Sorry for the long update, but I've been gone for about a week or so. I
went to S.O.E.S. (Scarborough Outdoor Education School) which was like a
camp up at Kearney. Though, since I didn't want to be late on updating, I
took some paper with me and wrote on the bus! ^^ So here it is now! Lolz,
thanks so much to all the people who reviewed and read this fic! It meant
so much to me! Really it did!
I also watched my Ayashi no Ceres VCDs to refresh my memory of it. ^^ Wow, I was amazed once again of Watase-sensei's gorgeous work and this time I swear I cried. Especially at Chidori's death, omg! *sob* How touching! ^-^
Now, about the story. As you can see it seems like Aya's attitude had changed from the anime, as if nothing in the world really mattered much anymore, and everybody's against her. In other words, her attitude darkened. Well, the real Aya will come out sometime... Ne, Tooya-sama?
Tooya the Almighty: *blinks* Huh?
Me: *shakes head* Naive as always huh...
Searching for a Special Someone
Chapter 2. Interested in an unknown person
Aya yawned early the next morning, drowsily rubbing her tired eyes. "Morning..." she mumbled to no one. It was another Saturday, another day, and a step closer to graduation. Today was her date with Saiko Hikami.
Her thoughts drifted back to yesterday's events. Everything was the same except for meeting Saiko. She remembered Aki lecturing her about searching for a special someone. Nice, trustworthy, blah... All the personality traits. What she was looking for was someone who could mind their own business and stand up for themself. She didn't know much about Saiko, but who knew what he was thinking?
By now, Aya was fully awake, showered, and refreshed. When she got down to the kitchen, there was breakfast sitting at her spot at the table and a note beside it. Curiously, she picked up the note and it read:
"Mom, and Dad are out shopping today. I'm at a friend's house and we're gonna see a movie so I'll be a while. I made you breakfast!
SSS, Aki."
Grumbling, Aya crumpled up the note and shoved it into her pocket. She sat down and took a few bites of her toast. Chewing, she shoved the plate back, washed the few bites down with milk and stood up.
She knew what 'SSS' stood for. Aki always finished his notes and letters to her with a triple S. 'Search for a Special Someone' it meant. Supposedly trying to boost up her will. Last time, when she had found out what it mean, she had exploded on Aki, screaming about minding his own business. She never apologized to him for doing that... Probably because he continued writing 'SSS' the day after.
Checking the kitchen clock, she saw that it was 7:00 AM currently. Exactly 12 hours until her date. Something inside of her felt extremely guilty. 'Argh, why am I feeling quilty?' she thought. 'Just because part of the reason I'm dating Saiko is to get rid of Kizaki, but that doesn't mean anything at all anyways... It's just "part" of the reason. Sure, he's ... popular and wanted in the minds of other girls in the school, I guess...' That made Aya wonder. Why did she say yes to his proposal of the date anyways? Probably because he sounded so desperate and was the kind to be extremely hurt at a rejection. It would be bad for his reputation as "The Prince", to boot.
"What to do now..." she murmured to herself. She sank down into a soft couch in the living room. Looking around, completely bored, she grabbed the remote control and turned the television on. It opened up to the weather channel.
"For today's weather forecast, we have Tom Bellingham, our American guest!" Aya said in a mocking tone.
"For today's weather forecast, we have Tom Bellingham, our American guest!" came the man on screen's voice. (a/n: --; I hope you don't mind Sarya... The name just popped right out. It's for the fic really... Not just something I put to annoy you XD)
'Guest, my ass!' Aya thought. 'He's been saying the weather forecast on that exact channel for a whole week now!'
Tom Bellingham, stepped onto the screen with a big, goofy grin. "Hi, everybody, today it will be cloudy, with light showers..."
Aya shut off the t.v. and walked out of the house, heading towards the park. 'Cloudy, with light showers huh...' she thought. 'Just perfect for my mood. Ruin my date for all I care, I don't give a shit.' She scowled, at all the flowers, that she once loved. 'Why does my life have to be so boring?!' she thought. 'God, I could at least have a complicated love life!'
She never knew what kind of love life was really coming to her.
