I sorta got tired of figuring out how Japanese speak English so I wish
you'd bear with imagining how they do…arigatou ^^ btw, you might get a
little confuzzled on the characters…read carefully ^.^ juz in case u see
mistakes on how they call them, feel free to tell me ^.^
Per scene is written on a certain character's point of view, if that would help. ^.^
Chapter 5 – Red faces
'I had no idea he finally learned how to smile,' Nicole told Heather as they drove home from Barkston Gardens after dropping Kaede and Akira there. 'And I had no idea he'd bring with him someone who looks as zomboid as Akira.'
'He didn't know how to smile?' Heather echoed, startled. 'Why he's got the most dazzling smile on earth! Actually I had no idea how cute those guys would look! Their bodies are like those Greek gods…perfect…lean…oh Nick! You are so lucky to know someone like Kaede!' She shook her head, babbling nonstop. 'Why you could get them to star in our magazine! At least to make up for the loss of our Cameron Diaz pics…I'm sure they'd do a pretty good job and we don't have to pay them $50,000…Nick! They're angels in disguise!'
Nicole sighed, exasperated with Heather's incessant talk about how gorgeous her friend looked. Actually Nicole was startled too to find Kaede grow up like that. 'I'm surprised they know how to read our alphabet,' she said instead.
'And he speaks English! Nicky! He's great! Just awesome…'
'Could you stop swooning already?' Nicole snapped. 'I might as well drive home a monkey.'
'Well I am not a monkey…'
'You catch on fast,' Nicole told her.
'Where will we bring them tomorrow by the way?' Heather asked.
'Anywhere,' answered Nicole.
*
'No wonder you were so distressed,' Sendoh told Rukawa in Japanese, flopping on the bed. 'About her I mean, she's one great and lovely girl. I would never dream of hitting her any day.' Then he sat up, as if realizing something. 'Wait, I just figured, how come she doesn't know how you look like? Haven't you sent each other pictures?'
'Iie,' replied Rukawa in a monotone. He laid his back on his own four- poster bed.
'I see…you managed all these years not seeing each other? No wonder…this is you we are talking about not some other normal person,' Sendoh said reproachfully. 'Oh well, now I know why you have some nerve pull on a trick like that.'
Rukawa didn't reply.
Well Sendoh wasn't surprised. Rukawa was fast asleep on the bed, not caring about the world. Sendoh could not even remember Rukawa commenting about how pretty Nicole had grown. What more could Sendoh expect. Maybe Rukawa just took his time to grow up.
*
'Well sometimes not sending each other pictures has its perks,' Nicole said, swerving the car recklessly to the left fork of the road.
'Well I don't think you personally want to send him yours,' Heather commented.
'That's true,' Nicole admitted, stopping the car in front of a bungalow- style brick house. Heather opened the door and stepped out.
'Thanks for the ride,' she said.
'Anytime. See you tomorrow, I'll call you where we'd meet,' Nicole said, waving. With one last look at her friend, she drove away.
*
'This is one of the most famous coffee shops in town,' Nicole was saying as entered the door opened for her by Sendoh. She smiled thankfully at him and went on to find a table for four.
'I see,' Sendoh said, looking around. It wasn't bad; in fact it was great. Brick walls, dim lights from oil-lamps inside, sunshine pouring from the windows, warm fireplace burning in the middle wall, it was every inch cozy. Even Rukawa himself was impressed.
It was the day after they met in the airport and Nicole and Heather were touring them around town. They agreed later on watching a movie later on.
It seemed as if Rukawa and Sendoh took their switch so seriously, that they decided to swap hairstyles while in London. So just imagine Rukawa with his hair up, and Sendoh with his hair down.
* * *
'What happened to your hair?' chibi-Nicole had asked Rukawa when she saw him, pointing at his hair. Heather was equally flabbergasted. Sendoh could swear it was all they could do to keep from fainting.
Chibi-Rukawa, the apathetic guy he was, shrugged.
*I knew that hair would never fit Rukawa any day* chibi-Sendoh mused to himself, laughing hard, clutching his stomach from bursting with glee.
* * *
Sendoh pulled a seat for Nicole, while Rukawa forcibly pulled one for Heather. Sendoh laughed to himself. Time for Rukawa the gentleman in action. 'So what would you want?' Nicole asked, glancing at the menu.
'Regular coffee,' Sendoh answered. 'Akira-chan what do you want?'
Rukawa shrugged. Everyone knew even coffee would not wake him up, so technically when he drank coffee it was for refreshment purposes only. 'Iced tea,' he said.
