Soap Opera Blues
by AnimeLuver/Ally
Chapter 10
Akito nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes as he watched the nervous look on her face as she began to pace the room back and forth. Frowning, he reached for her wrist as she walked past him. He looked at her seriously and whispered.
"Sana... Maybe we should... Break up..."
Sana felt her heart fall into her stomach. She wasn't sure if she had heard him correctly. "You..." she paused to swallow the lump forming in her throat. "You're joking, right?"
Akito lowered his eyes with a frown, trying to put his thoughts into words as he watched Sana's eyes widden with a sheen of tears forming in them.
"What I mean is..."
Sana sniffed, holding back the army of tears poking at her eyes.
Akito felt his heart beat quicken as he saw the sad look on her face. His insides twisted into knots as he managed to say. "When I say break up, I mean.... Pretend to."
Sana eyed him uncertainly, tears falling carelessly down her reddening cheeks.
He sighed and put his hand on her cheek, stroaking her soft skin with his thumb. "Sana... If we pretend to break up and make our parents believe we have broken up, they might stop with the whole marriage thing.."
Sana lowered her eyes in thought, feeling the rough texture of his skin on her face. She nodded slowly. "Okay." she agreed, her eyes slowly meeting his.
"You're an actress... You can pull this off, right?"
She smiled softly, although her cheeks were red from the crying she had done. "Yeah."
"Okay. Let's do it." He said, standing and offering her a hand.
She let him pull her to her feet and quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing her lips against his, as if her life depended on it. She didn't want to let him go and have to hide their relationship in the least bit, but she knew he was right. It was the only way to get their parent's to back off.
His arms went around her waist and he startled her as he parted her lips with his tongue and inserted it into her mouth. This being her first time with someone's tongue in her mouth. Sana was momentarily frozen, unaware of what to do, but as his tongue did the work for her, she relaxed for what seemed was an eternity, until he broke it off.
"Come on." he said, breathing a bit heavier than before.
She nodded, her face a flame as she turned towards the door. "Operation break-up starts now."
"Operation..?" he quirked a brow at her saying and shook his head.
"Oh shut-up.." she said teasingly as she opened the door. Their show was about to start.
He followed her out just as she started her acting. He could already see the tears starting to form in her eyes.
"How could you do something so stupid?!" she shouted as she stormed down the stairs. She was being so loud that it actually startled him at first... He quickly jogged down the stairs after her.
"Sana..!"
"Don't talk to me!" her eyes were blazing with an anger that seemed so real that he didn't wonder at all why she was such a successful actress. "You think you can date Fuuka and I at the same time?! No way! What do you take me for?!"
'Nice touch..' he thought to himself as he forced himself to look as upset as he could manage.
"But--!" he started, glancing behind him as he saw Misako poking her head into the room with a look of shock on her face.
"No 'buts'! Get out of my house! You...You.. Two timer!" She picked up his shoes and thrusted them towards him.
"Sana I--"
"Don't call me by my first name!"
"I'm-"
Sana opened the door and shooed him out. "I don't want to see you ever again!"
Misako watched as her daughter slammed the front door, her eyes welled up with tears as she turned around slowly.
"Sana...?"
Sana looked over at her mom and burst into a fresh batch of tears and flung herself up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door behind her and leaving Misako in a state of shock.
~*~*
Wednesday morning Sana got up earlier than ever, around 6:30 in the morning and found herself some instant ramen noodles, which she made as quietly as she could manage and then tip-toed back into her room. Once back in her own room, she sat down tiredly on her bed and began to munch on the noodles with wooden chopsticks. She knew that she had to sneak out early so that her family didn't ask questions. Pulling on her school uniform afterwards, she let out a sigh. It was horrible to have to go to so much trouble just to keep her mother from meddling in her love life, but she would do whatever it took to keep herself and Akito together.
She shut her door gently, the only noise being a click as it moved into place. She spun around and edged her way into the bathroom, getting herself ready for school.
When she left, her hair was in it's usual pigtails and her expression was neutral in case anyone caught her on her way out.
"Morning, Sana!"
She leapt into the air, startled, as she flung herself around to face her mother.
"M..Mama.." she forced herself to frown and look at her feet. She had to stay in character around her mother.
"How are you feeling today?"
Sana shrugged her reply as her mom drove over to her.
"Sana.."
She looked up at her mom, keeping a hurt look on her face as her eyes traced over Maro-chan who was wearing a bathing suit and lying on a beach on her mother's head.
"What do you think would be better for the veil? Lilacs or baby's breath?"
Sana nearly fell over. What was her mom thinking?! They had fake broken up and she still wanted to make them get married?!
