Soap Opera Blues
by Anime_Luver/Ally
Chater 4
"So.. Who is the main guy?"
When Rei didn't answer her face fell. "I.. Have to kiss him, don't I?"
"Ya. But it isn't a big deal. You've kissed before."
Sana looked at him suspiciously. "What do you mean by that, Rei-kun..?"
"You are going to be playing the main girl and.. Kamura Naozumi is going to be playing the main boy.."
"N-N-Naozumi-kun...?" she whispered, her heart trembling anxiously as she remembered the day he broke up with her.
'I'll always love, you, Sana-chan.' she heard his voice say in her head. She felt like crying suddenly.
"I know.. But since you guys broke up it will be completely professional, right?" he said with a nervous smile.
"Well, I'm off.." Misako said, leaving the room only to be bombarded by a cling at the legs from Onda.
"Sensei!! The manuscript! Is it done?" he wailed hopefully.
Misako eyed him with a smile. "Oh, Onda-san.. Come with me.." and with that, the two of them disappeared from sight.
"I-I don't know about this, Rei-kun.." Sana said honestly, nibbling on her bottom lip as she whispered, "What about Akito?"
"What about him?" Rei asked, narrowing his eyes at the mention of her boyfriend.
"I don't think he is going to like this..."
"Sana-chan, you're an actress! You can't let people get in the way of that.. And this is a great role! You know Naozumi is a professional in his acting.. It's not a big deal."
Sana nodded slowly, "Okay, Rei-kun.." she said, faking a smile that she didn't feel in the least bit. She stood up and left the room, pausing at the door to say, "Rei-kun, bring me the script when you can, please."
Sana walked off towards the kitchen where she retrieved the cord-less phone. She hit the second speed dial and an older girl's voice answered.
"Hello, Hayama residence. Natsumi speaking."
"Hey, Natsumi-chan!"
"Sana-chan!" Natsumi cried out hyperly, "How are you? Are you going to come visit soon?"
Sana chuckled, "I'm fine. I was planning on coming by sometime soon. Is Akito around?"
"I think so." Natsumi said, she could hear the grin in her boyfriend's sister's voice. "Akito!" she shouted so loud that Sana had to move the phone away from her for a moment.
"Gimme the phone!" she could hear Akito saying to Natsumi who insisted,
"I just want to say goodbye to Sana-chan! You're so rude, Akito!"
"Natsumi, you're such a bitch! Hand it over!"
"Sorry, Sana-chan." Natsumi said, she could hear her struggling to keep the phone away from Akito and giggled silently to herself. "Anyways, here's Akito. Hope to see you soon!"
The phone could be heard being passed to Akito, who she was betting was glaring evily over at his older sister.
"Hi." he said simply, "What happened?" he added, an almost worried note to his voice.
"Uh.. Well.." She realised she had no idea how she was going to tell him this.
"Is everything okay?" he asked uncertainly.
"It's a movie done soap opera style." she said with a nervous laugh. "Rei-kun says I get to play the main girl."
"And?" he said, knowing like he always seemed to that there was something wrong.
She hesitated a moment before saying as cheerful as she could, "I have to do another kiss scene."
Akito said nothing for a moment and her heart screamed out, scared that he would want to break up with her for having to kiss another boy for work.
"Do you know who you have to kiss?" he finally said, breaking the silence between them.
"Yeah.." she said, a hint of un-ease apparent in her tone of voice.
"Who is it Sana?" Akito asked, keeping his tone cool and unrevealing.
She lowered her eyes, having a hard time telling him. "Ka... Kamura Naozumi-kun..." she braced herself for whatever it would be he would say to this.
"I...See.." he replied. Sounding a bit hurt by this.
"Don't worry. We're both professionals." she said, trying to cheer herself up almost as much as him. Her and Naozumi had been good friends, but she had been so shocked that he had dumped her.. And she hadn't seen or heard from him since he left her in her room all alone.
"Sana, are you going to be okay with this?" he asked, breaking her from her thoughts.
She nodded, forgetting at first that he couldn't see her. "Uh.. Uh huh.." she said, emotion making it hard for her to speak. She felt tears start forming in her eyes. "Yeah.." she repeated, trying to keep herself from crying over the phone.
"Sana...?" he asked, sounding confused as he heard her start sniffling.
"I'm sorry.. I better go do my lines..." She said, preparing to hang up. "See you tomorrow."
"Y..ya.. Bye."
~*~*
Sana sat beside Rei in the car the next day on the way to school, squirming because she had gotten up late, yet again.
"Come on, Rei-kun. I can't be late or I will get an hour long detention!" Sana said desperately.
Rei blinked behind his glasses, "But.. You have to go to a meeting today.."
"Then hurry up, please Rei-kun!" she whined, giving him puppy-dog eyes.
He sped up, practically racing the whole way to school.
"Meet me outside after school, okay?"
She nodded and leapt out of the car, swinging her bag on her shoulder and racing towards the school, only to have Akito step into her path. She crashed right into him, knocking them both onto the pavement, her on top of him.
