I Don't Want To Be Alone Anymore
By AnimaeChina
Chapter 3
"Excuse me, waitress!" A man shouted sitting in a booth.
"Coming!" Midii responded walking over there. "How may I help you?" She asked automatically.
"I'd like to know what's the name of that waitress over there." The man said pointing to a waitress with brown hair and brown eyes who was serving another customer.
"Why....?" Midii asked curiously and annoyed. The man didn't say anything he just stared at her. "Y-you want to go out with her, don't you?" She asked tersely. The man looked away and blushed. "I'll take that as a yes. Her name is Chris. Is that all?"
"No. I'd also like a piece of apple pie."
"Coming right up!" Midii jotted the order down on a notepad. Before going into the kitchen she went to talk to Chris.
"Chris, that guy over there likes you." She whispered. "What are you going to do about it."
"I don't know. I guess I'll walk over to him after I give my customer's their food." Chris said and that's what she did. While they were talking Midii took care of Chris's tables.
When the restaurant was about to close those two were still talking amiably. Midii looked at both at them sadly and sighed.
"I wish Trowa and me could be like that." Midii wished in her heart and took off her apron. "Hey Chris!" She called out. All she got back was giggling. Midii sighed again, "I'm leaving now! Will you close up for me?" Chris didn't even listen to what Midii was saying. Midii walked up to Chris and tapped on her back angrily startling Chris.
"W-what do you want?" Chris asked nervously.
Midii calming down said, "Will you please close up for me? I'm leaving now, I have some place to go."
"Oh, okay I understand." Chris responded politely.
"Good." Midii smiled. She began walking out the door but before she did she turned around and looked at them. "Don't talk too long okay?" She teased and stepped out.
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Meanwhile at the circus....
Trowa was backstage looking at the audience looking for Midii. He was starting to wonder if Midii couldn't make it. He kept looking for her anyway trying to look for hair color; a pale blond.
A couple of minutes later Midii came into the tent and immediately began hunting for a good seat.
"Got to find a good seat, I wanna get a good look at Trowa's performance. I also want him to know that I'm here." Midii thought oblivious to his dark green eyes searching for her. Once Midii found what she thought was a good seat she felt a weird vibe. She turned her head to the empty space where the performance was to be. She saw something brown move up and down, left and right. Her heart began to thump hard. She just stood there like a deer caught in headlights.
"Is he looking for me?!" Midii thought excitedly. The brown stopped moving and it was facing in her direction. Midii's heart thumped even harder when she saw that she was right. "Trowa...."
"Midii....you came...." Trowa thought happily relieved.
"I came for you, are you happy?" Midii wondered shyly.
"This makes me a little glad....will she like my performance?" He thought nervously.
"I bet he's good." She thought happily. Suddenly a fanfare of horns and trumps began to play accompanied by drums.
"Welcome to the circus!" A deep voiced boomed. Then there was a big puff of smoke in the middle of the tent. As soon as the smoke disappeared a man in a red suit and top hat appeared. Everybody in the tent cheered and clapped. When the manager announced the first act Catherine walked over to Trowa.
"Did Midii come?" She asked politely.
"Yeah." He replied easily.
"Good." She said slowly. Trowa turned around and faced her.
"Why's that?" He asked confused.
"You'll see." She answered in a singsong voice.
"Hn."
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Trowa was handing Catherine her knives to her when the manager was supposedly to announce them coming on. Catherine shook her had at Trowa.
"I'm not going to throw knives at you today." She told him.
"Then....why are you dressed up?" Trowa asked not understanding what's going on.
"We're going to do something different today." She told him slyly. Trowa began to grimace as she walked out following her. Catherine walked over to the manager and he looked backstage as if signaling the other performers to do something. Trowa also looked backstage and began to feel nervous but didn't show it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls we have a special show today!" The manager began. "First of all are there any young ladies who are the same age as this young man would like to volunteer?" The manager asked pointing at Trowa. Catherine was looking for Midii while the crowd murmured and Trowa pondered. Once she caught sight of Midii she immediately ran to fetch her. Catherine took Midii out of her seat forcefully. When Trowa saw Catherine pull Midii out of the audience he became agitated.
