A/N : Thanks a lot again to ALL THE REVIEWER !!! Especially for blazingIcEphOeniX, pookyber and Lady of Genesis to reviewing ALL MY CHAPTERS SO FAR. You're my loyal reviewer and I'll be your loyal writer ^.^, ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU !!! I'm really happy to know that you like my story. I'll do my best to make a good story for you ^o^. This story is presented for you anyway ^^ Well, here chappie 3, hope you enjoy it.
Zutto Kimi no Soba de
~Always by Your Side~
By : Miemu Akari
Chapter 3 : New Love, Mistake, Challenge
(lunch time)
"I can't believe I'm still alive… that stupid teacher! How could she force us to run and clean while she's having a tea party with other teachers!" said Umi as she laying on the grass below the tree in the school garden. "Umi-chan, are you all right? You face look so pale, shall we go to medical room?" said Hikaru as she put her hand on Umi's forehead. "I'm okay, Hikaru. Don't worry about me. You should worry about yourself more. Now everyone is talking about you." said Umi as she remove Hikaru's hand from her forehead. "I'm okay, Umi-chan. A-anou… gomenasai, Umi-chan… you're almost hurt because of me…"
"Eh? Oh, you mean that time. It's okay, I'm not hurt anyway… that boy saved me…" Umi blushed. "Do you mean a tall boy with brown hair and green eyes?" asked Fuu. "U-um… I didn't know that he's from our class. Hikaru, do you know him?" "Nope… I didn't know him either. I never see him around." Suddenly, the man that they're just talking about appear from behind the tree "Are you guys talking about me?"
Umi can't hide her shock and suddenly scream, "WA! What are you doing there ?" "Me? Have a lunch, I guess." The man is smiling, Umi blushed even more. "A-anou… saki arigatou… Umi-chan o tasukete kureta." said Hikaru as she stands up and bowed her head to the man. "It's okay. I just impressed with your friend which volunteer advocate its friend and almost injure hence. It's a pleasure for me to help someone like that." said he as he put smile on his lip. He then kneel, holding hand of Umi and kissing it. "My name is Ascot. It's a pleasure to meet you, my fair lady." Umi blushed even more while Hikaru's and Fuu's eyes widened, can't hide their shockness. "Well, I need to go now otherwise my brother will be mad again. See you next time." Said he as he go back to the school's building, looking for his brother. Meanwhile, Umi is still in silent position. Can't believe what happen. She never thought there's a man will kiss her hand like that. She's blushing, remember what happen.
"Umi-chan, are you all right? Your face is redder than before…" said Hikaru as Fuu started to laugh. "Well, it's a l*v* (read : l-v) sick I guess…" "F-FUU !!! I-I'm NOT !!!" said Umi, her face is even more redder than before. "Fuu-chan… what's that l*v* sick ? A new disease???" said Hikaru, naively and innocently. "Well, it's a sick you got when you're fall in…" before Fuu can continue, Umi already stop it, "We-well!!! Hikaru, you're too young to know what's that l*v* thing mean !!! Fuu too ! Stop it already! Let's have our lunch, okay?!" said Umi as she open her lunch box and starting to eat.
"Hohoho, what about the tall-lavender-haired-guy that you met yesterday?" said Fuu, her glasses are sparkling. Umi hiccough and try to swallow all drawee food in her throat. She's clapping her chest over and over. "U-Umi-chan! Are you okay?" said Hikaru as she's trying to help by clapping her back slowly. Finally, the food move from her throat to her stomach. "H-How can you know that! You're not there!" said Umi. "Hohoho… Umi-san… you know there's eyes everywhere… hohoho." said Fuu as her glasses sparkling again. "Geez, I think it's a bit dangerous to have a friend like you."
