Two hearts, one love
Chapter 19: Stalking isn't exactly my style
Crystal/Akina's POV
"Hey are you guys free tomorrow night?" I asked Rei and Mariah the next day during homeroom.
"I think so" Mariah responded.
"What about you Rei?" I questioned him.
"Yeah, I'm free. Why?" he replied.
"I was thinking that we could all go and watch a movie" I answered.
"Who's coming?" Mariah said lazily.
"You, Rei, Kai and me. Tala has to go out tonight" I said remembering what Tala had said before school that day.
Flashback
"Hey Tala" I greeted him in the hallway.
"Hey Crystal" he replied.
"So are you free tonight?" I asked him.
"No, I have to go out" he answered. "Why?"
"Oh. It's just that I came up with a really great plan to get Mariah and Rei together." I said.
"Really? I assume they don't know about your plan?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No" I said.
"Crystal, you do know that you can't manipulate people into feeling stuff they don't" Tala said sternly.
"I am not manipulating them!" I protested.
"Perhaps not, but still, how do you think they would feel if they knew what you had planned?" he said in reply.
"That's not the point" I said irritably. "Anyway, you don't even know what my plan is"
"Then please, go ahead and enlighten me by all means" he replied.
"All I plan on doing is telling them that we're going to a movie and just don't turn up. Then we can follow them and see their reactions" I retorted. "I just thought that you might like to come along. Anyway, I'm not manipulating them. I'm just giving them a little push and encouragement."
"Well, I sincerely hope that it works then. As long as you're not manipulating them whatever you do is fine by me" Tala replied.
"Thank-you for your blessings father" I said sticking my tongue out at him.
End of flashback
"So we'll meet at the front of the cinemas at 8 then?" Rei asked, interrupting my thoughts.
"Why don't we go to eat first?" I suggested.
"Okay. Where do you guys want to go eat?" Mariah said.
"I want to go to the new Chinese restaurant" Kai interrupted as he slid into the seat next to us.
"Fine" Rei agreed. "We'll meet there around, 6 then?"
When everybody nodded their agreement, I leaned back and grinned. Perfect.
Kai's POV
"I can't believe I let you drag me into this" I hissed.
"Well I certainly can." Crystal retorted and glanced out from behind the fountain.
I rolled my eyes. Here I was, spending a Friday night, freaking stalking Rei and Mariah with Crystal. We were situated behind the fountain which was located in front of the restaurant, watching Rei and Mariah wait for us to arrive. This was pathetic.
"Okay, I think we should call them now" Crystal said and pulled out her phone.
I could hear Rei's phone ringing and I saw him pick it up.
"Hey Rei, its Crystal" she spoke into her phone. "Sorry, but Kai and I won't be able to make it tonight"
"I convinced Kai to pick me up and then when we were on our way, his stupid car broke down. I told him before that it was a dodgy car and that we should've taken mine since it was better" she replied after a moment.
"No, it's okay. You and Mariah can go ahead without us." Crystal replied.
"It's fine really" she said after Rei said something.
"Oh, don't forget that I already made a reservation. It's under my name" she reminded Rei.
"Okay, have fun. Bye" she said before laughing and hanging up.
"Think this is really funny, don't you?" I said scowling.
"Huh?" she said when she had finished laughing. "Oh, it was just something that Rei said"
"Whatever" I replied rolling my eyes.
"Look, they're going in" she said tugging at my arm.
"Do you always have to do that?" I snapped.
"Do what?" she asked confused.
"Tug at my arm when we're talking" I answered pulling it out of her grasp.
"Sorry" she apologized sheepishly. "Just a habit I guess. Do you want to go in?"
"Won't they see us if we do?" I said.
"No they won't. I already made sure of that. I reserved a table which is on one side of the fish tank for them under my name. Then I reserved another table on the other side for us under your name" she said smugly and led the way to the restaurant's entrance.
"Do you have a reservation?" the waiter asked when we entered.
"Yes. It's under Hiwatari Kai" Crystal answered.
"Hiwatari Kai" the waiter said and flicked through the large leather-bound book. "Ah yes. Table for two?" he asked, waiting for confirmation, his finger pausing at an entry
"Yes" I confirmed and he led us to a table on the side of a fish tank.
"I'll be back in a minute to take your orders" the waiter said and handed us menus.
"Look, there they are" I said to Kai, peering through the fish tank to see Rei and Mariah.
"Well, if you can see them, won't they be able to see us too?" Kai said in a bored tone as he read the menu.
"Well, not really. There's a lot of plants and fishes in the way so unless they're looking for us particularly, they shouldn't be able to see us since our image is distorted by the water." I replied as I leaned back in the chair and reached for a menu.
Kai's POV
Throughout the meal, Crystal constantly kept checking on Rei and Mariah through the fish tank. She'd report whatever she saw back to me. Like I really cared whether Rei and Mariah got together or not.
"I can't believe nothing happened" Crystal complained as we exited the restaurant after Rei and Mariah. "All they talked about was school-related stuff"
"Does that mean I can go home now?" I asked.
"No, not yet. Still got the movies you know. Something interesting should happen there" she remarked as we walked into the cinemas.
