"Cup of Coffee" - Chapter 03
Disclaimer: the oh-so-talented people of CLAMP own Card Captor Sakura and all its characters. The band Garbage owns the song "Cup of Coffee".
Author's Note: Decided to update... the wheels in my head are turning, hehe! Read and Review, folks!
Oh yeah... Mei-mei is the twins' nickname for Meiling. Why? They gave Haruko a nickname... why not Meiling too? Hehehe.
It was a sunny Saturday and Genji, Jin, Meiling and Haruko had decided to hang out after a week of being bombarded with surprise quizzes. It was no surprise that they were at the local park, having a wonderful time.
Meiling laughed as the swing rose in the air, her legs dangling and her hands gripped tightly on the swing chains. At each side of her sat Genji and Jin, each equally happy as their seats rose in the air. Meanwhile, Haruko had a faint blush on his cheeks from the exercise of pushing his cousins and friend behind them. Just as one girl had been pushed, the second came down and as soon as she was gone, the third came down, followed by the first, second and third.
"Girls," Haruko managed to say between breaths, "I'm really getting tired now!"
The girls laughed.
"Ruki, honey, this helps you build muscle to become the big, strong boy you need to be to protect us girls!" yelled Genji, the more bold of the twins.
Haruko rolled his eyes and pushed her harder, causing her to almost lose grip of the swing. She squealed with laughter and swung her legs back, almost kicking him in the process.
The cycle repeated until finally the twins felt like buying some ice cream.
"Ruki, Mei-mei?" they turned as they got off the swings, noticing Haruko still pushing Meiling. As her swing came down, he grasped it firmly and held it in front of him, both of them looking at the twins.
"Don't you guys want some ice cream?" asked Jin, reaching up and tightening the ponytail that held her hair. During the swinging it had loosened slightly.
Meiling look up at Haruko who shrugged, then looked at them again.
"Nah, I think we'll just stay here... not really in the mood for ice cream."
The twins shrugged and went on their way. Taking advantage of the empty seats, Haruko took a seat next to Meiling, swinging slightly as he stared at the ground. From that angle, he resembled Syaoran in such a strange way Meiling felt her heart break just a bit more, causing her to frown slightly. Almost as if sensing this, Haruko turned to look at her, leaned in and poked her in the ribs.
"You know, you're a lot prettier when you smile."
Meiling couldn't help but smile at him as a faint blush lit her cheeks. As she turned her head to hide it, she watched the twins walk away in the distance, then turn some corner in search of an ice cream place.
"So do your cousins know about your magic?"
"No, my parents thought it should be kept a secret."
"Oh."
A few moments of silence passed.
"Meiling," he asked with a soft voice, using her full name rather than the pet name his cousins had given her. She turned around and faced him.
"Yes?"
It took a moment of looking at her for Haruko to process what he wanted to say in his mind.
"Never mind."
Another moment of silence.
"Mei-"
"Yes?"
"You were expecting that, weren't you?"
She smiled.
"No, expecting the unexpected," she said, a yellow, talking stuffed animal floating around in her mind, causing her to giggle slightly. Haruko dropped his shoulders, which he hadn't realized he had tensed until that moment, and relaxed at her amusement.
"Good to know that about you," he said, then a bit more quietly, "Very good indeed..."
She tilted her head curiously at him.
"What were you going to ask me, Ruki?" She watched his head perk up a bit as she used his pet name. He stared at the ground for a moment, bit his lip, and then looked up at her with a hopeful expression.
"Would you... like to learn how to use magic?"
DejectedxAngel: Yeah, I cut it off here... see, I have to go to bed now and just wanted to write some more for the sake of writing. Keep reviewing, people! And thanks to my reviewers for reviewing so far. Yes, I do have a bit of an evil plan for this story... stay tuned!
And I apoligize for making it such a short chapter... I usually write more than this, I think o.0
To kuroi-sakurapetals: Yeah, I feel sorry for Meiling too. I mean, she's pretty, strong willed, and pretty cool. I hate it when people make her out to be a negative person whom we have a variety of foul words for. I mean, what did she do wrong? She only loved the boy and I've seen worse cases of obsession over your one and only in a high school classroom. Thanks for reviewing!