Evening minna! ^ ^ Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I'm not Yuu Watase!! I don't own anything! I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! So sue me....*walks away* Baka disclaimers...
Star bright:
Miaka leaned over her sleeping friend. Ever since yesterday her friend had been extremely tired...or was it that she was too deep in thought? She sighed. "Yui-chan?"
Her friend waved her words away and turned over.
"Wake up sleepy head!!!" she screamed in her ear. Yui jumped up and accidently collided with Miaka's head. "Oww!! Yui-chan!"
Yui groaned in pain. "What is it?!"
"I just wanted to know what's wrong with you...You look a little depressed..."
"I'm not depressed you little idiot. I'm just..." Yui looked at her watch. 'I wonder if I should tell her about Sei and Sai...' Just then the door in the other room creaked open. Taka walked in carrying his suitcase full of papers. He fell on the couch next to Miaka and kissed her on the cheek.
"How was your day Taka?" Miaka grinned at his playfulness.
Taka groaned. "Not that good. Someone screwed up and got me in trouble and then I burned my finger on the coffee pot this morning and..." He sighed again. "But I guess it's better than finding out someone stole my money or something."
Miaka blushed. "Um, Taka?"
"Hmm?" He picked up a can of cola on the coffee table.
"I kinda...went Christmas shopping and...Uh..Sorry."
Taka sprayed Yui with saliva and coke. "You WHAT?!"
"Eww! Taka! You got cola all over my outfit! Now I have to go change before my project!"
But Taka didn't listen. Yui watched the two love-bird-teens bicker over their loses. 'Looks like she has enough on her plate without me bothering her with hallucinations and wishes. Oh Miaka...'
Taka turned to her. "Um, Yui, didn't you have to...ahem, go somewhere?" Yui understood exactly what he meant.
"Yeah. Thanks for the bath by the way." Yui opened up the door to the apartment and left. ~~~*~~~
She could here the other side of the line pick up and a sleepy voice. "Yello?"
Yui smirked. "Yo, sleepy-head."
She heard a clamor on the other side. "Oh! Hey Yui! Sorry about that! I just...um, well..."
"Sorry to wake you up but, I thought we should work on the project some before school starts back."
She heard a slight whimper and what sounded like a swearword. "Fine. When should we meet?"
Yui looked at the clock on the wall. "In an hour. Meet me in front of the stage."
"Okay. Well, see ya." Yui heard a large yawn right before hanging up. 'Now I have to change my clothes again!! God, Taka!'
~~~~~~*~~~~~~
Seichi stood on top of a ladder holding one side of a hand-painted banner while Yui held the other end. She whipped a bead of sweat from her forehead. "Your end is too low. Bring it up some.
"Right fine..." Seichi moved the banned up a few inches.
"Now it's too high. Let it down a few more inches."
Sei rolled his eyes. "Do I have to? Who's really gonna notice the dumb thing?"
Yui glared at him from the opposite side. "Well, if you don't wanna' do this, you don't have to!"
"Yes I do...Otherwise I have detention."
"You too huh? What's your excuse?"
Seichi averted his gaze to the floor. "I ummm...don't want to talk about it." He put the banner in his right hand so he could talk to Yui without its interference. "You?"
"My baka friend eats too slow. We ended up late for class three days in a row and our teacher blew a gasket."
"Heh...Lucky you," he said mockingly. "Why isn't she working on this?"
Yui snorted. "Miaka? Miaka baka? Working on this? You've never seen her have you?" c Sei tilted his head in thought. "Name sounds a little familiar...don't think I've met her though..."
"Well, it would be worse than when Nakago...er...Never mind." She tried to cover up. "It's just not a pretty site." She knew Seichi was confused. Why did she blurt that out?! The only time she ever talked to anyone about her adventure in the Universe of the Four Gods was when the gang was all in the same room. It was still painful to talk to Taka about it.
"Ummm...Okay...Looking forward to Christmas?"
She shook her head and sighed. "Not really. My mom is leaving for a few days. This mess and studying are all I'm looking forward to." She leaned on the ladder some more. "How about you?"
There was a long pause, in which a small wind wound it's way through the opened doors. "I dunno." He shrugged. "Christmas lost most of it's...magic...a while ago for me."
"Why?" She stepped down the ladder and scrutinized the banner. "You're right. Screw the banner." Yui shivered.
A loud ripping noise came from the banner as Sei relentlessly tore it down. "My dad works a lot...I guess I'd like someone other than my family to spend it with..." Immediately realizing what he had just implied, Seichi blushed. "Er...I didn't say that..."
