A/N: ... did I get too mean in my last chappie??? I get fewer reviews this time. Nevermind! I didn't have any words to say right now, so just enjoy this chappie, okay? Longer this time ^__^ ENJOY!!!
Zutto Kimi no Soba de
~Always by Your Side~
By : Miemu Akari
Chapter 7 : Closer and Closer to Know Each Other
Hours passed and at least Hikaru wake up. She opened her eyes slowly and blinked many times but she realized she still sleepy and she want to sleep more. "Uhm… what hour is it? Maybe I can sleep 5 minutes again before I go to school…" "It's 6 in morning. Are you already wake up?" said someone who sat near the bed. Hikaru shocked and move to sit position. "Lantis?" Suddenly Hikaru feels pain from her right hand. "Ouch!" Lantis stand up and move to Hikaru's side. "Don't move, your hand is broken."
"But… why?" Hikaru confused, she can't remember what happened before. Meanwhile, Lantis look pale. 'Should I tell her?' "Lantis? What's wrong?" asked Hikaru. "Nothing… I found you unconsciously in a hole or whatever it is, lucky to you only your right hand is broken." Lantis lied. 'Well, maybe I'll tell her later…' Hikaru sighed. "I didn't think I'm lucky after all." There's silent before Lantis asked her, "Are you okay? Well, expect your right hand, is everything okay?" Hikaru nodded. "Uhm! Just my right hand…"
Lantis let his face come closer to Hikaru's face. The distance was only about an inch or less. Hikaru blushed. "Are you really allright? You look pale…" said Lantis. Suddenly, there's sound from behind the door. "Onii-chan!!! Where are you? Onii-…chan…?" The boy who is looking for his brother is now entering the room. He's a tall guy with yellow hair and green eyes. There's silent before he shouted "WAAAA !!! I'M SORRY!!! I-I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!! I SWEAR I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!!!" and as he said that, he leave the room. Lantis and Hikaru sweatdropped.
Hikaru turn to chibi form. "Wha-What happen???" Lantis sighed. "Oh, crap!" After that, you can hear someone yell out there. "What happen?!" "I-I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING! I DIDN'T SEE ONII-CHAN WAS ABOUT TO KISS THE GIRL HE BROUGHT HERE LAST NIGHT OR SOMETHING ELSE!!!" Lantis and Hikaru blushed. "WHAT?! LANTIS KISSED HER?!" "N-NO!!! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!!"
Suddenly the door opened with loud sound. The girl and the boy entered the room. "P-Presea???" asked Hikaru questionably. "LANTIS! YOU KISSED HER?! DID YOU?!" Lantis and Hikaru blushed again. "NO!" shouted Lantis. Hikaru blushed even more. "I'm just checking her! Why don't you calm down, Mokona? I'm not kissing anyone!" (A/N: Yay!!! Mokona is a human being!!!)
Mokona blushed and panicked. "I-I… because onii-chan is so close to her… I-I think… uhm… well… you two about to… uhm…" Lantis sighed. "We're not, Mokona! Now calm down!" Presea sighed too. "Mou… I think Lantis really kissed her… Stupid Mokona! Now I know I can't trust you when you're panicked." Mokona look down to the floor. "I'm sorry…"
Hikaru feel pity for him and said, "It's okay… uhm… Mokona isn't it? Everybody makes mistakes." She smiled and so Mokona. "You're a nice girl, miss." "Name is Shidou Hikaru, everyone call me Hikaru." "Okay, Hikaru-chan! I'm Mokona! Louis Kyle Mokona! Nice to meet you, Hikaru-chan!" Mokona smiled even bigger.
