Two hearts, one love
Chapter 35: Giant pink penguin
Crystal/Akina's POV
As Kai and I headed for our lockers after the bell for lunch rang, I caught a glimpse of the person I least wanted to see.
It was at that moment he chose to turn around slightly in my direction and caught sight of me. He made his way through the crowd of students over to me and Kai and came to a stop in front of us.
"Hey Mei-Lin" he said easily.
Ignoring him, I turned around to continue down the hallway but a hand caught a hold of my wrist. Whirling around I turned to see that it was Adam.
"Mei-Lin, can we just talk for a minute?" he pleaded.
"Talk? What is there to talk about?" I snapped at him.
"Us" he answered.
"Us?" I said mockingly. "There is no us any longer Adam"
"Please, just hear me out" he said.
"No. I saw what you were doing with that other girl. I think that your actions will speak louder than any of your words ever will" I said scowling. "Now let me go now"
"No, not until you at least listen to what I have to say" he responded stubbornly.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, an arm shot out and grabbed a hold of Adam's hand.
I turned to face Kai, a look of fury upon his face, with his arm holding Adam's hand in a firm iron-clad grip.
Kai's POV
"You listen and you listen good cause I'm only going to warn you once" I told Adam swiftly switching my grip from his hand to his neck.
"You will never ever attempt to talk to Crystal again. You will remain a minimum of at least 10m away from her at all times." I warned him easily yanking his shirt collar up roughly so that he rose up with it too. My eyes flickered down and I smirked in satisfaction when I saw that Adam was now currently standing in mid-air due to my hold of him. His feet dangled several inches from the ground and his face was steadily growing red.
"Kai-kun?" a voice spoke up to my right.
By tilting my head slightly, I saw that it was Crystal.
"Yeah?" I asked her casually.
"Umm" she said as her eyes darted towards Adam. "Could you put that down? It's lunch and I'm hungry"
"Fine" I said sighing. "Failure to comply will result in extreme consequences. Is that understood?" I barked at Adam.
When he provided no reaction I gave him a little shake. "Well, is it?"
He gave a tiny little nod when he realized he couldn't talk after he had tried too but only produced a choking noise.
"Good, now get out of here. I don't want to see your face any longer that I have to" I said before releasing him.
Adam slumped to the ground and lay there, gulping in mouthfuls of air.
"Let's just go Kai-kun" Crystal said tugging at my hand.
"You know you didn't have to do that" she said quietly when we reached our lockers.
"Yes I did" I answered.
"No, you didn't" she replied firmly. "I can look after myself thank you very much"
"Right" I said rolling my eyes. "I know you can kick his ass. You did it last week. But remember last week you had changed into jeans and today you are wearing your school skirt"
"Oh yeah" she realized.
Anyway, I thought, he was practically asking for it. If we hadn't been in the hallways, I would've given him more than just a warning. I had seen how Crystal's eyes had changed when they caught sight of him. They had narrowed with anger and had become swirls of aqua and turquoise. Never a good sign.
"Yay! It's the weekend at last" Crystal cried out happily at the end of the week.
"Do you have any plans for the weekend yet?" I asked her.
"Not really" Crystal replied covering a yawn with her hand. "Probably just watch TV and catch up on sleep"
I frowned. Most weeks, she'd go out al least once, whether it was a day of shopping with Mariah on Saturday or stopping to grab a sundae at the ice- cream parlor after school. But lately, she hadn't done any of those things. She'd just come straight back to the house, flop down on the couch and veg in front of the TV for a few hours or else go up to her room to do homework.
An idea slowly began to form in my mind..
The next morning, I crept silently into Akina's room and gave her a light poke in the side.
I was glad to see that she had been sleeping well for the last few days.
"Mmm" she mumbled before promptly rolling the other way.
"Akina, time to get up" I told her.
"Sleep" she murmured in response.
"No, we're going out today" I said.
"Huh?" she said groggily. "We are?"
"Yes" I said impatiently wishing that she would wake up properly up now.
"Where?" she questioned as she struggled to get up into a sitting position.
"Get up and you'll see" I answered.
An hour later, I was already seriously regretting taking Akina out.
Firstly, we had gone for breakfast at café where Akina decided she wanted crepes and ice-cream and berries as well as a mug of hot chocolate. At least her appetite seemed to be returning.
Since she had her own little stuffed toy fortress at home, I thought that she might like going to the toy warehouse downtown. The toy warehouse has everything single toy that you can possible think of. It wasn't a place just for little kids either. There was an entire section of electronics and there were cats and dogs which behaved quite lifelike as well as the largest selection of games in all of Tokyo.
