"." - Talking (NO Duh!)
^.^ - Language
(.) - My daft self
- Singing/Battle Chants
CAPS - Shouting or emphasis on that word
*Note: '-' will be replacing those dot dot dot thingies since dot dot dots
show as only one dot on ff.net.
Disclaimer: I don't own CC/CCS.
Aoi Youkai
*Chapter 16: Ice-cream Treat and Saying Goodbye*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Maaya glared and stomped out of the room, leaving Aya to her day's purchases.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
They were free to do what they wanted on Friday as long as they were back by ten and Aya & Aoi and Aki & Ryo were stuck in their rooms, thanking god for cable. Their friends had started off the day by trying to get Aya to bring them around town, show them whatever fun there was to have and Aya managed to escape them only by telling them Aki knew the country as well as she did and when they left, she immediately called Aki's room to warn him.
Aya was horribly bored. Most of what was on were reruns and everything else were either the news or commercials. Then, at noon, she couldn't take it. She grabbed Aoi by the collar, "Come on. We're blowing this joint."
She wrinkled out and into her brother's room, where she found Aki and Ryo quite happily ignoring the outside mob and playing Twister in their boxers and T-shirts. They were suddenly aware of Aoi and Aya standing there watching them and Ryo lost his balance, flushing a deep crimson, "Warn us next time you decide to wrinkle, will you?"
Aki got up, "Ha. You lost." He turned to his sister and their friend, "Wanna join us?"
"No, and I doubt you wanna play that game again either."
Ryo smiled sheepishly, "Well, yeah, but there's nothing else we can do."
"Yes there is and if you wanna get outta here, get changed. Now. And make it quick. There's no telling when someone downstairs might press the button for the lift."
The two were so elated they fell over each other several times trying to get into the room to get change and a few minutes later, they came out in a seemingly standard T-shirt and jeans.
Aoi was by now investigating the boys' fridge and Aya extended her right hand to them, grabbing Aoi by the collar with her right. They took her hand and in an instant, they were in the lift, waving goodbye to their friends.
Aki laughed, "I almost feel sorry for them."
They nodded in agreement as they stepped out of the lift. Aoi asked Aya, "Where're headed today? Orchard again?"
"No, the Concourse."
Aki groaned, "Not there. It's positively boring."
"Good for you. I need to pick up some stuff. Besides, you know your way around. Go find something to do. And you guys are welcome to join him."
"Ah hell. I'll come along. I can't think of anything else to do."
So, they caught a cab to the Concourse, where Aya headed straight for the top level. She entered a shop with the three bored boys on her tail and hunted for a while before grabbing a few cans of something.
Ryo peeked over her shoulder, "What's that?"
She showed him the few cans of glitter hair spray before paying up, "I just ran out and I can't find it in Japan."
They then left the building and Aki asked, "Where to now?"
"Tampines Mall. Never been there for a damned long time."
They took a cab to the shopping centre and went for a movie after a lunch at Orange Julius. After the very long movie, it was two hours before dinner, which they had set at seven pm, and they had nothing to do, so they trooped off to the arcade and bought tickets for two hours in the maze. (One of those maze thingies you usually find little kids in)
Their time was up and they went downstairs for dinner at Swenson's. Spending another two hours there, eating, Aya remembered something, "Aoi, it's Friday."
"So?"
"You owe me an ice cream treat."
"Oh yeah."
"And who's gonna pay?"
They looked around for a while and Aoi sighed, "Ok. I'll pay first and you peeps can pay me back later."
They all agreed and enjoyed their ice cream, before heading back to the hotel. Aoi collected his money and then they all left for their own rooms, to pack for the next day.
Aya FINALLY yanked her suitcases close and she proceeded to help Aoi yank on the zip of his suitcase, since he had to take on whatever couldn't fit into Aya's before a quick shower each.
Aoi couldn't sleep, so he decided to watch some TV. He left the room and found Aya already on the couch watching anime on AXN, eating her newly acquired cookies.
"Hey. Can't sleep?"
Aya swallowed her cookie, "Yeah."