She winced and looked down at him, "Akito, are you okay?" she asked, looking down at him with eyes filled with worry.
He sat up, knocking her into a sitting position on his lap. "Fine.. What's the rush?"
Sana's eyes lit up, she had almost forgotten. "AH!" she squeaked realizing what was going on. She leapt to her feet, "Meet me at my locker!" she yelled, running off into the school, leaving Akito sitting on the pavement by himself. He sweatdropped and shook his head, pulling himself off the ground and dusting off his pants.
Sana flew into Watanabe-sensei's classroom, panting and weezing as she rummaged through her bag.
"Energetic as usual, I see." the teacher replied, wearing an odd pastel green dress with a red sash, making Sana think of Christmas.
Sana pulled out her lines and handed them to her teacher, her smile returning to her face.
"Hmm.. Very good Kurata-san.." Watanabe-sensei said with a grin, "But you only did ninety nine lines.. I specifically said one hundred. Re-do them!"
Sana's face fell, this was just great.. "Yes sensei.." she said, picking up her backpack and trudging towards her locker.
"Sana, are you okay?" Akito asked as she arrived at her locker. He looked un-nerved by her frown as she gently dropped her bag at her side and opened up her locker.
"Yeah.. I got more lines, though." She muttered with a sigh. "And to make it worse, I have a meeting today."
He nodded his understanding, but wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to say.
"Oh well! I made you lunch again." she said, her frown turning into a smile once again. "I hope you don't mind, but I heard that's what girls are supposed to do."
"You don't have to. Thanks." he said, a faint smile touching his lips, despite how much he tried to keep it from coming.
She looked over at him through the corner of her eye and then glomped onto him like she used to do to Rei.
"You're so cute when you smile, Akito!" she said, causing quite a scene as the other students in the hallways stared at them, shaking their heads with disapproval.
"Sana.." Akito said, his face flushed as he realised that everyone in the school was giving them looks of annoyance. Everyone knew that it wasn't appropriate to do things like that when there were a lot of people looking, not that it really mattered to him what they thought.
Sana smiled, releasing him with a flush lighting up her face. He thought she looked even more beautiful like that, not that he would ever tell her or anyone else that.
"Why's everyone looking at us?" she said cluelessly as she looked all around at the people stareing.
He didn't answer her. He knew she would remember pretty quickly that public displays of affection beyond hand holding weren't really supposed to happen. At least not where everyone could see. Not that he cared, he wouldn't not put his arm around her if someone told him not to.
He looked over at her and shrugged. "Don't know." he lied, leaning over and kissing her full on the mouth just to try and get a rise out of everyone in the area. He could feel her lips against his and her arms encircle his waist as she kissed back. His heart was beating like crazy, he was in complete bliss, until...
"Hayama-kun! Kurata-san!"
The two of them quickly broke apart and turned around. Their blood quickly went cold as they saw their principal looking at them very angrily. His large eyebrows were narrowed as he stomped over to the young couple.
"Yes Principal?" Sana asked, sounding more excited than afraid to Akito's surprise.
"This is not an appropriate place to be smooching.." he said with a frown of distaste, adding, "If I catch you doing it again I am afraid I will have to get your parents in here for a meeting with me."
Akito and Sana exchanged glances before nodding to the principal.
"Yes, sir. We're sorry." she said firmly.
As the principal left, Sana sighed, putting a hand to her chest, breathing out a sigh of relief. "Ah, that was scary!" she said with a nervous laugh.
"Do you think our parents would even care?" Akito said, a frown on his face as he thought.
Sana shrugged, "I don't know. Probably not.. Well, they may make wedding plans.." she said, not meaning it as a joke, Akito however put a hand to his mouth to keep from laughing. He knew she was right.
"But we aren't going to try to get in trouble, Akito.." she told him, putting her hands on her hips to show she meant what she said.
"Sana! Akki!" Fuuka bellowed as she walked over to them with a frown on her face. "I heard you got in trouble from the principal! Now what did you do?" she demanded, a disapproving look on her face.
Akito shrugged, giving her a dirty look that she sent right back at him.
"Nothing. He kissed me." Sana said simply, blushing as she looked over at Akito who just blinked, saying nothing.
Fuuka glared at them both, "Y'know you two are making me look bad... My mom would be furious if she found out my friends were doing that kind of thing in public!"
"Fuuka..." Sana whispered, lowering her eyes uncertainly. She didn't understand why she was over reacting so much. Could it be possible that she was jealous?
"Shut-up Buka..." Akito said finally, looking quite annoyed at her rantings.
Fuuka growled and smacked Akito over the head with her paper fan. "Don't tell me to shut-up!" she shrieked angrily.
Akito glared up at her while Sana looked over at Fuuka with an eyebrow raised. "What's wrong? Why are you acting like this?"
Fuuka 'hmphed', obviously fuming as she stalked away from them, leaving Akito and Sana looking quite un-nerved.