Yui coughed trying to hide her own blush. "Well...I kinda' know what you mean. Should we start painting?"
"Yeah! Er...Yeah...Sounds good. What do we paint first?"
"I guess...um...We are so doomed!! This thing is so big we could fit ten booths in it and they take 10 people per booth anyways!" Yui covered her eyes with her hand in despair. "This is frustrating!"
Sei smiled. "Hey, we'll get it done. Otherwise we'll probably wish we had detention."
"I guess so..." She watched Sei run a hand through his hair and to her utter bewilderment, she could see something strange happening...Very strange..."Sei...What's on your hand?"
"Nothing!" he said pulling his sleeve over his hand immediately.
"Let me see." She grabbed his hand and pulled his sleeve back.
"Hey! Mind your own business!" He took a step back and pulled at his hand but Yui kept a firm grip on it.
"No! I wanna' know what it is!" She yanked back. For a moment she thought she imagined it...but it was there. Four or five kanji letters were appearing on his hand by some unseen specter. "Oh dear lord..."
Sei winced at her words. 'Damn.' "What?"
"Seiryuu...You're him aren't you?!" Her eyes were wide as saucers.
Sei gave her an annoyed look. "What?! Will you let go of my hand?"
"Oh...Yeah...Sorry." She dropped his hand and blushed.
Sei rubbed his hand defensively. "What was that about?"
She shook her head. "I'm just hallucinating. Forget about it. Why don't we start with the floor?" She went to the side of the stage and picked out a few brushes a can of paint. "Can you help me with this?"
"Aren't we supposed to clean it?"
"I did that earlier. We just have to paint the top coat now." She paused and looked up at him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Ummm...Sure. I guess so."
"Who was first born?"
"Ummm...My brother I think."
"Oh...Okay."
"Something wrong?"
She smiled and shook her head. "Not really. You just...have a lot in common with someone I used to know."
"Oh...Boyfriend?" He rolled his eyes.
Yui's blushed even more. "Well, not really."
Sei arched his eyebrow. "You liked him though?"
"No!! Why would I..." He grinned at her. "Okay, fine. I did...but I never told him though." She glared at him. "Don't you dare tell anyone else!"
He blinked a few times. "Who would I tell? I don't even know who this guy is." Yui laughed and muttered, "You wouldn't."
"What?"
"Um, I think we shouldn't have...uh...Taken the banner down."
"Not the banner again!"
"Relax. What's done is done."
"Right...So where are you spending Christmas? With that 'baka' friend of yours?"
Yui rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding?! She's like a human garbage disposal! There wouldn't be any food left by the time we got through praying!" She frowned a bit remembering what happened earlier. "Plus her boyfriend would be there." She saw Seichi give her another questioning look. "Earlier he spit his coke on me. That's why I was a little late."
"Oh, umm...Could I ask you something?"
Yui smiled. "Shoot."
"Do you want...umm...would you like to have dinner with me? My brother and I were gonna go out to dinner, but he kinda found a date and ditched me..." He switched his feet nervously. "I don't wanna' cancel 'cause it's a really good restraunt..."
"Umm...Sure! I mean, sure. Sounds good."
"Great! Err...Yeah. Thanks. I didn't want to spend it alone." 'Again' he thought ruefully.
"I guess we've done enough today...Wanna' come in after school tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Sure."
Yui smiled again. "Thanks...I mean..."
"Oh, no prob!"
The door to the rooms opened and closed. "Otouto!!! Come on! I have a job you know!" came the all too familiar voice of his twin.
"Be right there aniki!" He turned to Yui again. "See ya."
"Otouto!"
With one last glance, Sei jumped off the stage and ran to the door. Yui heard two bickering voices right before the light from the opened door extinguished.
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Sooooooooo.....Did you like it? ^_^ Me and Rose/Shadowhawk225 came up with the last little bit. I was hit with a massive writer's block Monday and I got to talk to her and stuff so she helped me out a lot! Thanks Rosie!!
Oh, um...*scratches head* I know I said that I'd be hibernating for the next few days in text-book-hell but I have good news and bad news...
The good: I got this chapter done! Whoo! ^o^P
The bad: If I make anything lower than a B...My computer is taken away till' it is brought up to an A. So...That said...If I do good on the exams, I get this fic done on time for Christmas. If not, I will be six feet under with a white tulip in my hands praying to Seiryuu that I can survive the winter without my computer.
