Becoming More Desireable
Realizing
By Imagi Chan
"Where to next?" Sora asked after they had checked out of the hospital.
Yamato smiled. "My place" Sora felt her heart flutter. 'I'm going to Yamato Ishida's apartment!'
Sora stopped walking. Where did that excitement come from? I was at his place this morning. I've been over loads of times! Why would I suddenly care now?
Yamato had stopped when she did. "You okay?"
"HUH?" Sora said loudly. She blushed. "Yeah- fine."
Yamato looked at her in confusion "Are you feeling okay?"
Sora pondered a moment. 'Should I lie and tell him I feel ill so he doesn't think I'm weird?' She watched as he picked up his hand and, as if in slow motion, it came towards her forehead. Sora made her decision in a fraction of a second and jumped back. "I'm fine I'm fine"
'But I wont be very fine if you touch me. I'll probably faint like one of you obsessive compulsive fan girls. Oh I better of not said that out loud.' Sora looked up at Yamato cautiously through her lashes he seemed merely worried.
He also looked hurt. Of course who wouldn't feel hurt if they tried to take care of a friend and the so-called friend tried to push them away. Sora chewed her lip. "Sorry" she said "you just scared me that's all" she lied
Yamato let one last confused look slip past his guard before he remembered his mask. A fraction of a second later he was looking perfectly normal, a little stern and a lot of sexy. The typical Yamato Ishida lead singer of The Teenage Wolves.
Sora hated it when he masked his emotions; she had spent months in the digital world with the sole purpose of breaking his mask. Well, not the sole purpose she did spend a little of her time saving the fate of two worlds but that was trivial compared to what she did for a cute blond boy.
Ever since the day she finally broke through to him, the day she finally taught him both love and friendship, he had used his mask for his fan girls and for his fan girls alone. It had been a long time since he had masked his emotions to her.
Actually, recently he had put on his mask quite frequently and she hadn't even noticed until now. Just for a few seconds
"Are you okay?" He asked again stressing the 'are.' She could tell this would be the last time he asked it wasn't as demanding as the first time it was his last attempt to get some truth out of her.
Telling him no would only put the mask back on his face, "no, I'm not okay." She sighed and placed her arms on his shoulders. "I'm your friend, Yama. Your supposed to trust me, tell me everything. We aren't supposed to have secrets."
He gulped uncomfortably "am I hiding something from you?"
"I dont know" She said tartly "You're faking it again" 'Faking it' was what they had always said when they referred to his mask. Hiding his feelings, faking his friends into thinking that he is okay when he is obviously not.
He smiled and leaned in towards her. Closing any space any distance. Sora didn't feel nervous. She didn't feel anxious. Yama kissed her gently on her forehead then pulled his lips only millimeters away. "You're always looking out for me" He told her lips gently brushing her skin still, hot breath tickling her scalp. "Thank you, for everything."
Sora felt more love then she had ever felt in her life. But this love, this kind of love, was a kind that was only meant for a friend. She sighed in relief as she realized she didn't like her friend like *that. *
Any doubts about her feelings for Yamato float away. She didn't like him and she felt relieved. She had felt like this before about many guys, even Tai once or twice. It just happened and it was probably just an overload of hormones. She thought she liked a close male friend and then it would just disappear. And then, like now, she would feel what ever emotions she thought she had trickle from her veins, pool to the ground and get washed away by a non-existing currant. 'Thank Kami.'
She turned her face up to meet his and he rested his forehead on hers. "I can't imagine why I bother with you" she told him "you're so much work." Yamato laughed outright and took her arm in his leading the way to his car.
Almost the instant her butt reached the leather interior she fell asleep. Yamato laughed again and had to walk around the car to shut her door for her. He leaned through the open window and smiled at her "sweet dreams" he said before returning to his side of the car and driving off in the familiar direction he fondly knew as home.
* * *
Sora felt muscular arms holding her pulling her into the warmth of a body that could only belong to a god. A god, or Yamato Ishida. Sore's head rested gently against his chest and she could hear his heart beating. Something she had always loved to listen to. The dull thump of a heart, the proof of life, the rhythmic patterns that made her feel safe and always reminded her that everything would be alright, the heightened potential the-
"You're up" Yama said interrupting her poetry.
