Chapter 2: At the mall
"So, where do you want to go first, Yolei?" Kari asked.
"Oh, I don't know, let's just walk around for a bit first, and do a bit of window shopping!" Yolei replied.
"Okay, whatever you say," Kari agreed, trying to be cheerful. However, she still wasn't that happy or excited, as she couldn't stop thinking about T.K's lame excuses on breaking their date.
"Hey Kari, what do you think of that fuchsia-coloured dress in the window? Do you think it will look good on me?" Yolei asked as they walked past one of the fancier dress stores.
However, Kari was lost in thought about T.K. and didn't reply until Yolei started waving her hand in front of Kari's face.
"Hellooo? Kari? Anybody home?" Yolei asked as she continued waving her hand in front of Kari's face.
"Oh sorry Yolei, I was just wondering what T.K. is up to right now. I wish he would call me, I'm beginning to think that he doesn't care about me anymore," Kari replied sadly.
"Don't think negative thoughts like that Kari!" Yolei exclaimed, "I'm sure that T.K. really is busy taking care of his grandmother or something, and wants to call you, but just doesn't have time to!"
"You think so?" Kari inquired hopefully.
"I know so!" Yolei replied determinedly, "come on Kari, you know that T.K. really loves you and would never do anything to hurt you. Have some faith in him!"
"Yeah, I guess you're right Yolei," Kari replied, "I know T.K. is not the type of person who would lie to me about the reason why he decided to break our important date, he wouldn't hurt me like that."
"Of course he wouldn't," Yolei said, "T.K. is a great guy and you're really lucky to have him Kari."
"I know," Kari replied, remembering all the great memories that T.K. and her had shared over the many years of their friendship.
"Anyway, can we please stop talking about T.K.?" Yolei complained, "We came to the mall to get your mind OFF him, remember?" "Oh yeah, but I couldn't help it, I really need to talk to someone about T.K., I still feel that something's not right with the way he's been acting towards me!" Kari replied.
"Well, whatever, just forget about him for the day, okay?" Yolei asked.
"But-" Kari started to say.
"No buts," interrupted Yolei, "today is a girl's day out which means that there will be no talking about guys today, do I make myself clear?"
Kari looked up at Yolei's determined face. She knew that Yolei expected to win this little verbal battle that the two of them were having, so she decided to give up and push thoughts of T.K. out of her mind just for today.
"Okay, you win," Kari replied, "I won't complain anymore about T.K. today."
"Yes, I win!" Yolei said dramatically, raising a fist into the air as a symbol of victory.
"Unless I see or hear something that really reminds me of T.K., and I cannot help myself and will say something about him," Kari continued, "so that means that you don't really win. It's more of a compromise."
Yolei rolled her eyes, "Whatever, it doesn't matter as long as I still have a small victory over you," she said laughingly.
Kari smiled, "I wish I had your courage and determination Yolei, you never let anything get you down at all. You're so brave!" she exclaimed.
"Well.it's not hard for me. You know me, I'm generally more of an outspoken person who likes to say what's on my mind," Yolei said modestly.
"Yeah, and you talk way too much," Kari said grinning.
"Well, excuuuse me," Yolei replied, "I can't help it, that's just the way I am."
"I guess," Kari replied.
"Yeah, but anyway, why are we talking about such boring things? We came to the mall to shop didn't we, so let's get shopping!" Yolei exclaimed, running forward to the next fancy dress store. "Oh look at that dress Kari? Isn't it adorable? I absolutely have to buy it!" she said, running into the store and dragging Kari along with her.
"Umm.Yolei? I don't feel like shopping right now. You go and shop inside that store, and I'll just wait outside for you, okay?" Kari said, trying to escape the clutches of Yolei. "Are you sure?" Yolei asked, "There's some great dresses in this store that would really suit you, and everything in the store is 50% off today! Look at this pale backless pink dress Kari! Don't you think that it really suits you well?"
"Sorry Yolei, I'm just not in the mood for shopping right now," Kari replied, finally escaping the clutches of Yolei's arm, "I'm going to go sit on one of the benches outside and wait for you there, okay?"
Yolei sighed, "Fine Kari, but only if you're positive that you don't want to shop right now. I mean, look at all these wonderful clothes in this store!" she said enthusiastically.
