A/N: I have an announcement to make: I KNOW I'M TAKING A LONG TIME TO
UPDATE EACH TIME!!! The main reason being, not writer's block, but only
because I have homework. I know, how can some English, Geometry, and
History homework take so long??? That's because it's not the only homework
I have. See, cause I'm French and all, I have to follow French classes, BY
MAIL. Annoying, you have NO idea. Anyway, here is my good excuse for not
updating sooner!!! Chapter 6!!!!!!
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The park
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"He really said that?" asked Jen.
"Yeah, I know, weird, uh?" I replied.
We were in the park, sitting on a bench under a beautiful Saturday's sun. But I really didn't care about the sun right now, more about a pain in the ass brown haired boy.
"Actually, not that much"
"What do you mean?" I asked, almost dropping what was left of my sandwich.
Jen looked at me right in the eyes. I hated it when he did that. He may not look like it but he has a really intimidating personality, and when he stares at you like this, you just can see it in his gray eyes.
"Come on, Ruki, when are you going to admit it?"
"Admit what??" Of course I knew what he was talking about but I wasn't going to let him know until we're 40, or older. The thing was that he knew that I knew that he knew, get it?
"You know what I'm talking about, that you might actually *LIKE* Ryo, as more then a punching ball???"
I was avoiding the gray gaze but I couldn't escape it, no matter what I did. Finally, I raised an eyebrow and stared at him, like he had just say he was Mickey Mouse.
"Yeah, right! That's really funny, Jen, the joke of the day!" I said, smiling and punching playfully his arm.
He didn't seam to take that as a joke and he continued staring at me. I swear, one more minute I was going to jump on him and pop his eyeballs out.
A minute later...
So I didn't take his eyeballs out, but I still jumped on him. Too bad my sandwich didn't make it through the fight we got into. I *KNOW* it's childish but Jen and I like to fight, it's a good method to get your anger out without hurting anybody, well, except your best friend.
When the fight was over we were lying on our backs on the grass, next to each other. I had blood streaming down one of the corner of my mouth and I had some cut on my forehead too. Because I took Jen by surprise, he had a huge bruise on his left cheek, his right eye was twice it's usual size and he had some cuts on his chin.
"What are you two doing here?" a voice from behind us asked.
We both sat up and looked behind us. Ryo was standing there, hands in his pocket, a you-are-so-weird look on his face. He was wearing black pants and a red shirt. He sat down on the grass and circled his knees with his arms.
"You're following me now, lover boy?" I said, a smirk on my face.
"What if I told you I did?" He said, grinning.
"Then you would be dead this instant," I simply said, whiping the blood out of the corner of my mouth.
"Good thing I didn't say it then?"
"Exactly," I said, smiling.
"Right..." said Jen. I looked at him in the weirdest way, 'what did he mean by that? Jen can be so mysterious sometimes...'
"Uh?" I asked him. He smiled widely, his eyes were smiling too.
"And after that, you tell me you still don't like him, man, Ruki, you guys are so obvious!" he said, laughing his head off.
I clunched my fists while blushing as hard as I could. 'Little traitor!' I thought. I couldn't get myself to look at Ryo on my left, I was too ashamed. I was looking directly at Jen, now rolling on the grass, still laughing like he could never stop.
"So, Ruki, you like me?" asked Ryo in an innocent tone.
My gaze shot a hole in his perfectly tanned forehead. "No I don't!!!" He just smiled.
"You guys are *SO* annoying!!!!" I said, getting up and starting walking away from them.
"Are we????" Ryo and Jen said exactly at the same time, both smiling.
"GRRRRRRRRRR..." was all I could get out. I was thinking too hard about what had just happened. How could Jen do that to me? Basically saying in front of Ryo that I liked him?? What kind of best friend is that? I really need to talk to Jeri, she is a girl, she'll understand me.
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Jeri's house
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"So, what did you want to talk about?" she asked, lying on top of her bed, while I was sitting on top of her desk.
"Well, see... Jen has been really annoying lately..." I couldn't continue because she interrupted me in the middle of my sentence.
"Let me guess, the whole Ryo thing" she said, rolling her eyes. I completely lost balance and fell on the floor, landing on my back.
"Ouch, that hurts..." I said, rubbing my back while Jeri came and sat next to me, a worried look on her face.
"Are you okay????" she asked.
"I'm *FINE*!" I yelled.
"Don't tell me you're mad because of what I say!!! It's like so obvious you like him and he likes you!"
"That's exactly what Jen said!"
"Well of course! And if you ask Takato, Kenta, Alice, and even Suzie they'll all tell you the same thing, come on, you know we're right!" she said, now up and walking everywhere in the room, sometimes pausing to look at me, still sitting on the floor.
