::Between Love and Hate::
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Two
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... I also don't own the song.. Vertical Horizon does! I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
He is everything you want, he is everything you need,
He is everything inside of you that you wish you could be
He says all the right things at exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you and
You don't know why.
"Hey guys! Look who I have here with me!"
Shino had just arrived at the gumi's usual hangout at the campus coffee shop.
Everyone was on their usual spots- Arashi was on one of the chairs, reading a newspaper while sipping on his coffee. Kaori, Meimi and Maki were reading magazines while gossiping. Sou was on the counter smiling and watching one of the beautiful attendants.
They all looked up to see Shino's arm patting the back of Himura Kenji's back. Everyone else waved at him and greeted their hellos. Meimi stood up to make small talk and Shino took Meimi's recently vacated seat beside Kaori. He took a huge bite of Misao's Belgian waffles.
"Hey!" Misao slapped Shino's hand, as he was halfway to gobbling up the whole thing. "Buy your own!" She moved away with her waffle and went to Sou. Before Shino could respond, Kaori grabbed his blazer's sleeve and hissed, "What the hell is he doing here?!"
Shino looked at Kaori, a puzzled expression in his face. "Wah goo yu mik?" Shino asked in between mouthfuls.
"For godssake, chew your food first! It's not even your food, it's MINE!" Kaori jokingly reprimanded.
When Shino gulped down the last of the waffle with Kaori's frap, he asked again. "I said, what do you mean? Who's he?"
She glanced at Kenji's direction, where Meimi was all over him. "I meant HIM. Why the hell did you bring him here? What's his business here?"
Shino shrugged. "He seems like a nice kid, so I thought we could befriend him and stuff. Plus I think he'll be a good friend to you. See how he's not falling for Meimi's charms? I already like him a LOT!!!"
Shino stood up and went over to the two. "Oi, Kitsune! Get your hands off the poor boy and put them on me!" Meimi quickly forgot Kenji and went over to Shino almost immediately. Kaori had to smile; those two were really something else! Before she could salvage what was left of her mocha frap, Kenji was already seated beside her, grinning from ear to ear.
Kaori sighed. "You know, you have this annoying way of popping up everywhere I turn."
"Oro."
"Whaaaaa?"
"Ororororo." Kenji scratched his head and grinned innocently.
"You're weird." Kaori couldn't help but smile. "If you say that 'oro' one more time, I'll whack your head." Kaori added rather playfully.
This is so not cool. I was supposed to hate this guy.
"Gomen." Kenji apologized quickly. There was something comforting about the way he said things that Kaori had to shake her head to get back in track.
Hostility is the key.
"So how're you going to go to the play?" Kenji asked her.
Kaori's eyebrows shot up. She knew that this conversation was being overheard by the gumi.
"What do you think? Do you want me to fly?" She shot back sarcastically.
"Oh." Kenji looked down, obviously hurt.
Kaori took it back almost immediately. "Of course I'm gonna take my car to go there." She explained almost apologetically.
Kenji looked up and brightened. "So, uh, why don't we go together?"
"Excuse me?"
"Uh, yeah, you know." Kenji stammered, embarrasses to have been in this kind of situation in front of everyone else. "Since we were gonna watch the same play together, maybe, I thought, we could go. together. He finished weakly.
He scratched his head and shrugged.
He almost looks cute.
Kaori was positive she didn't want to go with him. Not now, not ever.
But Kenji was looking at her with those pleading puppy dog eyes that no one could refuse.
But I can and I will.
Even the gumi stopped pretending not to listen and waited for Kaori to speak. Half the girls in class would kill to be in her shoes right now.
I don't want to go with him. It's like feeding his already bloated ego. I hate the guy!
Kaori bit her lip and started to speak.
"Please?" Kenji asked one last time.
Kaori sighed.
"Yeah, whatever."
I cannot believe I'm doing this.
"Way to go Kenji!" Soujirou cheered. "About time, too!"
Huh?
