The Bishonen of February
Chapter 13
"Sugar Snowflakes." Her lips moved in unison as she swayed on the brightly- lit stage. Then she finished her song and was immediately showered with cheering and clapping.
"You should enter the kareoke contest!" Yue whimpered to Kina like a little baby that would cry to get a new toy.
"No! I couldn't sing in front of so many people like that lady!" Kina pointed at the woman on the stage that had just finished her song.
"But you sing so pretty!" Yue continued while buying Kina and himself some sushi.
"When have you ever heard me sing?" Kina glared at him then gratefully took the food.
"I just have a feeling you might sing well!" Yue lied through his teeth, then took the sushi out of Kina's hands, "No food unless you enter the contest!"
Her eyes flared with anger, he had gone too far in denying her food.
"I'll do it, but one thing. YOU have to sing with me too!"
Yue's eyes widened, "Me? Sing...? NO WAY!" He slammed his foot down while Kina happily ate her sushi that she had stole back.
"I won't do it unless you do it too. You're a big chicken!!!" She taunted him.
"F...f..ine!" *I can't believe I'm going to do this* He kept telling himself he'd be OK.
"So what song?" Kina dragged him over to the entry booth.
"The contest will begin in two hours. Please have a seat and enjoy the singings of...." An announcement blared over the noise and commotion.
"What song? AGH! I have no idea!" Yue banged his head on a pole that was close by.
"How about a duet?" Kina chirped in.
"No way!" Yue crossed his arms firmly. Kina looked up at him, making her bottom lip stick out a bit and she began to pout.
"Grrr...ok!" Yue melted when she gave him that kind of look. She probably had him wrapped around her little finger.
"Now what song? Hmmm...let's see..." She put her hands under her chin and went into deep thought, "How about this one?" Kina pointed to a title.
"Ok." Yue shrugged.
"YUE! I wanna try that!" Kina grabbed onto Yue's arm and dragged him over to a little stand. There, a small pond was set up with gold fish swimming inside of it.
"Hey there Pretty Girl! Want to give it a try? Catch a fish and you can keep it!" A man said to Kina, "Only a dollar per net!" He then held out a strange looking net, it had a wooden handle but instead of having netting it was paper pulled tightly in the center.
"Ok! We'll take two!" Yue handed him two dollars and took the two nets, handing one to Kina.
Kina's eager eyes looked over all the fish until she spotted one that was orange with a little white spot on his head, "Oh that one's cute!" She quickly scooped him up and held a bag under her net just as it broke, "Look Yue!! I caught one!!" The fish swam around in the bag.
Yue angrily held up his net, which had a big, gaping hole in it and no fish, "Beware fish of the sea! I shall get you!" He gave the man another dollar and scooped at a fish, "BWAHAHA! I got you!" Yue laughed, then it ripped. He bit his lip and his eyebrow twitched slightly. He handed the man twenty dollars and continued to go after the fish, and lost them each time.
"It's ok Yue! Let's not waste all our money! Come on!" Kina tried to pull him away from the stand.
"Easy for you to say! YOU caught one!" Yue glared at her then around at the people as if the whole thing was a conspiracy against him.
"Look! Pocky!" Yue blushed as Kina wrapped her arm around his and dragged him to the Pocky stand, buying them each a pack of the chocolate dipped delicacies.
"Attention, the Kareoke contest will begin in five minutes." A funny- sounding voice announced.
"We better go get ready!" The pair was off to the stage to prepare.
"And now, our final show, Kina Misatu and her bishonen Yue will singing 'You're Still The One by Shania Twain and Elton John."
Yue had strongly objected to Kina saying, "And her bishonen Yue." But she told him that she could only enter him if she claimed he was her bishonen.
The lights went out all around the stage as the curtain opened and two silhouettes could be seen. As the music began, two spotlights shone on Kina and Yue.
Her hands trembled, unable to believe this was happening. Her voice stuttered at first then she began to sing, "Look's like we made it. Look how far we've come now baby."
Yue looked up nervously but then decided to take it like a man. Or bishonen. He leaned in closer to Kina and sang, "I took the long way, we knew we'd get there someday."