"By the why… why are you here, Presea???" asked Hikaru. "Oh, I'm Lantis's cousin. That's why I'm living here with him." "YOU'RE WHAT?!" Hikaru's eyes widened. "Lantis's C-O-U-S-I-N. Surprise, hah? Well, we never told anyone that we're cousin." "But… why? I mean… you two never walk together before or after school…"
"You wanted me to be killed by his fans??? I go to school alone, so did he. I didn't want everyone know about us. I ABSOLUTELY didn't want his fans asked me about him or jealous at me or even make fun of me!" said Presea. "But didn't you say you're jealous at Onii-chan because Onii-chan has so many fans but you didn't have any…" Presea punched Mokona on head. "Owww!!! That's hurts!!!" "Lesson for you!" Hikaru giggled.
Lantis give Presea a sign, means he wanted to be with Hikaru alone. Presea sighed. "Okay, boy. Let's go!" "Eh? Why?! I still want to talk with Hikaru-chan!!!" said Mokona. "No, you can't. You'll talk to her other time!" said Presea. "Please please… pretty please…!" said Mokona with his puppy eyes, begging. "No, you can't! Let's go… otherwise I'll hang you in front of the door, boiling you in a pot, or should I pull your cheek to know how wide your cheek can be pulled???" said Presea with her Indian style. Mokona become pale. "N-NO!!! PLEASE DON'T DO THAT TO ME!!! WAAAAA!!!" He ran away. Presea laughed evilly and leave the room too, meanwhile Lantis and Hikaru can only sweatdropped after watched all of that.
"Funny people, right? It must be fun live with them everyday." Hikaru smiled. "Right…" said Lantis. "Hikaru, can I asked you your phone number? We must tell your family about this…" "Huh? But my family is in Hokkaido now." Lantis's eyes widened. "WHAT?!" Hikaru surprised to hear Lantis shouted. She never thought Lantis can shout loudly like that. "Oh, I'm sorry. But I didn't mishear, did I?"
"No, you didn't. My family is in Hokkaido. I'm living here alone. Please don't tell them about this otherwise they'll become panicked and come here even they don't need too. You know, my brothers were very over protective…" said Hikaru. "You… a girl… live alone?" Hikaru nodded. 'Crazy girl!' he thinks. "Why? Why you do that?" asked Lantis. Hikaru panicked. "I think… I didn't have to tell it to everyone…"
"I'm not everyone, I'm one person. There's no anybody expect me here." said Lantis. "But I've told that to Eagle…" whisper Hikaru. "What?" asked Lantis. "N-no… nothing at all…" "Then tell." Hikaru sighed. She knew she didn't have any other choices. "Okay then…" And she told him all about her past just like when she told Eagle.
"So you live here just because your mother's wish?" said Lantis. Hikaru nodded. 'Strange reason for strange girl…' Lantis sighed. "Then you have no other choices than stay here until you hand finally recover." said Lantis, he looks soo happy. "S-stay here? B-but… I mean you don't have to-" before Hikaru can finish her sentence, Lantis skip, "You STAY here UNTIL you recover. Got it?" "B-but I…"
"I didn't accept any complains. Well, I better go now, why don't you go to sleep again? I bet you're still tired." said Lantis as he stands up. "Eh? Where do you want to go?" asked Hikaru. "School. I think you don't need to go today, I'll tell your teacher that you're absent today." said Lantis as he picked his bag and walked to the door.. "At this hour? So early." "Well, if I don't that girl will force me to have-a-walk-before-school-with-her."
"That girl? You mean the girl who was with you before? Hmm… Her name is Primera, right?" said Hikaru cheerily. "Yeah… I go now. Don't hesitate to call maids to help you anything you want. Now rest!" "O…Okay… Itterashai, Lantis!" (A/N: Itterashai = Have a safe trip) Lantis shocked. No one ever said that word to him before expect his mother. He smiled and surprised himself because he usually can't smile easily. "Ittekimasu." said Lantis before he close the door. (A/N: Ittekimasu = I'm going now)
Hikaru smiled. She suddenly remembers, that it's her first time to see Lantis' smile. 'He's really cute when he smiled…' Hikaru blushed after she realized what she has been thinking before. 'Wha-What am I thinking?! I…I…' She falls to the pillow. It seems her body can't take it anymore. "So tired today…" said Hikaru before she closed her eyes. 'Lantis…' and finally she go to sleep again.
