Staring Into Suprise


AN UPDATE. SHOCK


"So, anyway, she had this magnificent..."
"Do you HAVE to go into detail?" Aika sighed, causing the older Air Pirate to laugh.
"Sorry, but I'm sure Vyse wants to hear the details." Gilder smirked, and Vyse laughed nervously. "Hah...it doesn't really matter to me Gilder."
"Oh...well, then I'll leave off the details." Gilder smirked, and Fina giggled.
"Thank you Gilder, I'm sure we will all be very happy."
This caused Gilder a mega-sweat drop. "Uh...right."

Aika sighed, looking out the window of the tavern. It was getting dark, and they had been hiding Gilder away for a few days now.
He swore that soon he'd be ready to leave, but to Aika, he seemed pretty insincere about it. She began to feel bad for Clara, always searching for him, but he always just...vanished. It reminded her of herself almost.
'But remember,' she reminded herself. 'Your not a crazy, psychopathic stalker person.'
'and if you are...' she added, 'Make sure to jump into deep sky, to save you the embarrassment.'

Frankly, her feelings had been on edge ever since Gilder had been here.
Vyse and Fina were being very ...romantic.
They held hands constantly, sat close, and whispered into each others ears oh-so-romantically. It hurt Aika to watch them, and she felt like she was silently taking the pain.

Gilder didn't help matters, constantly teasing the two about how "intimate" they had gotten.
Whilst it disgusted Aika, she was curious. How intimate had they gotten?
Had they maybe...?

Aika sighed again.

"You know Aika, the more you sigh and mope, the more obvious it is your upset."
"WHAT!" She cried, turning to Gilder. "What did you say?"
"Heh." Gilder smirked handsomely. "You didn't even say bye to Vyse and Fina."
"Huh?" She gasped, looking around, and sure enough, they were gone.
"I didn't notice..."
"I know. You've been sighing and going 'aahhh' for awhile now. So what's up?"
"N-nothing!" She gasped.

"Your obviously hiding something, so what is it?"
"N-nothing...I just...Hey, it's none of your business anyway!" She said, standing.
"Hey Aika, jeeze, calm down. I already know it anyway."
She froze, her eyes widing. "What...?"
He smiled, "Hey, it's obvious your jealous over the Vyse and Fina thing. I'm not stupid."
"I...I..."

"Look, Vyse might still love you back one day. Don't loose hope."

"I...I don't love Vyse." She said, turning her head away.
"Come on Aika...You don't have to hide it from me. It's understandable. You guys were best friends for a long time, and..."
"No! I don't love Vyse!"
Gilder stood as well. "Hey Aika, it's okay.."
"No! No! NO! It's not okay! I DON'T LOVE VYSE, AND I DON'T LOVE FINA! AND I'M NORMAL! I'M NORMAL!"

Gilder blinked. "Fina? Normal? What's that got to do with it?"
Aika brought her fist onto the table, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Nothing. Nothing, NOTHING! Just LEAVE ME ALONE!" She cried, turning and rushing out of the building.

Gilder gaped at where she had left.
What had brought that sudden burst of anger? And where did F...

"Oh..." Gilder sat back down.

"..Wow." he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.


Ending A/N: A preview of things to come:

I can do it. I can do it. I can do it.
"Aika..?"
I can do it. I can do it. I can do it.
"Aika...?"
"Fina,...I have something to tell you."