***
Tooya, slipped on a light coat, and ran out of his apartment, into the damp, foggy air, the weather of spring. He breathed in the deep scent of fully bloomed flowers, and wildlife, which surrounded him, as he jogged into the park. He could tell that summer was coming soon.
He ran around the park for the whole morning. 'Gotta keep my shape,' he thought. 'Someday, I will race Mikage, and I'll be totally prepared for it.' Competition was the only thing on his mind, as he raced past people, benches, fountains, green.
"Whoa, slow it down, Tooya!"
Tooya looked up, as Saiko came into his view. Right in front of him in fact. Swerving to the side, he managed, to control his super fast pace, and come to a halt.
"Don't go in front of me when I'm running that fast!" Tooya said, brushing his red hair out of his eyes.
"Ok, I'm sorry," Saiko apologized. "I hope you're not as mad as you sound, Tooya."
He shook his head. "It's ok, Saiko. I guess I was just in a bad mood."
Saiko raised his eyebrow at him. "You? Bad mood?" he laughed. "Since when did you even have moods?"
Tooya shrugged.
"You're always so emotionless! It's no wonder that you don't have crowds surrounding you!"
Once again Tooya shrugged.
Saiko sighed. "Anyways, it's a good thing that Tooya is Tooya, or else, I'd be flat as a pancake right now!" He chuckled at his own joke. "I wish I could be like that... Or except for that time, I'm glad I did bang into Aya."
Tooya frowned a little bit at Aya's name, and then his mouth became a straight line again, like always.
They continued running; Tooya remaining silent as Saiko talked on and on about Aya. All of a sudden Saiko stopped.
"What's wrong?" Tooya said, stopping with him.
"There she is..."
Tooya looked in the direction Saiko was looking and saw Aya Mikage walking calmly on the pavement, not noticing them yet. He had to admit, she looked wonderful in shorts, and a tank top, walking like an angel through beautiful flowers.
"I'm going to go talk to her," Saiko said walking towards her. "You coming, Tooya?"
He shook his head. "Nah, I think I should go home now."
"Ok well, I'll see you-" Saiko cut his sentence off short, as he realized he was talking to no one now. Tooya had already fled from the park. He shrugged, and continued walking to Aya.
She turned suddenly, and as her hair swung back, her aqua eyes darkened, her mouth turned down in a small frown... 'Huh?' Saiko thought. 'I must be imagining things..." He blinked, and looking at her features again, her eyes were shining brightly like usual, and there was a huge smile plastered over her face.
"Hi, Hikami!" she exclaimed.
"H-hello..." he replied. He now didn't know what to call her. Just yesterday, they've been calling each other by their first names, and then all of a sudden she called him by his last. 'What's up with that?' he thought.
Aya seemed to have caught her mistake. "I mean, well how are you, Saiko?"
He smiled a little. "I'm fine. And how are you?"
"Fine too!"
After that, there was a very uncomfortable silence in the air. Saiko was looking around, blushing, while Aya looked him straight in the eye, bored. 'How long is this guy gonna keep me waiting with this awful silence?' she thought. 'Might as well break it... He doesn't seem to know how to deal with girls.'
Sighing, she began a conversation with him. "So, where are we going today?"
A big grin broke out on Saiko's face. "We're going to go to a really fancy restaurant that my family owns. It's called Breakout, and it's new in town. Heard of it before? It's really popular in America. (a/n: Uh, just in case you're wondering, it's not a real restaurant, I made it up) So, remember to dress up real fancy, I'm going to get you lots of beautiful flowers!"
Aya inwardly grimaced. To her, Saiko sounded like a little child going to Wonderland. "Um, yeah, that sounds cool..." 'Geez, really, he didn't have to ruin every single surprise!'
Saiko's grin grew wider, if possible. "You might even be able to meet my best friend! He was here just a while ago, but went home in a rush for some reason."
Aya quickly looked around, hoping to catch a glimpse of the beautiful red she saw yesterday. But there was no colour that she saw that was as unique as Tooya's hair. "Really? What's his name?"
"Tooya. He's a really nice guy, even though he's quiet most of the time, and seems emotionless," Saiko said.
"What's his last name? Does he go to our school? How come I've never heard of him?"