Well, I have to go before dad finds out about me having an internet connection! *evil grin* Hehehe! I rule! ^u^
~Amanda~*
Disclaimer: I'm not Yuu Watase!! I don't own anything! I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! So sue me....*walks away* Baka disclaimers...
Star bright:
Miaka leaned over her sleeping friend. Ever since yesterday her friend had been extremely tired...or was it that she was too deep in thought? She sighed. "Yui-chan?"
Her friend waved her words away and turned over.
"Wake up sleepy head!!!" she screamed in her ear. Yui jumped up and accidently collided with Miaka's head. "Oww!! Yui-chan!"
Yui groaned in pain. "What is it?!"
"I just wanted to know what's wrong with you...You look a little depressed..."
"I'm not depressed you little idiot. I'm just..." Yui looked at her watch. 'I wonder if I should tell her about Sei and Sai...' Just then the door in the other room creaked open. Taka walked in carrying his suitcase full of papers. He fell on the couch next to Miaka and kissed her on the cheek.
"How was your day Taka?" Miaka grinned at his playfulness.
Taka groaned. "Not that good. Someone screwed up and got me in trouble and then I burned my finger on the coffee pot this morning and..." He sighed again. "But I guess it's better than finding out someone stole my money or something."
Miaka blushed. "Um, Taka?"
"Hmm?" He picked up a can of cola on the coffee table.
"I kinda...went Christmas shopping and...Uh..Sorry."
Taka sprayed Yui with saliva and coke. "You WHAT?!"
"Eww! Taka! You got cola all over my outfit! Now I have to go change before my project!"
But Taka didn't listen. Yui watched the two love-bird-teens bicker over their loses. 'Looks like she has enough on her plate without me bothering her with hallucinations and wishes. Oh Miaka...'
Taka turned to her. "Um, Yui, didn't you have to...ahem, go somewhere?" Yui understood exactly what he meant.
"Yeah. Thanks for the bath by the way." Yui opened up the door to the apartment and left. ~~~*~~~
She could here the other side of the line pick up and a sleepy voice. "Yello?"
Yui smirked. "Yo, sleepy-head."
She heard a clamor on the other side. "Oh! Hey Yui! Sorry about that! I just...um, well..."
"Sorry to wake you up but, I thought we should work on the project some before school starts back."
She heard a slight whimper and what sounded like a swearword. "Fine. When should we meet?"
Yui looked at the clock on the wall. "In an hour. Meet me in front of the stage."
"Okay. Well, see ya." Yui heard a large yawn right before hanging up. 'Now I have to change my clothes again!! God, Taka!'
~~~~~~*~~~~~~
Seichi stood on top of a ladder holding one side of a hand-painted banner while Yui held the other end. She whipped a bead of sweat from her forehead. "Your end is too low. Bring it up some.
"Right fine..." Seichi moved the banned up a few inches.
"Now it's too high. Let it down a few more inches."
Sei rolled his eyes. "Do I have to? Who's really gonna notice the dumb thing?"
Yui glared at him from the opposite side. "Well, if you don't wanna' do this, you don't have to!"
"Yes I do...Otherwise I have detention."
"You too huh? What's your excuse?"
Seichi averted his gaze to the floor. "I ummm...don't want to talk about it." He put the banner in his right hand so he could talk to Yui without its interference. "You?"
"My baka friend eats too slow. We ended up late for class three days in a row and our teacher blew a gasket."
"Heh...Lucky you," he said mockingly. "Why isn't she working on this?"
Yui snorted. "Miaka? Miaka baka? Working on this? You've never seen her have you?" c Sei tilted his head in thought. "Name sounds a little familiar...don't think I've met her though..."
"Well, it would be worse than when Nakago...er...Never mind." She tried to cover up. "It's just not a pretty site." She knew Seichi was confused. Why did she blurt that out?! The only time she ever talked to anyone about her adventure in the Universe of the Four Gods was when the gang was all in the same room. It was still painful to talk to Taka about it.
"Ummm...Okay...Looking forward to Christmas?"
She shook her head and sighed. "Not really. My mom is leaving for a few days. This mess and studying are all I'm looking forward to." She leaned on the ladder some more. "How about you?"
There was a long pause, in which a small wind wound it's way through the opened doors. "I dunno." He shrugged. "Christmas lost most of it's...magic...a while ago for me."
"Why?" She stepped down the ladder and scrutinized the banner. "You're right. Screw the banner." Yui shivered.
A loud ripping noise came from the banner as Sei relentlessly tore it down. "My dad works a lot...I guess I'd like someone other than my family to spend it with..." Immediately realizing what he had just implied, Seichi blushed. "Er...I didn't say that..."
