Gomen ne Korosu-chan! Eh…well it was my fault. I sorta got the names mixed
up in chapter 7…anyway to make it simple if Rukawa and Sendoh are addressed
as Kaede and Akira, it would be the girls' point of view, otherwise it
would be the guys' point of view. [*falls over* I know this is gonna
happen…the last time I wrote a story like this it took them months to
finish reading it…gah!]
Chapter 10 – Schemers
*
*She called me Nick…okay…if Akira was smart he'd figure everything out* Nicole thought madly to herself as she ran after Andrea. She knew exactly what Andrea was thinking. And it wasn't good. At all.
'Andrea wait!' They were already out on the front porch.
Andrea stopped and faced Nicole with tears in her eyes. 'How dare you jerk!'
'He's a friend of my friend…god Andrea stop overreacting! You haven't even heard me yet!' Nicole was getting desperate.
'Then explain! Go!'
'We are both wet…you can see my clothes I'm soaked,' Nicole began carefully.
'What's that got to do with---'
'Hear me out first Andrea. He went over to change okay? Some crazy driver ran over a puddle of water and splashed it on us. His hotel is far from here and he would get sick if he doesn't change soon. And I would too so I thought I'd bring him over. Then the dog pissed on him so he had to take his clothes off…' breathed Nicole. 'That lingerie on his hand…it was an accident…I was throwing stuff out of my closet without looking and…hit him…well I was too flustered because he was asking me too many questions…!' Nicole was flailing her arms in the air frantically as she talked.
'You're babbling,' said Andrea, cracking a smile. 'Sorry Nick…I guess I…well…'
Relieved, Nicole nodded and pulled Andrea close. 'I'm sorry too…' *Okay…Andrea's good…but Akira…goddamn…*
*
Rukawa was startled enough that he actually cared about what was going on despite himself. He followed Andrea and Heather outside the house and…found them in each other's arms. Chibi-Rukawa scratched his head and blinked [which in Sendoh's opinion would be a cross between indifferent and dumb ^^].
Perhaps he was waiting for some sort of introduction to the new character in the miserably twisted story of his life in London. And was waiting for all the answers to the questions like 'Who the hell is this girl?', 'Who the hell is Nick?' and 'What the hell is she doing here?' and if it was proper 'What the hell are you two doing?'.
After a seemingly endless embrace between the two ladies…well the other one was genetically a lady after all…Heather finally realized Rukawa's eyes on them [I mean with eyes like that which could practically burn holes in your skin, who won't…]. 'A…Akira…!' she blurted out, surprised.
One of Rukawa's eyebrows shot up.
'This…this is Andrea…' she began hesitantly. That was pretty obvious enough. Rukawa heard Heather call Andrea's name like more than five times since the latter ran off.
Andrea was grinning idiotically at Rukawa with her face flushed, Rukawa assumed her heart pumped blood only in her face that she stood numbly there. The smile was frozen on her lips, looking terribly automatic. Trust Rukawa to feel irritated. Somehow this girl reminded him of Sakuragi.
Or maybe she irritated him because of something else he could not comprehend at the moment.
'Hi,' finally said Andrea. 'I'm Nick's girlfriend.'
*What the hell is going on?* asked Rukawa to himself. Maybe that was the question which had to be answered first.
*
'So what happened between you and Heather last night?' Sendoh was asking over breakfast.
Rukawa shrugged. 'Nothing much,' he answered.
'I don't think I ever encountered you telling a story 'bout yourself,' Sendoh said, lifting a piece of sushi in his mouth. 'These people don't know sushi when they cook it,' he muttered, looking at the sushi with indignation.
Rukawa continued to wolf down his sushi in silence.
'You could at least answer my question,' pressed Sendoh.
'We got wet,' replied Rukawa.
Sendoh almost choked out on his sushi. 'NANDATO?' Well apparently he was thinking the same way Andrea was last night. Rukawa wondered how people managed to think hentai all the time.
'Some car splashed water on us,' cleared Rukawa out, muttering his reply. 'Then I went over to her place…then a girl went in…Andrea…then she cried…I don't know why…she called Heather Nick…baka yarou…weird people…'
*
'So what did Akira do?' prompted Heather, chewing on the bread.
