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Case 7: Deception
[Author's note:] Cherry: Just a warning to all you young readers out there... THIS CHAPTER DOES HAVE SOME ELEMENTS OF LEMON...just a little though! *sweatdrop* I hope...
"Now think." Hideaki Asaba tossed and turned in bed, thinking of new tactics for which he can pursue Kanna. "What can I do to make her even talk to me...?" Tapping his foot loudly against the wall, Asaba groaned and started beating his head, attempting to get an idea.
"I don't know anything about her, I don't know what movies she likes, what kind of music, and what type of guys she likes." Asaba thought for a moment and realized this was the first time that he's agonized over a girl this much. This thought amused him.
After an intense period of Asaba's thought process, he finally advised a plan which will let him learn more about Takoshi Kanna. All he had to do was get someone to become friends with her, and be an information gatherer for him at the same time. "Now, the only question is who..."
"Miyazawa's too busy with Arima and her schoolwork to be doing anything else." Thinking about all the possible choices, Asaba went through the whole list. "Hmm... Seems to me, Kanna is more of an introvert nonsocial girl, so Tsubaki would probably just scare her away. Aya is busying away with her screenplay, and Rika is cheering her on. Maybe I can get Tsubasa... Oh wait...Never mind."
Asaba agonized over this question for hours until he finally remembered someone he had left out...Maho. "That's it, Maho!" His spirits immediately brightened and he continued. "She's the perfect choice! She's quiet, nonsocial, sarcastic, mature and realistic! Maho's got an attitude problem and who knows WHAT she's thinking half the time...She's the perfect ally for my plan."
"The only problem now is...will she do it?"
*****
"No." With just that one word, Maho shattered Asaba's last hope.
"Why...?" Asaba begged and pleaded.
Maho glared at Asaba with her vicious eyes, and replied. "What will I get out of your little pathetic love scheme?"
Asaba grinned widely and mumbled back. "Uh... You'd be doing me a HUGE favor... and erm, plus you'd gain another friend!" He smiled from ear to ear hopefully, and wishing Maho would help him.
But, she was not as optimistic as the man standing in front of her was. "Thanks, but no thanks. I don't need another friend, and I certainly won't help you with this cruel scheme." With that said, she walked off leaving Asaba with his thoughts.
"Fine, be that way then! I can get any girl I want, to do me this favor!" Asaba whined and called after the apathetic Maho. But she did nothing more than a mere wave that mocked Asaba and his capabilities.
From behind him, a snickering Miyazawa patted him on his shoulder. Trying hard not to laugh out loud, she uttered mockingly, "Very convincing, Asapin... Try harder next time."
"Hey, where's Tsubaki?" asked Miyazawa. "It's almost lunchtime."
"I think I saw her in the courtyard, playing basketball with Takefumi."
"Oooooh..." The class buzzed and howled lovingly.
"They sure are getting along great!" One of the students said, as a bunch of people scurried towards the window to watch the competitive couple.
To everyone's surprise, Tsubaki and Tonami weren't playing against each other, but sitting and talking on the benches. They seemed to be having a very interesting conversation and a few jokes now and then.
A couple of the guys hooted at the duo, "Yeah, Takefumi! What a way to handle Sakura, whoohoo!" Tonami's face burned up, as he jerked up on to his feet and yelled insults back to them. Normally Tsubaki would've done the same thing, but this time she just sat there blushing and looking at her feet.
*****
She was in an unusual happy mood, today. Maho scrambled around her closet, looking for a perfect outfit that doesn't seem to exist. The reason behind this euphoric bliss is because she gets to visit her 28 year old boyfriend. A dentist named Takashi who is much older than a high school freshman.
After a long decision, Maho finally settled for a black skirt and a sweater. She skipped happily to her precious boyfriend's apartment, half expecting him to jump out and hug her as she knocked on the door. But instead, he just smiled and greeted her with a simple hello.
"Ah, Maho, You're just in time, let me introduce you to someone." Takashi cheerfully said, as he led her into his living room. Maho's face immediately created a frown as she saw a tall, blonde woman about the same age as Takashi wearing a skimpy red dress. "This is my assistant, Akame."
"Why, hello there." The lady beamed down, as Maho snarled under her smiling outer appearance. "Takashi, who's this, is she your sister?"
