Chapter 1
My Birthday is gonna be HORRIBLE.....Say what??
3rd Person POV
Hikari woke up only 10 minutes later, due to a loud thump from Taichi's room. She got up slowly and cursed to herself as she walked over to Tai's room to yell at him. When she got there, the door was closed, and when she attempted to push it open, she felt that it was locked.
" Taichi....onii-chan, it's me, open up! What was that thump? You woke me up.....TAI OPEN THE DOOR!!!!"
She yelled through the door. She waited a couple of seconds before hearing a muffled cry and another thump. She waited another couple of seconds before getting aggravated. Then, she pulled a bobby pin from her hair and fiddled it into the keyhole. After a couple of pushes and turns, the door swung open. She looked in and found Taichi on the floor with Yamato, arms wrapped around each other. They looked at her innocently and she sweat- dropped.
" Taichi, this is the PERFECT opportunity to get you back for waking me up...wait till mom hears that Taichi is HOMOSEXUAL!!!!"
" HIKARI IF YOU TELL MOM I'LL HURT YOU SO BAD YOU'LL CRY!!!"
" Point taken! I'm leaving! "
She said quicky before rushing out and closing the door. She started creeping slowly to the kitchen to ask her mom again about New York, but she wasn't there. Hikari examined the kitchen carefully for a note. Her mother always left a note when she went out. Apparently, there wasn't a note to be found, so she grabbed a frozen TV dinner type thing out of the freezer and stuck it in the microwave. She would've made a whole feast for herself, but her mother didn't let her use the stove, light a match, or even blow out her birthday candles. She felt embarressed when her mother mentioned it in public. She was 15 and still wasn't allowed to cook herself dinner. Her mother was always cautious about these things after Hikari's dad burned his hand badly making eggs and bacon.
Hikari was startled by the fire alarm that had just gone off. She blushed furiously as she took the now burnt TV dinner thingy out of the microwave. Not thinking, she threw it out a window. It was then she realized she was on the 20th floor of an apartment building. She smacked her forehead as she heard it go KERPLAT on the sidewalk below. Soon she heard furious yelling, so that ment the burnt dinner had obviously landed on someone's head. She quickly moved away from the window and ran out the door.
She started to run fast, out of the building, to the next block, a couple of blocks more, before she found herself out of breath in front of the apartment building where Takeru lived. She figured she was too tired to run back home, so she decided to make an unannounced appearence at Takeru's apartment. She didn't have anything to eat at home anyway.
She went up to his floor and knocked on his door. She waited a while before hearing his deep, comforting voice from inside.
" Who is it???? "
" It's me, Take-chan. "
She heard footsteps inside and a couple of minutes later he appeared at the door. He looked so HOTT. Hikari couldn't hlp but stare at him. Takeru was wearing a sleeveless shirt with shorts on. Even the looseness of the shirt showed his muscular figure. She wanted him so bad....
" Hikari? Umm, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my shirt? "
She snapped back to reality and blushed madly. He looked at her weirdly and motioned for her to come in. He walked over to the kitchen while she plopped down onto his couch, out of breath from running.
" Hikari, I wasn't expecting you. I was just making dinner for myself when you came. And you look so tired, what did you do, run here?" He teased her.
" Actually, yea, I did. I dropped a burnt TV dinner onto someone's head from my floor, so I ran in panic." She looked at him with a puppy dog look in her eyes. " Takeru, can I have dinner with you? I can't cook for my life, Taichi's 'busy' with Yama, and my mom isn't home..."
Takeru could take anything from Hikari wheather it be teasing or a joke, but he could NOT take her puppy dog pout. He finally gave into her request.
" Sure, just come and help me over here. Stir the rice for me, please "
She got up from her spot lazily and dragged herself over to the kitchen. She picked up a large spoon and started to stir the rice. She blushed because Takeru was so close to her, adding spices to a soup looking thing. For a while there was scilence between the both of them. Hikari started to daydream about her and Takeru getting together, getting married, having children...she wanted it all. She loved him so much...and she would tell him, if she wasn't so afraid.