'Well I had no idea…things were moving so fast…one moment Akira was asking me questions the other Andrea was standing at my doorway,' Nicole said. 'I had to make up some excuse Andrea called me Nick because…I look like Nicolas Cage or something…which apparently isn't true but Akira bought it anyway considering he had the faintest idea who Nicolas Cage is.'
Heather was laughing the hell out of herself. 'And what did Andrea do?'
'Andrea…she played along,' replied Nicole, almost not believing the events herself. 'And until now she thinks I am playing jokes on that poor Akira.'
'This is like SO weird,' commented Heather. 'This switch is going to be a disaster…with ANDREA around.' Heather spoke Andrea's name with despise. Nicole knew how much Heather hated Andrea.
Dismissing the sharp tone in her friend's voice, Nicole diverted the conversation. 'You know they confuse me. Well Akira confuses me the most. Somehow he figured this is my house and my room without seeing the mailbox first and the picture…'
'Hmm…Kaede didn't manage tell me a story about the two of you when you were little,' agreed Heather. 'Do you think…'
*
'Iie,' said Rukawa even before Sendoh finished his sentence.
'It is possible for the two of them to plot the same thing as we did.' Sendoh gulped down water thoughtfully.
'Doushite?'
'Datte…' Sendoh's voice trailed off. 'Do you want to investigate on this or something?'
*
'How are we supposed to do that?' Nicole asked. 'For all we know, while we are snooping in their hotel room they are hanging out on the other room and then they'd crash on us then…poof! The plot's over.'
'I'd ask Kaede about their plans for tomorrow, then we'd make an excuse we can't be with them because we have…hmmm…work to do!' Heather grinned a self- satisfied smile. 'What do you think? Since we won't be with them, the two would most probably go out too…you know sight seeing…like tourists…'
'Heath, technically we ARE their tour guides, they won't be going out without us,' Nicole pointed out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. 'Heath…'
*
'Look Rukawa-chan, we can tell them the company asked you to…check out on the latest basketball shoes and…it would bore them if they'd come,' Sendoh said confidently. 'And…the task just arrived on your answering machine this morning and you have to go to a business meeting suddenly…'
'Kimi wa,' corrected Rukawa automatically.
'Hai…hai…me. Of course, I am Kaede that time…well this is infallible,' said Sendoh. 'So since we won't be around, they might probably go out shopping or something. Besides, I can't imagine those two sitting their day out in Nicole's house.
Chapter 10 – Schemers
*
*She called me Nick…okay…if Akira was smart he'd figure everything out* Nicole thought madly to herself as she ran after Andrea. She knew exactly what Andrea was thinking. And it wasn't good. At all.
'Andrea wait!' They were already out on the front porch.
Andrea stopped and faced Nicole with tears in her eyes. 'How dare you jerk!'
'He's a friend of my friend…god Andrea stop overreacting! You haven't even heard me yet!' Nicole was getting desperate.
'Then explain! Go!'
'We are both wet…you can see my clothes I'm soaked,' Nicole began carefully.
'What's that got to do with---'
'Hear me out first Andrea. He went over to change okay? Some crazy driver ran over a puddle of water and splashed it on us. His hotel is far from here and he would get sick if he doesn't change soon. And I would too so I thought I'd bring him over. Then the dog pissed on him so he had to take his clothes off…' breathed Nicole. 'That lingerie on his hand…it was an accident…I was throwing stuff out of my closet without looking and…hit him…well I was too flustered because he was asking me too many questions…!' Nicole was flailing her arms in the air frantically as she talked.
'You're babbling,' said Andrea, cracking a smile. 'Sorry Nick…I guess I…well…'
Relieved, Nicole nodded and pulled Andrea close. 'I'm sorry too…' *Okay…Andrea's good…but Akira…goddamn…*
*
Rukawa was startled enough that he actually cared about what was going on despite himself. He followed Andrea and Heather outside the house and…found them in each other's arms. Chibi-Rukawa scratched his head and blinked [which in Sendoh's opinion would be a cross between indifferent and dumb ^^].
Perhaps he was waiting for some sort of introduction to the new character in the miserably twisted story of his life in London. And was waiting for all the answers to the questions like 'Who the hell is this girl?', 'Who the hell is Nick?' and 'What the hell is she doing here?' and if it was proper 'What the hell are you two doing?'.
