"Jeri, why don't you remind me: why am I doing this???" I asked angrily,
trying to catch up with my friend, walking in front of me. She suddenly
stopped and I almost ran into her. She turned around, anger written all
over her usually so sweet face.
"Because *YOU* are the most insensitive person on Earth!!! You were so mean to Ryo, I can't believe I'm even talking to you!" she shouted.
I blankly looked into her eyes, about to protest. But then I remembered what had happened earlier that day. I looked at my feet and muttered a quick "sorry, let's just go" to Jeri.
An evil smirk grew wide on my friend's face.
"Good"
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The Akiyamas door step
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'What am I doing here??? How come Jeri can make me feel so guilty about just a little sentence that I said???' I said to myself, frowning. I glanced at my right to see that Jeri was still there, hiding behind the corner of the apartment. 'Great, now I can't even run and hide.'
In an almost still motion, I approached my hand from the bell and.
DING-DONG!!!!! (@I bet nobody was expecting that???? lol)
I heard a chair being pulled backwards and heavy footstep coming towards the door. My whole mind was focusing on one word: run. But Jeri was still there.
'I'm so going to kill Jeri after this. If I survive to the shame of saying that I'm sorry to Mr. Perfect behind the door, of course.'
The door swiftly opened and I found myself facing a tall man with black hair and dark eyes that were reading my mind.
"Yes?" he said in an angry voice, though I hadn't done anything to him.
"Could I speak to Ryo for a moment please?" I asked as politely as my voice could sound, because that man didn't inspire me great joyfulness.
"And you are?"
"Ruki Makino, we go to the same school"
The man left the door opened and walked in, leaving me here. I didn't know what to do. Should I just stay there and look like a complete freak??? Or maybe I should follow him and look like an idiot?? The freak option looked like the best for me.
A few seconds later, the man reappeared in the doorway and said:
"Come in" in the graceful tone as before.
I walked in behind him to find myself in a blue hallway that led to an open kitchen. It was kind of messy, papers and pens were everywhere. The man pointed to a white door on my left.
I opened it quietly and walked in, making as little noise as possible. I was surprised to find a neatly cleaned room that contrasted with the hallway I had just been in.
"Hey"
I literally jumped at the sound of the voice and quickly turned around, just to face two ocean-blue eyes. 'Great'
Ryo put a hand behind his neck and chuckled.
"I didn't mean to scare you!"
"It's okay," I said, looking at my feet. 'Ruki, you are loosing it, feeling ashamed twice in one day.'
"What's wrong?" Ryo asked me with a caring voice.
'Why does he always have to be so kind at me when I'm making a fool of myself???'
"Listen, I wanted to apologize for what happened at the store, okay? I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything."
I stopped in middle sentence to look at him. He was grinning. He was grinning.
Butterflies started feeling up my stomach. 'Not again!!! Will those ever stop??? Plus I shouldn't have eaten that cookie before I came, what an idiot!!! Now I'm going to throw up on his floor and.' A blue gaze caught my attention.
"Stop that!!" I said, playfully.
"I was just thinking it was kind of ironic, because each time we get to see each other, one of us always apologizes"
After thinking about it for a while, I figured out that it *was* true.
I cracked a smile.
"You're right"
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Ryo's Bedroom, half an hour later
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"Give me that back!!" I shouted, trying to get back the card he had in his hand.
"Why?? It's not yours!" Ryo said, leaning against the floor, trying to take the card away from me.
"**NO**, but you cheated!!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"We look like two year olds," I said, now lying on top of him, my hand still trying to reach the digimon card he had in his hand.
We had been playing with his deck and I was beating him at first, but then he started to cheat, I couldn't believe it!!! I knew that he was doing that just to bug me, but still.
I could see the happiness in his eyes as we were acting like kids, having fun anyways.
I finally got the card out of his hand, and pulled myself away from him.
"Now, don't you cheat anymore, Mr. Perfect!" I said in a playful way.
'Noooooo, not the secret smile thingy again' I said to myself as his trademark smile appeared on his face and mutated overly sized butterflies filled up my entire body.
"Or else, what will you do to me?"
I could feel his breath on my neck. As he approached his lips from mine, I suddenly stood up.
"I've got to go, I'll see you at school" I quickly whispered and was about to put my hand on the doorknob but Ryo's got there before mine.
"What did I do wrong?"
I couldn't take it anymore, I had to, I really had to.
