual disclaimers apply. Sorry I'm a bit late with this chapter but I got writers block and after that the *&^%$ floppy disk that I had saved the story in broke. Oh yeah and what on earth happened to the reviewers! Only one person reviewed my second chapter! Anyway here goes:
I must of have been on the beach for ages! My head was spinning. It was still raining but I didn't care. I felt weak and hopeless. I got up, shivering. It felt so cold.
"Fuko-san!" I turned around to find Misora running towards me. Behind her were Miki, Aki, Neon and Domon. I guessed that they were part of a humongous search party.
"Fuko, Oh we're so glad we caught up to you!" said Misora who put her arms around me. I looked up wearily at her and then straightened my self. We went back to the hotel, I thought I had cried enough but when I reached the reception where all my friends were waiting I realized that I was wrong. As soon as Yanagi (who was waiting for me) put her arms around me I broke down again. Yanagi helped me to my room. Once we got there I went into the bathroom to change into something dry. I washed my face, gained control of myself and came back into my room. Then I asked Yanagi the question that had been bugging me.
"Yanagi why was the manager making fun of me?" I asked. She looked bewildered. " My parents have been dead for 5 years now. Today is their death anniversary. Does he find this funny?" she gasped.
"Fuko, I'm so sorry. I never knew!" she stammered.
"I have been living with my Aunt ever since and she doesn't know how to drive so she definitely didn't…" I was interrupted by a knock on the door and Mike walked in (without waiting for a reply).
"I'm sorry Fuko. I couldn't help hearing your conversation. I just wanted to tell you that I know who was behind the entire thing." I gaped at him. Yanagi asked him to sit down and explain.
"You see, the receptionist's boyfriend was one of the guys who went crazy over you." I nodded and he continued. " She got jealous and to pay you back she planned this trick on you to hurt you."
"But how could she have known about my parent's death when even Yanagi or Recca don't even know about this?" I asked him.
"When you were out at the swimming pool she crept in here and checked out your dairy, I saw her do so." He explained.
"Well then, I guess she won. It did hurt! A lot." I told him.
"No, you see I told all this to the manager and he has fired her. Stupid girl she was." I thanked him and just as he left the Manager came by.
"Hello Miss.Kirisawa. I just wanted to apologize. I'm so sorry I didn't realize what was going on. Please except a gift from the entire staff of Kiwi Hotel." He said and gave me a sheet of Paper. I took it and read what it had to say. It was a free stay certificate for me and all my friends to stay at Kiwi hotel for the rest of the summer vacations! I accepted it (on behalf of my friends) and as soon he left Yanagi squealed with delight. I reached over and hugged her. 'Wow' I thought '2 extra weeks! This is getting exciting!'
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That night we all gathered in my room to discuss everything over.
"Okay, we could stay but we'll have to write to your parents to inform them." Said Kurei.
"I think that maybe we could even visit a few more places. We still haven't gone to Fuji," said Miki. Aki totally agreed.
"It's an incredibly romantic place." Said Saicho looking into Misora's eyes. Every one else rolled theirs.
"Then it's decided. We stay!" declared Shadow. I grinned. Once everyone had left I took out my dairy and wrote:
Dear Dairy,
Guess what! We're staying! Yup. For 2 extra weeks. You see we had a
little misunderstanding with the receptionist. She phoned up the manager and
told him that my parents had died recently just to hurt me. She knew that today
was their death anniversary after reading you and to hurt me she did all that.
Now how was I supposed to know that her boyfriend was one of the stupid boys who
crowded me that night of the dance! So to apologize the manager has given us a
certificate of an extra free stay for the rest of the summers! Yippee! Now lets
see, I've got a ton of places to visit, hundred of things to buy! The list in
almost endless! Almost. See ya.
-Fuko
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The next day after breakfast we all went off to spend the day at the beach. Nothing much happened unless you count Neon getting totally sunburned. When it started to get dark we went to this cinema near-by where they were showing that movie that the boys had been talking about during the dance. It was good. After that we had dinner at this Chinese restaurant. I went to sleep deciding that that was the sort of day that I called normal. Well it was a normal day but night! No way! That night tapping on the window awaked me. I got up and opened the window to find nothing there. Thinking it was the wind I got back into bed but I couldn't go back to sleep. I got up to get a glass of water. There was a re-filled bottle on top of the table. I got up and filled a glass. As I stood there sipping it I started to get the weirdest feeling that I was being watched. I put my half-empty glass down and grabbed my robe. I slipped it on as I walked to the balcony where I squealed with delight at the sight that lay in front of me. Raiha! I hugged him and he hugged me back. When we broke away I breathlessly asked him what he was doing there.
"Part of the mission crossed through Hawaii and I was told that you were staying here so I thought I'd drop by and see the love of my life!" he replied.
"Well, how long are you going to stay here?" I asked him.
"I'm leaving in 10 minutes." He said and seeing my down cast face he added. "But I'll come by some other time. I've already met with master Kurei." For the next 10 minutes we talked and we talked. Actually it was more like I talked and he listened. I told him about the dance (omitting the Tokiya & me part.) I told him about the receptionist. He only commented now and then. When I asked him about how he had spent his time away from me he just said:
"It's getting late. I've got to go. I'll see you later. I love you." and with that he took off leaving me once again alone. I sighed and went inside. I thought about opening my dairy to write in it but then decided against it. Excited about meeting Raiha I went to sleep.
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For the next 3 days we did pretty much the same stuff. You know hang out at the beach, eat at the hotel, go shopping. Nothing very exciting. I didn't tell anyone about my meeting with Raiha except Kurei who already knew and wanted to know what he told me.