'I'll order for us,' volunteered Nicole, smiling warmly. She stood up, followed by Sendoh.
'I'll help.' And Sendoh left Rukawa and Heather in the table.
'I think I might need to go to the little girl's room,' Heather told Rukawa awkwardly, leaving him alone in the table.
He shrugged.
*
Cautiously, Nicole peered into the girl's comfort room, first sticking her head into the small opening she made for the door, then running her eyes around the place. Since she looked like a guy, she would not at all, dream of girls freaking out in the comfort room every time she entered.
She peeked in…slowly…cautiously…oh so cautiously…
Besides it was more comfortable in the girl's room than the boy's. If that wasn't apparent enough…genetically speaking Nicole was still a girl and would have a lot happier time NOT looking at guys'…ehem…
The little girl's room startled her. It has to be the day of emptying the female customers' stomachs! The line was terribly long, Nicole just had to breath out in relief as she shut the door immediately.
'Excuse me, but I do not tolerate impudence in this coffee shop,' a voice behind her said. The shop's FEMALE manager.
Nicole turned beet red, as she held up her palms in defeat. 'Sorry…I thought it was the little boy's room…' *sweatdrop*
The manager arched a brow and looked at Nicole from head to toe, then vice versa. 'Well…if you would agree on…hmmm …eating dinner with me tonight, then everything would be settled…' she said with that evil glint in her eye.
'Are you crazy?' Nicole almost shrieked. 'I wasn't lying when I said I thought. Do I look like an oversized maniac to you?' She looked around for an argument and thank heavens she found it. 'Besides, your signs are broken,' she said pointing to the broken signs on the comfort room doors.
The manager let out a huge 'hmph' and entered the female comfort room.
Nicole sighed. 'This has to be harder than I thought!'
*
Rukawa was getting sick of Nicole and Sendoh chatting like they were the only creatures in the planet that he just had to get away. It was a miracle he wasn't even sleeping…
''Scuse me,' he mumbled as he stood up.
Sighing, he made his way towards the comfort room, his eyelids slowly drooping to kingdom come.
Then he knocked over some guy about to exit the male comfort room door. He jerked awake to look at what he hit. His eyes landed on a red face, he thought he hit a clown with extra-smudged lipstick.
*sweatdrop*
He strained his eyes and the focus became clearer. Well what do you know…it was Heather…
Per scene is written on a certain character's point of view, if that would help. ^.^
Chapter 5 – Red faces
'I had no idea he finally learned how to smile,' Nicole told Heather as they drove home from Barkston Gardens after dropping Kaede and Akira there. 'And I had no idea he'd bring with him someone who looks as zomboid as Akira.'
'He didn't know how to smile?' Heather echoed, startled. 'Why he's got the most dazzling smile on earth! Actually I had no idea how cute those guys would look! Their bodies are like those Greek gods…perfect…lean…oh Nick! You are so lucky to know someone like Kaede!' She shook her head, babbling nonstop. 'Why you could get them to star in our magazine! At least to make up for the loss of our Cameron Diaz pics…I'm sure they'd do a pretty good job and we don't have to pay them $50,000…Nick! They're angels in disguise!'
Nicole sighed, exasperated with Heather's incessant talk about how gorgeous her friend looked. Actually Nicole was startled too to find Kaede grow up like that. 'I'm surprised they know how to read our alphabet,' she said instead.
'And he speaks English! Nicky! He's great! Just awesome…'
'Could you stop swooning already?' Nicole snapped. 'I might as well drive home a monkey.'
'Well I am not a monkey…'
'You catch on fast,' Nicole told her.
'Where will we bring them tomorrow by the way?' Heather asked.
'Anywhere,' answered Nicole.
*
'No wonder you were so distressed,' Sendoh told Rukawa in Japanese, flopping on the bed. 'About her I mean, she's one great and lovely girl. I would never dream of hitting her any day.' Then he sat up, as if realizing something. 'Wait, I just figured, how come she doesn't know how you look like? Haven't you sent each other pictures?'
'Iie,' replied Rukawa in a monotone. He laid his back on his own four- poster bed.
'I see…you managed all these years not seeing each other? No wonder…this is you we are talking about not some other normal person,' Sendoh said reproachfully. 'Oh well, now I know why you have some nerve pull on a trick like that.'
Rukawa didn't reply.
Well Sendoh wasn't surprised. Rukawa was fast asleep on the bed, not caring about the world. Sendoh could not even remember Rukawa commenting about how pretty Nicole had grown. What more could Sendoh expect. Maybe Rukawa just took his time to grow up.
