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Joe brought Lily around Nagoya to shop for some clothes. He intended on making it a little date between them; until a certain cute Japanese chick jumped into the picture. "Oh Look!! Isn't this adorable?!" Mai took out a breathlessly short tank top. Joe gulped.
"You're not serious?!"
"Why not? It's cute! Here, Lily, try it on." Mai pushed enthusiastically.
Lily was rather reluctant at first but decided to just try it just so that Mai won't feel bad. "Okay." She said and went to the fitting room. Mai browsed around some more.
"Ehem, ehem..." Joe pretended a cough and Mai pretended not to hear anything. "EHEM, EHEM!!" Joe coughed again, slightly louder.
"Want some coughing candies?" Mai offered.
Joe sighed. "Mai, do you realize what type of outfit you just asked her to wear? That thing barely cover anything!" Mai raised an eyebrow.
"This coming from a pervert like you? Puh-lease." Mai continued on browsing in the women's underwear section while Joe just stood as far away from the said section as possible. "Besides, that THING won't be worn if not for YOU. Lily, how is it?"
Silence and then rustlings. "Um... I don't know, Mai. It looks a bit too small for me..."
"Let me see!" Mai urged her. When she opened the door, Mai went berserk and said things like, it was perfect. But, Lily all was red-faced for she was wearing a heavenly tight, red leather tanktop and fittingly tight black pants to go with it. Not a single curve was hidden. Joe held his breath. 'Wow. What a body.' He thought and then felt his nose bleeding. He sweatdropped and rushed to the nearest men's room mumbling what a time to have a nosebleed and that it was all Mai's fault, etc, etc.
"Where's Joe going?" Lily noticed him scurrying off.
"Oh, him. Don't mind him. He just needs to take care of his nose." Mai winked and searched through the shelves.
"???" Lily raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Oh my god!! You have GOT to try this on!! It's so... you!!" Mai suddenly squealed in delight. Lily smiled nervously. 'Wow... when she say shopping, I wonder if she actually meant buying the whole store?' she thought and just tried on the new outfit.
Joe can't stand being in the store (with women's under wears everywhere) and went out to get some fresh air - for his nose. As he was waiting outside, he bumped into someone. "Terry!" he said and went to him.
Terry turned around and was as surprised to see him. "Joe. Hi."
"What are you doing here? Wait till Andy sees you. He was so pissed that... hey, who's the lady?" Joe asked when May emerged from behind Terry. Terry rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Joe, meet May. May, Joe Higashi."
"I know." She said. "Who won't?"
"Pleasure meeting you, miss." Joe said, kissing her hand.
"Pleasure's all mine. Say, do all of you do that when you meet a woman?"
"Men must be a gent to a lady." Joe puffed his chest. "So, Terry. Where've you been? The doctor was worried sick about you, man." Suddenly, Terry's eyes widen and he sort of gave a message with his face saying, 'Joe, zip it!'
"Doctor?" May asked, turning to Terry who gave a plastered false smile.
"Didn't he tell you? He's got a l...opf!!" suddenly, Terry covered Joe's big mouth.
"Are we still going for coffee?" Terry asked brightly.
May raised an eyebrow. "The doctor was worried sick about you for a cold?" suddenly, her eyes looked distant, as if she was deep in thoughts.
Joe's ears perked up. "Fhat Coup?" translation : 'What cough?' then, he looked at Terry, "YUU KOUPD?!?!" translation: 'YOU COUGHED?!?!'
Terry sighed inwardly and smiled. "The doctor's just over-reacting." He shrugged. "Let's go." He said, dragging Joe along.
"No, I can't." Joe said, breaking away from Terry's grip. "I'm here with the girls. They're still shopping now. We'll catch you guys later." Joe pointed behind him, where the shopping mall was. "You two go ahead. And Terry, be sure to buy ear muffs before you come home okay? And buy me a pair too." Terry chuckled and shook his head. May was amused as well. After saying goodbye and going off on their way (Joe gave him a thumb's up), Terry and May headed to the best café in town. After giving an order of cappuccinos and donuts, they sat in a corner, the only available seats.
"So, what was that all about?" May asked Terry casually.
