Here it is! Chpt 3!.. Read on!
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"YAMATO! OVER HERE!" Yamato spun around to see Taichi waving madly to him while screaming his lungs out. Finally! His mind relaxed as he walked towards his friend. He had been waiting at the lobby of the chalet for nearly 45 minutes. "What's the matter with you man! What took you so long! Where are the others? I thought we agreed to meet here at 12 noon? I even thought you all forgot that today was the day for the chalet!"
Taichi looked at his friend's stern expression and laughed, "Cool it man! Why get so worked up over this? Besides it's the day to celebrate! Four free days!" He dropped his haversack on the floor and punched the air with one fist.
Suddenly, all eyes in the chalet lobby were on him. Taichi gave a weak smile, apologized and plonked himself down beside a disgusted- expressioned Yamato. "So when do you think the others will arrive?"
As if on cue, the chalet lobby doors slid open and in came Mimi, Koushiru, and Jou. "Oh! You 2 are so early!" Mimi exclaimed as she approached the receptionist to check-in.
" I booked 2 units; one with one storey, the other with 2. The units are connected via the kitchen." She explained as they made their way across the twists and turns to find their units. "Block M, units 4 and 5. Here it is!" She dropped her bags on the floor as she searched in her pockets for her keys. "Guys, you take the double storey unit." Mimi said as she opened the locked door of the single storey unit.
"You are not sleeping alone are you?!" Taichi stared wide-eyed at her. Smiling, Mimi entered her unit and closed the door without answering.
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"She definitely has something up her sleeve, I tell you," Taichi complained as the 4 boys unpacked their bags. "You should know, Iz, you're the closest to her!"
Shrugging his shoulders, Koushiru confessed, "She didn't tell me anything about this. Hey, whose sleeping upstairs by the way? I think it has an air-conditioner."
"What?! Air-con?! First 2 guys upstairs get to sleep in the air- conditioned room!" Taichi exclaimed as he pushed past Koushiru and ran up the stairs.
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"Are you guys done packing yet?!" Mimi flung open the kitchen door, much to the astonishment of Jou and Koushiru. "What is taking you so long?!"
"How did you enter the kitchen without using the front door?" Koushiru asked.
"You forgot, my dear, that the kitchen is connects our rooms!" Mimi smiled at him. "By the way, you haven't answered my question!"
"Urm, both of us are done. But Taichi and Yamato have been upstairs for the past 45 minutes. They got the air-conditioned room, you see!" Jou answered.
Mimi rested her hands on her hips, "When the 2 slow-pokes upstairs are done, come over to my room. ONLY, I repear, only when they are done, you come over TOGETHER!" She walked back to her room, closing the kitchen behind her.
After another half an hour, but seemed like half a year to Jou and Koushiru, Taichi and Yamato finally came down the stairs.
"We are ready! What's Mimi's plan now?" Taichi grinned at them, unaware to the angry looks they gave him.
"What took you guys so long man!" Koushiru exclaimed, "Mimi told us to go over to her room TOGETHER half an hour ago!"
Taichi held up his hands in front of his face. "Hey cool it man! It wasn't my fault! It was this PERSON beside me re-doing his hair!"
"Hey! I wasn't re-doing my hair, Tai!" Yamato was determined not to give up without a fight, "I was just fixing it!"
"Oh yeah?!" Taichi took a step forward.
"Hey cool it man, guys!" Jou stepped in between them. "You are acting like children. Besides Mimi is already waiting for us in her room so that we can continue with our plan for the rest of the day. C'mon! Let's go! If not, she will be very angry!"
Taichi and Yamato looked at each other. They knew better than to make Mimi angry. Her glare itself was worse than anything. Wondering how Koushiru could stand her aggressiveness, they willingly followed Jou and Koushiru through the kitchen into Mimi's room.
"You guys are so damn slow!" Mimi's voice echoed through the room as they entered, "What took you guys so long?!"
The four of them found a seat for themselves and went on to admire the neatness of her room. "This place is so neat man!" Taichi remarked, while he muttered to himself, "unlike ours." to himself.
"So what do you people want to do next?" Mimi asked, "Why are you all suddenly so surprised?"
The four boys had their mouths open and staring at her as if she had said some miracle thing. Mimi had seldom asked for their opinion, which was what she was doing now.
Taking chance of the situation, Taichi immediately opened his mouth to give a suggestion, "Let's go swimming! I saw a pool on our way in."
".No! Let's go to the beach! I heard it's quite nearby! Jou suggested as he was the poorest here at swimming.
"How about." Koushiru was about to give a suggestion when Mimi suddenly jumped from her seat and cut in.
"I have a better idea. Let's not go swimming or to the beach! Let's go to the Theme Park next to this chalet! C'mon guys! Don't you want some adventure? Anyway, I heard that there is a discount on the entry fee! It's worth it too! All you gotta do is pay for that ticket and you can have unlimited rides for the rest of the day!"
She took her seat again while the boys stared at her in amazement. What a speech! Mimi wasn't the kind of person who liked roller coasters. Well, she propably had changed after coming back from Australia. Thinking that it would be a good idea to spend the rest of the day at the Theme Park, they decided to agree with Mimi's suggestion.
"Good! But before we leave, I want to show you something," She smirked at them, "Guess who managed to turn up?"
Her smirk turned into a wide grin as a red-haired girl stepped out from behind her.