"Hai" She said dreamily.
"Good, that means you can unlock the door" he stood in front of his apartment with a beautiful crimson haired girl in his arms.
"Key?"
Yamato thought for a second. "Back pocket. But now that your up I could just put you down."
Sora shrugged "Its no big" and reached her arm around to his pocket and slipped her hand in. She couldn't help but notice the feel of his firm butt and she spent a little longer then necessary retrieving the key from his pocket. Sora felt the mass of feeling return to her heart. 'Uh oh' She thought as she jammed the key into the door, twisted the knob and was carried inside. 'What if I do like him, what if I really have fallen for my best friend?'
Sora felt her hearts sped up and she blacked out. In her head, her conscious showed her the image of the ocean. In fast foreword she watched the tide come in and in her mind she imagined yelling at it 'You swept those emotions away in the current, I didn't tell you that you could return them!' She could recall her English professor quote a poem 'the tide rises the tide falls' Sora sighed 'Well damn the tide.'
Slowly she regained consciousness and the ocean shifted from her mind as her eyes opened to reveal Yamato's white washed living room ceiling. She closed her eyes still trying to block the image of that damn ocean trying desperately to focus on anything else.
Two pairs of footsteps slowly drifted away from her. "What happened" demanded a very sweet, very worried voice. "Is she okay?"
Sora recognized the voice instantly 'Meems? When did you get here?' She thought to herself.
She heard Yamato sigh and she could imagine him wrapping his arms around himself, something he frequently did when he was worried. "I don't know, she just passed out"
'I passed out?'
"Good thing you were there to catch her" Mimi said thoughtfully, he obviously didn't tell her he had been holding her to begin with. A pause - "Yama your flushed! Are you sure you shouldn't be lying down as well?"
'He's not... blushing is he?'
"I'm fine" he grumbled "its Sora I'm worried about"
'He's worried about me.'
"You don't think its serious, do you" Mimi asked her voice rising further in concern.
Sora could practically see the two in her mind's eye Yama standing there holding himself, Mimi wringing her hands and chewing on her bottom lip with worry. That's what they did when they were worried. Soon Mimi would start needing to touch someone, for comfort. Sora felt her throat tighten, imagining him holding her.
'How could she?! Mimi was supposed to be her friend! Mimi knew that I liked Yama-chan!'
'Do I like him? Oh. My. God. I've never acted so childish in my life' Sora gasped but luckily neither heard her because Yamato had just punched the wall. It sounded like he punched it very hard/
"It's all my fault. I over worked her. I- I pushed her too hard, I'm supposed to be her friend, I'm supposed to know her limitations. I'm supposed to be protecting her" his voice was choked and full of emotion. he punched the wall again.
'Protect me?'
"Yamato Ishida" Mimi said sternly. "That is THE stupidest thing I have ever heard. And I hang out with TAI" She told him stressing 'the' and 'tai'
"What? You don't think I feel that way?" He asked sounding hurt.
Mimi sighed and Sora knew she was giving him one of her sympathetic looks, "Yamato," she said still using his full name so that he knew she was telling the truth. "Sora is the strongest person I know, she can handle her fair share of work, I'm sure you didn't do anything to cause her spell. And even if it was from over work, she knows you care about her, she knows you would never do anything to hurt her. You protect her better then anyone else ever could."
"Of course I care about her, I love her."
'he loves me?'
"You love her?" Mimi asked. "As a friend or otherwise."
'Otherwise?'
Nothing.
Sora waited.
Nothing
'Did he nod? Shake his head? Ignore the question outright?'
Nothing
She couldn't take the silence anymore. "Hello?" she called feeling suddenly guilty for eavesdropping.
"Sora?"
"Sora?" Came the identical calls.
"Mimi? When did you get here?" She pretended as if she hadn't heard anything spoken in the last 10 minutes.
"Just after you passed out. Are you okay?" Mimi felt her forehead. "Temperatures normal-"
Sora laughed and swatted her hand away "Meems, I'm fine" she told her friend.