Aoi took a seat next to his friend and watched Son Goku thrash Kougaiji, "You never get bored of this, do you?"
"No."
They watched in silence for a while and Aya said, "Goodness knows I'll miss the subtitles. You don't get subs in Japan and all I'll get in England are dubs."
"Don't wanna leave, do you?"
"Not particularly. I thought all this place was going to be to me was an old house. Somewhere I used to live for thirteen and a half years. No. Leaving this place will be harder now that I'm actually here."
He placed an arm around his best friend, "Come on. Cheer up. Use the whole tin of cookies if that's what it takes. I'm SO not bringing a grumpy girl home with me while my oji-san is still there. Why in the name of all things sacred did he have to adopt YOU of all people to be his new imouto-chan?"
"I dunno. Wanna share the cookies?"
They watched Saiyuki, Strange Dawn and Galaxy Angels before they fell asleep right where they were.
The next morning, they were to gather in Eriol's room at eight for the announcement of the names of those going to England, and expectedly, Aya and Aoi didn't show. Sakura, using the master key, let herself in and found them asleep. As they say, old habits are hard to break, and it just so happened that being around Tomoyo so much made Sakura adore kawaii sights, and upon this one, she squealed so loudly, Syaoran and Eriol rushed over.
Unfortunately, the squeal woke the two up too. They woke up, took one look at the clock and jumped up in shock, and with a yell, fell over each other before FINALLY noticing the three adults at the door. They gave the heads a sheepish smile, "Eep."
Syaoran shook his head exasperatedly as he walked back to Eriol's room next door and Eriol stared into space thoughtfully, that ever-present Almighty Glint of Evilness shining brighter than ever, as he dragged Sakura by the arm, leaving the two to pick themselves up.
In a few seconds, the two best friends were in the room grinning sheepishly at the eleven-strong group in Eriol's room. Eriol smiled, "Now that the two sleepy heads are here, we can get on with things. Before I let you off to primp for the trip home, we have to announce the names of those going for the England trip. There was absolutely no bias or magic involved, since we drew names out of a wine glass. Anyway, regardless of process, the names are Fujita Eri, Lee Aya, Li Aoi, Maita Rei and Shigeki Maaya."
Some groaned and Maaya was looking particularly smug.
Eriol continued, "Will the other five please leave the room, so I can brief these kids on the trip." He waited for them to leave the room with his fellow heads, "Don't think that this is some kind of joyride. You will have to, within the time frame of 25 days, not only successfully but also inconspicuously, create a wand with a core of choice. Then, on the morning of the 26th of October, a guide will meet us and bring us to Diagon Alley, where we will pick up school supplies. Your uniforms will be given to you tomorrow. From Diagon Alley, the guide will bring us to Hogwarts by Floo Powder. And once there, you will be assigned to a Hogwarts student and will be taking lessons with his or her respective House. You will also be staying with the student in his or her dormitory, where an extra bed will be somehow fit in. Any questions?"
Eri raised her hand. "Yes, Fujita-san?"
"What about our regular lessons. Will we have to go through extra tuition or something when we come back?"
"No. No extra tuition. That would be because we believe you capable of independent study. The most we'll be doing for you would be to set you homework and deadlines every now and then."
They groaned and before they were dismissed, Eriol had something else to say, "Oh, and one of you will be chosen to take part in the Triwizard Tournament by an impartial judge. I'll explain in due time."
Aya and Aoi headed into the other room to get out of their pyjamas. Inside, while rummaging through suitcases while trying not to upset anything, Aoi thought, "I wonder what's the Triwizard Tournament?"
To his shock, a reply came, out loud, "It's a competition where Champions from various schools, usually only Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, but this time we're included, go through three tasks and try to, as usual, win."
Aoi clutched his chest dramatically, "You have GOT to stop doing that."
She shrugged, grabbing her day's outfit, a sleeveless fitting black normal- yet-seemingly-short-since-it-rises-above-the-belly-button-when-you-raise- your-arms tee with a sequined strawberry in the middle and jeans, "S'not MY fault I can hear your thoughts. Dibs on the bathroom."