Shino had his arm around Meimi "A little slower than what I would've preferred, but hey, to each his own!"
What?
"Would somebody please tell me what everyone else is talking about? Cuz I seem to be a bit lost here, if you know what I mean." Kaori asked everyone.
Kenji turned beet red and was at the door in an instant. "Got to go! See you guys! I'll call you Kaori! Ja!" And within a few seconds, he was backing his car up onto the street.
She turned back to everyone. They were back to pretending to be busy with something else.
"So what's the big deal with him anyway? Why are we treating him like he's one of us?" She asked, irritated.
No one said anything.
"Oh, this is just great." Kaori couldn't stop herself from fuming. "God, I hate his guts."
"Uh-oh." Meimi muttered under her breath. "Kaori, you see, Kenji, well, uh.. you know. You shouldn't really hate him just because he's smarter than you are. We all get duped sometimes."
"What?!" Kaori turned to stare at her. "He is not smarter than me. No way is carrot-top smarter than me. I REFUSE to accept that."
Meimi instantly backed off. "Um, Okaaaaaaay."
Arashi suddenly went over to sit beside Kaori. "The carrot-top, as you prefer to call him, is absolutely nuts about you." Arashi patted Kaori's head and went on. "You should see him stare at you while you recite the periodic table of elements. it's like he's listening to something that's life-changing or something!"
Everyone else laughed and nodded their heads.
Is this a joke?
"Yeah," Misao remembered. "He was the only one, besides you that is, who was disappointed about him being the first in that english test. He looked so sad, one would think he failed!"
"But I wasn't disappointed at all!" Kaori denied.
Shino snorted. "Yeah, right!" He turned serious. "No, really, Kaori, the guy blushes every time someone says your name, even though he denies it!"
"You're the only one who's so dense about it!" Meimi butted in.
Kaori couldn't take it anymore. "You guys, could we not talk about him anymore? He's becoming that gum stuck in my shoe sole. and the more I try to take it off, the more it gets stuck, or in this case, him."
The gang pondered for a minute at this weird analysis.
"Why do you hate him?" Soujirou suddenly blurted out. "Um, I mean, what did he do to you?"
Kaori was taken aback by this question. She looked back to the past few weeks and she couldn't remember a single bad thing that Kenji did to her. It was so weird because now that she thought about it, her reason seemed so petty.
But Kaori has a bit of a stubborn streak in her. Good or not, he blocked her path and she's not about to let it pass.
"Because I just hate him, okay? I hate everything about him. You what, in fact, I hated him the moment I saw him." Kaori answered hotly.
Misao prodded further. "But Kaori, you just can't hate someone without a good reason."
"He got one freaking mistake in that damn test! I mean, who the hell does he think he is, waltzing into our school in the middle of the semester,, making friends with everyone, making dumb small talk! Did he honestly think I'd fall for that crap?!"
"So okay, now he comes to class and mocks my ability by getting a higher grade in the subject I like most, in the only thing I do best! If that's not bad enough, he strolls into MY hangout and acts as if MY friends are his friends too! Tell me, what's a girl to do? Go goo-goo-eyed when he asks me out?!" Kaori furiously talked on, unable to stop her anger and frustration from pouring out.
"You know what? I hate him. I hate him because he's everything I'm not!"
She suddenly laughed at this realization. She was so close to tears but then the suddenness of this truth made the whole situation seem ridiculous.
The gumi finally nodded in understanding and knew better than to push the discussion any further. They got to the core of Kaori's insecurity and maybe that would be enough for now.
"So, who else wants to reveal some life-changing secrets?" Kaori jokingly asked and everyone laughed.
I am everything you want, I am everything you need,
I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be
I say all the right things at exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why.
I don't know why.
EVERYTHING YOU WANT
Vertical Horizon
*** Hehe. was that good? Hope it was. cuz I had to dig deep into myself to find out why I feel that way. and it was actually very funny! ^_^
Chapter three will be up soon! Please read and review! I live for your reviews!