Mimi engulfed her in a hug and Sora got the chance to notice Yamato. He stood back from them and he looked guilty his eyes questioned her. Mimi let go and Sora faked a yawn. He hadn't asked her a question. But they never needed words to communicate "I'm just tired that's all" she told him. "Meems and I went to bed way too late." Sora faked a laugh, "So late it might as well have been early."
Mimi looked at her suspiciously. That was an outright lie they had gone to bed early, Mimi suffering from overwhelming jet lag and Sora desperate for the new day to begin. Or maybe it was just for that day to end. Mimi laughed as if she were remembering a fond memory, "Oh we were up early alright" she giggled and Yamato smiled looking relieved. Mimi gave Sora a look that clearly stated, *You will tell me later, I saved you ass*
Sora nodded telling her friend that she would, without letting Yamato get suspicious. "Yama-kun," Sora asked. "What's next"
Yamato smiled. If she was using pet names, she was definitely okay. He pulled a folded piece of newspaper out of his pocket. "Creative writing."
"But I'm already taking creative writing at school."
Yamato grinned, "yes but this is a specific assignment. You have to write a short story for a competition. the best story will be published and you will receive an award that is looked very highly on by colleges."
"Not another competition. I hate competitions." Sora plopped down onto the couch and glared at him while he picked a notepad and pen off the table and handed her them, along with the news clipping. "So what do I have to write about?"
Mimi giggled "You have to write a love story. Isn't it exciting?!"
"Yeah" Sora said not to sure of herself. "Imp ecstatic."
Yamato headed towards the kitchen to pointer and middle fingers in the air in a small wave, "well, I have to go make some calls good luck. Ja!"
"Wait!" Sora cried standing up "I don't know anything about love! Mimi should write something like this! She's the one with all the boyfriends!"
Yamato turned on his heel abruptly and strode quickly towards her. He stopped only inches away and leaned towards her arms out stretched. She felt her heartbeat quicken. His one hand behind her head slowly climbing down until it was at the base of her neck. He let his fingers dip quickly under her shirt and he pulled out a small silver chain. Using his other hand he traced the chain until a red pendant came into his hands. He held it up to her face. Her heart caught in her throat "you" he whispered "know more about love then anyone else. Write what you feel."
'Oh god if you only knew what I felt right now.' She nodded
"Think you can do that?"
"Hai" she said breathlessly
"Good. Now get to work." Sora wasn't sure how long it had been since he had walked into the kitchen but she did know she couldn't move. She saw Mimi out of the corner of her eye standing there mouth agape.
She laughed completely shocked "you like him!" She declared in a whisper.
Sora groaned and dropped back down into the couch. "I don't know!" she moaned. "One minute I do, The next minute I'm positive I don't. Then I pass out because he's holding me-"
Mimi sat next to her on the couch "I knew it had something to do with him" she whispered. Sora nodded feeling completely humiliated.
Their conversation stopped at a dead halt as Yamato entered the room they both looked up at him. "I'm assuming those guilty faces mean that you weren't actually writing."
Sora stared at the notebook in her lap and flipped it open sheepishly. "Good phone call?" She asked trying to change the subject
He laughed "actually it was. I have more plans for you. I'll make a model student out of you yet, Sora Takenuchi"
"I am a model student"
"That's right, you are, you just are college material. Not yet"
Sora winced "I'll get to work then"
"Just what I was hoping to hear, I actually have to make more phone calls. Meems"
"Hmm?" She asked picking up a magazine and flipping through it.
"Keep an eye on Sora, make sure that she is working, instead of chatting with you.
Mimi grinned and stood in salute "Sir Yes Sir Captain Yamato Ishida, I will keep your slave in line!"
Yamato laughed and returned to the kitchen, "What am I supposed to do about this story? I can't even decipher how I feel about him, let alone how other people fall in love." Sora played with her crest that now lay on top of her shirt rather then tucked safely away.
"That's it" Mimi said excitedly
"What's it?"
"Write about Yama! Tell the story of your relationship stick entirely to the truth. If, by the end of the story, it's a love story, then you'll know how you feel. If it is love you'll have the perfect story . If it isn't you'll know you dont love him and you can just go back through it and make it a love story. That way you will have a story AND know how you feel"
Sora looked at her friend in shock. "That is amazing! It's perfect!" A minute later Sora had written nothing. "Meems?" Mimi looked down from her magazine "where do I start it? The digital world? Camp? The beginning of High School? Today?"