I looked at my feet. Could she be right? Of course she was, Jeri knows how to decerne a person's feeling. But I mean, I slapped him, made him jealous, kicked him, punched him, checked him out and humiliated myself in front of him, without forgetting the fan-part, so I'm starting to get a little confused here!!!
"I guess, but still, I don't like him," I said.
Jeri started to chuckle.
"You can be so stubborn sometimes, did you know that??" she said, throwing a pillow at me.
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The Music Store
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It was Sunday and I had to work from 2 to 8. It was really bugging me, but at least it's a cool job. I have the whole store to myself because nobody actually comes here and I get paid like a queen for doing nothing. But still, being in that place got me thinking about Ryo. It has been a week now that we have known each other, and Jeri and Jen are telling me every single day that I love him? What's wrong with them???
I was so into my thoughts that I didn't hear the door open and close.
"Hey," a voice said to me from the other end of the counter. Looking up, I saw Ryo - and I started to blush. 'Damn it!!!" I thought as hard as I could.
I was trying too hard to stop blushing while Ryo walked around the counter and sat on it next to me. He looked at the ground, avoiding my eyes.
"Ruki, I've got to ask you something"
"Sure, whatever"
He waited a moment and but when he finally opened his mouth, no words came out of it.
"..."
Spit it out already!!!
"So, the Legendary Tamer has problems to express himself now???"
"Will you ever quit making fun of me?"
"That's like asking if I will ever stop breathing," I said with a smirk.
He looked at me with his cerulean blue eyes. He looked hurt. I immediatly stop smirking. 'Did I say something wrong?' I kept repeating myself, mentally slapping myself really hard.
"Is that who I am, another guy that is bugging you and that you want out of your life?"
He looked like if he was about to cry. It was really painful to look at, because a guy crying is really... How could I say that? Emotional. Too emotional, actually. It's like a dead flower or a rainy day. I hated it.
If I should stay,
I would only be in your way.
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you ev'ry step of the way.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
You, my darling you. Hmm.
Bittersweet memories
that is all I'm taking with me.
So, goodbye.
Please, don't cry.
We both know
I'm not what you, you need.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of.
And I wish to you, joy and happiness.
But above all this, I wish you love.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I, I will always love you.
You, darling, I love you.
Ooh, I'll always, I'll always love you.
A/N: HERE!!!!!! I know it's short, okay, so really short but I wanted to update before I go on vacation and that like, tomorrow!!!!!! I hope you guys like that chapter, please, R&R, even if you didn't like it!!!! And the song is called I'll Always Love You (duh) and it's by Whitney Houston. If you don't know it, go to the nearest Blockbuster and rent Bodyguard!!! Sorry, Kevin Costner fan... ^_^'
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The park
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"He really said that?" asked Jen.
"Yeah, I know, weird, uh?" I replied.
We were in the park, sitting on a bench under a beautiful Saturday's sun. But I really didn't care about the sun right now, more about a pain in the ass brown haired boy.
"Actually, not that much"
"What do you mean?" I asked, almost dropping what was left of my sandwich.
Jen looked at me right in the eyes. I hated it when he did that. He may not look like it but he has a really intimidating personality, and when he stares at you like this, you just can see it in his gray eyes.
"Come on, Ruki, when are you going to admit it?"
"Admit what??" Of course I knew what he was talking about but I wasn't going to let him know until we're 40, or older. The thing was that he knew that I knew that he knew, get it?
"You know what I'm talking about, that you might actually *LIKE* Ryo, as more then a punching ball???"
I was avoiding the gray gaze but I couldn't escape it, no matter what I did. Finally, I raised an eyebrow and stared at him, like he had just say he was Mickey Mouse.
"Yeah, right! That's really funny, Jen, the joke of the day!" I said, smiling and punching playfully his arm.
He didn't seam to take that as a joke and he continued staring at me. I swear, one more minute I was going to jump on him and pop his eyeballs out.
A minute later...
So I didn't take his eyeballs out, but I still jumped on him. Too bad my sandwich didn't make it through the fight we got into. I *KNOW* it's childish but Jen and I like to fight, it's a good method to get your anger out without hurting anybody, well, except your best friend.
When the fight was over we were lying on our backs on the grass, next to each other. I had blood streaming down one of the corner of my mouth and I had some cut on my forehead too. Because I took Jen by surprise, he had a huge bruise on his left cheek, his right eye was twice it's usual size and he had some cuts on his chin.
"What are you two doing here?" a voice from behind us asked.
We both sat up and looked behind us. Ryo was standing there, hands in his pocket, a you-are-so-weird look on his face. He was wearing black pants and a red shirt. He sat down on the grass and circled his knees with his arms.
"You're following me now, lover boy?" I said, a smirk on my face.
"What if I told you I did?" He said, grinning.
"Then you would be dead this instant," I simply said, whiping the blood out of the corner of my mouth.
