Chapter 6: Dancing Cheek to Cheek.
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A/N: we have the plague. No, not the black plague you dummies! The BAND plague. It's this flu like thing where you walk around feeling drunk because everything is kind of shifting about without permission and you get a fever and sometimes you just want to run around screaming because your head hurts so much that you want to claw your eyes out, especially when you do your nice hacking cough and your head contracts and it hurts your eyeballs when you try to move them. But enough about us, on to the story!
Statement made to save one's ASS: We do not own the following articles: Kindergarten, Early Birds, Cake, ASB, Subway sandwiches, Camry's, Frank Sinatra (he's the effing MAN!), moonlight, *Nice Movie for Enjoy Life*, Fridays, Pocahontas, or school gyms.
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"SCHOOL!!!" ::tee hee:: giggled little Ayame as Kaoru struggled to braid the front pieces of her hair.
It was the second day of Kaoru's school being in session, but it was Ayame's big first day of Kindergarten! WOO HOO!!!! (Zippy: frankly, I loved kindergarten. Since I already knew how to read, I just screwed around in the back of class. Come to think about it, that's STILL all I do in class. . .)(Chunks: I abused other children with wooden building blocks. Come to think about it. . .)
Anyways. Kaoru dropped off the little Early Bird and she and Yahiko headed to Kyoto High. The rest of the week flew by, but the only major occurrence was that Kenshin passed his driving test! However, he still had NO car. . . And he had to wait until his eighteenth birthday before he could drive anyone. We have decided that his birthday is January 1. ^_^ cheers.
Amidst all the returning of the class expectation slips, it was announced that the school's annual "Aloha Dance," the dance to welcome freshman and returning students alike, was to be held the next Friday evening.
I&$^^%#^)(^*&%#&%^NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT(*&#*)^#@(*+)(@#*U)(&
AT THE ALOHA DANCE:
ASB was waiting at the entrance to the gym, as the Aloha Dance is traditionally held in there. They greeted all dance goers with a smile and a quick lei, and the kids went inside the darkened gym. The music was thumpin' and the dishes were rattling as the elephants arrived. I'm talking about Cake here, not just the kids who failed P.E.
The majority of upperclassmen don't attend the Aloha Dance, having already been several times in the past. There was a group of senior girls freaking anything with a Y chromosome, and a really really hot football player. Tee hee. However, most of *our* characters weren't attending this little shindig. Yahiko did, though, with some of his little AZN homies. Oh look, Tsubame went too . . . buahaha. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^SOMEWHERE ELSE:
MOVIE NITE!!!! Tae showed up first, sporting her lover muffin, Katsu, and the charmingly irresistible mooch, Sano. Megumi showed up by herself, wearing dark sunglasses even though the sun had set. Kaoru and Kenshin emerged from a shadowy corner. Maybe THEY showed up first. Hmm. . . . SUSPICIOUS.
"Hey Megumi!" called Kaoru, as the group conglobulated in front of the Subway restaurant. "Nice glasses."
"Thanks," she smiled. "It's the latest in trendy. Hey, where's Misao?"
Kenshin perked up, "She said she was really busy. I asked Aoshi to come along as well, that I did, but he just gave a flat out 'No.'"
"Typical," remarked Sanosuke.
The group gathered their tickets and walked into the theatre. They were excited to see *Nice Movie for Enjoy Life*. Can you tell? It's a new romance/comedy/action/drama/horror/thriller from Japan!
As they made their way down the aisles, Tae gave a slight gasp and frantically whispered to the others, "OH MY GAWD IS THAT AOSHI?!?!? IS HE ACTUALLY OUT ON A DATE?!?!?!"
"Yeah, I think so, but who is he with?" Sano whispered back.
Kenshin: "I can't see."
Katsu: "Go look."
Kaoru: "Why don't you just go ask him?!"
Megumi: "I don't want to ask him! You ask him!"
Sano: "No frickin way."
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT THE GROSSLY OVERDECORATED GYM!
"Just go ask her!"
"NO! What if she says no?"
"Then you deal with rejection in your own special way, and get over it! Now go ask her!"
"Gee, you're such a pal, Yutaro."
"It's what I'm here for. Now quit being such a pansy, Yahiko, before I go ask her just to piss you off!"
Yahiko steamed a little. Then he went and asked Tsubame to dance. And Tsubame, like the adorable little creature that she is, giggled a bit, blushed, and accepted.