The scilence started to get to her, so she decided to start up a conversation.
" Takeru, you remember by birthday next Thursday, right? "
" Yea, of course, I'd never forget it. By the way, what do you want for your birthday? I've been meaning to ask you, but since everyone wouldn't leave you alone on Friday, I couldn't get to you."
" Well, what I really want...nahh, it's too much...Maybe just a flower or something, nothing big."
" What's that thing that you want? I'll get it for you, even if it's expensive. Your my best friend, I'd try to make you happy even if it meant spending a lot of money."
She blushed at his statement and so did he. She tried to avoid looking into his eyes, but before she knew it she was staring into his big blue eyes. Her eyes were locked with his, and she couldn't break away. He was looking at her as if he were looking for something deep within her soul. She couldn't help smiling as she looked into his brightish/darkish blue eyes. He started smiling as well and went back to stirring the soup. She continued to look at him and responded.
" I want to go to New York City in America, but my parents said no. I mean, I want to get away from the heckticness of school just for a couple of days so I could get some peace. That's all I'm asking for, but no, I have to stay home and be miserable on my birthday."
She pouted and continued to stir, stopping for a moment to look at Takeru.
" None of us could afford to go to NYC anyway..."
She sighed and went to sit on the couch again. Takeru continued to add spices to the soup and rice, thinking about what she had just said. New York City. She's always wanted to go there, ever since she heard about it in 5th grade. He wanted to take her to NYC, take her to see the famous sights, take her shopping...and tell her that he loved him under the moon light in Central Park. He sighed and thought about the money he would have to spend. It was, with the plane, hotel, shopping, maybe a broadway show, and the plane back, about 6,000 dollars in american money. He could afford it, with the money he saved from his summer jobs, he had over 8,000. But this money was meant ro go towards his collage funds. He didn't care. He wanted to make her happy. He would check with his mom and Hikari's parents, convince them to let them go with the supervision of Tai and Yama, and have a great time with her. His plan was PRICELESS. It would work, and he knew it.
About 20 minutes later, Takeru called for her to come to the kitchen table. When she saw how he had things set up, she blushed and stepped back.
" Takeru, why all of this for me? "
He had put a candle on the table, which had a rose in a vase right beside it. He had set down rice, chicken soup, bread, butter, salad, and tall wine glasses with soda in them.
" To celebrate, of course. "
She looked at him, confused, as he motioned for her to sit. She did as he said, with a confused look on her face.
" Celebrate what? My birthday? So what, I'll be 16, whoppe..."
" Not just that, " He replied, smiling at her. " The real celebration is a surprise....you'll find out in time..."
He said before seating himself and motioning for her to dig in. She took a bit of everything, and after two servings, she sat back and groaned.
" That was the BEST dinner ever, thanks, Take-chan. But I think I had a bit too much to eat...at least it was a break from my mom's horrible cooking...barf-o-rama..."
She made a gagging motion, making Takeru laugh. She laughed along with him, enjoying his steady voice chuckling at her joke. She loved his voice. It felt so comforting when she heard him speak to her. It was then that she was grateful to have him as her closest friend.
She looked at the clock and yelped.
" Arg, its already 10!!!! I gotta get going!!! Bye Take-chan!!!"
She yelled before rushing out of his apartment.
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5 Minutes later she arrived at her apartment, out of breath yet againg from running. She took out her key and opened the door slowly, making sure that no one was awake. When she saw that all of the lights were off, she creeped into the house quietly, watching where she stepped. She knew that if her parents caught her, she'd be a dead girl. Unfortunatly, she tripped over the coffee table which made a loud THUD. She quickly straightened it out, getting nervous. She stood still, waiting for her parents or Taichi to come out of their rooms and yell at her for being out too late. Surprisingly, no one came, so she rushed as quietly as she could over to her bedroom. She changed and plopped onto her bed.
' Maybe my birthday won't be so bad after all....wait, what am I saying? I won't be left ALONE on Thursday....I wish I was going to NYC....'
She thought to herself before falling asleep.
