Author's note: Hey! Hey! Chapter 7 is here! We last left off with Ken beating the crap... well, not really, he was actually avoiding it, but still he beat the crap out of Cedrick without even trying, leaving Akira to do the job for him! Heh! Heh! Anyway........ Ken takes Miyako out of the party, carrying her in his arms *sigh...* and brings her back to her dorm. He leaves eventually, but what happens the next morning?
Chapter 7 - Mistakes do happen
She woke up, the pounding headache getting worst by the minute. She has no idea how long she's been asleep, but as she looked up at her clock on the bedside table, she sprung up suddenly and squeeled.
The door suddenly opened, revealing a wide eyed Hanako. "What?! What is it?!" She came and sat down on the bed, taking Miyako's hand in hers.
Miyako placed a hand on her forehead, took another look at her clock wide eyed. "It's ten o'clock! NO!" In frustration, she laid back down on her bed and moaned. "My english test! I missed it an hour ago! I needed that A!" Another pain in her head beat inside, causing her to wince slightly.
Hanako rolled her eyes. "Calm down, will you? Ken said he was going to tell the Professor you weren't going to make it!"
"Ken?" She removed her hand from her head and gazed at her friend. "Did he-? Did he stay with me the whole time after the party?"
"He was going to, but I told him to go home, because he needed to rest."
Miyako closed her eyes and groaned. Laying back down, she rubbed the top of her nose with her fingers and sighed. "How can I be so stupid? I kept walking away from him, without even knowing the truth that Akira was just his cousin?"
Hanako placed a hand on her friend's, which was resting on the bed. "We all make mistakes, Miya."
Miyako shook her head slowly. "No..... not mistakes as stupid as the one as I did!"
The door opened, causing both friends to turn. Akira appeared from behind the door, holding a cup of orange juice and a bottle of aspirin. She smiled. "Hi, Miyako. I'm glad you're awake!" She walked over to the bedside table and placed the cup of juice and the bottle on the table, then looked down on the confused Miyako.
"What are you doing here?" Miyako asked, feeling guilty.
"What do you mean? I'm here to help you." She looked at the orange juice and the aspirin, then back at Miyako. "I brought aspirin for you to get rid of the headache." She smiled.
Miyako winced. How can she be helpful to her when she's been ignoring her for no apparent reason at all? "Um... thanks Akira." She looked away.
Akira was hurt, Hanako knew. The older teen looked at Hanako for explanation, but Hanako just shrugged. The red head stood up and stared at Miyako. "I'll give you two some room to talk. I'll be right outside Miyako, if you need me." She gave Akira a weary smile, then left.
Miyako slowly turned to face Akira, then looked down, afraid to look at her.
"Do you hate me?" Akira asked, sitting down on the bed.
The moment of the truth, the question that plagued Miyako's thoughts. She hated Akira because she was Ken's 'girl friend.' The lavender haired girl looked up and shook her head. "Why would I hate you? I don't even know you." She said it as calmly as she needed to be, or else she could start crying and begging Ken to forgive her for the horrible mistake.
Akira shrugged. "Well, I've noticed that ever since I got here, you've been avoiding Ken, as if wanting to avoid me."
Miyako sighed. "I never hated you.... uh....."
"Akira."
"Akira...." The name rolled in her tongue and brought guilt back in her heart. She couldn't believe she despised her even though she didn't know her and didn't even know her name! "I've been so stupid, Akira and you don't know how stupid!"
Akira placed a hand on hers, as if she knew Miyako for a long time and shook her head. "You're not stupid."
Miyako looked down on the touching hands, then gazed up at Akira's eyes. She had Ken's blue eyes. Miyako frowned and turned her head away from him. "Yes I am.... I've been avoiding Ken, because I thought you were his girl friend."
Akira arched an eyebrow. "You- did?"
The lavender haired girl nodded.
Akira smiled, stroking the younger teen's hand with her thumb. "How can you think such a thing?"
Miyako shrugged. "I don't know. That was the stupidest mistake I've ever done! Now Ken will hate me if I tell him."
Akira shook her head. "That would be a silly thing for Ken to do. He won't hate you. He'll probably.... laugh."
The lavender haired girl jerked her head towards her. "Laugh? Why would he laugh?"
"It was a practical mistake. Why, everyone makes that kind of mistake. Even I had that kind of problem once when I thought I saw my ex-boyfriend, who was my boyfriend then, with another girl. I got so angry that I threw the promise ring back at him and when he called to ask why, I told him and then he just laughed and said the girl was his little sister!" She began to laugh and shake her head.
Miyako laughed, joining in with Akira's giggle. She was right, it was something most people make mistakes from.
