Soap Opera Blues

by AnimeLuver/Ally

Chapter 12

"The two of you have been acting very strange lately." she started, taking the time to pause, "Are we wrong thinking this has to do with the wedding?"

The couple exchanged glances before looking back at Misako. Sana nodded while Akito said and did nothing.

"Well... We have something important to tell you. Please listen closely." Akito's dad said seriously, lowering his eyes in a way that made Sana shiver un-easily.

"This whole wedding thing.." Akito's dad said, pausing as he waited for Misako to speak.

"Isn't about you." Misako finished his sentence seriously, watching them to guage their reactions.

Sana felt anger shoot through her as she stood up abruptly. "This was all a joke?!"

Misako frowned, taking another sip of her tea. She lowered her cup and sighed. "Sit down, Sana."

Sana looked over at Akito, her eyes still blazing with hurt-filled anger. Akito looked over at her and took her by the hand, guiding her back into her chair and squeezing her hand gently.

"Not entirely a joke." Akito's dad replied, looking concerned by Sana's angry reaction.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Sana said, her face redding as tears began to unvoluntarily sting at her eyes.

"It means that, although you aren't getting married, there is a wedding happening next month." Misako said, sounding bored as she watched with interest.

"We were only joking about you guys getting married." AKito's dad agreed.

"WHAT?! Naozumi-kun is getting married?" Sana demanded, eyes wide with shock, "It's Naozumi-kun isn't it?"

Misako and Akito's dad both looked over at each other for a few moments while Akito's eyes widdened.

"Woah.. You guys aren't getting married, are you?"

Sana and Misako both whacked him with mallets.

"Don't suggest something like that!" Sana said with a horrified look on her face.

"Of course not!" Misako insisted, sounding equally horrified.

"Oww!" Akito grumbled, holding his head grudgingly.

"So is it Naozumi-kun?" Sana asked seriously, sighing as she calmed herself down a little bit.

"Sana-chan--" Misako started.

"Sensei! The manuscript!" Onda whined, running into the room with waterfall tears falling from his eyes.

Misako malleted him and frowned. "You ruined my dramatic explanation, Onda!"

"Sorry, Sensei.." Onda said, pouting at her while the rest of the group sweatdropped.

"Anyways.. No, Kamura-kun isn't getting married."

Sana blinked in confusion. Who else did she know that would get married. Her eyes widdened and she glanced over at Akito who gave her a confused look.

"TSUYOSHI-KUN AND AYA-CHAN!!" She shouted out, putting a hand over her mouth in disbelief. The two of them had been sneaking around earlier she knew. And they wanted to get married!

Akito gave her a look of disbelief and shook his head. "No wa--"

"AH! How could they not tell me?" Sana said, holding her head. "I can't believe them! I am SO mad at them! My god!"

"Sa--" their parents started. "San..."

Sana continued to rant in disbelief when Misako smacked her with her mallet.

"Mama! What did you do that for?"

"Sana, Tsuyoshi isn't getting married.." Akito said certainly, shaking his head as he frowned.

"You were in on this, too? Akito! How could you?" Sana said, jumping to her feet in shock.

"What...?" he asked, quirking a brow at her quick assumtions.

"I feel so alienated!" Sana wailed, getting smacked with Misako's mallet again.

"Sana!"

Sana looked at her with a frown of displeasure.

"Sit.." Misako commanded. "Hayama-kun was not aware of any of this."

Akito grabbed onto Sana and sat her down again.

"Sana-chan.." Akito's dad said softly. "Sagami-kun is getting married.."

"Wh-what?!" Sana's pupils dialated in surprise. Her mouth then formed and O of understanding.

Akito looked over at her and watched her reaction as she smiled widely and clapped her hands.

"Asako-san and Rei-kun are finally getting married?! That's great!"

"Who said anything about him marrying Kurumi-san?" Misako asked with a blink of her eyes, causing Sana to nearly fall over.

"Wh-what..?"

Sana felt her head spin. How could Rei-kun marry someone other than his girlfriend?

"Just kidding!" Misako said with a laugh as she sped out of the room, Onda tearing after her.

Sana sweatdropped heavily. Sometimes having a strange mother wasn't a very good thing..

~*~*

"Sagami-kun is gettting married?!" Tsuyoshi asked, nearly spitting out his juice from across the table.

Sana nodded, she was glad that the school day was almost over. Her filming started today and she was anxious to try and find out Naozumi's secret.

"Wow! That's so great!" Aya said, cheerful as usual as a wide smile played on her face.

"Sana thought you two were getting married behind our backs." Akito said, recieving a gentle whack of Sana's mallet.

She laughed nervously and shook her head with a blush. "haha, don't listen to him!"

"Are you going to confront Naozumi-kun today?" Aya asked, becoming more serious again. She looked about as interested in it as Sachiko and Sana were and Sana secretly wished that Aya could come with them. She thought maybe she would bring Aya with them shopping whenever her and Sachiko got around to going to the mall.

"We are planning on following him again, but I don't think we'll confront him yet.." Sana said honestly.

"I still don't see why you guys care who Kamura-kun is dating.." Fuuka said, bringing attention to herself. A look of serious confusion on her face.

