MARS and VENUS
MARS and VENUS
Disclaimer: I do not own MARS even though I wish. I do own Crystal Sung so no one can use her without my permission!
Author Note: LilChicaMichelle is back! I got a review! Yeah! Someone is actually readin my stuff! There is a god in this world! Hehe! Well, I am trying to type the 4th chapter but I am having a small little writer's block. Well, have fun and read!
Mr. Tachikawa glared at Rei, grabbing the nearest thing which happened to be a ruler and slammed it on Rei's desk, "Mr. Kashino! Wake up and pay attention!"
Rei quickly sat up and said, "Huh? What? Oh, sorry."
Mr. Tachikawa turned around and began to lecture as Rei leaned back and whispered to Tatsuya, "How come you didn't wake me up this time?"
Tatsuya raised an eyebrow and said, "Cause last time I did it, you didn't say thank you."
Rei glared at Tatsuya and said, "Some friend you turn out to be."
Tatsuya smiled and said, "Just doing my job for being your only guy friend that isn't scared of you."
Rei then whispered a bit louder, "Trust me, I can make you scared of me!"
SLAM!
Mr. Tachikawa slammed the ruler on Rei's hand and said, "Mr. Rei Kashino! Pay attention!"
Rei quickly took his hand away from the power of the ruler and glared at Mr. Tachikawa as he yelled, "How come I am the one you slam? I wasn't the only on talking! Look at the whole freakin' class!"
Mr. Tachikawa ignored his statement as he said, "Anyways, as you can see..."
The bell for lunch rang and Mr. Tachikawa had dismissed the class, "I'll finish up this lesson next time we meet. You may leave."
Everyone stood up besides Crystal. She was still writing in her composition notebook. Tatsuya stood up and was about to leave but notice that Crystal was still sitting there. He walked next to her and tapped her on the shoulder and she looked up to Tatsuya.
She looked around confused a bit as she asked, "Where is everyone?"
Tatsuya laughed a bit as he said, "Everyone left for lunch. The bell rang."
Crystal looked at Tatsuya surprised and asked, "Really? The bell rang and I didn't notice?" He nodded as she laughed to herself, "Wow! I guess I was concentrating so much on this I didn't hear it."
Tatsuya looked to the notebook and was about to read it as he asked, "What is it you're working on?"
Crystal closed the notebook and said, "It's a story I am working on."
Tatsuya raised an eyebrow and asked, "A story? You're writing a story?"
Crystal smiled a bit as she picked up everything and stood up and said, "Yeah, I guess it is kind of odd from me. But then again I am an odd person."
Tatsuya smiled a bit and Rei ran into the room with Kira smiling and he said, "Hey you guys! You going to eat or we just going to sit here and talk?"
Crystal shook her head and said, "Yeah! Hey I brought you guys some lunches! So I hope you didn't buy lunch yet."
Rei shook his head and said, "Nope! I figured you made lunch for us because you were carrying that huge thing in your hand!"
Crystal gave everyone these small square box inside was rice, kim pop (Korean Food, looks like sushi but no raw fish and has vegetables), and kimchi (Korean Food cabbage that is extremely spicy), and a come meet called bolgolgi (Korean Food, staple, that is meat and that was marinated in soy sauce and some other sauces). Rei and Crystal dug in quickly but Tatsuya and Kira looked at the food questionable.
Rei nudged Tatsuya and said, "Come on! Dig in! It's really good!"
Tatsuya glared at Rei and said, "I don't trust your taste... you think everything is good."
Tatsuya asked as he pointed to the kim pop, "How do I eat this?"
Crystal looked up and said, "Eat the whole thing, like as if it was sushi, but no raw fish."
Tatsuya popped the whole thing in his mouth, and he smiled with delight. He continued to eat his kim pop with glee. Now this was going to be one of his favorites. Crystal smiled seeing Tatsuya's reaction and felt like as if she had accomplished something so big.
Kira smiled as she complimented, "I like the Kimchi the best."
Crystal looked to Kira a bit surprised and asked, "Really? I hope I didn't make it to spicy."
In the back we can see Tatsuya and Rei fanning their mouths and Kira said, "I don't think it was to spicy, but then again I love to eat spicy stuff."
Rei used his chopstick to pick up a piece of the bolgolgi and said, "This stuff is the best! This stuff is better than Barbequed Ribs!"