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Over at Takeru's house, Takeru waited impatiently for his mother to get home from work. He would have to tell her about the trip tonight, if they were gong to go on Monday and come back on Saturday.( A/N: Today is Saturday in the story!!!) Soon, he found himself pacing. His mother wouldn't like the idea of spending his collage money. She would have to get over it though, because Takeru was going to make Hikari's dream become reality.
Soon his mother walked through the front door grogily and placed her breifcase on the kitchen table. Takeru followed her persistently. She noticed this after he had followed her from the kitchen to the living room to her room to the bath room.
" Takeru, what is it? I'm going to take a shower. "
" Mom," Takeru said hopefully. "IwanttotakeHikaritonewyorkonmondayandiwaswonderingifwecouldgowithtaiandyama andbebackonsaturdayandificouldusemycollagesavingstopayforthetrip." He blurted out. ' Stupid...Stupid...' He thought to himself.
" Yeaa, um, sweetie I didn't quite get that. "
" I want to take Hikari to New York with me for her birthday, with Tai and Matt, of course, and stay from monday till saturday. She's always wanted to go, and this is the perfect opportunity. And I was wondering if I could use the money I was saving up for collage. So, can I mom? Please?"
Mrs. Takashi looked at him disapointedly when he said he wanted to use his collage money. He thought then and there she was going to say no. He looked at his feet in defeat, only to hear his mother say:
" If that's what you want, you can do so."
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The next day, Mrs. Takashi called Hikari's parents, asking them if it was ok for her to go with Takeru , Taichi, and Yamato. After a couple of minutes trying to convince them, they finally agreed to it. When Mrs Takashi called the airport to book tickets, she was informed that the only flight left to NYC was on Tuesday, so that was when they would leave. They were spending 6 days in America, with 16 hours on the plane there and back.
When Hikari's parents told her the good news, she was jumping for joy. She got her wish, she didn't know HOW, but she got it. Mrs. Takashi convinced her parents very reasonably on the phone. She packed and was ready to go on Sunday. She was VERY excited to be spending 6 days with Takeru. She was going on the trip of a lifetime, and she couldn't ask for anything more.
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Tuesday Afternoon
Hikari and Taichi had just arrived at the airport. They were waiting for Yamato and Takeru to meet them in front of the Coffee Latte' Cafe'. Hikari was too impatient to wait for them to come, so she went to get a coffee from the Cafe'. For some reason, coffee calmed her down. So anytime she was hyper or getting impatient or just getting on her brother's nerves, Taichi would make her get herself a coffee.
" Taichi, their LATE!!!!!! They can't be LATE!!!!! We'll miss the PLANE!!!!"
" Hikari, calm down! The plane doesn't leave for another 2 hours! If you don't shut up and calm down, I'll hurt you so bad that it'll hurt 10 years from now!!! "
She immeadiatly shut up waiting for the half brothers to come.
10 minutes later they arrived. Hikari got up and yelled at them.
" MY BIRTHDAY HAS TO BE PERFECT!!!!! IF WE DON'T MAKE THE PLANE I'M GONNA HURT YOU BOTH!!!! COME ON COME ON COME ON COME ON COME ON!!!!"
Hikari said as she ran over to luggage drop off. After they had dropped off their luggage, gotten their tickets to the front desk, ate something, got lost trying to find their gate because of Taichi, and running into Hikari's old friend, they had FINALLY made it to the plane.
" I CALL WINDOW SEAT!!!!!"
Hikari and Takeru yelled at the same time, pushing each other while trying to make their way to the window seat. Hikari had beaten him to the seat and he pouted. She just stuck out her tounge and fell asleep. He looked at her oddly and sat beside her. She immeadatly put her head on his shoulder, which made him blush. He settled down in his seat and fell asleep as well, resting his chin on top of her head. They both smiled in their sleep and got comfortable. The plane took off 20 minutes later. They were finally on their way to New York.
END
Was it a bit longer? I can't tell because of my Wordpad....anyway, if its too short, I'll make a revised chapter. Just tell me; Revise or don't revise. R and R!!!!! Until next time, adios!