"Because they're nosey." Akito said simply.

Sana gave him a dirty look which he blinked at.

"What?"

Sana rolled her eyes at him. She hated when he said thigs like that about her.

"Are you calling Aya-chan nosey?" Tsuyoshi asked, eyeing Akito in warning as his glasses began to fog up from his anger.

Akito shrugged, staying silent as he sipped his juice.

"Don't you be dissing my girlfriend!" Tsuyoshi growled, ignoring Aya who was now crimson red and tugging on Tsuyoshi's sleeve.

Akito sighed and karate chopped him in the head. "Sit down.."

Tsuyoshi sat back down, Aya hugging him and whispering something into his ear.

"Akito is in a violent mood today.." Fuuka stated with a frown.

Sana glanced over at him and saw he looked a bit edgy. She wondered if he was worried about her filming around Tori-kun again. "Relaxe, Akito. Everything is fine! Be happy!" Sana hugged him playfully, much to his suprise, nearly knocking him off the bench.

"S-Sana.."

"Hey, guys!" Hisae said with a smile on her face, Gomi beside her, his hand in hers.

"Sit down Hisae-chan. Gomi-kun." Aya said, trying to contain her amusement at seeing the two together finally.

"Gomi-kun and Hisae-chan! You guys are together!" Sana said hyperly, letting go of Akito who fell over finally, rubbing his head and blinking at Sana.

Sana looked down at Akito and laughed cutely. "What are you doing down there?"

He smiled despite himself. She was still niave, but she was cute when she laughed and she was great fun to tease. He knew he couldn't let anything get between them. He just hoped Tori would keep away from her while they filmed. The idea of him being around her was really bothering him, but he couldn't admit it.

"Nothing much." Akito quickly joined her once again and held up a hand in greeting at Gomi. "Yo."

"Hayama-san. We can double date now." Gomi said, laughing nervously, a blush spreading over his face.

"Hey, shouldn't you ask me before making plans?" Hisae asked him, narrowing her eyes in mock warning.

"ehehe..."

Fuuka grumbled in annoyance, feeling left out since her boyfriend lived in Osaka.

Things were changing a lot for the group that had been together for so many years now. Of course, whether or not these changes were good or not depended on who you asked, but for Sana, she knew thought that finding out about Rei-kun's wedding next month was the marker for the start of good luck coming her way. All she needed to know now was who Naozumi was dating and she would be perfectly happy!

~*~*

"Sana-chan!"

"Sachiko-chan!" the girls both ran over to each other.

"Ready for filming?"

Sana nodded happily. "You bet! Ready for after filming?"

Sachiko laughed lightly and nodded her head. "As ready as I'll ever be."

"Hey."

The girls turned and saw Tori walk over to them with a wave.

"Soyama-kun! Good evening." Sachiko bowed polietely, her cheeks reddening lightly.

"Tori-kun! How's it going?" Sana asked hyperly.

Tori nodded back to Sachiko and smiled over at Sana. "Are you okay, now?"

"Everything's fine. I'm not really getting married. My mom was just joking around."

"I told you so!" he said with a laugh. "You take people too seriously."

"Soyama-kun, come over here. Costume time!" a lady with curly black hair wearing a suit called, waving him over.

"Ah, I'll see you later. Bye girls!" Tori turned and ran off towards the woman.

"How close are you and Soyama-kun...?"

Sana looked over at Sachiko and blinked in confusion. "We seem to run into each other a lot if that's what you mean."

Sachiko nodded, a frown on her face for once. She sighed deeply and looked at Sana with concern. "Sana-chan, does Soyama-kun like you?"

Sana quirked a brow, not quite understanding what she's getting at. "Well, he treats me like a little sister and then flirts with me.. He also helped me a while ago. I guess we're friends."

"Oh.." Sachiko lowered her eyes. "I see.."

"Why do you ask?" Sana asked densely, not sure why Sachiko looked sad. She never looked sad before, that she remembered.

Sachiko started to answer when Naozumi jogged over to Sana with a beaming grin on his face. A blue t-shirt and faded jeans on his thin frame.

"Time for us to film, Sana-chan." he said cheerfully, nodding to Sachiko. "Good evening, Sachiko-chan."

"Err.. I'll tell you later, Sana-chan." Sachiko said, forcing a smile as she looked over at Naozumi with a nod of her head. "Good evening."

Sana nodded to Sachiko. "Okay." She turned to Naozumi and nodded to him as well. "Lead the way."

Naozumi and Sana then headed off to film, leaving Sachiko by herself, a frown on her face, until Asako ran over to her and told her it was time for her to get into costume as well.

~*To Be Continued*~

A/N: Ahh! Short again.. Oh well! Did you notice? I put in some more humor parts! YAY! lol, I think I may have lost writer's block. I hope so. hehe.Hope you guys like it! Please R&R! I need opinions and thoughts here people. Hmm... I really am thinking that I might write a story of who Naozumi and his "partner" got together. Let me know what you think. =P Anyhow, yet again, who is Naozumi secretly dating? Why is Sachiko so sad? Will Sana figure out why and what will she do when she finds out? Will Akito be forced to come shopping with the girls? How will Rei-kun and Asako-san's wedding go? Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!