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"YAMATO! OVER HERE!" Yamato spun around to see Taichi waving madly to him while screaming his lungs out. Finally! His mind relaxed as he walked towards his friend. He had been waiting at the lobby of the chalet for nearly 45 minutes. "What's the matter with you man! What took you so long! Where are the others? I thought we agreed to meet here at 12 noon? I even thought you all forgot that today was the day for the chalet!"
Taichi looked at his friend's stern expression and laughed, "Cool it man! Why get so worked up over this? Besides it's the day to celebrate! Four free days!" He dropped his haversack on the floor and punched the air with one fist.
Suddenly, all eyes in the chalet lobby were on him. Taichi gave a weak smile, apologized and plonked himself down beside a disgusted- expressioned Yamato. "So when do you think the others will arrive?"
As if on cue, the chalet lobby doors slid open and in came Mimi, Koushiru, and Jou. "Oh! You 2 are so early!" Mimi exclaimed as she approached the receptionist to check-in.
" I booked 2 units; one with one storey, the other with 2. The units are connected via the kitchen." She explained as they made their way across the twists and turns to find their units. "Block M, units 4 and 5. Here it is!" She dropped her bags on the floor as she searched in her pockets for her keys. "Guys, you take the double storey unit." Mimi said as she opened the locked door of the single storey unit.
"You are not sleeping alone are you?!" Taichi stared wide-eyed at her. Smiling, Mimi entered her unit and closed the door without answering.
~§~
"She definitely has something up her sleeve, I tell you," Taichi complained as the 4 boys unpacked their bags. "You should know, Iz, you're the closest to her!"
Shrugging his shoulders, Koushiru confessed, "She didn't tell me anything about this. Hey, whose sleeping upstairs by the way? I think it has an air-conditioner."
"What?! Air-con?! First 2 guys upstairs get to sleep in the air- conditioned room!" Taichi exclaimed as he pushed past Koushiru and ran up the stairs.
~§~
"Are you guys done packing yet?!" Mimi flung open the kitchen door, much to the astonishment of Jou and Koushiru. "What is taking you so long?!"
"How did you enter the kitchen without using the front door?" Koushiru asked.
"You forgot, my dear, that the kitchen is connects our rooms!" Mimi smiled at him. "By the way, you haven't answered my question!"
"Urm, both of us are done. But Taichi and Yamato have been upstairs for the past 45 minutes. They got the air-conditioned room, you see!" Jou answered.
Mimi rested her hands on her hips, "When the 2 slow-pokes upstairs are done, come over to my room. ONLY, I repear, only when they are done, you come over TOGETHER!" She walked back to her room, closing the kitchen behind her.
After another half an hour, but seemed like half a year to Jou and Koushiru, Taichi and Yamato finally came down the stairs.
"We are ready! What's Mimi's plan now?" Taichi grinned at them, unaware to the angry looks they gave him.
"What took you guys so long man!" Koushiru exclaimed, "Mimi told us to go over to her room TOGETHER half an hour ago!"
Taichi held up his hands in front of his face. "Hey cool it man! It wasn't my fault! It was this PERSON beside me re-doing his hair!"
"Hey! I wasn't re-doing my hair, Tai!" Yamato was determined not to give up without a fight, "I was just fixing it!"
"Oh yeah?!" Taichi took a step forward.
"Hey cool it man, guys!" Jou stepped in between them. "You are acting like children. Besides Mimi is already waiting for us in her room so that we can continue with our plan for the rest of the day. C'mon! Let's go! If not, she will be very angry!"
Taichi and Yamato looked at each other. They knew better than to make Mimi angry. Her glare itself was worse than anything. Wondering how Koushiru could stand her aggressiveness, they willingly followed Jou and Koushiru through the kitchen into Mimi's room.
"You guys are so damn slow!" Mimi's voice echoed through the room as they entered, "What took you guys so long?!"
The four of them found a seat for themselves and went on to admire the neatness of her room. "This place is so neat man!" Taichi remarked, while he muttered to himself, "unlike ours." to himself.
"So what do you people want to do next?" Mimi asked, "Why are you all suddenly so surprised?"
The four boys had their mouths open and staring at her as if she had said some miracle thing. Mimi had seldom asked for their opinion, which was what she was doing now.
Taking chance of the situation, Taichi immediately opened his mouth to give a suggestion, "Let's go swimming! I saw a pool on our way in."
".No! Let's go to the beach! I heard it's quite nearby! Jou suggested as he was the poorest here at swimming.
"How about." Koushiru was about to give a suggestion when Mimi suddenly jumped from her seat and cut in.
"I have a better idea. Let's not go swimming or to the beach! Let's go to the Theme Park next to this chalet! C'mon guys! Don't you want some adventure? Anyway, I heard that there is a discount on the entry fee! It's worth it too! All you gotta do is pay for that ticket and you can have unlimited rides for the rest of the day!"
She took her seat again while the boys stared at her in amazement. What a speech! Mimi wasn't the kind of person who liked roller coasters. Well, she propably had changed after coming back from Australia. Thinking that it would be a good idea to spend the rest of the day at the Theme Park, they decided to agree with Mimi's suggestion.
"Good! But before we leave, I want to show you something," She smirked at them, "Guess who managed to turn up?"
Her smirk turned into a wide grin as a red-haired girl stepped out from behind her.