Chapter 13: Emotions Running High
"Miki!" Utena shouted, hurrying after her brother's friend. Other students gave her strange looks as she ran across the courtyard, but she just ignored them; her eyes saw only one person.
The blue haired guy turned around. He smiled when he saw that it was Utena. As she neared him, Utena suddenly noticed that her heart had started to beat faster and louder. Swallowing hard, Utena gave Miki a bright smile.
"Hey Utena. What's up? Julius's in the Council lounge if you're looking for him," Miki greeted.
"Oh, I'm not looking for him. Actually, I was looking for you," Utena said.
"Really?" Miki seemed surprised.
"Yeah, I'm having some trouble in my algebra class and I heard that you're the genius at Ohtori, so I was wondering if you could help me get a higher grade, maybe help me study for upcoming tests and stuff. Like tutoring."
"Sure, I'll be glad to." Miki grinned. "Algebra is pretty easy."
"Ha! Easy for you to say. You're the one who's already in line for prestigious scholarships all over Japan," Utena teased.
"How d'you know about that?" Miki as really surprised. Utena guessed that he hadn't told that many people about it.
Utena shrugged with a small smile. "Word travels fast around this campus."
"Yeah, I guess it does, especially with all these people gossiping," Miki grinned, lowering his voice and leaning closer to Utena, "not to mention names, but there's this one Kou person with silver hair who always seems to be spreading some kinds of information to other people."
"Yaten is always doing that huh?" Utena agreed. "I'll have to make sure he doesn't find out anything about me." Utena grinned. "After all, I wouldn't want my bad rep with the cops to be spread around the school," she joked.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want that now would we?" Miki joked back. The two laughed. After a few minutes of some more joking around, Miki's expression turned questioning.
"So have you ever been caught by the police before?" he asked, glancing at Utena.
"Once, I wasn't being careful when I was out street motorcycle racing one time. I had just finished a race and then one of my friends, Mark, yelled to everyone that the cops were coming. I didn't even have time to start up my bike before dozens of police squad cars surrounded everyone who hadn't already gotten away."
"Really? Wow. So you have a police record now?"
Utena gave a short laugh. "Uh, actually, no. A friend of mine, Chris made my record.disappear."
"What?! He hacked into the system and-" Miki almost shouted.
Utena shot a hand over Miki's mouth. "Shhh, quiet. If anyone finds out about it, Chris will be so mad. He's got so many things going for him right now, he can't afford to get caught." Utena removed her hand.
"All right, but hacking?!" Miki exclaimed quietly, his head bent towards Utena's own. His lips felt hot where Utena's hand had come in contact.
"No biggie. He didn't change anything else," Utena replied nonchalantly.
"Uhuh," Miki said, clearly no believing her.
Utena cracked a smile. "I'm serious!" She protested.
"Sure," Miki stretched out the word, adding sarcasm to it. Of course, he was just joking.
"Whatever." Utena waved her hand in the air. And then grinned.
Miki smiled, but it diminished in a few moments, replaced by a troubled expression. Utena noticed this.
"Miki, what's up?" Utena asked, concern written in her voice.
"Nothing," Miki answered quickly. He took slightly quicker steps.
"Come on Miki. You can tell me." Utena sped up and moved directly in front of him, making him come to a sudden halt from his rapid steps.
Miki looked at her and then at the shadows on the ground. "Well.I have this, uh, friend who, uh, wants to ask this girl out but, he doesn't know if she'll want to go out with him so-"
"Yes," Utena said.
"What?" Miki asked, confused.
"Yes. I will go out with you," Utena grinned. "And you're a really bad liar you know."
Miki rubbed the back of his head, "You knew it was me?" he asked her embarrassed.
Utena laughed. "Yeah." The two began walking again.
Miki couldn't stop smiling. Even though he had been found out, it had lead to Utena's agreement to his date offer.
"So, where are we going?"
"Huh?" Miki was pulled out of his thoughts of Utena.
"Where are we going on our date?" Utena smiled, amused at Miki who seemed to have had drifted off in to la-la land.
