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Losing Grip-A Sappy Romance of when friendship goes too far
Chapter 8-COmplicated
Standard disclaimers apply. I own nothing but the story.
Kay-san: Ok, it is officially the 22nd! and it is officially 3 days til Christmas! And this is officially the 8th chapter of
this fic! *grins* and cuz I took suck good care of my teeth, as promised, my dentist payed for me to get a free manicure
today! *looks at nails* pretty....they're purple with white stencils on them of different Christmas-related things. A tree,
a star, a candle, a present, and ornament, a stocking, bells, and a candycane(there's 3 stars). and sparkles too! Well onward
and forawrd with chaos, romance, and heartbreak again!
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Misao walked forward, ready to attack Soujiro. Forget "christmas spirit"! He was gonna pay for that! But she didn't get a
chance to kill him as she had planned(technically, she hadn't been planning to kill him. Just injure him severly as a warn-
ing). Misao stopped dead in her tracks when Soujiro leaned forward, staring straight at her, and not looking scared at all.
'What? What is he doing?!'she thought, getting scared now.
He kissed her, then pulled away. He closed his eyes and waited for a slap, a punch, something. After several long, silent
moments, he slowly opened his eyes to see why his cheek wasn't stinging.
--Soujiro's POV--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Misao stood there, holding her hands to her lips, her face flushed a lovely shade of pink. Kami-sama she looked so pretty.
Wait, what am I thinking?(he is panicking slightly). Her eyes seemed glazed over, like she was just staring off into space.
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She stood there, her hands touching her lips, staring off as if she could see through the walls, and Soujiro. Her face felt
very hot. And Soujiro was staring at her. Why was he staring at her like that? And what the hell just happened? She had no
clue how to feel about this. Should she be mad? Happy? Sad? Oh, she was so confused. Why had he done that?
Did he do that just to calm her down? Or did he really want to kiss her? Did he....did he love her? Did Soujiro really,
truely love her? Honestly, she didn't know how she felt about him...
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Both were so lost in their own thoughts, they didn't notice the door knob turn. At least, Soujiro didn't until the door was
pushed against him. He moved out of the way as Yahiko stumbled in. "Merry Christmas, Yahiko"Soujiro managed, and his voice
snapped Misao out of her thoughts. Yahiko smirked. He turned to Soujiro. "Hey, did you finally make a move? Why's she got her
hands to her lips?"he questined.
Soujiro blushed furiously, and Misao walked up behind Yahiko. She whacked him upside the head. "None of your buisiness,
Yahiko-CHAN"she said, shoving him out the door and slamming it in his face. With that she walked over to th couch and col-
lapsed. "Well? Shall we open our Christmas presents?"she asked. He nodded dumbly. He still wasn't sure that had really hap-
pened, thought the look on Misao's face(which was still slightly pink)should have told him it had. "You first"she said.
He walked over to the tree and pulled out the present he hadn't wrapped. Slowly, he untied the bow. Then the paper. He looked
back and forth from Misao to the sheath. 'You don't have to be strong to live'it said in fancy lettering. On the other side
it said 'You just need a good sword'. He didn't care about that side, but that first one...how had she known? 'Who cares'he
thought. "Arigatou, Misao-chan"he said happily. "Do you...do you like it?"she had almost said 'do you like me'. "Hai, I do
Misao-chan"Soujiro responded. "Your turn"he added.
Misao picked up her present, and carefully unwrapped it. Inside it was another box, long and thin. Curiously, she opened it.
She opened it to reveal a large, shining emerald on a golden chain. And on either side of it was an 'M'bead. "The M's stand
for Makimichi Misao"he said,"Do you like it?".
She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling. She hugged him tightly. "Arigatou, Sou-kun. Thank you so much. It's beautiful"she
whispered. "You're welcome, Misao. I'm glad you like it"Soujiro said. 'You have no clue how glad I am you like it'he thought.
She let go, reluctantly, and looked at the necklace again. Then she sniffed at the air. "Oooh, what smells so good?"she asked.
Soujiro walked into the kitchen saying"Stay there, Misao-chan". He came back a few minutes later with cookies.
