A/N:
Ami: Whee! We're back and we are still awaiting reviews for RAD.
Amie: I'm involving my style of writing in this chapter!
Ami: Therefore, I get to sit back and relax! sits back and...relaxes
Amie: HEY! I'M NOT WRITING THIS WHOLE CHAPTER BY MYSELF! GET UP, BISH!
Ami: very still
Amie: pokes eye
Ami: doesn't flinch
Amie: blinks .......
Notice:
1. Plot...slow...
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RELATION & DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER IV: MISSING
BY: AMI-CHAN & AMIE-CHAN
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Risa slowly regained consciousness. 'Where am I..?' were her first thoughts as she shook her head to clear it.
"Ah, I see that you are finally awaking, Harada." Satoshi's voice startled her back into the present.
Risa suddenly realized that she was lying on something soft, which she presumed to be a couch.
She could feel the dampness of a washcloth on her forehead.
She slowly opened her eyes to the bright lights of the art room, trying to get them to focus.
Risa must have had a questioning look on her face as she looked around, because Satoshi suddenly spoke again.
"You fainted after you came in here. You seemed out of breath, so I assumed that you had been running. I took it upon myself to see that you were properly taken care of."
Risa's coffee eyes widened in realization as she started to remember these events.
"Here, drink this." She could only nod and whisper out an "Arigatou," as she took the cup. The icy cool water refreshed her as she began to take in everything and think more clearly.
The only thing that could be heard in the still room was her sipping the drink as Satoshi's steel blue eyes penetrated through her.
When she was done, he wordlessly accepted the empty cup and proceeded to throw it into the trash can.
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"Ex....cuse....usss!" Riku effortlessly tried to squeeze through the seniors and the juniors of the school. The masses of students failed to hear her and rejected her polite request.
Riku growled. She was getting tired of all the ridiculously huge crowds that she had to ask every time.
"MOVE. NOW!" She roared loudly, losing all her patience at once.
The talking abruptly stopped and all turned to the petite female in the center of the halls.
Yumi came up from the stairs and rushed to Riku's side. She nervously smiled, knowing what had recently happened and what her friend had done to cause it.
'Riku.....' Yumi thought. Her hand reached in her bag to comfort the scared kitty. Yuki purred and he held only a little emotion of fear.
The people of the school made way for Riku and Yumi, but not as a gesture of kindness.
As the two girls walked through the clearway, they were eyed and whispered about. They slowly overcame their nervousness and had memory of what they truly had set to do for the remaining minutes of lunch. They rushed to the stairs to the next floor.
"Wait. Riku," Yumi heaved in slowly as she walked up the steps. She looked to see Riku already stomping away to the next cluster of chatty females all adorned in cherry-red. Riku's mouth was set to yell once again.
"Ri-ku!" Yumi said with much more of a harsher tone. Riku stopped her quick legs and turned around. She was two feet away from the girls ahead.
Yumi sighed, 'At least that got her attention.'
She grabbed the ends of her ribbon and pulled on them. Her ponytail slightly drooped. She untied the black hair tie. Her style unraveled from its high stature and became clamps of messy and wavy hair. Loose strands of hair stuck to her sweaty neck. Her long nails scratched her neckline.
"Yum-chan! We have no time for this!"
"I understand...," Yumi coughed, "But there's only so much running I can do. Maybe she's in the classroom. It would be only reasonable for Risa-chan."
"Maybe.....But that doesn't mean we sh-"
"Riku-san?" Daisuke's questioning tone was heard from behind Yumi.
"Niwa-kun?" Riku tilted her body to see Daisuke.
Daisuke walked a few steps ahead of Yumi. "Nani? I heard you yell..... from the first floor...."
Riku and Yumi sweat dropped.
Hands attempted to wrap Yumi in a warm hug, but Yumi was far too fast to allow such an affectionate action. She swiftly moved away.
Takeshi dropped to the floor, promptly landing on his stomach.
Yumi blinked and stepped a few inches from him. "Ano....exactly what were you doing, Hentai-baka-san?" She dropped her head to eye the strange boy.
Her eyebrow rose in suspicion.
Takeshi recuperated and stood up and grinned frighteningly at Yumi. Yumi's left eye twitched.
Takeshi introduced himself in a rather important manner, "Saehara Takeshi. So...wanna' go out for some anmitsu after school?"
