Delicate Flower Petals

"New Friends"

Mesagi: Muwaha! Hello again, I'm back with a new chapter of Delicate Flower Petals for you all. I realize that I've been neglecting this story, but my brain has been fried with stress and school work . And now I'm babysitting every weekday night from 4pm till 10pm . So you can imagine why it is that I'm almost dead tired when I get home. Rare is the opportunity I get to do anything besides sleep and homework. In any event, here you are, the next chapter in a story you all seem to like. Ohh! By the way, please check out my newest story, Shattered Dreams . It's the sequel to Shadowed Hopes. Hope you like this chapter!

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Aya awoke the next morning, sunlight streaming through her window and cast blocks of light on her bed and walls. A smile spread across her bed as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. A great yawn escaped her as she stretched and then swung her feet over the side of the bed, slipped them into a pair of bunny slippers, and stood up.

Gazing out the window, jade green eyes were filled with the knowledge that she would see her Angel again tonight. She trembled with the joy that filled her and she leapt up, her smile becoming a broad, cheerful grin. Today she would also be moving in with Yukito-san. She hummed cheerfully as she got dressed in a simple pair of slightly faded blue jeans and a plain red shirt to go along with it, and white socks of course. Skipping down the stairs to the kitchen, where the maid brought her breakfast to her, she smiled as she ate, thanking the hard working woman.

She munched thoughtfully on a piece of toast when her phone rang. Leaping up she skipped over to it and picked it up. She was greeted at the other end by the moving people she had called when she had gotten home last night.

"We're ready to come any time, Miss Aya," came the male voice at the other end of the line. "Come right over then! Everything is ready."

It was true enough, she had spent the better part of the night packing the things she would need, like her clothes, the trinkets she kept on her dresser, and a number of other things she thought would at least be nice to have. Though she wanted a normal life, the thing is that she had been raised by a rich family, and did like her luxuries, no matter how much she tried to deny it.

With that, she hung up the phone and marched back to the dining room table and finished her breakfast. There was so much to do today!

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Yukito rushed around his apartment, sweeping, mopping . There was so much to do before Aya arrived, the place had to be clean. He had never had a roommate before; he thought that it would be an interesting experience. Already the spare bedroom had been cleared out for her things to be moved in, and there was even a closet in the hall cleared for her to put anything extra that she would have. He hoped she would bring a deep freeze . there would be more room for his snacks.

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Aya stood at home, instructing the movers what things were to be taken, and what was to be left. One worker kept looking at her in a funny way, and she felt very awkward every time he did so. He was really tall, and he had really dark hair, and deep brown eyes. Shaking her head slightly, she ignored his almost glaring glances as he went past her, and just continued to instruct the workers.

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Yukito rushed to the door and opened it, expecting the movers, even if it was early. He smiled cheerfully when he saw that it was Sakura. "Hello!" came his cheerful greeting as he stepped aside to let the young girl enter his apartment. "What brings you here, Sakura-chan?"

"I just wanted to bring you some cookies to welcome your new room-mate! Is she here yet?" Sakura responded, looking around the sparkling clean apartment.

"No, not yet . She should be here soon, with the movers."

"Can I stay so I can meet her?"

"Of course you can!"

Kero-chan popped out of Sakura's bag and gasped for breath, panting. "Fresh air! AND COOKIES!" he shouted, dashing towards the neatly tied bag that Sakura held. She pulled it away and he went crashing into the wall. "Kero- chan! These cookies are for Yukito and his new room-mate, and you have to stay hidden while she's here!" Sakura exclaimed.

"But Sakura! I want a cookie! Pleeeeeeeeease?" His eyes were big and watery as he looked to Sakura.

Yukito laughed a bit and smiled, accepting the gift from Sakura. "Well, you can have one of mine, Kero-chan," he said, carefully untying the bag and reaching in, taking out a chocolate chip cookie for the Sun Guardian.

"CHOCOLATE-CHIP! And you didn't leave me any Sakura! You're so horrible. Thank-you!" Though his words were scattered, it was known what Kero-chan meant. Besides, he didn't really think Sakura was horrible. He just loved cookies. This could be seen by the fact that he gobbled up the entire cookie in a single bite. "Ahh, that's great!"

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Aya sat in the back of the moving truck with her things, as there had been no room in the front with the movers that had been there. She didn't mind, she was safe back here. There wasn't much in the back . just a few boxes, her dresser, her bed, a chair and her desk. She sighed slightly in the darkness of the back. It was darker than she had thought it would be. Ahh well, she would be all right. She could wait until she got to the apartment building before she got out again.

It was going to be a good day . She was going to have a place to live, she was going to see Yue-san . She flushed slightly red, though there was nobody there to see it, as she gently touched the soft white feather that she had kept with her as a token.

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Mesagi: I realize that she hasn't done all that I said she would do this chapter, but I think this is quite enough for you all. There'll be more later.

Next Chapter: Aya makes a few new friends, and gets ready to see her Angel once again. Shock fills her when she realizes the connection between everyone she is now meeting.