Akina had been quiet during the ride over, but as soon as we had stepped through the glass revolving doors, her eyes had lit up and she immediately levitated towards the stuffed toy section.
I followed her and was pleased to see her come to life before me as she began to play with all the stuffed toys.
"They're so cute" she exclaimed hugging a gigantic pink penguin.
"I'd figured you'd go for this kinda stuff" I said leaning against the wall observing her while she went down the aisle petting various stuffed toys.
"I love it here" she said smiling and her eyes sparkled with glee. "Did you want to go and check out the gaming section?"
"I don't mind" I answered shrugging.
We did actually end up going to the games section and before leaving, I stopped at the counter briefly then suggested to Akina that we go and grab lunch.
"I know where to go next" Akina said after we had finished lunch.
"Where?" I asked.
"You'll see" she said covering her mouth to stifle her giggles.
"Where are you taking me Akina?" I asked once again my eyes narrowing with suspicion. "Is it somewhere you know I wouldn't like to go?"
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies" she stated firmly before taking off down the street.
Rolling my eyes, I reluctantly followed her, keeping her bobbing black hair in sight in the busy crowd.
Finally, we came to a stop in front of place called Photos Plus.
I had a bad feeling about this.
"Well come on Kai-kun, don't just stand there" Akina said and gestured for me to follow her.
I entered the store and looked around and scowled. Several different Sticker Photo booths lined the side walls, each hanging with signs showing the various types.
"What are we doing here?" I turned to address Akina.
"Taking sticker photos" she said brightly, her eyes shone as she took in the place. "Unless you want to take dream photos"
"What are dream photos?" I asked.
"These" she said and indicated to a photo featuring a group of girls posed against a red-heart backdrop and pointed to the studio at the back as well. "They're taken in studios"
"I don't want to take dream photos" I said.
"Well then, we'll take sticker photos" she said and disappeared into a nearby booth.
"I don't want to take sticker photos either" I argued.
"Aww, come on Kai-kun. Do it for me please?" Akina said sticking her head out of the booth.
While I thought for a moment, she pulled me into the booth beside her without any warning.
"What do you think you're doing?" I snapped after she had snapped the curtains closed.
"Don't be such a grouch. Just take the sticker photo okay?" she insisted as she pulled a few coins out of her wallet and inserted them into the machine.
"I hope you know what you're doing" I grumbled, crossing my arms.
"Don't worry. I know how to use the machines" she assured me using her finger on the touch screen. "Get ready"
She gently tugged me into position beside her as an electronic voice counted 3,2,1.
There was a flash which blinded my eyes and for a moment, everything was blue. I blinked and my eyes cleared up.
"Get ready for the next one" Akina advised me.
"What, there's more?" I said in disbelief.
"Yes there's more. You take four shots and then chose three" she replied as she took a step closer to me and leaned her head lightly against my shoulder. "It's going to look stupid unless you put your arm around me"
Scowling in annoyance, I wrapped an arm around her and the flash went off once again.
'Hmm, what next?" Akina wondered aloud before stepping in front of me. "Loosen up a bit, will you? You always look so serious all the time"
I took no notice of her comment and wrapped my arms around her waist just as she opened her mouth to tell me to.
"Good" she said pleased and the camera flashed again. "Last one"
At that, she moved over so that she was now to the left of me and stood up on her tip toes to plant a short peck on my cheek a moment before the camera flashed.
She giggled as she caught sight of the surprised look on my face before she turned back to the touch screen.
"This machine must be one of the new ones" she commented as she was prompted to select the photos we wanted. "This one allows you to draw and write whatever you want as well as providing pictures, borders and backgrounds to decorate. Which photos do you want?"
I glanced over her shoulder to look at the screen.
"I don't care" I said shrugging in reply.
"Okay then" she said and chose the last three shots and a screen displaying the selected photos with decorations, borders and backgrounds on one side appeared. "Help me decorate"
Sighing, I reached an arm around her and flicked through the borders section and chose a blue bubbled one. Akina meanwhile was dragging a pen across the screen. When she moved her hand aside, I leaned closer to see that it read: Akina + Kai in a neat blue print.
"Do you want to write something too?" she asked me holding out the pen.
"No, it's okay" I told her and she flicked to the stamps bit. Her finger hovered over the selection before she decided on the stars and began to decorate the corner of the photos with them.
After several more minutes, she announced that she was done and pushed the button to print.
"There should be scissors around somewhere" she remarked after picking the photos up from the bottom slot. "There they are" she said as she caught sight of a pair on the table. "Here you go" she said passing half of the sheet over to me after she had cut them.