My Birthday is gonna be HORRIBLE.....Say what??
3rd Person POV
Hikari woke up only 10 minutes later, due to a loud thump from Taichi's room. She got up slowly and cursed to herself as she walked over to Tai's room to yell at him. When she got there, the door was closed, and when she attempted to push it open, she felt that it was locked.
" Taichi....onii-chan, it's me, open up! What was that thump? You woke me up.....TAI OPEN THE DOOR!!!!"
She yelled through the door. She waited a couple of seconds before hearing a muffled cry and another thump. She waited another couple of seconds before getting aggravated. Then, she pulled a bobby pin from her hair and fiddled it into the keyhole. After a couple of pushes and turns, the door swung open. She looked in and found Taichi on the floor with Yamato, arms wrapped around each other. They looked at her innocently and she sweat- dropped.
" Taichi, this is the PERFECT opportunity to get you back for waking me up...wait till mom hears that Taichi is HOMOSEXUAL!!!!"
" HIKARI IF YOU TELL MOM I'LL HURT YOU SO BAD YOU'LL CRY!!!"
" Point taken! I'm leaving! "
She said quicky before rushing out and closing the door. She started creeping slowly to the kitchen to ask her mom again about New York, but she wasn't there. Hikari examined the kitchen carefully for a note. Her mother always left a note when she went out. Apparently, there wasn't a note to be found, so she grabbed a frozen TV dinner type thing out of the freezer and stuck it in the microwave. She would've made a whole feast for herself, but her mother didn't let her use the stove, light a match, or even blow out her birthday candles. She felt embarressed when her mother mentioned it in public. She was 15 and still wasn't allowed to cook herself dinner. Her mother was always cautious about these things after Hikari's dad burned his hand badly making eggs and bacon.
Hikari was startled by the fire alarm that had just gone off. She blushed furiously as she took the now burnt TV dinner thingy out of the microwave. Not thinking, she threw it out a window. It was then she realized she was on the 20th floor of an apartment building. She smacked her forehead as she heard it go KERPLAT on the sidewalk below. Soon she heard furious yelling, so that ment the burnt dinner had obviously landed on someone's head. She quickly moved away from the window and ran out the door.
She started to run fast, out of the building, to the next block, a couple of blocks more, before she found herself out of breath in front of the apartment building where Takeru lived. She figured she was too tired to run back home, so she decided to make an unannounced appearence at Takeru's apartment. She didn't have anything to eat at home anyway.
She went up to his floor and knocked on his door. She waited a while before hearing his deep, comforting voice from inside.
" Who is it???? "
" It's me, Take-chan. "
She heard footsteps inside and a couple of minutes later he appeared at the door. He looked so HOTT. Hikari couldn't hlp but stare at him. Takeru was wearing a sleeveless shirt with shorts on. Even the looseness of the shirt showed his muscular figure. She wanted him so bad....
" Hikari? Umm, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my shirt? "
She snapped back to reality and blushed madly. He looked at her weirdly and motioned for her to come in. He walked over to the kitchen while she plopped down onto his couch, out of breath from running.
" Hikari, I wasn't expecting you. I was just making dinner for myself when you came. And you look so tired, what did you do, run here?" He teased her.
" Actually, yea, I did. I dropped a burnt TV dinner onto someone's head from my floor, so I ran in panic." She looked at him with a puppy dog look in her eyes. " Takeru, can I have dinner with you? I can't cook for my life, Taichi's 'busy' with Yama, and my mom isn't home..."
Takeru could take anything from Hikari wheather it be teasing or a joke, but he could NOT take her puppy dog pout. He finally gave into her request.
" Sure, just come and help me over here. Stir the rice for me, please "
She got up from her spot lazily and dragged herself over to the kitchen. She picked up a large spoon and started to stir the rice. She blushed because Takeru was so close to her, adding spices to a soup looking thing. For a while there was scilence between the both of them. Hikari started to daydream about her and Takeru getting together, getting married, having children...she wanted it all. She loved him so much...and she would tell him, if she wasn't so afraid.
