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~~~Behold! Chapter 6! I still need a new title. I have outlines for chapter 7, 8, 9, and 10, not to mention numerous ideas for the rest of the plot. I'll keep the chapters coming as long as people keep reviewing. Arigato~~~
I Dreamt of You
Chapter 6
Where is the bell when I need it? I just want to get out of here! Fuu sat in the last row of her Calculus classroom, calmly doodling on her notebook. She had at least three pages of drawings and was beginning page four. The teacher continued to drone on about nothing; Fuu never paid attention in Calculus. She was about 5 chapters ahead, and didn't need to pay attention. Actually, she was ahead in all of her classes, doing school work helped to keep her mind off other things. Unfortunately, this was one of the few classes Fuu didn't have with Umi and Hikaru. So not only was she ahead and bored, she didn't even have the fun of passing notes back and forth to her friends. The monotone of her teacher's lectures put half the class to sleep and sent the other half into some sort of trance that was only dispelled by the sound of the final bell of the day.
Please ring… Fuu was getting impatient, which rarely ever happened to the calm young woman. She was supposed to meet Hikaru and Umi outside after her class and then the three of them were going to spend the weekend at Umi's house to work on a school project for history. Well, that was the original reason, but they had already made plans for watching movies, going shopping, and other activities that had nothing to do with school work. All Fuu wanted to do was get out of here and spend the weekend with her two best friends, but she was stuck here drowning in the hypnotic mix of her teacher's voice and the snores of her classmates.
The fourth page of drawings was almost complete when the last bell rang. Finally. The sound broke the spell on the enthralled students and caused the sleeping ones to leap out of their chairs. Fuu took her time getting her books together, walking to the back of the room to pick up her overnight bag. As anxious as she was to leave, Fuu hated being caught in the pushing and shoving of the crowded hallways; it made her feel slightly claustrophobic. I'm sure Umi and Hikaru are already waiting outside…I guess they'll have to wait a little longer for me, Fuu thought as she exited the room and made her way through the hallways towards the front door.
As she approached the door, Fuu could see the two other girls waiting patiently by the gate. She went to push the door open, but froze when she saw a familiar trio walk toward the two former knights. Oh, no, Fuu groaned and quickly stepped away from the door, as Hosaku, Seiya, and Arashi greeted Hikaru and Umi. She could still see them through the window, but made sure to stand in a shadow so she could not be seen by them. Please go away. Fuu willed them to leave quickly, not to linger by her friends, but they remained where they stood. Arashi frequently turned his head towards the door, and Fuu just knew he was waiting for her to come out.
It's not that I don't like you, she thought at him, I just can't do this right now. Fuu could not help but think about Ferio, even when she was with Arashi. He was always there in the back of her mind, invading her thoughts and her dreams, no matter how hard she tried not to think about him, not to let him interfere with how her life her on Earth progressed, she just couldn't do it. Fuu could not get over Ferio. It had been three years and she was still in love with that mysterious swordsman that had laughed at her, called her an idiot, made her blush, and occupied her every thought. She was still thinking about the handsome prince that came to her rescue again and again. She wanted to like Arashi, she really did, and she tried, but it was of no use. She did like him, in a way. She could see that he was handsome, intelligent, charming, funny, everything a girl should ask for in a guy, but it didn't matter to Fuu. None of that mattered to Fuu because her heart was in Cephiro, and she could not bear going out there. She could not bear putting on a face, pretending to like this boy, and hurting him because she couldn't love him the way he deserved to be loved.
Fuu watched on from the shadow of the doorway as her friends talked with the three boys. She waited patiently, and finally Hosaku bent to kiss Umi, Seiya shyly kissed Hikaru, and they left with Arashi looking longingly back toward the door one last time. Fuu breathed a sigh of relief as she watched their retreating backs turn around a corner and vanish from her sight. She waited just a few moments more, not wanting her surveillance of the five to be too obvious, before walking out the door and towards the gate where Hikaru and Umi stood talking and smiling at her.
"Fuu-chan, where have you been?" Hikaru inquired as soon as Fuu was standing beside them. "Arashi was out here waiting for you."
