" The sight of what she was before her shocked her. The Rurouni Kenshin soundtrack dropped to the floor with a large plonk."
Chapter 12- The Major Twist
Both of them were startled. Time seemed to freeze momentarily on the spot as both of them stared deep into the ocean depths of each other's eyes, as if this was an intense staring session, where people were paid to stare at their opponents. Shiyuan had had turned behind and to her horror, she had seen the person she had least wanted to see. It was Shinsani wearing a stupid, ridiculously looking beanie bag on his head.
"NO!!!" She screamed internally, wishing to scream it out loud, but a huge lump magically formed in her throat on the spot and strictly forbade her to mutter anything. She then got lost in her concentration of staring into his nice blue eyes, it was as if she could tell from his eyes, whether his intentions were good or bad.
Time seemed to defreeze again and Shiyuan forced herself to gaze down at the Departure soundtrack, breaking eye contact with Shinsani. Her awkwardness turned into anger and irritation after she saw the fragile CD case, which was lying on the floor, had spilt with a large horizontal crack at the front of the cover. "Why did you have to be here at this moment?" Shiyuan said in a tone obviously full of irritability.
Shinsani recovered from his shock and remarked, " It's YOUR fault YOU had to drop the soundtrack and now its lovely cover has been disfigured. It's all thanks to YOU!"
Shiyuan's eyes widened incredulously. " If YOU hadn't come here and if I didn't feel a hot dragon puffing hot air on my neck, I wouldn't have gotten a shock at seeing your face and so, I wouldn't have dropped the cd!" Shiyuan revolted, now positively pissed off with Shinsani and his stupid bombastic excuses.
He was about to snarl a remark at her when his eyes darted nervously towards the outside of the mega music store. Shiyuan was startled because she had never seen Shinsani looking scared before. "WHY?" She proceeded to ask loudly, totally unaware that she was attracting attention from other customers. Shinsani's blue eyes narrowed in fright as he pushed Shiyuan further into the HV store. Shiyuan was so dense she could not comprehend his intentions and she ended up mistaking them for bad intentions.
"I need to know what happened." Shiyuan stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
" No you don't need to." He whispered, his hands stirred her shoulders to move even further into the store. They were in a dark area of the mega store. The dark area was lit up with special showcase white lights that featured 100 over different kinds of anime posters that were cleverly hung up on the walls and hangers.
"JUST TELL ME!" She whined.
" No." He stated.
Shiyuan took a deep breath." NO," She ordered herself inwardly. She would not allow herself to scream again in a public place. She was vaguely aware that Shinsani kept stealing quick glances at the outside of the store and she wondering if he was afraid that a group of gangsters would storm into the store and beat him to a pulp. "NO!" Her mind screamed again. Under NO circumstances would she scream in public and be the symbol of embarrassment again, she reminded herself. But…but…Shinsani's senseless replies were driving her to her driving point! It was unbearable…it was TORTURE to restrain herself.
Shinsani turned his head to and fro to look at Shiyuan and the location outside the mega store. He knew he had to silence Shiyuan before she screamed and put up an attack that would draw attention from everybody. Before Shiyuan could even voice out any sarcastic remark to Shinsani, he was flinging himself towards her. Three fingers caressed her face as he drew in to French kiss her. "Ahh…the pure bliss…" Shiyuan hesitated for a moment before pushing Shinsani off her with force. " Just shut up and DIE, Shinsani." Shiyuan said, her voice sounding like it was filled with venom. With a flip of her ponytail, she stormed out of the mega store, the Departure cd still lying on the floor and Shinsani still standing in the store, gaping after her back shadow with an embarrassed and regretful expression.
After a while when he finally noticed the coast was clear, he stalked off, out of the store and passed a quick remark to the three friends of Shiyuan who were looking at him with dopey hopeful expressions on their perpetual faces. " It didn't work out." He stated simply. The three girls marveled at him in surprise at his intelligence to figure out their actual motive of the surprise plan. Shinsani was one intellectual guy and not to be messed with.