"What movie are they watching? If it's a chick flick I refuse to go in" I commented when we lined up for tickets.
"I think they're going to watch Finding Nemo" Crystal replied.
"Are you serious? That's like a show for primary school kids" I said in disbelief.
"No it's not. Anyway, I want to watch it" Crystal said stubbornly as she accepted the tickets from the person at the counter.
"This plan better work or else all this crap is for nothing" I grumbled as we trailed after Rei and Mariah to the snack bar.
"Of course it'll work. I planned it didn't I?" she said lightly before pulling me into the lollies area.
"Why are we in here for?" I muttered when I nearly collided with a tower of gummi bears.
"Because they were about to see us" Crystal responded. "Anyway, I want lollies"
From where we were standing, we could clearly hear Rei and Mariah's voices.
"What do you want?" Rei asked Mariah.
"I don't know. Popcorn I suppose?" she said in reply.
"Okay. One large popcorn please and tow medium cokes" Rei ordered from the snack bar guy.
"That'll be $10" the man said and Rei handed him a note.
"Here Rei" Mariah said and attempted to hand him some coins.
"You keep it Mariah" Rei said refusing and gently pushed her hand away.
"But Rei-" she protested.
"It's okay, don't worry about it" he insisted before taking her hand and leading a blushing Mariah to the cinemas.
"Oh my god!" Crystal squealed. "Did you see that? It was so cute!" she exclaimed.
"Stop bouncing around and let's go in" I snapped when she began to jump up and down.
"But Kai-kun! I want lollies and popcorn" she replied.
"Well, Rei and Mariah are going in. If we don't follow them in now, we'll lose them." I stated. "So it's either lollies and popcorn or Rei and Mariah"
"Oh" Crystal said and bit her lip in thought. "Well, how about you follow them in and I'll stay to get food?"
"Just how do you think you'll find me when I go into the cinemas? In case you've forgotten, it's kinda dark in there" I retorted.
"It won't be dark yet, there'll still be come light. If I can't find you just call out my name" she suggested.
"You want me to call out your name? In case you've forgotten, we're not supposed to be here" I reminded her sarcastically.
"Oh yeah. Well then call out Akina" Crystal said. "Now go quickly" and she pushed me towards the cinema gently.
When I was halfway to the cinema I raced back to Crystal.
"I'll be needing my ticket" I said flatly.
Pretty long chapter huh? Well, please please please review, okay? Thanks for all the other reviews. Also, somebody said that the summary for this fic could be more interesting but I'm not really that good at writing summaries. So if you can think of another summary could you please tell me? Thanks.
Chapter 19: Stalking isn't exactly my style
Crystal/Akina's POV
"Hey are you guys free tomorrow night?" I asked Rei and Mariah the next day during homeroom.
"I think so" Mariah responded.
"What about you Rei?" I questioned him.
"Yeah, I'm free. Why?" he replied.
"I was thinking that we could all go and watch a movie" I answered.
"Who's coming?" Mariah said lazily.
"You, Rei, Kai and me. Tala has to go out tonight" I said remembering what Tala had said before school that day.
Flashback
"Hey Tala" I greeted him in the hallway.
"Hey Crystal" he replied.
"So are you free tonight?" I asked him.
"No, I have to go out" he answered. "Why?"
"Oh. It's just that I came up with a really great plan to get Mariah and Rei together." I said.
"Really? I assume they don't know about your plan?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No" I said.
"Crystal, you do know that you can't manipulate people into feeling stuff they don't" Tala said sternly.
"I am not manipulating them!" I protested.
"Perhaps not, but still, how do you think they would feel if they knew what you had planned?" he said in reply.
"That's not the point" I said irritably. "Anyway, you don't even know what my plan is"
"Then please, go ahead and enlighten me by all means" he replied.
"All I plan on doing is telling them that we're going to a movie and just don't turn up. Then we can follow them and see their reactions" I retorted. "I just thought that you might like to come along. Anyway, I'm not manipulating them. I'm just giving them a little push and encouragement."
"Well, I sincerely hope that it works then. As long as you're not manipulating them whatever you do is fine by me" Tala replied.
"Thank-you for your blessings father" I said sticking my tongue out at him.
End of flashback
"So we'll meet at the front of the cinemas at 8 then?" Rei asked, interrupting my thoughts.
"Why don't we go to eat first?" I suggested.
"Okay. Where do you guys want to go eat?" Mariah said.
"I want to go to the new Chinese restaurant" Kai interrupted as he slid into the seat next to us.
"Fine" Rei agreed. "We'll meet there around, 6 then?"
When everybody nodded their agreement, I leaned back and grinned. Perfect.
Kai's POV
"I can't believe I let you drag me into this" I hissed.
"Well I certainly can." Crystal retorted and glanced out from behind the fountain.
I rolled my eyes. Here I was, spending a Friday night, freaking stalking Rei and Mariah with Crystal. We were situated behind the fountain which was located in front of the restaurant, watching Rei and Mariah wait for us to arrive. This was pathetic.
"Okay, I think we should call them now" Crystal said and pulled out her phone.
I could hear Rei's phone ringing and I saw him pick it up.
