Soap Opera Blues
by Anime Luver/Ally
Chapter: 1
A year had passed since Sana told Akito that she would tell him something important once he won his black belt, and today he was finally taking another re-test. Butterflies were fluttering in her stomach as she sat through her last block math class, taping her pencil on her desk rhythmically in tune with the clicking of the wall clock in her classroom.
'Hurry up..' she thought in annoyance, staring up at the clock, trying to make it go faster with her will power.
She was so nervous about the whole thing.. She had no idea what was going to happen this afternoon, but she did know that if Akito didn't pass his belt test today she was going to go out of her mind.. She just HAD to let him know how she felt.. She just had to!
"Kurata-san!"
The teacher's angry sounding voice interrupted her train of though and she let out a small squeak. She had been caught daydreaming! Now she was in trouble..
"Y-Yes, sensei?" she whispered, her face going red with embarrasment as she felt all eyes of the students on her. How long had the teacher been calling on her, anyways?
"Answer the question.." the teacher said, glaring daggers at her and making her squirm. Watanabe-sensei was an older teacher with greying black hair and piercing green eyes that could pierce into people almost as well as Akito's could when he tried to intimidate people.
"Oh.. Umm... I..." she mumbled, looking over at Fuuka who was sitting beside her and rolling her eyes.
"You don't know the answer Kurata-san?" the teacher asked, her voice booming like a drill sergent's (sp?).
"No.." Sana replied shortly, eyeing the teacher sheepishly.
"Do you know the question, even, Kurata-san?" Watanabe-sensei's eyes burned into Sana's, piercing her like a knife.
"I'm sorry, sensei.. No.." Sana admitted, running a hand through her hair nervously.
"Well then, perhaps you will remember... Tonight... In detention!"
Sana felt her heart fall into her stomach, feeling instantly dizzy. "W-What...?!" she exclaimed in disbelief.
"You heard me Kurata-sensei.. Perhaps you will pay attention from now on."
Fuuka cast her a frown, whispering to her, "You should really pay more attention, Sana."
"Todays the day.." Sana whispered, feeling as if she might start crying as the bell screamed out all around her signalling the end of the day.
"I'll talk to Akki for you, Sana. Don't worry." Fuuka said in her Osaka accent, she pulled on her backpack and left the room with a wave.
Sana fought back tears as she looked over at Watanabe-sensei who had a smug look on her face.
"Do you have work toay, Kurata?"
"No... I was taking the day off because... Today is an important day to me.." she said, trying to keep her voice from trembling with emotion.
Watanabe-sensei walked over to her and sat down on the desk in front of her, in the first row. She peered over at her with her lips pursed in a way that made Sana even more nervous than ever.
"Important, Kurata?" she asked in an inquisitive way that made Sana suspicious that she was trying to get something out of her.
She nodded her agreement, saying nothing at all.
"Why is today important?" the teacher asked her, staring her down with her piercing green eyes.
"My friend is going for his black belt today.."
"When is his belt test?" the teacher asked her, catching her off guard.
"In ten minutes from now.." Sana replied after taking a good look at the clock. If she left now, she could probably still make it.
Watanabe-sensei appeared to be thinking this over, she glanced from the clock to Sana and a very short smile touched her lips as she said, "Well Kurata-san, if you can remember to write 'I will not daydream in class' out for me one hundred times and hand it in to me tomorrow morning before class then I will let you let you leave in ten minutes and then you will only be a little bit late."
"R-Really...?" Sana choked out, her golden eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Watanabe-sensei who's face hardened as she replied:
"Yes really, Kurata.. BUT! Be fore-warned, if you forget to hand in your lines I will keep you after school tomorrow for an hour! You mark my words on that."
"Yay!" Sana cried out with a chorus of happy laughter. "I promise, I won't let you down Watanabe-sensei!"
~*~*
Sana ran all the way towards the dojo, her fuku skirt flying out behind her. She stood outside of the dojo, panting heavily as she looked around for any sign of Aya and Tsuyoshi. She walked breathlessly over to their usual window spot and found the couple peeking in through the window. As she approached, Aya turned around and smiled happily,
"Sana-chan!" she whispered enthusiastically. "You made it!"
"Ah, Sana-chan! Akito-kun is just getting started." Tsuyoshi said, waving her over to the window.
