Sarasaki High's Gaffe
Chapter 15 - Is This Victory or What?
"Botan!" called a well-known familiar voice from behind. Botan was heading down stairs with a towel around her waist and a black and green outlined bikini. She turned to see a brunette running towards her.
"Keiko!"
"Botan. What are you doing here?" Keiko asked giving her friend a hug. "I thought you were going to stay in school." She said arching her eyebrows. "Changed your mind?" She smirked.
"Yeap." Botan replied gaily. "Well actually Emi talked me into going on a trip with her." She corrected herself. Keiko looked around.
"Emi's here too?" Keiko asked.
"No. Just me, Hiei, and-"
"Kurama's not here?" Keiko interrupted. Botan shook her head.
"He said beaches weren't his thing." Botan explained with a shrug. "Then he started to complain about being sick. He's a bad liar." Botan said grinning naively.
"Aw. I know you hate that." Keiko said, making Botan lower her eyebrows. Keiko threw her hands up innocently. "Ok, ok. I know you're happy."
"No. I'd rather him be here. Not that I like him." Botan said as Keiko nodded as in saying 'yeah-yeah.'
"Course not." Keiko said in a sarcastic tone. "Well, Yusuke and I are going to Shoney's for breakfast. Care to join us?" Keiko invited.
Botan shook her head, "I am supposed to be meeting Hiei at the pool this morning. Maybe you can join us instead." Botan suggested as Keiko looked at Botan weirdly.
"Did you say 'Hiei'?" Keiko asked, lowering her eyebrows. Botan quirked hers and nodded.
"Yes, why?"
"Um, nothing." Keiko said, thinking why the heck she'd rather be with Hiei than her and Yusuke. "Well, catch ya later." Keiko said running the opposite way of the elevator.
Botan walked out into the back part of the hotel where there was a big pool full of people. She looked around and saw Hiei sitting under a nearby tree in the shade. Botan smiled and walked over.
"Konichiwa Hiei-san!" She tweeted. Hiei opened one eye and saw the white haired girl bent over in his face. He sat up against the tree wide awoke.
"Hn." was his reply. He rubbed his head as if he had been hit on top of it. "What?" He groaned.
"We're supposed to meet at the pool, remember?" She said standing straight up. Hiei stood also, topless in his black pants. "So!" she squeaked.
"And?" He said in a questioning tone. "We're here." He reminded her.
"Ummm let's get in the pool." Botan said pointing at the pool. Hiei shook his head.
"No thanks." He replied harshly. "I'll just watch you." He said as Botan shrugged and took off her towel, revealing bikini bottoms. She tossed the towel on a chair near the tree he was in.
The pool was half full, most were on the shallow end. Botan stretched and reached for her toes. Then she walked over to the laddered diving board. Hiei watched surprised.
A man walked up the ladder behind her, followed by another one and a girl. Botan got to the highest one and walked to the edge of it and stood glancing around. She done some kind of weird stretch and began to bounce.
She spotted Hiei and waved as the board became unsteady. "Woot!" Botan said as she bounced and done a Cannonball backwards flip.
Hiei's eyes widened as Botan hit the water with a small 'PLooP.' Hiei walked over to the edge of the perimeter of the pool. Botan swam over towards him grinning ingenuously. "So how did I do?" she asked.
"I could do better." Hiei said as Botan splashed some water on him. He mumbled something and walked away from the pool.
~*~
"And we went canoeing." Yusuke said at the breakfast table as Botan walked over to the couple. Keiko looked away from Yusuke and to Botan.
"Hey Botan." Keiko said as Botan smiled.
"Hello Keiko and Yusuke." She said, pulling a chair from another table to Keiko's. "What's up?" she asked.
"Nothing. Yusuke was just telling me about the camping trip you all went on." Keiko said looking back at Yusuke.
"Oh, Kurama and Botan went on a little private canoeing trip that night we got there." Yusuke said and began laughing softly. "Their canoe turned over when Botan tried to get in." he said as Keiko laughed.
"Is that true Botan?" Keiko asked as Botan blushed wildly.
