Chapter 13 - Clues
Sorry guys! I never thought 4th year high school could be so tough.! I don't really know how to balance my time anymore. But if this pleases you, here it is! After like more than 6 months?! Haha thanks for all the reviews! And it's very timely.since it's Christmas and the setting is Christmas also! :P I have to admit one thing, I need reviews to be able to finish my fics.( I am making it a point from now on I'll write fics for the enjoyment of my readers! I love you all!
Merry Christmas!!!!
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'Dear Nicole, We won the game against Ryonan. But we lost against Kainan. Wish me luck with the Inter High. -Rukawa Kaede'
'She sure keeps letters,' Sendoh commented. 'Though they really are pointless. And you do call yourselves pen pals. If I was the girl I would never ever stick with you.'
Rukawa ignored the comment.
*
'These letters are so long. I wonder how long it takes him to finish reading them,' said Heather, flipping over the 5-page back-to-back letter of Nicole to Kaede. Heather laughed. 'What's this? A novel?'
Nicole rolled her eyes. 'It's not everyday I get to meet a decent guy.'
'Decent? Well you can say.' Heather flushed. 'Well what do you know about decent guys long ago anyway? You were barely 10 years old! Hah! Who are you kidding Nicky?'
Nicole just had to roll her eyes again.
*
Rukawa completely ignored Sendoh and proceeded with spying on his own. He looked from here to there, went from here to there, until he came across the bathroom. He peeked in and blinked.
It was immaculately clean as he remembered it to be long time ago. Nicole and he used to play inside the bathroom rubber duckies when they got bored of the snow outside. [They never took a bath together take note. You readers might just get the wrong impression.*evil glint in eyes*] They used to turn the warm and cool faucets on and get soaked and stay inside the bathroom for hours playing.
Rukawa strained to think if he laughed while they were playing. It seemed pretty funny now that he did not laugh while playing. But wasn't it the same as basketball? Wasn't basketball playing also? And laughing while playing basketball wasn't really a rule right?
The memories were so blurred already. Besides it was more than a decade ago.he couldn't possible remember everything.
[*cackles* Rukawa with rubber duckies? Am I ruining his image or what??? *runs*]
Ignoring the hazy reminiscences, he scanned the place with his falcon eyes, as if knowing he was going to find something extremely useful in there. Well, true to his instincts, he did.
*
'I do not even know what we are looking for to prove Kaede is Akira and vice versa,' Nicole breathed out, aggravated with their 'search'. 'You are not even helping me in the first place!' She eyed Heather with utmost irritation.
Heather was busy giggling her heart out reading Nicole's letter's to Kaede.
'HEATHER!'
How very predictable, Heather did not even budge from sitting pleasurably on what seems to be Kaede's bed, still reading.
Nicole let out a huge breath of indignation and surveyed the room on her own. She was about to open the closet when Heather let out a huge 'Eeeeewww.'
'What is it Heath?'
'Akira sure knows how to put on gel,' remarked Heather sarcastically, looking at her hands fouled with spilled gel.
Nicole walked over toward Heather and inspected the mess. 'Where did this come from?' she asked.
'I had just finished reading your particularly long letter and was hoping to read some more so I rummaged into the bag and.well felt something gooey inside. When I pulled out my hand there it was!'
*
'Sendoh-kun!' Rukawa called, his eyes focused on a pair of what seemed like small blue glass discs on the side of the bathroom sink.
'Nani?' Sendoh replied out loud.
'Are these contact lenses?'
It wasn't long until Sendoh was already in the bathroom with Rukawa, staring at the blue discs as well. He nodded thoughtfully. 'Yeah.' He tapped his chin. 'Whose room is this again?'
'Nicole and Heather's,' answered Rukawa.
'You know I sense something fishy,' Sendoh told Rukawa. 'Since a while ago I haven't seen anything of Nicole's yet. The clothes here are all guy clothes.presumably Nicole's.'
Rukawa nodded.
'So I guess these contacts are Heather's as well.'
*
Wincing, Nicole pulled out the used shirt inside Kaede's bag stained with blobs of hair gel. 'Ugh.! I do not know Kaede uses gel.'
'Isn't Akira the one using it?' Heather asked.
'Yeah.' Nicole's voice trailed off and her eyes, pensive. She peered back into the bag again and noticed a lost gel bottle inside. Same brand and size as the ones in Akira's bag. 'Now why would this be here?'
'Maybe Akira mistook Kaede's bag with his own or something?' Heather assumed. 'Or maybe Akira was mad at Kaede and.had this spilled gel inside for revenge.'
Nicole made a face. 'But that's silly,' she told Heather. 'One thing that confuses me is.this is the shirt Akira was wearing yesterday. And it is in Kaede's bag. Don't tell me this has to be another revenge scheme or something.'
