Magical Mix-Up
Chapter 2: Candy Breaking
Yes! I've already gotten 2 reviews, and it's only the 1st day! Woo hoo! Lol... Anyway, this is Chapter 2! Thanks for your reviews! Hope more will come! Ooohh, what will happen to Kaji?!
Chapter 2: Candy Breaking
Ayu was running across the school grounds. Her feet pounded against the ground, long brown hair whipping in the wind. Strangely, she didn't know who she was running from, or why. She only knew that she had to reach her classroom for safety.
Finally! She was in the corridor. She ran past her locker, looking for her classroom. There it was! She reached for the doorknob, and suddenly a huge gap opened between her and the door. It was an earthquake! Then the door swung open, and Kaji was in the classroom. "Tateishi!" he cried. She reached out a hand to him.
Then suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun quickly, and came face-to-face with those hazel eyes of Mark Anderson. "Ayu..." he said softly, reaching out toward her. She touched his smooth cheek as if she were hypnotized. She could hear Kaji shouting her name faintly behind her, but ignored it. Mark's face came closer and closer, his eyes on her lips...
"Aaaaahh!!!" Ayu shouted, sitting straight up in bed. For a minute her mind was still in the dream, and she tried to push Mark's face away, reaching to Kaji again. When she saw that she was pushing air, she woke up.
"What a scary dream!" Ayu said quietly, climbing out of bed. She started brushing her teeth. Did you really think it was scary? A voice in her mind asked her. You like Mark. Does it matter if he kissed you in your dream? Ayu cringed at the thought. She liked Mark, but...
Kaji's depressed face as he had walked away kept popping into her head. Kaji didn't want to be obvious, but she knew that he didn't like the idea of her with Mark. Nina had told her that Kaji liked her. And... in the dream, Kaji had been calling out to her, but she had ignored him. She closed her eyes. That was terrible.
A minute later she was walking to school, and met Nina at her locker. "Nina, I had the strangest dream last night. I saw Mark in it, and Kaji." She whispered, and Nina giggled. "You're dreaming about him? I thought Kaji was always the boy in your mind." She laughed.
"Nina!" Ayu shouted. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. Remembering the dream, she screamed and whirled around. Mark was there. "Tateishi, are you okay?" he asked. His face was worried but his eyes... seemed to be laughing at her. She shook her head. Mark was so kind! He'd never laugh at her, only with her.
"Um, yes. Sorry, I just got surprised." She said, turning crimson. Mark smiled. "Okay then. I wanted to ask you something. See, Tsujiai is having his birthday party Saturday night. He asked me to invite you two. Kaji is coming, too." Ayu felt butterflies in her stomach. Mark was asking her! Even if it wasn't his party, she blushed. "Okay, we'd love to!" Nina said cheerfully. "We'll ask permission, won't we, Ayu?" Ayu nodded.
Luckily, the two girls got permission. Ayu called Nina immediately and they had an hour long conversation about what to wear. Finally Ayu hung up, and crossed her fingers, hoping her outfit would be just right for the party.
Nina's Dad would drive them to the party and he drove to Ayu's house quickly. Nina got out and rang the doorbell. "Hey, Ayu. Are you ready?" she asked, smiling. She had picked a cute white skirt with a blue top to wear to the party. The blue shirt had slits at the shoulders, showing bits of skin. She had worn her blonde hair the usual way, but had used glittery butterfly clips that matched Ayu's. They had bought the clips together.
Ayu was wearing flared jeans with a white spaghetti-strap top that showed her belly button. The top had a pink heart on it. She had done up her long hair into a big brown braid down her back, and used her butterfly clips to pin back the hair around her face. She was wearing simple sneakers, while Nina sported white blue sandals.
"I think I'm ready." Ayu said, but she was getting jittery. She wondered if the party would be fun, with both Mark and Kaji there. She certainly didn't want Kaji to walk away again! She didn't want him to be jealous.