He bit into the meat and everyone else was eating their meals happily. Crystal smiled as she saw everyone enjoy her food and she continued to eat her own.
Rei finished his meal and said, "Hey! Guys lets go somewhere today!"
Tatsuya cheered in and said, "Yeah! That would be cool! I don't have to work today."
Kira smiled as she gently said, "I don't have to go to the Art Studio today."
Rei looked at Crystal as he asked, "Are you going to be busy today."
Crystal moved around a bit uncomfortable as she thought about it, and then she gave off a small smile and said, "Naw, I'm not busy. Where we going?"
Rei thought about it for a couple of seconds and said, "How about a bar and then afterwards we can go to some hotel..."
"REI!" everyone besides Rei said at the same time.
Rei leaned back away from everyone and said, "I was just joking around guys! You think of something, Tatsuya!"
Tatsuya then suggested, "How about we go bowling?"
Rei shook his head and said, "Naw... that isn't exactly all that fun."
Tatsuya then suggested, "What about the mall?"
Rei yawned and said, "No way! I've been there way too many times."
Crystal then suggested, "What about we do karaoke?"
Tatsuya looked at Crystal with a bit of shock as he asked, "Do you really want to listen to Rei sing?"
Crystal placed her hand to her chin as she said, "Well... sense you put it that. No not really."
Rei then yelled a bit, "Hey! What is wrong with my voice?"
Tatsuya and Crystal innocently look around as Tatsuya said, "Nothing. Nothing at all."
Rei pointed at them and said, "I will prove you wrong!"
Crystal looked over to Kira and asked, "Hey Kira, you like the idea of the karaoke?"
Kira smiled as she said, "I'm fine with it."
Rei then had one foot flat on the desk and one foot on the chair as he stood up and said, "Then we shall go!"
Everyone looked up to Rei and Crystal then said a bit surprised, "I am surprised that Rei's head didn't hit the ceiling."
Kira then pointed out, "The tip of his hair does."
Rei looked down at his friends and said, "All right... that's enough guys."
WHACK!
Rei fell down from the desk and noticed Mr. Tachikawa had thrown a hard back book at Rei's head. Everyone was laughing as Mr. Tachikawa was giving a lecture about controlling your behavior or as Rei likes to call it "One of his lame lessons in life that I just never pay attention to or will never be any use for the future."
Rei then asked, "Why do you keep throwing things at me!"
Mr. Tachikawa then asked him, "Why do you have to act like a child?"
Rei glared at Mr. Tachikawa and said, "I asked first!"
Mr. Tachikawa then said, "See what I mean. You act like a child with nothing to worry about in the future. Rei you are a junior, about to be a senior, and graduate. What are you going to do after?"
Mr. Tachikawa didn't bother to let him answer but just walked away from Rei. Rei just shrugged his shoulder and walked away. He knew what he wanted to do after high school.
Rei smiled to himself and said, "I want to be a pro at motorcycle racing and there is nothing there to stop me."
After school the little gang started to walk over to Kira's house to tell her mom she will be out with karaoke. They were inside of her apartment and the whole time Crystal was only would say "Hello" "No thank you" and "Thank you". Rei had seen how she changed so quickly and changed quickly back as soon as they left her house.
Rei then suggested, "Crystal, don't you think we should tell your parents you'll be out?"
Crystal's face turned a little paler but she smiled and said, "Naw, it's all right. I'll just call them at a pay phone. They are probably busy right now."
Rei shrugged and said, "All right if you say so."
Rei only played it off this time because they were just about to have some fun and he didn't want to kill the fun. The whole time they were having fun and singing, Rei was still thinking about Crystal and the reaction to the "family" subject.
Rei then thought to himself, "I can't worry what is not my fault. Plus I came here to have fun and I am not going to be a party pooper! Not Rei Kashino!"
So that whole night he would try his best to forget about what was going on and have some fun. He was trying to grab a beer or two, but Kira and Crystal wouldn't allow him to touch any alcoholic beaverage. A bit disappointed but he didn't let that get to his fun. And let us add that Rei and Tatsuya singing is a very bad idea. Kira and Crystal were pretty good singers, but they sounded the best together. Then the party was over and everyone was starting to walk home. Evidently Crystal's house was in the same direction as Tatsuya's.
