~Strong Enough~
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Chapter 4 - Living Fairy Tales
It was a tangled love triangle-well, actually, it was more of a decagon- that Aiko uncovered. She mulled it over the following night, after her second day at her new school. She'd met two girls-Kishi and Masa, if she remembered correctly-who had been all too eager to share what they knew and what they speculated about Yuu and his relationships. It had come in handy, and Aiko had the feeling that the two girls' gossipy tendencies would come in handy later, as well.
She had found out today that yes, Yuu and Miki were stepsiblings. Apparently, their parents had swapped partners and remarried. Weird, Aiko thought. But it was irrelevant so she dismissed it. However, what was interesting was Ginta Suou. According to Kishi and Masa, he had been Miki's best guy friend since junior high and had blown his chance at being her boyfriend when she'd given him a love letter and he'd shown all his friends. Unfortunately for him, it had been an accident, and he really had liked Miki, feelings that were resurfacing now that Miki and Yuu's close relationship was tensing things up.
But that wasn't all.
Aiko smirked and stood in front of the mirror hanging on the wall, gently pulling a brush through her long hair. Apparently, Yuu's ex-girlfriend, Arimi Suzuki still had feelings for him and was refusing to give up on him. There had been a period when she'd appeared to fall for Ginta, but that was over with in a couple of months. Aiko rolled her eyes as she remembered the befuddled looks on Kishi and Masa's faces as they'd told her that part. It was obvious they weren't clever enough to deduce what Aiko had already figured out: Arimi and Ginta's little "romance" had merely been a scheme to get Miki jealous and transfer her feelings to Ginta.
Too bad it didn't work, Aiko mused. It would've saved me a lot of trouble. She shrugged. Either way, it didn't really matter. Aiko would get what she wanted in the end.
Arimi she had already dismissed as a non-threat. Ex-girlfriends, no matter how desperate, were never a problem for her. So Arimi was supposed to be beautiful. Aiko glanced at her reflection and smiled. Big deal. So was she. So Arimi had dated Yuu for three months. Aiko would have him for much, much longer. It really wasn't a problem.
Miki, however, might present the problem that Arimi wouldn't. Aiko frowned slightly as she set down her brush. She'd underestimated the girl yesterday; she wasn't about to make the same mistake today, especially after seeing her and Yuu's relationship a little more in perspective now. Miki and Yuu.they were close. It was inevitable as they lived in the same house. And that closeness could cause Aiko some problems. She knew she could probably handle them, but they really just made things so much more complicated and messy. Then again, no sane girl would willingly take their crush by the hand and give him to Aiko with a smile and a "He's all yours!"
It wasn't that she wanted every girl's crush either. Aiko wasn't out to steal guys away from their prospective girlfriends. She just. She sighed. She just wanted the perfect guy. Not perfect in the terms that he had no flaws, but perfect for her. And she was sure she'd seen that in Yuu. There had been something in the way he'd smiled, something in the way she'd reacted to that smile, that had made her heart leap to attention. Something in her was screaming, "This is the guy! The guy of your dreams. Wake up and don't let him go!"
Okay, she would admit that it was sort of callous to be stealing him away from Miki, a girl who obviously adored him. But Aiko wasn't willing to compromise when it came to her dreams. She was a romantic at heart and while she knew living fairy tales was a high improbability, she would never turn down a chance at true love. And this was it. Her chance. She couldn't let it slip through her fingers just because her conscience was feeling a little guilty about Miki.
I'm sorry, she silently apologized to the girl in advance. In any other circumstances, we'd probably be friends. Aiko's eyes narrowed with intent. But not when it comes to the guy of my dreams.
Disclaimer: don't own (darn) don't sue (please!)
R&R ^_^
Chapter 4 - Living Fairy Tales
It was a tangled love triangle-well, actually, it was more of a decagon- that Aiko uncovered. She mulled it over the following night, after her second day at her new school. She'd met two girls-Kishi and Masa, if she remembered correctly-who had been all too eager to share what they knew and what they speculated about Yuu and his relationships. It had come in handy, and Aiko had the feeling that the two girls' gossipy tendencies would come in handy later, as well.
She had found out today that yes, Yuu and Miki were stepsiblings. Apparently, their parents had swapped partners and remarried. Weird, Aiko thought. But it was irrelevant so she dismissed it. However, what was interesting was Ginta Suou. According to Kishi and Masa, he had been Miki's best guy friend since junior high and had blown his chance at being her boyfriend when she'd given him a love letter and he'd shown all his friends. Unfortunately for him, it had been an accident, and he really had liked Miki, feelings that were resurfacing now that Miki and Yuu's close relationship was tensing things up.
But that wasn't all.
Aiko smirked and stood in front of the mirror hanging on the wall, gently pulling a brush through her long hair. Apparently, Yuu's ex-girlfriend, Arimi Suzuki still had feelings for him and was refusing to give up on him. There had been a period when she'd appeared to fall for Ginta, but that was over with in a couple of months. Aiko rolled her eyes as she remembered the befuddled looks on Kishi and Masa's faces as they'd told her that part. It was obvious they weren't clever enough to deduce what Aiko had already figured out: Arimi and Ginta's little "romance" had merely been a scheme to get Miki jealous and transfer her feelings to Ginta.
Too bad it didn't work, Aiko mused. It would've saved me a lot of trouble. She shrugged. Either way, it didn't really matter. Aiko would get what she wanted in the end.
Arimi she had already dismissed as a non-threat. Ex-girlfriends, no matter how desperate, were never a problem for her. So Arimi was supposed to be beautiful. Aiko glanced at her reflection and smiled. Big deal. So was she. So Arimi had dated Yuu for three months. Aiko would have him for much, much longer. It really wasn't a problem.
Miki, however, might present the problem that Arimi wouldn't. Aiko frowned slightly as she set down her brush. She'd underestimated the girl yesterday; she wasn't about to make the same mistake today, especially after seeing her and Yuu's relationship a little more in perspective now. Miki and Yuu.they were close. It was inevitable as they lived in the same house. And that closeness could cause Aiko some problems. She knew she could probably handle them, but they really just made things so much more complicated and messy. Then again, no sane girl would willingly take their crush by the hand and give him to Aiko with a smile and a "He's all yours!"
It wasn't that she wanted every girl's crush either. Aiko wasn't out to steal guys away from their prospective girlfriends. She just. She sighed. She just wanted the perfect guy. Not perfect in the terms that he had no flaws, but perfect for her. And she was sure she'd seen that in Yuu. There had been something in the way he'd smiled, something in the way she'd reacted to that smile, that had made her heart leap to attention. Something in her was screaming, "This is the guy! The guy of your dreams. Wake up and don't let him go!"
Okay, she would admit that it was sort of callous to be stealing him away from Miki, a girl who obviously adored him. But Aiko wasn't willing to compromise when it came to her dreams. She was a romantic at heart and while she knew living fairy tales was a high improbability, she would never turn down a chance at true love. And this was it. Her chance. She couldn't let it slip through her fingers just because her conscience was feeling a little guilty about Miki.
I'm sorry, she silently apologized to the girl in advance. In any other circumstances, we'd probably be friends. Aiko's eyes narrowed with intent. But not when it comes to the guy of my dreams.