Staunch fan
Author: Silhouette
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Chapter 7 – Part I
[Author's note: Ah…finally out of the 'injuries'-mode…feel so free…^___^ Oh, thank you kka for telling me that my chapters were mixed up before, I guess that was how Fanfiction.net protest…-____-;;]
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"Not this…ugh, not this…how come this Bermuda falls down each time I try to pull it up? Don't tell me I've grown skinnier…" Eriko muttered, pulling out the various clothes found in her wardrobe and trying them on. In the end, she pulled on a black T-shirt with a grinning skull printed on it and a pair of black jeans. She tied her hair up in the usual ponytail and put on a black cap. "Done!" She announced cheerfully.
The moment Sendoh saw her; he turned blue in the face trying to stifle his laughter, "…you…hahaha…"
"What?" She punched him lightly on the shoulders, and crossed her arms, assuming a pose of anger.
"You…hahaha…. you look like a block of charcoal…"
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"Hmph! I don't care," Eriko patted her camera, "The most important thing is to get good shots today, ne, camera-boy?" She grinned. Sendoh noticed that even the camera's black, and she had worn black socks.
"Eri? Are you going to wear black shoes as well?"
"Huh? No, I don't have black shoes," She took out a pair of dark grey shoes and put them on.
/Okay, that's like some difference, black and dark grey. /
Eriko felt very cheerful, especially since she was now discharged and could walk freely around as she used to. She had managed to bug Sendoh and Rukawa into being her models for her new album – "Friends".
"C'mon, let's go, Kaede's waiting for us." She grinned again, dragging Sendoh out of the house.
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"Move…move over a little…yes…Kaede, you…oh wake him up Akira, he's fallen asleep for the fifth time in this position." A disgruntled Eriko frowned.
"Eh, Eri, you know…"
"Nobody's supposed to wake him up, right? You will."
She smiled secretly behind the camera and took position. As expected, Rukawa woke up swinging his fists and Sendoh avoided the blow skillfully. The scene was instantly captured in a few separate shots. Perfect.
"Okay, I'm done, let's go to the seaside." She smiled happily.
"What?! You mean, you got us into this position just to capture this…this…wake-up scene?" Sendoh yelled.
The thing was to make Sendoh sit under a tree, with Kaede sleeping and leaning on his shoulders, hugging a basketball. The falling maple leaves around them made it a picturesque composition. The boys had complained initially, because the pose was so…intimate. But Eriko's expression reminded them of Ayako before she took out her paper fan and wisely decided to shut up.
"Yup," Eriko laughed aloud.
"W..wait! I've got to wake Rukawa up first."
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It was near the evening when they reached the beach. Eriko made sure the two boys' figures are in silhouette and made many shots of them running around the beach and splashing water at each other. She kept laughing at Rukawa's comments of "How the hell did I even agree to do this."
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Eriko checked the camera, only one shot left, and she could not think of any thing to shoot.
"Oh well, okay, we're done for today!" She waved at the boys.
"Whew, finally!" Sendoh grinned, flopping down on the sand, facing the darkening sky. Rukawa walked in and sat down beside Eriko, who was in the shade and stared out at the sea.
"Look after my camera, do you mind?" She smiled and patted the said object lovingly before running out to join Akira on the beach.
Rukawa watched her sit down beside Akira, waving her arms like a child, and shouting. She believed that it would relieve her of whatever stress and unhappiness. He smiled.
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"Akira, do you remember? We came here on my eleventh birthday." Eriko ruffled the hair of the boy lying beside her, playfully. She was sitting with her legs folded and resting her chin on her knees.
"Hey, my hair," Sendoh caught her hand absently and placed it on his stomach, "I remember, you were so excited about it, and you kept screaming to the world that you were eleven." He smiled,
"Ah…the good old times…" She felt sleepy, and actually fell asleep remaining in that posture, chin on knees and a hand on Sendoh's stomach, the other arm hugging herself close.
Sendoh suddenly felt mischievous and pinched her nose. She jumped, yelling, "Hey! You!"
The two ended up splashing seawater at each other madly, Sendoh's hair falling all over his face, making him look really different. They laughed long and hard…
/Never felt so cheerful before…/
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