Tatsuya smiled and said, "I'll walk you home."
Crystal looked up and said, "No, it's all right."
Tatsuya laughed a bit and said, "It's not like I have a choice!"
Crystal shrugged and tried to smile her best, "Yeah, I guess so."
So the four parted and had split in which two people walked with each other. Crystal was most of the time silent as she started to walk home, and Tatsuya was a bit worried.
Tatsuya looked down at her and asked, "Hey you ok Crystal?"
Crystal sighed as she said, "I guess I'm not."
Tatsuya looked at her concerned as he asked, "What is wrong Crystal? You can tell me. I promise I won't tell anyone and I wont make fun of you either."
Crystal smiled a bit as she said, "I know Tatsuya. But promise me you won't tell Rei or Kira. And you have to promise me not to worry about it so much."
Tatsuya nodded and said, "I promise I won't tell Rei or Kira. But the worrying part is kind of an iffy."
Crystal nodded and said, "I guess that is the best I am going to get." Slowly she brought her hands up to reveal the bruises once more, only a few more were added.
Tatsuya looked at her bruises with a nasty look as she continued to explain, "My father made these. He has been getting drunk lately because of my mother and my little brother."
Tatsuya looked a little surprised at Crystal and asked, "You have a little brother?"
Crystal nodded as se explained further more, "Yeah. He died in an attempt of a robbery with my mother."
At this point Crystal and Tatsuya stopped walking and he looked at Crystal sadly. He wanted t say something, but he couldn't say sorry for something he didn't have any control over. He couldn't say everything is going to be all right because everything right now is going wrong for her.
But Tatsuya did say, "I'm sorry Crystal that you have to go through this. I really am Crystal. If it were possible, I would go back in time and reset your history. But I can't. And I am not even going to try and to do something like that because then I would waste both of our time. What I can do, is maybe make your present happier and your future brighter."
Crystal smiled and at the moment she didn't know what to say. She looked up to Tatsuya smiling as best as she can and trying hard not to cry. She didn't want him to see her cry because she knew that it would only make him feel even worse. But she couldn't help but let a few of those salty tears run down her cheek. Tatsuya held out his hand on her cheek and slowly whipped away with his thumb.
Tatsuya then said, "Is your father hurting you this badly?"
Crystal then said, "At first it hurt really bad, but after understanding how he feels and what he is going through I don't seem to mind anymore."
Tatsuya shook his head a bit disappointed and said, "Crystal I can understand that you are an understanding person, but you can't let him put the anger out on you. I think it would hurt him even more to see you with those bruises on you and to know that he was the one that made those. I can't allow you to let him hurt you anymore... what happens if he takes it too far?"
Crystal laughed a bit and said, "Tatsuya, I know you are worried. But even though he was the one who made these bruises, he would never hurt me that far."
Tatsuya shook his head and said, "He doesn't know what he is doing when he drunk, and what if he gets more drunk then usual? Then what would..."
Before he was able to finish his sentence, he could feel someone's lips press onto his gently. At first he was shocked but he realized it was Crystal's lips that were on his. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back and to both of them it felt like time had stopped just for them and for this moment. They wanted this moment to last forever, but slowly Crystal parted the kiss and looked at the ground blushing.
Crystal then whispered, "I'm sorry..."
Tatsuya smiled a bit as he dared to touch her hair with a little shaky hand but she didn't seem to mind his nervousness. She smiled back at him which made him feel more comfortable.
Crystal and Tatsuya walked a little more to her home and she noticed her father was sitting in the front with several beers around him. Crystal's face quickly grew into emptiness and slowly started to make her way to the house. But it seemed her father reached her first and had quickly grabbed her hand and slammed her to the ground.
He yelled out in anger, "You bitch! How come you didn't come home right after school?"
He picked up his fist and was about to slam it into her face. She cringed in fear and waited for the terrible blow, but noticed that nothing had happened. Crystal looked up to see that Tatsuya had grabbed the fist from behind before he was able to bring it down.
Her father yelled in anger and also a slurred voice, "How dare you... how dare you get in my way!"
He tried to punch Tatsuya in the face but he had dodged it by quickly stepping to the left. Her father had put to much power in his arm and his face landed right in the dirt. He laid on the ground motionless and, at first, Tatsuya thought he had killed him. Tatsuya turned around and helped Crystal to her feet, and at that moment he heard whimpering from the man. Then the whimpering turned into loud cries.