The scilence started to get to her, so she decided to start up a conversation.
" Takeru, you remember by birthday next Thursday, right? "
" Yea, of course, I'd never forget it. By the way, what do you want for your birthday? I've been meaning to ask you, but since everyone wouldn't leave you alone on Friday, I couldn't get to you."
" Well, what I really want...nahh, it's too much...Maybe just a flower or something, nothing big."
" What's that thing that you want? I'll get it for you, even if it's expensive. Your my best friend, I'd try to make you happy even if it meant spending a lot of money."
She blushed at his statement and so did he. She tried to avoid looking into his eyes, but before she knew it she was staring into his big blue eyes. Her eyes were locked with his, and she couldn't break away. He was looking at her as if he were looking for something deep within her soul. She couldn't help smiling as she looked into his brightish/darkish blue eyes. He started smiling as well and went back to stirring the soup. She continued to look at him and responded.
" I want to go to New York City in America, but my parents said no. I mean, I want to get away from the heckticness of school just for a couple of days so I could get some peace. That's all I'm asking for, but no, I have to stay home and be miserable on my birthday."
She pouted and continued to stir, stopping for a moment to look at Takeru.
" None of us could afford to go to NYC anyway..."
She sighed and went to sit on the couch again. Takeru continued to add spices to the soup and rice, thinking about what she had just said. New York City. She's always wanted to go there, ever since she heard about it in 5th grade. He wanted to take her to NYC, take her to see the famous sights, take her shopping...and tell her that he loved him under the moon light in Central Park. He sighed and thought about the money he would have to spend. It was, with the plane, hotel, shopping, maybe a broadway show, and the plane back, about 6,000 dollars in american money. He could afford it, with the money he saved from his summer jobs, he had over 8,000. But this money was meant ro go towards his collage funds. He didn't care. He wanted to make her happy. He would check with his mom and Hikari's parents, convince them to let them go with the supervision of Tai and Yama, and have a great time with her. His plan was PRICELESS. It would work, and he knew it.
About 20 minutes later, Takeru called for her to come to the kitchen table. When she saw how he had things set up, she blushed and stepped back.
" Takeru, why all of this for me? "
He had put a candle on the table, which had a rose in a vase right beside it. He had set down rice, chicken soup, bread, butter, salad, and tall wine glasses with soda in them.
" To celebrate, of course. "
She looked at him, confused, as he motioned for her to sit. She did as he said, with a confused look on her face.
" Celebrate what? My birthday? So what, I'll be 16, whoppe..."
" Not just that, " He replied, smiling at her. " The real celebration is a surprise....you'll find out in time..."
He said before seating himself and motioning for her to dig in. She took a bit of everything, and after two servings, she sat back and groaned.
" That was the BEST dinner ever, thanks, Take-chan. But I think I had a bit too much to eat...at least it was a break from my mom's horrible cooking...barf-o-rama..."
She made a gagging motion, making Takeru laugh. She laughed along with him, enjoying his steady voice chuckling at her joke. She loved his voice. It felt so comforting when she heard him speak to her. It was then that she was grateful to have him as her closest friend.
She looked at the clock and yelped.
" Arg, its already 10!!!! I gotta get going!!! Bye Take-chan!!!"
She yelled before rushing out of his apartment.
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5 Minutes later she arrived at her apartment, out of breath yet againg from running. She took out her key and opened the door slowly, making sure that no one was awake. When she saw that all of the lights were off, she creeped into the house quietly, watching where she stepped. She knew that if her parents caught her, she'd be a dead girl. Unfortunatly, she tripped over the coffee table which made a loud THUD. She quickly straightened it out, getting nervous. She stood still, waiting for her parents or Taichi to come out of their rooms and yell at her for being out too late. Surprisingly, no one came, so she rushed as quietly as she could over to her bedroom. She changed and plopped onto her bed.
' Maybe my birthday won't be so bad after all....wait, what am I saying? I won't be left ALONE on Thursday....I wish I was going to NYC....'
She thought to herself before falling asleep.