Mimi smiled. "Just take notes to begin with. Write those down, the times you could start your story." Mimi paused so Sora could write down her list. "Now write what you know has to go in there. Dont worry about where it starts write about what's happened today, because that's very important. And the rest will come later"
"Thanks Meems" Mimi just waves a perfectly manicured hand at her and returned to her magazine.
Half an hour later "Hey Sor," Mimi said "did you know that Yama met his band mates in detention?"
Sora looked up from her writing. She was nearly finished writing the days occurrences. "Where on earth did you hear that?"
Mimi held up the magazine proudly. On the one page was a close up of Yamato with his 'faking it' mask on. Looking 'a little stern and a lot of sexy' as Sora had frequently told him, on the other page was a whole series of text and four smaller pictures of the other members in his band.
"Where did you get that magazine?" Sora asked surprised
Mimi giggled. "Its Yama's. He keeps articles about himself." She laughed. and closed the magazine holding up the cover. Another large picture of him adorned the cover and the titles along each side claiming to have the inside scoop on Yamato Ishida.
"Let me see that!" Sora cried out laughing. Mimi tossed her the magazine. Each and every title was about him, which was weird. Normally when a magazine featured someone there were a couple pages about them but that was it. Not in this case. Sora scanned the magazine, every single page was about him. "Oh my god. This is ridiculous!"
Mimi laughed "I know, remind me to make fun of him" Sora continued to flip through the pages until she gasped "what" said Mimi leaning in to see. "Oh my god"
The article Sora had stopped on had shocked both girls.
*Yamato Ishida's newest fling, Vrai ou faux?*
"Yamato Ishida has been seen quite frequently with an unknown red haired goddess. ("Goddess?" Sora asked as they stared at the page) The beauty seems to be taking up all his time lately and he has spared no expense oh her.
Pictured followed of Sora and Yamato at the Tennis Club with Hoji and more.
Sora stared horrified at the page. So many pictures had her and him together. She hadn't even seen any cameras.
The article carried on and on and Sora couldn't stand to read anymore. It was too weird.
"Vrai ou faux?" Mimi asked
"It means true or false" Sora said. "It's French"
Mimi sighed "I know what it means. I'm asking you. Vrai ou faux, True or False?"
Sora frowned, "I dont know yet" she looked at what she had written so far "but I will know soon. What do you think I should title it."
Mimi raised her eyebrows, "I always thought you were supposed to name it last."
Sora shrugged, "I like to title things first so I can stay on task, so I know what I'm writing about, any ideas?" She asked hopefully.
"None. But it doesn't matter anyway. You only have five minutes until Kari comes over for your next lesson."
Sora nodded but she couldn't love her story until it had a name and her story WAS about love, she just *needed* to give it a title. She doodled at the bottom of the page, 'preparing for college' shook her head and crossed it out.
It needed to have meaning. Maybe even two meanings. She thought long and hard. It should be about love and about these few weeks, preparing for college. She smiled finally, it would be about the winter break. Knowing her title had already helped her with her story. Deciding on it positively and scrolling it across the top of the page.
Becoming More Desirable
by Sora Takenuchi
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Realizing
By Imagi Chan
"Where to next?" Sora asked after they had checked out of the hospital.
Yamato smiled. "My place" Sora felt her heart flutter. 'I'm going to Yamato Ishida's apartment!'
Sora stopped walking. Where did that excitement come from? I was at his place this morning. I've been over loads of times! Why would I suddenly care now?
Yamato had stopped when she did. "You okay?"
"HUH?" Sora said loudly. She blushed. "Yeah- fine."
Yamato looked at her in confusion "Are you feeling okay?"
Sora pondered a moment. 'Should I lie and tell him I feel ill so he doesn't think I'm weird?' She watched as he picked up his hand and, as if in slow motion, it came towards her forehead. Sora made her decision in a fraction of a second and jumped back. "I'm fine I'm fine"
'But I wont be very fine if you touch me. I'll probably faint like one of you obsessive compulsive fan girls. Oh I better of not said that out loud.' Sora looked up at Yamato cautiously through her lashes he seemed merely worried.