She shut and locked the door before Aoi could protest. By the time she came out, Aoi was nearly falling asleep, but the shock sure woke him up. She looked positively radiant. He raised an eyebrow, "What happened? S'not really like you to dress up for a flight."
She smirked, "But it's VERY like me to kill a certain girl's ego. If you want, I'll tell you the story, but not until I'm done with my nails and you get a bath. You still smell like drool. Oh, did you know you drool when you sleep?"
He shook his head, wondering why he hadn't remembered that it was a large part of Aya's nature to try and spite anyone she didn't like as he walked into the bathroom. Outside, she was busy looking through her new bottles of nail polish to pick a colour, before finally deciding on the particular shade of metallic rosy red that Maaya was admiring the night before.
When he came out a comparably short time later, Aya's nails were done, her hair was up in a French twist and she had slipped on the pair of heeled sandals.
As they checked the suite for stuff they might've left behind, Aya told the story, "She was even trying to sneak on some of my polish last night. I've noticed over the years that the best way to get back at someone is to make him or her jealous, especially if it's a girl."
She twirled around but suddenly stopped, with a thoughtful look on her face with a glint in her eye that showed that she might've learnt something from his half-grandfather after all. She began grinning at Aoi and he backed away nervously, "I don't like that look."
She launched herself at him and latched onto his arm, looking up at him with huge teary puppy eyes and an excessively cute pout. He searched her mind and cried out in horror, "NO! I'M NOT DOING IT!"
"Please? Pretty please? Or maybe just a one-sided thing? It'll make her SO jealous, I just KNOW it!"
He looked at her doubtfully and she continued, "Don't YOU want to make her upset? Especially after how much she's harassed you?"
He stared off into space as a small smile crept onto his face, "Only if it's one-sided. Then we can tell the gang about it and let it spread. The other girls will make sure of it. And only for one day."
She was absolutely elated. She grabbed his face and gave him a kiss on the cheek before beginning to jump up and down everywhere.
The moment they left the room, you couldn't catch them without Aya hanging off his arm and Aoi looking like he's in agony. And of course, without Maaya positively seething.
She was angry not only at Aya+Aoi, but also at the fact that Aya looked fabulous. Actually, though she wouldn't admit it, she knew that 'fabulous' topped the list of understatements.
Most just stared in wonder, and though the three heads saw through this, they just decided to leave them alone. Besides, what harm can come from a little fun?
At the airport, they wandered through the duty-free shops within the departure hall armed with half an hour. As Aya left Aoi's arm to go to the bathroom, Rei grabbed the chance and went along.
Once inside, she asked, "Ok, what's up? That was an act. I know. It's too obvious."
Aya grinned at Rei in the mirror while powdering, "Of COURSE this is an act, and guess who it's for."
Rei laughed, "Shigeki Maaya? I can safely bet that if you pour some water on her head, it'll steam."
Aya turned and flipped her hair, "So, how do I look? Nothing short of, say, utterly gorgeous will suffice, mind you."
Rei laughed even harder, "Utterly gorgeous it is then. Anything that pisses Maaya off deserves the praise."
"Oh, and by the way, we're counting on you to start passing it around tonight. News of our little game will go through this place like wildfire, and we need somebody to put it out."
Rei looked doubtfully at her, "Are you sure they'll believe me? Seriously, they LIKE this sort of thing; love triangles and the like."
"Don't worry. They know that when I think about guys, it's always when to hit them and what with. We can only get the gang to pass it tomorrow, but tell as many peeps as you can the real story and the story they pass around will be the one with the acting and the jealousy."
"Anything you say."
They left the bathroom to find Maaya making use of that few minutes to hit on Aoi, who was currently hopping over a chair to escape her. Aya winked to Rei and sprinted forward, leaping and glomping him for all she was worth.
He gave a helpless look and was dragged off to the chocolate store, where thankfully, Aya only bought five pieces. Most of the guys, with the obvious exceptance of Aki and Aoi, gaped at her drooling as she bit into one of the pieces, while she kept her best friend in a particularly uncomfortable headlock.
