[Authors Note: the past chapter was from at the first half of the first chapter was from Naotas POV, unless noted by me it is in Naotas POV. Mmkay? Again, I don't own FLCL.]
This day felt so strange. It started out just like every other... then she came back, and since then everything has been out of the ordinary. It was strange though, it seemed she had changed alot. Right now she is off looking for a job while I get the groceries. Just the basics though. Bread, milk, ramen, cola, curry, and I got her a bag of Lays. I was in the midst of trying to open the door and hold the bags at the same time when I heard her.
"Takuuuun! I did it! I found a job!" She yelled, I could here the Vespa screech as it got onto the sidewalk. I just smiled as she took one of the bags and opened the door for me.
"Waitress?" I asked, unloading everything onto the counter.
"Nope. You know that bar across from the mall?"
"...uh oh," I thought. "Please not the strip bar. Please not the strip bar."
"Not the strip one... but the one a few buildings down," I sighed. It was strange, I shouldn't of cared. Mabey she didn't change and I did?
"Oh... yeah? Bartender?" I asked, handing her the bag of chips.
"Nope. They were looking for a band to play tommorow night... and I do have my guitar..." Oh well, could of been worse. She could of been a lap dancer. "Thanks for caring."
I looked up at her. Then it hit me... just like all the baseballs during PE. "I get it. You're some alien in Haruko's body, arn't you?"
She just looked at me funny and stretched out on... wait a second. "When did we get a couch?"
"I met up with your father at the bar. Since your grandpa died he's had some extra furniture... including this old thing. I got the bunk bed back." Haruko simply closed her eyes and dozed right off after those words.
So far, things were ok. Might of been the first day but... no robots... cat ears... horny family members... or discussions over groping or furi kuri. I wouldn't tell her this but I wouldn't even care if the robots came back, I missed her. Even if she only used me... I loved her. Oh crap... what if she has mind reading abilities? Oh well, most she'll do is hit me with that guitar. Mabey I'll just curl up...
---The next morning---
I must of been asleep for hours... it was morning again... but something is different. I had fallen asleep on the floor, not making it to the bed. But now... I am asleep on the top bunk... and either she got an electric blanket... I'm not the only person up here.
"No more curry," a sleeping Haruko mumbled.
"Hey! Get outta my bed!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
Haruko just squinted and said, "The top bunk has always been my bed Takun." then went back to sleep.
Even worse, I was asleep in her bed. Had she moved me up there? I didn't care... I just rolled off the bed without even thinking and *crash!*
"Takun! You okay!?" Haruko stuck her head over the side of the top bunk. I wanted to say not realy but I couldn't get anything to come out. "While you're down there can you hand me my shirt?"
I didn't need to say a thing, she saw my eyes. "I still have on clothes... for now, naughty Takun." I did as she said.
It seemed like only seconds ago I was enjoying/bored with a nice peaceful life... just everything normal... and it was all changed by a pink haired alien who couldn't get my name right... though I didn't know a lady who didn't call me Takun. Mabey I'll just accept it as my name. Haruko hopped down from my bed in her shirt and underwear, almost stepping on my head.
"Oh... by the way Eri came to see you this morning... I think. She came up to the front door, looked at what I was wearing, then ran off crying." But Haruko wasn't a lady, not at all. Infact as I was thinking that she proved it by scratching her butt.
"What were you wearing?" I asked, worried that Eri misunderstood why Haruko was here.
"My shirt."
"...and?" A great man once said that a brave person neednt fear anything of worry... this man never met Haruko.
"...and what? I was in my shirt."
Oh god. A woman that had feelings for me... was probably about to ask me out... but was greeted by a half naked vespa woman. What could be worse?
"Also some of your friends from school came... and Mammimi."
Haruko hadn't changed I guess. She was still hell bent on making my life miserable and just plain strange.
"You're kidding! All of those people saw you nude!?" I screamed so loud she was knocked into the bottom bunk.
"Not naked, Takun. I had my shirt on... and besides, are you jealous?"
"NO!" I yelled.
"Yes you are... come on, admit it. You love me. Don't you? Don't you?" She was doing it again, getting inside my head. My brain was telling me to tell her I loved her... but sadly I never listened to my mind after she destroyed it when I first met her.
"No. And what would you know!? You don't even know what love is! You go around using people and hitting them with your scooter! I could never love you!" And today wasn't the day I was going to... and before I realized what I had said, she had run off in tears... coming back only for her pants, then left again. Slamming the apartment door behind her, and the sounds of her Vespa starting followed seconds later.