"No, I'm going to rest outside. See you later," Kari said and then started walking towards the exit of the store.
"Fine, I'll call out to you if I really need you," Yolei called to Kari's retreating back.
"Okay," Kari shouted back, as she went to sit down on one of the wooden benches close to the store. Soon, Kari got bored and started to walk around. She decided to go into the ice-cream store nearby, and get herself and Yolei an ice cream.
"Thanks," Kari said, as the ice-cream boy handed her two chocolate-chip cookie dough ice creams. After she paid for the ice creams, she walked out of the store and went to sit down at a bench and wait for Yolei.
Pretty soon, Yolei came out of the store, carrying several shopping bags. She spotted Kari, and went to sit down on the bench beside her.
"Wow, you bought a lot of stuff," Kari commented, as she handed Yolei the ice-cream cone.
"Well.I'm going to put it to good use," Yolei replied, as she ate her ice cream.
"What do you mean by that?" Kari asked.
"You'll see." Yolei replied mysteriously, smiling evilly at Kari.
"Uh oh." Kari thought, "I wonder what she's up to now?"
"Anyway," Yolei said briskly, standing up, "I'm done my ice-cream, let's continue shopping!"
Kari sweatdropped, "Okay Yolei, whatever you say," she said, as she followed Yolei into the next store, a sports store.
Yolei and Kari entered the sports store: An Athlete's Universe (A/N - I made it up!), and Yolei quickly started looking for sweatpants that she needed to buy, since her own pair had just broken. She continued walking around the store with Kari, checking out the price tags of various items, and shaking her head. "Wow, everything in this store is so expensive," Yolei commented quietly to Kari, "but at least the stuff in here looks decent quality, and I heard that they don't operate child-labored sweatshops."
"Uh huh," Kari replied unconcernedly, not really paying attention to what Yolei was saying as she was lost in thought about T.K. again.
Yolei continued talking, not noticing Kari's silence, chatting amicably as she flitted from rack to rack of sports clothing, dragging Kari along with her. Soon, she noticed that Kari wasn't talking and wasn't paying attention to what she was saying either. All of a sudden, Kari stopped dead in her tracks, and held Yolei back with her hand too.
"Hey Kari, what's wrong?" Yolei inquired, looking surprised as she saw Kari's face change from peaceful to angry. When Kari didn't reply, Yolei saw that Kari was looking at something or someone. She followed Kari's gaze, and was extremely surprised to see the one and only.T.K.!
"Umm.Kari.isn't that T.K. over there?" Yolei asked nervously, "I thought you said he was visiting his grandmother and wasn't back yet.?"
"Yes.he did say that, and I'd like to know what he's doing here.and look at the way he's flirting with that girl over there!" Kari said angrily.
"Yeah, how could he do that to you!?" Yolei exclaimed.
"I know! How could he do this to me! I thought he loved me, he said that he would love me forever and that we would be together always. How could he be cruel to me after all that he promised me?" With that remark, Kari broke down in tears and could not stop crying.
"Kari, calm down, maybe that's not really T.K.," Yolei said, trying to calm the now sobbing Kari down.
"Well, I think it looks exactly like T.K., and you even asked me if it was T.K.! Doesn't that prove that that person over there who is completely flirting with that girl is the lying, deceitful Takeru Takaishi!?" Kari replied hysterically through her tears.
"Well.I could be wrong about that being T.K., it just looked like him so I automatically thought it was him as I'm so used to seeing him in sports stores," Yolei said soothingly to Kari, in an attempt to calm Kari down. . "What!? What do u mean that you're so used to seeing him in sports stores??" Kari exclaimed, "Do you know something that I don't know?"
"No Kari, don't worry. I only meant that every time all of us come to the mall, he always rushes off to the sports stores while we go shopping for other necessities," Yolei calmly replied.
"Oh," Kari replied, calming down a little.
"Yeah," Yolei said, "so don't worry, I'm just as clueless as you are about his current whereabouts."
"But no matter what you say, I still think it's him. I mean that boy over there has the blond hair and the white fisherman hat that T.K. always wears," Kari replied, starting to sound hysterical again.