On the 3rd day's afternoon however something did happen. That something was that I got a letter! A letter! Curiously I opened it after watching it being slipped in through the door by some one and read it:
Dear Fuko, (It read),
I hope this won't disturb you but I have a confession to make. You see I
like you very much. Though you have never really taken notice of me I have of
you. I think that you're fabulous and amazing. Your smile really brightens up my
day. At first when I saw you I thought you were some really weird tomboy but now
I have a different opinion of you. Don't worry I don't follow you around
everywhere. I don't know weather you feel the same way about me and I'm not
asking you to reply. I just wanted you to know that among the people you love
and care for there is someone who loves you very much, in a different
way.
-Your secret admirer.
I smiled as I read the note. Someone likes me! I wanted to show the letter to Yanagi but then decided against it. It was sort of private. Then for a minute it hit me! Domon, but as quickly as it had come into my mind it vanished. It couldn't be Domon. His feelings for me had changed. I closed my eyes and remembered.
'I understand you don't like me as someone
more than a friend Fuko-sama. I understand'
Those were the exact words that Domon had used when I told him that I loved Raiha. Bad grammar but at least he meant it. It made me feel so good when he found Aki. Or was it Miki. I wasn't really sure but I kept getting the feeling that he was going out with both of them. I smiled and made my way to the hall for dinner.
"You seem quite happy with yourself for some reason" said Recca as soon as I came down to join everyone. "What's up?"
"The sun, the moon, the stars!" I replied cheekily. He clucked his tongue and went back to his conversation with Kurei. Ganko saw the letter in my hand and grinned. I realized that she had something to do with this. For a second I thought it was a joke she was playing on me.
"Ganko dear. Do you have anything to do with this letter?" I asked her in a hushed voice so only she could hear.
"Yeah, I delivered it to you because the person who wrote it kept on hesitating. What did it say?" she asked with a really cheeky grin on her face.
"None of your business. But tell me, if I showed it to you will you tell me who wrote it?" Ganko shook her head.
"Nope. I promised not to tell." I tried a different approach.
"How about a hint. Was it anyone I know personally?" She smiled.
"I'm not answering that," she said and with that she got back to her dinner. Now the curiosity was killing me I had to get it out of her. But no matter what I did I couldn't. I finally gave up and decided to find the person behind the letter in my own way.
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Dear
Dairy,
Guess
what! I got a secret admirer note today! Yep, Ganko knows who wrote it but won't
tell me! (Darn her). I'm so excited. This is really exciting. Someone other than
Raiha likes me!
-Fuko
I sat up straight. 'Hold on Fuko girl!' I said to myself. 'You love Raiha and nothing will ever change that!' Sure, I was getting fan mail but my love for Raiha would always stay strong… Boy was I ever wrong.
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The next day we didn't really feel like going to the beach so we went to the hotel swimming pool instead. I hadn't been there ever since the dance. We all splashed around and swam for age. By mid day we were too tired to go out for lunch. Everyone except for Tokiya & I. We both went to the mall together.
"So Fuko, doing much these days?" he asked me.
"Actually you can quite see I have." I replied. He nodded. We walked in silence for a few minutes. I glanced at him and watched how his hair flew all over the place. His hair and his eyes were gorgeous he was…. Wait a minute! What was I doing! I was actually admiring Tokiya Mikagami? King of ice land? I felt sick. He looked at me. Suddenly I realized that I had stopped and was hitting my head on the trunk of this humongous palm tree!!!
"Fuko? Are you all right?" He asked me. I stopped hitting my head and stared at my feet, keeping my head low so he wouldn't see me blush. "Maybe we should get back at the hotel. You obviously need to rest." I looked up and realized that there was real concern in his usually cold blue eyes. I didn't say anything and he put an arm around my shoulder. I suddenly remembered the promise I had made to myself that night of the dance and quickly unpromised it. But I still couldn't get the weird sensation I got as his arm touched me. We walked back to the hotel and he left me at my room. I sat down on one of the chairs. I laughed at my self for being so silly as to actually want Tokiya and switched on the T.V.
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I sat in front of the T.V. with a cushion on my lap and a hanky in my right hand. My eyes were filled with tears as I watched Scarlet O'Hara kiss the leading guy (A/N: I could never catch his name.).
"Come on! Don't leave her you fool!" I whispered as the guy walked away. Suddenly I heard a knock on the door and Neon walked in.
"Fuko! What ever is the matter?" she asked me. I wiped away the tears and suddenly felt stupid.
"Oh, I was watching this really good movie and I don't know… the plot was so sad and romantic I just suddenly started to cry." I explained. Neon laughed and then put an arm around me.
"Dear, it must be a really convincing movie to make you out of all people cry!" she said trying her best to stop laughing but not succeeding. I gave her a cold look.
"So what brings you to my err… rather messy room?" I asked looking around.
"Just wondering weather you would like to go out to the book store with me. I'm getting quite bored sitting around in front of the tube all day." I nodded. There wasn't much to do anyway at my place so I agreed.
"But why aren't you asking Miki or Aki?" I asked her.
"I want to hang out with someone else. I'm sort of sick of hearing about Domon day and night… no offense but it gets irritating when you only hear about one person." She said. I nodded with agreement. We went off to the bookstore and who out of all people should I meet there!? No one other that the incredible Ice Boy!
"So, Fuko! How nice to see you around. Since when have you been into books?" he asked me.
"Oh, just came with Neon 'cause she got bored with T.V." I told him. He laughed and went back to checking out the books. I frowned. Stupid boy, I though and went over to the counter, and who should I find but the 'Kiwi's Old Receptionist' working at the bookstore…
To be
continued…