'Why is she so interested in knowing him?' Saiko thought. 'This looks bad... But maybe, she just wants to be friends with my friends... What a sweet girl.'
"Well, he's been brought to our school by an orphanage. He says they told him he was found right in this park, unconscious, and bleeding badly in the head. He doesn't remember anything, except when he woke up in the hospital."
Aya gasped. " That's terrible! So, does he still go to the orphanage?" she asked.
Saiko gave her a strange look. "What? No! He's old enough to leave the orphanage. He works and lives by himself in a small apartment. He has a part-time job as an assistant doctor at Kaikouyu Hospital."
"He must be very lonely then..." Aya said softly. 'Who is this guy?' she thought. 'Tooya... the name sounds rather familiar.' Then a thought struck her. "Who paid for his hospital bills? Who took him to the orphanage?"
"Um... I can't really remember... He told me that a rich man named Ka... Kaga... No wait, It was Kasuki! Kasuki Mikani. I just remember him saying that he owned a really famous and rich company. He was adopted by him, and was thrown back into the orphanage by him 5 years ago," Saiko said. "He couldn't even remember his age, so they didn't know which grade to put him in. But I met him on the streets a week before the orphanage's decision to go to school, which was three years ago in my first year of high school, so I knew him and we became friends outside of school. We saw each other again on the grounds of school, and Tooya decided himself to go into my grade. He is actually higher than average in his grades, but he refused the offer to skip most of the high school years to grade 12."
Aya blurted out all her questions again. "Which company is it? Why did Kasuki Mikani throw him back into the orphanage? Did he do something wrong?"
Saiko shook his head. "He wouldn't tell me why Mikani thew him back in, and I never asked about the company. I didn't want to be too nosy."
Aya suddenly felt embarrassed. "I-I guess I'm sorry for being so nosy."
Saiko smiled and held her shoulders. "No problem, Aya, I guess we all are somehow attracted to him and his life. I've always wanted to somehow help him recover his past but whenever I ask him what I can do to help, he'd always reply with 'Thanks, but no, I will do it myself.'"
"Oh..." Aya said, wanting Saiko to take his hands off her. But Aya knew that what Saiko said was true; "We are all somehow attracted to him and his life." She didn't know why, but she wanted to get to know Tooya even though they've never met or seen each other. She wanted to help this mysterious man... Help him remember his past. Something still tugged about his name. Tooya... 'It means ten nights doesn't it?' she thought. 'Where have I heard it before?!'
"Aya? Aya!!"
Aya twitched, and looked at Saiko. "What is it?"
Saiko blinked. "Nothing..."
She couldn't help but roll her eyes physically. Really, she couldn't help it.
Saiko quickly noticed, and said in a hurry, "It-it was just that... that you were star-staring off into space!"
Aya felt her blood boil. 'This guy just makes me so angry!' she thought. 'Maybe because he's a wimp, maybe because he's annoying, or maybe because he's afraid of losing me, but he just pisses me off so much!!!' She couldn't do anything about it. She felt very guilty for doing this... but he was the key to getting to know Tooya.
"Well, I'll be going now," she said. "I'll be ready at 7, no need to call me."
"Ok, well I'll see you la-" for the second time that day, he was saying his 'see you later's to no one. Aya had already left the park, out of sight.
***
Aya looked at the time, and decided to go pick out her outfit for her date.
Looking through her 'fancy' dresses, she sighed. Did she really want to go on with this relationship? Maybe she should get to know him before she immediately dumps him right before their first date. You know, make him feel less uneasy around her.
Finally, she stopped at a scarlet dress. It was all the same colour, just a plain, sleeveless dress with nothing special about it. The thing that made it 'fancy' was the material. It was made of the smoothest silk. Touching the material, she felt relaxed, and comfortable. It must've been the plainest, fancy dress she's ever worn for a date. Laying it on her bed, she giggled to herself as she went into the shower.
***
Half an hour later, she sat down on the couch in the living room. She was wearing the scarlet, silk dress which stopped right at her knee, and her hair was down, like usual. She wore her favourite choker, the one with the crucifix, and three silver bracelets on her left wrist. Despite the plainess of it all, she looked extravagant.