"Take one"he said, motioning to them. Misao looked at them. Shaped like little men, with chocolate chip buttons and frosting
and such. He'd even put her name on one! She took the one with her name in white icing, closed her eyes, and took a bite.
Soujiro waited hopefully. Slowly, she chewed it. "Mmmmmmm"she whipered,"This is delicious Sou-kun. You must have been up all
night making these!". He scratched the back of his neck.
"Well, um..."he tried to find a way to say it. "Oh, you were up all night making these cookies weren't you? Sou-kun, you
didn't have to do that for me! You must be exhausted, Sou-kun!"she fussed. "Come on, you should get some sleep now!"she
insisted. He shook his head. "Really, Misao, I'm alright. I'm just fine"he defended. "Well, if you say so..."she gave in.
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Misao sat on the couch, leaning her head on Soujiro's shoulder, eating the gingerbread cookies he'd made. "Sou-kun? Why did
you stay up all night making these cookies for me?"she whispered into the silence. "Well, er, I just....wanted to do some-
thing nice for the holidays. I knew you'd like these, and I wanted it to be a surprise"he tried to explain.
She looked at him. He looked at her. "....thanks, Sou-kun"she said, just loud enough to hear. "...you're welcome, Misao-
chan"he whispered. She closed her eyes, he started to lean in. After a minute, he pulled away. When he did, she looked up. No
mistletoe.
She looked at him inquiringly, as if her eyes asked for her "Why?". He turned away. "Gomen...."he said, getting up to leave.
"I shouldn't have done that...."he grabbed his coat and walked out the door, he needed some time to think. Misao stared after
him, very confused. When the door shut and she couldn't hear his soft, padding footsteps any longer, she collapsed on the
couch. If life was complicated before, it was certainly much more complicated now.
"Why'd you have to make things so complicated?"
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kay-san: would that be considered a cliffie? *shrugs* well, anyways, I hope you liked that chapter. Wow, I've been writting
a lot lately, ne? This is the 5th chapter i've written in less than 2 weeks! *grins* I'll work on more later.
Losing Grip-A Sappy Romance of when friendship goes too far
Chapter 8-COmplicated
Standard disclaimers apply. I own nothing but the story.
Kay-san: Ok, it is officially the 22nd! and it is officially 3 days til Christmas! And this is officially the 8th chapter of
this fic! *grins* and cuz I took suck good care of my teeth, as promised, my dentist payed for me to get a free manicure
today! *looks at nails* pretty....they're purple with white stencils on them of different Christmas-related things. A tree,
a star, a candle, a present, and ornament, a stocking, bells, and a candycane(there's 3 stars). and sparkles too! Well onward
and forawrd with chaos, romance, and heartbreak again!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Misao walked forward, ready to attack Soujiro. Forget "christmas spirit"! He was gonna pay for that! But she didn't get a
chance to kill him as she had planned(technically, she hadn't been planning to kill him. Just injure him severly as a warn-
ing). Misao stopped dead in her tracks when Soujiro leaned forward, staring straight at her, and not looking scared at all.
'What? What is he doing?!'she thought, getting scared now.
He kissed her, then pulled away. He closed his eyes and waited for a slap, a punch, something. After several long, silent
moments, he slowly opened his eyes to see why his cheek wasn't stinging.
--Soujiro's POV--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Misao stood there, holding her hands to her lips, her face flushed a lovely shade of pink. Kami-sama she looked so pretty.
Wait, what am I thinking?(he is panicking slightly). Her eyes seemed glazed over, like she was just staring off into space.
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She stood there, her hands touching her lips, staring off as if she could see through the walls, and Soujiro. Her face felt
very hot. And Soujiro was staring at her. Why was he staring at her like that? And what the hell just happened? She had no
clue how to feel about this. Should she be mad? Happy? Sad? Oh, she was so confused. Why had he done that?
Did he do that just to calm her down? Or did he really want to kiss her? Did he....did he love her? Did Soujiro really,
truely love her? Honestly, she didn't know how she felt about him...