He also looked hurt. Of course who wouldn't feel hurt if they tried to take care of a friend and the so-called friend tried to push them away. Sora chewed her lip. "Sorry" she said "you just scared me that's all" she lied
Yamato let one last confused look slip past his guard before he remembered his mask. A fraction of a second later he was looking perfectly normal, a little stern and a lot of sexy. The typical Yamato Ishida lead singer of The Teenage Wolves.
Sora hated it when he masked his emotions; she had spent months in the digital world with the sole purpose of breaking his mask. Well, not the sole purpose she did spend a little of her time saving the fate of two worlds but that was trivial compared to what she did for a cute blond boy.
Ever since the day she finally broke through to him, the day she finally taught him both love and friendship, he had used his mask for his fan girls and for his fan girls alone. It had been a long time since he had masked his emotions to her.
Actually, recently he had put on his mask quite frequently and she hadn't even noticed until now. Just for a few seconds
"Are you okay?" He asked again stressing the 'are.' She could tell this would be the last time he asked it wasn't as demanding as the first time it was his last attempt to get some truth out of her.
Telling him no would only put the mask back on his face, "no, I'm not okay." She sighed and placed her arms on his shoulders. "I'm your friend, Yama. Your supposed to trust me, tell me everything. We aren't supposed to have secrets."
He gulped uncomfortably "am I hiding something from you?"
"I dont know" She said tartly "You're faking it again" 'Faking it' was what they had always said when they referred to his mask. Hiding his feelings, faking his friends into thinking that he is okay when he is obviously not.
He smiled and leaned in towards her. Closing any space any distance. Sora didn't feel nervous. She didn't feel anxious. Yama kissed her gently on her forehead then pulled his lips only millimeters away. "You're always looking out for me" He told her lips gently brushing her skin still, hot breath tickling her scalp. "Thank you, for everything."
Sora felt more love then she had ever felt in her life. But this love, this kind of love, was a kind that was only meant for a friend. She sighed in relief as she realized she didn't like her friend like *that. *
Any doubts about her feelings for Yamato float away. She didn't like him and she felt relieved. She had felt like this before about many guys, even Tai once or twice. It just happened and it was probably just an overload of hormones. She thought she liked a close male friend and then it would just disappear. And then, like now, she would feel what ever emotions she thought she had trickle from her veins, pool to the ground and get washed away by a non-existing currant. 'Thank Kami.'
She turned her face up to meet his and he rested his forehead on hers. "I can't imagine why I bother with you" she told him "you're so much work." Yamato laughed outright and took her arm in his leading the way to his car.
Almost the instant her butt reached the leather interior she fell asleep. Yamato laughed again and had to walk around the car to shut her door for her. He leaned through the open window and smiled at her "sweet dreams" he said before returning to his side of the car and driving off in the familiar direction he fondly knew as home.
* * *
Sora felt muscular arms holding her pulling her into the warmth of a body that could only belong to a god. A god, or Yamato Ishida. Sore's head rested gently against his chest and she could hear his heart beating. Something she had always loved to listen to. The dull thump of a heart, the proof of life, the rhythmic patterns that made her feel safe and always reminded her that everything would be alright, the heightened potential the-
"You're up" Yama said interrupting her poetry.
"Hai" She said dreamily.
"Good, that means you can unlock the door" he stood in front of his apartment with a beautiful crimson haired girl in his arms.
"Key?"
Yamato thought for a second. "Back pocket. But now that your up I could just put you down."
Sora shrugged "Its no big" and reached her arm around to his pocket and slipped her hand in. She couldn't help but notice the feel of his firm butt and she spent a little longer then necessary retrieving the key from his pocket. Sora felt the mass of feeling return to her heart. 'Uh oh' She thought as she jammed the key into the door, twisted the knob and was carried inside. 'What if I do like him, what if I really have fallen for my best friend?'
Sora felt her hearts sped up and she blacked out. In her head, her conscious showed her the image of the ocean. In fast foreword she watched the tide come in and in her mind she imagined yelling at it 'You swept those emotions away in the current, I didn't tell you that you could return them!' She could recall her English professor quote a poem 'the tide rises the tide falls' Sora sighed 'Well damn the tide.'