"Yeah, but you don't know how many people in the world have blond hair and white fisherman hats. Besides, fisherman hats are the trend nowadays, especially white ones, so that boy over there could be anybody!" Yolei exclaimed while giving Kari a look that said, "don't be so hysterical".
Kari acknowledged the look, and calmed down a great deal. "I'm worried," she said sadly, "what if it is T.K. and he's preparing to break up with me?"
"Even if T.K. is going to break up with you, he wouldn't be so unkind as to flirt with other girls before telling you that he wants to end the relationship. You and me both know that T.K's not that type of person," Yolei declared.
"That's true, but you never know how people can change. One minute they can love you and the next minute they can hate you," Kari said.
"What are you talking about Kari?" Yolei exclaimed, "think of all the good times that the five of us always used to have. We would go over to each other houses, hang out at the mall."
"- And the five of us always used to go everywhere together - you, me, Davis, Ken, and T.K. We were really close," Kari replied, "but that was in the past. Now we don't even see each other much anymore. I only go out with T.K. on rare occasions. It's been ages since the whole gang's been together."
"We're hanging out together now," Yolei pointed out.
"True, but what about the others?" Kari replied angrily again, "we rarely see each other anymore."
"That's ok," Yolei, replied, "I'm sure that we're all just busy. Times have changed."
"I guess," Kari answered dejectedly.
Yolei sighed, "Anyway, are you going to confront the T.K. look-alike or not?"
"Well.I.. umm.I don't know if I should," Kari replied sheepishly, "what if it's the wrong person?"
"Wouldn't hurt to try," Yolei replied, "and if he is T.K., you can get the truth out of him and you won't have to worry so much about him anymore."
"Well.ok then. I'll do it," Kari said determinedly, and started walking towards the place where "T.K." was. She was halfway there when she suddenly heard a laugh that sounded just like T.K's
Kari walked right over to where the blond-haired boy was talking and laughing and tapped him on the shoulder. The boy turned around and gasped, "Kari!?"
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So that's it for this chapter. I wonder who the boy is.is he really T.K.? ^_^ Stay tuned for next chapter because I can tell you, things are going to get ugly! Hehe~ Now don't forget to REVIEW my story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"So, where do you want to go first, Yolei?" Kari asked.
"Oh, I don't know, let's just walk around for a bit first, and do a bit of window shopping!" Yolei replied.
"Okay, whatever you say," Kari agreed, trying to be cheerful. However, she still wasn't that happy or excited, as she couldn't stop thinking about T.K's lame excuses on breaking their date.
"Hey Kari, what do you think of that fuchsia-coloured dress in the window? Do you think it will look good on me?" Yolei asked as they walked past one of the fancier dress stores.
However, Kari was lost in thought about T.K. and didn't reply until Yolei started waving her hand in front of Kari's face.
"Hellooo? Kari? Anybody home?" Yolei asked as she continued waving her hand in front of Kari's face.
"Oh sorry Yolei, I was just wondering what T.K. is up to right now. I wish he would call me, I'm beginning to think that he doesn't care about me anymore," Kari replied sadly.
"Don't think negative thoughts like that Kari!" Yolei exclaimed, "I'm sure that T.K. really is busy taking care of his grandmother or something, and wants to call you, but just doesn't have time to!"
"You think so?" Kari inquired hopefully.
"I know so!" Yolei replied determinedly, "come on Kari, you know that T.K. really loves you and would never do anything to hurt you. Have some faith in him!"
"Yeah, I guess you're right Yolei," Kari replied, "I know T.K. is not the type of person who would lie to me about the reason why he decided to break our important date, he wouldn't hurt me like that."
"Of course he wouldn't," Yolei said, "T.K. is a great guy and you're really lucky to have him Kari."
"I know," Kari replied, remembering all the great memories that T.K. and her had shared over the many years of their friendship.
"Anyway, can we please stop talking about T.K.?" Yolei complained, "We came to the mall to get your mind OFF him, remember?" "Oh yeah, but I couldn't help it, I really need to talk to someone about T.K., I still feel that something's not right with the way he's been acting towards me!" Kari replied.
"Well, whatever, just forget about him for the day, okay?" Yolei asked.
"But-" Kari started to say.
"No buts," interrupted Yolei, "today is a girl's day out which means that there will be no talking about guys today, do I make myself clear?"
