Hum... Chapter two. This isn't too long, is it? Sorry, can't help myself but update. lolz
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Side Affect
By: Chiharu
Chapter two
She couldn't bring herself to face him after that. Neither Hikaru nor Mitani. For her, it was still unbelievable: since she had yet to call Mitani by his first name.
She knew it was a lost cause; Mitani wasn't the kind of boy for her. No one could be. It seems that all the boys she knew only saw her as just an outside. Nothing more.
The only reason she stayed in the club, was because everything was starting to look up. Everyone was getting better and better everyday and even Kaneko had promised to join.
But he had, indeed, come back. More or less because of Kaneko, her challenges and dares seem to tempt Mitani.
But even though she was happy that he was playing more with them, there's still that sadness within her: knowing that he wasn't back because of her, but someone else.
Almost everyone had been glad of Kaneko. To Akari, Kaneko was everything she was not. For one thing, she had enough wit to summon Mitani back from time to time.
Right after Hikaru past the Pro Exam, more members came; for they had heard that one of the old members had became a professional GO player.
But that only made Mitani madder: every time someone mentioned Hikaru's name, he would flame up to a point where even Kaneko can't stop him.
It wasn't just that, the more members they had, the less attention she would get from him. It had sounded self-centered to her at first, but she knew it was true.
But it was different this time.
Mitani had been teaching Kumiko, when it started:
"3 moku." Koike bowed down his head.
"Whatever." His opponent, Harisa (also one of the new members), had shrugged. "It's no fun playing with all of you. I wish Shindo Hikaru was here, so I could play with him!"
"Yeah." Mina, who was sitting beside her, added.
"Yes, that would be nice." Koike agreed, cleaning up his side of the mess. "But Shindo-kun is a professional GO player now; he would barely have time to come to the GO club."
"Um." Came the mumered from the other side.
"What?" Harisa raised an eye brow, almost demanding for Mitani to look up from his game.
He didn't, instead, he growled out. "It's not like he had any time for you all, even before he was a Pro."
"But he came back once, didn't he?" Harisa said, walking over to Mitani and Kumiko's game.
In return, Natsume paused, knowing that Mitani hated the subject. "Um, Harisa-san, you know we don't talk about it..."
"Yeah." Harisa almost snorted. "Because he's sensitive to the subject."
Mitani had slammed his hand on the board, and stood up, flipping the GO board over.
Kumiko quickly jumped out of her chair, not wanting to be caught in the mist to this.
"You!" Mitani had pointed at Harisa dangerously. "Watch what you're saying!"
"Hump." Harisa tilted her head up. "You're only mad because he beat you, and became a pro, making you look like dirt!"
"Harisa." Mina had whispered desperately, pulling on her friend's sleeve. But it didn't work; Harisa had an even worse temper than Mitani.
Harisa had strolled over to him, glaring draggers.
As if on cue, both Akari and Kaneko had gotten up from their game. But it was too late; Mitani had grabbed her wrist, and pull her up.
"Repeat that?" He hissed.
Harisa barely even flinched in return. "You heard me!" And with that, she tried to push him off.
CRACK
All the Go pieces landed on the floor when both of them were thrown back.
Kaneko had managed to grab Mitani, and Akari was able to clam Harisa down. The rest of the GO club just stood there, not knowing what to do.
But Mitani wasn't over with. He raised his hand, as Kaneko gripped tighter onto him.
BAM
Koike opened his eyes, to see Akari and Harisa on the ground. It seemed, that the push from Mitani had also managed to jerk Akari off.
The room fell silent.
Harisa was the first to get up, glaring at everyone while offering a hand to the other girl.
But Akari just sat there in a sitting position, eyes shaking.
Before anyone knew what was going on, she jumped up and stormed out of the room, slamming the door on the way.
"Akari-chan!" Mina yelled after her, but she was gone.
Harisa glared at Mitani. "It's all your fault! You made her fall!"
"No!" Mitani had resorted. "You made her fall! She was holding onto you!"
"But you pushed me back!"
"Why you-"
"SILENCE!"
Everyone froze to see Kaneko folding her arms. "This is what happens when you try to hit a girl." He said to Mitani. "So you go after her."
"Why should I?"
"Mitani." Kaneko's voice grew dangerously low, as everyone else looked down. "Go after Akari."
"Fine." Mitani had muttered, before stomping out of the room.
Natsume had signed. "I wish Mitani could lose his temper."
He didn't exactly know what to do. The only girl he ever had to deal with was his sister, and she would die before he had to comfort her.
He sat down next to her. "Hey."
She kept on sobbing.
"Are you okay?"
"I wish Hikaru was here."
He had paused, not knowing what she meant. But somehow, hearing her say it didn't make him as mad.
"Why? So he could beat me up for making his girlfriend cry?" He had guessed.
She jerked up, blushing. "Mitani-kun! Don't joke about that!"
He shrugged. "I wasn't joking."
"Why... Why you... would you think that I liked Hikaru?"
Mitani looked away. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Because." Akari stated, rubbing her eyes. "If you only guessed like that, then I could like someone else."
"....." He remained quite.
"Mitani-kun?"
"It's kind of obvious." He said slowly. "Isn't that the only reason you tagged along the GO club, and remembered you said you won't leave because Shindo hasn't quit GO yet?"
She shook her head. "No. It's not that. The reason I'm still here is because I know the future of the GO club will shine, because there are people like Mitani-kun. So how can I leave, when the club it's growing so much?"
"You make everything sound so serious." Mitani mumbled.
Akari smiled. "Gomen."
He smirked before getting up. "Now that you're not made anymore, I can go back in there and tell Kaneko not to kill me."
He headed back up.
She panicked, quickly getting up after him. "Wait, Mitani-kun!"
"Oh." He paused, and then turned around, smirking. "And call me 'Yuuki'."
She nodded happily. "Hai, Mi-"
He glared at her.
"-Yuuki-kun."
TBC
Whee! The second chapter is finished!
Hope you all like it, please R& R!
Chiharu