(meanwhile…)
Eagle stood in front of Hikaru's apartment. "What's wrong with her? She's unusually late." He's waiting for Hikaru to come out from the apartment. It's been 1 hour since he's waiting for Hikaru. He's afraid of Hikaru leaves before he come so he came there sooner than usual. "Is she still mad? I wonder if she begins to hate me…. Well, after all, I deserve that…"
"What are you doing here?" said someone behind Eagle. Eagle turns around to see the person. He is a man. "Uhm… I'm… waiting for someone…" That man confused. "Someone? Hey… your face seems familiar… YES! YOU'RE HIKARU BOYFRIEND!!! Haha! I never know that girl will have this handsome guy as her boyfriend. Oh, pardon me, I'm her uncle, Shidou Takuya. But everyone here called me Sam. You can call me Sam too, Uncle Sam." Eagle's face became sad. "No… I'm just… her friend." "Oh… I though you are, sorry. Anyway, did you see Hikaru or you come here to tell me where she has been?"
Eagle confused, "What do you mean?" "Because Hikaru has not come back since yesterday. If I didn't wrong… you're the one who picked her last night, right? Didn't you know where she is right now?" Eagle's eyes widened. It feels like his heart broken to pieces. 'My fault… it's all my fault…'
(after school)
Today there's a match in fencing club. Between Umi and another girl. The match did not equal, Umi always can dodge from her attack. Meanwhile, near the gymnasium's door, there's a man… smiling, laughing, cheerily shouted, "GO UMI! GO UMI! GO UMI! OW, UMI! YOU'RE SOO COOL!!! YEAH! UMI! UMI! UMI!!!" He raised a banner, it says, "I LOVE UMI! UMI FOREVER!!!"
Umi and others in the gymnasium sweatdropped. 'Who the hell is that boy?! A fanatic fan of mine? Why he ALWAYS come at this time?' though Umi as she attack the girl and the girl fall to the ground. The boy jumped happily, "WOW! UMI, YOU'RE SOO GREAT!!! COOL!!!" Umi sweatdropped more. Suddenly, there's someone shouted from outside, "MOKONAAAA!!! I'VE TOLD YOU DO NOT DISTURB ANYONE HERE!!!" The boy suddenly become panicked and ran away. But the noise outside become worse.
"UWAAA!!! Sorry, Presea!!! But…But… I just want to cheer Umi…" "SHUT UP! YOU ALWAYS LIKE THIS!!!" You can hear 'BLETTAKKK' sound. "OW! THAT'S HURTS!!! You already hurt me twice this day!!! HUAAAAA!!!" the boy cried. "Oh boy… you always put me into trouble…" "N-NO!!! PRESEA!!! I STILL WANT TO SEE UMI!!! UMI!!! UMI!!! WAAAAA!!! UMI!!!" You can hear 'BLEEEETTTAAAKKKKKK' sound again… and then silent finally come.
Everyone sweatdropped (A/N: I bet you too) "What the hell is that…?" said Umi, still sweatdropped. "You really have a lots of fans, don't you, Umi?" said her friend. "Wha-What are you talking about?!" Umi blushed. "Look! There's another guest for you." She pointed at the door, this time not the boy before but another one. "Clef…" whisper Umi. She walks to the door, not because she wanted to see Clef closer but because she wanted to leave. She passed him without saying any words.
"Umi-san, we need to talk…" "We don't need to talk!" Clef hold Umi's hand and pull her to his side. "We NEED to talk!" Umi release herself from Clef's hand and shouted, "WHAT?! You want to say that you already have short girl was your fiancée, right? That you already have a fiancée so you DON'T NEED ME! And you want to say that you asked me to go out with you just because you have free ticket, THAT'S ALL! We DON'T NEED to talk! I already know what you want to talk to me!!!" Umi turns around, avoiding her eyes meet him.