Crystal couldn't bear to see her father's tears and so she leaned on Tatsuya's chest and turned her face away. Tatsuya gently would touch her hair and stroke it to try and comfort her. The father continued to cry at the ground and he started to pound the ground.
Tatsuya couldn't take it anymore so he said to the father, "Sir, don't take me rude but what you are doing isn't going to bring your wife and son back."
The father growled in anger, "Shutup kid! You would never understand..."
Tatsuya then said, "You are right. I probably won't understand. But what I know is that I don't think your wife or your son would like to see you crying and hitting your only daughter. She is the last thing you have left, and you're just abusing her."
The father turned to look up the kid and yelled, "Kid mind your own business! What I do to my daughter is my business, not yours!"
Tatsuya yelled back madly, "No! Your daughter just happened to be a person I love very much. And when someone hurts someone I care for, it becomes my business!"
The father quickly stood up and tightened his fist and was about to hit Tatsuya across the face but he heard, "Daddy stop!"
The father looked at his daughter and yelled, "Shutup Crystal! I'll take care of you after I am done with this rude friend of yours!"
Crystal then said, "Would mom want to see you like this? Would Aki want to see you hitting someone?" The father looked to his daughter shocked as she continued, "I am sorry that mom and Aki are gone. But daddy, you got so selfish that you forgot that I am human to! I have feelings to! And I know what you are going through! But you forgot that!" Tatsuya looked at Crystal and felt his heart break slowly to see her cry and scream out all the painful years she had to go through, and she pulled up one of her sleeves showing the nasty bruises, "Look at these, dad! Look at them! You made them! What if mom saw them? What would you think she would say about you? What about Aki? What do you think how would he feel?"
The father slowly pulled his hand down and stared at his daughter. The tears of painful tears streamed down her cheek and the awful bruises that he had made. He fell on his knees as soon as she was finished. He hadn't realized how much more pain Crystal had gone through, much more pain then him.
His quivering voice then let out a small voice, "I never knew... I forgot..."
Tatsuya turned to Crystal and he asked a bit cautiously, "Crystal... you all right?"
Crystal looked at Tatsuya and asked, "Tatsuya... I hope it isn't much to ask. But... may I spend the night at your house." Tatsuya nodded as she said, "I don't want to take another look at this... man called my father."
Crystal walked into the house for a few moments to get some things, clothes and bathing things and slowly the two turned away leaving the man on his knees murmuring to himself, "I never... never thought..."
Tatsuya tried not to talk the whole time they were walking to his house but he remembered something at school and he asked hopefully that would make her feel better, "Crystal... you know that story you were writing?"
Crystal nodded as he asked, "What is it about?"
Crystal sighed as she said, "It's called MARS and VENUS and it's about how a boy loved a girl and yet there worlds are so different. The boy lived on Mars and the girl lived on Venus. Mars was a boy that everyone looked up to and has fun and Venus was a very shy girl that dared not to let any man enter her world because she believed all men are like her father."
Tatsuya didn't even ask how her father was because he all ready knew the answer, "Like her father..."
Tatsuya couldn't help but said, "Hey... its kind of like Rei and Kira..."
Crystal smiled and said, "Yeah, they are kind of my "inspiration" and "models", I guess you would say." She let out another sigh as she said, "I am also writing another story. It's mainly about my life..."
Tatsuya nodded and didn't ask anymore questions about her stories but she stopped walking and he looked at her a bit puzzled but she said, "Thanks Tatsuya for being there for me."
Tatsuya smiled and said, "It's all right. It's what I am supposed to do."
Crystal looked up at him and Tatsuya smiled down at her. He slowly leaned down and pressed his lips gently on hers and they embraced each other in a gentle kiss. His hand was shaky a bit around her, but he also noticed that her whole body was trembling. Tatsuya felt more comfortable knowing that he wasn't the only one nervous so he relaxed a bit and so did she.
Ending Author Note: I wasn't planning for Crystal and Rei to get together, I thought you would figure that out from the 2nd one. But the third one really gives you the idea, xD! We'll here it is, but it definatly doesn't end here yet... nope nope nope! And thank you for reviewing my story!