"Good thing I didn't say it then?"
"Exactly," I said, smiling.
"Right..." said Jen. I looked at him in the weirdest way, 'what did he mean by that? Jen can be so mysterious sometimes...'
"Uh?" I asked him. He smiled widely, his eyes were smiling too.
"And after that, you tell me you still don't like him, man, Ruki, you guys are so obvious!" he said, laughing his head off.
I clunched my fists while blushing as hard as I could. 'Little traitor!' I thought. I couldn't get myself to look at Ryo on my left, I was too ashamed. I was looking directly at Jen, now rolling on the grass, still laughing like he could never stop.
"So, Ruki, you like me?" asked Ryo in an innocent tone.
My gaze shot a hole in his perfectly tanned forehead. "No I don't!!!" He just smiled.
"You guys are *SO* annoying!!!!" I said, getting up and starting walking away from them.
"Are we????" Ryo and Jen said exactly at the same time, both smiling.
"GRRRRRRRRRR..." was all I could get out. I was thinking too hard about what had just happened. How could Jen do that to me? Basically saying in front of Ryo that I liked him?? What kind of best friend is that? I really need to talk to Jeri, she is a girl, she'll understand me.
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Jeri's house
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"So, what did you want to talk about?" she asked, lying on top of her bed, while I was sitting on top of her desk.
"Well, see... Jen has been really annoying lately..." I couldn't continue because she interrupted me in the middle of my sentence.
"Let me guess, the whole Ryo thing" she said, rolling her eyes. I completely lost balance and fell on the floor, landing on my back.
"Ouch, that hurts..." I said, rubbing my back while Jeri came and sat next to me, a worried look on her face.
"Are you okay????" she asked.
"I'm *FINE*!" I yelled.
"Don't tell me you're mad because of what I say!!! It's like so obvious you like him and he likes you!"
"That's exactly what Jen said!"
"Well of course! And if you ask Takato, Kenta, Alice, and even Suzie they'll all tell you the same thing, come on, you know we're right!" she said, now up and walking everywhere in the room, sometimes pausing to look at me, still sitting on the floor.
I looked at my feet. Could she be right? Of course she was, Jeri knows how to decerne a person's feeling. But I mean, I slapped him, made him jealous, kicked him, punched him, checked him out and humiliated myself in front of him, without forgetting the fan-part, so I'm starting to get a little confused here!!!
"I guess, but still, I don't like him," I said.
Jeri started to chuckle.
"You can be so stubborn sometimes, did you know that??" she said, throwing a pillow at me.
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The Music Store
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It was Sunday and I had to work from 2 to 8. It was really bugging me, but at least it's a cool job. I have the whole store to myself because nobody actually comes here and I get paid like a queen for doing nothing. But still, being in that place got me thinking about Ryo. It has been a week now that we have known each other, and Jeri and Jen are telling me every single day that I love him? What's wrong with them???
I was so into my thoughts that I didn't hear the door open and close.
"Hey," a voice said to me from the other end of the counter. Looking up, I saw Ryo - and I started to blush. 'Damn it!!!" I thought as hard as I could.
I was trying too hard to stop blushing while Ryo walked around the counter and sat on it next to me. He looked at the ground, avoiding my eyes.
"Ruki, I've got to ask you something"
"Sure, whatever"
He waited a moment and but when he finally opened his mouth, no words came out of it.
"..."
Spit it out already!!!
"So, the Legendary Tamer has problems to express himself now???"
"Will you ever quit making fun of me?"
"That's like asking if I will ever stop breathing," I said with a smirk.
He looked at me with his cerulean blue eyes. He looked hurt. I immediatly stop smirking. 'Did I say something wrong?' I kept repeating myself, mentally slapping myself really hard.
"Is that who I am, another guy that is bugging you and that you want out of your life?"
He looked like if he was about to cry. It was really painful to look at, because a guy crying is really... How could I say that? Emotional. Too emotional, actually. It's like a dead flower or a rainy day. I hated it.
If I should stay,
I would only be in your way.
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you ev'ry step of the way.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
You, my darling you. Hmm.
Bittersweet memories
that is all I'm taking with me.
So, goodbye.
Please, don't cry.
We both know
I'm not what you, you need.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of.
And I wish to you, joy and happiness.
But above all this, I wish you love.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I, I will always love you.
You, darling, I love you.
Ooh, I'll always, I'll always love you.
A/N: HERE!!!!!! I know it's short, okay, so really short but I wanted to update before I go on vacation and that like, tomorrow!!!!!! I hope you guys like that chapter, please, R&R, even if you didn't like it!!!! And the song is called I'll Always Love You (duh) and it's by Whitney Houston. If you don't know it, go to the nearest Blockbuster and rent Bodyguard!!! Sorry, Kevin Costner fan... ^_^'