"Uh, well, I haven't really thought about that yet, so." Miki turned pink.
Utena laughed. "That's okay. Uh, they have that new American movie playing. 'The Matrix: Reloaded'. Do you want to go see it?"
"Yeah, I've been wanting to go see that one." Miki agreed.
"Great. And when is our date?" she asked him.
"Are you free next Friday night?" Miki had begun to relax and talk like a normal person, much to his relief.
"Yeah, sure." Utena smiled. She looked down and her hair hung over her expression of happiness, hiding it from Miki's view. "So, uh," Utena said raising her head, her expression minimized to a happy smile. She brushed her hair out of her face.
As Utena's hand moved aside her shining hair, the picture became slow motion for Miki. He watched, amazed, as Utena's beautiful hand pushed her dark brown hair out of her face, her eyes blinking. The deep blue orbs looking up into his, innocence burning in them, with a hint of shyness and adventurism, it made him feel something. He felt warm inside, as if he could take on the world if only he could just touch her lips once with his own.
Utena looked up into his deep blue eyes. 'Oh my god. I think I'm gonna die of suffocation. I can't breathe.' Her breath had caught silently in her throat when she had looked up to see Miki staring into her eyes. Her eyes tore themselves away from his eyes, only to be taken, captive yet again-by his lips. His pale pinkish-red lips slightly apart, his heavy breath sliding through. Utena raised her eyes back to his eyes and realized that he was slowly leaning towards her. She lifted her lips to meet his, closing her eyes like Miki.
As their lips touched, they each felt a huge shock of shivers running through their bodies. Miki's arms encircled around Utena's small waist, drawing her closer as they both deepened the kiss. Unknowingly, Utena moved her hand to the back of Miki's hair, running it through his thick blue hair. Miki's arms were tightly around Utena's waist and was running his fingers up and down her back, sending even more shivers down her spine.
Suddenly there was a loud whistle of approval from behind Utena. Miki and Utena gently pulled apart from each other at the same time, as if their minds were one. Miki's arm was still around Utena as they saw Julius, Yaten, Seiya, Taiki, Ami, Mina, Rei, Makoto, and Serena standing there They were all smiling. Yaten, whom had whistled, was grinning mischievously.
"So...is it hot out here or is it just me?" Yaten asked innocently. The others sputtered at his lame joke.
Utena laughed and shook her head. Miki was looked at Yaten with a raised eyebrow.
The group walked over to Miki and Utena.
"Man, you guys look good together," Makoto said, in her tomboyish way.
"What can we say? We were meant for each other," Utena said, looking up into Miki's eyes, knowing that they were in agreement on that.
"All I'm gonna say is: It's about time you guys got together," Julius told them, moving between them and slinging an arm over both of their shoulders. "You guys were tearing yourselves apart over the last few weeks. Especially you, Miki."
Leaning over, Julius said quietly to Miki. "You moved fast, buddy."
Miki smirked. "And I know what your next words are going to be, Utena's oh- so-overprotective-older-brother."
"Good, so we're clear on that, dude?" Julius grinned.
"Of course."
"What are you to talking about?" the two looked over at Utena who was looking at them suspiciously.
"Nothing important. Just planning your engagement," Julius joked.
"-and your wedding-" added Mina.
"-and your honeymoon-" chirped Serena.
"-and your three kids' names!" exclaimed Yaten.
"You guys! Seriously, get a life!" Utena shouted with a frown, but her eyes were shining with laughter. She slipped out from under Julius's arm and moved around him, to Miki, whom promptly slid his own arm around her waist.
Julius let go of Miki's neck. "Whatever," he replied with a smirk. He looked over at the other two as they walked with their friends to the courtyard. They were talking quietly with each other, smiling every so often. Miki's face was a soft pink and Utena's was the same.
'Well I guess we're gonna have an addition to the family.some guy named Miki Kaoru. Hmmm.I wonder who that could be.' Julius thought to himself a smile on his face. He shook his head, looking down at the ground with his hands in his pockets as he walked beside his group of close friends.