"Umi-san!" Clef tried to explain but Umi didn't want to hear his voice anymore. "STOP IT!!!" Silent. Finally Umi said again, "I was really a fool… dreaming that you fall in love with me… and how fool I am that I fall in love with you…" Clef's eyes widened. He realized he already done very bad thing. He already hurt her heart. "I…" "Don't say any word! I didn't want to hear anything from you… nor do I want to see you again…" Umi ran, ran away from Clef. "UMI-SAN!!!"
Clef wanted to ran too, trying to catch her but someone stop him. Ascot. He punched Clef with all his might. "How dare you made her cry for the second time?!" shouted Ascot very loud, meanwhile Clef still in shocked. "At first… I thought I lost her… I thought she already have someone she love. But YOU! YOU didn't deserve her love ANYMORE!!! How can I trust her to someone who made her cry twice? I promise I'll take her from you! I'll be the one who makes her happy!!!" said Ascot before he leaves Clef alone.
Clef still silent. He still confused and tried to think about what happened before. He put his hands to his face. He feels really hopeless. "What… am I doing…?"
(somewhere far from there…)
"GREEN-LOVER!!! WAIT!!!" shouted Ferio as he tried to catch Fuu. "Can you stop this play? I'm sick of it." said Fuu, angrily. "WAIT!" Finally Ferio grabbed Fuu's arm. "What do you want?" "Before you asked me to stop this play, why don't you stop your annoying personality?"
Fuu blushed, "It's not your business! Let me go!" Fuu release herself but Ferio grabbed her back. "WAIT I SAID!!!" Their eyes met. They stay silent, looking to each other's eyes. "The one you said you only can to go with… who is he?" Fuu's eyes widened. She's looking down now. "I told you it's not your business…"
"Then I'll make it my business." said Ferio. He finally released Fuu and said, "Okay, I'll grant your wish! After I grant it, you tell me who is he, deal?" Fuu still silent, thinking. At least she said, "Not fair if I only get one wish, I want three!" Ferio shocked, his eyes widened and almost jump in surprised. "WH-WHAT?!" "Well then, no deal," said Fuu as she started to walk away. Ferio stop her and said, "WO-wokay!!! Just… don't make strange wishes." 'She thinks I'm a genie or what?'
"First…" said Fuu as she raised her point finger. "Stop calling me green-lover, I have a name, its Hououji Fuu." Ferio sighed. "Okay! Fuu…" Fuu nodded. "That's better, two…" she raised her point finger and middle finger. "Keep a distance between us, I don't want people think bad about us. You know, they like gossips." "I don't mind if they have gossips about us…" Fuu give him a glare. "Err… joking… okay, what's next?"
"And the last… I want you to do everything I said for a full month starting from now." This time Ferio really jumped in surprised. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! THAT'S NOT 3 WISHES!!! THAT'S MILLION WISHES!!!" "Deal or not?" said Fuu calmly. "You really… a VERY GENIUS girl. Okay! I accept that! But only for a month. Deal!" Fuu smiled, "Deal. Now bring my bag and then buy 10 carrots, 1 cheese cake, 15 apples, 2 watermelons, 12 doughnuts, a bag of onions, oh, and don't forget to buy a bottle of ketchup, and …" "WAIT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!"
"Things you have to buy. Don't say you don't want to because it's mean you broke the deal." Fuu smiled. Ferio sweatdropped. 'God… if You were here, please help me…'
(back to Hikaru)
Hikaru already wake up and started to explore the house. Lantis's house is bigger than she would expect. "Wow… maybe it's 100 times bigger than my house in Hokkaido…" Suddenly, there's someone behind her said, "Miss Hikaru?" causing her almost to jump in surprised. "Wh-Who is it?" said Hikaru, nervously. "I'm maid here, my name is Alcyone. What are you doing here, Miss? Please go back to your room, otherwise Lantis-sama will scold me." (A/N: I can't think someone else… so I put her here…)
"Oh, err… I'm looking for a phone… I need to tell my uncle that I can't go back for a while…" "A phone? This way please…" said Alcyone as she leads Hikaru to a room. "Please have your time…" "Arigatou, Alcyone." Hikaru smiled and so Alcyone. She bowed to Hikaru and leave. Hikaru picked the phone and then call his uncle.