After a seemingly endless embrace between the two ladies…well the other one was genetically a lady after all…Heather finally realized Rukawa's eyes on them [I mean with eyes like that which could practically burn holes in your skin, who won't…]. 'A…Akira…!' she blurted out, surprised.
One of Rukawa's eyebrows shot up.
'This…this is Andrea…' she began hesitantly. That was pretty obvious enough. Rukawa heard Heather call Andrea's name like more than five times since the latter ran off.
Andrea was grinning idiotically at Rukawa with her face flushed, Rukawa assumed her heart pumped blood only in her face that she stood numbly there. The smile was frozen on her lips, looking terribly automatic. Trust Rukawa to feel irritated. Somehow this girl reminded him of Sakuragi.
Or maybe she irritated him because of something else he could not comprehend at the moment.
'Hi,' finally said Andrea. 'I'm Nick's girlfriend.'
*What the hell is going on?* asked Rukawa to himself. Maybe that was the question which had to be answered first.
*
'So what happened between you and Heather last night?' Sendoh was asking over breakfast.
Rukawa shrugged. 'Nothing much,' he answered.
'I don't think I ever encountered you telling a story 'bout yourself,' Sendoh said, lifting a piece of sushi in his mouth. 'These people don't know sushi when they cook it,' he muttered, looking at the sushi with indignation.
Rukawa continued to wolf down his sushi in silence.
'You could at least answer my question,' pressed Sendoh.
'We got wet,' replied Rukawa.
Sendoh almost choked out on his sushi. 'NANDATO?' Well apparently he was thinking the same way Andrea was last night. Rukawa wondered how people managed to think hentai all the time.
'Some car splashed water on us,' cleared Rukawa out, muttering his reply. 'Then I went over to her place…then a girl went in…Andrea…then she cried…I don't know why…she called Heather Nick…baka yarou…weird people…'
*
'So what did Akira do?' prompted Heather, chewing on the bread.
'Well I had no idea…things were moving so fast…one moment Akira was asking me questions the other Andrea was standing at my doorway,' Nicole said. 'I had to make up some excuse Andrea called me Nick because…I look like Nicolas Cage or something…which apparently isn't true but Akira bought it anyway considering he had the faintest idea who Nicolas Cage is.'
Heather was laughing the hell out of herself. 'And what did Andrea do?'
'Andrea…she played along,' replied Nicole, almost not believing the events herself. 'And until now she thinks I am playing jokes on that poor Akira.'
'This is like SO weird,' commented Heather. 'This switch is going to be a disaster…with ANDREA around.' Heather spoke Andrea's name with despise. Nicole knew how much Heather hated Andrea.
Dismissing the sharp tone in her friend's voice, Nicole diverted the conversation. 'You know they confuse me. Well Akira confuses me the most. Somehow he figured this is my house and my room without seeing the mailbox first and the picture…'
'Hmm…Kaede didn't manage tell me a story about the two of you when you were little,' agreed Heather. 'Do you think…'
*
'Iie,' said Rukawa even before Sendoh finished his sentence.
'It is possible for the two of them to plot the same thing as we did.' Sendoh gulped down water thoughtfully.
'Doushite?'
'Datte…' Sendoh's voice trailed off. 'Do you want to investigate on this or something?'
*
'How are we supposed to do that?' Nicole asked. 'For all we know, while we are snooping in their hotel room they are hanging out on the other room and then they'd crash on us then…poof! The plot's over.'
'I'd ask Kaede about their plans for tomorrow, then we'd make an excuse we can't be with them because we have…hmmm…work to do!' Heather grinned a self- satisfied smile. 'What do you think? Since we won't be with them, the two would most probably go out too…you know sight seeing…like tourists…'
'Heath, technically we ARE their tour guides, they won't be going out without us,' Nicole pointed out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. 'Heath…'
*
'Look Rukawa-chan, we can tell them the company asked you to…check out on the latest basketball shoes and…it would bore them if they'd come,' Sendoh said confidently. 'And…the task just arrived on your answering machine this morning and you have to go to a business meeting suddenly…'
'Kimi wa,' corrected Rukawa automatically.
'Hai…hai…me. Of course, I am Kaede that time…well this is infallible,' said Sendoh. 'So since we won't be around, they might probably go out shopping or something. Besides, I can't imagine those two sitting their day out in Nicole's house.