"Miki!" Utena shouted, hurrying after her brother's friend. Other students gave her strange looks as she ran across the courtyard, but she just ignored them; her eyes saw only one person.
The blue haired guy turned around. He smiled when he saw that it was Utena. As she neared him, Utena suddenly noticed that her heart had started to beat faster and louder. Swallowing hard, Utena gave Miki a bright smile.
"Hey Utena. What's up? Julius's in the Council lounge if you're looking for him," Miki greeted.
"Oh, I'm not looking for him. Actually, I was looking for you," Utena said.
"Really?" Miki seemed surprised.
"Yeah, I'm having some trouble in my algebra class and I heard that you're the genius at Ohtori, so I was wondering if you could help me get a higher grade, maybe help me study for upcoming tests and stuff. Like tutoring."
"Sure, I'll be glad to." Miki grinned. "Algebra is pretty easy."
"Ha! Easy for you to say. You're the one who's already in line for prestigious scholarships all over Japan," Utena teased.
"How d'you know about that?" Miki as really surprised. Utena guessed that he hadn't told that many people about it.
Utena shrugged with a small smile. "Word travels fast around this campus."
"Yeah, I guess it does, especially with all these people gossiping," Miki grinned, lowering his voice and leaning closer to Utena, "not to mention names, but there's this one Kou person with silver hair who always seems to be spreading some kinds of information to other people."
"Yaten is always doing that huh?" Utena agreed. "I'll have to make sure he doesn't find out anything about me." Utena grinned. "After all, I wouldn't want my bad rep with the cops to be spread around the school," she joked.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want that now would we?" Miki joked back. The two laughed. After a few minutes of some more joking around, Miki's expression turned questioning.
"So have you ever been caught by the police before?" he asked, glancing at Utena.
"Once, I wasn't being careful when I was out street motorcycle racing one time. I had just finished a race and then one of my friends, Mark, yelled to everyone that the cops were coming. I didn't even have time to start up my bike before dozens of police squad cars surrounded everyone who hadn't already gotten away."
"Really? Wow. So you have a police record now?"
Utena gave a short laugh. "Uh, actually, no. A friend of mine, Chris made my record.disappear."
"What?! He hacked into the system and-" Miki almost shouted.
Utena shot a hand over Miki's mouth. "Shhh, quiet. If anyone finds out about it, Chris will be so mad. He's got so many things going for him right now, he can't afford to get caught." Utena removed her hand.
"All right, but hacking?!" Miki exclaimed quietly, his head bent towards Utena's own. His lips felt hot where Utena's hand had come in contact.
"No biggie. He didn't change anything else," Utena replied nonchalantly.
"Uhuh," Miki said, clearly no believing her.
Utena cracked a smile. "I'm serious!" She protested.
"Sure," Miki stretched out the word, adding sarcasm to it. Of course, he was just joking.
"Whatever." Utena waved her hand in the air. And then grinned.
Miki smiled, but it diminished in a few moments, replaced by a troubled expression. Utena noticed this.
"Miki, what's up?" Utena asked, concern written in her voice.
"Nothing," Miki answered quickly. He took slightly quicker steps.
"Come on Miki. You can tell me." Utena sped up and moved directly in front of him, making him come to a sudden halt from his rapid steps.
Miki looked at her and then at the shadows on the ground. "Well.I have this, uh, friend who, uh, wants to ask this girl out but, he doesn't know if she'll want to go out with him so-"
"Yes," Utena said.
"What?" Miki asked, confused.
"Yes. I will go out with you," Utena grinned. "And you're a really bad liar you know."
Miki rubbed the back of his head, "You knew it was me?" he asked her embarrassed.
Utena laughed. "Yeah." The two began walking again.
Miki couldn't stop smiling. Even though he had been found out, it had lead to Utena's agreement to his date offer.
"So, where are we going?"
"Huh?" Miki was pulled out of his thoughts of Utena.
"Where are we going on our date?" Utena smiled, amused at Miki who seemed to have had drifted off in to la-la land.