"Hello? Uncle Sam? It's me, Hikaru…" before Hikaru can finished, her uncle already shouted, "MY GOD! HIKARU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! YOU MADE ME WORRIED TO DEATH!!!" Hikaru sweatdropped. "Err… I have some… accident, so I can't go back for a while." "THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM!!!" he shouted again. "What is it, Uncle? Calm down, you don't need to yell all the time like that…" "YOUR BOYFRIEND IS LOOKING FOR YOU! HE DIDN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL!!! HE SAID HE WILL FIND YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!!"
Hikaru blushed and confused. "M-M-M-My boyfriend? UNCLE, I NEVER HAVE A BOYFRIEND!!!" "YES, HE'S! HIS NAME WAS… oh God, I forgot to ask his name. He's the one with silver hair and golden eyes…" Hikaru's eyes widened in shock, an image came to Hikaru's head, "Eagle…" "HIKARU? ARE YOU LISTENING? HELLO…?" She put the phone back and ran out from the room, lucky to her, the maid still there. "What's wrong, Miss Hikaru?" asked the maid. "Alcyone!!! Please tell me the exit way! I have to go!" said Hikaru.
"B-But… you're still hurt… and Lantis-sama will become mad if…" "TELL LANTIS I'M OKAY AND I'LL BE BACK! I REALLY NEED TO GO, otherwise he… Eagle will…" said Hikaru sadly, she almost cry but she fought it. "… I understand… please follow me…" Hikaru smiled, "Arigatou, Alcyone!" 'She really looks like Madam… so caring… no wonder Lantis-sama likes her…'
At least they finally out, Hikaru didn't waste any minutes and go after she bowed to Alcyone once. "Please be careful, Miss Hikaru…" "I WILL! AND PLEASE TELL LANTIS DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME!!!" said she as she leave. The beautiful and nice sky turned to a dark, cloudy sky. Finally it began to rain. Just like the reflection of Hikaru's heart. Meanwhile Hikaru keep running, don't even care the rain making her wet. She only care about one thing… finding Eagle.
'Eagle… where are you? Are you okay? Why? Why you always like this? Always give me troubles? Eagle… Eagle…' "EAGLE NO BAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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A/N: Yay, finally, end of chappie 7 ^o^ Sorry to make it like that, huehue, maybe because I heard Baka Song or Ranma no Baka from Ranma ½ over and over (really funny song where Akane sing stupidly about Ranma) Huehue, do you like it? I'll cry if you don't. This chappie takes a week from my holiday time to write ,!!! Huhuhu… ahix… Nvm, REVIEW PLEASE… cause this time I kinda lost my will to write… so PLEASE!!! R/R !!! I REALLY NEED REVIEWS TO BRING MY WILL BACK!!!
Response to Reviews :
Hagane : Yes, he's sooooo stupid. Huehue. Lantis no bakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakaBAKA! Huehue… the song really made me insane…
pookyber : Hueee…. Sorry… how about this time? I try to write nicer one… but it looks like it's not for A/U/C… sorry for A/U/C fans. Huehue, do you like F/F parts?
dreamsprite : Thankyou!!! Confusing? Which part? Maybe I must change my write style…. I like it though… ,
Heart : Yap, already continue, happy??? But sorry to make you wait so long…
crazy*italian*gurl : Huehue, Clemi fan? Sorry if A/U/C part still not the nice or sweet or cute one… maybe next time ^^
Lady Of Genesis : Plagiarizing??? Really??? Which part??? Oh no… I really want to know what happen to your H/L next… , I EVEN DREAMED ABOUT IT!!! Ahixx…... Anyway, thanks for be my fangirl ^~ I appreciate it.
W.Kathy : Huee… I got another fan again!!! Thanks for read!!! And keep reading please ^^
Sakura Yasha : Yap, I keep writing ^o^ Hope you like this chappie.