What had I done... I realy do love her... it's just hard to tell her that. Oh well... she couldn't of gone far... I hope... I hope she didn't leave me again.
---11:30 P.M., that day. Haruko's POV---
I bombed... I just couldn't find the right strings... my mind was too busy thinking about what I had done to him... about how I ruined his life. I had to go back... just to apologize. I opened the door to our apartment via the key I had nabbed on my rush out before only to see Naota sitting at the door, head turned up and eyes like that of a dog thrown out in the rain. Before I could even get the chance to apologze he was hugging my leg and crying at the same time...
"Please... don't leave me again... I..." His voice was hoarse, he had obviously been crying for a long time now... had he been doing this since I left? What could I say? I just ran my fingers through his hair and said, "I love you too."
After about thirty minutes of apologizing we were sitting on the couch, I was trying to program the peice of crap T.V. his father had given us, and he was staring at me.
"When I joined the squad we had to learn how to program a large electric bomb with the power to kill anyone around it... that was like winding up a toy compaired to this. Channel not found!? You are showing the channel right now you peice of..."
"How was the bar?" Naota interupted me. Apparently he noticed something had pissed me off and it wasn't the television.
"I blew it... I couldn't concentrate on the music... I just kept thinking about what I had done to your life."
"...don't you get it? If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have a life. For two years after you left I wouldn't leave my house because I was worried you'd come back and I wouldn't be there to see you." He had moved to the cushion next to me. I was surprised he had done that over me... since I had used him. I made him think I loved me to get Atmosk... but that plan failed. At the very end I discovered I realy did love him... and that is why I realy came back. I didn't realy get fired... I just said that so he wouldn't be suspicious. In reality I just left my life behind to be with him again...
"This is the best night of my life... I admitted to truly loving someone... I discovered a new form of torture and its name is Zenith... and I have a new reason to stay on Earth." I thought.
My lips were now two cenimeters away from his when the T.V. turned to static... loud static, loud enough that people in the U.K. were afraid.
"Excuse me..." I got up and walked into the closet... followed by words so vulgar if I repeated them a thousand old ladies would die.
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Was it any good? This is my first shot at a romance fic... and my first shot at an FLCL fic. Please R&R.
This day felt so strange. It started out just like every other... then she came back, and since then everything has been out of the ordinary. It was strange though, it seemed she had changed alot. Right now she is off looking for a job while I get the groceries. Just the basics though. Bread, milk, ramen, cola, curry, and I got her a bag of Lays. I was in the midst of trying to open the door and hold the bags at the same time when I heard her.
"Takuuuun! I did it! I found a job!" She yelled, I could here the Vespa screech as it got onto the sidewalk. I just smiled as she took one of the bags and opened the door for me.
"Waitress?" I asked, unloading everything onto the counter.
"Nope. You know that bar across from the mall?"
"...uh oh," I thought. "Please not the strip bar. Please not the strip bar."
"Not the strip one... but the one a few buildings down," I sighed. It was strange, I shouldn't of cared. Mabey she didn't change and I did?
"Oh... yeah? Bartender?" I asked, handing her the bag of chips.
"Nope. They were looking for a band to play tommorow night... and I do have my guitar..." Oh well, could of been worse. She could of been a lap dancer. "Thanks for caring."
I looked up at her. Then it hit me... just like all the baseballs during PE. "I get it. You're some alien in Haruko's body, arn't you?"
She just looked at me funny and stretched out on... wait a second. "When did we get a couch?"
"I met up with your father at the bar. Since your grandpa died he's had some extra furniture... including this old thing. I got the bunk bed back." Haruko simply closed her eyes and dozed right off after those words.
So far, things were ok. Might of been the first day but... no robots... cat ears... horny family members... or discussions over groping or furi kuri. I wouldn't tell her this but I wouldn't even care if the robots came back, I missed her. Even if she only used me... I loved her. Oh crap... what if she has mind reading abilities? Oh well, most she'll do is hit me with that guitar. Mabey I'll just curl up...
---The next morning---
I must of been asleep for hours... it was morning again... but something is different. I had fallen asleep on the floor, not making it to the bed. But now... I am asleep on the top bunk... and either she got an electric blanket... I'm not the only person up here.
"No more curry," a sleeping Haruko mumbled.