Checking her watch, she saw that it was just 2 minutes to 7, and sank deeper into the plush sofa, not caring about her dress or hair. She suddenly felt comfortable and tired. Closing her eyes slowly, she was suddenly alert again, as the shrill ring of the doorbell interrupted.
"Coming, coming..." she muttered, not exactly saying it so that the person on the other side of the door could hear. She swung open the front door, and gasped.
Saiko was standing there... No flowers in his hand, no thousand dollar tux, no nothing. He was wearing baggy blue jeans, running shoes, and a navy blue t-shirt. He had neat shades covering his amazing midnight blue eyes and a cap over his messy azure hair. Now Aya could see why he was called the Prince of Seijuu High.
Looking at him, she suddenly felt embarrassed at her fancy- oh wait. Sighing in relief, she smiled as she remembered her 'plain' yet 'fancy' dress. 'Perfect for all occasions!' the saleslady had said when Aya was buying it. 'How right she is...' Aya thought.
"Hi there!" he said.
"Hey Saiko," she greeted back. Was he going to go to Breakout wearing that?
"So why're you still standing there, let's get going!" he said cheerfully, and walked back down the porch steps.
"Wait, where are we going? You don't mean Breakout do you?" she asked, quickly following him. He seemed to be in a hurry.
"Dressed like this?" he raised an eyebrow at her. "What do you think?"
By now, Aya was totally confused.
"Just kidding, yeah we're still going to Breakout," he said, grinning at her. "I don't break my promises. Aya, where've you been these past weeks? Didn't you know that my family has three Breakouts? There's Breakout, a fancy restaurant, Breakout Reality, a fast-food restaurant, and Breakout X, a night club. Believe me, I thought it was the talk of the school!"
Aya's insides bubbled with excitement. "Yeah, of course I've heard of it!! You just said Breakout that's why!"
Saiko laughed. "What? You think I ruin surprises?"
Aya laughed too. She was beginning to like this guy more and more. She was glad she hadn't already dumped him. This part of him wasn't a wimp, a little kid... 'He's cooler, hotter, and wild,' she thought.
***
Ah, finished! At last, sorry for the long long wait. ^^; I was going to add more, like what's going to happen in the date, but I was too lazy too. ^^; Hope you liked this chapter! Ja~
I also watched my Ayashi no Ceres VCDs to refresh my memory of it. ^^ Wow, I was amazed once again of Watase-sensei's gorgeous work and this time I swear I cried. Especially at Chidori's death, omg! *sob* How touching! ^-^
Now, about the story. As you can see it seems like Aya's attitude had changed from the anime, as if nothing in the world really mattered much anymore, and everybody's against her. In other words, her attitude darkened. Well, the real Aya will come out sometime... Ne, Tooya-sama?
Tooya the Almighty: *blinks* Huh?
Me: *shakes head* Naive as always huh...
Searching for a Special Someone
Chapter 2. Interested in an unknown person
Aya yawned early the next morning, drowsily rubbing her tired eyes. "Morning..." she mumbled to no one. It was another Saturday, another day, and a step closer to graduation. Today was her date with Saiko Hikami.
Her thoughts drifted back to yesterday's events. Everything was the same except for meeting Saiko. She remembered Aki lecturing her about searching for a special someone. Nice, trustworthy, blah... All the personality traits. What she was looking for was someone who could mind their own business and stand up for themself. She didn't know much about Saiko, but who knew what he was thinking?
By now, Aya was fully awake, showered, and refreshed. When she got down to the kitchen, there was breakfast sitting at her spot at the table and a note beside it. Curiously, she picked up the note and it read:
"Mom, and Dad are out shopping today. I'm at a friend's house and we're gonna see a movie so I'll be a while. I made you breakfast!
SSS, Aki."
Grumbling, Aya crumpled up the note and shoved it into her pocket. She sat down and took a few bites of her toast. Chewing, she shoved the plate back, washed the few bites down with milk and stood up.
She knew what 'SSS' stood for. Aki always finished his notes and letters to her with a triple S. 'Search for a Special Someone' it meant. Supposedly trying to boost up her will. Last time, when she had found out what it mean, she had exploded on Aki, screaming about minding his own business. She never apologized to him for doing that... Probably because he continued writing 'SSS' the day after.