"What's what?" he asked innocently.
"Stop playing dumb. Are you an escapee from a hospital?"
"Sorta'." He said, adjusting his trademark cap. "It's nothing big. Unfortunately, everyone else think so."
Her face hardened for a moment. Then, she relaxed. "Hey, uh... I might be wrong, but, did you by any chance, fight with someone called Ryuji a few days ago?" Terry raised his eyebrows. 'Please say you didn't. Please...' Terry was about to respond when he felt some hot liquid poured on him from behind.
"Yowch!!!" He quickly stood up and looked at a waitress behind him, looking very, very shocked and was now apologizing 200 times per second and trying to wipe the coffee from Terry's shirt.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, sir. I'm so, very, very sorry."
"No, it's okay, really." Terry said, smiling. "But, uh... could you please tell me where the men's room is?"
"This way, please. I'm dreadfully sorry, sir... I was tripped by that..." the girl kept on rambling how sorry she was and Terry just listened, nodded and smiled, saying, "alright." And "It's okay." May smiled in amusement and waited for him for a while, waiting for their new order.
'... Hey, his shirt must be wet. I ought to help him get a new shirt or something. He's been wearing that for as long as I can remember!' she thought and signaled the waiter behind the cash register that she'll be back. He nodded in response.
A few minutes later, Terry came out, all wet. Even his hair was wet save the cap. When he went to his seat, May was there, stirring her coffee absent-mindedly. She smiled as he approached her. "Sorry." He said smiling. "It just suddenly rained coffee on me."
"I thought as much. That's why I got you this. Here. Put it on." Terry had a surprised look on his face but took it anyway. As he rummaged in the shopping bag, she observed him. 'He looked a lot cuter without the cap.' After some rummaging, (the shopping bag wasn't THAT big, is it?) he pulled out a green sweatshirt. At first, Terry made a face but hid it.
'Green?!' he thought ickily.
"Well? Do you like it?" May asked.
Terry brighten up and said, "Oh, sure. Thank you very much." He tried saying with as much enthusiasm as he could.
"You don't look too happy." She inquired.
"Nah." Terry denied and wore it anyway. As he took off his shirt (the wet one) and changed to wear the green one. He was pretty careful as to not let her see the bandages all over his chest and abdomen. But, she was quicker. She saw them and she saw something she was looking for - a 'mark'.
'So he IS the one then...' she thought sadly. Meanwhile, Terry was looking down at the shirt he was wearing. 'He must be thinking how terrible he look like. Green is definitely NOT his color!' she thought, amused. She giggled.
Terry looked at her and smiled. "I look weird huh?" She shook her head.
"Here." She gave him another shopping bag. "This is for you."
Terry looked at the bag guiltily, "No, this one's fine... I really like it..." he started.
"Terry, please accept this, I insist. Please?"
Terry said no and insisted on not taking it, saying it isn't right. But, after more persuasion, he gave in, reluctantly. "Okay." He said in defeat and took it. As he did, the café's door burst open and in came Mai, Lily and Joe with a lot of shopping bags. They saw them and went over.
"There you are. Hi." Mai approached them and looked at May. She gave Terry a look which says, 'Well? Who's she?'
Terry stood up and introduced them. "May, Mai Shiranui, Lily Caradine and Joe, whom you know. Guys, May."
"Hi, May." Mai shook hands with her, so did Lily. Mai turned to Terry. "Nice shirt, Terry. But, did I tell you green's not your color?" Mai asked him sarcastically.
Terry took the shopping bag. "Excuse me," he said and went to the men's room. Leaving May with the others. He heard them giggling and sighed. Terry changed to the red sweatshirt. When he went out, he only saw the trios but no May. "Where's May?" he asked.
"May had a call from her boss and had to rush to her office." Joe answered. "You know, you haven't recovered fully, why don't you just stay in hospital? Your legs' still not that stable you know."
"I'm fine." Terry said tiredly. It was the umpteenth time he said that just in one day. 'Please ask other questions. Anything but my health...' he thought bitterly.
"You call a bleeding cough fine?" Mai asked, showing Terry a blood-stained tissue.
