long time no see! im back.. cuz.. i want to be -;;
chapter three. date?
"I'm sorry you had to meet her first, of all the nice people here!" Hokuto exclaimed as she measured Arashi.
"I met Kanoe first."
"Oh, dear. I'm even sorrier then. Doesn't give off a good first impression, does she now?"
"Only a 'not good' first impression?" Sorata raised his eyebrows as he came bursting into the room.
"I wouldn't go too far, Sorata," Hokuto finished measuring Arashi and walked over to the closet. "And why would you come in here? She could have been changing!"
"Just wanted to see my lady," Sorata said with a little grin. "Shame she wasn't changing, really..." Arashi glared at him. Hokuto giggled. "Just kidding," he said, wilting under Arashi's stare. "Just wanted to tell you two that Kanoe's gone to lunch. We're safe."
"Let's see..." Hokuto was shuffling in the closet. "Where are you two going, Sorata?"
"I haven't decided." Sorata turned to Arashi. "What would you like to eat, lady?"
Arashi decided to annoy Sorata, who was undoubtly used to only the best of foods. "How about a burger?"
To Arashi's surprise, Sorata grinned. "Just what I was thinking! There's a McWendy's down the street. We can grab a burger there. They have great chicken burgers."
Hokuto looked startled. "Kanoe wanted you dressed up to go out and eat burgers? You'd attract even more attention that way."
"Well, Kanoe..."
"I understand. Obviously." Hokuto smiled at Arashi. "You know what? I'll cover for you guys, so just go and eat as you are."
"Thank you!" Arashi said, smiling lightly for the first time all day. "I thought you'd dress me up in an evening gown or something."
"What made you think that?"
"Well," Arashi said, afraid that she'd made a mistake, "it's just the way SxS always dress... The extreme of formality, you know?"
"Well, that's just one of my styles," Hokuto said with a smile. "The next time Kanoe picks on your clothes, come to me, okay?" she winked.
"Thanks, Hokuto," Sorata said. "Let's go, Arashi." They stepped out, then walked out. It really was cold. Arashi shivered slightly.
"Want to ride in the limo?" Sorata asked with a grin.
"I thought the restaurant was only down the street."
"It is. Just wanted to let you exercise the privileges of dating a superstar."
"You're so completely self-important."
"You're more important to me, lady." Arashi frowned at him, and he grinned. "Do you want to or not?"
"No."
"All right. We'll walk." As they walked down the street, Sorata tried to hold her hand. Arashi slapped him, harder than the last time. Sorata smiled innocently, then tried to touch her hair. As she was hitting him over the head with her purse, some teenage girls started screaming from the other side of the street.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Arisugawa Sorata!!! And some weirdo's hitting him!"
"Let's get her!!"
Before she knew it, Arashi was being kicked and punched by high school girls. She didn't bother screaming or anything, she just glared at Sorata.
"Hey, girls!" Sorata flashed the girls a dazzling smile. Arashi was instantly abandoned.
"Ahhh!! SORA!!!"
"AUTOGRAPH MY ALBUM!!!"
"AUTOGRAPH MY SHOES!!!"
"AUTOGRAPH MY BUTT!!!!"
"Um... That may be a problem..."
After Sorata finished giving each girl an autograph, they all hugged him once and disappeared, giggling.
"Do you enjoy that?" Arashi was incredulous.
"Well, I don't love it or anything, but I can't chase them off or anything. They're my fans, you know?" he smiled as they entered the restaurant. Sorata sat at a table. "Could you order for me, too?"
"Do you always order other people around?"
"No. It's just that there's a teenage girl working the counter."
"Oh."
"Get me any burger. With fries."
She walked up to the counter. The girl smiled at her. "How can I help you?"
"I'd like-" Arashi heard large shouts and turned around. The door of the restaurant had fallen open, and there were large flashes of light outside the door. She covered her face and looked through her fingers. A sea of reporters had gathered at the front of the McWendy's, and each reporter and photographer was screaming at the top of his or her lungs.
"She's the one!! I'm sure she's the one!!!!"
"The girl at the counter or the girl ordering?"
"The one with the long hair and the cheap clothes!!" Arashi rolled her eyes at that one and opened her mouth to make a comeback. Then she realized that this wasn't the time for sarcasm.
"Come here," Sorata was next to her in a flash. He put his arm around her shoulder and immediately rushed her out of the restaurant. Surprisingly, a few men dressed in black popped out from the bushes in front of the restaurant and surrounded the couple. They ran through the crowd, as they shouted:
"Ms. Kishuu! How do you feel about becoming Cinderella?"
"Arashi! What's your favorite aspect of Sorata?"
"Mr. Arisugawa! WHAT do you see in her?" This from a teenage reporter who actually appeared to be close to tears. Sorata actually turned around at this one, grinned, and said, "Looks. obviously." Flashes exploded in both of their faces. Arashi hid her face with her purse and ran, even faster than the men in black. They ran all the way to Sorata's management company's building with the reporters at their tails and shut the door firmly.
"Well," Sorata said, panting slightly. "All that for just a burger, too. Are you okay, lady?"
"I'm fine," Arashi gasped.
"But I wasn't aware that you were following us, Satsuki." Sorata turned around and looked at one of the men in black. When Arashi looked closely at the man called Satsuki, she realized with a shock that his face was definitely feminine. The man was a woman!