They rang the doorbell at Tsujiai's house. For a while no one answered. "Should we ring again, or go right in?" Ayu asked nervously. Nina looked at her, then the door, and smiled. "Let's go right in!" she said, putting a hand on the doorknob. Suddenly the door was opened so surprisingly that Nina almost fell forward. Tsujiai was standing in the doorway, smiling at them.
Nina quickly collected herself and smiled back. "Happy birthday, Tsujiai!" she said happily. Ayu echoed her. Then Nina seemed to hesitate, and suddenly she stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. Then she blushed and ran into the house, while Tsujiai's face slowly turned red.
A buffet table was set up in one corner of his house. There was also a big stereo, and chairs had been moved against the wall to make space for a dance floor. The girls took from the buffet and went to the chairs to eat. When everyone finished eating, Tsujiai went to the center of the room with a microphone.
"Hi everyone! Thanks for coming to my birthday. To start the party, we'll have a game, then dancing, then another game to end this! Of course, thank you for my presents," he said, pointing to a table piled with gifts. "I hope you'll have fun! Arigato." There was some clapping, and everyone gathered in a circle on the floor for Truth-or-Dare.
Nina sat beside Tsujiai. Next to him were Kaji, then Ayu, then Mark. Then the other kids. Tsujiai took a bottle and spun it gently. The bottle twirled, twirled, and then stopped facing Maya. "Truth or dare, Maya?" Tsujiai asked. Maya smiled and said, "Dare." Tsujiai smiled. "Okay, you have to hop around this whole circle of kids on one foot." Maya laughed and got up. She started hopping. At the middle of the circle she almost fell, but got back to her place and bowed as the others clapped. She spun the bottle.
It pointed to Nina! Maya smiled. "Truth or dare, Nina?" she asked. "Truth." Nina said. Maya smiled even wider. "Nina Sakura, do you like Tsujiai?" she asked intently. Nina blushed and looked away. "Come on, Nina! You have to answer the question!" everyone chanted. Nina looked down and said in her tiniest voice, "Yes, I do." Everyone hooted and clapped. Nina spun the bottle and it landed facing Tsujiai.
"Truth or dare?" Nina said, still blushing. "Dare." Tsujiai said. Nina laughed. "I dare you to run outside and around your house's mailbox screaming." The others laughed too, and Tsujiai went out hollering, "Waaah! Waaah!" He ran around the mailbox and back. Nina knew he wasn't mad at her, and he collapsed with laughter afterwards.
He spun the bottle, and it pointed to Ayu. "Oh, no!" she whispered. She barely heard Tsujiai ask her truth or dare. If she picked dare, they might make her kiss one of the boys! And she didn't want to humiliate herself. She started sweating, but pasted on a smile. "Truth!" she almost shouted. Tsujiai thought for a moment, then a grin spread across his face. "Ayu, who do you like more: Kaji or Mark?" Ayu gasped. It was the question she had been dreading, and she had thought Tsujiai wouldn't ask her that. But it was the rule of the game to answer the question. She blushed hotly, as she realized she didn't know the answer herself. But she knew that she didn't want Kaji to get hurt. So she played safe and said, "Kaji."
Kaji seemed relieved, and Mark's smile flickered for a moment but stayed the same. She let out the breath she had been holding in. She spun the bottle.
When the game was finished, she was glad no one had asked anyone to kiss anyone. It would be too humiliating! She sat down for a minute as Tsujiai started the music and people started dancing.
"Do you want to dance?" Ayu almost jumped. She hadn't heard Kaji come up. "Sure! But, to tell you the truth, I don't know how to." She said, blushing again. How many times had she blushed throughout the past week?
"I'll tell you a secret; I don't know either. But if we just go with the music and make up nice moves, we'll be fine." He took her hand and led her out on the dance floor. They smiled at each other. For awhile they just swayed, but soon they started dancing, copying other's moves and making their own. When they grew tired, they stopped.
Ayu went back to her place and stared at her fingernails. Suddenly a finger touched her chin and lifted her eyes to stare into his. It was Mark. She trembled. "Would you like to dance?" Mark asked. Her mind raced. She couldn't! Kaji could be mad!