Yeah, they really weren't separated for the rest of the evening.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT THE THEATRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Who agreed on this movie?" Megumi heaved a sigh of boredom.
They sat through the entire movie, although Sano and Megumi felt a bit awkward, as they had couples making out on either side of them.
FINALLY the movie was over, with no one gathering the courage to even approach Aoshi to inquire the name of his MyStErY dAtE (don't you hate it when people write like that? Yeah me too.) The six collected their respective belongings, with Kaoru and Kenshin being the last to begin independent breathing. As they walked out of the theatre, Kaoru turned to take a last look at the credits (she really did like the soundtrack). Then she swooned.
Katsu raised an eyebrow. "What the fu--"
Megumi moved forward to wave air on the limp form. "No, she just appears to have fainted."
"Thank you, doctor," commented Sano. The rest of the audience exited the theatre, moving carefully around the five conscious teenagers and their comatose companion. In the commotion, they didn't see Aoshi leave. Way to fail, Kaoru.
Kenshin drove Miss Kaoru home (illegally, haha) after she regained consciousness, somewhat. She wouldn't say what had caused the fainting spasm. He had the yellow convertible's top up, but the windows down, and he was vaguely reminded of something that had happened before. A feeling of guilt washed over him, but he shook it off.
Tae and Katsu were planning on spending the rest of the night together before she had to pick up her sister from the Aloha Dance. Before she left she said to Sano, "You owe me gas money. When are you gonna pay up?" Sano started to shrink away and look evasive. Katsu just laughed and steered Tae towards her Camry.
Megumi turned to Sano and said, "I guess I have to take you now."
Sano chuckled, "Oh baby, you know you like it."
Meg quirked an eyebrow. "Yes, it's the highlight of my day. Now get in the car."
Kenshin parked in front of his house. As a fully conscious Kaoru walked around the front of the Mustang, Kenshin stepped out, kissed her gently and then whispered "Be careful." in her ear.
She looked up at him, the moonlight reflecting in her eyes and said, "You worry too much." She held him close and then got in the car. Kenshin stood on his front stoop and watched her drive away.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT SKOOL!!
The last dance of the night was a slow one. Tsubame and Yahiko were naturally partaking of a Sinatra classic (come now, wouldn't you be enthused if a SINATRA song ended your dance? Well we would. Whatever. Be like that. See what we care.)
Lights spun in all directions still, though Yahiko and Tsubame didn't really seem to notice. They didn't even notice when Yutaro smirked a little I-told-you-so smirk from across the floor. Simply swaying back and forth in a slightly dizzying, yet comfortable motion, the two just- teenagers were together in bliss (well, okay, Yahiko was still freaking out a little, but he managed to hide it). Tsubame just smiled and leaned her head on his warm shoulder, snuggling in a little bit closer.
They were dancing cheek to cheek, all right.
The dance ended and they strolled out to the front of the school where other parents/siblings were picking up the dance attendees. The stars were out, the air was crisp, and Tsubame was leaning towards Yahiko.
She said politely, "If . . . if you wanted to kiss me . . . I wouldn't say no . . ."
::blush blush blush:: on both their parts.
Though Yahiko wasn't really one to argue with that, he hesitated slightly. She looked at him with her wide grey-blue(ish) eyes and he swallowed the nervous lump in his throat. Sucking up all his courage, he grasped her hand gently and closed his eyes, leaning in toward her. She closed her eyes as well.
Tae drove up, honked the horn, and Yahiko was frightened out of his pants because he was caught kissing Tsubame. Her eyes opened and she stammered a few times before darting off to the Camry, waving goodbye to Yahiko as Katsu rolled down the window.
Katsu whistled and called out, "Way to go, buddy!" before Tae slapped him upside the head and drove them off.
Kenshin, meanwhile, got home before Sano OR Aoshi. Meh. Sano rarely returns home anyways. And Aoshi's a big lad. He can take care of himself.
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A/N: So yeah, we both have the plague. We are sick, but we got sick at different times. Chunks is starting to feel a little better, but still manages to cough up a lung or three at any given time while Zippy is feverishly delirious and passed out on the floor. No really, she's on the bean bag behind me as we speak. Anyway, who on earth was Aoshi with at that movie? What the hell kind of movie was that (it wasn't even grammatically correct . . .)? Will Yahiko ever be able to have a romantic moment with Tsubame and NOT be nervous about it? Who knows . . .