"I'm sorry Hikaru-san, but my teacher wished to speak with me, and then I had forgotten that I had promised to help a classmate with a problem from last night's assignment." Fuu had thought about what she would say to them and hoped her lie was not too obviously fabricated. "I hope he was not too disappointed."
"No, it's alright," Hikaru replied. "You'll talk to him later any…ow!"
"What?" Fuu asked.
"Oh, nothing," Umi laughed. "You know, I'm sure you'll speak with him sometime next week. Right, Hikaru?"
Hikaru rubbed her arm were Umi had pinched her, and glared at the blue-haired girl. "Right, I'm sure we'll all get together again next week."
"Alright! Let's get home and get to work!" Umi shouted and began walking away. She turned around when she noticed that neither Hikaru nor Fuu had followed her. They stood there at the gate staring at her in shock. "Well? Let's go."
"You…but…" Hikaru stammered.
"WHAT!?!?" Umi shouted.
"You just said let's go get to WORK!!!"
"Well, the sooner we get to work, the sooner we get done, and then the sooner we do things that are more fun! Now, let's go!" That said, Umi continued walked down the sidewalk, as Hikaru and Fuu, laughing hysterically, ran to catch up with her.
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Later that night, project completed, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu relaxed in Umi's room. They had worked hard on their project all afternoon and evening so that at night and on Saturday they could just hang out and relax, not having to worry about it at all. It paid off, but now they were all too tired and too drained to really do anything. Umi was sprawled out on her bed reading a magazine, Hikaru was leaning against the end of the bed, remote in hand, staring fixedly at the television as she surfed through the channels, and Fuu was busy spreading out Umi's sleeping bags for her and Hikaru to use.
"Let's watch a movie," Hikaru said, never stopping the constant flipping of channels. "Do you have any good DVDs Umi-chan?"
"Ummmm…I don't know," Umi said, before turning a page. "You'll have to look in that cabinet that the TV's sitting on. There should be something decent under there."
"If we're going to watch a movie, we should make some popcorn," Fuu said as she smoothed out her sleeping bag, and placed a pillow at the end.
"Ok," Umi closed her magazine and stood, "I'll go get popcorn and sodas, while you and Hikaru choose the movie. Be right back."
Hikaru dug through the cabinet naming movie after movie, which they either rejected outright or put in the 'maybe' pile. Fuu thought she heard the phone ring, when Hikaru jumped up holding a movie, "Ohhhhh, we have to watch this one!" She held it out for Fuu to see. It was some fantasy romance that had been in theatres a while back.
"Alright, this one sounds good, Hikaru-san. I'll go help Umi with…"
"Fuu," Umi said from the doorway balancing a bowl of popcorn on a few cans of soda with one hand and holding out a cordless phone with the other, "the phone is for you."
"What?" Fuu asked, looking shocked. She could hear Hikaru giggling. Umi shushed her, but winked.
"The phone is for you. Here." She gave Fuu the phone, and sat down handing the popcorn bowl to Hikaru. Fuu just stared at the phone in her hand. "Well? Say hello."
"Hello?" she asked tentatively.
"Hi, Fuu-san?" Fuu didn't recognize the voice right away.
"Yes, who is this?"
"It's Arashi. How are you?"
Fuu looked over at Umi and Hikaru where they were giggling quietly, and purposefully not looking at her. "I'm just fine, how are you?"
"I am doing very well. Did the three of you get any work done tonight?"
"Yes, actually, we're all finished."
"Wow, that's amazing. I don't think I would be able to get anything done if I had to work with my friends."
"Oh yes, normally we would never be able to get anything done, but we really wanted to have the rest of the weekend to relax."
"That's great. What are the three of you doing now?"
"We are just getting ready to watch a movie. Umi made popcorn and everything."
"Oh. Well…do you...do you want me to let you go then?" Arashi asked, voice filled with disappointment.
"Yes, if that's alright with you." She tried not to sound too eager to be off the phone, but hoped he didn't ask her to stay much longer.
"It's fine, I'll talk to you some other time. Have a good night, Fuu. And pleasant dreams."
"Yes, to you as well. Good-bye."
"Good-bye."
Fuu breathed a sigh of relief as she hung up the phone. Then she turned to glare at her friends, who still sat shaking with laughter but disappointed that the conversation was so short. "Well? What did you two do?"
