New Beginnings, New Love
Chapter 4
Suki arrived back at her dorm to find it empty but there was a note on her bed. She read it twice, not properly understanding it the first time, she guessed she was still a little concussed.
It said: 'Suki, gone to the boys dorm, meet us in there. Hope you're better now.' She put the note in the bin and turned to leave. She had barely stepped outside the room when a pair of hands seized her shoulders. Her eyes widened in fear and she stared upwards to find out who the owner was, and to her relief, it was Kai.
"You ran out so quickly of the medical room I never got to ask whether you were all right or not." Kai said, then smirked realising how close they were. Had Kai Hiwatari gone soft?
"Yeah, I'm fine." Said Suki. "I'm going to your dorm to meet the others, you coming?" She added whilst eyeing his hands hoping he'd let go.
"Might as well..." Kai quickly let go of her shoulders, realising he still had hold of them and blushed slightly. He walked ahead a bit so she wouldn't notice his blush. She walked to the boys dorm and opened the door only to be pounced on by Mariah.
"Oh Suki! Are you all right? We've been worried sick!" She squealed.
"I'm fine," Suki said with a small smile. Kai strode past and sat on the window ledge, staring out onto the forest.
After being fussed over by the others and thanking them for helping her to the medical room, she sat down beside Kai.
"Thanks" She said quietly then turned to look at the moon. "Beautiful isn't it?"
Kai stared at Suki and nodded in agreement, but the two were thinking about different things.
The next morning Suki woke up finding it still pitch black outside. She stretched and yawned widely. She looked around, the others were still asleep. After glancing over at her alarm clock it told her it was 3.15am. She sighed and decided to get changed in to a tight skirt, (unusual for her as she usually wears jeans) snow boots and a tight top with a light jacket.
A couple of doors down, Kai Hiwatari was doing exactly the same. He hadn't slept at all that night and he hadn't moved his spot from the window ledge. Meanwhile back in the girls room, Suki was fully dressed and was closing the door silently behind her. She turned and tiptoed down the deserted corridor until...
"Suki?" Said a familiar voice.
"Oh hey Kai." She answered.
"What are you doing up at this time?" He asked, still whispering.
"I could ask the same to you," Suki smirked before carrying on walking, Kai shortly followed. They walked in silence and Kai recognised the path they were walking; they were going to the lake where they had been before.
Suki sighed and sat down by the river, staring at the moons reflection. Kai slumped down by a tree close by. They sat in silence, only the occasionally splash in of the water pierced the night air. It was relaxing to watch the water sway in the breeze.
"So why are you awake at this time Tiny?" Kai asked. He had been wondering this the whole journey there but only just decided to ask.
"I just woke up and decided to come out, what about you?"
"Couldn't sleep" He said gruffly. Minutes passed in silence, they both continued to stare. Kai's brain was full with thoughts. 'What was different about this girl?' He had followed her there even though he was originally heading for the forest. He liked her even though he wouldn't admit it to himself. Before he could think about her anymore he noticed he moving.
She was taking off her boots and socks and starting wading into the water, wincing slightly from the cold. She was finally up to just above her waist, and then, to Kai's surprise, she dived under the water. Kai lurched forwards to see if he could see her, but it was no use. The water was too dark to see under.
Suki was amazed at how clear the water was! From the surface it was very dark and bleak, but the moons rays lit up the underwater palace. Running out of air, she swam to the surface and looked over to Kai.
"Care to join me?" She asked.
"It's not that cold..."
"No way Tiny –" But before he could say anymore he was drenched in water. Suki floated innocently in the river. Kai spluttered and spat out a mouthful of water.
"You're not getting me in that easily titch!" He said smirking. She looked slightly crestfallen and swam around a bit. She noticed a shopping trolley under the water and a plan erupted in her head. She splashed around waving her arms screaming.
"Help me Kai! My foot's stuck!" She screeched before disappearing under the water. Kai wasted no time in taking off his shoes and dived in. He saw her thrashing body and swam down to try to free them.
He scowled underwater finding her feet perfectly fine. He looked up at Suki and saw her smirking before receiving a hard kick in the back. He gasped creating a mass of bubbles before returning to the surface becoming face to face with Suki. She blushed slightly noticing how close they were before laughing at the look on Kai's face. He was glowering at Suki even though he had to admit, it was a good plan.
"Had to get you in somehow!" She said between breaths. He grinned evilly before pushing her head under the water. Suki gasped, swallowing a lot of water. She swam back to the surface and splashed Kai.
"What did you do that for?!" She demanded raising her eye brows.
"Had to get you back." Kai smirked. They both swam to the shore and got out. They were both shivering tremendously, Suki more than Kai as she was wearing a skirt. Kai draped his jacket around her shoulders and he wondered why he was being so nice. 'Because you like her' said an evil voice in the back of his head. 'Shut it' he replied to it, he couldn't help but smirk as it obeyed. Before they went their separate ways, Suki handed Kai back his jacket.
"Thanks," She smiled up at him. He started blushing alot now, but the dark concealed it, thankfully. He just grunted in response before turning back to his dorm.
The next morning, the girls got up very early treating it like every other day, But Suki was very nervous as it would be her first day of lessons as yesterday was a bank holiday. They changed in silence too tired to talk and walked down to their home room. Luckily for Suki, she was in every single class as Mariah, and also...Kai! For most, but not all, of her lessons she was with the others.
