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Generation Y
Chapter 4 » Opening her mouth
Misao stood out of her sliver Porsche and made her way to the first lesson. Chemistry. She thought. I'm in the same class as Hatakaru Saota. Wonder if the rest of the F4's in this class too.
[Eitoku's education system has changed over the years. The Head realized that some students are a lot cleverer than their standard. So the Board changed the timetables of the smarter students and fitted them according to their standard. For example, if a first year student is very good in English Literature, he would study E.Lit with a second or third year student, depending on his E.Lit standard.]
Misao was a genius in Chemistry. So the Board arranged her timetable in a way that Misao would attend Chemistry with third year students.
As Misao walked along the empty corridors [she came extra early so she could find Takizawa and apologized to him without anyone knowing] before she suddenly heard sounds coming from the Emergency Stairway of Eitoku.
She pushed open the door and to her surprise, found the whole of F4 there.
"Hey Ikina! Care to join us?" shouted Shono Ryuki.
Misao felt a little weird after remembering leaving in a huff yesterday. She realized all she wanted to do was apologize to Takizawa, not see the F4. She quickly made up an excuse to leave them.
"Erm… I've got Chemistry later. So I better go. Bye."
What a lame excuse. The first lesson's only starting 1 hour later. Thought Misao as she realized the lameness of her excuse.
"You avoiding us or what? You are having Chemistry with us; besides, Chem's starting 1 hour later. We checked." Grinned Ryuki.
"Oh erm… heh…" trailed Misao. She knew there was no escape this time.
Hitori Nishirou and Hatakaru Saota just yawned.
"This is boring. I'm going to sleep if nothing's happening." Saota mumbled.
Why don't you just get this over now and apologize to Takizawa! Thought Misao.
Misao summed up her courage and surprised everyone.
"Can I talk to Taiken?" She had meant for it to be a louder and more intimidating voice. Instead, it came out all soft and squeaky.
"Again? Can't hear you clearly Ikina." Asked Ryuki.
"CAN I TALK TO TAIKEN!" shouted Misao with all her might. This time, it came out so loud that she nearly deafen herself.
"You want to talk to me?" Takizawa asked with sheer disbelieve in his eyes, half expecting Misao to think of an evil plan to destroy him.
"YES I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!" shouted Misao again.
"Hey you want to talk to my good buddy here, you don't have to shout. We are turning deaf you know?" Ryuki covered his ears.
"Oops. Sorry. Blame your eyes for not hearing me the first time. Can you guys go away, I want to tell him something alone." Misao said almost apologetically.
"Ooh… what secrets do you have up your sleeves Ikina. I never knew you were this sort of person. Hmm… as the saying goes: never judge a book by it's cover." Joked Ryuki.
"WILL YOU BE QUIET, SHUT UP, LEAVE THIS PLACE, LET ME TALK TO TAIKEN, AND NOT JOKE ABOUT ME THAT WAY?!" shouted Misao again.
"Ok ok! Is it me or is my ear on the floor. I think it dropped after all that screaming." Said Ryuki sarcastically.
Misao gave him a glare and he hurried away, afraid that his ear might somehow really drop if he stayed there any longer.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Takizawa asked.
"Erm… well… you know about the slapping incident a few years back? Well… I'm really sorry about that. You see I was in a rotten mood. My parents dragged me along to that boring function thingy and I would have preferred staying at home watching cartoons. And you sort of irritated me by speaking to me while I'm in a bad mood, hence the slapping… heh heh." Said Misao sheepishly.
"Oh really? That was the reason? I thought I was irritating to all girls. That's why… that's why-" Takizawa was cut off by Misao abruptly.
"That's why you appear to be so shy in front of girls? Don't worry. You have looks, brains, brawns and attitude. You are the guys all girls want. What made you think girls detest you." Misao finished. Then noticed something wrong with her sentence.
"As quoted by my friend Yuii of course. I just apologized. No funny meanings to it. Guess I'll meet you tonight at the Grand Hyatt then." Added Misao.
"Quoted by Yuii eh. Give her my thanks. Who are you bringing as a date along tonight?" asked Takizawa. He didn't know that both their fathers already arranged the date.
"You don't know? Aren't I going with… Oh never mind then. Whom are you going with?" Misao smirked. She could finally get her own freedom.
"I don't know. I'm not that good talking to girls. So, I was planning not to go, since it's customary to bring along a date. Good luck to you."
Misao could see sadness in Takizawa's eyes. She knew he wanted to ask her along if she didn't have a date. Should I ask him to go with me? Or should I not? Dad already wanted me to accompany Takizawa. Now if he has no date, he wouldn't be able to go. Neither will I get my allowance. Thought Misao.