"Listen Ryo, you're a cute guy and I like you, but I don't really think I want to date you. I'm not girlfriend material, I really am not. After knowing you for two days, I already was kicking you and yelling at you, plus I feel so uneasy around you, it's really scaring me. But I don't think I like you that way."
I took a deep breath, I had said that so quickly and I thought I would feel relieved after that, but I wasn't, instead, Ryo's pained eyes were putting the weight of the world on my shoulders.
"It's okay, Ruki, we are friends, right? I'll just see you around at school, okay?"
Was it in my mind or was his voice shaking?
"Su. sure!" I smiled and gave him a quick hug before walking out of his room as fast as I could.
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On my way home
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I still hadn't slowed my paste. The most unbelievable thing was happening to me: I was crying.
As far as I could remember, I never had cried, or maybe once, when my dad left us. But that was it.
Ryo had that weird effect on me, like I'm another person. I wasn't myself around him, I was someone else, someone that I didn't recognize as myself. How could it be?
Maybe I shouldn't have pushed him away?
'No, it was the right thing to do, Ruki, it was'
Was it? Then why do you feel so lonely and sad, and most important of all, why are you crying, Ruki, why?
"I."
"Speaking to yourself, Ruki?" a voice from being me asked.
I turned around and saw Suzie behind. She was 10, but she had this childish appearance that made you believe that she was 6.
"No, I was just, thinking, out loud"
I could feel my voice shaking as more tears were trying to come to my eyes.
"Want to talk about it?"
Before I could answer her, she took me by the hand and led me to a nearby bench.
"Suzie, you wouldn't understand" I started, but I was quickly interrupted.
"Sometimes it's better to see the world through a child's eyes, they do what they have to do without wondering about all these questions that are going through your mind right now," she said, looking intensely at me.
I was a bit taken back. Was it me or was a 10-year-old teaching me about life?
"Suzie, I'll think about what you said to me, but I have to go now, okay? Please don't tell Henry about it?"
"About what?"
I smiled, tears still streaming down my face.
A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed it!!! I am really sorry for not updating earlier!! I really am, and I made this chapter longer and without a song so you guys would have more to read!!! I was inspired tonight, yipiiiiiiiiiiie!!! Plus I wanted to update before going on vacation, but then after a week I'll come back and I'll then have time to update more often, I promised!!!
Please read and review, even if it's for flaming me because I didn't update earlier!!!
"Because *YOU* are the most insensitive person on Earth!!! You were so mean to Ryo, I can't believe I'm even talking to you!" she shouted.
I blankly looked into her eyes, about to protest. But then I remembered what had happened earlier that day. I looked at my feet and muttered a quick "sorry, let's just go" to Jeri.
An evil smirk grew wide on my friend's face.
"Good"
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The Akiyamas door step
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
'What am I doing here??? How come Jeri can make me feel so guilty about just a little sentence that I said???' I said to myself, frowning. I glanced at my right to see that Jeri was still there, hiding behind the corner of the apartment. 'Great, now I can't even run and hide.'
In an almost still motion, I approached my hand from the bell and.
DING-DONG!!!!! (@I bet nobody was expecting that???? lol)
I heard a chair being pulled backwards and heavy footstep coming towards the door. My whole mind was focusing on one word: run. But Jeri was still there.
'I'm so going to kill Jeri after this. If I survive to the shame of saying that I'm sorry to Mr. Perfect behind the door, of course.'
The door swiftly opened and I found myself facing a tall man with black hair and dark eyes that were reading my mind.
"Yes?" he said in an angry voice, though I hadn't done anything to him.
"Could I speak to Ryo for a moment please?" I asked as politely as my voice could sound, because that man didn't inspire me great joyfulness.
"And you are?"
"Ruki Makino, we go to the same school"
The man left the door opened and walked in, leaving me here. I didn't know what to do. Should I just stay there and look like a complete freak??? Or maybe I should follow him and look like an idiot?? The freak option looked like the best for me.
A few seconds later, the man reappeared in the doorway and said:
"Come in" in the graceful tone as before.
I walked in behind him to find myself in a blue hallway that led to an open kitchen. It was kind of messy, papers and pens were everywhere. The man pointed to a white door on my left.
I opened it quietly and walked in, making as little noise as possible. I was surprised to find a neatly cleaned room that contrasted with the hallway I had just been in.
"Hey"
I literally jumped at the sound of the voice and quickly turned around, just to face two ocean-blue eyes. 'Great'
Ryo put a hand behind his neck and chuckled.
