April 19, Friday morning
-=SENDOH=-
*beep*
Now… what's taking her so long?? It's been a week since I last saw her and she's not even excited to see me?
*tap, tap*
I'm gonna be late for school… if it weren't for her request, I shouldn't have been here.
Oh well… parent trouble again… hmm… and she didn't tell me… again.
Like she ever did, idiot. And like you're ever Mr. Punctuality.
Oh well…
*Beeeeeep*
"Do'aho."
Huh?
"Oi, Rukawa! Going to school?"
His bike is… pink???
"Hn"
"Wanna ride?"
"Feh."
"Still shy, huh?"
"Do'aho."
"Hehe… I am? Sorry for that, junior."
. . .
"What? Can't accept the fact that I'm a year older than you?"
. . .
Now what? Suddenly speechless? Hehe… I never thought I could cut him off easily. Except that…
He's looking somewhere else…
Alaina?
Weird.
"Hey, Aki… what's with the noise?? I was only feeding Boxer, you know."
-=ALAINA=-
Akira can be so UNCOOL at times. That a word? Hmm... Whatever.
I mean it's so early in the morning. What's the rush about? Like he's ever been punctual for all his life. Duh! Well, it wasn't really my fault if I weren't able to sleep well last night. That rughead fox had been bugging my passive mind uncontrollably since yesterday.
Err… it's not what you're thinking. Just wanna point out that it's HIS fault.
"Hey, you're finally up, slug. Atleast you didn't forget to feed the dog."
"Well ofcourse, fanghead."
"Do'aho."
-=SENDOH=-
Fanghead??
-=RUKAWA=-
"Hey, foxy! Nice bike… really cute."
"Feh."
For a while, I thought we're in for a staring contest. Next thing I know, she's pissing me off again. What's on her mind, anyway?
Like I care.
"Wanna ride with us? Uhh… if it's fine, Akira."
"Sure. I was asking him that a while ago."
Now she's suddenly being nice. Is she serious? I haven't seen her being generous before, particularly to me. Maybe one of her techniques to irritate me again. I'll just wait for the punch line.
. . .
She's not laughing. Still waiting for my answer. So she isn't playing games? What??
It just means something, Kaede. This girl has no identity.
"Oi, still awake?"
Stupid gawk. Love pissing people off in the morning, huh?
Should I? Or should I not?
Damn. Simple thing and I can't even decide.
-=ALAINA=-
What's his problem??
Like it's his first time to see a Toyota Spyder. Staring like it's going to eat him whole later. Hehe… maybe he's thinking how does the door work.
"Alaina, forget standing and get inside now. Rukawa, stop staring at Alaina and get your butt in here too. I still need to drive extra kilometers after I drop you both, you know. Besides, I'm not your driver. I'm just being so generous today to drive you to school."
Yeah, and too boastful to proclaim that you're occasionally generous.
Atleast he's not serious about it, look at him wink at the fox. Totally faggy. Ha! Or he'll get a butthead I've learned from Sakuragi.
-=RUKAWA=-
Do'aho. I'm not staring at her.
Okay, so I was. But it wasn't on purpose. So what's with the teasing look??
Damn you!
Before I knew it, Alaina was already dragging me to the back seat of the car; carrying my bike with her left hand and throwing it back to my piece of lot.
Err… Dragging? Carrying? Throwing?
Add the weight of us all and she's…
An Amazon?
That's what I always thought.
-=SENDOH=-
Two junior passengers. One beside me, one at the back.
Two whom I love to tease very much.
Two who might… look good together?
Hehe… Alaina seems to be going well with Mitsui, though Rukawa might have the future.
Hmm… not a bad idea.
-=MITSUI=-
Alaina… I thought she just explained EVERYTHING that happened last week.
She didn't mention getting friendly with that junior.
That doesn't count as everything, does it? Or that's what I thought.
Well, they weren't doing anything wrong but I just felt the need to leave. It seems like I don't belong there. And Rukawa? Since when did he hug girls?? More on since WHEN did he notice them? Alaina, of all people? Did it ever occur to him that SHE isn't anything alike with those bimbos??
Weirder thing is: Alaina wasn't refusing. She just stood there, stunned.
But why the hell was she smiling when Rukawa broke the hug and walked out on her??
The situation is obviously nutcase.
Feh. Whatever.
-=ALAINA=-
"So, what's new with you two?"
"New what?"
"Come on, Lai. You're not usually quiet in the morning. You do that during classes and when you're uncomfortable. Does that mean Rukawa and I are boring companions?"
Uncomfortable??? I'm not, okay?
"Very funny."
"Ooh. Nice comeback. I'm very intimidated."
"Just shut up."
Argh! Why did he choose teasing me NOW?? Now when we have company… who is looking very much amused, ogling at me squarely in the eye using the side mirror.
Well, he's not really looking amused. But I know he is. He's still staring at me. RUDE.
Why did I even push him to ride with us??? Idiot!
"Bummer morning, huh? How about you, Rukawa? What's up?"
-=RUKAWA=-
"Do'aho."
Now, I'm suddenly your target?
"It's just quite abnormal? Uhh… to see that you have eyebags. Not having much sleep, huh?"
I.Have.Eyebags??
I slowly raised my head and looked at Smiley whose foolishly gaping at me using the front mirror. Then to my unusually eyebag-ful eyes. Err… whatever you call it.
"Not any of your business."
Well, yeah. I never thought passing sleep for the whole night would give me these. And it's all because of that stupid poem. And the owner's guts. And the effect it caused me. All in all, it's HER fault.
And it's really strange that she even invited me with them when I left her alone in the corridor yesterday... after the… incident.
Maybe she forgot? And I'm the only one making a big deal out of it.
Maybe she's as dense as I am… or even denser?
She didn't even follow me and come at practice.
Like I want her to…
The thought made me flinch.
I do want her to.
This sucks.
-=ALAINA=-
Fox got eyebags?
That's ODD.
To think that he sleeps in most of our classes. He'll have more time sleeping at home.
Though it's possible. I saw his bedroom lights open the whole night. Mine's closed, though I'm fully awake.
Could it be?
That he was reeling over the same thing last night?
Shit. It's making me more uncomfortable.
Atleast I'm not the only one.
I peered at him through the side mirror.
No reaction. Just blank.
Or… maybe not?
Hmm… guess I should do the same.
-=SENDOH=-
Can't help observing those two.
They're suddenly acting weird. My car had been carrying speechless, uncomfortable kiddos for 10 minutes now.
Maybe it has something to do about my teasing comments.
I never realized it'll work. I was only kidding around.
It's either they're thinking on their own different worlds…
Or they have the same thing in mind.
One thing is for sure… there's something going on with those two.
And that's what I have to find out.
Whether it's my business or not.
-end of chap-
A/N: Hey… thanks for the reviews! And sorry for the really long delay. Just one thing, I promise to finish this fic even with the long span of time I'm gonna upload… hehe…
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