The plane ride went by rather uneventfully, and it was the ride home that was really interesting. There were two limos ready to pick them up from the airport. Hideko, Hideki, Rei, Aki, Ryo, Sakura and Syaoran went in one and the rest were in the other.
In the limos, there are two sides with seats. There was the one long side opposite the door and the short side away from the driver. Eriol took the short side and the five sat in a row along the long side - Taro, Eri, Maaya, Aya and Aoi.
Maaya, by now, snapped at anything that moved and felt particularly like strangling Aya with her hair. Aya, knowing this, kept up the charade, feeling excessively pleased with herself. And Aoi, the perpetual victim, was flushed and exhausted from running from these two the whole day and wondering why he even agreed to this.
They got off the limo at the checkpoint and as they lined up to get on the cable cars, Maaya hissed, "He's mine. Give it up or else."
Aya just grinned and grabbing Aoi, who was in front of her, she kissed him on the cheek. That just enraged Maaya even further, and she was about to launch herself at Aya but they were getting onto the cable cars.
There were three cable cars, but they only used two. Each could seat seven, and Sakura, Syaoran, Rei, Taro, Eri, Hideko and Hideki were in one, the rest in the other.
Aya looked particularly proud of herself, and Eriol, knowing something else would happen if she goes too far, shot her a look that said, "That was all very amusing but don't push it." She pouted at him and gave up, finally snuggling up to Aoi and falling asleep.
After the few minutes, they couldn't get Aya awake, so Aki carried her all the way home. As he was somehow managing to unlock the door, she woke up and he put her down, commenting as he levitated their luggage inside (How else would he have managed to carry everything when both his arms are carrying his sister?), "I didn't know you kissed people so openly. I never even knew you kissed people outside the family."
Aya shrugged, pulling off her shoes, "I dunno. Coming here must've changed me I suppose."
He raised an eyebrow.
"When put into a new environment, an animal must choose - adapt and survive, or stay exactly the way you are and die."
Done. Finally. And I still got time for a bath and lunch. My mom's bringing us out later and I just HAD to finish this. R+R!
Disclaimer: I don't own CC/CCS.
Aoi Youkai
*Chapter 16: Ice-cream Treat and Saying Goodbye*
~*~ Flashback ~*~
Maaya glared and stomped out of the room, leaving Aya to her day's purchases.
~*~ End Flashback ~*~
They were free to do what they wanted on Friday as long as they were back by ten and Aya & Aoi and Aki & Ryo were stuck in their rooms, thanking god for cable. Their friends had started off the day by trying to get Aya to bring them around town, show them whatever fun there was to have and Aya managed to escape them only by telling them Aki knew the country as well as she did and when they left, she immediately called Aki's room to warn him.
Aya was horribly bored. Most of what was on were reruns and everything else were either the news or commercials. Then, at noon, she couldn't take it. She grabbed Aoi by the collar, "Come on. We're blowing this joint."
She wrinkled out and into her brother's room, where she found Aki and Ryo quite happily ignoring the outside mob and playing Twister in their boxers and T-shirts. They were suddenly aware of Aoi and Aya standing there watching them and Ryo lost his balance, flushing a deep crimson, "Warn us next time you decide to wrinkle, will you?"
Aki got up, "Ha. You lost." He turned to his sister and their friend, "Wanna join us?"
"No, and I doubt you wanna play that game again either."
Ryo smiled sheepishly, "Well, yeah, but there's nothing else we can do."
"Yes there is and if you wanna get outta here, get changed. Now. And make it quick. There's no telling when someone downstairs might press the button for the lift."
The two were so elated they fell over each other several times trying to get into the room to get change and a few minutes later, they came out in a seemingly standard T-shirt and jeans.
Aoi was by now investigating the boys' fridge and Aya extended her right hand to them, grabbing Aoi by the collar with her right. They took her hand and in an instant, they were in the lift, waving goodbye to their friends.
Aki laughed, "I almost feel sorry for them."