"I didn't mean to scare you!"
"It's okay," I said, looking at my feet. 'Ruki, you are loosing it, feeling ashamed twice in one day.'
"What's wrong?" Ryo asked me with a caring voice.
'Why does he always have to be so kind at me when I'm making a fool of myself???'
"Listen, I wanted to apologize for what happened at the store, okay? I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything."
I stopped in middle sentence to look at him. He was grinning. He was grinning.
Butterflies started feeling up my stomach. 'Not again!!! Will those ever stop??? Plus I shouldn't have eaten that cookie before I came, what an idiot!!! Now I'm going to throw up on his floor and.' A blue gaze caught my attention.
"Stop that!!" I said, playfully.
"I was just thinking it was kind of ironic, because each time we get to see each other, one of us always apologizes"
After thinking about it for a while, I figured out that it *was* true.
I cracked a smile.
"You're right"
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Ryo's Bedroom, half an hour later
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"Give me that back!!" I shouted, trying to get back the card he had in his hand.
"Why?? It's not yours!" Ryo said, leaning against the floor, trying to take the card away from me.
"**NO**, but you cheated!!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"We look like two year olds," I said, now lying on top of him, my hand still trying to reach the digimon card he had in his hand.
We had been playing with his deck and I was beating him at first, but then he started to cheat, I couldn't believe it!!! I knew that he was doing that just to bug me, but still.
I could see the happiness in his eyes as we were acting like kids, having fun anyways.
I finally got the card out of his hand, and pulled myself away from him.
"Now, don't you cheat anymore, Mr. Perfect!" I said in a playful way.
'Noooooo, not the secret smile thingy again' I said to myself as his trademark smile appeared on his face and mutated overly sized butterflies filled up my entire body.
"Or else, what will you do to me?"
I could feel his breath on my neck. As he approached his lips from mine, I suddenly stood up.
"I've got to go, I'll see you at school" I quickly whispered and was about to put my hand on the doorknob but Ryo's got there before mine.
"What did I do wrong?"
I couldn't take it anymore, I had to, I really had to.
"Listen Ryo, you're a cute guy and I like you, but I don't really think I want to date you. I'm not girlfriend material, I really am not. After knowing you for two days, I already was kicking you and yelling at you, plus I feel so uneasy around you, it's really scaring me. But I don't think I like you that way."
I took a deep breath, I had said that so quickly and I thought I would feel relieved after that, but I wasn't, instead, Ryo's pained eyes were putting the weight of the world on my shoulders.
"It's okay, Ruki, we are friends, right? I'll just see you around at school, okay?"
Was it in my mind or was his voice shaking?
"Su. sure!" I smiled and gave him a quick hug before walking out of his room as fast as I could.
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On my way home
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I still hadn't slowed my paste. The most unbelievable thing was happening to me: I was crying.
As far as I could remember, I never had cried, or maybe once, when my dad left us. But that was it.
Ryo had that weird effect on me, like I'm another person. I wasn't myself around him, I was someone else, someone that I didn't recognize as myself. How could it be?
Maybe I shouldn't have pushed him away?
'No, it was the right thing to do, Ruki, it was'
Was it? Then why do you feel so lonely and sad, and most important of all, why are you crying, Ruki, why?
"I."
"Speaking to yourself, Ruki?" a voice from being me asked.
I turned around and saw Suzie behind. She was 10, but she had this childish appearance that made you believe that she was 6.
"No, I was just, thinking, out loud"
I could feel my voice shaking as more tears were trying to come to my eyes.
"Want to talk about it?"
Before I could answer her, she took me by the hand and led me to a nearby bench.
"Suzie, you wouldn't understand" I started, but I was quickly interrupted.
"Sometimes it's better to see the world through a child's eyes, they do what they have to do without wondering about all these questions that are going through your mind right now," she said, looking intensely at me.
I was a bit taken back. Was it me or was a 10-year-old teaching me about life?
"Suzie, I'll think about what you said to me, but I have to go now, okay? Please don't tell Henry about it?"
"About what?"
I smiled, tears still streaming down my face.
A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed it!!! I am really sorry for not updating earlier!! I really am, and I made this chapter longer and without a song so you guys would have more to read!!! I was inspired tonight, yipiiiiiiiiiiie!!! Plus I wanted to update before going on vacation, but then after a week I'll come back and I'll then have time to update more often, I promised!!!
Please read and review, even if it's for flaming me because I didn't update earlier!!!