"Thanks" I said, pocketing them and checked my watch. "Do you want to go back now?"
"Yeah okay" she agreed before we exited the store.
When we arrived home, a delivery truck was waiting in the driveway.
"Did you order something?" she asked me as I parked the car in my garage.
"Wait and see" I said to her.
"Hello Kai and Akina" my mother greeted us when we entered the foyer. "I took the liberty of signing the delivery form and I instructed the men to send it up"
"Thanks mum" I said to her and Akina and I went upstairs.
"What do you want to do now?" she asked me as she opened the door to her room. "WAH!" she exclaimed as she came face to face with the giant pink penguin. "What's it doing here? Kai?"
"You liked it so I bought it for you" I said simply.
"Thanks heaps Kai" she said and gave me a quick hug. "I love it. But can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?" I replied.
"Why?" she questioned.
"Why what?" I responded in confusion.
"Why did you buy this for me?" she said.
"What? Do I need a reason for buying this for you?" I answered frowning. Just where was she going with this?
"You don't need a reason to buy me this. It's just it's a little out of character for you to buy somebody a gift for no reason" she commented before giving the giant penguin a big hug. "Anyway, what do you think I should call it?"
"I dunno. Whatever you want" I said.
"Well help me think will you?" she said. "I can't think of any names since I used a lot of names on my other stuffed toys. You name it, you bought it for me"
"Fine" I said and cast my mind around for a name. "How about Pingu?"
"Pingu?" she said thoughtfully. "I like it. Pingu it is. I'll have to remember its birthday"
"It's birthday?" I asked. "How do you know its birthday?"
"A stuffed toy's birthday is the day you gave it a name" she told me.
"Where'd you get that from?" I said.
"My mum told me that" she replied.
"Oh," I said.
"Anyway, let's go eat ice-cream" she suggested.
"Ice-cream? You had ice-cream for breakfast and lunch and now you want it again?" I said in disbelief.
"Sure, why not?" she challenged me before leaving the room singing, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream"
Sorry, I know I promised you some "action" or something like that in this chapter, but now that I've just re-read it, I dunno if you would consider this "action." *shrugs* anyway, hope you liked it. As for those who asked what "Wo ai ni" means...I'm afraid that you'll have to wait....let's see..chapter 38? Lolz, sorry. Thanks for all the reviews; I've finally hit 300 Yay!
Chapter 35: Giant pink penguin
Crystal/Akina's POV
As Kai and I headed for our lockers after the bell for lunch rang, I caught a glimpse of the person I least wanted to see.
It was at that moment he chose to turn around slightly in my direction and caught sight of me. He made his way through the crowd of students over to me and Kai and came to a stop in front of us.
"Hey Mei-Lin" he said easily.
Ignoring him, I turned around to continue down the hallway but a hand caught a hold of my wrist. Whirling around I turned to see that it was Adam.
"Mei-Lin, can we just talk for a minute?" he pleaded.
"Talk? What is there to talk about?" I snapped at him.
"Us" he answered.
"Us?" I said mockingly. "There is no us any longer Adam"
"Please, just hear me out" he said.
"No. I saw what you were doing with that other girl. I think that your actions will speak louder than any of your words ever will" I said scowling. "Now let me go now"
"No, not until you at least listen to what I have to say" he responded stubbornly.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, an arm shot out and grabbed a hold of Adam's hand.
I turned to face Kai, a look of fury upon his face, with his arm holding Adam's hand in a firm iron-clad grip.
Kai's POV
"You listen and you listen good cause I'm only going to warn you once" I told Adam swiftly switching my grip from his hand to his neck.
"You will never ever attempt to talk to Crystal again. You will remain a minimum of at least 10m away from her at all times." I warned him easily yanking his shirt collar up roughly so that he rose up with it too. My eyes flickered down and I smirked in satisfaction when I saw that Adam was now currently standing in mid-air due to my hold of him. His feet dangled several inches from the ground and his face was steadily growing red.
"Kai-kun?" a voice spoke up to my right.
By tilting my head slightly, I saw that it was Crystal.
"Yeah?" I asked her casually.
"Umm" she said as her eyes darted towards Adam. "Could you put that down? It's lunch and I'm hungry"
"Fine" I said sighing. "Failure to comply will result in extreme consequences. Is that understood?" I barked at Adam.
When he provided no reaction I gave him a little shake. "Well, is it?"
He gave a tiny little nod when he realized he couldn't talk after he had tried too but only produced a choking noise.
"Good, now get out of here. I don't want to see your face any longer that I have to" I said before releasing him.
Adam slumped to the ground and lay there, gulping in mouthfuls of air.