Maho refrained herself from jumping up and choking that bitch to death, but waited anxiously for his answer. Instead of getting right up in her face and telling that woman about Maho being the love of his life, he just simply stood there smiling. With a tiny whisper, barely noticeable, he replied with a simple, "No."
What the hell was that?! Maho thought to herself, shocked and disappointed. An army of thoughts raced through her mind. Does she embarrass him? Is she too young for him?
After Akame left, Takashi walked over to Maho and tried to apologize, but Maho just brushed his arm away. "Maho, I'm sorry--" She jerked out of his grip and turned around to face the wall. What happened next surprised Maho, as his arms grabbed her from behind and held her tightly.
"Takashi..." She quickly stopped her sentence as his lips started kissing down the side of her neck. The warmness of his lips caressing her and his hands slowly moving up towards her chest, made her forget all about her anger. A tiny moan escaped her mouth as his fingers rubbed her developed breasts. He whisked her around and kissed her lips deeply, his tongue dancing in her small mouth.
He led her to his soft bed, and they slid off their clothes, still engaged in a deep kiss. Takashi would be the first...thought Maho as she gasped in joy and pain. His strength and soft touch surrounded her as they enjoyed a night of pure ecstasy.
It wasn't until three AM, when Maho realized that she had to go home. She scrambled up and quickly got dressed, waking Takashi as she did so. He rolled over and grabbed her wrist, with a serious expression on his face.
"Maho..." He spoke in a tone that made her shiver. "The reason I did this for you tonight... I-I think we should see other people." His words ripped open her heart like a spear. "Don't get me wrong, I wasn't using you or anything. I just thought I could do a last favor for you. Y-you're just a little too young for me...and during these past few weeks, Akame and I have developed feelings for each other..."
These words charged straight through Maho, tearing up her insides. She wanted to scream, but instead she just watched open eyed and nodded like a robot. She didn't even bother saying goodbye as she dashed out of the building, straight towards home. She wanted to cry so badly, but the tears could never form.
She ran straight into her house, with her angry mother waiting for her on the couch. Maho really didn't want to hear this right now, but she had to listen to her mother's babbling.
"Where the hell have you been?! Do you know how worried I was! Who knows where you were and who you were with?! I might have called the police and thought you had been kidnapped or something! Or worse, there could have been an accident and you might have died!" Her mom screamed in her face, as Maho rolled her eyes.
"If I died, why would you care?--" SLAP! A hand straight across her face, anger flushed her cheek as she jetted back out the door, running away from that place.
She ran as far as possible, until she bumped into someone walking around the corner. She fell backwards and landed on her back. The man bent down and offered her a hand. Maho looked up to see the annoying, last person in the world she wanted to see, Asaba.
He was just as surprised to see her, and then all of a sudden, Maho finally formed tears in her eyes, and streams came jetting down. She collapsed on Asaba's shoulder, and was crying her eyes out as Asaba put his arms around her back, in a comforting grip. For the first time in her life, Maho felt safe and felt like there was nothing in the world that could hurt her. It was so safe that she cried herself to sleep in his warm and tight grasp, sleeping her pain away.
The first thing Maho awoke to was an unfamiliar ceiling and an unfamiliar bed. She searched around the room, and finally saw Asaba coming through the door with a bowl of soup. "Good morning!" He smirked with that familiar smug face.
"Ugh, what am I doing here?" Maho said with a tone of disgust in her voice.
Asaba frowned and replied, "You fell asleep last night, so I brought you to my place. You had a high fever during the night, so you should drink the soup I made."
"Last night?" She echoed. "Oh my god, we have school!" She scrambled up and searched for her clothes as Asaba gently pushed her back down.
"Don't worry, I called in for you and said you wouldn't be coming today. I uh-also called your mom. She sounded mad, but she was relieved you were okay."
Maho stared at this stranger in front of her, and wondered what this imposter did with the immature, irresponsible real Asaba. "What about you? What about school, and what were you doing out so late last night?"
Asaba just shrugged his shoulders and continued. "It wouldn't be the first time I skipped school, oh well. Last night, I was working a double night shift at the restaurant. Aren't you glad you ran into someone you knew?"