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Both were so lost in their own thoughts, they didn't notice the door knob turn. At least, Soujiro didn't until the door was
pushed against him. He moved out of the way as Yahiko stumbled in. "Merry Christmas, Yahiko"Soujiro managed, and his voice
snapped Misao out of her thoughts. Yahiko smirked. He turned to Soujiro. "Hey, did you finally make a move? Why's she got her
hands to her lips?"he questined.
Soujiro blushed furiously, and Misao walked up behind Yahiko. She whacked him upside the head. "None of your buisiness,
Yahiko-CHAN"she said, shoving him out the door and slamming it in his face. With that she walked over to th couch and col-
lapsed. "Well? Shall we open our Christmas presents?"she asked. He nodded dumbly. He still wasn't sure that had really hap-
pened, thought the look on Misao's face(which was still slightly pink)should have told him it had. "You first"she said.
He walked over to the tree and pulled out the present he hadn't wrapped. Slowly, he untied the bow. Then the paper. He looked
back and forth from Misao to the sheath. 'You don't have to be strong to live'it said in fancy lettering. On the other side
it said 'You just need a good sword'. He didn't care about that side, but that first one...how had she known? 'Who cares'he
thought. "Arigatou, Misao-chan"he said happily. "Do you...do you like it?"she had almost said 'do you like me'. "Hai, I do
Misao-chan"Soujiro responded. "Your turn"he added.
Misao picked up her present, and carefully unwrapped it. Inside it was another box, long and thin. Curiously, she opened it.
She opened it to reveal a large, shining emerald on a golden chain. And on either side of it was an 'M'bead. "The M's stand
for Makimichi Misao"he said,"Do you like it?".
She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling. She hugged him tightly. "Arigatou, Sou-kun. Thank you so much. It's beautiful"she
whispered. "You're welcome, Misao. I'm glad you like it"Soujiro said. 'You have no clue how glad I am you like it'he thought.
She let go, reluctantly, and looked at the necklace again. Then she sniffed at the air. "Oooh, what smells so good?"she asked.
Soujiro walked into the kitchen saying"Stay there, Misao-chan". He came back a few minutes later with cookies.
"Take one"he said, motioning to them. Misao looked at them. Shaped like little men, with chocolate chip buttons and frosting
and such. He'd even put her name on one! She took the one with her name in white icing, closed her eyes, and took a bite.
Soujiro waited hopefully. Slowly, she chewed it. "Mmmmmmm"she whipered,"This is delicious Sou-kun. You must have been up all
night making these!". He scratched the back of his neck.
"Well, um..."he tried to find a way to say it. "Oh, you were up all night making these cookies weren't you? Sou-kun, you
didn't have to do that for me! You must be exhausted, Sou-kun!"she fussed. "Come on, you should get some sleep now!"she
insisted. He shook his head. "Really, Misao, I'm alright. I'm just fine"he defended. "Well, if you say so..."she gave in.
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Misao sat on the couch, leaning her head on Soujiro's shoulder, eating the gingerbread cookies he'd made. "Sou-kun? Why did
you stay up all night making these cookies for me?"she whispered into the silence. "Well, er, I just....wanted to do some-
thing nice for the holidays. I knew you'd like these, and I wanted it to be a surprise"he tried to explain.
She looked at him. He looked at her. "....thanks, Sou-kun"she said, just loud enough to hear. "...you're welcome, Misao-
chan"he whispered. She closed her eyes, he started to lean in. After a minute, he pulled away. When he did, she looked up. No
mistletoe.
She looked at him inquiringly, as if her eyes asked for her "Why?". He turned away. "Gomen...."he said, getting up to leave.
"I shouldn't have done that...."he grabbed his coat and walked out the door, he needed some time to think. Misao stared after
him, very confused. When the door shut and she couldn't hear his soft, padding footsteps any longer, she collapsed on the
couch. If life was complicated before, it was certainly much more complicated now.
"Why'd you have to make things so complicated?"
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kay-san: would that be considered a cliffie? *shrugs* well, anyways, I hope you liked that chapter. Wow, I've been writting
a lot lately, ne? This is the 5th chapter i've written in less than 2 weeks! *grins* I'll work on more later.