Slowly she regained consciousness and the ocean shifted from her mind as her eyes opened to reveal Yamato's white washed living room ceiling. She closed her eyes still trying to block the image of that damn ocean trying desperately to focus on anything else.
Two pairs of footsteps slowly drifted away from her. "What happened" demanded a very sweet, very worried voice. "Is she okay?"
Sora recognized the voice instantly 'Meems? When did you get here?' She thought to herself.
She heard Yamato sigh and she could imagine him wrapping his arms around himself, something he frequently did when he was worried. "I don't know, she just passed out"
'I passed out?'
"Good thing you were there to catch her" Mimi said thoughtfully, he obviously didn't tell her he had been holding her to begin with. A pause - "Yama your flushed! Are you sure you shouldn't be lying down as well?"
'He's not... blushing is he?'
"I'm fine" he grumbled "its Sora I'm worried about"
'He's worried about me.'
"You don't think its serious, do you" Mimi asked her voice rising further in concern.
Sora could practically see the two in her mind's eye Yama standing there holding himself, Mimi wringing her hands and chewing on her bottom lip with worry. That's what they did when they were worried. Soon Mimi would start needing to touch someone, for comfort. Sora felt her throat tighten, imagining him holding her.
'How could she?! Mimi was supposed to be her friend! Mimi knew that I liked Yama-chan!'
'Do I like him? Oh. My. God. I've never acted so childish in my life' Sora gasped but luckily neither heard her because Yamato had just punched the wall. It sounded like he punched it very hard/
"It's all my fault. I over worked her. I- I pushed her too hard, I'm supposed to be her friend, I'm supposed to know her limitations. I'm supposed to be protecting her" his voice was choked and full of emotion. he punched the wall again.
'Protect me?'
"Yamato Ishida" Mimi said sternly. "That is THE stupidest thing I have ever heard. And I hang out with TAI" She told him stressing 'the' and 'tai'
"What? You don't think I feel that way?" He asked sounding hurt.
Mimi sighed and Sora knew she was giving him one of her sympathetic looks, "Yamato," she said still using his full name so that he knew she was telling the truth. "Sora is the strongest person I know, she can handle her fair share of work, I'm sure you didn't do anything to cause her spell. And even if it was from over work, she knows you care about her, she knows you would never do anything to hurt her. You protect her better then anyone else ever could."
"Of course I care about her, I love her."
'he loves me?'
"You love her?" Mimi asked. "As a friend or otherwise."
'Otherwise?'
Nothing.
Sora waited.
Nothing
'Did he nod? Shake his head? Ignore the question outright?'
Nothing
She couldn't take the silence anymore. "Hello?" she called feeling suddenly guilty for eavesdropping.
"Sora?"
"Sora?" Came the identical calls.
"Mimi? When did you get here?" She pretended as if she hadn't heard anything spoken in the last 10 minutes.
"Just after you passed out. Are you okay?" Mimi felt her forehead. "Temperatures normal-"
Sora laughed and swatted her hand away "Meems, I'm fine" she told her friend.
Mimi engulfed her in a hug and Sora got the chance to notice Yamato. He stood back from them and he looked guilty his eyes questioned her. Mimi let go and Sora faked a yawn. He hadn't asked her a question. But they never needed words to communicate "I'm just tired that's all" she told him. "Meems and I went to bed way too late." Sora faked a laugh, "So late it might as well have been early."
Mimi looked at her suspiciously. That was an outright lie they had gone to bed early, Mimi suffering from overwhelming jet lag and Sora desperate for the new day to begin. Or maybe it was just for that day to end. Mimi laughed as if she were remembering a fond memory, "Oh we were up early alright" she giggled and Yamato smiled looking relieved. Mimi gave Sora a look that clearly stated, *You will tell me later, I saved you ass*
Sora nodded telling her friend that she would, without letting Yamato get suspicious. "Yama-kun," Sora asked. "What's next"
Yamato smiled. If she was using pet names, she was definitely okay. He pulled a folded piece of newspaper out of his pocket. "Creative writing."
"But I'm already taking creative writing at school."