Umi was the first to recover. "Nothing," she said innocently. "We just told Arashi that you would be here this weekend and gave him my phone number and told him to call around this time. That's all."
"Why do the two of you insist on being involved in my love life?"
"We told you, we just want you to be happy, Fuu-chan." Hikaru said.
"I would be happier if you left it alone. Please," Fuu looked pleadingly at her two friends, "please, let me handle this on my own. I just met Arashi. Let me get to know him at my own pace. That's all I ask. And that does not mean having a conversation with him while the two of you eavesdrop and giggle like children!"
They sighed. "I'm sorry, Fuu-chan."
"Me, too. Next time, we'll ask you first, but you will at least give him a chance? He really likes you, Fuu," Umi said.
"Yes, I will give him a chance," Fuu promised. "Now, let's forget this and watch a movie. Hikaru, stop hogging the popcorn!"
Hikaru held the bowl protectively. "Umi gave it to me."
"I gave it to you to share!"
The girls laughed and jumped Hikaru, wrestling the bowl from her, while getting popcorn everywhere.
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Fuu laid down in her sleeping bag. She was in between the bed where Umi was and the second sleeping bag that Hikaru occupied. They were both sound asleep, but Fuu was wide awake listening to their calm and even breathing. Her thoughts wondered to places she wished they wouldn't go as she toyed with her ring, twisting it back and forth. She finally rolled over and tried to sleep, praying for a dreamless sleep.
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~~~End of Chapter 6. Yeah, it's still moving slow, but I need to build it up. Please keep reading, and please leave me reviews! I appreciate them! And please help me think of a new title. Thanks!~~~
****Chapter 7 is almost done...It's gonna be a longer one. And it's another Ferio Chapter!!!! I'll probably post it tomorrow or Saturday...if I get a reveiw...someone review chapter 6 and I'll post Chapter 7 the second I get it done...i.e., later this afternoon...If no one does, then I wait another week...either way...gives me time to write new chapters. I'm stick at my outline for 10 right now, cab't figure out how to get from point A to B...Gah! Writer's Block! LOL...****
~~~Behold! Chapter 6! I still need a new title. I have outlines for chapter 7, 8, 9, and 10, not to mention numerous ideas for the rest of the plot. I'll keep the chapters coming as long as people keep reviewing. Arigato~~~
I Dreamt of You
Chapter 6
Where is the bell when I need it? I just want to get out of here! Fuu sat in the last row of her Calculus classroom, calmly doodling on her notebook. She had at least three pages of drawings and was beginning page four. The teacher continued to drone on about nothing; Fuu never paid attention in Calculus. She was about 5 chapters ahead, and didn't need to pay attention. Actually, she was ahead in all of her classes, doing school work helped to keep her mind off other things. Unfortunately, this was one of the few classes Fuu didn't have with Umi and Hikaru. So not only was she ahead and bored, she didn't even have the fun of passing notes back and forth to her friends. The monotone of her teacher's lectures put half the class to sleep and sent the other half into some sort of trance that was only dispelled by the sound of the final bell of the day.
Please ring… Fuu was getting impatient, which rarely ever happened to the calm young woman. She was supposed to meet Hikaru and Umi outside after her class and then the three of them were going to spend the weekend at Umi's house to work on a school project for history. Well, that was the original reason, but they had already made plans for watching movies, going shopping, and other activities that had nothing to do with school work. All Fuu wanted to do was get out of here and spend the weekend with her two best friends, but she was stuck here drowning in the hypnotic mix of her teacher's voice and the snores of her classmates.
The fourth page of drawings was almost complete when the last bell rang. Finally. The sound broke the spell on the enthralled students and caused the sleeping ones to leap out of their chairs. Fuu took her time getting her books together, walking to the back of the room to pick up her overnight bag. As anxious as she was to leave, Fuu hated being caught in the pushing and shoving of the crowded hallways; it made her feel slightly claustrophobic. I'm sure Umi and Hikaru are already waiting outside…I guess they'll have to wait a little longer for me, Fuu thought as she exited the room and made her way through the hallways towards the front door.