"Who is he, Umi-chan?" said Hikaru. "H-He… he's just our senior from class 2-2… well…" before Umi can continue, Fuu already skip, "Is he handsome?" Umi blushed, yes he's really handsome, but Umi can't say it well. She's too embarrassed. "W-why you asked that! He's not handsome at all! He's like an old man to me!" "I don't think someone with lavender hair and beautiful light blue eyes could be called 'old man' by you, Umi-san." said Fuu with smile on her lip. Umi is blushing again. 'Yes, he's really soo handsome… but… how can I say that in front of Hikaru and Fuu?!'
"You're Umi-san, right?" said someone with lavender hair and light blue eyes. "C-Clef! Why are you here?" said Umi, blushed. "I think that I hear your voice, so I decided to check away. Are you okay? Your face is so red, are you sick?" said Clef as he move closer to her and put his hand on Umi's forehead. The distance of Umi's face and Clef's face is only inches. Umi is blushing even more (A/N : I'm tired writing 'blush' thing but I like it ^_~) "I'm O-K-A-Y! Why you all think I'm a sick person just because of my face?!" said Umi as she remove Clef's hand from her forehead. "Oh, sorry about that. I'm just worried about you…" said Clef with a sad face. "I-I don't mean to scold you! I-I'm just, well, you know… I… MOU! I'm tired of this thing!!!" said Umi as she run as fast as she could. (A/N : why? don't know either ^^:) "Umi-san!!!" said Clef as he runs trying to catch Umi.
Hikaru want to help Clef catch Umi too, but Fuu hindering her for do that. "Let them be, I think Umi-san need time alone with Clef-san." said Fuu as she smiled. Hikaru can't help it but to sit back and start to have lunch again. "Umi-chan, is she gonna be all right?" "Of course, its Umi-san we talk about, she'll be fine."
(meanwhile, Umi and Clef…)
"UMI-SAN! WAIT!" said Clef as he finally catch her, holding Umi's right arm. "Leave me alone!" said Umi as she tried to release her hand from Clef. "Are you angry with me?" said Clef without releasing Umi's arm. "N-Not at all, I'm just… well…" "What is it?" 'you're too handsome… w-what am I thinking!' Umi blushed "W-well, I just need some exercise after lunch. I've to go now, will you please release me? I'm okay." "You don't need any exercise, you're already beautiful." said Clef with charming smile, Umi blushed even more. "W-well, I've to go now, bye…" said Umi as she tried to move but Clef stop her. "Can you go with me to cinema this Sunday? I have two free tickets." Umi shocked. 'Is this… a date???'
(back to Hikaru and Fuu…)
"Osoi na, Umi-chan…" said Hikaru as she looks on her watch. "I think I'll go find her. Will you please wait here, Hikaru-san?" said Fuu as she stand up and started to walk. "I'll go with you." said Hikaru as she stands up. "I'll be fine alone. And if you go too, there's no one will look after our lunch box." said Fuu as she walked away with smile on her lip. Hikaru don't have other choices than sat down back and waiting for her friends until they return. She put her head on the tree behind her, trying to relax and then look up. She's shocked when she sees there's someone up, sitting… nope, sleeping above tree. It's the man who kiss her before. 'Isn't he… that man before?'
Suddenly, there's a familiar yell, "LANTIIISSSSS-KUUUUNNNN !!!" yes, it's Primera, looking for her love, Lantis. Lantis suddenly wake up, he's just got a peacefully sleep and he really don't want to see that little stupid bitch Primera now. He then realized there's someone with red hair watching him below the tree. 'It's that girl…' Primera realized there's Hikaru near her, she's thinking that Lantis probably near that red haired girl. "Hey you! Where did you hide him?!" Hikaru's eyes widened. "He? Who?"
"Don't acting like you don't know! I know that you're trying to disturb my love story between me and my love!!! WHERE YOU HIDE HIM?!" Hikaru is confused… "I-I…" her eyes suddenly look up and she see Lantis shooking his head. Begging her to not say any word to Primera. "I don't know where he is. I'm just sitting here, waiting for my friends." "Liar!" "I'm not!"