Kari looked up at Yolei's determined face. She knew that Yolei expected to win this little verbal battle that the two of them were having, so she decided to give up and push thoughts of T.K. out of her mind just for today.
"Okay, you win," Kari replied, "I won't complain anymore about T.K. today."
"Yes, I win!" Yolei said dramatically, raising a fist into the air as a symbol of victory.
"Unless I see or hear something that really reminds me of T.K., and I cannot help myself and will say something about him," Kari continued, "so that means that you don't really win. It's more of a compromise."
Yolei rolled her eyes, "Whatever, it doesn't matter as long as I still have a small victory over you," she said laughingly.
Kari smiled, "I wish I had your courage and determination Yolei, you never let anything get you down at all. You're so brave!" she exclaimed.
"Well.it's not hard for me. You know me, I'm generally more of an outspoken person who likes to say what's on my mind," Yolei said modestly.
"Yeah, and you talk way too much," Kari said grinning.
"Well, excuuuse me," Yolei replied, "I can't help it, that's just the way I am."
"I guess," Kari replied.
"Yeah, but anyway, why are we talking about such boring things? We came to the mall to shop didn't we, so let's get shopping!" Yolei exclaimed, running forward to the next fancy dress store. "Oh look at that dress Kari? Isn't it adorable? I absolutely have to buy it!" she said, running into the store and dragging Kari along with her.
"Umm.Yolei? I don't feel like shopping right now. You go and shop inside that store, and I'll just wait outside for you, okay?" Kari said, trying to escape the clutches of Yolei. "Are you sure?" Yolei asked, "There's some great dresses in this store that would really suit you, and everything in the store is 50% off today! Look at this pale backless pink dress Kari! Don't you think that it really suits you well?"
"Sorry Yolei, I'm just not in the mood for shopping right now," Kari replied, finally escaping the clutches of Yolei's arm, "I'm going to go sit on one of the benches outside and wait for you there, okay?"
Yolei sighed, "Fine Kari, but only if you're positive that you don't want to shop right now. I mean, look at all these wonderful clothes in this store!" she said enthusiastically.
"No, I'm going to rest outside. See you later," Kari said and then started walking towards the exit of the store.
"Fine, I'll call out to you if I really need you," Yolei called to Kari's retreating back.
"Okay," Kari shouted back, as she went to sit down on one of the wooden benches close to the store. Soon, Kari got bored and started to walk around. She decided to go into the ice-cream store nearby, and get herself and Yolei an ice cream.
"Thanks," Kari said, as the ice-cream boy handed her two chocolate-chip cookie dough ice creams. After she paid for the ice creams, she walked out of the store and went to sit down at a bench and wait for Yolei.
Pretty soon, Yolei came out of the store, carrying several shopping bags. She spotted Kari, and went to sit down on the bench beside her.
"Wow, you bought a lot of stuff," Kari commented, as she handed Yolei the ice-cream cone.
"Well.I'm going to put it to good use," Yolei replied, as she ate her ice cream.
"What do you mean by that?" Kari asked.
"You'll see." Yolei replied mysteriously, smiling evilly at Kari.
"Uh oh." Kari thought, "I wonder what she's up to now?"
"Anyway," Yolei said briskly, standing up, "I'm done my ice-cream, let's continue shopping!"
Kari sweatdropped, "Okay Yolei, whatever you say," she said, as she followed Yolei into the next store, a sports store.
Yolei and Kari entered the sports store: An Athlete's Universe (A/N - I made it up!), and Yolei quickly started looking for sweatpants that she needed to buy, since her own pair had just broken. She continued walking around the store with Kari, checking out the price tags of various items, and shaking her head. "Wow, everything in this store is so expensive," Yolei commented quietly to Kari, "but at least the stuff in here looks decent quality, and I heard that they don't operate child-labored sweatshops."
"Uh huh," Kari replied unconcernedly, not really paying attention to what Yolei was saying as she was lost in thought about T.K. again.
Yolei continued talking, not noticing Kari's silence, chatting amicably as she flitted from rack to rack of sports clothing, dragging Kari along with her. Soon, she noticed that Kari wasn't talking and wasn't paying attention to what she was saying either. All of a sudden, Kari stopped dead in her tracks, and held Yolei back with her hand too.