"I hope it's not what I think it is." Trowa thought grimly.
"Ah! I see we have a volunteer!" The manager said jovially bringing Trowa out of his thoughts.
"Catherine, what are you doing?" Midii whispered nervously.
"Don't worry I'll be telling you what to do over the mike." Catherine answered calmly.
"Is she trying to set us up on a date!" both Midii and Trowa thought frighteningly. Catherine placed Midii next to Trowa who glanced at Trowa nervously. Trowa also glanced at Midii but didn't show anything as usual. Catherine grabbed the mike from the manager.
"To end tonight's show we're going to tell a story to you." Catherine said. "It's about two young clowns going out on a date." Catherine reported cheerfully. The audience went wild!
"She is setting us up on a date." Midii and Trowa thought warily.
"Since it's going to be two clowns. Our volunteer has to dress like one." Catherine said and girl clowns appeared out of nowhere and brought Midii backstage. After a couple of minutes Midii came out in a pink dress with suspenders over a white t-shirt, white and green striped stockings, a bowler hat with a daisy sticking out, and those big red shoes. However, she didn't wear any of that clown makeup.
"Wow, she looks cute." Trowa thought amazed as Midii walked back to the center of the stage.
"Oh my! You really do look adorable!" Catherine gushed.
"Thanks...." Midii muttered blushing staring at the ground.
"Okay then let's start the story!" Catherine said enthusiastically. The girl clowns came over to Trowa and Midii and ushered them over to their places. Suddenly the light were shut off and the only light was a stage light on Catherine.
"Our story begins with the boy clown arriving on the doorstep of the girl clown's." Catherine began and a stage appeared on Trowa and Midii with a door between them. Trowa was holding a bouquet of sunflowers.
"The boy clown knocked on the door and the girl clown answered it." Trowa knocked the door solidly a couple times with the flowers behind his back. Then Midii opened the door with a big smile on her face.
"The boy clown surprised the girl clown with his bouquet of daisies. The girl clown excepted them happily but there was something in the flowers that also surprised her."
Trowa brought out the bouquet of daisies slowly right in front of Midii's face. Midii really acted like she was surprised and tentatively grabbed for them. When she went to smell the flowers some water was squirted on her face. The audience naturally laughed at this and Midii grinned.
"To thank the boy clown for the flowers Midii decided to give him her daisy from her hat."
Midii took off her hat and carefully took the daisy off and gave to Trowa like a shy schoolgirl.
"The boy clown was shocked at the gesture. He grabbed the daisy and smelt it too and was also surprised."
Trowa grabbed the flower, looked at it thoughtfully, and brought it to his nose slowly. Then some water also squirted in face and became startled. Trowa looked at Midii a bit curiously but all Midii did was grin at him innocently. The audience laughed at this too.
"The girl clown took out her hand wanting the boy clown to lead them on their date. The boy clown took her hand and they walked away."
Midii brought her hand out and lowered her grin into a cute smile. Trowa took her hand timidly and they walked away slowly swinging their hands with the stage light still shining on them. The audience awed at them and clapped softly.
When they walked past Catherine she said, "The boy clown took the girl clown to a cute restaurant. When they arrived the host asked how many guests. The boy said two and the host brought them to a table for two."
Another stage light shined down on a clown wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a post. Trowa and Midii stopped in front of the clown. The host clown held up a sign saying "How many?", the audience laughed, Trowa held up two fingers. The host put the sign away and led them to a table, which was shined by another stage light. Trowa helped Midii with her chair and then sat in his chair.
"The host gave them menus and walked away. They both looked at their menus carefully. When the waiter came they both ordered for spaghetti. All three of them were shocked but the waiter shrugged and walked away. The boy and girl just stared at each other blankly. However, the girl broke the tension by touching the boy's hand. They sat there smiling at each other affectionately."