Yui coughed trying to hide her own blush. "Well...I kinda' know what you mean. Should we start painting?"
"Yeah! Er...Yeah...Sounds good. What do we paint first?"
"I guess...um...We are so doomed!! This thing is so big we could fit ten booths in it and they take 10 people per booth anyways!" Yui covered her eyes with her hand in despair. "This is frustrating!"
Sei smiled. "Hey, we'll get it done. Otherwise we'll probably wish we had detention."
"I guess so..." She watched Sei run a hand through his hair and to her utter bewilderment, she could see something strange happening...Very strange..."Sei...What's on your hand?"
"Nothing!" he said pulling his sleeve over his hand immediately.
"Let me see." She grabbed his hand and pulled his sleeve back.
"Hey! Mind your own business!" He took a step back and pulled at his hand but Yui kept a firm grip on it.
"No! I wanna' know what it is!" She yanked back. For a moment she thought she imagined it...but it was there. Four or five kanji letters were appearing on his hand by some unseen specter. "Oh dear lord..."
Sei winced at her words. 'Damn.' "What?"
"Seiryuu...You're him aren't you?!" Her eyes were wide as saucers.
Sei gave her an annoyed look. "What?! Will you let go of my hand?"
"Oh...Yeah...Sorry." She dropped his hand and blushed.
Sei rubbed his hand defensively. "What was that about?"
She shook her head. "I'm just hallucinating. Forget about it. Why don't we start with the floor?" She went to the side of the stage and picked out a few brushes a can of paint. "Can you help me with this?"
"Aren't we supposed to clean it?"
"I did that earlier. We just have to paint the top coat now." She paused and looked up at him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Ummm...Sure. I guess so."
"Who was first born?"
"Ummm...My brother I think."
"Oh...Okay."
"Something wrong?"
She smiled and shook her head. "Not really. You just...have a lot in common with someone I used to know."
"Oh...Boyfriend?" He rolled his eyes.
Yui's blushed even more. "Well, not really."
Sei arched his eyebrow. "You liked him though?"
"No!! Why would I..." He grinned at her. "Okay, fine. I did...but I never told him though." She glared at him. "Don't you dare tell anyone else!"
He blinked a few times. "Who would I tell? I don't even know who this guy is." Yui laughed and muttered, "You wouldn't."
"What?"
"Um, I think we shouldn't have...uh...Taken the banner down."
"Not the banner again!"
"Relax. What's done is done."
"Right...So where are you spending Christmas? With that 'baka' friend of yours?"
Yui rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding?! She's like a human garbage disposal! There wouldn't be any food left by the time we got through praying!" She frowned a bit remembering what happened earlier. "Plus her boyfriend would be there." She saw Seichi give her another questioning look. "Earlier he spit his coke on me. That's why I was a little late."
"Oh, umm...Could I ask you something?"
Yui smiled. "Shoot."
"Do you want...umm...would you like to have dinner with me? My brother and I were gonna go out to dinner, but he kinda found a date and ditched me..." He switched his feet nervously. "I don't wanna' cancel 'cause it's a really good restraunt..."
"Umm...Sure! I mean, sure. Sounds good."
"Great! Err...Yeah. Thanks. I didn't want to spend it alone." 'Again' he thought ruefully.
"I guess we've done enough today...Wanna' come in after school tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Sure."
Yui smiled again. "Thanks...I mean..."
"Oh, no prob!"
The door to the rooms opened and closed. "Otouto!!! Come on! I have a job you know!" came the all too familiar voice of his twin.
"Be right there aniki!" He turned to Yui again. "See ya."
"Otouto!"
With one last glance, Sei jumped off the stage and ran to the door. Yui heard two bickering voices right before the light from the opened door extinguished.
~~~~~
Sooooooooo.....Did you like it? ^_^ Me and Rose/Shadowhawk225 came up with the last little bit. I was hit with a massive writer's block Monday and I got to talk to her and stuff so she helped me out a lot! Thanks Rosie!!
Oh, um...*scratches head* I know I said that I'd be hibernating for the next few days in text-book-hell but I have good news and bad news...
The good: I got this chapter done! Whoo! ^o^P
The bad: If I make anything lower than a B...My computer is taken away till' it is brought up to an A. So...That said...If I do good on the exams, I get this fic done on time for Christmas. If not, I will be six feet under with a white tulip in my hands praying to Seiryuu that I can survive the winter without my computer.
Well, I have to go before dad finds out about me having an internet connection! *evil grin* Hehehe! I rule! ^u^
~Amanda~*