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Ken sighed as he stepped out of the classroom. 'Boy, that was some tough test!' he thought. 'I wonder if Miyako's awake?' He adjusted the backpack on his shoulder and walked out of the english building. Outside was beautiful, the sun shining, the birds singing, just your particular day in 'The Sound of Music.' Ken laughed at that thought. He stopped when some girls eyed him suspiciously. He blushed as the girls giggled pass him.
Shrugging to himself, he continued to head down to Miyako's dorm room. Pass a few more buildings, pass Coleman house where he frowned as he looked up. The dorm house just reminded him of last night. He wanted to go back in there and find Cedrick and.... he shook his head. He didn't want to think about what he wished to do. It would not be pretty, but he was eager to do it. Shaking his head again, he passed another building, then finally made it to where Miyako was staying... the Beach Dorm. An odd name for a dorm, but it didn't matter, as long as Miyako was staying there, away from the clutches of Cedrick Shagizzi.
Pressing the elevator 'up,' he waited until it opened and when it did, he stepped inside, all alone in the confined area. He pressed the number 8, the floor where Miyako was in and stood back as the door closed. Loud music began to play, the same music that he heard when he left Miyako's room that night. He hummed that song, tapping his foot with the beat eagerly. He couldn't wait to see Miyako.
When the elevator made it to the eight floor, he stepped out slowly and casually to make him look less eager and knocked on the first room in front of him. It took two more knocks, until a red head answered the door with a toast in her mouth. When she noticed Ken, she removed her toast from her mouth and grinned.
"Hey, Ken!" she yelped. She opened the door wider for Ken to get in. And when he did, she closed the door behind her with her foot and watched as Ken walked inside the half opened door to Miyako's room.
Ken knocked on the door before he peeked inside. He was surprised to see Akira and Miyako exchanging conversations and, more to his surprise, noticed them holding hands and comforting each other. Akira turned her head around and smiled at Ken.
"Hey Ken, you're back!" Akira spoke up, giving her cousin a wide smile.
Ken just nodded, looking behind Akira at Miyako. Miyako looked at him and smiled. Ken smiled back. He was glad to see her smile again. Akira looked at the two, cleared her throat and stood up.
"Well, I better help Hanako with that toast in the kitchen so...." Without finishing her sentence, Akira left the room.
They were silent for a moment. Ken stood there in an awkward position, while Miyako stayed in bed, looking around, trying to avoid his eyes, afraid to have all the guilt come back alive in her heart.
Ken closed the door behind him, set his back pack aside and walked over to her. He sat down on the bed and smiled down at her. "How are you feeling?"
With courage, she gazed up at Ken and smiled slightly, feeling uncomfortable. "Um... I'm doing fine...." She closed her eyes and sighed. "Ken, I'm sorry."
Ken furrowed his eyebrows curiously. "For what?"
"For avoiding you. I know in your head you want to know."
Ken slowly nodded, not saying anything. He'll let Miyako speak while he listens.
"I- I thought you and Akira were... girlfriend and boyfriend so.... I kept ignoring you." She looked away, not wanting to see Ken's anger.
But, when she heard nothing or saw nothing, she turned her head back towards him. She saw him grinning at her. "You're not... you're not made at me?"
Ken shook his head. "Why would I be? It was some silly mistake." He took her hand in his and caressed it. "Now that this misunderstanding is cleared up....." He gazed up into her eyes. "I'd like to take you to dinner tonight."
Miyako looked at him. "You mean a date?"
Ken looked away, blushing. "No.... not a... date...."
Miyako chuckled. "Sure I'll go out to dinner with you, but... one question."
The blue headed boy twisted his head to look back at her. "What's that?"
"How was the test?"
"Brutal."
"I thought so."
They both laughed, looking at each other. It's been a long time Miyako has seen Ken laugh. She remembered the time he laughed so hard on his Christmas party that everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. The thought made her giggle when she remembered Ken blushing. 'Ah, old times,' she thought. She wished she could go back in time and redo all the mistakes she did, but she knew she couldn't do that. No one could replay the past. But one thing is for sure... Ken and her will have to start all over again. The date tonight, for one thing will be the first step to bringing their friendship, which she almost ruined, to the next level. Who knows, it could turn to be something more than just friendship. Miyako smiled and gently gripped Ken's hand on hers.
"Thanks, Ken."
"For what?" He stopped laughing and looked at her.
Miyako placed her other hand over top of his and stroked it with her thumb. She looked down at the hands and smiled. "For being there for me," was her simple reply.
Ken looked down on the hands as well, saying nothng.
Silence, once again, passed between them. They stared at their hands entwined. The hands they have been longing to touch and the hands that showed them their future.