"Come on, Sana. I'll walk you to class.." Akito said, a dis-pleased look on his face as he took her hand in one of his and her bag in the other.
She nodded, "Thanks.." her mind on Fuuka and why she was acting so grumpy since she started planning on telling Akito how she felt about him. She was becoming more and more isolated. All she did was complain and talk about Takaishi, complaining that he wasn't around.
"Don't worry about Buka." he said softly, his eyes tracing her face carefully as he saw the confused look plastered to her face.
She sighed and nodded, "I just wish I knew why she was so mad lately." she said, leaning against him until they stopped beside her classroom.
"See you at lunch, Sana." he said, handing her her backpack and giving her a quite kiss on the forehead. He started to leave when he realised she hadn't let go of his hand yet. He turned around and found himself greeted with a hard kiss on the lips.
His eyes widdened with confusion, his heart pounded quickly in his chest before she quickly pulled back, waving to him as she disappeared into class. He shook his head, trying to free himself of the shock. He turned to leave when he found himself face to face with the principal.
"Just so you know, Hayama-kun.. Yours and Kurata's parents WILL be notified of this. You were warned."
Akito frowned slightly, seeing the principal mad wasn't a normal thing at this school. He usually shrugged off everything, but he guessed that most principals wouldn't have even gave them a warning. He nodded to the principal and then walked around him and towards his class.
~*~*
"They're calling in your parents?!" Aya exclaimed with wide eyes. They were all sitting together in the cafeteria again. "That's not fair! They can't tell you not to love each other.."
"Do you think your parents will get angry..?" Tsuyoshi asked them, a concerned look on his face.
Sana shook her head. "I doubt it.. Like I said before, our parents are more likely to make marriage plans. But you never know."
"I can't BELIEVE you two!" Fuuka said, still fuming from earlier it seemed. She hadn't said a word to Sana during their classes together.
Aya frowned at Fuuka, leaning over to Sana and whispering, "What's wrong with Fuuka-chan..?"
"I don't know.." Sana whispered back, frowning as well.
"So, what's going on with your job Sana-chan?" Tsuyoshi asked her with interest.
"Ah! Yeah, you never did tell us!" Aya said with a smile of encouragment.
Akito and Sana exchanged nervous glances.
"Well.." Sana said, twirling her pigtails nervously, "I'm the main character in a soap opera style movie.."
"Wow! Sana-chan, that's great!"Aya said happily, her face brightening with a smile.
"But she has to kiss Kamura in it.." Akito said with dis-taste. A cold look on his face as he looked down at his lunch and busied himself with eating it.
"It's with Naozumi-kun?!" Aya and Tsuyoshi exclaimed with wide eyes.
Sana just nodded, not knowing what to say.
"Akito-kun..." Tsuyoshi said quietly, looking over at Akito who avoiding looking at him.
~*~*
"Sensei, Sana-chan's principal is on the phone!" Shimura-san called from the kitchen to the living room.
Misako drove over to her in her little red car and accepted the phone with a quick, "Thank you Shimura-san." before raising the phone to her ear. "Yes? This is Kurata Misako." She nodded a few times, "A meeting.... I see.. I'll be there. Will Hayama-kun's father be there as well?.... All right. See you tomorrow." she handed the phone back without a word and drove off, driving into Onda who was chasing after her.
"Ohh.. Onda-san! There you are!"
~*~*
Sana walked out of the school, her hand in Akito's. She looked around until she spotted Rei's car.
"Ah! There's Rei-kun!" She said brightly, her fear masked in a smile like usual.
He nodded, "Ya.."
She dragged him over to the car with her and grinned, "Hey Rei-kun!" she said with a hyper wave.
"Sana-chan.. You sure are happy looking today." he said, glaring at Akito who glared right back.
"Well, I better go, Akito." She said, hugging him around the neck and kissing him on the cheek. "See you. Call me tonight if you want to."
He waved to her, "See ya." and started to walk away down the street, towards the karate dojo.
Sana slipped into the car beside Rei.
"Let's get this over with!" she said hyperly, punching the air with her fist.
He nodded, a frown on his face as he started the car and began driving.
Sana looked over at him and frowned as well. "What's wrong Rei-kun? You and Asako get into another fight?"
He sweatdropped and shook his head, "No.. Sana-chan, I heard that you got in trouble at school today."
Sana blinked and giggled. "Oh that! It's no big deal, Rei-kun. All we did was kiss in public. So what?"
"Sana-chan.. The principal can suspend you if you continue to dis-obey him." Rei said seriously, pushing his sunglasses up to keep them from slipping.
"He has to catch us first!" Sana replied with a confident laugh.
"He already has caught you guys twice.." he pointed out.
The rest of the ride was silent, Sana was thinking over what he said while Rei was pouting.
"Here we are." he said, cutting the engine off and getting out.
Sana got out of the car bouncily, walking into the studio, her eyes darting around hyperly, yet nervously as she followed Rei-kun into a room with a large meeting table in it. When she entered she was greeted by a blonde-brown haired teenager in a kimono, like the ones her mother frequently wore. She guessed the girl was only part Japanese judging by her hair colour and her brilliant blue eyes.
