Two hearts, one love.
Chapter 12:
Akina/Crystal's POV
After Kai dropped me off, I went up to my room and flopped onto my bed. Better get to work on my plan for getting Mariah and Rei together.
30 minutes later....
Perfect, I thought. This plan would surely work. And if not, I had a Plan B, C & D. As I was thinking, a knock sounded at my door.
"Akina, are you in there?" my dad asked, his voice slightly muffled through the door.
"Yeah Dad" I responded and the door swung open to reveal my father.
"I was wondering when you were going to get home" he said and sat down next to me on the bed. "Did you have fun at Hiwatari Kai's house?"
"Yes Dad" I answered smiling.
"He's a very nice and polite boy" he commented.
"Yes, he is. Although he is a bit subdued at times" I replied carefully.
"Well, one should expect that from somebody like him. But I am sure that he will open up to you with time" Dad said.
"Right" I said in amusement.
"Well, I should get going. My flight's leaving soon" my father said getting up.
"You're leaving already?" I asked in dismay.
"Can't be helped. Business calls." He said briskly.
"Where are you going?" I questioned.
"Shanghai. With Mr. Hiwatari." He answered.
"Oh." I said flatly.
"Don't worry. I'll only be gone for a week. I expect to be back by next weekend" he assured me. "I think we'll invite the Hiwataris over for dinner then. I'll see you next week"
"Bye Dad. Have a safe flight" I said as he went out of the room.
"Hey Rei" I said waving at him as I pulled up in the parking lot the next day at school.
"Hey Crystal" Rei greeted me. Then he did a doubled back when he saw my car. "Whoa. Is that your car?" he asked in amazement.
"Yeah" I answered, getting out of it.
"You sure you didn't steal it?" he questioned suspiciously.
"Rei! I can't believe you would say such a thing!" I scolded.
"Yeah, well I never knew you were so rich" he commented. "May I?" he indicated towards my car.
"Go ahead" I said sighing.
While Rei examined my car, Kai pulled up in the lot next to mine.
"Hey Kai-kun" I said waving.
"Hey" he muttered.
"Hey Kai, did you have any idea that Crystal was so rich?" Rei said still staring at my car in awe.
"Yeah" he replied and strode towards the school.
The last bell had rung for the day and it was time to put my plan into action.
"Hey, you all want to come over to my house?" I asked Kai, Rei, Mariah and Tala. When they all agreed, Rei went with Kai in his car, Mariah came in mine and Tala drove his own car.
"Crystal, why didn't you ever tell us you were so loaded?" Mariah whispered when we arrived at the gates leading up to my house.
I shrugged in reply when the gates opened. Ignoring their looks of amazement on their faces, I led them all up to the house and into the lounge.
"You guys want anything to eat or drink?" I offered.
"Huh?" said Tala, snapping out of his daze.
I sighed and got up to go to the kitchen and came back with glasses of coke and bowls of popcorn.
"What, no caviar?" Rei said jokingly.
"No. That stuff is really nasty." I answered. "Well what do you all want to do?"
Nobody said anything.
"Okay, you guys want to watch tv?" I suggested looking at them.
"Yeah okay" Kai spoke up when nobody else said anything. I suppose he wasn't too fazed by all this since his house was pretty much the same.
After half an hour of channel surfing, I decided to out my plan into action.
"Let's play a game" I said.
"Are you serious? We're in yr.12 Crystal" Kai relied flatly.
"You didn't even bother to ask me what game Kai-kun" I responded.
"What kind of game" Tala promptly asked.
"Truth or dare" I said.
Silence.
"No offense or anything, but like Kai said, aren't we in yr.12?" Mariah finally asked.
"Thank-you Mariah" Kai said.
"No. It's fun, come on there's nothing better to do. I used to play all the time in Hong Kong" I insisted.
Finally when they all agreed I began to outline the rules.
"Okay, here are the rules. Once you choose, you can't change. The person who asks you gets to come up with the question or dare. But the other people are more than welcome to put forward the ideas. With the dares, they can't be life-or-death situations and nothing that will break the laws or anything. If a person refuses the a dare or truth, they have to suffer the consequence" I stated clearly.
"Consequences?" Rei asked, clearly confused.
"Yeah, consequences. The consequence is decided before the game starts so that if you turn down a question or dare, you will know what you're getting yourself into" I filled in. "Is that okay with everybody?"
When nobody opposed me, I took that as a yes.
"So, let's decide the consequence first" I said.
"How about proposing to a teacher?" Tala suggested.
"No" Kai said flatly.
"Well how about egging somebody's house?" Rei said.
"Too easy" I replied. "How about running naked down the street?"
"Isn't that a bit too extreme?" Mariah spoke up hesitantly.
"Well if it is then everybody will go through with their dare ne?" I replied with a wink.
"Okay, so the consequence is running down the street naked?" Tala waited for confirmation and everybody slowly nodded their agreement.