"Erm… you don't know anything do you? Your father never told you anything? Or is he expecting me to tell you?" asked Misao.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Takizawa's said, totally confused at Misao's words.
"Ok. Yesterday when I reached home. Of all fathers to visit my father, it had to be yours. And it came with a request too. So my dad told me to be your date. I figure out you would know about I the next morning, but apparently, your dad hasn't told you anything." Replied Misao annoyingly. She didn't actually want to reveal the truth, but she had to.
"You are my date?! Really? I love my dad!" shouted Takizawa gleefully.
"What did you say?" asked Misao.
"Erm… nothing. You want me to pick you up tonight?" asked Takizawa, his face flushing from the sentence he had said previously.
"Isn't that common sense? Do you even have to ask? Of course you must!" replied Misao.
Meanwhile, Shono Ryuki, Hatakaru Saota and Hitori Nishirou were standing outside the door.
"Tendae actually him a cute date! How I wish my dad would get me one as cute!" said Ryuki.
"Ryuki, you never had a lack of dates. You don't need your father's help." Replied Saota coolly.
"Saota. Trust you to ruin that mood. I was trying to picture myself as a helpless lovelorn handsome guy! How about you Saota? Who's gonna be your date?" asked Ryuki.
"Who else do you think? My dad got a new business partner. Yaoda Maki of the Yaoda Corp. His daughter is from Eirin Academy, Yaoda Ella." Saota answered coldly.
"Hmm… Yaoda Ella. I've seen her before. When my cousin Nishikado visited Eirin and pulled me along so he could throw whatever ugly girls to me. That Yaoda flirted with him quite intensely. But Nishikado never really took an interest in her. He was looking for some Shigeru person." Said Ryuki. "Anyway, how about you Nishirou? You going?"
"Yes and no. If I find a date." Hitori Nishirou answered lazily.
"Takizawa's lucky. Why does he always get all the girls? At least he refuses them in the past. Seems to me he had some sort of inner fear for them. Now he's overcome the fear. Man! Eitoku girls are going to flock to him!" grumbled Ryuki.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" boomed a voice.
Ryuki recognize the shadow of the person. In fact, he already knew who it was, through the voice.
"Heh heh… hello Ikina san." Ryuki said, not daring to turn his back.
"You are making a big mistake buddy! If I catch you listening on anybody's conversation again, prepare to face a chopper." Growled Misao.
Ryuki gulped. "Oh look it's time for Chem now! Gotta go!"
"I'm in your class too. You can run. But you can never hide." Misao said in an eerie voice.
"Interesting. Very." Saota and Nishirou said in unison. Even both of them couldn't hide smiles under that cold mask. It was just too hilarious to see Ryuki in such a scene. He was never and had never been in any trouble in girls. This was a first, and hopefully a last for him.
As Misao walked down the hallway to the Lab with the F4, she could hear mumblings from Eitoku students everywhere.
"Hey what's she doing beside F4? She's pretty but that's intolerable!"
"Yah. I agree! What if she steals F4? We have to separate them!"
"Hey! Mind your own business." Misao replied to their ridiculous assumptions. She was only walking with them. Not like they are couples or whatsoever. Eitoku really and sincerely sucks. Do they only care about appearances and F4? How I wish I was back in Eirin. Well. I wouldn't want to meet that Yaoda, but I really missed that school. *sigh* Where's Nikkie and Yuii? They are unusually late today. Thought Misao.
"Misao! We've been looking for you all hour! Yafumi said you left very early! Were you hanging out with the F4?" Yuii questioned Misao cheekily.
"Yuii! I just came to say something to this arrogant people. Nothing's going on! Don't insult me. I can do better. Besides, I already have…" trailed Misao.
"You already have? What? Ikina… are you thinking what I'm thinking?" joked Ryuki.
"You shut up! I told you not to eavesdrop again!" burst Misao.
"This is open air and public. Kindly do not molest me." Joked Ryuki again.
"He's improved the jokes. A lot." Saota smiled.
All this while though, Takizawa has been very quiet. I already have… have what? A boyfriend? An admirer? A stead? Or a fiancée? Am I jealous? Takizawa stared at Misao again. He felt his cheeks blush. He never had this sort of reaction before.
"Takizawa, where are you going?" asked Misao. They had already reached the lab but Takizawa kept walking.
"Huh. Oh. Erm… I wasn't looking." Replied Takizawa absentmindedly. He was still thinking about Misao's last sentence. "Don't worry Misao, I'm fine."
"You're calling her Misao and she's calling you Takizawa? You guys are fast!" commented Ryuki.
"Shut up Shono and mind your own business for the final time." Warned Misao.
Misao walked into the Lab with the F4 and sat down for the first lesson of her second day at Eitoku.