"Nice to meet you Kurata Sana!" the girl greeted, bowing to her formally.
Sana bowed as well, "Nice to meet you, too... Sorry to be rude, but.. Who are you?"
The girl blushed lightly, lowering her eyes slightly, "Kamesaya Mitsuko. I wrote the script."
"Ohh!" Sana said, laughing nervously. "Wow, you look like you're my age!"
The girl chuckled and nodded, "I am. I'm only fifteen."
"Kamesaya-san is very popular already. Even though she is only young." Rei added in, bowing to her formally. "Sagami Rei, Sana-chan's manager.
Mitsuko bowed back. "Glad you both made it." she said happily. "I believe you both know Naozumi-kun?"
Sana nodded slowly, looking behind Mitsuko where Naozumi sat with his manager Rio-san(sp?). Naozumi looked a lot like he had when she last seen him, wearing a professional looking suit, his eyes bright as usual, although his hair was a bit wilder than it had been before. He looked up at her, as if feeling her eyes on him. He smiled shyly and waved over at her.
Sana waved back, feeling a little less nervous when he went back to talking to his manager.
"Please sit down, Kurata-san. We'll be getting started shortly. We're just waiting for the director and the other actors and actresses.
Sana nodded to her, "All right." she said, looking over at Rei who walked towards Naozumi. She followed, letting Rei sit beside Naozumi while she sat next to Rei.
Naozumi and Rio both smiled.
"Sana-chan! It's been a while!" Rio said in her usual squeaky voice. "And Sagami-kun! How have you been?"
"Very well, Rio-chan. And you?" Rei said with a forced smile.
Naozumi looked over at Sana, his eyes lowered as he said, "It's good to see you again, Sana-chan.."
"I'm surprised to see you Naozumi-kun.." she admitted, watching as his eyes darted over towards Mitsuko who was greeting a couple of actors and actresses Sana had never seen before.
He looked back at her, his face flushed. "Uh.. Yah! It was a suprise to hear you were going to be working with me again." he looked back at the newcomers for a moment before saying, "I was glad when I heard you were going to be acting in Kamesaya Mitsuko's movie, however."
She felt like she was going to panic. Did Naozumi still want her? What was she going to do?!
"Ah, yeah. It's good to see you are doing so well, Nao-kun."
"Kamura Naozumi-kun and Kurata Sana-chan!" said a girl with pastel green hair that reminded Sana of Watanabe-sensei's dress from earlier.
"Uhh... Hello." Sana said with a blink as she studied the girl. She had purple eyes that were bright with excitement as she bowed to them both.
"It's such an honor to meet you! I'm Ashitaka Sachiko!" the girl said excitedly, wearing a fuku that was a green and blue plaid skirt, a green top with blue trim and a white sash with blue trim. Sana had to admit, she was quite pretty.
Sana and Naozumi both bowed back, Naozumi smiling brightly.
"Nice to meet you, Sachiko-chan! You're playing Sana-chan's bestfriend, right?"
The girl nodded, blushing lightly. "That's right."
Sana smiled and jumped up hyperly. "Then we're going to be partners!" she said happily, holding out a hand to the girl who shook it excitedly.
"Yeah, I guess we are!" she said, looking as if she was in a dreaming state. "I'm so happy to work with you two!"
Sana chuckled lightly, the girl was weird, but she seemed nice enough.
"Please take your seat, Ashitaka-san." Mitsuko said softly, standing in front of them. "We'll be starting in just a moment." she said, looking over at Naozumi with a smile, her face flushing lightly. She then turned and walked over to the front of the room and sat beside two Japanese men who were shuffling papers curiously.
Sachiko sat beside Sana, her feet swishing back and forth nervously, her eyes darting around in every direction.
Sana leaned over Rei and whispered, "Naozumi-kun, is Kamesaya-san a fan of yours or something?"
Naozumi blushed and chuckled nervously, "Kind of." was all he said.
Sana sat back down, looking around a bit, wondering why they weren't starting. But then she noticed that there was still one empty seat. Who exactally was the person everyone was waiting for? She didn't understand why everyone was looking so apprehensive. She looked over at Rei and noticed that he was also looking very anxious and nervous.
"Rei-kun..? What's wrong?" she asked uncertainly.
"There she is!" Mitsuko said happily, standing to her feet and running towards the door.
Sana's eyes darted to the door and her breath instantly caught up in her throat. That couldn't be who she thought it was.... No way!
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: haha, had to do that! So sorry guys! Anyways, I am going to try to get as much done as I can before I move, because once I move I won't have internet access for a while.. But don't worry! I will try so so hard to keep writing without getting sidetracked! Oh yeah.. Who is the mysterious woman? What will happen when Akito and Sana's parents meet the principal? Will they be expelled? Will Sana and Akito ever get their date? Will Sana have to write more lines? Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
3 Ally
by Anime_Luver/Ally
Chater 4
"So.. Who is the main guy?"
