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Thank you for all those who have reviewed. OOCness ahead.

Three Shrewd Ways to Ruin a Wedding

Rukawa stood outside a pizza parlor and tapped his foot impatiently. He was waiting for Miyuki. Both of them had done their homework and checked when their parents were to meet each other.

Rukawa abruptly turned around and ran into Miyuki.

"Next time, watch it!" She snapped and dragged him inside the pizza place. "Well you'll never guess what I found out!" Miyuki replied as soon as they were seated. "Tonight, our parents are meeting at the Plaza. They'll have dinner and probably a romantic walk." She made a face as she said the last part.

"Is that when we sabotage?" Rukawa asked. He took a fry and popped it n his mouth.

Miyuki nodded. "First, we have to see how they act around each other and stuff. When they're having dinner, we spy on them and then try something. I have an idea, do you?"

"Yup. Do you have any worms? I happen to know that my dad's favorite soup is Clam Chowder. And he always has soup for dinner." Rukawa smiled devilishly.

Miyuki chuckled back, "And I know just the thing to 'spice' up their dinner. Oh Rukawa, you have to get in some nice clothes. The Plaza won't allow jeans."

Rukawa shrugged.

Miyuki took that for a 'yes' and sneered. "Let the games begin."

Rukawa straightened up and peered at the side of the column to see his dad and Miyuki's mom engaged in a conversation and toasting.

"What are they doing?" Miyuki asked behind him?

"Duh. Toasting." Rukawa retorted and sat back down.

Miyuki took a sip of her sparkling cider. She and Rukawa were at the Plaza, spying on their parents. "Um." Miyuki placed her glass down and pointed to a waiter coming toward them with two bowls. "There's their Clam Chowder. Table number 15."

Rukawa looked behind him. He tapped the waiter on the shoulder. "My friend requires your attention."

The waiter smiled at Miyuki. She returned a dazzling smile.

While the waiter was distracted, Rukawa took out a bag of gummy worms and carefully put them in each bowl of soup. He looked up. Miyuki was giggling furiously. Rukawa caught her eye and nodded.

"Well I'm sure you're still busy. So I'll talk to you later," Miyuki was saying. The waiter smiled again and picked up the tray with the soup. He winked at her one last time and walked to table number 15-Yamato's and Maya's table.

Rukawa and Miyuki leaned over curiously to observe their reactions. Maya first took a spoonful of her Clam Chowder. She paused then used her spoon to scoop something from her mouth. She carefully looked at it then gave a bloodcurdling scream. "EEEK!!!" She dropped the spoon and started hyperventilating.

Yamato tried to console her. "Calm down. It's okay."

"Calm down? It's okay?" Maya repeated. "You try and calm down. There's a worm in that damn Clam Chowder!"

Rukawa and Miyuki burst out laughing. "Yes!" They gave each other high fives. They sat back down, still laughing. "Did you see that? I swear she was going to strangle someone." Miyuki laughed harder. She stopped and lifted up her wineglass filled with sparkling cider. "A toast, to us."

Rukawa lifted his glass and in a second, the glasses touched each other, making a clinking sound.

Miyuki suddenly stood up. She made her way to the kitchen and eyed the awaiting trays. Her eyes stopped at the tray labeled '15'. Carefully, she took a small red bottle labeled 'hot sauce'. She unscrewed the bottle and tipped it over the two cocktail drinks. Then she mixed them and swiftly ran out of the kitchen. She calmly walked back to the table.

"Hey, what do you think about taking as walk?" Rukawa asked when she was seated.

Miyuki stared at him blankly. She was trying to figure out what he said. "Huh?" She asked.

"I said, do you want to take a walk?" Rukawa repeated slowly.

Miyuki paused. "Oh." She laughed. Then she notice noticed two familiar cocktail drinks. "I think that we should take that walk now." Miyuki ordered and threw a wad of bills on the table. Then she grabbed Rukawa's wrist and hurriedly walked out of the Plaza. The moment they were out the door, they heard two glasses break and two very familiar screams of agony.

Miyuki and Rukawa laughed out loud, causing bystanders giving them strange looks. "Oh…that was a classic." Miyuki gasped.

Rukawa nodded and looked ahead. He had fun tonight. Although he'd never tell her, he had fun playing jokes on their parents with Miyuki.

"I have to get home." Miyuki's voice broke into his thoughts.

He turned to look at her. There were still tears from laughing too hard. "On Monday, I heard you talking with Karina. Are you really moving to your dad's place if our parents get married?" Rukawa burst out. Since when did he care if she moving away. The farther the better.

"No. I can't, I won't. I don't like his wife. She doesn't like me anyway. She says I'm a selfish brat. I don't even talk to my dad anymore. I don't know why my dad left my mom for a wench." She sadly said.

"Your parents have been separated for a long time?" Rukawa didn't mean to pry but curiosity took over him. He actually wanted to get to know Miyuki.

Miyuki shook her head. "They separated two years ago. That's when mom and I moved to Hanagawa. My dad remarried a year later. I used to visit him every weekend. But ever since he got married again, that woman has been making excuses to keep me out. They didn't even invite me to the wedding. Mom was devastated to find out that I'd be split between her and the new wife. But dad's new wife didn't even want custody. She didn't even want dad to have anything to do with me. Well…that's the end of my sad story." She gave a little laugh to try and ease the tension. "What's yours?"

Rukawa paused hesitantly. Then he answered softly. "My mom died when I was eleven. My dad loved her a lot. That's it."

Miyuki stopped. "This is the building." She smiled and walked in. Rukawa followed her. Neither said a word when they rode the elevator to the 10th floor. As they were going down the hallway, Miyuki turned her head. "Is there some reason that you're following me?"

Rukawa shrugged effortlessly.

"I thought so." She stopped and unlocked the door. "Okay, unless you want to come in, which is not a good idea because mom might be back anytime soon, I have to go since we have school tomorrow."

Rukawa stared at her. A second later, he walked away.

"Wait," Miyuki called out. "Meet me at the paper's office tomorrow, errr…yeah." She instructed then walked in her apartment.

Rukawa didn't say anything, he couldn't anyway, so he started for home.

Miyuki grinned and leaned against the door. She had fun with Rukawa tonight. She had so much fun. He wasn't bad company after all. She thought as she slid down to the ground. Not bad at all…

Author Notes: Well? Was it good or bad? Please review. And I do apologize for the OOCness.