GoodGurl: Hey! I hope you liked this one! This was one long story that took me almost half an hour, but I did it! Don't worry, this isn'd the ending...yet! There is more to this than just a walk in the park. You wanna know? The date! I know it's an unusual day for a date, but why wait until Friday or Saturday, when Ken can ask her out tonight? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! Please r/r! Thanx! ;)
Chapter 7 - Mistakes do happen
She woke up, the pounding headache getting worst by the minute. She has no idea how long she's been asleep, but as she looked up at her clock on the bedside table, she sprung up suddenly and squeeled.
The door suddenly opened, revealing a wide eyed Hanako. "What?! What is it?!" She came and sat down on the bed, taking Miyako's hand in hers.
Miyako placed a hand on her forehead, took another look at her clock wide eyed. "It's ten o'clock! NO!" In frustration, she laid back down on her bed and moaned. "My english test! I missed it an hour ago! I needed that A!" Another pain in her head beat inside, causing her to wince slightly.
Hanako rolled her eyes. "Calm down, will you? Ken said he was going to tell the Professor you weren't going to make it!"
"Ken?" She removed her hand from her head and gazed at her friend. "Did he-? Did he stay with me the whole time after the party?"
"He was going to, but I told him to go home, because he needed to rest."
Miyako closed her eyes and groaned. Laying back down, she rubbed the top of her nose with her fingers and sighed. "How can I be so stupid? I kept walking away from him, without even knowing the truth that Akira was just his cousin?"
Hanako placed a hand on her friend's, which was resting on the bed. "We all make mistakes, Miya."
Miyako shook her head slowly. "No..... not mistakes as stupid as the one as I did!"
The door opened, causing both friends to turn. Akira appeared from behind the door, holding a cup of orange juice and a bottle of aspirin. She smiled. "Hi, Miyako. I'm glad you're awake!" She walked over to the bedside table and placed the cup of juice and the bottle on the table, then looked down on the confused Miyako.
"What are you doing here?" Miyako asked, feeling guilty.
"What do you mean? I'm here to help you." She looked at the orange juice and the aspirin, then back at Miyako. "I brought aspirin for you to get rid of the headache." She smiled.
Miyako winced. How can she be helpful to her when she's been ignoring her for no apparent reason at all? "Um... thanks Akira." She looked away.
Akira was hurt, Hanako knew. The older teen looked at Hanako for explanation, but Hanako just shrugged. The red head stood up and stared at Miyako. "I'll give you two some room to talk. I'll be right outside Miyako, if you need me." She gave Akira a weary smile, then left.
Miyako slowly turned to face Akira, then looked down, afraid to look at her.
"Do you hate me?" Akira asked, sitting down on the bed.
The moment of the truth, the question that plagued Miyako's thoughts. She hated Akira because she was Ken's 'girl friend.' The lavender haired girl looked up and shook her head. "Why would I hate you? I don't even know you." She said it as calmly as she needed to be, or else she could start crying and begging Ken to forgive her for the horrible mistake.
Akira shrugged. "Well, I've noticed that ever since I got here, you've been avoiding Ken, as if wanting to avoid me."
Miyako sighed. "I never hated you.... uh....."
"Akira."
"Akira...." The name rolled in her tongue and brought guilt back in her heart. She couldn't believe she despised her even though she didn't know her and didn't even know her name! "I've been so stupid, Akira and you don't know how stupid!"
Akira placed a hand on hers, as if she knew Miyako for a long time and shook her head. "You're not stupid."
Miyako looked down on the touching hands, then gazed up at Akira's eyes. She had Ken's blue eyes. Miyako frowned and turned her head away from him. "Yes I am.... I've been avoiding Ken, because I thought you were his girl friend."
Akira arched an eyebrow. "You- did?"
The lavender haired girl nodded.
Akira smiled, stroking the younger teen's hand with her thumb. "How can you think such a thing?"
Miyako shrugged. "I don't know. That was the stupidest mistake I've ever done! Now Ken will hate me if I tell him."
Akira shook her head. "That would be a silly thing for Ken to do. He won't hate you. He'll probably.... laugh."
The lavender haired girl jerked her head towards her. "Laugh? Why would he laugh?"
"It was a practical mistake. Why, everyone makes that kind of mistake. Even I had that kind of problem once when I thought I saw my ex-boyfriend, who was my boyfriend then, with another girl. I got so angry that I threw the promise ring back at him and when he called to ask why, I told him and then he just laughed and said the girl was his little sister!" She began to laugh and shake her head.
Miyako laughed, joining in with Akira's giggle. She was right, it was something most people make mistakes from.
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Ken sighed as he stepped out of the classroom. 'Boy, that was some tough test!' he thought. 'I wonder if Miyako's awake?' He adjusted the backpack on his shoulder and walked out of the english building. Outside was beautiful, the sun shining, the birds singing, just your particular day in 'The Sound of Music.' Ken laughed at that thought. He stopped when some girls eyed him suspiciously. He blushed as the girls giggled pass him.
