Title: Crystalline Tears
Authors: Aino Yuy aka Usagi-hater and Optical Illusion
Authors' Notes: We thank everyone who reviewed our first fic. We appreciate it. Enjoy this next chapter now.
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Chapter Two: The Truth About Linda
Mina slammed her locker shut. What was there to do today? She already went to the cemetery once this week. There was no point in going there again. Nonetheless, she knew her father was showing off the beautiful grave to his girlfriend. She would hate to bump into them.
Mina walked out of the large school with Lita at her side until her green eyed friend found her bus. The smile on Mina's face was gone very quickly. As if it were torn off. Mina held her head down, silky strands of blond hair covering the sides of her face.
When Mina finally tilted her head upwards the frown was still there and her eyes did not hold there glistening sparkle. But when a few of her fellow classmates greeted her, the well-known beautiful smile appeared across her face and her eyes lit up brightly. When they left, her happy appearances did as well. The dark expression remained on her face as she kept on walking home alone.
Once again, Mina did not notice that her expressions were being carefully watched. Heero's Prussian blues kept taking in everything. From her eyes to her mouth. the way her ruby lips were in a down curved position. how her hair fell onto her face to hide her expressions. He saw it all... everything.
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Mina had finally reached her house. Sadly, her father's girlfriend Linda was home also. In the middle of getting a bottle of water, she overheard the woman on the phone in the other room.
"-look, I'm getting the money, count on it. But his little wench is onto me. Yes I'm safe! This guy totally misses the obvious, it's pretty funny."
Mina knew it. The woman her father had fallen in love with was nothing but a fraud; a witch who was out for her father's money. Hang on. wench? I'm no wench!
Mina's mind raced as Linda hung the phone back up. Should I go? No. Should I now? Oh, what the hell! Mina stepped out of her hiding place. "Linda."
She received a disgusted look. "Excuse me, I need to go somewhere," Linda sneered. But Mina did not move.
"I said move it."
"Why should I? So you can use my dad and take everything he's got? Or is it just that you-"
"Shut up! If a word of this gets out to your father, so be it I'll-"
"You'll what? Deny it like you've been doing for months?" Mina countered back. "Sorry, it's not going to end like that." She could hear her own hatred for the woman in her every words.
"You little-" Linda was screaming but before she could finish she was cut off by Mina's father.
"What's going on here?"
"Dad, she was on the phone talking about stealing your money!" Mina explained. She frowned when she saw his skeptic glare. She got the same feeling all over again. He hated her.
"Don't you dare speak about her that way! I know she never would do such a thing! You may hate her but you just can't be so jealous! You must know when to shut up!"
Mina was quivering with rage. Why did she even bother? She knew he wouldn't listen to her anyway. Nothing she said mattered to him anymore. Her cornflower eyes shot towards Linda, who was standing behind her father. The expression on her face made her want to slap her.
"Now, apologize to Linda," her father ordered.
Mina's stomach churned. She hated it when she had to express regret. She was apologizing for no reason. This time she wasn't going to say sorry. If her father didn't believe it, than that was his fault. He would soon find out. But Mina had strong pride and she was not going to ask for forgiveness to a hag like Linda.
"I'm not going to!"
This earned a hard smack across the face. Her right cheek stung and her neck ached because of the sudden force of the turn. Covering the red spot on her face, Mina ran out of the kitchen to reach the front door. Holding tears of anger inside, she ran out of the house without a single word.
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"Oh come on! It'll be fun!" a guy insisted, slapping his blonde friend hard on the back playfully.
But the sudden painful look that overwhelmed his friend's face made it clear that the whack was too hard for him to handle. "No, Duo. I have better things to do. And why would you want to pester women during swim practice?" he asked, trying to rub his back.
Duo chucked at this. "Are you kidding me? Nothing is better than checking out babes in bathing suites! Damn you Quatre, your too goody goody!"
Quatre raised his eyebrow at this. "How am I a goody goody if I choose studying for the History test in stead of watching girls swimming?"
"For god's sake, it's a Friday!" Duo reminded. "We don't need to study for that test till Sunday!"
Rolling his light blue eyes slightly, Quatre now and then did not understand his friend's ways. "Well I'm failing History and I can't afford to fail this test. Just go without me."