They nodded in agreement as they stepped out of the lift. Aoi asked Aya, "Where're headed today? Orchard again?"
"No, the Concourse."
Aki groaned, "Not there. It's positively boring."
"Good for you. I need to pick up some stuff. Besides, you know your way around. Go find something to do. And you guys are welcome to join him."
"Ah hell. I'll come along. I can't think of anything else to do."
So, they caught a cab to the Concourse, where Aya headed straight for the top level. She entered a shop with the three bored boys on her tail and hunted for a while before grabbing a few cans of something.
Ryo peeked over her shoulder, "What's that?"
She showed him the few cans of glitter hair spray before paying up, "I just ran out and I can't find it in Japan."
They then left the building and Aki asked, "Where to now?"
"Tampines Mall. Never been there for a damned long time."
They took a cab to the shopping centre and went for a movie after a lunch at Orange Julius. After the very long movie, it was two hours before dinner, which they had set at seven pm, and they had nothing to do, so they trooped off to the arcade and bought tickets for two hours in the maze. (One of those maze thingies you usually find little kids in)
Their time was up and they went downstairs for dinner at Swenson's. Spending another two hours there, eating, Aya remembered something, "Aoi, it's Friday."
"So?"
"You owe me an ice cream treat."
"Oh yeah."
"And who's gonna pay?"
They looked around for a while and Aoi sighed, "Ok. I'll pay first and you peeps can pay me back later."
They all agreed and enjoyed their ice cream, before heading back to the hotel. Aoi collected his money and then they all left for their own rooms, to pack for the next day.
Aya FINALLY yanked her suitcases close and she proceeded to help Aoi yank on the zip of his suitcase, since he had to take on whatever couldn't fit into Aya's before a quick shower each.
Aoi couldn't sleep, so he decided to watch some TV. He left the room and found Aya already on the couch watching anime on AXN, eating her newly acquired cookies.
"Hey. Can't sleep?"
Aya swallowed her cookie, "Yeah."
Aoi took a seat next to his friend and watched Son Goku thrash Kougaiji, "You never get bored of this, do you?"
"No."
They watched in silence for a while and Aya said, "Goodness knows I'll miss the subtitles. You don't get subs in Japan and all I'll get in England are dubs."
"Don't wanna leave, do you?"
"Not particularly. I thought all this place was going to be to me was an old house. Somewhere I used to live for thirteen and a half years. No. Leaving this place will be harder now that I'm actually here."
He placed an arm around his best friend, "Come on. Cheer up. Use the whole tin of cookies if that's what it takes. I'm SO not bringing a grumpy girl home with me while my oji-san is still there. Why in the name of all things sacred did he have to adopt YOU of all people to be his new imouto-chan?"
"I dunno. Wanna share the cookies?"
They watched Saiyuki, Strange Dawn and Galaxy Angels before they fell asleep right where they were.
The next morning, they were to gather in Eriol's room at eight for the announcement of the names of those going to England, and expectedly, Aya and Aoi didn't show. Sakura, using the master key, let herself in and found them asleep. As they say, old habits are hard to break, and it just so happened that being around Tomoyo so much made Sakura adore kawaii sights, and upon this one, she squealed so loudly, Syaoran and Eriol rushed over.
Unfortunately, the squeal woke the two up too. They woke up, took one look at the clock and jumped up in shock, and with a yell, fell over each other before FINALLY noticing the three adults at the door. They gave the heads a sheepish smile, "Eep."
Syaoran shook his head exasperatedly as he walked back to Eriol's room next door and Eriol stared into space thoughtfully, that ever-present Almighty Glint of Evilness shining brighter than ever, as he dragged Sakura by the arm, leaving the two to pick themselves up.
In a few seconds, the two best friends were in the room grinning sheepishly at the eleven-strong group in Eriol's room. Eriol smiled, "Now that the two sleepy heads are here, we can get on with things. Before I let you off to primp for the trip home, we have to announce the names of those going for the England trip. There was absolutely no bias or magic involved, since we drew names out of a wine glass. Anyway, regardless of process, the names are Fujita Eri, Lee Aya, Li Aoi, Maita Rei and Shigeki Maaya."