Thankfully, Tsujiai said, "It's time for our last game!" Everyone gathered in the circle again. Two giant jars of candy stood in the middle.
"Here's how to play. These sticks of different-colored candy are all broken in half. Each girl picks from one jar, each boy from the other. Then you look for the other half of your stick, and we will be paired up. The pairs have to kiss! Anywhere-you can choose hand, cheek, eyelid, nose, or even mouth." Tsujiai said with a twinkle in his eye. The girls and boys gasped.
The girls picked their candy, and the boys took theirs. Ayu opened her eyes. Her stick was green. She looked wildly around the room. Everyone was already paired except her, which meant only one boy was left. Nina was blushing furiously as Tsujiai led her outside. Ayu smiled. Nina would get her first kiss that night. Then she gasped. Kaji was kissing Maya's hand!!!
Mark suddenly looked at her. Her eyes widened when she saw his candy stick. It was green! Mark smiled. He leaned down and kissed her cheek. Ayu gasped, because Kaji had suddenly turned to them.
He walked quickly over to her, stared fiercely at Mark, then leaned down and pressed his lips firmly on Ayu's. She didn't breathe. Then Kaji stood and left. She shakily stood up and went to Nina, who called her Dad to pick them up. They went to talk outside.
"So, Tsujiai kissed you?" Ayu asked nervously. Nina nodded. "And Kaji kissed you! Everyone saw you!" Nina exclaimed. "What happened?" She asked. "I think he was trying to prove to Mark that he liked me." Ayu said quietly. Nina dropped her off. "Thanks..." Ayu whispered. Then Nina leaned in. "Good for you!" she whispered. "You've got a boy who will fight for you!"
Ayu smiled, and went to her room calmly. Once alone, she touched her lips, remembering the kiss.
"Yippee! Yes! Yey! Yeah! Woo Hoo!" she screamed happily. Nina heard her, looked back from the car and laughed.
Yes! I've already gotten 2 reviews, and it's only the 1st day! Woo hoo! Lol... Anyway, this is Chapter 2! Thanks for your reviews! Hope more will come! Ooohh, what will happen to Kaji?!
Chapter 2: Candy Breaking
Ayu was running across the school grounds. Her feet pounded against the ground, long brown hair whipping in the wind. Strangely, she didn't know who she was running from, or why. She only knew that she had to reach her classroom for safety.
Finally! She was in the corridor. She ran past her locker, looking for her classroom. There it was! She reached for the doorknob, and suddenly a huge gap opened between her and the door. It was an earthquake! Then the door swung open, and Kaji was in the classroom. "Tateishi!" he cried. She reached out a hand to him.
Then suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun quickly, and came face-to-face with those hazel eyes of Mark Anderson. "Ayu..." he said softly, reaching out toward her. She touched his smooth cheek as if she were hypnotized. She could hear Kaji shouting her name faintly behind her, but ignored it. Mark's face came closer and closer, his eyes on her lips...
"Aaaaahh!!!" Ayu shouted, sitting straight up in bed. For a minute her mind was still in the dream, and she tried to push Mark's face away, reaching to Kaji again. When she saw that she was pushing air, she woke up.
"What a scary dream!" Ayu said quietly, climbing out of bed. She started brushing her teeth. Did you really think it was scary? A voice in her mind asked her. You like Mark. Does it matter if he kissed you in your dream? Ayu cringed at the thought. She liked Mark, but...
Kaji's depressed face as he had walked away kept popping into her head. Kaji didn't want to be obvious, but she knew that he didn't like the idea of her with Mark. Nina had told her that Kaji liked her. And... in the dream, Kaji had been calling out to her, but she had ignored him. She closed her eyes. That was terrible.
A minute later she was walking to school, and met Nina at her locker. "Nina, I had the strangest dream last night. I saw Mark in it, and Kaji." She whispered, and Nina giggled. "You're dreaming about him? I thought Kaji was always the boy in your mind." She laughed.