She dropped her backpack at her side, finally breathing normally again as she joined them at the window and watched as the guy she loved, Hayama Akito, punched and kicked and whatever else his instructor asked him to do. She felt her heart beat speed up and her face flush just watching him work so hard, his golden eyes staying so focused and his golden hair damply sticking to his forehead.
"Hayama-kun is doing so well.." Aya whispered to her boyfriend and Sana who both nodded their agreement.
"He's been training really hard for this." Tsuyoshi whispered to the two girls.
"Sana-chan, are you really going to confess if he passes his test?" Aya asked her eagerly, her face lit up hopefully. Aya had always wanted her and Akito to get together, even before Sana understood that she liked Akito as anything more than a friend. She only figured it out when her friend Fuuka had started to go out with Akito behind her back.
"A-Aya-chan?" she whispered, blushing and rubbing the back of her head bashfully. "Don't say stuff like that.."
The rest of the exam was relatively quiet and Akito did exceptionally well, as they all expected. When he was given his black belt, the butterflies from earlier returned to Sana's stomach, she felt really shaky and nervous as she left her her friend's sides and headed to the front of the dojo to wait for Akito.
Aya and Tsuyoshi quickly joined her, holding each other's hands like usual.
When Akito left the dojo, wiping the sweat from his brow, he went straight over to the group, his eyes not leaving Sana's for a single second.
"Yo!" he called, raising a hand in his usual form of greeting. "I'm glad you made it, Kurata."
Sana smiled to him and nodded in agreement, "You better be. I have to write lines because of you."
"What do you mean by that?" he grumbled, casting her a dirty look.
"Just what I said!"
Aya and Tsuyoshi sweatdropped.
"So much for confessions." they whispered to each other with a roll of their eyes.
"So Sana, you have something to tell me?" he asked, his eyes softening as he looked over at her expectantly.
"Uh...Yeah..." she said, eyeing Aya and Tsuyoshi nervously, wishing for once that they could be somewhere other than beside her.
Akito started to reply when she said, "But not here."
"Ah, we should go." Tsuyoshi said, winking at Akito who glared at him and sent a single karate cop at his head, sending him to the ground.
"Hayama!" Aya scolded, putting an arm around Tsuyoshi's waste.
Sana gave Akito a strange look that he looked away from quickly.
"Congratualtions, Akito-kun...ow.." Tsuyoshi groaned, rubbing his head in hopes to dull the pain.
"Call me later, Sana-chan." Aya said, nodding to her as her and Tsuyoshi walked out of sight.
Sana laughed nervously, "So... Want to go for a walk..?"
"Not really.." Akito said, shrugging tiredly.
Sana shot him a warning glare and he rolled his eyes.
"Just to the park.." she stated firmly, grabbing him by the arm. "Come on! Don't be such a baby!"
Akito just blushed and followed behind her tiredly. Saying nothing at all, his mind racing as he thought about what she was going to say...
~*~*~
"Hayama... I'm.. In love with you.."
"Kurata... I don't hate you either..."
"Why you?!" she growled, pulling out her usual mallet and smacking him with it. "That's not what you're supposed to say!!"
~*~*~
"Hayama?"
"Huh?" he muttered, blinking himself back into reality, his leopard ears on his head and leopard tail swishing back in forth.
She gave him a dirty look, "What were you just thinking about...?" she asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
He blushed and looked away, "Nothing much.."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah.." he replied, looking away defiantly. He didn't know why he always pushed her buttons, but it seemed to be in his nature to do so, he did it without really even thinking about it.
She led him to the same bench where she had put his head in her lap, and where they had often talked to each other together since they first met. They both sat down side by side, although she seemed to have trouble looking at him for some reason. She couldn't REALLY be confessing to him, could she..?
"Hayama.. Last year I---I made a promise to you.. That I would tell you something really important on the day you past your belt test.." she started, her face flushing lightly as she said this.
"Yeah..." he replied uncertainly, watching her carefully.
"Well I-...Here it goes.." She took a deep breath and said-
*~To be continued~*
A/N: =P haha, sorry! Have to leave you in suspense! Anyhow, wow! This is the first time I have wrote since I started watching pretty well nothing but dubbed anime.. I decided that I would write this when I saw that the Kodocha section was still in need of some more writers! Anyways, hope you like it, I will be adding more chapters very soon, so don't worry! 3 Ally~*
by Anime Luver/Ally
Chapter: 1
A year had passed since Sana told Akito that she would tell him something important once he won his black belt, and today he was finally taking another re-test. Butterflies were fluttering in her stomach as she sat through her last block math class, taping her pencil on her desk rhythmically in tune with the clicking of the wall clock in her classroom.