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Two
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... I also don't own the song.. Vertical Horizon does! I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
He is everything you want, he is everything you need,
He is everything inside of you that you wish you could be
He says all the right things at exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you and
You don't know why.
"Hey guys! Look who I have here with me!"
Shino had just arrived at the gumi's usual hangout at the campus coffee shop.
Everyone was on their usual spots- Arashi was on one of the chairs, reading a newspaper while sipping on his coffee. Kaori, Meimi and Maki were reading magazines while gossiping. Sou was on the counter smiling and watching one of the beautiful attendants.
They all looked up to see Shino's arm patting the back of Himura Kenji's back. Everyone else waved at him and greeted their hellos. Meimi stood up to make small talk and Shino took Meimi's recently vacated seat beside Kaori. He took a huge bite of Misao's Belgian waffles.
"Hey!" Misao slapped Shino's hand, as he was halfway to gobbling up the whole thing. "Buy your own!" She moved away with her waffle and went to Sou. Before Shino could respond, Kaori grabbed his blazer's sleeve and hissed, "What the hell is he doing here?!"
Shino looked at Kaori, a puzzled expression in his face. "Wah goo yu mik?" Shino asked in between mouthfuls.
"For godssake, chew your food first! It's not even your food, it's MINE!" Kaori jokingly reprimanded.
When Shino gulped down the last of the waffle with Kaori's frap, he asked again. "I said, what do you mean? Who's he?"
She glanced at Kenji's direction, where Meimi was all over him. "I meant HIM. Why the hell did you bring him here? What's his business here?"
Shino shrugged. "He seems like a nice kid, so I thought we could befriend him and stuff. Plus I think he'll be a good friend to you. See how he's not falling for Meimi's charms? I already like him a LOT!!!"
Shino stood up and went over to the two. "Oi, Kitsune! Get your hands off the poor boy and put them on me!" Meimi quickly forgot Kenji and went over to Shino almost immediately. Kaori had to smile; those two were really something else! Before she could salvage what was left of her mocha frap, Kenji was already seated beside her, grinning from ear to ear.
Kaori sighed. "You know, you have this annoying way of popping up everywhere I turn."
"Oro."
"Whaaaaa?"
"Ororororo." Kenji scratched his head and grinned innocently.
"You're weird." Kaori couldn't help but smile. "If you say that 'oro' one more time, I'll whack your head." Kaori added rather playfully.
This is so not cool. I was supposed to hate this guy.
"Gomen." Kenji apologized quickly. There was something comforting about the way he said things that Kaori had to shake her head to get back in track.
Hostility is the key.
"So how're you going to go to the play?" Kenji asked her.
Kaori's eyebrows shot up. She knew that this conversation was being overheard by the gumi.
"What do you think? Do you want me to fly?" She shot back sarcastically.
"Oh." Kenji looked down, obviously hurt.
Kaori took it back almost immediately. "Of course I'm gonna take my car to go there." She explained almost apologetically.
Kenji looked up and brightened. "So, uh, why don't we go together?"
"Excuse me?"
"Uh, yeah, you know." Kenji stammered, embarrasses to have been in this kind of situation in front of everyone else. "Since we were gonna watch the same play together, maybe, I thought, we could go. together. He finished weakly.
He scratched his head and shrugged.
He almost looks cute.
Kaori was positive she didn't want to go with him. Not now, not ever.
But Kenji was looking at her with those pleading puppy dog eyes that no one could refuse.
But I can and I will.
Even the gumi stopped pretending not to listen and waited for Kaori to speak. Half the girls in class would kill to be in her shoes right now.
I don't want to go with him. It's like feeding his already bloated ego. I hate the guy!
Kaori bit her lip and started to speak.
"Please?" Kenji asked one last time.
Kaori sighed.
"Yeah, whatever."
I cannot believe I'm doing this.
"Way to go Kenji!" Soujirou cheered. "About time, too!"
Huh?