When Rei didn't answer her face fell. "I.. Have to kiss him, don't I?"
"Ya. But it isn't a big deal. You've kissed before."
Sana looked at him suspiciously. "What do you mean by that, Rei-kun..?"
"You are going to be playing the main girl and.. Kamura Naozumi is going to be playing the main boy.."
"N-N-Naozumi-kun...?" she whispered, her heart trembling anxiously as she remembered the day he broke up with her.
'I'll always love, you, Sana-chan.' she heard his voice say in her head. She felt like crying suddenly.
"I know.. But since you guys broke up it will be completely professional, right?" he said with a nervous smile.
"Well, I'm off.." Misako said, leaving the room only to be bombarded by a cling at the legs from Onda.
"Sensei!! The manuscript! Is it done?" he wailed hopefully.
Misako eyed him with a smile. "Oh, Onda-san.. Come with me.." and with that, the two of them disappeared from sight.
"I-I don't know about this, Rei-kun.." Sana said honestly, nibbling on her bottom lip as she whispered, "What about Akito?"
"What about him?" Rei asked, narrowing his eyes at the mention of her boyfriend.
"I don't think he is going to like this..."
"Sana-chan, you're an actress! You can't let people get in the way of that.. And this is a great role! You know Naozumi is a professional in his acting.. It's not a big deal."
Sana nodded slowly, "Okay, Rei-kun.." she said, faking a smile that she didn't feel in the least bit. She stood up and left the room, pausing at the door to say, "Rei-kun, bring me the script when you can, please."
Sana walked off towards the kitchen where she retrieved the cord-less phone. She hit the second speed dial and an older girl's voice answered.
"Hello, Hayama residence. Natsumi speaking."
"Hey, Natsumi-chan!"
"Sana-chan!" Natsumi cried out hyperly, "How are you? Are you going to come visit soon?"
Sana chuckled, "I'm fine. I was planning on coming by sometime soon. Is Akito around?"
"I think so." Natsumi said, she could hear the grin in her boyfriend's sister's voice. "Akito!" she shouted so loud that Sana had to move the phone away from her for a moment.
"Gimme the phone!" she could hear Akito saying to Natsumi who insisted,
"I just want to say goodbye to Sana-chan! You're so rude, Akito!"
"Natsumi, you're such a bitch! Hand it over!"
"Sorry, Sana-chan." Natsumi said, she could hear her struggling to keep the phone away from Akito and giggled silently to herself. "Anyways, here's Akito. Hope to see you soon!"
The phone could be heard being passed to Akito, who she was betting was glaring evily over at his older sister.
"Hi." he said simply, "What happened?" he added, an almost worried note to his voice.
"Uh.. Well.." She realised she had no idea how she was going to tell him this.
"Is everything okay?" he asked uncertainly.
"It's a movie done soap opera style." she said with a nervous laugh. "Rei-kun says I get to play the main girl."
"And?" he said, knowing like he always seemed to that there was something wrong.
She hesitated a moment before saying as cheerful as she could, "I have to do another kiss scene."
Akito said nothing for a moment and her heart screamed out, scared that he would want to break up with her for having to kiss another boy for work.
"Do you know who you have to kiss?" he finally said, breaking the silence between them.
"Yeah.." she said, a hint of un-ease apparent in her tone of voice.
"Who is it Sana?" Akito asked, keeping his tone cool and unrevealing.
She lowered her eyes, having a hard time telling him. "Ka... Kamura Naozumi-kun..." she braced herself for whatever it would be he would say to this.
"I...See.." he replied. Sounding a bit hurt by this.
"Don't worry. We're both professionals." she said, trying to cheer herself up almost as much as him. Her and Naozumi had been good friends, but she had been so shocked that he had dumped her.. And she hadn't seen or heard from him since he left her in her room all alone.
"Sana, are you going to be okay with this?" he asked, breaking her from her thoughts.
She nodded, forgetting at first that he couldn't see her. "Uh.. Uh huh.." she said, emotion making it hard for her to speak. She felt tears start forming in her eyes. "Yeah.." she repeated, trying to keep herself from crying over the phone.
"Sana...?" he asked, sounding confused as he heard her start sniffling.
"I'm sorry.. I better go do my lines..." She said, preparing to hang up. "See you tomorrow."
"Y..ya.. Bye."
~*~*
Sana sat beside Rei in the car the next day on the way to school, squirming because she had gotten up late, yet again.
"Come on, Rei-kun. I can't be late or I will get an hour long detention!" Sana said desperately.
Rei blinked behind his glasses, "But.. You have to go to a meeting today.."
"Then hurry up, please Rei-kun!" she whined, giving him puppy-dog eyes.
He sped up, practically racing the whole way to school.
"Meet me outside after school, okay?"
She nodded and leapt out of the car, swinging her bag on her shoulder and racing towards the school, only to have Akito step into her path. She crashed right into him, knocking them both onto the pavement, her on top of him.