'Hurry up..' she thought in annoyance, staring up at the clock, trying to make it go faster with her will power.
She was so nervous about the whole thing.. She had no idea what was going to happen this afternoon, but she did know that if Akito didn't pass his belt test today she was going to go out of her mind.. She just HAD to let him know how she felt.. She just had to!
"Kurata-san!"
The teacher's angry sounding voice interrupted her train of though and she let out a small squeak. She had been caught daydreaming! Now she was in trouble..
"Y-Yes, sensei?" she whispered, her face going red with embarrasment as she felt all eyes of the students on her. How long had the teacher been calling on her, anyways?
"Answer the question.." the teacher said, glaring daggers at her and making her squirm. Watanabe-sensei was an older teacher with greying black hair and piercing green eyes that could pierce into people almost as well as Akito's could when he tried to intimidate people.
"Oh.. Umm... I..." she mumbled, looking over at Fuuka who was sitting beside her and rolling her eyes.
"You don't know the answer Kurata-san?" the teacher asked, her voice booming like a drill sergent's (sp?).
"No.." Sana replied shortly, eyeing the teacher sheepishly.
"Do you know the question, even, Kurata-san?" Watanabe-sensei's eyes burned into Sana's, piercing her like a knife.
"I'm sorry, sensei.. No.." Sana admitted, running a hand through her hair nervously.
"Well then, perhaps you will remember... Tonight... In detention!"
Sana felt her heart fall into her stomach, feeling instantly dizzy. "W-What...?!" she exclaimed in disbelief.
"You heard me Kurata-sensei.. Perhaps you will pay attention from now on."
Fuuka cast her a frown, whispering to her, "You should really pay more attention, Sana."
"Todays the day.." Sana whispered, feeling as if she might start crying as the bell screamed out all around her signalling the end of the day.
"I'll talk to Akki for you, Sana. Don't worry." Fuuka said in her Osaka accent, she pulled on her backpack and left the room with a wave.
Sana fought back tears as she looked over at Watanabe-sensei who had a smug look on her face.
"Do you have work toay, Kurata?"
"No... I was taking the day off because... Today is an important day to me.." she said, trying to keep her voice from trembling with emotion.
Watanabe-sensei walked over to her and sat down on the desk in front of her, in the first row. She peered over at her with her lips pursed in a way that made Sana even more nervous than ever.
"Important, Kurata?" she asked in an inquisitive way that made Sana suspicious that she was trying to get something out of her.
She nodded her agreement, saying nothing at all.
"Why is today important?" the teacher asked her, staring her down with her piercing green eyes.
"My friend is going for his black belt today.."
"When is his belt test?" the teacher asked her, catching her off guard.
"In ten minutes from now.." Sana replied after taking a good look at the clock. If she left now, she could probably still make it.
Watanabe-sensei appeared to be thinking this over, she glanced from the clock to Sana and a very short smile touched her lips as she said, "Well Kurata-san, if you can remember to write 'I will not daydream in class' out for me one hundred times and hand it in to me tomorrow morning before class then I will let you let you leave in ten minutes and then you will only be a little bit late."
"R-Really...?" Sana choked out, her golden eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Watanabe-sensei who's face hardened as she replied:
"Yes really, Kurata.. BUT! Be fore-warned, if you forget to hand in your lines I will keep you after school tomorrow for an hour! You mark my words on that."
"Yay!" Sana cried out with a chorus of happy laughter. "I promise, I won't let you down Watanabe-sensei!"
~*~*
Sana ran all the way towards the dojo, her fuku skirt flying out behind her. She stood outside of the dojo, panting heavily as she looked around for any sign of Aya and Tsuyoshi. She walked breathlessly over to their usual window spot and found the couple peeking in through the window. As she approached, Aya turned around and smiled happily,
"Sana-chan!" she whispered enthusiastically. "You made it!"
"Ah, Sana-chan! Akito-kun is just getting started." Tsuyoshi said, waving her over to the window.