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A/N: we have the plague. No, not the black plague you dummies! The BAND plague. It's this flu like thing where you walk around feeling drunk because everything is kind of shifting about without permission and you get a fever and sometimes you just want to run around screaming because your head hurts so much that you want to claw your eyes out, especially when you do your nice hacking cough and your head contracts and it hurts your eyeballs when you try to move them. But enough about us, on to the story!
Statement made to save one's ASS: We do not own the following articles: Kindergarten, Early Birds, Cake, ASB, Subway sandwiches, Camry's, Frank Sinatra (he's the effing MAN!), moonlight, *Nice Movie for Enjoy Life*, Fridays, Pocahontas, or school gyms.
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"SCHOOL!!!" ::tee hee:: giggled little Ayame as Kaoru struggled to braid the front pieces of her hair.
It was the second day of Kaoru's school being in session, but it was Ayame's big first day of Kindergarten! WOO HOO!!!! (Zippy: frankly, I loved kindergarten. Since I already knew how to read, I just screwed around in the back of class. Come to think about it, that's STILL all I do in class. . .)(Chunks: I abused other children with wooden building blocks. Come to think about it. . .)
Anyways. Kaoru dropped off the little Early Bird and she and Yahiko headed to Kyoto High. The rest of the week flew by, but the only major occurrence was that Kenshin passed his driving test! However, he still had NO car. . . And he had to wait until his eighteenth birthday before he could drive anyone. We have decided that his birthday is January 1. ^_^ cheers.
Amidst all the returning of the class expectation slips, it was announced that the school's annual "Aloha Dance," the dance to welcome freshman and returning students alike, was to be held the next Friday evening.
I&$^^%#^)(^*&%#&%^NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT(*&#*)^#@(*+)(@#*U)(&
AT THE ALOHA DANCE:
ASB was waiting at the entrance to the gym, as the Aloha Dance is traditionally held in there. They greeted all dance goers with a smile and a quick lei, and the kids went inside the darkened gym. The music was thumpin' and the dishes were rattling as the elephants arrived. I'm talking about Cake here, not just the kids who failed P.E.
The majority of upperclassmen don't attend the Aloha Dance, having already been several times in the past. There was a group of senior girls freaking anything with a Y chromosome, and a really really hot football player. Tee hee. However, most of *our* characters weren't attending this little shindig. Yahiko did, though, with some of his little AZN homies. Oh look, Tsubame went too . . . buahaha. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^SOMEWHERE ELSE:
MOVIE NITE!!!! Tae showed up first, sporting her lover muffin, Katsu, and the charmingly irresistible mooch, Sano. Megumi showed up by herself, wearing dark sunglasses even though the sun had set. Kaoru and Kenshin emerged from a shadowy corner. Maybe THEY showed up first. Hmm. . . . SUSPICIOUS.
"Hey Megumi!" called Kaoru, as the group conglobulated in front of the Subway restaurant. "Nice glasses."
"Thanks," she smiled. "It's the latest in trendy. Hey, where's Misao?"
Kenshin perked up, "She said she was really busy. I asked Aoshi to come along as well, that I did, but he just gave a flat out 'No.'"
"Typical," remarked Sanosuke.
The group gathered their tickets and walked into the theatre. They were excited to see *Nice Movie for Enjoy Life*. Can you tell? It's a new romance/comedy/action/drama/horror/thriller from Japan!
As they made their way down the aisles, Tae gave a slight gasp and frantically whispered to the others, "OH MY GAWD IS THAT AOSHI?!?!? IS HE ACTUALLY OUT ON A DATE?!?!?!"
"Yeah, I think so, but who is he with?" Sano whispered back.
Kenshin: "I can't see."
Katsu: "Go look."
Kaoru: "Why don't you just go ask him?!"
Megumi: "I don't want to ask him! You ask him!"
Sano: "No frickin way."
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT THE GROSSLY OVERDECORATED GYM!
"Just go ask her!"
"NO! What if she says no?"
"Then you deal with rejection in your own special way, and get over it! Now go ask her!"
"Gee, you're such a pal, Yutaro."
"It's what I'm here for. Now quit being such a pansy, Yahiko, before I go ask her just to piss you off!"
Yahiko steamed a little. Then he went and asked Tsubame to dance. And Tsubame, like the adorable little creature that she is, giggled a bit, blushed, and accepted.