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Over at Takeru's house, Takeru waited impatiently for his mother to get home from work. He would have to tell her about the trip tonight, if they were gong to go on Monday and come back on Saturday.( A/N: Today is Saturday in the story!!!) Soon, he found himself pacing. His mother wouldn't like the idea of spending his collage money. She would have to get over it though, because Takeru was going to make Hikari's dream become reality.
Soon his mother walked through the front door grogily and placed her breifcase on the kitchen table. Takeru followed her persistently. She noticed this after he had followed her from the kitchen to the living room to her room to the bath room.
" Takeru, what is it? I'm going to take a shower. "
" Mom," Takeru said hopefully. "IwanttotakeHikaritonewyorkonmondayandiwaswonderingifwecouldgowithtaiandyama andbebackonsaturdayandificouldusemycollagesavingstopayforthetrip." He blurted out. ' Stupid...Stupid...' He thought to himself.
" Yeaa, um, sweetie I didn't quite get that. "
" I want to take Hikari to New York with me for her birthday, with Tai and Matt, of course, and stay from monday till saturday. She's always wanted to go, and this is the perfect opportunity. And I was wondering if I could use the money I was saving up for collage. So, can I mom? Please?"
Mrs. Takashi looked at him disapointedly when he said he wanted to use his collage money. He thought then and there she was going to say no. He looked at his feet in defeat, only to hear his mother say:
" If that's what you want, you can do so."
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The next day, Mrs. Takashi called Hikari's parents, asking them if it was ok for her to go with Takeru , Taichi, and Yamato. After a couple of minutes trying to convince them, they finally agreed to it. When Mrs Takashi called the airport to book tickets, she was informed that the only flight left to NYC was on Tuesday, so that was when they would leave. They were spending 6 days in America, with 16 hours on the plane there and back.
When Hikari's parents told her the good news, she was jumping for joy. She got her wish, she didn't know HOW, but she got it. Mrs. Takashi convinced her parents very reasonably on the phone. She packed and was ready to go on Sunday. She was VERY excited to be spending 6 days with Takeru. She was going on the trip of a lifetime, and she couldn't ask for anything more.
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Tuesday Afternoon
Hikari and Taichi had just arrived at the airport. They were waiting for Yamato and Takeru to meet them in front of the Coffee Latte' Cafe'. Hikari was too impatient to wait for them to come, so she went to get a coffee from the Cafe'. For some reason, coffee calmed her down. So anytime she was hyper or getting impatient or just getting on her brother's nerves, Taichi would make her get herself a coffee.
" Taichi, their LATE!!!!!! They can't be LATE!!!!! We'll miss the PLANE!!!!"
" Hikari, calm down! The plane doesn't leave for another 2 hours! If you don't shut up and calm down, I'll hurt you so bad that it'll hurt 10 years from now!!! "
She immeadiatly shut up waiting for the half brothers to come.
10 minutes later they arrived. Hikari got up and yelled at them.
" MY BIRTHDAY HAS TO BE PERFECT!!!!! IF WE DON'T MAKE THE PLANE I'M GONNA HURT YOU BOTH!!!! COME ON COME ON COME ON COME ON COME ON!!!!"
Hikari said as she ran over to luggage drop off. After they had dropped off their luggage, gotten their tickets to the front desk, ate something, got lost trying to find their gate because of Taichi, and running into Hikari's old friend, they had FINALLY made it to the plane.
" I CALL WINDOW SEAT!!!!!"
Hikari and Takeru yelled at the same time, pushing each other while trying to make their way to the window seat. Hikari had beaten him to the seat and he pouted. She just stuck out her tounge and fell asleep. He looked at her oddly and sat beside her. She immeadatly put her head on his shoulder, which made him blush. He settled down in his seat and fell asleep as well, resting his chin on top of her head. They both smiled in their sleep and got comfortable. The plane took off 20 minutes later. They were finally on their way to New York.
END
Was it a bit longer? I can't tell because of my Wordpad....anyway, if its too short, I'll make a revised chapter. Just tell me; Revise or don't revise. R and R!!!!! Until next time, adios!