Kina stepped towards Yue then swung her head up at the crowd, "They said out there, they'll never make it."
"But just look at us holding on."
"We're still together, still going strong." The two both sang, staring into each others eyes then they turned towards the crowd, Kina walking to the left and Yue walking to the right and both sang, "Still the one I long for, the one I belong to, you're still the one I want for all of time. Still the one that I love, the only one I dream of. Still the one I kiss good-night."
Kina stuck out her arm that wasn't holding the microphone and held her hand out open then closed it, pulling it towards her heart as she swayed, "Ain't nothing better, we've beat the odds together."
She turned to Yue who sang, "Never did listen, look how far we've come now baby."
"They said, out there, they'll never make it."
"But just look at us holding on. We're still together, still going strong. Still the one I long for, the one I belong to, you're still the one I want for all of time. Still the one that I love, the only one I dream of. Still the one I kiss good-night."
"Still the one." Kina stepped towards Yue.
The crowd cheered and whistled. Yue walked to the center of the stage and leaned down on his right knee, "Well at the time, I was everything and nothing all in one. Yes I was. When you found me, I was feeling like a cloud across the sun." Yue stood up and stepped towards Kina.
"What I need to tell you. How you lied up in yourself the other day. In a new light, you just shined like a beacon on a bay." Her voice sang out like a dove on a new morning.
"And I can't explain it, but it's something about the say you look tonight." He stepped closer.
"Takes my breath away." Kina walked closer and they both held out their hands.
"It's that feeling I get about you deep inside and I can't describe but there's something about the way you look tonight. Takes my breath away." The two sang together, now holding each other's hands and facing the crowd.
"The way you look tonight." She turned towards Yue, "With a smile, you pulled the deepest secrets from my heart."
"In all honesty, I'm speechless and I don't know where to start." He turned to face Kina while the two stepped closer.
"And I can't explain, but there's something about the way you look tonight." They both sang together.
"Takes my breath away." He smiled softly.
"It's that feeling I get about you deep inside. And I can't describe it, but it's something about the way you look tonight. Takes my breath away. The way you look tonight. The way you look tonight." They finished, leaning in closer. And closer as the last words left there mouths and rang on the note. Then it all happened quickly, a tingling feeling surged through their bodies as they kissed softly then they both quickly looked away, bowing to the audience that was cheering for them madly.
~*~
"Oh-My-Gosh! I can't BELIEVE we won first place!" Kina jumped up, holding the trophy in her arms that said "First Place Kareoke Contest- Kina and Yue" and had a small person on top that was singing into a microphone.
"Me too! And we won $200!" Yue nodded in agreement, still in shock from his first kiss, "Aren't you glad I entered us in the contest?"
"You entered us? Pish! You know it was all because of ME!" She poked her finger into his side and laughed as they both strolled home.
As they stopped at the door, Kina looked up at Yue in the moonlight. She
could vaguely make out his face, "Thank you. That was the best birthday
I've ever had."
"You're welcome." He muttered; brushing back some of her hair behind her
ear and the two leaned in closer to kiss.
"Welcome home you two!!!!!!!!!" Nuriko opened the door then two people
kissed his cheek.
"AAAGHHHH!!" Yue and Kina screamed, jumping back.
Nuriko's hand went to the place they both kissed him, "Oh I feel so loved!"
"Nuriko, get back in here!" Hotohori's voice echoed to him.
"What's that?" Kina pointed towards a small bottle in Nuriko's hand.
"Oh um, nothing." He quickly hid it behind his back.
"Hey, that's my whip cream!" Yue yelled, "I got that at the grocery store
for my ice cream! Give it back!" He lunged for the bottle but missed;
getting sprayed in his face by Nuriko.
"Hori! They're home and they want the whipped cream!" Nuriko handed it to Yue who readied to spray Nuriko back with it; Yue was wiping off the cream
from his face.
"Ssssssssssss." Air sprayed out.
"Whoops, it's all gone." Yue looked down at it but was promptly sprayed
with a little bit of extra cream.
"Let's go to bed." Kina walked to her room laughing.