"I.. I've got to go.." Sana grabbed onto the railing to keep her knees from giving out from under her. She then raced down the stairs, her legs wobbling beneath her.
"Oh dear..." Misako said with a frown. "Oh well.. Guess I will have to ask Kurumi-san's opinion instead.." and with that being said, she stared down at her daughter as she left and sighed, turning her car around and driving towards Rei's room.
~*~*
Sana started walking towards Akito's house but then paused, thinking maybe it would be better not to go to Akito's house. She frowned, feeling real tears pinching her eyes as she thought desperately about what she should do. The last week played back in her head as she tried to figure out what was going on. She didn't know why her life was so messed up right now, but she had to do something about it.... She wanted to go see Akito horribly, but not only was it early, she knew he would be mad if she blew their cover. After a moment of thinking, Sana decided that she would head to a phone booth and call Tsuyoshi to see if he was available to talk to. Walking through the streets, Sana found she couldn't get her thoughts together properly. Too much was happening to her and it was so hard for her to take. If only her mother hadn't brought up marriage! She loved her mother to death, but the last thing she wanted was for her relationship with Akito to come to an end.
She reached the phone booth and rummaged through her jacket pocket until she retrieved a phone card which she used to dial Tsuyoshi's number.
"Hello?" came the soft reply from a little girl Sana knew very well.
"Ah! Good morning, Aono-chan!" Sana greeted, her fake enthusiasm showing through her desperation and confusion.
"Sana-chan!"
Sana smiled sadly, she always did like Tsuyoshi's little sister. She reminded her a lot of her own little sister, Mariko-chan. "Aono-chan, is Tsuyoshi-kun around?"
There was a pause as if the little girl was thinking this over. "No. He left really early with Aya-chan."
'Trust the two of them not to be there when I really need them...' Sana thought glumly, inwardly sighing.
"Okay. Thanks, Aono-chan."
"Bye bye Sana-chan!"
Sana hung up the phone, putting a hand to her face as a few tears leaked through her eyes and down her cheeks. This was exactally not what she needed right now. The last thing she wanted was for anyone to see her crying. She jogged down the street towards the park where she always seemed to go to when there was a problem. Hell, Akito tended to find her when she was there, he might find her again if she was over there. As she entered the park she found a hand come down onto her shoulder causing her heart to flutter hopefully in her chest.
"A-" she started as she turned around. Stopping quickly as she saw that the face didn't belong to Akito at all. "I uh... Good morning." she flushed and quickly moved her hand to her cheeks, knowing that tears were still falling onto them.
"What now? Still think Kamura-kun is trying to take you away from Hayama-kun?" Tori said, a smirk on his face, although his eyes were etched with genuine concern.
Sana felt her chest grow tighter as she choked back a sob.
Tori flinched, a frown finding it's way onto his face as he placed his hand on the small of her back and led her over to the bench where she normally sat.
She spent quite a while just sobbing into her hands while Tori just watched her with a saddened look on his face. He apparently didn't quite know what was going on, but he waited until she calmed down a little bit before he started to talk.
"Can you talk now?" he asked her, his voice softer than usual. It almost sounded like another person's voice.
She nodded, breathing heavily as she batted at the hot tears that were slowly begginning to recede.
"What happened..?"
She slowly began to explain the whole situation to him, although she didn't understand why exactally she was telling him anything.
"I see..." he said, apparently thinking it over as he pursed his lips.
She breathed out a sigh as, feeling a bit better now that she had gotten all of her worries off her chest. She noted now that Tori was dressed in a green button down top and a pair of black dress pants. She also noticed the shirt had a school crest on it.
"You really think that your mom is going to marry you off like that?"
She blinked her brown eyes at him uncertainly. "Well... " When he put it to her that way she felt a bit stupid. "Maybe.."
He smiled at her and messed up her hair in a brotherly fashion. "You're too niave. I doubt your mom wou--" he stopped his sentence and blinked, his smile fading.
Sana blinked at him and then followed his gaze and felt her heart stop. Standing in the bushes was Akito, an hurt and jealous look on his face. This was going to be bad.
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: Aww... I'm so sorry! I know it's short again but I have toleave it there. I just have to! hehe, again, when this is posted I will probably still be using the library computers *sigh* oh well.. Anyways, don't kill me! Conflict always makes stories more interesting, no? =P hehe, so, What will AKito do to Sana? What about Tori? Are Sana and AKito going to have to go through with an arranged marriage, or is Tori right about Sana and Akito being niave about the whole situation? And what about Naozumi and his new girlfriend? Will Sana and Sachiko ever find out if Naozumi and Rio are an item? Will Sana and Akito stay together long enough for a second date?! Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
*~Ally~*
by AnimeLuver/Ally
Chapter 10
Akito nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes as he watched the nervous look on her face as she began to pace the room back and forth. Frowning, he reached for her wrist as she walked past him. He looked at her seriously and whispered.