"Let's just go Kai-kun" Crystal said tugging at my hand.
"You know you didn't have to do that" she said quietly when we reached our lockers.
"Yes I did" I answered.
"No, you didn't" she replied firmly. "I can look after myself thank you very much"
"Right" I said rolling my eyes. "I know you can kick his ass. You did it last week. But remember last week you had changed into jeans and today you are wearing your school skirt"
"Oh yeah" she realized.
Anyway, I thought, he was practically asking for it. If we hadn't been in the hallways, I would've given him more than just a warning. I had seen how Crystal's eyes had changed when they caught sight of him. They had narrowed with anger and had become swirls of aqua and turquoise. Never a good sign.
"Yay! It's the weekend at last" Crystal cried out happily at the end of the week.
"Do you have any plans for the weekend yet?" I asked her.
"Not really" Crystal replied covering a yawn with her hand. "Probably just watch TV and catch up on sleep"
I frowned. Most weeks, she'd go out al least once, whether it was a day of shopping with Mariah on Saturday or stopping to grab a sundae at the ice- cream parlor after school. But lately, she hadn't done any of those things. She'd just come straight back to the house, flop down on the couch and veg in front of the TV for a few hours or else go up to her room to do homework.
An idea slowly began to form in my mind..
The next morning, I crept silently into Akina's room and gave her a light poke in the side.
I was glad to see that she had been sleeping well for the last few days.
"Mmm" she mumbled before promptly rolling the other way.
"Akina, time to get up" I told her.
"Sleep" she murmured in response.
"No, we're going out today" I said.
"Huh?" she said groggily. "We are?"
"Yes" I said impatiently wishing that she would wake up properly up now.
"Where?" she questioned as she struggled to get up into a sitting position.
"Get up and you'll see" I answered.
An hour later, I was already seriously regretting taking Akina out.
Firstly, we had gone for breakfast at café where Akina decided she wanted crepes and ice-cream and berries as well as a mug of hot chocolate. At least her appetite seemed to be returning.
Since she had her own little stuffed toy fortress at home, I thought that she might like going to the toy warehouse downtown. The toy warehouse has everything single toy that you can possible think of. It wasn't a place just for little kids either. There was an entire section of electronics and there were cats and dogs which behaved quite lifelike as well as the largest selection of games in all of Tokyo.
Akina had been quiet during the ride over, but as soon as we had stepped through the glass revolving doors, her eyes had lit up and she immediately levitated towards the stuffed toy section.
I followed her and was pleased to see her come to life before me as she began to play with all the stuffed toys.
"They're so cute" she exclaimed hugging a gigantic pink penguin.
"I'd figured you'd go for this kinda stuff" I said leaning against the wall observing her while she went down the aisle petting various stuffed toys.
"I love it here" she said smiling and her eyes sparkled with glee. "Did you want to go and check out the gaming section?"
"I don't mind" I answered shrugging.
We did actually end up going to the games section and before leaving, I stopped at the counter briefly then suggested to Akina that we go and grab lunch.
"I know where to go next" Akina said after we had finished lunch.
"Where?" I asked.
"You'll see" she said covering her mouth to stifle her giggles.
"Where are you taking me Akina?" I asked once again my eyes narrowing with suspicion. "Is it somewhere you know I wouldn't like to go?"
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies" she stated firmly before taking off down the street.
Rolling my eyes, I reluctantly followed her, keeping her bobbing black hair in sight in the busy crowd.
Finally, we came to a stop in front of place called Photos Plus.
I had a bad feeling about this.
"Well come on Kai-kun, don't just stand there" Akina said and gestured for me to follow her.
I entered the store and looked around and scowled. Several different Sticker Photo booths lined the side walls, each hanging with signs showing the various types.
"What are we doing here?" I turned to address Akina.
"Taking sticker photos" she said brightly, her eyes shone as she took in the place. "Unless you want to take dream photos"
"What are dream photos?" I asked.
"These" she said and indicated to a photo featuring a group of girls posed against a red-heart backdrop and pointed to the studio at the back as well. "They're taken in studios"
"I don't want to take dream photos" I said.
"Well then, we'll take sticker photos" she said and disappeared into a nearby booth.
"I don't want to take sticker photos either" I argued.
"Aww, come on Kai-kun. Do it for me please?" Akina said sticking her head out of the booth.
While I thought for a moment, she pulled me into the booth beside her without any warning.
"What do you think you're doing?" I snapped after she had snapped the curtains closed.
"Don't be such a grouch. Just take the sticker photo okay?" she insisted as she pulled a few coins out of her wallet and inserted them into the machine.