Shino had his arm around Meimi "A little slower than what I would've preferred, but hey, to each his own!"
What?
"Would somebody please tell me what everyone else is talking about? Cuz I seem to be a bit lost here, if you know what I mean." Kaori asked everyone.
Kenji turned beet red and was at the door in an instant. "Got to go! See you guys! I'll call you Kaori! Ja!" And within a few seconds, he was backing his car up onto the street.
She turned back to everyone. They were back to pretending to be busy with something else.
"So what's the big deal with him anyway? Why are we treating him like he's one of us?" She asked, irritated.
No one said anything.
"Oh, this is just great." Kaori couldn't stop herself from fuming. "God, I hate his guts."
"Uh-oh." Meimi muttered under her breath. "Kaori, you see, Kenji, well, uh.. you know. You shouldn't really hate him just because he's smarter than you are. We all get duped sometimes."
"What?!" Kaori turned to stare at her. "He is not smarter than me. No way is carrot-top smarter than me. I REFUSE to accept that."
Meimi instantly backed off. "Um, Okaaaaaaay."
Arashi suddenly went over to sit beside Kaori. "The carrot-top, as you prefer to call him, is absolutely nuts about you." Arashi patted Kaori's head and went on. "You should see him stare at you while you recite the periodic table of elements. it's like he's listening to something that's life-changing or something!"
Everyone else laughed and nodded their heads.
Is this a joke?
"Yeah," Misao remembered. "He was the only one, besides you that is, who was disappointed about him being the first in that english test. He looked so sad, one would think he failed!"
"But I wasn't disappointed at all!" Kaori denied.
Shino snorted. "Yeah, right!" He turned serious. "No, really, Kaori, the guy blushes every time someone says your name, even though he denies it!"
"You're the only one who's so dense about it!" Meimi butted in.
Kaori couldn't take it anymore. "You guys, could we not talk about him anymore? He's becoming that gum stuck in my shoe sole. and the more I try to take it off, the more it gets stuck, or in this case, him."
The gang pondered for a minute at this weird analysis.
"Why do you hate him?" Soujirou suddenly blurted out. "Um, I mean, what did he do to you?"
Kaori was taken aback by this question. She looked back to the past few weeks and she couldn't remember a single bad thing that Kenji did to her. It was so weird because now that she thought about it, her reason seemed so petty.
But Kaori has a bit of a stubborn streak in her. Good or not, he blocked her path and she's not about to let it pass.
"Because I just hate him, okay? I hate everything about him. You what, in fact, I hated him the moment I saw him." Kaori answered hotly.
Misao prodded further. "But Kaori, you just can't hate someone without a good reason."
"He got one freaking mistake in that damn test! I mean, who the hell does he think he is, waltzing into our school in the middle of the semester,, making friends with everyone, making dumb small talk! Did he honestly think I'd fall for that crap?!"
"So okay, now he comes to class and mocks my ability by getting a higher grade in the subject I like most, in the only thing I do best! If that's not bad enough, he strolls into MY hangout and acts as if MY friends are his friends too! Tell me, what's a girl to do? Go goo-goo-eyed when he asks me out?!" Kaori furiously talked on, unable to stop her anger and frustration from pouring out.
"You know what? I hate him. I hate him because he's everything I'm not!"
She suddenly laughed at this realization. She was so close to tears but then the suddenness of this truth made the whole situation seem ridiculous.
The gumi finally nodded in understanding and knew better than to push the discussion any further. They got to the core of Kaori's insecurity and maybe that would be enough for now.
"So, who else wants to reveal some life-changing secrets?" Kaori jokingly asked and everyone laughed.
I am everything you want, I am everything you need,
I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be
I say all the right things at exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why.
I don't know why.
EVERYTHING YOU WANT
Vertical Horizon
*** Hehe. was that good? Hope it was. cuz I had to dig deep into myself to find out why I feel that way. and it was actually very funny! ^_^
Chapter three will be up soon! Please read and review! I live for your reviews!