"Sana... Maybe we should... Break up..."
Sana felt her heart fall into her stomach. She wasn't sure if she had heard him correctly. "You..." she paused to swallow the lump forming in her throat. "You're joking, right?"
Akito lowered his eyes with a frown, trying to put his thoughts into words as he watched Sana's eyes widden with a sheen of tears forming in them.
"What I mean is..."
Sana sniffed, holding back the army of tears poking at her eyes.
Akito felt his heart beat quicken as he saw the sad look on her face. His insides twisted into knots as he managed to say. "When I say break up, I mean.... Pretend to."
Sana eyed him uncertainly, tears falling carelessly down her reddening cheeks.
He sighed and put his hand on her cheek, stroaking her soft skin with his thumb. "Sana... If we pretend to break up and make our parents believe we have broken up, they might stop with the whole marriage thing.."
Sana lowered her eyes in thought, feeling the rough texture of his skin on her face. She nodded slowly. "Okay." she agreed, her eyes slowly meeting his.
"You're an actress... You can pull this off, right?"
She smiled softly, although her cheeks were red from the crying she had done. "Yeah."
"Okay. Let's do it." He said, standing and offering her a hand.
She let him pull her to her feet and quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing her lips against his, as if her life depended on it. She didn't want to let him go and have to hide their relationship in the least bit, but she knew he was right. It was the only way to get their parent's to back off.
His arms went around her waist and he startled her as he parted her lips with his tongue and inserted it into her mouth. This being her first time with someone's tongue in her mouth. Sana was momentarily frozen, unaware of what to do, but as his tongue did the work for her, she relaxed for what seemed was an eternity, until he broke it off.
"Come on." he said, breathing a bit heavier than before.
She nodded, her face a flame as she turned towards the door. "Operation break-up starts now."
"Operation..?" he quirked a brow at her saying and shook his head.
"Oh shut-up.." she said teasingly as she opened the door. Their show was about to start.
He followed her out just as she started her acting. He could already see the tears starting to form in her eyes.
"How could you do something so stupid?!" she shouted as she stormed down the stairs. She was being so loud that it actually startled him at first... He quickly jogged down the stairs after her.
"Sana..!"
"Don't talk to me!" her eyes were blazing with an anger that seemed so real that he didn't wonder at all why she was such a successful actress. "You think you can date Fuuka and I at the same time?! No way! What do you take me for?!"
'Nice touch..' he thought to himself as he forced himself to look as upset as he could manage.
"But--!" he started, glancing behind him as he saw Misako poking her head into the room with a look of shock on her face.
"No 'buts'! Get out of my house! You...You.. Two timer!" She picked up his shoes and thrusted them towards him.
"Sana I--"
"Don't call me by my first name!"
"I'm-"
Sana opened the door and shooed him out. "I don't want to see you ever again!"
Misako watched as her daughter slammed the front door, her eyes welled up with tears as she turned around slowly.
"Sana...?"
Sana looked over at her mom and burst into a fresh batch of tears and flung herself up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door behind her and leaving Misako in a state of shock.
~*~*
Wednesday morning Sana got up earlier than ever, around 6:30 in the morning and found herself some instant ramen noodles, which she made as quietly as she could manage and then tip-toed back into her room. Once back in her own room, she sat down tiredly on her bed and began to munch on the noodles with wooden chopsticks. She knew that she had to sneak out early so that her family didn't ask questions. Pulling on her school uniform afterwards, she let out a sigh. It was horrible to have to go to so much trouble just to keep her mother from meddling in her love life, but she would do whatever it took to keep herself and Akito together.
She shut her door gently, the only noise being a click as it moved into place. She spun around and edged her way into the bathroom, getting herself ready for school.
When she left, her hair was in it's usual pigtails and her expression was neutral in case anyone caught her on her way out.
"Morning, Sana!"
She leapt into the air, startled, as she flung herself around to face her mother.
"M..Mama.." she forced herself to frown and look at her feet. She had to stay in character around her mother.
"How are you feeling today?"
Sana shrugged her reply as her mom drove over to her.
"Sana.."
She looked up at her mom, keeping a hurt look on her face as her eyes traced over Maro-chan who was wearing a bathing suit and lying on a beach on her mother's head.
"What do you think would be better for the veil? Lilacs or baby's breath?"
Sana nearly fell over. What was her mom thinking?! They had fake broken up and she still wanted to make them get married?!