Chapter 12:
Akina/Crystal's POV
After Kai dropped me off, I went up to my room and flopped onto my bed. Better get to work on my plan for getting Mariah and Rei together.
30 minutes later....
Perfect, I thought. This plan would surely work. And if not, I had a Plan B, C & D. As I was thinking, a knock sounded at my door.
"Akina, are you in there?" my dad asked, his voice slightly muffled through the door.
"Yeah Dad" I responded and the door swung open to reveal my father.
"I was wondering when you were going to get home" he said and sat down next to me on the bed. "Did you have fun at Hiwatari Kai's house?"
"Yes Dad" I answered smiling.
"He's a very nice and polite boy" he commented.
"Yes, he is. Although he is a bit subdued at times" I replied carefully.
"Well, one should expect that from somebody like him. But I am sure that he will open up to you with time" Dad said.
"Right" I said in amusement.
"Well, I should get going. My flight's leaving soon" my father said getting up.
"You're leaving already?" I asked in dismay.
"Can't be helped. Business calls." He said briskly.
"Where are you going?" I questioned.
"Shanghai. With Mr. Hiwatari." He answered.
"Oh." I said flatly.
"Don't worry. I'll only be gone for a week. I expect to be back by next weekend" he assured me. "I think we'll invite the Hiwataris over for dinner then. I'll see you next week"
"Bye Dad. Have a safe flight" I said as he went out of the room.
"Hey Rei" I said waving at him as I pulled up in the parking lot the next day at school.
"Hey Crystal" Rei greeted me. Then he did a doubled back when he saw my car. "Whoa. Is that your car?" he asked in amazement.
"Yeah" I answered, getting out of it.
"You sure you didn't steal it?" he questioned suspiciously.
"Rei! I can't believe you would say such a thing!" I scolded.
"Yeah, well I never knew you were so rich" he commented. "May I?" he indicated towards my car.
"Go ahead" I said sighing.
While Rei examined my car, Kai pulled up in the lot next to mine.
"Hey Kai-kun" I said waving.
"Hey" he muttered.
"Hey Kai, did you have any idea that Crystal was so rich?" Rei said still staring at my car in awe.
"Yeah" he replied and strode towards the school.
The last bell had rung for the day and it was time to put my plan into action.
"Hey, you all want to come over to my house?" I asked Kai, Rei, Mariah and Tala. When they all agreed, Rei went with Kai in his car, Mariah came in mine and Tala drove his own car.
"Crystal, why didn't you ever tell us you were so loaded?" Mariah whispered when we arrived at the gates leading up to my house.
I shrugged in reply when the gates opened. Ignoring their looks of amazement on their faces, I led them all up to the house and into the lounge.
"You guys want anything to eat or drink?" I offered.
"Huh?" said Tala, snapping out of his daze.
I sighed and got up to go to the kitchen and came back with glasses of coke and bowls of popcorn.
"What, no caviar?" Rei said jokingly.
"No. That stuff is really nasty." I answered. "Well what do you all want to do?"
Nobody said anything.
"Okay, you guys want to watch tv?" I suggested looking at them.
"Yeah okay" Kai spoke up when nobody else said anything. I suppose he wasn't too fazed by all this since his house was pretty much the same.
After half an hour of channel surfing, I decided to out my plan into action.
"Let's play a game" I said.
"Are you serious? We're in yr.12 Crystal" Kai relied flatly.
"You didn't even bother to ask me what game Kai-kun" I responded.
"What kind of game" Tala promptly asked.
"Truth or dare" I said.
Silence.
"No offense or anything, but like Kai said, aren't we in yr.12?" Mariah finally asked.
"Thank-you Mariah" Kai said.
"No. It's fun, come on there's nothing better to do. I used to play all the time in Hong Kong" I insisted.
Finally when they all agreed I began to outline the rules.
"Okay, here are the rules. Once you choose, you can't change. The person who asks you gets to come up with the question or dare. But the other people are more than welcome to put forward the ideas. With the dares, they can't be life-or-death situations and nothing that will break the laws or anything. If a person refuses the a dare or truth, they have to suffer the consequence" I stated clearly.
"Consequences?" Rei asked, clearly confused.
"Yeah, consequences. The consequence is decided before the game starts so that if you turn down a question or dare, you will know what you're getting yourself into" I filled in. "Is that okay with everybody?"
When nobody opposed me, I took that as a yes.
"So, let's decide the consequence first" I said.
"How about proposing to a teacher?" Tala suggested.
"No" Kai said flatly.
"Well how about egging somebody's house?" Rei said.
"Too easy" I replied. "How about running naked down the street?"
"Isn't that a bit too extreme?" Mariah spoke up hesitantly.
"Well if it is then everybody will go through with their dare ne?" I replied with a wink.
"Okay, so the consequence is running down the street naked?" Tala waited for confirmation and everybody slowly nodded their agreement.