She winced and looked down at him, "Akito, are you okay?" she asked, looking down at him with eyes filled with worry.
He sat up, knocking her into a sitting position on his lap. "Fine.. What's the rush?"
Sana's eyes lit up, she had almost forgotten. "AH!" she squeaked realizing what was going on. She leapt to her feet, "Meet me at my locker!" she yelled, running off into the school, leaving Akito sitting on the pavement by himself. He sweatdropped and shook his head, pulling himself off the ground and dusting off his pants.
Sana flew into Watanabe-sensei's classroom, panting and weezing as she rummaged through her bag.
"Energetic as usual, I see." the teacher replied, wearing an odd pastel green dress with a red sash, making Sana think of Christmas.
Sana pulled out her lines and handed them to her teacher, her smile returning to her face.
"Hmm.. Very good Kurata-san.." Watanabe-sensei said with a grin, "But you only did ninety nine lines.. I specifically said one hundred. Re-do them!"
Sana's face fell, this was just great.. "Yes sensei.." she said, picking up her backpack and trudging towards her locker.
"Sana, are you okay?" Akito asked as she arrived at her locker. He looked un-nerved by her frown as she gently dropped her bag at her side and opened up her locker.
"Yeah.. I got more lines, though." She muttered with a sigh. "And to make it worse, I have a meeting today."
He nodded his understanding, but wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to say.
"Oh well! I made you lunch again." she said, her frown turning into a smile once again. "I hope you don't mind, but I heard that's what girls are supposed to do."
"You don't have to. Thanks." he said, a faint smile touching his lips, despite how much he tried to keep it from coming.
She looked over at him through the corner of her eye and then glomped onto him like she used to do to Rei.
"You're so cute when you smile, Akito!" she said, causing quite a scene as the other students in the hallways stared at them, shaking their heads with disapproval.
"Sana.." Akito said, his face flushed as he realised that everyone in the school was giving them looks of annoyance. Everyone knew that it wasn't appropriate to do things like that when there were a lot of people looking, not that it really mattered to him what they thought.
Sana smiled, releasing him with a flush lighting up her face. He thought she looked even more beautiful like that, not that he would ever tell her or anyone else that.
"Why's everyone looking at us?" she said cluelessly as she looked all around at the people stareing.
He didn't answer her. He knew she would remember pretty quickly that public displays of affection beyond hand holding weren't really supposed to happen. At least not where everyone could see. Not that he cared, he wouldn't not put his arm around her if someone told him not to.
He looked over at her and shrugged. "Don't know." he lied, leaning over and kissing her full on the mouth just to try and get a rise out of everyone in the area. He could feel her lips against his and her arms encircle his waist as she kissed back. His heart was beating like crazy, he was in complete bliss, until...
"Hayama-kun! Kurata-san!"
The two of them quickly broke apart and turned around. Their blood quickly went cold as they saw their principal looking at them very angrily. His large eyebrows were narrowed as he stomped over to the young couple.
"Yes Principal?" Sana asked, sounding more excited than afraid to Akito's surprise.
"This is not an appropriate place to be smooching.." he said with a frown of distaste, adding, "If I catch you doing it again I am afraid I will have to get your parents in here for a meeting with me."
Akito and Sana exchanged glances before nodding to the principal.
"Yes, sir. We're sorry." she said firmly.
As the principal left, Sana sighed, putting a hand to her chest, breathing out a sigh of relief. "Ah, that was scary!" she said with a nervous laugh.
"Do you think our parents would even care?" Akito said, a frown on his face as he thought.
Sana shrugged, "I don't know. Probably not.. Well, they may make wedding plans.." she said, not meaning it as a joke, Akito however put a hand to his mouth to keep from laughing. He knew she was right.
"But we aren't going to try to get in trouble, Akito.." she told him, putting her hands on her hips to show she meant what she said.
"Sana! Akki!" Fuuka bellowed as she walked over to them with a frown on her face. "I heard you got in trouble from the principal! Now what did you do?" she demanded, a disapproving look on her face.
Akito shrugged, giving her a dirty look that she sent right back at him.
"Nothing. He kissed me." Sana said simply, blushing as she looked over at Akito who just blinked, saying nothing.
Fuuka glared at them both, "Y'know you two are making me look bad... My mom would be furious if she found out my friends were doing that kind of thing in public!"
"Fuuka..." Sana whispered, lowering her eyes uncertainly. She didn't understand why she was over reacting so much. Could it be possible that she was jealous?
"Shut-up Buka..." Akito said finally, looking quite annoyed at her rantings.
Fuuka growled and smacked Akito over the head with her paper fan. "Don't tell me to shut-up!" she shrieked angrily.
Akito glared up at her while Sana looked over at Fuuka with an eyebrow raised. "What's wrong? Why are you acting like this?"
Fuuka 'hmphed', obviously fuming as she stalked away from them, leaving Akito and Sana looking quite un-nerved.