Maho's previous assumptions of the annoying, childish Asaba were slowly deteriorating. Replacing them, were images of the sad and lonely side of Hideaki Asaba. All of a sudden, pain shot back up her leg, and reached the feminine part of her body. For the first time since the previous night, she just realized the physical and emotional pain she had suffered for Takashi. The blood retreated from her face, and made her look even paler than she already was.
"Maho, what's wrong?" Asaba asked worriedly. "Here have some soup."
"I don't want your help, just leave me alone!" She struggled to get out of his grip.
Asaba was not going to accept defeat as he took the spoon and fed it into her mouth. Maho finally accepted him, as he started spoon feeding her. "I can do it myself." She gently said.
"It's okay; I've always wanted to care for someone else." Asaba beamed happily.
Was this the stupid, shallow guy, whose soul purpose in life was to capture all the girls' love? No, this couldn't be the same person. At least that's what everybody thinks... but there was definitely a darker and depressing side to this forever smiling man. Was Maho the first to see that side?
After a whole finished bowl of soup, Asaba stood up and headed towards the door. "You rest here; I'll go buy some groceries."
"Asaba!"
He turned around to face the calling Maho. She was smiling gently like no one's ever seen before. That angelic smile of hers seems to light up the whole room.
"About the favor you asked me before...I'll do it."
Asaba looked at her in surprise, and slowly smoothed out his soft features. He smiled back at and nodded.
"Thank you..." [Fin]
To be continued...Case 8: Child Play [Next]
[Author's Note:] Cherry: Did you like that chapter? I liked it a lot!! ^^ Yay! The perfect set up for a new blossoming romance! Ahahahhaha! The next chapter's going to be about Tsubaki and Tonami's childhood and what REALLY went on with those two. Please check back and sign a review!!
[Parody:]
Haven't you ever wondered WHO the narrator in this story actually is...It isn't me! Who is the culprit that sees all and knows all? Just who is lurking in the corner of YOUR computer room RIGHT NOW? It's watching your every move...watching and waiting until you least expect it...
Oh no!! I've said too much! Please forgive me!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Read next chapter to find out who the narrator ACTUALLY is!!
Watch out and stay away from dark corners that smell like carrots...
Case 7: Deception
[Author's note:] Cherry: Just a warning to all you young readers out there... THIS CHAPTER DOES HAVE SOME ELEMENTS OF LEMON...just a little though! *sweatdrop* I hope...
"Now think." Hideaki Asaba tossed and turned in bed, thinking of new tactics for which he can pursue Kanna. "What can I do to make her even talk to me...?" Tapping his foot loudly against the wall, Asaba groaned and started beating his head, attempting to get an idea.
"I don't know anything about her, I don't know what movies she likes, what kind of music, and what type of guys she likes." Asaba thought for a moment and realized this was the first time that he's agonized over a girl this much. This thought amused him.
After an intense period of Asaba's thought process, he finally advised a plan which will let him learn more about Takoshi Kanna. All he had to do was get someone to become friends with her, and be an information gatherer for him at the same time. "Now, the only question is who..."
"Miyazawa's too busy with Arima and her schoolwork to be doing anything else." Thinking about all the possible choices, Asaba went through the whole list. "Hmm... Seems to me, Kanna is more of an introvert nonsocial girl, so Tsubaki would probably just scare her away. Aya is busying away with her screenplay, and Rika is cheering her on. Maybe I can get Tsubasa... Oh wait...Never mind."
Asaba agonized over this question for hours until he finally remembered someone he had left out...Maho. "That's it, Maho!" His spirits immediately brightened and he continued. "She's the perfect choice! She's quiet, nonsocial, sarcastic, mature and realistic! Maho's got an attitude problem and who knows WHAT she's thinking half the time...She's the perfect ally for my plan."
"The only problem now is...will she do it?"
*****
"No." With just that one word, Maho shattered Asaba's last hope.
"Why...?" Asaba begged and pleaded.
Maho glared at Asaba with her vicious eyes, and replied. "What will I get out of your little pathetic love scheme?"
Asaba grinned widely and mumbled back. "Uh... You'd be doing me a HUGE favor... and erm, plus you'd gain another friend!" He smiled from ear to ear hopefully, and wishing Maho would help him.