Their first lesson was maths, and their teacher Mrs. Crabtree, was apparently one of the most bitchiest teachers in the school.
"Right class, turn to page 64 and carry on with the equations." Mrs Crabtree said briskly. Mariah, who was sharing a desk with Suki, opened the text book and started working. 'Ugh, this is so boring!!' Suki thought to herself, so she got out her Discman and sat there listening to Linkin Park. She was in a world of her own until she realised that Mrs Crabtree was only feet away from her staring straight at her. Mrs Crabtree took off the headphones and continues to glare at Suki.
"Detention" She said silkily. She could see Kai smirking behind her and Mariah looking gob-smacked. Suki growled at Mrs Crabtree with her eyes narrowed.
"Whatever..."
"I think you need a time out. Go outside." She pointed at the door whilst towering over Suki. Suki growled again, grabbed her stuff and stormed outside.
Suki's POV
I had no intention of staying there what so ever, I continued to walk not paying attention of where I was going and I crashed right into someone. My books fell out of my hands and scattered along the floor.
"Sorry" I mumbled and rushed down to pick up my books. Whilst I was retrieving them, I noticed another pair of hands stacking the books. I looked up slightly and saw a very handsome boy with black spiky hair that had a red streak running through the centre. 'Woah...' I wasn't looking at what I was doing until I realised that me and the unknown boy had reached for the same book and we were practically holding hands!
Ozuma's POV
I was walking down the corridor, minding my own business, until I felt someone crash right into me. I stumbled backwards slightly and looked to see who had bumped into me. I looked down slightly and saw a girl with long jet black hair standing before me.
"Sorry." I heard her mumble then she bent crouched down and started picking up her books. I also crouched down to help her and started stacking her books. She looked up at me and stared right into my eyes. She was quite pale and her eyes were midnight blue. She was amazing. I just crouched there, staring at her infinite beauty whilst jabbing my hand around looking for a book until I felt something warm beneath my hand. I looked down and saw her hand. I started to blush... loads. Damn it!!!
Normal POV
"Sorry" they both mumbled and blushing furiously.
"I'm Ozuma" He said straightening up.
"Suki," She said, also straightening up.
"Where were you off to in such a hurry? Shouldn't you be in lessons?" He said smirking.
"Shouldn't you be in lessons too?" She replied smirking as well.
"Fair enough!" Ozuma said brightly.
"May I walk you to where ever you were heading my lady?" He said in a pretend snobbish voice whilst holding out his arm.
"Why certainly!" She said – also in the snobbish voice clutching on to Ozuma's arm.
"So where were you going?" Ozuma said breaking the silence.
"My dorm, it's number 44."
"Right oh!" Ozuma returned Suki to her dorm and was about to leave before plucking up the courage to ask...
"Would you like to come for a walk with me later?" Suki was quite surprised at this and raised her eyebrows before answering.
"Sure."
"Great, I'll pick you up at seven." He added before leaving. Suki couldn't help but smile before turning to her bed. Tired from the night before, she was asleep before her head hit the pillow.
It wasn't until 6.30 until she woke up by the sound of drums and very loud voices. Suki sat up quickly and turned looking for the source of the disturbance and saw Mariam, Mariam, Hilary, Tyson, Kai, Ray and Max standing by the CD player where 'The Rasmus' was being played . Suki growled and flopped back down onto her bed. They all started laughing at her, apart from Kai who just smirked.
"Where did you go after maths?" Mariah asked still giggling.
"I thought that was pretty obvious." Suki replied raising one eye brow, smirking.
"Yeah, we overheard that you bumped into Ozuma and that you're going out with him tonight. Is that true?" Hilary asked eagerly. Suki nodded. The girls let out a little squeal and ran to Suki and sat on her bed.
"How did you know he asked me?" Suki said suspiciously. She wondered whether he had told them. "Did he tell you?"
Tyson snorted.
"Ozuma, tell us that he was going out with you? Pfft.. no way. He doesn't like us cos we beat him in beybattles."
"Oh..." Suki said softly.
"Anyway, anyway how did it happen?"
"Who asked who?"
"Where did it happen?"
"Woah! One question at a time! Anyway, nothing happened. We're just going for an innocent walk later!" Suki said trying to calm the girls down. Max snorted in disbelief.
"What?!" Suki demanded.
"I doubt walking is all you'll be doing" Max said smirking. Tyson was sniggering silently.
"What do you mean?" Suki said suspiciously trying to cover her confused expression.
"Ozuma is a player! All he wants to do is get in your pants! Mark my words." Tyson said looking very superior and triumphant, but sticking out his chest.
"And how do you know this?" Suki said looking at Tyson and Max even more suspiciously.
"Because he does it every week!" Max butted in. Suki looked around for any words of support but got none.
"I have to admit, they're right, but he's not like that all the time!" Hilary said glaring at the boys. Suki smiled a little appreciating Hilary's last words.
"Yeah, that doesn't mean he'll do that to me! Now go, I need to get changed." Suki ushered out the boys and she was getting quite pissed off now.
Half an hour later, Suki was ready and sitting on her bed and talking with the girls until someone knocked on the door. She got up and answered it. Ozuma stood there in a pair of loose fitting jeans and a T-shirt with an Iron Maiden picture on it.
"You ready?" He asked.
"Let's go!" Suki said cheerfully.