Chapter 13
"Sugar Snowflakes." Her lips moved in unison as she swayed on the brightly- lit stage. Then she finished her song and was immediately showered with cheering and clapping.
"You should enter the kareoke contest!" Yue whimpered to Kina like a little baby that would cry to get a new toy.
"No! I couldn't sing in front of so many people like that lady!" Kina pointed at the woman on the stage that had just finished her song.
"But you sing so pretty!" Yue continued while buying Kina and himself some sushi.
"When have you ever heard me sing?" Kina glared at him then gratefully took the food.
"I just have a feeling you might sing well!" Yue lied through his teeth, then took the sushi out of Kina's hands, "No food unless you enter the contest!"
Her eyes flared with anger, he had gone too far in denying her food.
"I'll do it, but one thing. YOU have to sing with me too!"
Yue's eyes widened, "Me? Sing...? NO WAY!" He slammed his foot down while Kina happily ate her sushi that she had stole back.
"I won't do it unless you do it too. You're a big chicken!!!" She taunted him.
"F...f..ine!" *I can't believe I'm going to do this* He kept telling himself he'd be OK.
"So what song?" Kina dragged him over to the entry booth.
"The contest will begin in two hours. Please have a seat and enjoy the singings of...." An announcement blared over the noise and commotion.
"What song? AGH! I have no idea!" Yue banged his head on a pole that was close by.
"How about a duet?" Kina chirped in.
"No way!" Yue crossed his arms firmly. Kina looked up at him, making her bottom lip stick out a bit and she began to pout.
"Grrr...ok!" Yue melted when she gave him that kind of look. She probably had him wrapped around her little finger.
"Now what song? Hmmm...let's see..." She put her hands under her chin and went into deep thought, "How about this one?" Kina pointed to a title.
"Ok." Yue shrugged.
"YUE! I wanna try that!" Kina grabbed onto Yue's arm and dragged him over to a little stand. There, a small pond was set up with gold fish swimming inside of it.
"Hey there Pretty Girl! Want to give it a try? Catch a fish and you can keep it!" A man said to Kina, "Only a dollar per net!" He then held out a strange looking net, it had a wooden handle but instead of having netting it was paper pulled tightly in the center.
"Ok! We'll take two!" Yue handed him two dollars and took the two nets, handing one to Kina.
Kina's eager eyes looked over all the fish until she spotted one that was orange with a little white spot on his head, "Oh that one's cute!" She quickly scooped him up and held a bag under her net just as it broke, "Look Yue!! I caught one!!" The fish swam around in the bag.
Yue angrily held up his net, which had a big, gaping hole in it and no fish, "Beware fish of the sea! I shall get you!" He gave the man another dollar and scooped at a fish, "BWAHAHA! I got you!" Yue laughed, then it ripped. He bit his lip and his eyebrow twitched slightly. He handed the man twenty dollars and continued to go after the fish, and lost them each time.
"It's ok Yue! Let's not waste all our money! Come on!" Kina tried to pull him away from the stand.
"Easy for you to say! YOU caught one!" Yue glared at her then around at the people as if the whole thing was a conspiracy against him.
"Look! Pocky!" Yue blushed as Kina wrapped her arm around his and dragged him to the Pocky stand, buying them each a pack of the chocolate dipped delicacies.
"Attention, the Kareoke contest will begin in five minutes." A funny- sounding voice announced.
"We better go get ready!" The pair was off to the stage to prepare.
"And now, our final show, Kina Misatu and her bishonen Yue will singing 'You're Still The One by Shania Twain and Elton John."
Yue had strongly objected to Kina saying, "And her bishonen Yue." But she told him that she could only enter him if she claimed he was her bishonen.
The lights went out all around the stage as the curtain opened and two silhouettes could be seen. As the music began, two spotlights shone on Kina and Yue.
Her hands trembled, unable to believe this was happening. Her voice stuttered at first then she began to sing, "Look's like we made it. Look how far we've come now baby."
Yue looked up nervously but then decided to take it like a man. Or bishonen. He leaned in closer to Kina and sang, "I took the long way, we knew we'd get there someday."