The host gave Trowa and Midii pretend menus and they both looked at the pretend menus with thought. The host walked away and a couple of seconds later the waiter appeared he was wearing a white dress shirt with buttons and black pants. While Trowa and Midii were looking at their "menus" they noticed that there were signs on the other side of the table. The waiter took out a pretend notepad and pencil. Trowa and Midii grabbed the signs at the same time and showed them to him. The audience laughed at this too, the children's laughter were louder for those who could read. Trowa, Midii, and the waiter didn't move for a while but then the waiter shrugged and pretended to write it down and walked away. Trowa and Midii put the signs down and shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Midii slowly reached for Trowa's hand and smiled when she touched it Trowa got surprised. He felt a rush of heat go through his arm and go through the rest of his body. Trowa got over the surprise and intertwined his fingers with Midii's even though it wasn't part of the act and smiled. Midii blushed at the motion and stared at Trowa with glazed eyes smiling a bit more.
"A little while later the waiter came back with one big dish of spaghetti. Both the boy and girl looked at the waiter perplexed. As soon as the waiter saw their looks he began to grab the plate to exchange it for two plates. However, the girl stopped him saying it was okay. She didn't want the boy to think that the date was going wrong. So the waiter walked away leaving the two alone. The boy and girl ate the spaghetti together in silence, but as soon as they were finishing they were stuck on one string of spaghetti and accidentally kissed each other. They broke away from each other blushing furiously."
The waiter brought a real big plate of spaghetti and silverware in front of Trowa and Midii. They both got surprised again and looked the waiter perplexed. The waiter was going to the grab the plate but Midii stopped him and shook her head. The waiter walked away and Trowa and Midii began eating (Trowa took his mask off of course).
"No wonder Catherine made me skip dinner." Trowa thought ruefully.
"Thank God, that I skipped dinner to come here." Midii thought gratefully. While they were eating Midii stole some glimpses of Trowa. All she wanted to do was stare into Trowa's eyes but she thought that would be too weird in front of hundreds or thousands of people. Trowa didn't notice that Midii was trying to look at him all he thought was how hot he felt when he touched Midii's hand. He was also trying to finish the spaghetti as fast as he can. They were so deep into their thoughts they didn't even notice how fast they were eating. The audience was sort of amazed at their eating ability, some of them thought that this was actually planned for. Soon their faces got closer and closer they also didn't realizing that they were standing. Then suddenly they kissed each other! It wasn't exactly a kiss, it was more like a peck but they backed off anyway.
"I can't believe I wasn't paying attention! I hope he/she doesn't think that I really wanted to kiss him/her like that!" Both Trowa and Midii thought alarmed.
"After they finished their dinner the waiter immediately came to them with two glasses of apple cider and a check."
The waiter came and did exactly what Catherine said.
"After the cider was finished and the check was paid, the boy led the girl to the park. They talked and walked for hours until the girl stopped and saw a shooting star go by. She made a wish and her wish was that they'd be together forever happy. The boy looked at the girl thoughtfully with his head slightly tilted. When the girl noticed the boy doing this she looked at the boy questioningly. The boy quickly regained his composure. He grabbed her hand and they walked out of the park. Then they winded back at the girl's house. The girl smiled at the boy and the boy smiled back at the girl. It seems like they both had a good time. Before the girl took off the boy's mask and kissed him on the lips. The boy was shocked, he didn't know what to do! Except he just kissed her back. The girl handed back the boy's mask but the boy placed it back in her hands. So in return for the mask she gave him her hat and hugged him. The boy tightened the hug. When they finally let go of each other the girl walked to the door backwards looking at the boy. She walked into the door and closed the door still looking at the boy. When she closed the door she leaned against the door and sighed. The boy faced in the opposite direction. They brought their gifts up to their faces and kissed them."
When Midii and Trowa finished their cider Trowa placed a pretend credit card on the check. The waiter came back and walked away later coming back a couple of seconds later. Trowa took a pretend pen, signed the pretend receipt and put on his mask. After that was done they walked around the tent for awhile some classical background music filled the silence. Suddenly a burning arrow flew by and landed safely somewhere. Before it landed Midii quickly went into a pose that made her look like she was wishing. While she stood there with her eyes closed and hands clasped together Trowa did what Catherine said. He did think she look cute the way she was. Midii came out of her pose and slowly turned to Trowa. Trowa became startled and grabbed her hand they walked back to where they started. They stood there in front of the door and smiled at each other brightly. Then Midii reached for Trowa's mask hesitantly at first but took it off and swiftly kissed him on the lips softly. Trowa's eyes became wide but he relaxed and deepened the kiss.