Checking the kitchen clock, she saw that it was 7:00 AM currently. Exactly 12 hours until her date. Something inside of her felt extremely guilty. 'Argh, why am I feeling quilty?' she thought. 'Just because part of the reason I'm dating Saiko is to get rid of Kizaki, but that doesn't mean anything at all anyways... It's just "part" of the reason. Sure, he's ... popular and wanted in the minds of other girls in the school, I guess...' That made Aya wonder. Why did she say yes to his proposal of the date anyways? Probably because he sounded so desperate and was the kind to be extremely hurt at a rejection. It would be bad for his reputation as "The Prince", to boot.
"What to do now..." she murmured to herself. She sank down into a soft couch in the living room. Looking around, completely bored, she grabbed the remote control and turned the television on. It opened up to the weather channel.
"For today's weather forecast, we have Tom Bellingham, our American guest!" Aya said in a mocking tone.
"For today's weather forecast, we have Tom Bellingham, our American guest!" came the man on screen's voice. (a/n: --; I hope you don't mind Sarya... The name just popped right out. It's for the fic really... Not just something I put to annoy you XD)
'Guest, my ass!' Aya thought. 'He's been saying the weather forecast on that exact channel for a whole week now!'
Tom Bellingham, stepped onto the screen with a big, goofy grin. "Hi, everybody, today it will be cloudy, with light showers..."
Aya shut off the t.v. and walked out of the house, heading towards the park. 'Cloudy, with light showers huh...' she thought. 'Just perfect for my mood. Ruin my date for all I care, I don't give a shit.' She scowled, at all the flowers, that she once loved. 'Why does my life have to be so boring?!' she thought. 'God, I could at least have a complicated love life!'
She never knew what kind of love life was really coming to her.
***
Tooya, slipped on a light coat, and ran out of his apartment, into the damp, foggy air, the weather of spring. He breathed in the deep scent of fully bloomed flowers, and wildlife, which surrounded him, as he jogged into the park. He could tell that summer was coming soon.
He ran around the park for the whole morning. 'Gotta keep my shape,' he thought. 'Someday, I will race Mikage, and I'll be totally prepared for it.' Competition was the only thing on his mind, as he raced past people, benches, fountains, green.
"Whoa, slow it down, Tooya!"
Tooya looked up, as Saiko came into his view. Right in front of him in fact. Swerving to the side, he managed, to control his super fast pace, and come to a halt.
"Don't go in front of me when I'm running that fast!" Tooya said, brushing his red hair out of his eyes.
"Ok, I'm sorry," Saiko apologized. "I hope you're not as mad as you sound, Tooya."
He shook his head. "It's ok, Saiko. I guess I was just in a bad mood."
Saiko raised his eyebrow at him. "You? Bad mood?" he laughed. "Since when did you even have moods?"
Tooya shrugged.
"You're always so emotionless! It's no wonder that you don't have crowds surrounding you!"
Once again Tooya shrugged.
Saiko sighed. "Anyways, it's a good thing that Tooya is Tooya, or else, I'd be flat as a pancake right now!" He chuckled at his own joke. "I wish I could be like that... Or except for that time, I'm glad I did bang into Aya."
Tooya frowned a little bit at Aya's name, and then his mouth became a straight line again, like always.
They continued running; Tooya remaining silent as Saiko talked on and on about Aya. All of a sudden Saiko stopped.
"What's wrong?" Tooya said, stopping with him.
"There she is..."
Tooya looked in the direction Saiko was looking and saw Aya Mikage walking calmly on the pavement, not noticing them yet. He had to admit, she looked wonderful in shorts, and a tank top, walking like an angel through beautiful flowers.
"I'm going to go talk to her," Saiko said walking towards her. "You coming, Tooya?"
He shook his head. "Nah, I think I should go home now."
"Ok well, I'll see you-" Saiko cut his sentence off short, as he realized he was talking to no one now. Tooya had already fled from the park. He shrugged, and continued walking to Aya.
