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DelusionalChapter Three:
Drag Racing and Blue Ducks
By Ame Kuroi
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"Akito!"
"AKITO!!!!!"
Hayama bolted upright.
"AKITO!!!!!"
"WHAT!"
"Get up, Akito!"
"No." Hayama dropped back on his bed and closed his eyes.
"AKITO!!!!!" *BAM* The door flew open and slammed into the wall. "GET UP!!!!!" Natsumi stomped over to Hayama's bed and yanked off the blankets.
"Give 'em back, Bitch!"
"Akito get out of bed!"
"Hell NO!"
"AKITO!!!!!"
"NO!"
"……… There's sushi downstairs."
"Sushi?!"
Natsumi walked out trailing the bed sheets.
Hayama pulled on his pants and shirt and hurried down the stairs.
It was the same every morning; Hayama refused to get out of bed, Natsumi failed to drag him out and resorted to bribery, Hayama rushed down the stairs only to find…
"One sushi… Bitch." He stuffed it into his mouth and started out the door towards school.
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*Music plays in the background*
*Hawaiian Pig dances*
'8:30'
*Music*
'YAHOO!'
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'Gako!'
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"Eh?" Sana sat up and glanced at her clock . . . . . . .
"Aaa! WhydidntIwakeupnowI'mgonnabelateI'malwayslate!"
Sana jumped from the bed and into the sea of stuffed animals that separated her from her uniform. She trudged through the three feet deep fuzziness and finally got her clothes. She washed her face, brushed her hair and ran down the stairs. Sana forced down the breakfast Shizuka-san had set out for her before running to find Rei.
"Rei-kun!!!" She shouted as she slipped on her shoes. "We're leaving --- "
"Hai, Sana!"
" --- I'm driving!" She grabbed the keys and was out the door.
"…Sana…"
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It wasn't raining but the weather sure could have been a lot better. It was one of those days when the fog as laying low over the city and the sun was beating down overhead, causing blindness everywhere you looked. Hayama squinted, cursing the damn sun, and half considered going back home for sunglasses, though it would mean him being late for school. (God forbid.) He kept walking, too lazy to turn back for them. It would mean taking twice as long to get to school… and that much time taken away from sleep.
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Sana sat and waited to make sure Rei was all buckled up. She put the key in the ignition and turned until the car started. After putting it into gear she checked all her mirrors three times before SLOWLY pulling out of the driveway.
Now they were cruising down the road at a cool 15-mph, which, for Sana, was really pushing her speed limit. She liked to say around 10 mph just to give herself time to react. Rei was sitting in the passenger's seat wondering how she EVER picked up this habit of driving so slow.
"Aauugh!!!!!!" Sana cried out suddenly before slamming on the brakes.
"What, what?!" Rei snapped to attention looking frantically around the stopped car.
"A pedestrian!"
"Where?!"
"THERE!"
Rei looked over to where Sana pointed. There was a pedestrian, a small man in a black coat and hat walking along… on the sidewalk.
"Sana, he's not in the road. You don't have to stop."
"Who knows what he may do, Rei-kun! He could run out right in front of me at ANY MOMENT!" Sana let her car accelerate to 5 mph.
"Sana, I'll make sure the pedestrian doesn't do anything OK? You just drive."
Sana considered, agreed, and let the car get back up to 15 mph.
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"Aauugh!!!!!!" Brakes meet floor. "Rei-kun!!! A CAR!!!!!!"
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Hayama glanced at his watch.
'8:50'
(Kurata ought to be out of bed by now.)
Hayama barely heard the warning bell ring from several blocks away. Ten minutes. (I hope Kurata isn't driving, she'll never make it on time.)
He started running.
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Rei had coaxed Sana into accelerating to 10 mph but she absolutely refused to go any faster.
She rounded a corner and, no more than fifty feet away, she saw Hayama running towards school. Her foot applied more pressure unconsciously.
*HONK*
"HAYAMA!" She yelled out of the open window.
Hayama ignored her, rationalizing that it was way too early to be dealing with Kurata, and kept running. He was going to be late.
Sana, now angered by being ignored, pressed down on the gas. Rei was the only one to realize that the car was steadily accelerating and veering towards the object Sana's eyes rested on… Hayama-kun. Rei glanced nervously at Sana but her eyes were locked and glazed over with anger.
"Sana-chan --- "
"HAYAMA!!!!!"
Hayama kept running.
The car suddenly hit the curb, snapping Sana out of her irritated daze. Of course she didn't let up on the gas pedal, even as she sped straight for the lamppost.
"Aauughh!!!"
Rei pulled up the emergency brake and the tires screeched to a dead stop just before the lamppost. The engine still revved as Sana had neglected to lift her foot from the gas.
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Hayama had stopped running as soon as he heard squealing tires. He looked back to see Sana leaning against the lamppost, breathing as though she'd just run a marathon around the car. Sunglasses-san was carefully inspecting his car for a scratch that couldn't possible have occurred.
Hayama started walking towards them when…
*Ding Dong Ding Dong*
. . . . The late bells. They had exactly 20 seconds to be in class!
In a sudden frenzy, Hayama grabbed Kurata and shoved her into the passenger's seat.
"HA – YA – MA!!!!!" She retorted as she was jerked around.
*Slam*
The door shut, mushing Sana's little nose in the process. Hayama ran around the car and jumped into the driver's seat.
"My nose…"
*REVV*
"Hayama! MY --- AAUUGGHH!!!!!"
Gas met floor. The car accelerated as fast as the engine would allow.
15 Seconds…
Hayama swerved in and out of traffic barely missing the blue Toyota as he dragged around the corner. Hayama was grateful for the many hours he had spent drag racing with Misako in that little red car.
"HAYAMA!!! I'M GONNA DIE!!! AND MY NOSE!!!!!"
10 Seconds…
They pulled up to the school; the bell was still ringing. Hayama left the key in, the engine running (Sunglasses-san will find it eventually.) and took off running.
"Kurata! We're going to be late!"
"Eh?!"
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With a sudden burst of speed, Sana grabbed Hayama and sped into the building, turning up dust and debris behind her.
5 Seconds…
Up one flight of stairs…
3 Seconds…
Down the hall…
1 Second…
Open the door and safe!
"Kurata, right on time but… who did you bring?"
Sana looked down.
Hayama hung by his shirt collar, grasped tightly in Kurata's fist. "Yo."
"Ack!" She promptly dropped Hayama.
"Itai!"
"Hayama! Why did you let me bring you here?! This isn't your class! Now you're LATE --- "
"Blue ducks?" Hayama interrupted, still on the floor, looking straight up at the towering Kurata.
"Blue ducks?! Hayama, stop changing the subject! What is Blue … " Sana stopped and her face suddenly resembled a large, angry and very embarrassed cherry. "HAYAMA you PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!" Sana pushed her skirt against her legs to conceal her Blue Duck Underwear form Hayama's perverted eyes.
"It s not my fault, I just looked up. Besides I think I'm going blind by the sight. They're not even sexy --- "
Sana fully relished the sound of her foot connecting with his head, sending him sprawling out into the hall.
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Friendly Glossary:Gako- School
AN: Sorry it took so long for me to update (if any of you have ever taken AP US History, you understand my pain) and sorry that this chapter is pretty much fluff. Next one'll be better I promise! So let me know what u think and I'll try to get the next chapter up in a week or two (school permitting)!!!
Til then
: : Ame Kuroi