But, she was not as optimistic as the man standing in front of her was. "Thanks, but no thanks. I don't need another friend, and I certainly won't help you with this cruel scheme." With that said, she walked off leaving Asaba with his thoughts.
"Fine, be that way then! I can get any girl I want, to do me this favor!" Asaba whined and called after the apathetic Maho. But she did nothing more than a mere wave that mocked Asaba and his capabilities.
From behind him, a snickering Miyazawa patted him on his shoulder. Trying hard not to laugh out loud, she uttered mockingly, "Very convincing, Asapin... Try harder next time."
"Hey, where's Tsubaki?" asked Miyazawa. "It's almost lunchtime."
"I think I saw her in the courtyard, playing basketball with Takefumi."
"Oooooh..." The class buzzed and howled lovingly.
"They sure are getting along great!" One of the students said, as a bunch of people scurried towards the window to watch the competitive couple.
To everyone's surprise, Tsubaki and Tonami weren't playing against each other, but sitting and talking on the benches. They seemed to be having a very interesting conversation and a few jokes now and then.
A couple of the guys hooted at the duo, "Yeah, Takefumi! What a way to handle Sakura, whoohoo!" Tonami's face burned up, as he jerked up on to his feet and yelled insults back to them. Normally Tsubaki would've done the same thing, but this time she just sat there blushing and looking at her feet.
*****
She was in an unusual happy mood, today. Maho scrambled around her closet, looking for a perfect outfit that doesn't seem to exist. The reason behind this euphoric bliss is because she gets to visit her 28 year old boyfriend. A dentist named Takashi who is much older than a high school freshman.
After a long decision, Maho finally settled for a black skirt and a sweater. She skipped happily to her precious boyfriend's apartment, half expecting him to jump out and hug her as she knocked on the door. But instead, he just smiled and greeted her with a simple hello.
"Ah, Maho, You're just in time, let me introduce you to someone." Takashi cheerfully said, as he led her into his living room. Maho's face immediately created a frown as she saw a tall, blonde woman about the same age as Takashi wearing a skimpy red dress. "This is my assistant, Akame."
"Why, hello there." The lady beamed down, as Maho snarled under her smiling outer appearance. "Takashi, who's this, is she your sister?"
Maho refrained herself from jumping up and choking that bitch to death, but waited anxiously for his answer. Instead of getting right up in her face and telling that woman about Maho being the love of his life, he just simply stood there smiling. With a tiny whisper, barely noticeable, he replied with a simple, "No."
What the hell was that?! Maho thought to herself, shocked and disappointed. An army of thoughts raced through her mind. Does she embarrass him? Is she too young for him?
After Akame left, Takashi walked over to Maho and tried to apologize, but Maho just brushed his arm away. "Maho, I'm sorry--" She jerked out of his grip and turned around to face the wall. What happened next surprised Maho, as his arms grabbed her from behind and held her tightly.
"Takashi..." She quickly stopped her sentence as his lips started kissing down the side of her neck. The warmness of his lips caressing her and his hands slowly moving up towards her chest, made her forget all about her anger. A tiny moan escaped her mouth as his fingers rubbed her developed breasts. He whisked her around and kissed her lips deeply, his tongue dancing in her small mouth.
He led her to his soft bed, and they slid off their clothes, still engaged in a deep kiss. Takashi would be the first...thought Maho as she gasped in joy and pain. His strength and soft touch surrounded her as they enjoyed a night of pure ecstasy.
It wasn't until three AM, when Maho realized that she had to go home. She scrambled up and quickly got dressed, waking Takashi as she did so. He rolled over and grabbed her wrist, with a serious expression on his face.
"Maho..." He spoke in a tone that made her shiver. "The reason I did this for you tonight... I-I think we should see other people." His words ripped open her heart like a spear. "Don't get me wrong, I wasn't using you or anything. I just thought I could do a last favor for you. Y-you're just a little too young for me...and during these past few weeks, Akame and I have developed feelings for each other..."
These words charged straight through Maho, tearing up her insides. She wanted to scream, but instead she just watched open eyed and nodded like a robot. She didn't even bother saying goodbye as she dashed out of the building, straight towards home. She wanted to cry so badly, but the tears could never form.
She ran straight into her house, with her angry mother waiting for her on the couch. Maho really didn't want to hear this right now, but she had to listen to her mother's babbling.