"Nina!" Ayu shouted. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. Remembering the dream, she screamed and whirled around. Mark was there. "Tateishi, are you okay?" he asked. His face was worried but his eyes... seemed to be laughing at her. She shook her head. Mark was so kind! He'd never laugh at her, only with her.
"Um, yes. Sorry, I just got surprised." She said, turning crimson. Mark smiled. "Okay then. I wanted to ask you something. See, Tsujiai is having his birthday party Saturday night. He asked me to invite you two. Kaji is coming, too." Ayu felt butterflies in her stomach. Mark was asking her! Even if it wasn't his party, she blushed. "Okay, we'd love to!" Nina said cheerfully. "We'll ask permission, won't we, Ayu?" Ayu nodded.
Luckily, the two girls got permission. Ayu called Nina immediately and they had an hour long conversation about what to wear. Finally Ayu hung up, and crossed her fingers, hoping her outfit would be just right for the party.
Nina's Dad would drive them to the party and he drove to Ayu's house quickly. Nina got out and rang the doorbell. "Hey, Ayu. Are you ready?" she asked, smiling. She had picked a cute white skirt with a blue top to wear to the party. The blue shirt had slits at the shoulders, showing bits of skin. She had worn her blonde hair the usual way, but had used glittery butterfly clips that matched Ayu's. They had bought the clips together.
Ayu was wearing flared jeans with a white spaghetti-strap top that showed her belly button. The top had a pink heart on it. She had done up her long hair into a big brown braid down her back, and used her butterfly clips to pin back the hair around her face. She was wearing simple sneakers, while Nina sported white blue sandals.
"I think I'm ready." Ayu said, but she was getting jittery. She wondered if the party would be fun, with both Mark and Kaji there. She certainly didn't want Kaji to walk away again! She didn't want him to be jealous.
They rang the doorbell at Tsujiai's house. For a while no one answered. "Should we ring again, or go right in?" Ayu asked nervously. Nina looked at her, then the door, and smiled. "Let's go right in!" she said, putting a hand on the doorknob. Suddenly the door was opened so surprisingly that Nina almost fell forward. Tsujiai was standing in the doorway, smiling at them.
Nina quickly collected herself and smiled back. "Happy birthday, Tsujiai!" she said happily. Ayu echoed her. Then Nina seemed to hesitate, and suddenly she stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. Then she blushed and ran into the house, while Tsujiai's face slowly turned red.
A buffet table was set up in one corner of his house. There was also a big stereo, and chairs had been moved against the wall to make space for a dance floor. The girls took from the buffet and went to the chairs to eat. When everyone finished eating, Tsujiai went to the center of the room with a microphone.
"Hi everyone! Thanks for coming to my birthday. To start the party, we'll have a game, then dancing, then another game to end this! Of course, thank you for my presents," he said, pointing to a table piled with gifts. "I hope you'll have fun! Arigato." There was some clapping, and everyone gathered in a circle on the floor for Truth-or-Dare.
Nina sat beside Tsujiai. Next to him were Kaji, then Ayu, then Mark. Then the other kids. Tsujiai took a bottle and spun it gently. The bottle twirled, twirled, and then stopped facing Maya. "Truth or dare, Maya?" Tsujiai asked. Maya smiled and said, "Dare." Tsujiai smiled. "Okay, you have to hop around this whole circle of kids on one foot." Maya laughed and got up. She started hopping. At the middle of the circle she almost fell, but got back to her place and bowed as the others clapped. She spun the bottle.
It pointed to Nina! Maya smiled. "Truth or dare, Nina?" she asked. "Truth." Nina said. Maya smiled even wider. "Nina Sakura, do you like Tsujiai?" she asked intently. Nina blushed and looked away. "Come on, Nina! You have to answer the question!" everyone chanted. Nina looked down and said in her tiniest voice, "Yes, I do." Everyone hooted and clapped. Nina spun the bottle and it landed facing Tsujiai.