"So where's Mr. Bad-ass wannabe at?" Yusuke asked Botan as she shrugged.
"He probably went back over to that outside carnival." Botan said as Keiko snapped her finger.
"Oh yeah. We're leaving today and I was wondering if you and Botan wanted to join up and spend some time. You know we got school tomorrow." Keiko said clasping her hands together.
"Cool." Yusuke said. "Let's get going then!" he said jumping out of his seat and running towards the exit of the Restaurant.
"So, Botan?" Keiko asked as Botan shrugged with a smile. "Sure!" she chirruped. They both stood up as Keiko remembered something else. "Oh yeah Botan. Kurama said give him a ring."
Keiko said showing Botan the number on her mobile phone. "He called last night but erm, Yusuke and I were sort of busy at the moment and uh-"
"Keiko.." Botan said as she gave her a naughty look, shaking her head from side to side. Keiko's cheeks turned red as her lip gloss on her lips.
Keiko looked back at Botan, "Sooo are you going to call him?" she asked nosily. Botan glanced at Keiko and nodded. "Yes. If he wants me to." she sighed.
Keiko jumped up happily, "Botan likes Kurama." she began to chant in a whisper as Botan chased her down to the outside Carnival.
They spotted Yusuke and Hiei standing around a sitting area talking and ran over towards them.
After the long day of riding rides and eating snacks and playing games, Botan went back to her hotel room and picked up the room phone.
'Now what was that number.' she thought and pushed a guessingly good number. The phone rang a few times before there was a click-up.
"Hello, Shuichi here." she heard a kind of deep but light voice.
"Hello Kurama-kun!" he heard someone screech into the phone and smiled.
"Botan." he said flopping on the bed. "Hey babe." he said shockingly. Botan quirked one of her brows. Babe? She thought.
"Hmph. I didn't give you permission to call me 'babe.'" she said amusingly. Kurama chuckled.
"Oh I didn't think I had to ask for permission to call you." he said as Botan growled over the phone, making him laugh again. "I'm just kidding." he said with a sigh. "Without you guys-"
"Kuwabara would you mind telling your sister to turn the radio down in the den!" Botan heard Kurama holler and giggled.
"Gomen." he apologized and cleared his throat. "Like I was saying, without you guys- HEY!" Botan heard him being interrupted again. "Kuwabara, no your kitten just didn't poop on my floor."
Botan laughed out loud as Kurama put his phone back to his ear and smiled when he heard her laughing. "Gomen.. again Botan-chan." he said sighing again. "Shizuru and Kuwabara's nerve racking."
"Oh I can tell." Botan smiled cheerfully.
"That's why I want you to come back." he said. "I'll do anything-" he started to sing.
"Oh Kurama-kun." she laughed.
"I miss seeing the beautiful girl walking passed me at school and the beautiful girl's ponytail blowing in the car and the beautiful girl's smile and the way she acted so sweet and innocent." he recited.
"Kurama-kun you're so amai!" Botan giggled.
"I love you." he said as Botan felt like her inside got jammed or her whole system froze up. There was a silence. "Aw c'mon. Say it back." he begged.
Botan remained silent.
"Botan." he said in his calm voice.
"Yes?" she replied.
"I love you." he said in a serious tone this time. Botan felt lumps in her throat as she swallowed hard. "Don't you love me?" he asked.
"I-" she stuttered. "Yes.. as a tomodachi!" she added as she heard Kurama sigh a long and loud one. "I'm sorry Kurama-kun." she apologized in a miserable tone.
"It's ok Botan-channy." he said and put on a smile. "I was uh just kidding anyway." he lied. "I guess I'll just see you in a week." he said sadly.
"Aw Kurama-kun. Do not be sad. It makes me sad." Botan said frowning.
"Fine, I'm happy!" he shouted with a 'wee.' Botan laughed.
"Ok Kurama-kun. See ya." she said hanging the phone up.
"..Bye Botan.." Kurama said to himself as the phone fell onto the click and he rolled over and squeezed his pillow. Oh Botan, why must you be so hard to get?