What, or Rather Who, Women Want
Hikari's POV
I'm in love with one of my best friends. I'm still trying to get my mind adjusted to that concept. It's just kinda weird to me is all. Takeru is absolutely the sweetest guy I've ever known, ever since we were little. I wish we hadn't been apart for that short while when we were growing up. We missed out on a lot of potential fun back then.
Predictably so, once we all started to hit a certain age our interests in people became much different. Takeru was just so shy about his feelings that he never said anything. That's why I ended up with Daisuke first. Don't get me wrong, Daisuke is a nice guy, but he started wanting to spend every waking minute with me. And then he got so horribly jealous when I talked to any guy that wasn't him that I just couldn't stand it anymore! I know it hurt him a lot when I broke up with him, and I do still feel pretty bad about how we parted ways, but there comes a point when enough is enough you know?
I know Takeru won't be like that, though. I can't believe it took me having a failed relationship with one guy to realize he was the one for me. Lots of people would look at me weird if I said that at 15 years of age I found the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, but that's what Takeru is to me.
Of course it doesn't hurt that he's turned out to be a real cutie, either.
I'd better keep all of this quiet for now, though. Niisan isn't too keen on the idea of me dating yet, and I know Daisuke will react badly if he found out I left him for Takeru. He's always considered Takeru his "rival" or something stupid like that.
I can't wait for Saturday to come around. I have a feeling everything will change for the better on that day.
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Sora's POV
The first person I hear accusing me of "robbing the cradle" gets a knuckle sandwich. Plain and simple. So what if there's almost 4 years' worth of difference between our ages? Ask me if I care! Takeru is more special to me than any guy who's ever approached me, especially his jerk of a brother Yamato.
Ugh, just thinking about that guy irks me. I know Takeru wants me to patch things up and be friends with Yamato again, but he just doesn't know how much it hurt me to be told that Yamato's dreams were more important to him than I was. I remember feeling like I wanted to just run away and live in a cave somewhere and be alone. I'd wake up every morning and cry, knowing Yamato wasn't going to be there for me anymore.
The only one that helped bring me back to the world from that was Takeru. For a while there, he was visiting me every day and doing something to try and cheer me up. I guess that's when he really started to endear himself to me. Then I started opening up to him about my feelings, and we would just talk for hours on end about our thoughts and feelings. He has such a deep and passionate soul when he opens up, I can see why he's such a good writer.
Only recently did I realize that the feelings I have towards him were stronger than simple friendship. He's been my rock, my pillar of support, and everything that Yamato never was. And I do love him for it.
And don't ask me how it's possible, but he's about twice as good looking as his brother to boot.
I'd better keep this to myself for the time being. It's bad enough with people commenting on our age difference, let alone the fact that I'm jumping from a relationship with one brother to the other. But again, ask me if I care about how it looks.
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Mimi's POV
As long as I can remember, people have treated me with kid gloves, put me up on a pedestal, admired me, fawned over me...you get the idea. Everyone around me was guilty of it, from my parents to my friends to complete strangers even! I was the little princess girl, as precious as a diamond. Do you have any idea how sick of that I am? I'm 18 and people still treat me like this! What's so much different about me from everyone else?
Enter Takeru. He never treated me like anything but a person, even back when we first met. I remember he cried when he found out I was moving away to America. It really tugged at me knowing that someone so young felt so attached to me. Thank goodness for the Internet, though. Takeru and I chatted every week to catch up on what was going on in each other's world, as well as share thoughts.
When I moved back, I remember being greeted by everyone at the airport, but Takeru brought flowers for me. It was the sweetest gesture I've ever received. We struck up our old friendship again, and picked up our conversations from online again, only now in person. I wondered for so long if he still had those old feelings for me, because I had started to return them in kind. He means so much to me that words fail to express my feelings for him.
And can I say I'm glad I did move back, because the little boy I knew turned into a real hottie!
I'd better keep this on the down low for now, though. People swarm me so much I just know we'd have no time to ourselves, and the last thing I want is for Takeru to get scared off by some of the freaky people that seem to follow me around.
I wonder where he'll try and take me on our first date? Miniature golf, maybe? That'd be fun!
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Miyako's POV
Geek. Nerd. Weirdo. Freak. Nutcase. Crazy girl. That's the usual list of what people think of me. Every time I open my mouth it seems I say something that weirds people out. Sometimes it feels like I'm invisible, because people have just stopped paying attention to me because I'm such a freak. So I've gotten used to being lonely.
But he's always been there for me. Takeru, that is. Just when it seems that I'm about to hit rock bottom, he appears and makes everything better. He'll listen to me when I start to go off on all my weird tangents, he joins up with me when I'm trying something weird, like watching grass grow for instance...and he understands that it's not easy trying to fit in when you're just so different from everyone else.
So can you blame me for falling for a guy like him? Someone who's supportive of me when no one else is? Someone who spends time with me when no one else wants to give me the time of day? I don't regret for a minute telling him that I like him, and I certainly don't regret kissing him. I just hope I was good at it, I mean I never kissed a guy like that before. I just know it was worth waiting, though, because he's the one for me.
But I'll tell you, can I pick 'em or what? I mean, I've chased lots of cute boys in my time, but Takeru...whew! What a catch!
I want to keep this hush-hush for now, though. I don't want Takeru to suffer the same alienation that I have. Plus I think Hikari might freak. I mean, I know she used to have a thing for him, but she told me a long while ago that she was over that.
My message to all those who're wondering is that I'm proof positive: even a nerdy chick like me can land a guy!