'Busted...' Terry thought.
"We're going back to hospital before anything worse happen to you, Terry." She said strictly, "And I will not take no or buts for an answer. I called Andy already and you'll stay there until you heal."
Terry sighed again. "Yes, your highness."
Then, Mai suddenly said, "Nice shirt." He sweatdropped. A few minutes later, a car pulled over and out came Andy. He went to them. "Hi, Andy."
Though he was wearing shades, Terry somehow knew Andy was looking at him. He pretended to look away innocently. "Where have you been?" Andy asked sternly.
Terry shrugged casually and handed him a shopping bag. "Around. This is for you. It's definitely your color." Andy looked at him tiredly. "Terry... your..." he started but was cut by Terry.
"Ok, ok! Stop talking about my health. What am I? A goldfish all of a sudden?" he joked and everyone laughed at it except Andy.
He had his arms crossed across his chest. "Terry, you're going to the hospital right now." He said, glaring at Terry dangerously. His brother scratched the back of his head absent-mindedly and went to the car anyway.
"May I come along?" Mai asked.
"Sure." Andy replied. She stood up and hugged his arm. Lily, you'll be fine with Joe right?" she asked, turning to the blonde girl. She nodded and smiled.
"Joe and I will stay here for a while. You guys go ahead. Is that okay with you Joe?" she turned to Joe was slurping on his milk shake.
"Sure, no worries since the man's here!" He puffed his chest and continued on drinking.
"Okay, see you guys," Mai waved at them and they waved back.
When they went out, they saw Terry in the car. Andy saw him coughing just now and more coughs will kill his lungs soon enough. However, every time Andy tried to tell him to take care of himself, he'll ALWAYS answer the usual 'I'm fine.'
'One of these days, I ought to go to a facial therapist to prevent wrinkles from forming on my face...' he thought to himself.
As the car zoomed past a street, a man stood in the shadows of an alley and said to his walkie-talkie. "He's injured and is going to the hospital nearest to me. Please send me some backups as his friends are with him. Over and out." Finished saying that, he disappeared.
To Be Continued...
Joe brought Lily around Nagoya to shop for some clothes. He intended on making it a little date between them; until a certain cute Japanese chick jumped into the picture. "Oh Look!! Isn't this adorable?!" Mai took out a breathlessly short tank top. Joe gulped.
"You're not serious?!"
"Why not? It's cute! Here, Lily, try it on." Mai pushed enthusiastically.
Lily was rather reluctant at first but decided to just try it just so that Mai won't feel bad. "Okay." She said and went to the fitting room. Mai browsed around some more.
"Ehem, ehem..." Joe pretended a cough and Mai pretended not to hear anything. "EHEM, EHEM!!" Joe coughed again, slightly louder.
"Want some coughing candies?" Mai offered.
Joe sighed. "Mai, do you realize what type of outfit you just asked her to wear? That thing barely cover anything!" Mai raised an eyebrow.
"This coming from a pervert like you? Puh-lease." Mai continued on browsing in the women's underwear section while Joe just stood as far away from the said section as possible. "Besides, that THING won't be worn if not for YOU. Lily, how is it?"
Silence and then rustlings. "Um... I don't know, Mai. It looks a bit too small for me..."
"Let me see!" Mai urged her. When she opened the door, Mai went berserk and said things like, it was perfect. But, Lily all was red-faced for she was wearing a heavenly tight, red leather tanktop and fittingly tight black pants to go with it. Not a single curve was hidden. Joe held his breath. 'Wow. What a body.' He thought and then felt his nose bleeding. He sweatdropped and rushed to the nearest men's room mumbling what a time to have a nosebleed and that it was all Mai's fault, etc, etc.
"Where's Joe going?" Lily noticed him scurrying off.
"Oh, him. Don't mind him. He just needs to take care of his nose." Mai winked and searched through the shelves.
"???" Lily raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Oh my god!! You have GOT to try this on!! It's so... you!!" Mai suddenly squealed in delight. Lily smiled nervously. 'Wow... when she say shopping, I wonder if she actually meant buying the whole store?' she thought and just tried on the new outfit.