She turned suddenly, and as her hair swung back, her aqua eyes darkened, her mouth turned down in a small frown... 'Huh?' Saiko thought. 'I must be imagining things..." He blinked, and looking at her features again, her eyes were shining brightly like usual, and there was a huge smile plastered over her face.
"Hi, Hikami!" she exclaimed.
"H-hello..." he replied. He now didn't know what to call her. Just yesterday, they've been calling each other by their first names, and then all of a sudden she called him by his last. 'What's up with that?' he thought.
Aya seemed to have caught her mistake. "I mean, well how are you, Saiko?"
He smiled a little. "I'm fine. And how are you?"
"Fine too!"
After that, there was a very uncomfortable silence in the air. Saiko was looking around, blushing, while Aya looked him straight in the eye, bored. 'How long is this guy gonna keep me waiting with this awful silence?' she thought. 'Might as well break it... He doesn't seem to know how to deal with girls.'
Sighing, she began a conversation with him. "So, where are we going today?"
A big grin broke out on Saiko's face. "We're going to go to a really fancy restaurant that my family owns. It's called Breakout, and it's new in town. Heard of it before? It's really popular in America. (a/n: Uh, just in case you're wondering, it's not a real restaurant, I made it up) So, remember to dress up real fancy, I'm going to get you lots of beautiful flowers!"
Aya inwardly grimaced. To her, Saiko sounded like a little child going to Wonderland. "Um, yeah, that sounds cool..." 'Geez, really, he didn't have to ruin every single surprise!'
Saiko's grin grew wider, if possible. "You might even be able to meet my best friend! He was here just a while ago, but went home in a rush for some reason."
Aya quickly looked around, hoping to catch a glimpse of the beautiful red she saw yesterday. But there was no colour that she saw that was as unique as Tooya's hair. "Really? What's his name?"
"Tooya. He's a really nice guy, even though he's quiet most of the time, and seems emotionless," Saiko said.
"What's his last name? Does he go to our school? How come I've never heard of him?"
'Why is she so interested in knowing him?' Saiko thought. 'This looks bad... But maybe, she just wants to be friends with my friends... What a sweet girl.'
"Well, he's been brought to our school by an orphanage. He says they told him he was found right in this park, unconscious, and bleeding badly in the head. He doesn't remember anything, except when he woke up in the hospital."
Aya gasped. " That's terrible! So, does he still go to the orphanage?" she asked.
Saiko gave her a strange look. "What? No! He's old enough to leave the orphanage. He works and lives by himself in a small apartment. He has a part-time job as an assistant doctor at Kaikouyu Hospital."
"He must be very lonely then..." Aya said softly. 'Who is this guy?' she thought. 'Tooya... the name sounds rather familiar.' Then a thought struck her. "Who paid for his hospital bills? Who took him to the orphanage?"
"Um... I can't really remember... He told me that a rich man named Ka... Kaga... No wait, It was Kasuki! Kasuki Mikani. I just remember him saying that he owned a really famous and rich company. He was adopted by him, and was thrown back into the orphanage by him 5 years ago," Saiko said. "He couldn't even remember his age, so they didn't know which grade to put him in. But I met him on the streets a week before the orphanage's decision to go to school, which was three years ago in my first year of high school, so I knew him and we became friends outside of school. We saw each other again on the grounds of school, and Tooya decided himself to go into my grade. He is actually higher than average in his grades, but he refused the offer to skip most of the high school years to grade 12."
Aya blurted out all her questions again. "Which company is it? Why did Kasuki Mikani throw him back into the orphanage? Did he do something wrong?"
Saiko shook his head. "He wouldn't tell me why Mikani thew him back in, and I never asked about the company. I didn't want to be too nosy."
Aya suddenly felt embarrassed. "I-I guess I'm sorry for being so nosy."
Saiko smiled and held her shoulders. "No problem, Aya, I guess we all are somehow attracted to him and his life. I've always wanted to somehow help him recover his past but whenever I ask him what I can do to help, he'd always reply with 'Thanks, but no, I will do it myself.'"
"Oh..." Aya said, wanting Saiko to take his hands off her. But Aya knew that what Saiko said was true; "We are all somehow attracted to him and his life." She didn't know why, but she wanted to get to know Tooya even though they've never met or seen each other. She wanted to help this mysterious man... Help him remember his past. Something still tugged about his name. Tooya... 'It means ten nights doesn't it?' she thought. 'Where have I heard it before?!'