She dropped her backpack at her side, finally breathing normally again as she joined them at the window and watched as the guy she loved, Hayama Akito, punched and kicked and whatever else his instructor asked him to do. She felt her heart beat speed up and her face flush just watching him work so hard, his golden eyes staying so focused and his golden hair damply sticking to his forehead.
"Hayama-kun is doing so well.." Aya whispered to her boyfriend and Sana who both nodded their agreement.
"He's been training really hard for this." Tsuyoshi whispered to the two girls.
"Sana-chan, are you really going to confess if he passes his test?" Aya asked her eagerly, her face lit up hopefully. Aya had always wanted her and Akito to get together, even before Sana understood that she liked Akito as anything more than a friend. She only figured it out when her friend Fuuka had started to go out with Akito behind her back.
"A-Aya-chan?" she whispered, blushing and rubbing the back of her head bashfully. "Don't say stuff like that.."
The rest of the exam was relatively quiet and Akito did exceptionally well, as they all expected. When he was given his black belt, the butterflies from earlier returned to Sana's stomach, she felt really shaky and nervous as she left her her friend's sides and headed to the front of the dojo to wait for Akito.
Aya and Tsuyoshi quickly joined her, holding each other's hands like usual.
When Akito left the dojo, wiping the sweat from his brow, he went straight over to the group, his eyes not leaving Sana's for a single second.
"Yo!" he called, raising a hand in his usual form of greeting. "I'm glad you made it, Kurata."
Sana smiled to him and nodded in agreement, "You better be. I have to write lines because of you."
"What do you mean by that?" he grumbled, casting her a dirty look.
"Just what I said!"
Aya and Tsuyoshi sweatdropped.
"So much for confessions." they whispered to each other with a roll of their eyes.
"So Sana, you have something to tell me?" he asked, his eyes softening as he looked over at her expectantly.
"Uh...Yeah..." she said, eyeing Aya and Tsuyoshi nervously, wishing for once that they could be somewhere other than beside her.
Akito started to reply when she said, "But not here."
"Ah, we should go." Tsuyoshi said, winking at Akito who glared at him and sent a single karate cop at his head, sending him to the ground.
"Hayama!" Aya scolded, putting an arm around Tsuyoshi's waste.
Sana gave Akito a strange look that he looked away from quickly.
"Congratualtions, Akito-kun...ow.." Tsuyoshi groaned, rubbing his head in hopes to dull the pain.
"Call me later, Sana-chan." Aya said, nodding to her as her and Tsuyoshi walked out of sight.
Sana laughed nervously, "So... Want to go for a walk..?"
"Not really.." Akito said, shrugging tiredly.
Sana shot him a warning glare and he rolled his eyes.
"Just to the park.." she stated firmly, grabbing him by the arm. "Come on! Don't be such a baby!"
Akito just blushed and followed behind her tiredly. Saying nothing at all, his mind racing as he thought about what she was going to say...
~*~*~
"Hayama... I'm.. In love with you.."
"Kurata... I don't hate you either..."
"Why you?!" she growled, pulling out her usual mallet and smacking him with it. "That's not what you're supposed to say!!"
~*~*~
"Hayama?"
"Huh?" he muttered, blinking himself back into reality, his leopard ears on his head and leopard tail swishing back in forth.
She gave him a dirty look, "What were you just thinking about...?" she asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
He blushed and looked away, "Nothing much.."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah.." he replied, looking away defiantly. He didn't know why he always pushed her buttons, but it seemed to be in his nature to do so, he did it without really even thinking about it.
She led him to the same bench where she had put his head in her lap, and where they had often talked to each other together since they first met. They both sat down side by side, although she seemed to have trouble looking at him for some reason. She couldn't REALLY be confessing to him, could she..?
"Hayama.. Last year I---I made a promise to you.. That I would tell you something really important on the day you past your belt test.." she started, her face flushing lightly as she said this.
"Yeah..." he replied uncertainly, watching her carefully.
"Well I-...Here it goes.." She took a deep breath and said-
*~To be continued~*
A/N: =P haha, sorry! Have to leave you in suspense! Anyhow, wow! This is the first time I have wrote since I started watching pretty well nothing but dubbed anime.. I decided that I would write this when I saw that the Kodocha section was still in need of some more writers! Anyways, hope you like it, I will be adding more chapters very soon, so don't worry! 3 Ally~*