Joe can't stand being in the store (with women's under wears everywhere) and went out to get some fresh air - for his nose. As he was waiting outside, he bumped into someone. "Terry!" he said and went to him.
Terry turned around and was as surprised to see him. "Joe. Hi."
"What are you doing here? Wait till Andy sees you. He was so pissed that... hey, who's the lady?" Joe asked when May emerged from behind Terry. Terry rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Joe, meet May. May, Joe Higashi."
"I know." She said. "Who won't?"
"Pleasure meeting you, miss." Joe said, kissing her hand.
"Pleasure's all mine. Say, do all of you do that when you meet a woman?"
"Men must be a gent to a lady." Joe puffed his chest. "So, Terry. Where've you been? The doctor was worried sick about you, man." Suddenly, Terry's eyes widen and he sort of gave a message with his face saying, 'Joe, zip it!'
"Doctor?" May asked, turning to Terry who gave a plastered false smile.
"Didn't he tell you? He's got a l...opf!!" suddenly, Terry covered Joe's big mouth.
"Are we still going for coffee?" Terry asked brightly.
May raised an eyebrow. "The doctor was worried sick about you for a cold?" suddenly, her eyes looked distant, as if she was deep in thoughts.
Joe's ears perked up. "Fhat Coup?" translation : 'What cough?' then, he looked at Terry, "YUU KOUPD?!?!" translation: 'YOU COUGHED?!?!'
Terry sighed inwardly and smiled. "The doctor's just over-reacting." He shrugged. "Let's go." He said, dragging Joe along.
"No, I can't." Joe said, breaking away from Terry's grip. "I'm here with the girls. They're still shopping now. We'll catch you guys later." Joe pointed behind him, where the shopping mall was. "You two go ahead. And Terry, be sure to buy ear muffs before you come home okay? And buy me a pair too." Terry chuckled and shook his head. May was amused as well. After saying goodbye and going off on their way (Joe gave him a thumb's up), Terry and May headed to the best café in town. After giving an order of cappuccinos and donuts, they sat in a corner, the only available seats.
"So, what was that all about?" May asked Terry casually.
"What's what?" he asked innocently.
"Stop playing dumb. Are you an escapee from a hospital?"
"Sorta'." He said, adjusting his trademark cap. "It's nothing big. Unfortunately, everyone else think so."
Her face hardened for a moment. Then, she relaxed. "Hey, uh... I might be wrong, but, did you by any chance, fight with someone called Ryuji a few days ago?" Terry raised his eyebrows. 'Please say you didn't. Please...' Terry was about to respond when he felt some hot liquid poured on him from behind.
"Yowch!!!" He quickly stood up and looked at a waitress behind him, looking very, very shocked and was now apologizing 200 times per second and trying to wipe the coffee from Terry's shirt.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, sir. I'm so, very, very sorry."
"No, it's okay, really." Terry said, smiling. "But, uh... could you please tell me where the men's room is?"
"This way, please. I'm dreadfully sorry, sir... I was tripped by that..." the girl kept on rambling how sorry she was and Terry just listened, nodded and smiled, saying, "alright." And "It's okay." May smiled in amusement and waited for him for a while, waiting for their new order.
'... Hey, his shirt must be wet. I ought to help him get a new shirt or something. He's been wearing that for as long as I can remember!' she thought and signaled the waiter behind the cash register that she'll be back. He nodded in response.
A few minutes later, Terry came out, all wet. Even his hair was wet save the cap. When he went to his seat, May was there, stirring her coffee absent-mindedly. She smiled as he approached her. "Sorry." He said smiling. "It just suddenly rained coffee on me."
"I thought as much. That's why I got you this. Here. Put it on." Terry had a surprised look on his face but took it anyway. As he rummaged in the shopping bag, she observed him. 'He looked a lot cuter without the cap.' After some rummaging, (the shopping bag wasn't THAT big, is it?) he pulled out a green sweatshirt. At first, Terry made a face but hid it.
'Green?!' he thought ickily.
"Well? Do you like it?" May asked.
Terry brighten up and said, "Oh, sure. Thank you very much." He tried saying with as much enthusiasm as he could.