"Aya? Aya!!"
Aya twitched, and looked at Saiko. "What is it?"
Saiko blinked. "Nothing..."
She couldn't help but roll her eyes physically. Really, she couldn't help it.
Saiko quickly noticed, and said in a hurry, "It-it was just that... that you were star-staring off into space!"
Aya felt her blood boil. 'This guy just makes me so angry!' she thought. 'Maybe because he's a wimp, maybe because he's annoying, or maybe because he's afraid of losing me, but he just pisses me off so much!!!' She couldn't do anything about it. She felt very guilty for doing this... but he was the key to getting to know Tooya.
"Well, I'll be going now," she said. "I'll be ready at 7, no need to call me."
"Ok, well I'll see you la-" for the second time that day, he was saying his 'see you later's to no one. Aya had already left the park, out of sight.
***
Aya looked at the time, and decided to go pick out her outfit for her date.
Looking through her 'fancy' dresses, she sighed. Did she really want to go on with this relationship? Maybe she should get to know him before she immediately dumps him right before their first date. You know, make him feel less uneasy around her.
Finally, she stopped at a scarlet dress. It was all the same colour, just a plain, sleeveless dress with nothing special about it. The thing that made it 'fancy' was the material. It was made of the smoothest silk. Touching the material, she felt relaxed, and comfortable. It must've been the plainest, fancy dress she's ever worn for a date. Laying it on her bed, she giggled to herself as she went into the shower.
***
Half an hour later, she sat down on the couch in the living room. She was wearing the scarlet, silk dress which stopped right at her knee, and her hair was down, like usual. She wore her favourite choker, the one with the crucifix, and three silver bracelets on her left wrist. Despite the plainess of it all, she looked extravagant.
Checking her watch, she saw that it was just 2 minutes to 7, and sank deeper into the plush sofa, not caring about her dress or hair. She suddenly felt comfortable and tired. Closing her eyes slowly, she was suddenly alert again, as the shrill ring of the doorbell interrupted.
"Coming, coming..." she muttered, not exactly saying it so that the person on the other side of the door could hear. She swung open the front door, and gasped.
Saiko was standing there... No flowers in his hand, no thousand dollar tux, no nothing. He was wearing baggy blue jeans, running shoes, and a navy blue t-shirt. He had neat shades covering his amazing midnight blue eyes and a cap over his messy azure hair. Now Aya could see why he was called the Prince of Seijuu High.
Looking at him, she suddenly felt embarrassed at her fancy- oh wait. Sighing in relief, she smiled as she remembered her 'plain' yet 'fancy' dress. 'Perfect for all occasions!' the saleslady had said when Aya was buying it. 'How right she is...' Aya thought.
"Hi there!" he said.
"Hey Saiko," she greeted back. Was he going to go to Breakout wearing that?
"So why're you still standing there, let's get going!" he said cheerfully, and walked back down the porch steps.
"Wait, where are we going? You don't mean Breakout do you?" she asked, quickly following him. He seemed to be in a hurry.
"Dressed like this?" he raised an eyebrow at her. "What do you think?"
By now, Aya was totally confused.
"Just kidding, yeah we're still going to Breakout," he said, grinning at her. "I don't break my promises. Aya, where've you been these past weeks? Didn't you know that my family has three Breakouts? There's Breakout, a fancy restaurant, Breakout Reality, a fast-food restaurant, and Breakout X, a night club. Believe me, I thought it was the talk of the school!"
Aya's insides bubbled with excitement. "Yeah, of course I've heard of it!! You just said Breakout that's why!"
Saiko laughed. "What? You think I ruin surprises?"
Aya laughed too. She was beginning to like this guy more and more. She was glad she hadn't already dumped him. This part of him wasn't a wimp, a little kid... 'He's cooler, hotter, and wild,' she thought.
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Ah, finished! At last, sorry for the long long wait. ^^; I was going to add more, like what's going to happen in the date, but I was too lazy too. ^^; Hope you liked this chapter! Ja~