The disappointment in Duo's face clearly showed he did not want to go alone. But since he had missed the bus, again, he had no choice but to waste his spare time watching girls in their bathing suites. Of course, this was one of his favorite hobbies.
A few minutes later after leaving Quatre in the library to study, Duo walked down the hall towards the room where the swim team practice was held. The smell of chlorine filled his noise when he entered and the sight of women in bathing suites crowded about made his famous grin appear.
Life is good, life is sweet! Duo thought instantly as he watched blondes, brunettes, and a redhead walk out of the girl's locker-room.
One very attractive blonde winked at him when they passed to take a seat at the benches. Duo had a confident smile on his face because of this and started flirting helplessly with the girls. However, very few were interested in what he had to say.
"Come on! There has to be one of you that think my muscles are sexy! No? ...This is just lowering my self-esteem."
Many of the girls thought he was a total buffoon for saying this. Especially the coach. She was pissed off that he was distracting her girls. However, the coach ignored throwing him out. But her patience was growing thin.
"Ami!" The coach yelled with a little annoyance in her tone. She did not mean to direct this to a blue haired girl though.
"Yes?" Ami asked kindly, making Duo look up from where he was sitting.
His mouth dropped at what he saw. A girl with short length shiny blue hair came walking towards the instructor. Her hair was wet, indicated that she had gone in the pool not too long ago. A towel was wrapped over her neck.
"Do two laps and show me that you can beat your record," The coach said with a commanding voice yet holding a kind smile.
Duo watched the girl attentively. What was her name? Ami right?
He could not help but think she was gorgeous. She had a body which curved perfectly. He watched her swim with grace, the way a mermaid would. Thankfully, she had no fins. Instead, she had long slender legs that were well built. They did not look tired after the ending lap.
When Ami got out of the pool, her coach handed her a towel and showed her the timer. Ami smiled at what she saw and began to look as if she was going to jump for joy. Being more self-controlled on the other hand, she restrained herself. Duo saw a few other girls coming over to congratulate their blue haired teammate.
It was obvious that Ami was one of the fastest swimmers on the team. And it was also obvious to Duo that this was none other than love at first sight.
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I hate him!
That was all Mina could think at the moment as she ran down the sidewalk, heading for Lita's apartment. She was hoping she could sleep over for the night. At least it would keep her away from her father and his no good rotten girlfriend.
Filled with a mix of anger and hate, Mina was dazed in her own world. She ran across the street not noticing the streetlight turning green and a bus heading her way. A loud honk came from the yellow school bus and made Mina stop dead on her tracks. Before she knew it the bus skidded into a stop, just inches away from her.
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Lita flicked through a magazine. She was bored but thankful that her apartment was not too far away. However, her heart practically popped out of her chest when she heard her bus driver yell.
"Crap!" the middle aged man cursed as he jammed on the brakes and slammed one of his fists on the horn.
The remaining students in the bus screamed, bracing themselves for the sharp stop. The loud honk of the horn almost broke Lita's ear drums. Holding onto the seat in front of her, she looked ahead to see a familiar blonde.
"Mina?!" she screamed.
The name rang in a wild chocolate haired boy's ear as his eyes snapped in front of him. Heero saw his classmate ahead of the school bus, glued to the street with fright.
Shit! He thought as Lita jumped out of her seat and run out of the bus.
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Scared to death at what just happened Mina's legs began to grow weak, soon finding herself on the floor. The world seemed to turn around her, completely traumatized at the scene.
"Mina!" she heard Lita's voice yell.
Her brunette friend was soon by her side, getting her off the floor. "Are you alright? What happened? Mina?" Lita's voice sounded panicky as she shook her rather fiercely with apprehension.
"I'm. I'm fine," Mina assured, taking a tight grip of Lita's arm.
"Is she alright?" a voice ask from behind.
The bus driver and some of the people in the school bus were standing near by, including Heero. Lita glanced at Mina's face, no sure what to respond to the bus driver.
"I think." she began.
"I'm fine," Mina said again. But her head began to go dizzy and before she knew it, she was falling.
"Mina!" Lita's voice boomed in her ears.
However, the blonde did not make it to the ground. Instead, she found another, much stronger, arms wrapped around her. Soon she was laid on the floor gradually.
Opening her eyes, she saw Lita's worried face. And beside her friend, she saw Heero's Prussian blue eyes.
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Author Notes: That's it for now, review/flame. We shall be updating some time soon.