"You don't look too happy." She inquired.
"Nah." Terry denied and wore it anyway. As he took off his shirt (the wet one) and changed to wear the green one. He was pretty careful as to not let her see the bandages all over his chest and abdomen. But, she was quicker. She saw them and she saw something she was looking for - a 'mark'.
'So he IS the one then...' she thought sadly. Meanwhile, Terry was looking down at the shirt he was wearing. 'He must be thinking how terrible he look like. Green is definitely NOT his color!' she thought, amused. She giggled.
Terry looked at her and smiled. "I look weird huh?" She shook her head.
"Here." She gave him another shopping bag. "This is for you."
Terry looked at the bag guiltily, "No, this one's fine... I really like it..." he started.
"Terry, please accept this, I insist. Please?"
Terry said no and insisted on not taking it, saying it isn't right. But, after more persuasion, he gave in, reluctantly. "Okay." He said in defeat and took it. As he did, the café's door burst open and in came Mai, Lily and Joe with a lot of shopping bags. They saw them and went over.
"There you are. Hi." Mai approached them and looked at May. She gave Terry a look which says, 'Well? Who's she?'
Terry stood up and introduced them. "May, Mai Shiranui, Lily Caradine and Joe, whom you know. Guys, May."
"Hi, May." Mai shook hands with her, so did Lily. Mai turned to Terry. "Nice shirt, Terry. But, did I tell you green's not your color?" Mai asked him sarcastically.
Terry took the shopping bag. "Excuse me," he said and went to the men's room. Leaving May with the others. He heard them giggling and sighed. Terry changed to the red sweatshirt. When he went out, he only saw the trios but no May. "Where's May?" he asked.
"May had a call from her boss and had to rush to her office." Joe answered. "You know, you haven't recovered fully, why don't you just stay in hospital? Your legs' still not that stable you know."
"I'm fine." Terry said tiredly. It was the umpteenth time he said that just in one day. 'Please ask other questions. Anything but my health...' he thought bitterly.
"You call a bleeding cough fine?" Mai asked, showing Terry a blood-stained tissue.
'Busted...' Terry thought.
"We're going back to hospital before anything worse happen to you, Terry." She said strictly, "And I will not take no or buts for an answer. I called Andy already and you'll stay there until you heal."
Terry sighed again. "Yes, your highness."
Then, Mai suddenly said, "Nice shirt." He sweatdropped. A few minutes later, a car pulled over and out came Andy. He went to them. "Hi, Andy."
Though he was wearing shades, Terry somehow knew Andy was looking at him. He pretended to look away innocently. "Where have you been?" Andy asked sternly.
Terry shrugged casually and handed him a shopping bag. "Around. This is for you. It's definitely your color." Andy looked at him tiredly. "Terry... your..." he started but was cut by Terry.
"Ok, ok! Stop talking about my health. What am I? A goldfish all of a sudden?" he joked and everyone laughed at it except Andy.
He had his arms crossed across his chest. "Terry, you're going to the hospital right now." He said, glaring at Terry dangerously. His brother scratched the back of his head absent-mindedly and went to the car anyway.
"May I come along?" Mai asked.
"Sure." Andy replied. She stood up and hugged his arm. Lily, you'll be fine with Joe right?" she asked, turning to the blonde girl. She nodded and smiled.
"Joe and I will stay here for a while. You guys go ahead. Is that okay with you Joe?" she turned to Joe was slurping on his milk shake.
"Sure, no worries since the man's here!" He puffed his chest and continued on drinking.
"Okay, see you guys," Mai waved at them and they waved back.
When they went out, they saw Terry in the car. Andy saw him coughing just now and more coughs will kill his lungs soon enough. However, every time Andy tried to tell him to take care of himself, he'll ALWAYS answer the usual 'I'm fine.'
'One of these days, I ought to go to a facial therapist to prevent wrinkles from forming on my face...' he thought to himself.
As the car zoomed past a street, a man stood in the shadows of an alley and said to his walkie-talkie. "He's injured and is going to the hospital nearest to me. Please send me some backups as his friends are with him. Over and out." Finished saying that, he disappeared.
To Be Continued...