"Come on, Sana. I'll walk you to class.." Akito said, a dis-pleased look on his face as he took her hand in one of his and her bag in the other.
She nodded, "Thanks.." her mind on Fuuka and why she was acting so grumpy since she started planning on telling Akito how she felt about him. She was becoming more and more isolated. All she did was complain and talk about Takaishi, complaining that he wasn't around.
"Don't worry about Buka." he said softly, his eyes tracing her face carefully as he saw the confused look plastered to her face.
She sighed and nodded, "I just wish I knew why she was so mad lately." she said, leaning against him until they stopped beside her classroom.
"See you at lunch, Sana." he said, handing her her backpack and giving her a quite kiss on the forehead. He started to leave when he realised she hadn't let go of his hand yet. He turned around and found himself greeted with a hard kiss on the lips.
His eyes widdened with confusion, his heart pounded quickly in his chest before she quickly pulled back, waving to him as she disappeared into class. He shook his head, trying to free himself of the shock. He turned to leave when he found himself face to face with the principal.
"Just so you know, Hayama-kun.. Yours and Kurata's parents WILL be notified of this. You were warned."
Akito frowned slightly, seeing the principal mad wasn't a normal thing at this school. He usually shrugged off everything, but he guessed that most principals wouldn't have even gave them a warning. He nodded to the principal and then walked around him and towards his class.
~*~*
"They're calling in your parents?!" Aya exclaimed with wide eyes. They were all sitting together in the cafeteria again. "That's not fair! They can't tell you not to love each other.."
"Do you think your parents will get angry..?" Tsuyoshi asked them, a concerned look on his face.
Sana shook her head. "I doubt it.. Like I said before, our parents are more likely to make marriage plans. But you never know."
"I can't BELIEVE you two!" Fuuka said, still fuming from earlier it seemed. She hadn't said a word to Sana during their classes together.
Aya frowned at Fuuka, leaning over to Sana and whispering, "What's wrong with Fuuka-chan..?"
"I don't know.." Sana whispered back, frowning as well.
"So, what's going on with your job Sana-chan?" Tsuyoshi asked her with interest.
"Ah! Yeah, you never did tell us!" Aya said with a smile of encouragment.
Akito and Sana exchanged nervous glances.
"Well.." Sana said, twirling her pigtails nervously, "I'm the main character in a soap opera style movie.."
"Wow! Sana-chan, that's great!"Aya said happily, her face brightening with a smile.
"But she has to kiss Kamura in it.." Akito said with dis-taste. A cold look on his face as he looked down at his lunch and busied himself with eating it.
"It's with Naozumi-kun?!" Aya and Tsuyoshi exclaimed with wide eyes.
Sana just nodded, not knowing what to say.
"Akito-kun..." Tsuyoshi said quietly, looking over at Akito who avoiding looking at him.
~*~*
"Sensei, Sana-chan's principal is on the phone!" Shimura-san called from the kitchen to the living room.
Misako drove over to her in her little red car and accepted the phone with a quick, "Thank you Shimura-san." before raising the phone to her ear. "Yes? This is Kurata Misako." She nodded a few times, "A meeting.... I see.. I'll be there. Will Hayama-kun's father be there as well?.... All right. See you tomorrow." she handed the phone back without a word and drove off, driving into Onda who was chasing after her.
"Ohh.. Onda-san! There you are!"
~*~*
Sana walked out of the school, her hand in Akito's. She looked around until she spotted Rei's car.
"Ah! There's Rei-kun!" She said brightly, her fear masked in a smile like usual.
He nodded, "Ya.."
She dragged him over to the car with her and grinned, "Hey Rei-kun!" she said with a hyper wave.
"Sana-chan.. You sure are happy looking today." he said, glaring at Akito who glared right back.
"Well, I better go, Akito." She said, hugging him around the neck and kissing him on the cheek. "See you. Call me tonight if you want to."
He waved to her, "See ya." and started to walk away down the street, towards the karate dojo.
Sana slipped into the car beside Rei.
"Let's get this over with!" she said hyperly, punching the air with her fist.
He nodded, a frown on his face as he started the car and began driving.
Sana looked over at him and frowned as well. "What's wrong Rei-kun? You and Asako get into another fight?"
He sweatdropped and shook his head, "No.. Sana-chan, I heard that you got in trouble at school today."
Sana blinked and giggled. "Oh that! It's no big deal, Rei-kun. All we did was kiss in public. So what?"
"Sana-chan.. The principal can suspend you if you continue to dis-obey him." Rei said seriously, pushing his sunglasses up to keep them from slipping.
"He has to catch us first!" Sana replied with a confident laugh.
"He already has caught you guys twice.." he pointed out.
The rest of the ride was silent, Sana was thinking over what he said while Rei was pouting.
"Here we are." he said, cutting the engine off and getting out.
Sana got out of the car bouncily, walking into the studio, her eyes darting around hyperly, yet nervously as she followed Rei-kun into a room with a large meeting table in it. When she entered she was greeted by a blonde-brown haired teenager in a kimono, like the ones her mother frequently wore. She guessed the girl was only part Japanese judging by her hair colour and her brilliant blue eyes.