"… okay, I'll trust you this time, but you must know that I'll not let you disturb our love story and don't you ever dare to take him away from me!" said Primera as she run away from Hikaru, looking for her love again, "LANTIIIISSSS-KUUUNNN!!! WHERE ARE YOU!" Hikaru sighed and so does Lantis. Lantis jumps from above tree, Hikaru shocked but she can't say even a word. She's blushing after she looks his handsome face. "Sorry for the trouble before." his gentle voice make Hikaru blushed even more. 'Not only his face is soo handsome, his voice is also gentle' "May I sit here?" "S-sure, please take a sit."
He sat beside her. There's a silent before Lantis asked, "What's your name?" "Oh, I'm forgot, we don't know each other yet. Sorry, my name is Hikaru, Shidou Hikaru. It's a pleasure to meet you… e-to…" "Lantis, Edward Kyle Lantis" "Lantis-kun…" "Don't call me Lantis-kun, just call me Lantis!" "Eh? Why?" asked Hikaru, wondering why. "It reminds me of that Primera." Hikaru can't hide her shock ness, and don't know why, she's starting to laugh. Lantis confuse, but he can't do anything than watch Hikaru laugh even louder and unconsciously put small smile on his lip. "Go…gomenasai (laugh), I-I… (laugh) I don't know that you really hate that girl (laugh). You know, you made me remember of Eagle. He don't want to be called –kun too, you really like him." said Hikaru as she slowly stop her laugh. "Eagle… you mean the man with you this morning?" "Yes, he really look like my brothers, so protective. He's nice too." 'and handsome… like you'
(meanwhile, Primera…)
"Where's that Lantis anyway… I'm searching him for at least 20 minutes but still I can't find him." said Primera as she walked and bump into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry… you, you're the man who's with that girl before." said Primera as she pointed her forefinger to Eagle. "Yes, I am, did you see Hikaru? I'm looking for her." said Eagle with smile on his lip. "Hikaru? You mean that shortie with red hair? She's in the back garden. Anyway did you see my love?" "Nope. Thanks for the information, I'll tell you where your love IF I see him, bye…" said Eagle as he run to the back garden. "Hmph, now he found his angel and how about me? Why I can't find my love?"
(meanwhile, Fuu…)
"Where did Umi-san go?" said Fuu as she searching Umi from class to class. Suddenly she feels like she bumps into someone and falls to floor. "Ups, sorry, I didn't mean to…" said someone with green hair and green eyes. He has an x scar on his cheek. 'God, she's so beautiful' "A-Are you all right, young lady?" said he as he raise his hand and hold Fuu's hand. "Yes… thank you. Oh, my glasses…" said Fuu as she groped floor, looking for her glasses. "Here you go, miss." said the man as she handed the glasses to Fuu. "Oh, thank you again." said Fuu as she wears the glasses.
"My name is Ferio, may I know your name, beautiful one?" said Ferio as he stand up and point his thumb to himself. Fuu blushed, she stand up and said, "My name is Hououji Fuu. It's a pleasure to meet you." Fuu bowed her head to him. "Ops, no need to be soo formal. By the way, I must go now. Maybe we can meet again. Ja ne." said Ferio as she started to walk but suddenly stop. He move his head closer to Fuu's head, putting his lip near Fuu's ear and said, "I didn't know that you like green so much so even your underpants color is green too." Fuu blushed very red. 'He saw it! He saw it!' "Y-YOU !!!" said Fuu as she turn back but Ferio is already run away with laugh, "See you later, green-lover-girl!" Fuu's face is still red, very red. Her foot is feels weak and she fall again to floor. 'What's wrong with that guy…'
(back to Hikaru and Lantis)
"Sorry…" said Lantis as Hikaru beholding up to Lantis. "Eh? For what?" "Yesterday… when you and I…" said Lantis as Lantis's and Hikaru's face turn red, remembering the 'accident' which happen yesterday. "Oh… about… that… I-it's okay, I didn't mind it. It's an accident… you're not wrong at all." "But still, I feel bad. Sorry…" said Lantis with a sad tone. "It's okay. Really! I didn't mind it… really…" said Hikaru as she looks down. She's blushed even more. It's her first kiss. But she did it accidentally. Now, that kiss is repeated over and over in Hikaru's head. She doesn't dare to look at Lantis face. She feels soo embarrassed.