Sorry guys! I never thought 4th year high school could be so tough.! I don't really know how to balance my time anymore. But if this pleases you, here it is! After like more than 6 months?! Haha thanks for all the reviews! And it's very timely.since it's Christmas and the setting is Christmas also! :P I have to admit one thing, I need reviews to be able to finish my fics.( I am making it a point from now on I'll write fics for the enjoyment of my readers! I love you all!
Merry Christmas!!!!
*
'Dear Nicole, We won the game against Ryonan. But we lost against Kainan. Wish me luck with the Inter High. -Rukawa Kaede'
'She sure keeps letters,' Sendoh commented. 'Though they really are pointless. And you do call yourselves pen pals. If I was the girl I would never ever stick with you.'
Rukawa ignored the comment.
*
'These letters are so long. I wonder how long it takes him to finish reading them,' said Heather, flipping over the 5-page back-to-back letter of Nicole to Kaede. Heather laughed. 'What's this? A novel?'
Nicole rolled her eyes. 'It's not everyday I get to meet a decent guy.'
'Decent? Well you can say.' Heather flushed. 'Well what do you know about decent guys long ago anyway? You were barely 10 years old! Hah! Who are you kidding Nicky?'
Nicole just had to roll her eyes again.
*
Rukawa completely ignored Sendoh and proceeded with spying on his own. He looked from here to there, went from here to there, until he came across the bathroom. He peeked in and blinked.
It was immaculately clean as he remembered it to be long time ago. Nicole and he used to play inside the bathroom rubber duckies when they got bored of the snow outside. [They never took a bath together take note. You readers might just get the wrong impression.*evil glint in eyes*] They used to turn the warm and cool faucets on and get soaked and stay inside the bathroom for hours playing.
Rukawa strained to think if he laughed while they were playing. It seemed pretty funny now that he did not laugh while playing. But wasn't it the same as basketball? Wasn't basketball playing also? And laughing while playing basketball wasn't really a rule right?
The memories were so blurred already. Besides it was more than a decade ago.he couldn't possible remember everything.
[*cackles* Rukawa with rubber duckies? Am I ruining his image or what??? *runs*]
Ignoring the hazy reminiscences, he scanned the place with his falcon eyes, as if knowing he was going to find something extremely useful in there. Well, true to his instincts, he did.
*
'I do not even know what we are looking for to prove Kaede is Akira and vice versa,' Nicole breathed out, aggravated with their 'search'. 'You are not even helping me in the first place!' She eyed Heather with utmost irritation.
Heather was busy giggling her heart out reading Nicole's letter's to Kaede.
'HEATHER!'
How very predictable, Heather did not even budge from sitting pleasurably on what seems to be Kaede's bed, still reading.
Nicole let out a huge breath of indignation and surveyed the room on her own. She was about to open the closet when Heather let out a huge 'Eeeeewww.'
'What is it Heath?'
'Akira sure knows how to put on gel,' remarked Heather sarcastically, looking at her hands fouled with spilled gel.
Nicole walked over toward Heather and inspected the mess. 'Where did this come from?' she asked.
'I had just finished reading your particularly long letter and was hoping to read some more so I rummaged into the bag and.well felt something gooey inside. When I pulled out my hand there it was!'
*
'Sendoh-kun!' Rukawa called, his eyes focused on a pair of what seemed like small blue glass discs on the side of the bathroom sink.
'Nani?' Sendoh replied out loud.
'Are these contact lenses?'
It wasn't long until Sendoh was already in the bathroom with Rukawa, staring at the blue discs as well. He nodded thoughtfully. 'Yeah.' He tapped his chin. 'Whose room is this again?'
'Nicole and Heather's,' answered Rukawa.
'You know I sense something fishy,' Sendoh told Rukawa. 'Since a while ago I haven't seen anything of Nicole's yet. The clothes here are all guy clothes.presumably Nicole's.'
Rukawa nodded.
'So I guess these contacts are Heather's as well.'
*
Wincing, Nicole pulled out the used shirt inside Kaede's bag stained with blobs of hair gel. 'Ugh.! I do not know Kaede uses gel.'
'Isn't Akira the one using it?' Heather asked.
'Yeah.' Nicole's voice trailed off and her eyes, pensive. She peered back into the bag again and noticed a lost gel bottle inside. Same brand and size as the ones in Akira's bag. 'Now why would this be here?'
'Maybe Akira mistook Kaede's bag with his own or something?' Heather assumed. 'Or maybe Akira was mad at Kaede and.had this spilled gel inside for revenge.'
Nicole made a face. 'But that's silly,' she told Heather. 'One thing that confuses me is.this is the shirt Akira was wearing yesterday. And it is in Kaede's bag. Don't tell me this has to be another revenge scheme or something.'