"Nice to meet you Kurata Sana!" the girl greeted, bowing to her formally.
Sana bowed as well, "Nice to meet you, too... Sorry to be rude, but.. Who are you?"
The girl blushed lightly, lowering her eyes slightly, "Kamesaya Mitsuko. I wrote the script."
"Ohh!" Sana said, laughing nervously. "Wow, you look like you're my age!"
The girl chuckled and nodded, "I am. I'm only fifteen."
"Kamesaya-san is very popular already. Even though she is only young." Rei added in, bowing to her formally. "Sagami Rei, Sana-chan's manager.
Mitsuko bowed back. "Glad you both made it." she said happily. "I believe you both know Naozumi-kun?"
Sana nodded slowly, looking behind Mitsuko where Naozumi sat with his manager Rio-san(sp?). Naozumi looked a lot like he had when she last seen him, wearing a professional looking suit, his eyes bright as usual, although his hair was a bit wilder than it had been before. He looked up at her, as if feeling her eyes on him. He smiled shyly and waved over at her.
Sana waved back, feeling a little less nervous when he went back to talking to his manager.
"Please sit down, Kurata-san. We'll be getting started shortly. We're just waiting for the director and the other actors and actresses.
Sana nodded to her, "All right." she said, looking over at Rei who walked towards Naozumi. She followed, letting Rei sit beside Naozumi while she sat next to Rei.
Naozumi and Rio both smiled.
"Sana-chan! It's been a while!" Rio said in her usual squeaky voice. "And Sagami-kun! How have you been?"
"Very well, Rio-chan. And you?" Rei said with a forced smile.
Naozumi looked over at Sana, his eyes lowered as he said, "It's good to see you again, Sana-chan.."
"I'm surprised to see you Naozumi-kun.." she admitted, watching as his eyes darted over towards Mitsuko who was greeting a couple of actors and actresses Sana had never seen before.
He looked back at her, his face flushed. "Uh.. Yah! It was a suprise to hear you were going to be working with me again." he looked back at the newcomers for a moment before saying, "I was glad when I heard you were going to be acting in Kamesaya Mitsuko's movie, however."
She felt like she was going to panic. Did Naozumi still want her? What was she going to do?!
"Ah, yeah. It's good to see you are doing so well, Nao-kun."
"Kamura Naozumi-kun and Kurata Sana-chan!" said a girl with pastel green hair that reminded Sana of Watanabe-sensei's dress from earlier.
"Uhh... Hello." Sana said with a blink as she studied the girl. She had purple eyes that were bright with excitement as she bowed to them both.
"It's such an honor to meet you! I'm Ashitaka Sachiko!" the girl said excitedly, wearing a fuku that was a green and blue plaid skirt, a green top with blue trim and a white sash with blue trim. Sana had to admit, she was quite pretty.
Sana and Naozumi both bowed back, Naozumi smiling brightly.
"Nice to meet you, Sachiko-chan! You're playing Sana-chan's bestfriend, right?"
The girl nodded, blushing lightly. "That's right."
Sana smiled and jumped up hyperly. "Then we're going to be partners!" she said happily, holding out a hand to the girl who shook it excitedly.
"Yeah, I guess we are!" she said, looking as if she was in a dreaming state. "I'm so happy to work with you two!"
Sana chuckled lightly, the girl was weird, but she seemed nice enough.
"Please take your seat, Ashitaka-san." Mitsuko said softly, standing in front of them. "We'll be starting in just a moment." she said, looking over at Naozumi with a smile, her face flushing lightly. She then turned and walked over to the front of the room and sat beside two Japanese men who were shuffling papers curiously.
Sachiko sat beside Sana, her feet swishing back and forth nervously, her eyes darting around in every direction.
Sana leaned over Rei and whispered, "Naozumi-kun, is Kamesaya-san a fan of yours or something?"
Naozumi blushed and chuckled nervously, "Kind of." was all he said.
Sana sat back down, looking around a bit, wondering why they weren't starting. But then she noticed that there was still one empty seat. Who exactally was the person everyone was waiting for? She didn't understand why everyone was looking so apprehensive. She looked over at Rei and noticed that he was also looking very anxious and nervous.
"Rei-kun..? What's wrong?" she asked uncertainly.
"There she is!" Mitsuko said happily, standing to her feet and running towards the door.
Sana's eyes darted to the door and her breath instantly caught up in her throat. That couldn't be who she thought it was.... No way!
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: haha, had to do that! So sorry guys! Anyways, I am going to try to get as much done as I can before I move, because once I move I won't have internet access for a while.. But don't worry! I will try so so hard to keep writing without getting sidetracked! Oh yeah.. Who is the mysterious woman? What will happen when Akito and Sana's parents meet the principal? Will they be expelled? Will Sana and Akito ever get their date? Will Sana have to write more lines? Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
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