Yumi answered with no thought, "Iie."
Takeshi practically became stone. He continued to be motionless as the seconds passed by. Daisuke poked his frozen friend, "Takeshi. Wake up."
Riku picked up her feet, "Yum-chan! Come on, we have to find Risa!"
"Harada-san?" Daisuke turned his head away from Takeshi.
Yumi bit her lip and answered, "Hai. We can't seem to find her."
"Sensei sent us to find Hiwatari-kun. We can't find him." Daisuke added, thinking that it was needed for the conversation.
Yumi joined into the conversation, "Do you think...they're together? Maybe they're trapped in a room?"
"Takeshi and I were on our way up to the Art Room. I tho-....I mean WE thought he'd be in there." Daisuke laughed nervously.
Riku didn't notice, but quickly took action. "Then, let's go. Risa needs me and only me. I can only take care of her. It's a solemn promise I've made to myself. I'm keeping it."
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After what seemed like hours, the younger Harada twin mustered up the courage to speak. Her first words came out in a whisper. As Satoshi focused his eyes on her again, she cleared her throat and made another attempt at speaking.
"Ano..Hiwatari-san.." She paused to brush her long hair, brown with a tint of red to it, out of her eyes. She moistened her lips with her tongue before she continued.
"Why were you here in the art room anywa-" She stopped and looked as Satoshi took off his glasses to clean them.
She had never realized how amazingly cute Satoshi could look without his glasses on!
Before she could rationally think about what she was doing (A/N: Amie: Wait a minute, this is Risa, does she ever think before she acts, or speaks for that matter? [This is in reference to the anime, not the manga.]), she put a hand on his own to stop him from putting on his glasses. Satoshi's hand lowered with the weight of Risa's on it.
"No.." she whispered.
"Don't put your glasses on..you look cute without them."
He blinked and stared at her. Risa stared back. Suddenly, one little word brought her back into reality.
"Nani..?"
Risa realized then what exactly she had said. It felt like her cheeks were on fire, she was blushing so fiercely.
"Gomen nasai! Gomen gomen gomen gomen gomen.." She continued to apologize, mentally hitting herself.
'What are you thinking, Risa?!?! THIS IS SATOSHI!!! HE PROBABLY THINKS YOU'RE AN IDIOT NOW!'
She paused to look up, and was astonished to find Satoshi smiling.
'Wait a minute. Smiling??!?! Hiwatari-kun just doesn't go around and smile!!!!'
Had she, in some weird, obscene way..made him smile?
She blinked, and suddenly it was gone as fast as it had come. There was nothing to hint that he had been smiling.
'Did I imagine it..?' she wondered. She came to the conclusion that she must have. Even though it was a small one..it was Satoshi.
Since there was silence now, Satoshi put his glasses back on and started for the door.
"I'll leave the lights on for you. Turn them off when you leave. Lunch is about over and classes are going to resume."
What had just happened didn't seem to faze him in the least.
Risa, still a little bit short of breath from being embarrassed of her earlier actions, looked at his retreating form as he closed the door-not all the way-and continued walking, back to class she assumed.
She turned her head to the ground and looked at her black shoes, swinging them back and forth. 'It wouldn't hurt to be a bit late.'
"Risa!"
Risa jumped and raised her head quickly to see Riku stomping towards her.
"Ah...Riku!"
The elder sister put her hands on her hips and sternly asked. "What happened?"
"I ran and I just got really tired. That's all." Risa simply replied. After all, it was only half of the truth.
Riku eyed her younger twin, withdrawing doubt out of them.
Yumi walked in and leaned against the decorated wall." The important thing is we found her, ne? Riku-chan?"
Riku sighed and gave up her suspicions. "I suppose."
Daisuke entered the art room as well. "Where's Hiwatari-kun?"
Risa quickly responded. "At class."
Riku directed her eyes back to Risa.
She sweat dropped, "I-I mean he might? You know? I mean, it is Hiwatari-kun......"
Yumi nodded, "Lunch is going to be over soon. Let's just go back, okay?"
Everyone nodded.
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A/N:
Ami: Anmitsu - A popular kind of Japanese dessert.
Amie: tugs at Ami Gimme.
Ami: Give you what?
Amie: Anmitsu.
Ami: o.o.....
Amie: death glares Give me Anmistu!!
Ami: runs away
Amie: GET BACK HERE!!!
Muchos Love,
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