Yamato grinned, "yes but this is a specific assignment. You have to write a short story for a competition. the best story will be published and you will receive an award that is looked very highly on by colleges."
"Not another competition. I hate competitions." Sora plopped down onto the couch and glared at him while he picked a notepad and pen off the table and handed her them, along with the news clipping. "So what do I have to write about?"
Mimi giggled "You have to write a love story. Isn't it exciting?!"
"Yeah" Sora said not to sure of herself. "Imp ecstatic."
Yamato headed towards the kitchen to pointer and middle fingers in the air in a small wave, "well, I have to go make some calls good luck. Ja!"
"Wait!" Sora cried standing up "I don't know anything about love! Mimi should write something like this! She's the one with all the boyfriends!"
Yamato turned on his heel abruptly and strode quickly towards her. He stopped only inches away and leaned towards her arms out stretched. She felt her heartbeat quicken. His one hand behind her head slowly climbing down until it was at the base of her neck. He let his fingers dip quickly under her shirt and he pulled out a small silver chain. Using his other hand he traced the chain until a red pendant came into his hands. He held it up to her face. Her heart caught in her throat "you" he whispered "know more about love then anyone else. Write what you feel."
'Oh god if you only knew what I felt right now.' She nodded
"Think you can do that?"
"Hai" she said breathlessly
"Good. Now get to work." Sora wasn't sure how long it had been since he had walked into the kitchen but she did know she couldn't move. She saw Mimi out of the corner of her eye standing there mouth agape.
She laughed completely shocked "you like him!" She declared in a whisper.
Sora groaned and dropped back down into the couch. "I don't know!" she moaned. "One minute I do, The next minute I'm positive I don't. Then I pass out because he's holding me-"
Mimi sat next to her on the couch "I knew it had something to do with him" she whispered. Sora nodded feeling completely humiliated.
Their conversation stopped at a dead halt as Yamato entered the room they both looked up at him. "I'm assuming those guilty faces mean that you weren't actually writing."
Sora stared at the notebook in her lap and flipped it open sheepishly. "Good phone call?" She asked trying to change the subject
He laughed "actually it was. I have more plans for you. I'll make a model student out of you yet, Sora Takenuchi"
"I am a model student"
"That's right, you are, you just are college material. Not yet"
Sora winced "I'll get to work then"
"Just what I was hoping to hear, I actually have to make more phone calls. Meems"
"Hmm?" She asked picking up a magazine and flipping through it.
"Keep an eye on Sora, make sure that she is working, instead of chatting with you.
Mimi grinned and stood in salute "Sir Yes Sir Captain Yamato Ishida, I will keep your slave in line!"
Yamato laughed and returned to the kitchen, "What am I supposed to do about this story? I can't even decipher how I feel about him, let alone how other people fall in love." Sora played with her crest that now lay on top of her shirt rather then tucked safely away.
"That's it" Mimi said excitedly
"What's it?"
"Write about Yama! Tell the story of your relationship stick entirely to the truth. If, by the end of the story, it's a love story, then you'll know how you feel. If it is love you'll have the perfect story . If it isn't you'll know you dont love him and you can just go back through it and make it a love story. That way you will have a story AND know how you feel"
Sora looked at her friend in shock. "That is amazing! It's perfect!" A minute later Sora had written nothing. "Meems?" Mimi looked down from her magazine "where do I start it? The digital world? Camp? The beginning of High School? Today?"
Mimi smiled. "Just take notes to begin with. Write those down, the times you could start your story." Mimi paused so Sora could write down her list. "Now write what you know has to go in there. Dont worry about where it starts write about what's happened today, because that's very important. And the rest will come later"
"Thanks Meems" Mimi just waves a perfectly manicured hand at her and returned to her magazine.
Half an hour later "Hey Sor," Mimi said "did you know that Yama met his band mates in detention?"
Sora looked up from her writing. She was nearly finished writing the days occurrences. "Where on earth did you hear that?"
Mimi held up the magazine proudly. On the one page was a close up of Yamato with his 'faking it' mask on. Looking 'a little stern and a lot of sexy' as Sora had frequently told him, on the other page was a whole series of text and four smaller pictures of the other members in his band.