"Uh, well, I haven't really thought about that yet, so." Miki turned pink.
Utena laughed. "That's okay. Uh, they have that new American movie playing. 'The Matrix: Reloaded'. Do you want to go see it?"
"Yeah, I've been wanting to go see that one." Miki agreed.
"Great. And when is our date?" she asked him.
"Are you free next Friday night?" Miki had begun to relax and talk like a normal person, much to his relief.
"Yeah, sure." Utena smiled. She looked down and her hair hung over her expression of happiness, hiding it from Miki's view. "So, uh," Utena said raising her head, her expression minimized to a happy smile. She brushed her hair out of her face.
As Utena's hand moved aside her shining hair, the picture became slow motion for Miki. He watched, amazed, as Utena's beautiful hand pushed her dark brown hair out of her face, her eyes blinking. The deep blue orbs looking up into his, innocence burning in them, with a hint of shyness and adventurism, it made him feel something. He felt warm inside, as if he could take on the world if only he could just touch her lips once with his own.
Utena looked up into his deep blue eyes. 'Oh my god. I think I'm gonna die of suffocation. I can't breathe.' Her breath had caught silently in her throat when she had looked up to see Miki staring into her eyes. Her eyes tore themselves away from his eyes, only to be taken, captive yet again-by his lips. His pale pinkish-red lips slightly apart, his heavy breath sliding through. Utena raised her eyes back to his eyes and realized that he was slowly leaning towards her. She lifted her lips to meet his, closing her eyes like Miki.
As their lips touched, they each felt a huge shock of shivers running through their bodies. Miki's arms encircled around Utena's small waist, drawing her closer as they both deepened the kiss. Unknowingly, Utena moved her hand to the back of Miki's hair, running it through his thick blue hair. Miki's arms were tightly around Utena's waist and was running his fingers up and down her back, sending even more shivers down her spine.
Suddenly there was a loud whistle of approval from behind Utena. Miki and Utena gently pulled apart from each other at the same time, as if their minds were one. Miki's arm was still around Utena as they saw Julius, Yaten, Seiya, Taiki, Ami, Mina, Rei, Makoto, and Serena standing there They were all smiling. Yaten, whom had whistled, was grinning mischievously.
"So...is it hot out here or is it just me?" Yaten asked innocently. The others sputtered at his lame joke.
Utena laughed and shook her head. Miki was looked at Yaten with a raised eyebrow.
The group walked over to Miki and Utena.
"Man, you guys look good together," Makoto said, in her tomboyish way.
"What can we say? We were meant for each other," Utena said, looking up into Miki's eyes, knowing that they were in agreement on that.
"All I'm gonna say is: It's about time you guys got together," Julius told them, moving between them and slinging an arm over both of their shoulders. "You guys were tearing yourselves apart over the last few weeks. Especially you, Miki."
Leaning over, Julius said quietly to Miki. "You moved fast, buddy."
Miki smirked. "And I know what your next words are going to be, Utena's oh- so-overprotective-older-brother."
"Good, so we're clear on that, dude?" Julius grinned.
"Of course."
"What are you to talking about?" the two looked over at Utena who was looking at them suspiciously.
"Nothing important. Just planning your engagement," Julius joked.
"-and your wedding-" added Mina.
"-and your honeymoon-" chirped Serena.
"-and your three kids' names!" exclaimed Yaten.
"You guys! Seriously, get a life!" Utena shouted with a frown, but her eyes were shining with laughter. She slipped out from under Julius's arm and moved around him, to Miki, whom promptly slid his own arm around her waist.
Julius let go of Miki's neck. "Whatever," he replied with a smirk. He looked over at the other two as they walked with their friends to the courtyard. They were talking quietly with each other, smiling every so often. Miki's face was a soft pink and Utena's was the same.
'Well I guess we're gonna have an addition to the family.some guy named Miki Kaoru. Hmmm.I wonder who that could be.' Julius thought to himself a smile on his face. He shook his head, looking down at the ground with his hands in his pockets as he walked beside his group of close friends.