*
'Well sometimes not sending each other pictures has its perks,' Nicole said, swerving the car recklessly to the left fork of the road.
'Well I don't think you personally want to send him yours,' Heather commented.
'That's true,' Nicole admitted, stopping the car in front of a bungalow- style brick house. Heather opened the door and stepped out.
'Thanks for the ride,' she said.
'Anytime. See you tomorrow, I'll call you where we'd meet,' Nicole said, waving. With one last look at her friend, she drove away.
*
'This is one of the most famous coffee shops in town,' Nicole was saying as entered the door opened for her by Sendoh. She smiled thankfully at him and went on to find a table for four.
'I see,' Sendoh said, looking around. It wasn't bad; in fact it was great. Brick walls, dim lights from oil-lamps inside, sunshine pouring from the windows, warm fireplace burning in the middle wall, it was every inch cozy. Even Rukawa himself was impressed.
It was the day after they met in the airport and Nicole and Heather were touring them around town. They agreed later on watching a movie later on.
It seemed as if Rukawa and Sendoh took their switch so seriously, that they decided to swap hairstyles while in London. So just imagine Rukawa with his hair up, and Sendoh with his hair down.
* * *
'What happened to your hair?' chibi-Nicole had asked Rukawa when she saw him, pointing at his hair. Heather was equally flabbergasted. Sendoh could swear it was all they could do to keep from fainting.
Chibi-Rukawa, the apathetic guy he was, shrugged.
*I knew that hair would never fit Rukawa any day* chibi-Sendoh mused to himself, laughing hard, clutching his stomach from bursting with glee.
* * *
Sendoh pulled a seat for Nicole, while Rukawa forcibly pulled one for Heather. Sendoh laughed to himself. Time for Rukawa the gentleman in action. 'So what would you want?' Nicole asked, glancing at the menu.
'Regular coffee,' Sendoh answered. 'Akira-chan what do you want?'
Rukawa shrugged. Everyone knew even coffee would not wake him up, so technically when he drank coffee it was for refreshment purposes only. 'Iced tea,' he said.
'I'll order for us,' volunteered Nicole, smiling warmly. She stood up, followed by Sendoh.
'I'll help.' And Sendoh left Rukawa and Heather in the table.
'I think I might need to go to the little girl's room,' Heather told Rukawa awkwardly, leaving him alone in the table.
He shrugged.
*
Cautiously, Nicole peered into the girl's comfort room, first sticking her head into the small opening she made for the door, then running her eyes around the place. Since she looked like a guy, she would not at all, dream of girls freaking out in the comfort room every time she entered.
She peeked in…slowly…cautiously…oh so cautiously…
Besides it was more comfortable in the girl's room than the boy's. If that wasn't apparent enough…genetically speaking Nicole was still a girl and would have a lot happier time NOT looking at guys'…ehem…
The little girl's room startled her. It has to be the day of emptying the female customers' stomachs! The line was terribly long, Nicole just had to breath out in relief as she shut the door immediately.
'Excuse me, but I do not tolerate impudence in this coffee shop,' a voice behind her said. The shop's FEMALE manager.
Nicole turned beet red, as she held up her palms in defeat. 'Sorry…I thought it was the little boy's room…' *sweatdrop*
The manager arched a brow and looked at Nicole from head to toe, then vice versa. 'Well…if you would agree on…hmmm …eating dinner with me tonight, then everything would be settled…' she said with that evil glint in her eye.
'Are you crazy?' Nicole almost shrieked. 'I wasn't lying when I said I thought. Do I look like an oversized maniac to you?' She looked around for an argument and thank heavens she found it. 'Besides, your signs are broken,' she said pointing to the broken signs on the comfort room doors.
The manager let out a huge 'hmph' and entered the female comfort room.
Nicole sighed. 'This has to be harder than I thought!'
*
Rukawa was getting sick of Nicole and Sendoh chatting like they were the only creatures in the planet that he just had to get away. It was a miracle he wasn't even sleeping…
''Scuse me,' he mumbled as he stood up.
Sighing, he made his way towards the comfort room, his eyelids slowly drooping to kingdom come.
Then he knocked over some guy about to exit the male comfort room door. He jerked awake to look at what he hit. His eyes landed on a red face, he thought he hit a clown with extra-smudged lipstick.
*sweatdrop*
He strained his eyes and the focus became clearer. Well what do you know…it was Heather…