"So, this is how a real kiss feels like." Trowa thought. When they broke away their faces were tinted with red. Midii handed the mask back to Trowa but Trowa took her hands and pushed them back down. Midii glanced at Trowa then at the mask, she took off her hat and gave it to him. Trowa grabbed the hat and fingered the brim of the hat with his thumbs gingerly. Midii then hugged Trowa fiercely. Trowa hugged her back equally fierce fully. Then Midii back away slowly not taking her eyes off him. When they couldn't see each other Midii leaned on the door and Trowa faced the opposite direction. Then exactly at the same time they kissed the mask/hat.
"The End." The audience cheered and clapped loudly. Some people even whistled. Trowa and Midii both walked to the center of the tent. The audience cheered and laughed even louder when they got there. Before they bowed Midii gave back the mask and Trowa the hat. They grabbed each other's hand and bowed together. As soon as the audience got up left Catherine, Midii, and Trowa walked backstage.
"Catherine how did you manage to pull if off?" Trowa asked.
"Yeah, how did you do it?" Midii asked wanting to know too.
"I just told the manager that I wanted you two together, which I do. He thought it was sweet and since you were a Gundam Pilot and are the star of the circus. He thought this was a way to repay you."
"But did it have to be this way!" Trowa and Midii thought incredulously.
"Interesting." Trowa said in a calm voice.
"Um well, can I have my clothes back now?" Midii asked sheepishly.
"Oh sure!" Catherine said running to get her clothes. While Catherine was looking for Midii's clothes leaving Midii and Trowa alone again.
"Why is it that whenever I'm alone with Trowa it also starts out so uncomfortable?" Midii wondered unhappily.
"I-I'm sorry for tonight. I didn't expect you to perform with me. It must have been embarrassing." Trowa apologized shyly.
"It's alright, I actually had fun."
"Really?"
"Uh-huh." Then Catherine came back running in with Midii's clothes. Before Midii went to change Trowa grabbed Midii's arm. Midii looked at Trowa's hand then at Trowa's face in surprise.
"Um-um-I-Do you, is it okay if I walked home with you?" Trowa stuttered. Midii nodded slowly. "Great." Trowa let go of her arm and went to change.
As soon as Trowa left Catherine squealed, "Oh wow! Oh wow! He really likes you! Hurry go and change!" Midii didn't object and ran to the women's dressing room.
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After a couple of minutes Trowa was waiting for Midii outside the tent.
"I'm sorry I took so long!" Midii apologized running toward Trowa.
"It's alright, let's go."
Trowa and Midii couldn't think of anything to say during the walk. As soon as they got to the halfway point.
"Trowa, why are you walking me home?" Midii asked curiously.
"I just wanted to." Trowa answered bluntly. "And I also want to ask you something in private." He added silently.
"Oh, okay." Midii said smiling. Midii brushed her hand against Trowa's by accident but Trowa grabbed it anyway. Midii was a little startled at first but thought it was okay and smiled at this too.
When they finally arrived at Midii's apartment Midii hugged Trowa.
"Thank you for taking the time to get home." She said softly. Midii then fumbled for her keys and got them out. She began to unlock the door when she opened it Trowa grabbed her shoulder.
"Um, do you want to go out on a real date? I mean since the one at the circus was more like work. Wouldn't it be nicer if we went on a real date without any people watching us?" Trowa asked bashfully.
Midii looked at him starry-eyed, "I would love to go." She answered breathily.
"How about next week on Friday, is seven o' clock okay?" Midii nodded in response. Then Trowa leaned in toward Midii.
"Is it okay if I kiss you to seal the deal?" Trowa asked softly. Midii nodded again and closed her eyes and tipped her head. Trowa bowed his head a little, closed his eyes and kissed Midii. When they were done Midii hugged Trowa again and put her ear to his heart.
"I like listening to his heart. It really soothes me." Midii thought. They stood there like that for a couple of hours and said good bye.
Author's Note: I'm finally finished with Chapter 3! I didn't expect it to take so long either! *sigh* I made Trowa a lot like Li Syaoran from Card Captor Sakura and Midii like Sakura in this chapter didn't I? Please e-mail on what you think of the story!