Suddenly, there's a ball fly up at Hikaru with very high speed. "LOOK OUT!!!" said someone who's playing that ball before. He's kicking the ball to the wrong place. Hikaru can't do anything but to silent until the ball hit her. But before the ball hit her, Lantis already embrace her and protect her from the ball. Hikaru's eyes widened. She's in shock and her face is blushing redder and redder. Her head is on his chest. She can feel Lantis's heartbeat. "Hey, that's dangerous you know?!" said Lantis to the boy (he's still embracing Hikaru) "I-I'm sorry!" said the boy as he run away after taking his ball.
Finally, Lantis broke his hug and looking at Hikaru. "Are you okay?" "U-um. Arigatou, Lantis." said Hikaru as she smile. "HIKARU-CHAN!!!" suddenly, Eagle shows up. He didn't know that Hikaru is in danger before, he only knows that Lantis guy is embracing Hikaru and Hikaru is smiling at that guy. 'She gave him her precious smile ???' He's looking Lantis with gaze of dander. He's very mad now. Not only he was kissed her before but now he's trying to take Hikaru away from him. Hikaru is in shock, she never knows that Eagle will suddenly shows up like that and she never thought that Eagle can be so mad like this time. His face is really scary. "E-Eagle… you're wrong, Lan-" "STOP IT, HIKARU-CHAN! Don't advocate this guy. I'll take care of him!"
"It just a mistake. I'm just…" said Lantis as he stands up. "JUST WHAT?! EMBRACING HER? TRYING TO MAKE HER FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU?! I'LL NOT LET YOU TAKE MY ANGEL AWAY FROM ME!!!" "Eagle! It's wrong, Eagle!" said Hikaru as she run to Eagle, pulling his arm and trying to make him understand. "He saved me! He didn't do anything wrong! Please, Eagle!" Eagle put both of his hand to Hikaru's shoulders. "Don't worry Hikaru, I'll take care of him." said Eagle as he walked closer to Lantis. "I challenge you a tennis game. Today after school. Don't you EVER try to run 'cause I'll find you wherever you go and I'll beat you up!"
"Lantis, Eagle, please stop this! I don't want to see you're fighting each other! Lantis, please don't accept that challenge!!!" There's a silent before Lantis finally answer. "I accept that challenge." Hikaru's eyes widened, she's too much in shock, she felt that her knee is weaken, her eye felt dark and finally she fall to the ground, laying there unconsciously.
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A/N : Well, that's chappie 3. How is it? Good? Bad? R/R please and let me know. I want to apologize because I can't update again for about a month (don't blame me! I WANT but I CAN'T !!!) I've to finish those stupid crappy @($@!*?&@)$*@ homework and study for the last test. So please understand and I promise I'll update as soon as I can. Lantis/Eagle will have a battle!!! Who will win? Who will win ??? Why the battle is tennis ? Don't know, I just think that tennis is a compatible sport for Eagle. I want to apologize for wrong Japanese translation, Zutto Kimi no Soba de is mean : Always by Your Side…. Not : I Want to be With You Forever (gomenasai !!! .) Well, the meaning is not far anyway but still…. GOMENASAI !!! I think I'll update the chappie 1 dan 2 again… *sighed*
Japanese Translation
saki arigatou, Umi-chan o tasukete kureta : thanks for before, for helping Umi-chan
osoi na, Umi-chan : Umi-chan is late