"Where did you get that magazine?" Sora asked surprised
Mimi giggled. "Its Yama's. He keeps articles about himself." She laughed. and closed the magazine holding up the cover. Another large picture of him adorned the cover and the titles along each side claiming to have the inside scoop on Yamato Ishida.
"Let me see that!" Sora cried out laughing. Mimi tossed her the magazine. Each and every title was about him, which was weird. Normally when a magazine featured someone there were a couple pages about them but that was it. Not in this case. Sora scanned the magazine, every single page was about him. "Oh my god. This is ridiculous!"
Mimi laughed "I know, remind me to make fun of him" Sora continued to flip through the pages until she gasped "what" said Mimi leaning in to see. "Oh my god"
The article Sora had stopped on had shocked both girls.
*Yamato Ishida's newest fling, Vrai ou faux?*
"Yamato Ishida has been seen quite frequently with an unknown red haired goddess. ("Goddess?" Sora asked as they stared at the page) The beauty seems to be taking up all his time lately and he has spared no expense oh her.
Pictured followed of Sora and Yamato at the Tennis Club with Hoji and more.
Sora stared horrified at the page. So many pictures had her and him together. She hadn't even seen any cameras.
The article carried on and on and Sora couldn't stand to read anymore. It was too weird.
"Vrai ou faux?" Mimi asked
"It means true or false" Sora said. "It's French"
Mimi sighed "I know what it means. I'm asking you. Vrai ou faux, True or False?"
Sora frowned, "I dont know yet" she looked at what she had written so far "but I will know soon. What do you think I should title it."
Mimi raised her eyebrows, "I always thought you were supposed to name it last."
Sora shrugged, "I like to title things first so I can stay on task, so I know what I'm writing about, any ideas?" She asked hopefully.
"None. But it doesn't matter anyway. You only have five minutes until Kari comes over for your next lesson."
Sora nodded but she couldn't love her story until it had a name and her story WAS about love, she just *needed* to give it a title. She doodled at the bottom of the page, 'preparing for college' shook her head and crossed it out.
It needed to have meaning. Maybe even two meanings. She thought long and hard. It should be about love and about these few weeks, preparing for college. She smiled finally, it would be about the winter break. Knowing her title had already helped her with her story. Deciding on it positively and scrolling it across the top of the page.
Becoming More Desirable
by Sora Takenuchi
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Reviews
In order of most recent:
Soratofan- Yes. Yes I do. Actually. The delay was because my computer froze just as I finished the next chapter and I hadn't saved any of it. Then I went on Vacation.
Sora Kinomoto - Ah! Thanks.
CoLdBlue - Sorry! Yama is better when he's all kind and gentle. More huggable. Yay!
Scorion05 - It gets cuter!
DawnHope- Working on it, where's the next review? ^-^
Subzero-Strike- Yay! Thanks!
Rizza426 - I like being a favorite. te. he!
Subzero-Strike - Um! Thanks again! I'm working on the whole interesting thing.
HUGESoratofan - Imp glad.
Sorato4ever- Ah! I have no intention of stopping. Maybe slowing. But def. not stopping ^-^
AngryMew2 - Romance! weeeeeeee!
Sweet-sorato - Next part soon.
- Your cookies are worse. *bluhh* my sister. And I know how to spell. I just don't.
Windedlove - o my frieken gosh- thanks.
NoodlesnRiceRin sweet noble skuld- I hope you're still reading and thanks. Oh -its kawaii
Olympian - Tweaks nose. it is cute isn't it!
Sora Kinomoto - Happy New Year to you too (of course its august *its been a while hasn't it*)
DawnHope - Hopefully a good surprise, ne?
Silver Horizon - I can't believe I'm a fav! I've read you work, your one of my favs (YAY!)
Angel of Love - It's been a while since chapter one but I hope your still reading this part
Dyan- I just had to do the guitar thing. I love guitar and its such a cute thing to share ^-^
Jasper-isis - Sweet! will do.
DawnHope - Okay. I will
Sora Kinomoto - ^ that happens next. -_- (I love people who review a lot)
Rizza426 - ditto^
Silent stalker- don't worry about spelling. lol. you've seen my work (eugh)
azn_ice_angel - thanks
Silver Horizon - Thanks for the first review.