-Asteroid symbol-
His canvas shoes brushed against the floor of the roads as his feet quickened its pace. He neared the house. Pushing the door open with his hand clamming the doorknob tightly, he closed the door with a bang and leaned against the door, gasping slightly. A few birds flew across the black-streaked sky that no longer held any tint of brightness. The sun had set. Small beads of sweat trickled down his face profusely like water streaming down a waterfall and his eyes were widened with a look of terror, shock and fright. He felt as if his heart was in his mouth and all noises were blocked out of his eardrums.
Escape. That was the right word to use.
He was awakened from his world of thoughts as a sound wave erupted the nerves of his eardrums. "What?" Shinsani looked at his mother, who was standing before him. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was now safe at home, away from the harsh reality outside. His mother stared at him in suspicion as she put in a plate of spaghetti into the microwave oven and pressed some buttons to heat it up.
" Is everything okay?" She began.
"Nothing better." Was his dull, inattentive reply.
Shinsani's mother gave him another long hard stare. She knew he wasn't paying attention to her and he was probably crossing his fingers behind his back for answering that answer. While taking out the readily heated spaghetti from the microwave oven, she asked," So how was your day at Orchard Road with your friends?"
" It sucked. It did not work out for me…" Shinsani mumbled depressingly to himself.
"Guess things didn't work out for you and the girl of your dreams, huh?"
Shinsani glanced up at his mother in surprise and saw a mocking smirk plastered on her face. " It's alright! Perseverance is what it takes to win the girl's heart!" With that, she left the kitchen, leaving Shinsani and his plate of spaghetti to glare after her.
-Asteroid sign-
The non-deciduous leaves on the trees rustled a tingly sound in the windy and chilly atmosphere. Flowers on the bougainvillea trees were blooming and it was a pretty sight of blushingly pink in the scenery. The soft gust of wind softly caressed her face as her angry composure left her sulking to herself. Her footsteps dragged hardly against the floor with irritation, as if the floor owed her a living. She would have enjoyed the beautiful weather on a Monday morning, if not for a particular brown-haired someone whom we was still brooding over.
The school bell rang its usual melody tone of Boa's "Atlantis Princess" (that's how cool the school is!) She sighed to herself as she climbed up the staircase wearily. She was all alone. She had not spoken to her three friends ever since she stormed out of the Heeren in a perturbed mood. She wondered if they had anything to do with Shinsani. It was too much of a coindence. "Ahh. Whatever. I hate that guy and I will never get tangled in a relationship with HIM." She thought. With that positive state of mind, she entered the classroom. She was Shiyuan.
-Asteriod sign-
One week had passed. Shinsani had not attended school at all and that was surprisingly shocking to all the teachers, because he was a diligent and obedient kid, whom they swore, would never ever play truant in a million years. He was also not at home, much to the immense anxiety of his parents, who filed a police report.
" He's our only child!!!" The couple said, sobbing.
" WHAT? NO!!! We can't finish the anime song production without Shinsani! That will mean it can no longer be a duet song!" Cherissa shrieked, her hands flying to her head.
" What about we re-audition for a new guy? There's still one more week before intensive choir training resumes right?" One student suggested.
Cherissa glared at the student with dagger eyes. " NO. Shinsani's the best choice ever. Without him, there will be no anime song production."
" And I will have no fencing partner…" Shiyuan muttered. She had heard of the news in school and was dumbfounded. Something clicked in her head and she was reminded of his perpetual scared reactions in the Heeren. Perhaps the reason he did such an indecent thing to her was because he was trying to hush her up and not attract their attention. Could he have been running away from someone? It was an upsetting thought. Shiyuan, who was stubborn and strong-willed, wanted to go confirm her suspicions and find Shinsani. She intended to go to Orchard Road that Friday afternoon to look for clues. She had to try.
"I will not involve any of my other friends in danger, so I will investigate all by myself. It's safer this way." She said firmly.
Author's notes: How was that? Better? Nice? LOL. Please leave a review=) even if it's only a smiley face!!!=) thanks!