Hikari's POV
I'm in love with one of my best friends. I'm still trying to get my mind adjusted to that concept. It's just kinda weird to me is all. Takeru is absolutely the sweetest guy I've ever known, ever since we were little. I wish we hadn't been apart for that short while when we were growing up. We missed out on a lot of potential fun back then.
Predictably so, once we all started to hit a certain age our interests in people became much different. Takeru was just so shy about his feelings that he never said anything. That's why I ended up with Daisuke first. Don't get me wrong, Daisuke is a nice guy, but he started wanting to spend every waking minute with me. And then he got so horribly jealous when I talked to any guy that wasn't him that I just couldn't stand it anymore! I know it hurt him a lot when I broke up with him, and I do still feel pretty bad about how we parted ways, but there comes a point when enough is enough you know?
I know Takeru won't be like that, though. I can't believe it took me having a failed relationship with one guy to realize he was the one for me. Lots of people would look at me weird if I said that at 15 years of age I found the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, but that's what Takeru is to me.
Of course it doesn't hurt that he's turned out to be a real cutie, either.
I'd better keep all of this quiet for now, though. Niisan isn't too keen on the idea of me dating yet, and I know Daisuke will react badly if he found out I left him for Takeru. He's always considered Takeru his "rival" or something stupid like that.
I can't wait for Saturday to come around. I have a feeling everything will change for the better on that day.
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Sora's POV
The first person I hear accusing me of "robbing the cradle" gets a knuckle sandwich. Plain and simple. So what if there's almost 4 years' worth of difference between our ages? Ask me if I care! Takeru is more special to me than any guy who's ever approached me, especially his jerk of a brother Yamato.
Ugh, just thinking about that guy irks me. I know Takeru wants me to patch things up and be friends with Yamato again, but he just doesn't know how much it hurt me to be told that Yamato's dreams were more important to him than I was. I remember feeling like I wanted to just run away and live in a cave somewhere and be alone. I'd wake up every morning and cry, knowing Yamato wasn't going to be there for me anymore.
The only one that helped bring me back to the world from that was Takeru. For a while there, he was visiting me every day and doing something to try and cheer me up. I guess that's when he really started to endear himself to me. Then I started opening up to him about my feelings, and we would just talk for hours on end about our thoughts and feelings. He has such a deep and passionate soul when he opens up, I can see why he's such a good writer.
Only recently did I realize that the feelings I have towards him were stronger than simple friendship. He's been my rock, my pillar of support, and everything that Yamato never was. And I do love him for it.
And don't ask me how it's possible, but he's about twice as good looking as his brother to boot.
I'd better keep this to myself for the time being. It's bad enough with people commenting on our age difference, let alone the fact that I'm jumping from a relationship with one brother to the other. But again, ask me if I care about how it looks.
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Mimi's POV
As long as I can remember, people have treated me with kid gloves, put me up on a pedestal, admired me, fawned over me...you get the idea. Everyone around me was guilty of it, from my parents to my friends to complete strangers even! I was the little princess girl, as precious as a diamond. Do you have any idea how sick of that I am? I'm 18 and people still treat me like this! What's so much different about me from everyone else?
Enter Takeru. He never treated me like anything but a person, even back when we first met. I remember he cried when he found out I was moving away to America. It really tugged at me knowing that someone so young felt so attached to me. Thank goodness for the Internet, though. Takeru and I chatted every week to catch up on what was going on in each other's world, as well as share thoughts.
When I moved back, I remember being greeted by everyone at the airport, but Takeru brought flowers for me. It was the sweetest gesture I've ever received. We struck up our old friendship again, and picked up our conversations from online again, only now in person. I wondered for so long if he still had those old feelings for me, because I had started to return them in kind. He means so much to me that words fail to express my feelings for him.
And can I say I'm glad I did move back, because the little boy I knew turned into a real hottie!
I'd better keep this on the down low for now, though. People swarm me so much I just know we'd have no time to ourselves, and the last thing I want is for Takeru to get scared off by some of the freaky people that seem to follow me around.
I wonder where he'll try and take me on our first date? Miniature golf, maybe? That'd be fun!
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Miyako's POV
Geek. Nerd. Weirdo. Freak. Nutcase. Crazy girl. That's the usual list of what people think of me. Every time I open my mouth it seems I say something that weirds people out. Sometimes it feels like I'm invisible, because people have just stopped paying attention to me because I'm such a freak. So I've gotten used to being lonely.
But he's always been there for me. Takeru, that is. Just when it seems that I'm about to hit rock bottom, he appears and makes everything better. He'll listen to me when I start to go off on all my weird tangents, he joins up with me when I'm trying something weird, like watching grass grow for instance...and he understands that it's not easy trying to fit in when you're just so different from everyone else.
So can you blame me for falling for a guy like him? Someone who's supportive of me when no one else is? Someone who spends time with me when no one else wants to give me the time of day? I don't regret for a minute telling him that I like him, and I certainly don't regret kissing him. I just hope I was good at it, I mean I never kissed a guy like that before. I just know it was worth waiting, though, because he's the one for me.
But I'll tell you, can I pick 'em or what? I mean, I've chased lots of cute boys in my time, but Takeru...whew! What a catch!
I want to keep this hush-hush for now, though. I don't want Takeru to suffer the same alienation that I have. Plus I think Hikari might freak. I mean, I know she used to have a thing for him, but she told me a long while ago that she was over that.
My message to all those who're wondering is that I'm proof positive: even a nerdy chick like me can land a guy!