"Hey Rei, its Crystal" she spoke into her phone. "Sorry, but Kai and I won't be able to make it tonight"
"I convinced Kai to pick me up and then when we were on our way, his stupid car broke down. I told him before that it was a dodgy car and that we should've taken mine since it was better" she replied after a moment.
"No, it's okay. You and Mariah can go ahead without us." Crystal replied.
"It's fine really" she said after Rei said something.
"Oh, don't forget that I already made a reservation. It's under my name" she reminded Rei.
"Okay, have fun. Bye" she said before laughing and hanging up.
"Think this is really funny, don't you?" I said scowling.
"Huh?" she said when she had finished laughing. "Oh, it was just something that Rei said"
"Whatever" I replied rolling my eyes.
"Look, they're going in" she said tugging at my arm.
"Do you always have to do that?" I snapped.
"Do what?" she asked confused.
"Tug at my arm when we're talking" I answered pulling it out of her grasp.
"Sorry" she apologized sheepishly. "Just a habit I guess. Do you want to go in?"
"Won't they see us if we do?" I said.
"No they won't. I already made sure of that. I reserved a table which is on one side of the fish tank for them under my name. Then I reserved another table on the other side for us under your name" she said smugly and led the way to the restaurant's entrance.
"Do you have a reservation?" the waiter asked when we entered.
"Yes. It's under Hiwatari Kai" Crystal answered.
"Hiwatari Kai" the waiter said and flicked through the large leather-bound book. "Ah yes. Table for two?" he asked, waiting for confirmation, his finger pausing at an entry
"Yes" I confirmed and he led us to a table on the side of a fish tank.
"I'll be back in a minute to take your orders" the waiter said and handed us menus.
"Look, there they are" I said to Kai, peering through the fish tank to see Rei and Mariah.
"Well, if you can see them, won't they be able to see us too?" Kai said in a bored tone as he read the menu.
"Well, not really. There's a lot of plants and fishes in the way so unless they're looking for us particularly, they shouldn't be able to see us since our image is distorted by the water." I replied as I leaned back in the chair and reached for a menu.
Kai's POV
Throughout the meal, Crystal constantly kept checking on Rei and Mariah through the fish tank. She'd report whatever she saw back to me. Like I really cared whether Rei and Mariah got together or not.
"I can't believe nothing happened" Crystal complained as we exited the restaurant after Rei and Mariah. "All they talked about was school-related stuff"
"Does that mean I can go home now?" I asked.
"No, not yet. Still got the movies you know. Something interesting should happen there" she remarked as we walked into the cinemas.
"What movie are they watching? If it's a chick flick I refuse to go in" I commented when we lined up for tickets.
"I think they're going to watch Finding Nemo" Crystal replied.
"Are you serious? That's like a show for primary school kids" I said in disbelief.
"No it's not. Anyway, I want to watch it" Crystal said stubbornly as she accepted the tickets from the person at the counter.
"This plan better work or else all this crap is for nothing" I grumbled as we trailed after Rei and Mariah to the snack bar.
"Of course it'll work. I planned it didn't I?" she said lightly before pulling me into the lollies area.
"Why are we in here for?" I muttered when I nearly collided with a tower of gummi bears.
"Because they were about to see us" Crystal responded. "Anyway, I want lollies"
From where we were standing, we could clearly hear Rei and Mariah's voices.
"What do you want?" Rei asked Mariah.
"I don't know. Popcorn I suppose?" she said in reply.
"Okay. One large popcorn please and tow medium cokes" Rei ordered from the snack bar guy.
"That'll be $10" the man said and Rei handed him a note.
"Here Rei" Mariah said and attempted to hand him some coins.
"You keep it Mariah" Rei said refusing and gently pushed her hand away.
"But Rei-" she protested.
"It's okay, don't worry about it" he insisted before taking her hand and leading a blushing Mariah to the cinemas.
"Oh my god!" Crystal squealed. "Did you see that? It was so cute!" she exclaimed.
"Stop bouncing around and let's go in" I snapped when she began to jump up and down.
"But Kai-kun! I want lollies and popcorn" she replied.
"Well, Rei and Mariah are going in. If we don't follow them in now, we'll lose them." I stated. "So it's either lollies and popcorn or Rei and Mariah"
"Oh" Crystal said and bit her lip in thought. "Well, how about you follow them in and I'll stay to get food?"
"Just how do you think you'll find me when I go into the cinemas? In case you've forgotten, it's kinda dark in there" I retorted.
"It won't be dark yet, there'll still be come light. If I can't find you just call out my name" she suggested.
"You want me to call out your name? In case you've forgotten, we're not supposed to be here" I reminded her sarcastically.
"Oh yeah. Well then call out Akina" Crystal said. "Now go quickly" and she pushed me towards the cinema gently.
When I was halfway to the cinema I raced back to Crystal.
"I'll be needing my ticket" I said flatly.
Pretty long chapter huh? Well, please please please review, okay? Thanks for all the other reviews. Also, somebody said that the summary for this fic could be more interesting but I'm not really that good at writing summaries. So if you can think of another summary could you please tell me? Thanks.