"Hey Kari, what's wrong?" Yolei inquired, looking surprised as she saw Kari's face change from peaceful to angry. When Kari didn't reply, Yolei saw that Kari was looking at something or someone. She followed Kari's gaze, and was extremely surprised to see the one and only.T.K.!
"Umm.Kari.isn't that T.K. over there?" Yolei asked nervously, "I thought you said he was visiting his grandmother and wasn't back yet.?"
"Yes.he did say that, and I'd like to know what he's doing here.and look at the way he's flirting with that girl over there!" Kari said angrily.
"Yeah, how could he do that to you!?" Yolei exclaimed.
"I know! How could he do this to me! I thought he loved me, he said that he would love me forever and that we would be together always. How could he be cruel to me after all that he promised me?" With that remark, Kari broke down in tears and could not stop crying.
"Kari, calm down, maybe that's not really T.K.," Yolei said, trying to calm the now sobbing Kari down.
"Well, I think it looks exactly like T.K., and you even asked me if it was T.K.! Doesn't that prove that that person over there who is completely flirting with that girl is the lying, deceitful Takeru Takaishi!?" Kari replied hysterically through her tears.
"Well.I could be wrong about that being T.K., it just looked like him so I automatically thought it was him as I'm so used to seeing him in sports stores," Yolei said soothingly to Kari, in an attempt to calm Kari down. . "What!? What do u mean that you're so used to seeing him in sports stores??" Kari exclaimed, "Do you know something that I don't know?"
"No Kari, don't worry. I only meant that every time all of us come to the mall, he always rushes off to the sports stores while we go shopping for other necessities," Yolei calmly replied.
"Oh," Kari replied, calming down a little.
"Yeah," Yolei said, "so don't worry, I'm just as clueless as you are about his current whereabouts."
"But no matter what you say, I still think it's him. I mean that boy over there has the blond hair and the white fisherman hat that T.K. always wears," Kari replied, starting to sound hysterical again.
"Yeah, but you don't know how many people in the world have blond hair and white fisherman hats. Besides, fisherman hats are the trend nowadays, especially white ones, so that boy over there could be anybody!" Yolei exclaimed while giving Kari a look that said, "don't be so hysterical".
Kari acknowledged the look, and calmed down a great deal. "I'm worried," she said sadly, "what if it is T.K. and he's preparing to break up with me?"
"Even if T.K. is going to break up with you, he wouldn't be so unkind as to flirt with other girls before telling you that he wants to end the relationship. You and me both know that T.K's not that type of person," Yolei declared.
"That's true, but you never know how people can change. One minute they can love you and the next minute they can hate you," Kari said.
"What are you talking about Kari?" Yolei exclaimed, "think of all the good times that the five of us always used to have. We would go over to each other houses, hang out at the mall."
"- And the five of us always used to go everywhere together - you, me, Davis, Ken, and T.K. We were really close," Kari replied, "but that was in the past. Now we don't even see each other much anymore. I only go out with T.K. on rare occasions. It's been ages since the whole gang's been together."
"We're hanging out together now," Yolei pointed out.
"True, but what about the others?" Kari replied angrily again, "we rarely see each other anymore."
"That's ok," Yolei, replied, "I'm sure that we're all just busy. Times have changed."
"I guess," Kari answered dejectedly.
Yolei sighed, "Anyway, are you going to confront the T.K. look-alike or not?"
"Well.I.. umm.I don't know if I should," Kari replied sheepishly, "what if it's the wrong person?"
"Wouldn't hurt to try," Yolei replied, "and if he is T.K., you can get the truth out of him and you won't have to worry so much about him anymore."
"Well.ok then. I'll do it," Kari said determinedly, and started walking towards the place where "T.K." was. She was halfway there when she suddenly heard a laugh that sounded just like T.K's
Kari walked right over to where the blond-haired boy was talking and laughing and tapped him on the shoulder. The boy turned around and gasped, "Kari!?"
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So that's it for this chapter. I wonder who the boy is.is he really T.K.? ^_^ Stay tuned for next chapter because I can tell you, things are going to get ugly! Hehe~ Now don't forget to REVIEW my story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!