Authors: Aino Yuy aka Usagi-hater and Optical Illusion
Authors' Notes: We thank everyone who reviewed our first fic. We appreciate it. Enjoy this next chapter now.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Chapter Two: The Truth About Linda
Mina slammed her locker shut. What was there to do today? She already went to the cemetery once this week. There was no point in going there again. Nonetheless, she knew her father was showing off the beautiful grave to his girlfriend. She would hate to bump into them.
Mina walked out of the large school with Lita at her side until her green eyed friend found her bus. The smile on Mina's face was gone very quickly. As if it were torn off. Mina held her head down, silky strands of blond hair covering the sides of her face.
When Mina finally tilted her head upwards the frown was still there and her eyes did not hold there glistening sparkle. But when a few of her fellow classmates greeted her, the well-known beautiful smile appeared across her face and her eyes lit up brightly. When they left, her happy appearances did as well. The dark expression remained on her face as she kept on walking home alone.
Once again, Mina did not notice that her expressions were being carefully watched. Heero's Prussian blues kept taking in everything. From her eyes to her mouth. the way her ruby lips were in a down curved position. how her hair fell onto her face to hide her expressions. He saw it all... everything.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Mina had finally reached her house. Sadly, her father's girlfriend Linda was home also. In the middle of getting a bottle of water, she overheard the woman on the phone in the other room.
"-look, I'm getting the money, count on it. But his little wench is onto me. Yes I'm safe! This guy totally misses the obvious, it's pretty funny."
Mina knew it. The woman her father had fallen in love with was nothing but a fraud; a witch who was out for her father's money. Hang on. wench? I'm no wench!
Mina's mind raced as Linda hung the phone back up. Should I go? No. Should I now? Oh, what the hell! Mina stepped out of her hiding place. "Linda."
She received a disgusted look. "Excuse me, I need to go somewhere," Linda sneered. But Mina did not move.
"I said move it."
"Why should I? So you can use my dad and take everything he's got? Or is it just that you-"
"Shut up! If a word of this gets out to your father, so be it I'll-"
"You'll what? Deny it like you've been doing for months?" Mina countered back. "Sorry, it's not going to end like that." She could hear her own hatred for the woman in her every words.
"You little-" Linda was screaming but before she could finish she was cut off by Mina's father.
"What's going on here?"
"Dad, she was on the phone talking about stealing your money!" Mina explained. She frowned when she saw his skeptic glare. She got the same feeling all over again. He hated her.
"Don't you dare speak about her that way! I know she never would do such a thing! You may hate her but you just can't be so jealous! You must know when to shut up!"
Mina was quivering with rage. Why did she even bother? She knew he wouldn't listen to her anyway. Nothing she said mattered to him anymore. Her cornflower eyes shot towards Linda, who was standing behind her father. The expression on her face made her want to slap her.
"Now, apologize to Linda," her father ordered.
Mina's stomach churned. She hated it when she had to express regret. She was apologizing for no reason. This time she wasn't going to say sorry. If her father didn't believe it, than that was his fault. He would soon find out. But Mina had strong pride and she was not going to ask for forgiveness to a hag like Linda.
"I'm not going to!"
This earned a hard smack across the face. Her right cheek stung and her neck ached because of the sudden force of the turn. Covering the red spot on her face, Mina ran out of the kitchen to reach the front door. Holding tears of anger inside, she ran out of the house without a single word.
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"Oh come on! It'll be fun!" a guy insisted, slapping his blonde friend hard on the back playfully.
But the sudden painful look that overwhelmed his friend's face made it clear that the whack was too hard for him to handle. "No, Duo. I have better things to do. And why would you want to pester women during swim practice?" he asked, trying to rub his back.
Duo chucked at this. "Are you kidding me? Nothing is better than checking out babes in bathing suites! Damn you Quatre, your too goody goody!"
Quatre raised his eyebrow at this. "How am I a goody goody if I choose studying for the History test in stead of watching girls swimming?"
"For god's sake, it's a Friday!" Duo reminded. "We don't need to study for that test till Sunday!"
Rolling his light blue eyes slightly, Quatre now and then did not understand his friend's ways. "Well I'm failing History and I can't afford to fail this test. Just go without me."