As she approached the door, Fuu could see the two other girls waiting patiently by the gate. She went to push the door open, but froze when she saw a familiar trio walk toward the two former knights. Oh, no, Fuu groaned and quickly stepped away from the door, as Hosaku, Seiya, and Arashi greeted Hikaru and Umi. She could still see them through the window, but made sure to stand in a shadow so she could not be seen by them. Please go away. Fuu willed them to leave quickly, not to linger by her friends, but they remained where they stood. Arashi frequently turned his head towards the door, and Fuu just knew he was waiting for her to come out.
It's not that I don't like you, she thought at him, I just can't do this right now. Fuu could not help but think about Ferio, even when she was with Arashi. He was always there in the back of her mind, invading her thoughts and her dreams, no matter how hard she tried not to think about him, not to let him interfere with how her life her on Earth progressed, she just couldn't do it. Fuu could not get over Ferio. It had been three years and she was still in love with that mysterious swordsman that had laughed at her, called her an idiot, made her blush, and occupied her every thought. She was still thinking about the handsome prince that came to her rescue again and again. She wanted to like Arashi, she really did, and she tried, but it was of no use. She did like him, in a way. She could see that he was handsome, intelligent, charming, funny, everything a girl should ask for in a guy, but it didn't matter to Fuu. None of that mattered to Fuu because her heart was in Cephiro, and she could not bear going out there. She could not bear putting on a face, pretending to like this boy, and hurting him because she couldn't love him the way he deserved to be loved.
Fuu watched on from the shadow of the doorway as her friends talked with the three boys. She waited patiently, and finally Hosaku bent to kiss Umi, Seiya shyly kissed Hikaru, and they left with Arashi looking longingly back toward the door one last time. Fuu breathed a sigh of relief as she watched their retreating backs turn around a corner and vanish from her sight. She waited just a few moments more, not wanting her surveillance of the five to be too obvious, before walking out the door and towards the gate where Hikaru and Umi stood talking and smiling at her.
"Fuu-chan, where have you been?" Hikaru inquired as soon as Fuu was standing beside them. "Arashi was out here waiting for you."
"I'm sorry Hikaru-san, but my teacher wished to speak with me, and then I had forgotten that I had promised to help a classmate with a problem from last night's assignment." Fuu had thought about what she would say to them and hoped her lie was not too obviously fabricated. "I hope he was not too disappointed."
"No, it's alright," Hikaru replied. "You'll talk to him later any…ow!"
"What?" Fuu asked.
"Oh, nothing," Umi laughed. "You know, I'm sure you'll speak with him sometime next week. Right, Hikaru?"
Hikaru rubbed her arm were Umi had pinched her, and glared at the blue-haired girl. "Right, I'm sure we'll all get together again next week."
"Alright! Let's get home and get to work!" Umi shouted and began walking away. She turned around when she noticed that neither Hikaru nor Fuu had followed her. They stood there at the gate staring at her in shock. "Well? Let's go."
"You…but…" Hikaru stammered.
"WHAT!?!?" Umi shouted.
"You just said let's go get to WORK!!!"
"Well, the sooner we get to work, the sooner we get done, and then the sooner we do things that are more fun! Now, let's go!" That said, Umi continued walked down the sidewalk, as Hikaru and Fuu, laughing hysterically, ran to catch up with her.
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Later that night, project completed, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu relaxed in Umi's room. They had worked hard on their project all afternoon and evening so that at night and on Saturday they could just hang out and relax, not having to worry about it at all. It paid off, but now they were all too tired and too drained to really do anything. Umi was sprawled out on her bed reading a magazine, Hikaru was leaning against the end of the bed, remote in hand, staring fixedly at the television as she surfed through the channels, and Fuu was busy spreading out Umi's sleeping bags for her and Hikaru to use.
"Let's watch a movie," Hikaru said, never stopping the constant flipping of channels. "Do you have any good DVDs Umi-chan?"
"Ummmm…I don't know," Umi said, before turning a page. "You'll have to look in that cabinet that the TV's sitting on. There should be something decent under there."
"If we're going to watch a movie, we should make some popcorn," Fuu said as she smoothed out her sleeping bag, and placed a pillow at the end.
"Ok," Umi closed her magazine and stood, "I'll go get popcorn and sodas, while you and Hikaru choose the movie. Be right back."