Some groaned and Maaya was looking particularly smug.
Eriol continued, "Will the other five please leave the room, so I can brief these kids on the trip." He waited for them to leave the room with his fellow heads, "Don't think that this is some kind of joyride. You will have to, within the time frame of 25 days, not only successfully but also inconspicuously, create a wand with a core of choice. Then, on the morning of the 26th of October, a guide will meet us and bring us to Diagon Alley, where we will pick up school supplies. Your uniforms will be given to you tomorrow. From Diagon Alley, the guide will bring us to Hogwarts by Floo Powder. And once there, you will be assigned to a Hogwarts student and will be taking lessons with his or her respective House. You will also be staying with the student in his or her dormitory, where an extra bed will be somehow fit in. Any questions?"
Eri raised her hand. "Yes, Fujita-san?"
"What about our regular lessons. Will we have to go through extra tuition or something when we come back?"
"No. No extra tuition. That would be because we believe you capable of independent study. The most we'll be doing for you would be to set you homework and deadlines every now and then."
They groaned and before they were dismissed, Eriol had something else to say, "Oh, and one of you will be chosen to take part in the Triwizard Tournament by an impartial judge. I'll explain in due time."
Aya and Aoi headed into the other room to get out of their pyjamas. Inside, while rummaging through suitcases while trying not to upset anything, Aoi thought, "I wonder what's the Triwizard Tournament?"
To his shock, a reply came, out loud, "It's a competition where Champions from various schools, usually only Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, but this time we're included, go through three tasks and try to, as usual, win."
Aoi clutched his chest dramatically, "You have GOT to stop doing that."
She shrugged, grabbing her day's outfit, a sleeveless fitting black normal- yet-seemingly-short-since-it-rises-above-the-belly-button-when-you-raise- your-arms tee with a sequined strawberry in the middle and jeans, "S'not MY fault I can hear your thoughts. Dibs on the bathroom."
She shut and locked the door before Aoi could protest. By the time she came out, Aoi was nearly falling asleep, but the shock sure woke him up. She looked positively radiant. He raised an eyebrow, "What happened? S'not really like you to dress up for a flight."
She smirked, "But it's VERY like me to kill a certain girl's ego. If you want, I'll tell you the story, but not until I'm done with my nails and you get a bath. You still smell like drool. Oh, did you know you drool when you sleep?"
He shook his head, wondering why he hadn't remembered that it was a large part of Aya's nature to try and spite anyone she didn't like as he walked into the bathroom. Outside, she was busy looking through her new bottles of nail polish to pick a colour, before finally deciding on the particular shade of metallic rosy red that Maaya was admiring the night before.
When he came out a comparably short time later, Aya's nails were done, her hair was up in a French twist and she had slipped on the pair of heeled sandals.
As they checked the suite for stuff they might've left behind, Aya told the story, "She was even trying to sneak on some of my polish last night. I've noticed over the years that the best way to get back at someone is to make him or her jealous, especially if it's a girl."
She twirled around but suddenly stopped, with a thoughtful look on her face with a glint in her eye that showed that she might've learnt something from his half-grandfather after all. She began grinning at Aoi and he backed away nervously, "I don't like that look."
She launched herself at him and latched onto his arm, looking up at him with huge teary puppy eyes and an excessively cute pout. He searched her mind and cried out in horror, "NO! I'M NOT DOING IT!"
"Please? Pretty please? Or maybe just a one-sided thing? It'll make her SO jealous, I just KNOW it!"
He looked at her doubtfully and she continued, "Don't YOU want to make her upset? Especially after how much she's harassed you?"
He stared off into space as a small smile crept onto his face, "Only if it's one-sided. Then we can tell the gang about it and let it spread. The other girls will make sure of it. And only for one day."
She was absolutely elated. She grabbed his face and gave him a kiss on the cheek before beginning to jump up and down everywhere.
The moment they left the room, you couldn't catch them without Aya hanging off his arm and Aoi looking like he's in agony. And of course, without Maaya positively seething.