"Where the hell have you been?! Do you know how worried I was! Who knows where you were and who you were with?! I might have called the police and thought you had been kidnapped or something! Or worse, there could have been an accident and you might have died!" Her mom screamed in her face, as Maho rolled her eyes.
"If I died, why would you care?--" SLAP! A hand straight across her face, anger flushed her cheek as she jetted back out the door, running away from that place.
She ran as far as possible, until she bumped into someone walking around the corner. She fell backwards and landed on her back. The man bent down and offered her a hand. Maho looked up to see the annoying, last person in the world she wanted to see, Asaba.
He was just as surprised to see her, and then all of a sudden, Maho finally formed tears in her eyes, and streams came jetting down. She collapsed on Asaba's shoulder, and was crying her eyes out as Asaba put his arms around her back, in a comforting grip. For the first time in her life, Maho felt safe and felt like there was nothing in the world that could hurt her. It was so safe that she cried herself to sleep in his warm and tight grasp, sleeping her pain away.
The first thing Maho awoke to was an unfamiliar ceiling and an unfamiliar bed. She searched around the room, and finally saw Asaba coming through the door with a bowl of soup. "Good morning!" He smirked with that familiar smug face.
"Ugh, what am I doing here?" Maho said with a tone of disgust in her voice.
Asaba frowned and replied, "You fell asleep last night, so I brought you to my place. You had a high fever during the night, so you should drink the soup I made."
"Last night?" She echoed. "Oh my god, we have school!" She scrambled up and searched for her clothes as Asaba gently pushed her back down.
"Don't worry, I called in for you and said you wouldn't be coming today. I uh-also called your mom. She sounded mad, but she was relieved you were okay."
Maho stared at this stranger in front of her, and wondered what this imposter did with the immature, irresponsible real Asaba. "What about you? What about school, and what were you doing out so late last night?"
Asaba just shrugged his shoulders and continued. "It wouldn't be the first time I skipped school, oh well. Last night, I was working a double night shift at the restaurant. Aren't you glad you ran into someone you knew?"
Maho's previous assumptions of the annoying, childish Asaba were slowly deteriorating. Replacing them, were images of the sad and lonely side of Hideaki Asaba. All of a sudden, pain shot back up her leg, and reached the feminine part of her body. For the first time since the previous night, she just realized the physical and emotional pain she had suffered for Takashi. The blood retreated from her face, and made her look even paler than she already was.
"Maho, what's wrong?" Asaba asked worriedly. "Here have some soup."
"I don't want your help, just leave me alone!" She struggled to get out of his grip.
Asaba was not going to accept defeat as he took the spoon and fed it into her mouth. Maho finally accepted him, as he started spoon feeding her. "I can do it myself." She gently said.
"It's okay; I've always wanted to care for someone else." Asaba beamed happily.
Was this the stupid, shallow guy, whose soul purpose in life was to capture all the girls' love? No, this couldn't be the same person. At least that's what everybody thinks... but there was definitely a darker and depressing side to this forever smiling man. Was Maho the first to see that side?
After a whole finished bowl of soup, Asaba stood up and headed towards the door. "You rest here; I'll go buy some groceries."
"Asaba!"
He turned around to face the calling Maho. She was smiling gently like no one's ever seen before. That angelic smile of hers seems to light up the whole room.
"About the favor you asked me before...I'll do it."
Asaba looked at her in surprise, and slowly smoothed out his soft features. He smiled back at and nodded.
"Thank you..." [Fin]
To be continued...Case 8: Child Play [Next]
[Author's Note:] Cherry: Did you like that chapter? I liked it a lot!! ^^ Yay! The perfect set up for a new blossoming romance! Ahahahhaha! The next chapter's going to be about Tsubaki and Tonami's childhood and what REALLY went on with those two. Please check back and sign a review!!
[Parody:]
Haven't you ever wondered WHO the narrator in this story actually is...It isn't me! Who is the culprit that sees all and knows all? Just who is lurking in the corner of YOUR computer room RIGHT NOW? It's watching your every move...watching and waiting until you least expect it...
Oh no!! I've said too much! Please forgive me!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Read next chapter to find out who the narrator ACTUALLY is!!
Watch out and stay away from dark corners that smell like carrots...