"Truth or dare?" Nina said, still blushing. "Dare." Tsujiai said. Nina laughed. "I dare you to run outside and around your house's mailbox screaming." The others laughed too, and Tsujiai went out hollering, "Waaah! Waaah!" He ran around the mailbox and back. Nina knew he wasn't mad at her, and he collapsed with laughter afterwards.
He spun the bottle, and it pointed to Ayu. "Oh, no!" she whispered. She barely heard Tsujiai ask her truth or dare. If she picked dare, they might make her kiss one of the boys! And she didn't want to humiliate herself. She started sweating, but pasted on a smile. "Truth!" she almost shouted. Tsujiai thought for a moment, then a grin spread across his face. "Ayu, who do you like more: Kaji or Mark?" Ayu gasped. It was the question she had been dreading, and she had thought Tsujiai wouldn't ask her that. But it was the rule of the game to answer the question. She blushed hotly, as she realized she didn't know the answer herself. But she knew that she didn't want Kaji to get hurt. So she played safe and said, "Kaji."
Kaji seemed relieved, and Mark's smile flickered for a moment but stayed the same. She let out the breath she had been holding in. She spun the bottle.
When the game was finished, she was glad no one had asked anyone to kiss anyone. It would be too humiliating! She sat down for a minute as Tsujiai started the music and people started dancing.
"Do you want to dance?" Ayu almost jumped. She hadn't heard Kaji come up. "Sure! But, to tell you the truth, I don't know how to." She said, blushing again. How many times had she blushed throughout the past week?
"I'll tell you a secret; I don't know either. But if we just go with the music and make up nice moves, we'll be fine." He took her hand and led her out on the dance floor. They smiled at each other. For awhile they just swayed, but soon they started dancing, copying other's moves and making their own. When they grew tired, they stopped.
Ayu went back to her place and stared at her fingernails. Suddenly a finger touched her chin and lifted her eyes to stare into his. It was Mark. She trembled. "Would you like to dance?" Mark asked. Her mind raced. She couldn't! Kaji could be mad!
Thankfully, Tsujiai said, "It's time for our last game!" Everyone gathered in the circle again. Two giant jars of candy stood in the middle.
"Here's how to play. These sticks of different-colored candy are all broken in half. Each girl picks from one jar, each boy from the other. Then you look for the other half of your stick, and we will be paired up. The pairs have to kiss! Anywhere-you can choose hand, cheek, eyelid, nose, or even mouth." Tsujiai said with a twinkle in his eye. The girls and boys gasped.
The girls picked their candy, and the boys took theirs. Ayu opened her eyes. Her stick was green. She looked wildly around the room. Everyone was already paired except her, which meant only one boy was left. Nina was blushing furiously as Tsujiai led her outside. Ayu smiled. Nina would get her first kiss that night. Then she gasped. Kaji was kissing Maya's hand!!!
Mark suddenly looked at her. Her eyes widened when she saw his candy stick. It was green! Mark smiled. He leaned down and kissed her cheek. Ayu gasped, because Kaji had suddenly turned to them.
He walked quickly over to her, stared fiercely at Mark, then leaned down and pressed his lips firmly on Ayu's. She didn't breathe. Then Kaji stood and left. She shakily stood up and went to Nina, who called her Dad to pick them up. They went to talk outside.
"So, Tsujiai kissed you?" Ayu asked nervously. Nina nodded. "And Kaji kissed you! Everyone saw you!" Nina exclaimed. "What happened?" She asked. "I think he was trying to prove to Mark that he liked me." Ayu said quietly. Nina dropped her off. "Thanks..." Ayu whispered. Then Nina leaned in. "Good for you!" she whispered. "You've got a boy who will fight for you!"
Ayu smiled, and went to her room calmly. Once alone, she touched her lips, remembering the kiss.
"Yippee! Yes! Yey! Yeah! Woo Hoo!" she screamed happily. Nina heard her, looked back from the car and laughed.