Yeah, they really weren't separated for the rest of the evening.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT THE THEATRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Who agreed on this movie?" Megumi heaved a sigh of boredom.
They sat through the entire movie, although Sano and Megumi felt a bit awkward, as they had couples making out on either side of them.
FINALLY the movie was over, with no one gathering the courage to even approach Aoshi to inquire the name of his MyStErY dAtE (don't you hate it when people write like that? Yeah me too.) The six collected their respective belongings, with Kaoru and Kenshin being the last to begin independent breathing. As they walked out of the theatre, Kaoru turned to take a last look at the credits (she really did like the soundtrack). Then she swooned.
Katsu raised an eyebrow. "What the fu--"
Megumi moved forward to wave air on the limp form. "No, she just appears to have fainted."
"Thank you, doctor," commented Sano. The rest of the audience exited the theatre, moving carefully around the five conscious teenagers and their comatose companion. In the commotion, they didn't see Aoshi leave. Way to fail, Kaoru.
Kenshin drove Miss Kaoru home (illegally, haha) after she regained consciousness, somewhat. She wouldn't say what had caused the fainting spasm. He had the yellow convertible's top up, but the windows down, and he was vaguely reminded of something that had happened before. A feeling of guilt washed over him, but he shook it off.
Tae and Katsu were planning on spending the rest of the night together before she had to pick up her sister from the Aloha Dance. Before she left she said to Sano, "You owe me gas money. When are you gonna pay up?" Sano started to shrink away and look evasive. Katsu just laughed and steered Tae towards her Camry.
Megumi turned to Sano and said, "I guess I have to take you now."
Sano chuckled, "Oh baby, you know you like it."
Meg quirked an eyebrow. "Yes, it's the highlight of my day. Now get in the car."
Kenshin parked in front of his house. As a fully conscious Kaoru walked around the front of the Mustang, Kenshin stepped out, kissed her gently and then whispered "Be careful." in her ear.
She looked up at him, the moonlight reflecting in her eyes and said, "You worry too much." She held him close and then got in the car. Kenshin stood on his front stoop and watched her drive away.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ BACK AT SKOOL!!
The last dance of the night was a slow one. Tsubame and Yahiko were naturally partaking of a Sinatra classic (come now, wouldn't you be enthused if a SINATRA song ended your dance? Well we would. Whatever. Be like that. See what we care.)
Lights spun in all directions still, though Yahiko and Tsubame didn't really seem to notice. They didn't even notice when Yutaro smirked a little I-told-you-so smirk from across the floor. Simply swaying back and forth in a slightly dizzying, yet comfortable motion, the two just- teenagers were together in bliss (well, okay, Yahiko was still freaking out a little, but he managed to hide it). Tsubame just smiled and leaned her head on his warm shoulder, snuggling in a little bit closer.
They were dancing cheek to cheek, all right.
The dance ended and they strolled out to the front of the school where other parents/siblings were picking up the dance attendees. The stars were out, the air was crisp, and Tsubame was leaning towards Yahiko.
She said politely, "If . . . if you wanted to kiss me . . . I wouldn't say no . . ."
::blush blush blush:: on both their parts.
Though Yahiko wasn't really one to argue with that, he hesitated slightly. She looked at him with her wide grey-blue(ish) eyes and he swallowed the nervous lump in his throat. Sucking up all his courage, he grasped her hand gently and closed his eyes, leaning in toward her. She closed her eyes as well.
Tae drove up, honked the horn, and Yahiko was frightened out of his pants because he was caught kissing Tsubame. Her eyes opened and she stammered a few times before darting off to the Camry, waving goodbye to Yahiko as Katsu rolled down the window.
Katsu whistled and called out, "Way to go, buddy!" before Tae slapped him upside the head and drove them off.
Kenshin, meanwhile, got home before Sano OR Aoshi. Meh. Sano rarely returns home anyways. And Aoshi's a big lad. He can take care of himself.
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A/N: So yeah, we both have the plague. We are sick, but we got sick at different times. Chunks is starting to feel a little better, but still manages to cough up a lung or three at any given time while Zippy is feverishly delirious and passed out on the floor. No really, she's on the bean bag behind me as we speak. Anyway, who on earth was Aoshi with at that movie? What the hell kind of movie was that (it wasn't even grammatically correct . . .)? Will Yahiko ever be able to have a romantic moment with Tsubame and NOT be nervous about it? Who knows . . .
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