"Hey! Get outta my bed!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
Haruko just squinted and said, "The top bunk has always been my bed Takun." then went back to sleep.
Even worse, I was asleep in her bed. Had she moved me up there? I didn't care... I just rolled off the bed without even thinking and *crash!*
"Takun! You okay!?" Haruko stuck her head over the side of the top bunk. I wanted to say not realy but I couldn't get anything to come out. "While you're down there can you hand me my shirt?"
I didn't need to say a thing, she saw my eyes. "I still have on clothes... for now, naughty Takun." I did as she said.
It seemed like only seconds ago I was enjoying/bored with a nice peaceful life... just everything normal... and it was all changed by a pink haired alien who couldn't get my name right... though I didn't know a lady who didn't call me Takun. Mabey I'll just accept it as my name. Haruko hopped down from my bed in her shirt and underwear, almost stepping on my head.
"Oh... by the way Eri came to see you this morning... I think. She came up to the front door, looked at what I was wearing, then ran off crying." But Haruko wasn't a lady, not at all. Infact as I was thinking that she proved it by scratching her butt.
"What were you wearing?" I asked, worried that Eri misunderstood why Haruko was here.
"My shirt."
"...and?" A great man once said that a brave person neednt fear anything of worry... this man never met Haruko.
"...and what? I was in my shirt."
Oh god. A woman that had feelings for me... was probably about to ask me out... but was greeted by a half naked vespa woman. What could be worse?
"Also some of your friends from school came... and Mammimi."
Haruko hadn't changed I guess. She was still hell bent on making my life miserable and just plain strange.
"You're kidding! All of those people saw you nude!?" I screamed so loud she was knocked into the bottom bunk.
"Not naked, Takun. I had my shirt on... and besides, are you jealous?"
"NO!" I yelled.
"Yes you are... come on, admit it. You love me. Don't you? Don't you?" She was doing it again, getting inside my head. My brain was telling me to tell her I loved her... but sadly I never listened to my mind after she destroyed it when I first met her.
"No. And what would you know!? You don't even know what love is! You go around using people and hitting them with your scooter! I could never love you!" And today wasn't the day I was going to... and before I realized what I had said, she had run off in tears... coming back only for her pants, then left again. Slamming the apartment door behind her, and the sounds of her Vespa starting followed seconds later.
What had I done... I realy do love her... it's just hard to tell her that. Oh well... she couldn't of gone far... I hope... I hope she didn't leave me again.
---11:30 P.M., that day. Haruko's POV---
I bombed... I just couldn't find the right strings... my mind was too busy thinking about what I had done to him... about how I ruined his life. I had to go back... just to apologize. I opened the door to our apartment via the key I had nabbed on my rush out before only to see Naota sitting at the door, head turned up and eyes like that of a dog thrown out in the rain. Before I could even get the chance to apologze he was hugging my leg and crying at the same time...
"Please... don't leave me again... I..." His voice was hoarse, he had obviously been crying for a long time now... had he been doing this since I left? What could I say? I just ran my fingers through his hair and said, "I love you too."
After about thirty minutes of apologizing we were sitting on the couch, I was trying to program the peice of crap T.V. his father had given us, and he was staring at me.
"When I joined the squad we had to learn how to program a large electric bomb with the power to kill anyone around it... that was like winding up a toy compaired to this. Channel not found!? You are showing the channel right now you peice of..."
"How was the bar?" Naota interupted me. Apparently he noticed something had pissed me off and it wasn't the television.
"I blew it... I couldn't concentrate on the music... I just kept thinking about what I had done to your life."
"...don't you get it? If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have a life. For two years after you left I wouldn't leave my house because I was worried you'd come back and I wouldn't be there to see you." He had moved to the cushion next to me. I was surprised he had done that over me... since I had used him. I made him think I loved me to get Atmosk... but that plan failed. At the very end I discovered I realy did love him... and that is why I realy came back. I didn't realy get fired... I just said that so he wouldn't be suspicious. In reality I just left my life behind to be with him again...
"This is the best night of my life... I admitted to truly loving someone... I discovered a new form of torture and its name is Zenith... and I have a new reason to stay on Earth." I thought.
My lips were now two cenimeters away from his when the T.V. turned to static... loud static, loud enough that people in the U.K. were afraid.
"Excuse me..." I got up and walked into the closet... followed by words so vulgar if I repeated them a thousand old ladies would die.
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Was it any good? This is my first shot at a romance fic... and my first shot at an FLCL fic. Please R&R.