"I hope you know what you're doing" I grumbled, crossing my arms.
"Don't worry. I know how to use the machines" she assured me using her finger on the touch screen. "Get ready"
She gently tugged me into position beside her as an electronic voice counted 3,2,1.
There was a flash which blinded my eyes and for a moment, everything was blue. I blinked and my eyes cleared up.
"Get ready for the next one" Akina advised me.
"What, there's more?" I said in disbelief.
"Yes there's more. You take four shots and then chose three" she replied as she took a step closer to me and leaned her head lightly against my shoulder. "It's going to look stupid unless you put your arm around me"
Scowling in annoyance, I wrapped an arm around her and the flash went off once again.
'Hmm, what next?" Akina wondered aloud before stepping in front of me. "Loosen up a bit, will you? You always look so serious all the time"
I took no notice of her comment and wrapped my arms around her waist just as she opened her mouth to tell me to.
"Good" she said pleased and the camera flashed again. "Last one"
At that, she moved over so that she was now to the left of me and stood up on her tip toes to plant a short peck on my cheek a moment before the camera flashed.
She giggled as she caught sight of the surprised look on my face before she turned back to the touch screen.
"This machine must be one of the new ones" she commented as she was prompted to select the photos we wanted. "This one allows you to draw and write whatever you want as well as providing pictures, borders and backgrounds to decorate. Which photos do you want?"
I glanced over her shoulder to look at the screen.
"I don't care" I said shrugging in reply.
"Okay then" she said and chose the last three shots and a screen displaying the selected photos with decorations, borders and backgrounds on one side appeared. "Help me decorate"
Sighing, I reached an arm around her and flicked through the borders section and chose a blue bubbled one. Akina meanwhile was dragging a pen across the screen. When she moved her hand aside, I leaned closer to see that it read: Akina + Kai in a neat blue print.
"Do you want to write something too?" she asked me holding out the pen.
"No, it's okay" I told her and she flicked to the stamps bit. Her finger hovered over the selection before she decided on the stars and began to decorate the corner of the photos with them.
After several more minutes, she announced that she was done and pushed the button to print.
"There should be scissors around somewhere" she remarked after picking the photos up from the bottom slot. "There they are" she said as she caught sight of a pair on the table. "Here you go" she said passing half of the sheet over to me after she had cut them.
"Thanks" I said, pocketing them and checked my watch. "Do you want to go back now?"
"Yeah okay" she agreed before we exited the store.
When we arrived home, a delivery truck was waiting in the driveway.
"Did you order something?" she asked me as I parked the car in my garage.
"Wait and see" I said to her.
"Hello Kai and Akina" my mother greeted us when we entered the foyer. "I took the liberty of signing the delivery form and I instructed the men to send it up"
"Thanks mum" I said to her and Akina and I went upstairs.
"What do you want to do now?" she asked me as she opened the door to her room. "WAH!" she exclaimed as she came face to face with the giant pink penguin. "What's it doing here? Kai?"
"You liked it so I bought it for you" I said simply.
"Thanks heaps Kai" she said and gave me a quick hug. "I love it. But can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?" I replied.
"Why?" she questioned.
"Why what?" I responded in confusion.
"Why did you buy this for me?" she said.
"What? Do I need a reason for buying this for you?" I answered frowning. Just where was she going with this?
"You don't need a reason to buy me this. It's just it's a little out of character for you to buy somebody a gift for no reason" she commented before giving the giant penguin a big hug. "Anyway, what do you think I should call it?"
"I dunno. Whatever you want" I said.
"Well help me think will you?" she said. "I can't think of any names since I used a lot of names on my other stuffed toys. You name it, you bought it for me"
"Fine" I said and cast my mind around for a name. "How about Pingu?"
"Pingu?" she said thoughtfully. "I like it. Pingu it is. I'll have to remember its birthday"
"It's birthday?" I asked. "How do you know its birthday?"
"A stuffed toy's birthday is the day you gave it a name" she told me.
"Where'd you get that from?" I said.
"My mum told me that" she replied.
"Oh," I said.
"Anyway, let's go eat ice-cream" she suggested.
"Ice-cream? You had ice-cream for breakfast and lunch and now you want it again?" I said in disbelief.
"Sure, why not?" she challenged me before leaving the room singing, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream"
Sorry, I know I promised you some "action" or something like that in this chapter, but now that I've just re-read it, I dunno if you would consider this "action." *shrugs* anyway, hope you liked it. As for those who asked what "Wo ai ni" means...I'm afraid that you'll have to wait....let's see..chapter 38? Lolz, sorry. Thanks for all the reviews; I've finally hit 300 Yay!