The disappointment in Duo's face clearly showed he did not want to go alone. But since he had missed the bus, again, he had no choice but to waste his spare time watching girls in their bathing suites. Of course, this was one of his favorite hobbies.
A few minutes later after leaving Quatre in the library to study, Duo walked down the hall towards the room where the swim team practice was held. The smell of chlorine filled his noise when he entered and the sight of women in bathing suites crowded about made his famous grin appear.
Life is good, life is sweet! Duo thought instantly as he watched blondes, brunettes, and a redhead walk out of the girl's locker-room.
One very attractive blonde winked at him when they passed to take a seat at the benches. Duo had a confident smile on his face because of this and started flirting helplessly with the girls. However, very few were interested in what he had to say.
"Come on! There has to be one of you that think my muscles are sexy! No? ...This is just lowering my self-esteem."
Many of the girls thought he was a total buffoon for saying this. Especially the coach. She was pissed off that he was distracting her girls. However, the coach ignored throwing him out. But her patience was growing thin.
"Ami!" The coach yelled with a little annoyance in her tone. She did not mean to direct this to a blue haired girl though.
"Yes?" Ami asked kindly, making Duo look up from where he was sitting.
His mouth dropped at what he saw. A girl with short length shiny blue hair came walking towards the instructor. Her hair was wet, indicated that she had gone in the pool not too long ago. A towel was wrapped over her neck.
"Do two laps and show me that you can beat your record," The coach said with a commanding voice yet holding a kind smile.
Duo watched the girl attentively. What was her name? Ami right?
He could not help but think she was gorgeous. She had a body which curved perfectly. He watched her swim with grace, the way a mermaid would. Thankfully, she had no fins. Instead, she had long slender legs that were well built. They did not look tired after the ending lap.
When Ami got out of the pool, her coach handed her a towel and showed her the timer. Ami smiled at what she saw and began to look as if she was going to jump for joy. Being more self-controlled on the other hand, she restrained herself. Duo saw a few other girls coming over to congratulate their blue haired teammate.
It was obvious that Ami was one of the fastest swimmers on the team. And it was also obvious to Duo that this was none other than love at first sight.
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I hate him!
That was all Mina could think at the moment as she ran down the sidewalk, heading for Lita's apartment. She was hoping she could sleep over for the night. At least it would keep her away from her father and his no good rotten girlfriend.
Filled with a mix of anger and hate, Mina was dazed in her own world. She ran across the street not noticing the streetlight turning green and a bus heading her way. A loud honk came from the yellow school bus and made Mina stop dead on her tracks. Before she knew it the bus skidded into a stop, just inches away from her.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Lita flicked through a magazine. She was bored but thankful that her apartment was not too far away. However, her heart practically popped out of her chest when she heard her bus driver yell.
"Crap!" the middle aged man cursed as he jammed on the brakes and slammed one of his fists on the horn.
The remaining students in the bus screamed, bracing themselves for the sharp stop. The loud honk of the horn almost broke Lita's ear drums. Holding onto the seat in front of her, she looked ahead to see a familiar blonde.
"Mina?!" she screamed.
The name rang in a wild chocolate haired boy's ear as his eyes snapped in front of him. Heero saw his classmate ahead of the school bus, glued to the street with fright.
Shit! He thought as Lita jumped out of her seat and run out of the bus.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Scared to death at what just happened Mina's legs began to grow weak, soon finding herself on the floor. The world seemed to turn around her, completely traumatized at the scene.
"Mina!" she heard Lita's voice yell.
Her brunette friend was soon by her side, getting her off the floor. "Are you alright? What happened? Mina?" Lita's voice sounded panicky as she shook her rather fiercely with apprehension.
"I'm. I'm fine," Mina assured, taking a tight grip of Lita's arm.
"Is she alright?" a voice ask from behind.
The bus driver and some of the people in the school bus were standing near by, including Heero. Lita glanced at Mina's face, no sure what to respond to the bus driver.
"I think." she began.
"I'm fine," Mina said again. But her head began to go dizzy and before she knew it, she was falling.
"Mina!" Lita's voice boomed in her ears.
However, the blonde did not make it to the ground. Instead, she found another, much stronger, arms wrapped around her. Soon she was laid on the floor gradually.
Opening her eyes, she saw Lita's worried face. And beside her friend, she saw Heero's Prussian blue eyes.
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Author Notes: That's it for now, review/flame. We shall be updating some time soon.