Shrugging to himself, he continued to head down to Miyako's dorm room. Pass a few more buildings, pass Coleman house where he frowned as he looked up. The dorm house just reminded him of last night. He wanted to go back in there and find Cedrick and.... he shook his head. He didn't want to think about what he wished to do. It would not be pretty, but he was eager to do it. Shaking his head again, he passed another building, then finally made it to where Miyako was staying... the Beach Dorm. An odd name for a dorm, but it didn't matter, as long as Miyako was staying there, away from the clutches of Cedrick Shagizzi.
Pressing the elevator 'up,' he waited until it opened and when it did, he stepped inside, all alone in the confined area. He pressed the number 8, the floor where Miyako was in and stood back as the door closed. Loud music began to play, the same music that he heard when he left Miyako's room that night. He hummed that song, tapping his foot with the beat eagerly. He couldn't wait to see Miyako.
When the elevator made it to the eight floor, he stepped out slowly and casually to make him look less eager and knocked on the first room in front of him. It took two more knocks, until a red head answered the door with a toast in her mouth. When she noticed Ken, she removed her toast from her mouth and grinned.
"Hey, Ken!" she yelped. She opened the door wider for Ken to get in. And when he did, she closed the door behind her with her foot and watched as Ken walked inside the half opened door to Miyako's room.
Ken knocked on the door before he peeked inside. He was surprised to see Akira and Miyako exchanging conversations and, more to his surprise, noticed them holding hands and comforting each other. Akira turned her head around and smiled at Ken.
"Hey Ken, you're back!" Akira spoke up, giving her cousin a wide smile.
Ken just nodded, looking behind Akira at Miyako. Miyako looked at him and smiled. Ken smiled back. He was glad to see her smile again. Akira looked at the two, cleared her throat and stood up.
"Well, I better help Hanako with that toast in the kitchen so...." Without finishing her sentence, Akira left the room.
They were silent for a moment. Ken stood there in an awkward position, while Miyako stayed in bed, looking around, trying to avoid his eyes, afraid to have all the guilt come back alive in her heart.
Ken closed the door behind him, set his back pack aside and walked over to her. He sat down on the bed and smiled down at her. "How are you feeling?"
With courage, she gazed up at Ken and smiled slightly, feeling uncomfortable. "Um... I'm doing fine...." She closed her eyes and sighed. "Ken, I'm sorry."
Ken furrowed his eyebrows curiously. "For what?"
"For avoiding you. I know in your head you want to know."
Ken slowly nodded, not saying anything. He'll let Miyako speak while he listens.
"I- I thought you and Akira were... girlfriend and boyfriend so.... I kept ignoring you." She looked away, not wanting to see Ken's anger.
But, when she heard nothing or saw nothing, she turned her head back towards him. She saw him grinning at her. "You're not... you're not made at me?"
Ken shook his head. "Why would I be? It was some silly mistake." He took her hand in his and caressed it. "Now that this misunderstanding is cleared up....." He gazed up into her eyes. "I'd like to take you to dinner tonight."
Miyako looked at him. "You mean a date?"
Ken looked away, blushing. "No.... not a... date...."
Miyako chuckled. "Sure I'll go out to dinner with you, but... one question."
The blue headed boy twisted his head to look back at her. "What's that?"
"How was the test?"
"Brutal."
"I thought so."
They both laughed, looking at each other. It's been a long time Miyako has seen Ken laugh. She remembered the time he laughed so hard on his Christmas party that everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. The thought made her giggle when she remembered Ken blushing. 'Ah, old times,' she thought. She wished she could go back in time and redo all the mistakes she did, but she knew she couldn't do that. No one could replay the past. But one thing is for sure... Ken and her will have to start all over again. The date tonight, for one thing will be the first step to bringing their friendship, which she almost ruined, to the next level. Who knows, it could turn to be something more than just friendship. Miyako smiled and gently gripped Ken's hand on hers.
"Thanks, Ken."
"For what?" He stopped laughing and looked at her.
Miyako placed her other hand over top of his and stroked it with her thumb. She looked down at the hands and smiled. "For being there for me," was her simple reply.
Ken looked down on the hands as well, saying nothng.
Silence, once again, passed between them. They stared at their hands entwined. The hands they have been longing to touch and the hands that showed them their future.
GoodGurl: Hey! I hope you liked this one! This was one long story that took me almost half an hour, but I did it! Don't worry, this isn'd the ending...yet! There is more to this than just a walk in the park. You wanna know? The date! I know it's an unusual day for a date, but why wait until Friday or Saturday, when Ken can ask her out tonight? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! Please r/r! Thanx! ;)