Hikaru dug through the cabinet naming movie after movie, which they either rejected outright or put in the 'maybe' pile. Fuu thought she heard the phone ring, when Hikaru jumped up holding a movie, "Ohhhhh, we have to watch this one!" She held it out for Fuu to see. It was some fantasy romance that had been in theatres a while back.
"Alright, this one sounds good, Hikaru-san. I'll go help Umi with…"
"Fuu," Umi said from the doorway balancing a bowl of popcorn on a few cans of soda with one hand and holding out a cordless phone with the other, "the phone is for you."
"What?" Fuu asked, looking shocked. She could hear Hikaru giggling. Umi shushed her, but winked.
"The phone is for you. Here." She gave Fuu the phone, and sat down handing the popcorn bowl to Hikaru. Fuu just stared at the phone in her hand. "Well? Say hello."
"Hello?" she asked tentatively.
"Hi, Fuu-san?" Fuu didn't recognize the voice right away.
"Yes, who is this?"
"It's Arashi. How are you?"
Fuu looked over at Umi and Hikaru where they were giggling quietly, and purposefully not looking at her. "I'm just fine, how are you?"
"I am doing very well. Did the three of you get any work done tonight?"
"Yes, actually, we're all finished."
"Wow, that's amazing. I don't think I would be able to get anything done if I had to work with my friends."
"Oh yes, normally we would never be able to get anything done, but we really wanted to have the rest of the weekend to relax."
"That's great. What are the three of you doing now?"
"We are just getting ready to watch a movie. Umi made popcorn and everything."
"Oh. Well…do you...do you want me to let you go then?" Arashi asked, voice filled with disappointment.
"Yes, if that's alright with you." She tried not to sound too eager to be off the phone, but hoped he didn't ask her to stay much longer.
"It's fine, I'll talk to you some other time. Have a good night, Fuu. And pleasant dreams."
"Yes, to you as well. Good-bye."
"Good-bye."
Fuu breathed a sigh of relief as she hung up the phone. Then she turned to glare at her friends, who still sat shaking with laughter but disappointed that the conversation was so short. "Well? What did you two do?"
Umi was the first to recover. "Nothing," she said innocently. "We just told Arashi that you would be here this weekend and gave him my phone number and told him to call around this time. That's all."
"Why do the two of you insist on being involved in my love life?"
"We told you, we just want you to be happy, Fuu-chan." Hikaru said.
"I would be happier if you left it alone. Please," Fuu looked pleadingly at her two friends, "please, let me handle this on my own. I just met Arashi. Let me get to know him at my own pace. That's all I ask. And that does not mean having a conversation with him while the two of you eavesdrop and giggle like children!"
They sighed. "I'm sorry, Fuu-chan."
"Me, too. Next time, we'll ask you first, but you will at least give him a chance? He really likes you, Fuu," Umi said.
"Yes, I will give him a chance," Fuu promised. "Now, let's forget this and watch a movie. Hikaru, stop hogging the popcorn!"
Hikaru held the bowl protectively. "Umi gave it to me."
"I gave it to you to share!"
The girls laughed and jumped Hikaru, wrestling the bowl from her, while getting popcorn everywhere.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Fuu laid down in her sleeping bag. She was in between the bed where Umi was and the second sleeping bag that Hikaru occupied. They were both sound asleep, but Fuu was wide awake listening to their calm and even breathing. Her thoughts wondered to places she wished they wouldn't go as she toyed with her ring, twisting it back and forth. She finally rolled over and tried to sleep, praying for a dreamless sleep.
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~~~End of Chapter 6. Yeah, it's still moving slow, but I need to build it up. Please keep reading, and please leave me reviews! I appreciate them! And please help me think of a new title. Thanks!~~~
****Chapter 7 is almost done...It's gonna be a longer one. And it's another Ferio Chapter!!!! I'll probably post it tomorrow or Saturday...if I get a reveiw...someone review chapter 6 and I'll post Chapter 7 the second I get it done...i.e., later this afternoon...If no one does, then I wait another week...either way...gives me time to write new chapters. I'm stick at my outline for 10 right now, cab't figure out how to get from point A to B...Gah! Writer's Block! LOL...****