She was angry not only at Aya+Aoi, but also at the fact that Aya looked fabulous. Actually, though she wouldn't admit it, she knew that 'fabulous' topped the list of understatements.
Most just stared in wonder, and though the three heads saw through this, they just decided to leave them alone. Besides, what harm can come from a little fun?
At the airport, they wandered through the duty-free shops within the departure hall armed with half an hour. As Aya left Aoi's arm to go to the bathroom, Rei grabbed the chance and went along.
Once inside, she asked, "Ok, what's up? That was an act. I know. It's too obvious."
Aya grinned at Rei in the mirror while powdering, "Of COURSE this is an act, and guess who it's for."
Rei laughed, "Shigeki Maaya? I can safely bet that if you pour some water on her head, it'll steam."
Aya turned and flipped her hair, "So, how do I look? Nothing short of, say, utterly gorgeous will suffice, mind you."
Rei laughed even harder, "Utterly gorgeous it is then. Anything that pisses Maaya off deserves the praise."
"Oh, and by the way, we're counting on you to start passing it around tonight. News of our little game will go through this place like wildfire, and we need somebody to put it out."
Rei looked doubtfully at her, "Are you sure they'll believe me? Seriously, they LIKE this sort of thing; love triangles and the like."
"Don't worry. They know that when I think about guys, it's always when to hit them and what with. We can only get the gang to pass it tomorrow, but tell as many peeps as you can the real story and the story they pass around will be the one with the acting and the jealousy."
"Anything you say."
They left the bathroom to find Maaya making use of that few minutes to hit on Aoi, who was currently hopping over a chair to escape her. Aya winked to Rei and sprinted forward, leaping and glomping him for all she was worth.
He gave a helpless look and was dragged off to the chocolate store, where thankfully, Aya only bought five pieces. Most of the guys, with the obvious exceptance of Aki and Aoi, gaped at her drooling as she bit into one of the pieces, while she kept her best friend in a particularly uncomfortable headlock.
The plane ride went by rather uneventfully, and it was the ride home that was really interesting. There were two limos ready to pick them up from the airport. Hideko, Hideki, Rei, Aki, Ryo, Sakura and Syaoran went in one and the rest were in the other.
In the limos, there are two sides with seats. There was the one long side opposite the door and the short side away from the driver. Eriol took the short side and the five sat in a row along the long side - Taro, Eri, Maaya, Aya and Aoi.
Maaya, by now, snapped at anything that moved and felt particularly like strangling Aya with her hair. Aya, knowing this, kept up the charade, feeling excessively pleased with herself. And Aoi, the perpetual victim, was flushed and exhausted from running from these two the whole day and wondering why he even agreed to this.
They got off the limo at the checkpoint and as they lined up to get on the cable cars, Maaya hissed, "He's mine. Give it up or else."
Aya just grinned and grabbing Aoi, who was in front of her, she kissed him on the cheek. That just enraged Maaya even further, and she was about to launch herself at Aya but they were getting onto the cable cars.
There were three cable cars, but they only used two. Each could seat seven, and Sakura, Syaoran, Rei, Taro, Eri, Hideko and Hideki were in one, the rest in the other.
Aya looked particularly proud of herself, and Eriol, knowing something else would happen if she goes too far, shot her a look that said, "That was all very amusing but don't push it." She pouted at him and gave up, finally snuggling up to Aoi and falling asleep.
After the few minutes, they couldn't get Aya awake, so Aki carried her all the way home. As he was somehow managing to unlock the door, she woke up and he put her down, commenting as he levitated their luggage inside (How else would he have managed to carry everything when both his arms are carrying his sister?), "I didn't know you kissed people so openly. I never even knew you kissed people outside the family."
Aya shrugged, pulling off her shoes, "I dunno. Coming here must've changed me I suppose."
He raised an eyebrow.
"When put into a new environment, an animal must choose - adapt and survive, or stay exactly the way you are and die."
Done. Finally. And I still got time for a bath and lunch. My mom's bringing us out later and I just HAD to finish this. R+R!