Kina stepped towards Yue then swung her head up at the crowd, "They said out there, they'll never make it."
"But just look at us holding on."
"We're still together, still going strong." The two both sang, staring into each others eyes then they turned towards the crowd, Kina walking to the left and Yue walking to the right and both sang, "Still the one I long for, the one I belong to, you're still the one I want for all of time. Still the one that I love, the only one I dream of. Still the one I kiss good-night."
Kina stuck out her arm that wasn't holding the microphone and held her hand out open then closed it, pulling it towards her heart as she swayed, "Ain't nothing better, we've beat the odds together."
She turned to Yue who sang, "Never did listen, look how far we've come now baby."
"They said, out there, they'll never make it."
"But just look at us holding on. We're still together, still going strong. Still the one I long for, the one I belong to, you're still the one I want for all of time. Still the one that I love, the only one I dream of. Still the one I kiss good-night."
"Still the one." Kina stepped towards Yue.
The crowd cheered and whistled. Yue walked to the center of the stage and leaned down on his right knee, "Well at the time, I was everything and nothing all in one. Yes I was. When you found me, I was feeling like a cloud across the sun." Yue stood up and stepped towards Kina.
"What I need to tell you. How you lied up in yourself the other day. In a new light, you just shined like a beacon on a bay." Her voice sang out like a dove on a new morning.
"And I can't explain it, but it's something about the say you look tonight." He stepped closer.
"Takes my breath away." Kina walked closer and they both held out their hands.
"It's that feeling I get about you deep inside and I can't describe but there's something about the way you look tonight. Takes my breath away." The two sang together, now holding each other's hands and facing the crowd.
"The way you look tonight." She turned towards Yue, "With a smile, you pulled the deepest secrets from my heart."
"In all honesty, I'm speechless and I don't know where to start." He turned to face Kina while the two stepped closer.
"And I can't explain, but there's something about the way you look tonight." They both sang together.
"Takes my breath away." He smiled softly.
"It's that feeling I get about you deep inside. And I can't describe it, but it's something about the way you look tonight. Takes my breath away. The way you look tonight. The way you look tonight." They finished, leaning in closer. And closer as the last words left there mouths and rang on the note. Then it all happened quickly, a tingling feeling surged through their bodies as they kissed softly then they both quickly looked away, bowing to the audience that was cheering for them madly.
~*~
"Oh-My-Gosh! I can't BELIEVE we won first place!" Kina jumped up, holding the trophy in her arms that said "First Place Kareoke Contest- Kina and Yue" and had a small person on top that was singing into a microphone.
"Me too! And we won $200!" Yue nodded in agreement, still in shock from his first kiss, "Aren't you glad I entered us in the contest?"
"You entered us? Pish! You know it was all because of ME!" She poked her finger into his side and laughed as they both strolled home.
As they stopped at the door, Kina looked up at Yue in the moonlight. She
could vaguely make out his face, "Thank you. That was the best birthday
I've ever had."
"You're welcome." He muttered; brushing back some of her hair behind her
ear and the two leaned in closer to kiss.
"Welcome home you two!!!!!!!!!" Nuriko opened the door then two people
kissed his cheek.
"AAAGHHHH!!" Yue and Kina screamed, jumping back.
Nuriko's hand went to the place they both kissed him, "Oh I feel so loved!"
"Nuriko, get back in here!" Hotohori's voice echoed to him.
"What's that?" Kina pointed towards a small bottle in Nuriko's hand.
"Oh um, nothing." He quickly hid it behind his back.
"Hey, that's my whip cream!" Yue yelled, "I got that at the grocery store
for my ice cream! Give it back!" He lunged for the bottle but missed;
getting sprayed in his face by Nuriko.
"Hori! They're home and they want the whipped cream!" Nuriko handed it to Yue who readied to spray Nuriko back with it; Yue was wiping off the cream
from his face.
"Ssssssssssss." Air sprayed out.
"Whoops, it's all gone." Yue looked down at it but was promptly sprayed
with a little bit of extra cream.
"Let's go to bed." Kina walked to her room laughing.