"I.. I've got to go.." Sana grabbed onto the railing to keep her knees from giving out from under her. She then raced down the stairs, her legs wobbling beneath her.
"Oh dear..." Misako said with a frown. "Oh well.. Guess I will have to ask Kurumi-san's opinion instead.." and with that being said, she stared down at her daughter as she left and sighed, turning her car around and driving towards Rei's room.
~*~*
Sana started walking towards Akito's house but then paused, thinking maybe it would be better not to go to Akito's house. She frowned, feeling real tears pinching her eyes as she thought desperately about what she should do. The last week played back in her head as she tried to figure out what was going on. She didn't know why her life was so messed up right now, but she had to do something about it.... She wanted to go see Akito horribly, but not only was it early, she knew he would be mad if she blew their cover. After a moment of thinking, Sana decided that she would head to a phone booth and call Tsuyoshi to see if he was available to talk to. Walking through the streets, Sana found she couldn't get her thoughts together properly. Too much was happening to her and it was so hard for her to take. If only her mother hadn't brought up marriage! She loved her mother to death, but the last thing she wanted was for her relationship with Akito to come to an end.
She reached the phone booth and rummaged through her jacket pocket until she retrieved a phone card which she used to dial Tsuyoshi's number.
"Hello?" came the soft reply from a little girl Sana knew very well.
"Ah! Good morning, Aono-chan!" Sana greeted, her fake enthusiasm showing through her desperation and confusion.
"Sana-chan!"
Sana smiled sadly, she always did like Tsuyoshi's little sister. She reminded her a lot of her own little sister, Mariko-chan. "Aono-chan, is Tsuyoshi-kun around?"
There was a pause as if the little girl was thinking this over. "No. He left really early with Aya-chan."
'Trust the two of them not to be there when I really need them...' Sana thought glumly, inwardly sighing.
"Okay. Thanks, Aono-chan."
"Bye bye Sana-chan!"
Sana hung up the phone, putting a hand to her face as a few tears leaked through her eyes and down her cheeks. This was exactally not what she needed right now. The last thing she wanted was for anyone to see her crying. She jogged down the street towards the park where she always seemed to go to when there was a problem. Hell, Akito tended to find her when she was there, he might find her again if she was over there. As she entered the park she found a hand come down onto her shoulder causing her heart to flutter hopefully in her chest.
"A-" she started as she turned around. Stopping quickly as she saw that the face didn't belong to Akito at all. "I uh... Good morning." she flushed and quickly moved her hand to her cheeks, knowing that tears were still falling onto them.
"What now? Still think Kamura-kun is trying to take you away from Hayama-kun?" Tori said, a smirk on his face, although his eyes were etched with genuine concern.
Sana felt her chest grow tighter as she choked back a sob.
Tori flinched, a frown finding it's way onto his face as he placed his hand on the small of her back and led her over to the bench where she normally sat.
She spent quite a while just sobbing into her hands while Tori just watched her with a saddened look on his face. He apparently didn't quite know what was going on, but he waited until she calmed down a little bit before he started to talk.
"Can you talk now?" he asked her, his voice softer than usual. It almost sounded like another person's voice.
She nodded, breathing heavily as she batted at the hot tears that were slowly begginning to recede.
"What happened..?"
She slowly began to explain the whole situation to him, although she didn't understand why exactally she was telling him anything.
"I see..." he said, apparently thinking it over as he pursed his lips.
She breathed out a sigh as, feeling a bit better now that she had gotten all of her worries off her chest. She noted now that Tori was dressed in a green button down top and a pair of black dress pants. She also noticed the shirt had a school crest on it.
"You really think that your mom is going to marry you off like that?"
She blinked her brown eyes at him uncertainly. "Well... " When he put it to her that way she felt a bit stupid. "Maybe.."
He smiled at her and messed up her hair in a brotherly fashion. "You're too niave. I doubt your mom wou--" he stopped his sentence and blinked, his smile fading.
Sana blinked at him and then followed his gaze and felt her heart stop. Standing in the bushes was Akito, an hurt and jealous look on his face. This was going to be bad.
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: Aww... I'm so sorry! I know it's short again but I have toleave it there. I just have to! hehe, again, when this is posted I will probably still be using the library computers *sigh* oh well.. Anyways, don't kill me! Conflict always makes stories more interesting, no? =P hehe, so, What will AKito do to Sana? What about Tori? Are Sana and AKito going to have to go through with an arranged marriage, or is Tori right about Sana and Akito being niave about the whole situation? And what about Naozumi and his new girlfriend? Will Sana and Sachiko ever find out if Naozumi and Rio are an item? Will Sana and Akito stay together long enough for a second date?! Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
*~Ally~*