"I already explained it to you. I just don't like people trying to 'teach' me things when all I did was ask a simple question." Night explained, somehow managing to hold in her sigh as she looked at her foster mother with extreme patient. For her, at least.
"Are we finished here? I made plans to meet with my friends, and as it is I'm already going to be late." She smiled sincerely when the women nodded; trying hard to soften what she knew was on a basic level a pure brushing off. However, there were only a few things that really mattered to her at that time in her life, her story, and her two closest friends. She dashed out of the house, snatching a knee length trench coat from a chair as she left.
She dashed along the sidewalk, throwing the coat on over a t-shirt and wide legged jeans as she went. If she hurried, she wouldn't be too late, and that would make all the difference to her. Her friends wouldn't be angry with her for being late, but they did have a tendency to start worrying when she was late. Night had a tendency to get into trouble, or just wander off and loose track of the time. Both choices normally didn't end very well.
Night raced full speed into the nearby park, scanning the few people there for the ones she wanted. She spotted them quickly, two girls standing under a tree talking.
One looked to be around 17, and stood at five feet six inches, the same as Night. She had long, wavy black hair that was pulled up in two tall ponytails, though there was more hair in the right one, which was also higher up on the girl's head. She was wearing an oversized, white T-shirt with a pair of jean shorts, along with knee length stripped sock and black boots. A wide, black bracelet covered each of her wrists.
The second girl looked to be 18, although she was a good six inches shorter then her friend. She had light brown hair that hung down to her mid back; all the tips dyed dark red. She had on a medium red tank top with a pentagonal neckline, baggy dark gray pants, and black boots. Black wristbands covered both of her forearms, starting just below her elbows and ending at the wrists. A black collar with small dog tag hanging off of it was attached around her neck, while two chains were draped loosely over her hips.
Night ran up to them silently, launching herself at the taller girl. The other girl let out a startled scream, just before the two went tumbling to the ground. Night sat up quickly, dusting herself off, as she looked over at her friend, who was lying prone on the ground, a shocked look on her face.
"I think I've been violated." Her friend finally managed to say, the shock finally wearing off. Night started laughing; watching as their shorter friend first drew back, and then got a strange look on her face as she burst into laughter.
"Nah, I wasn't going fast enough for that." Night joked back, grinning. Her friend smiled, sitting up and she dusted off her T-shirt, which now had a few grass stains on it.
"Yeah, right. Look what you've done, Fox's lost it again."
"I wasn't aware she ever had it." Night replied, crawling over to Fox, who had crumpled to her knees, holding her stomach. "Fox, dear, calm down. It wasn't that funny."
Fox gasped, tears escaping from her eyes as she calmed down. Night suddenly grinned, a mischievous look on her face.
"Just remember, you have to breathe in and out. Just in and out." Fox stopped for a moment; the same strange look on her face just before she burst into even harder laughter. Night continued to 'coach' her friend, until she had the other girl curled up on ground in the fetal position, squeaking as she laughed.
"I win!" Night cried out, leaping to her feet as she raised her clenched fist above her head. She danced around in a small circle around her friends, doing her own special victory dance. "You saw it, Tsunukie!"
"Yeah yeah, I saw it. I can still hear her too." Tsunukie replied, watching her friend as she danced around. A large, childish smile spread across her lips as she moved silently to her feet. She sprung with all the grace and stealth of a panther, launching herself at Night's legs. Both fell back to the ground with a resounding thump, a small scream escaping from Night.
"You're not cool." Night managed to gasp out, trying to regain the air that had been knocked out of her.
Tsunukie crawled over to knell next to her, looking down at her friend with a large grin on her face. "Ha! I win."
"Only 'cause you cheat." Night grumbled, sticking her tongue out at her friend.
"I did what needed to be done." Tsunukie replied with a devilish grin on her face. "Now, shouldn't the winner get a reward?"
Night's eyes widened slightly, and though she knew her friend was just joking, she played along for the fun of it.
"Not from me you won't!" Night replied quickly, rolling away and springing to her feet.
"But, Night, my love . . ." Tsunukie pleaded, somehow managing to keep from laughing. Night shook her head, backing away when Tsunukie stood up holding a hand out to her with a pleading look on her face.
"No." Night proclaimed, turning away from her friend, one hand pressed to her heart. "There is another, Tsunu, who has stolen my heart away from you. We can be no more." Night spotted an older couple that was now watching them closely; both with a disapproving look on their faces.
Night turned back around quickly, a slight smirk on her face as she nodded slightly towards the watching couple to Tsunukie. Tsunukie gave the slightest of smiles to show she understood, before dashing forward to catch hold of Night's hand, pretending that she was trying to keep the other girl from leaving.
"No, this can not be true! Please, I beg of you, tell me that this is but a cruel joke!" Tsunukie cried out, clutching Night's hand between her own. Night shook her head, glancing over at Fox, who had a slightly bored look on her face, and caught the brief moment where she rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Tsunu, but it is true." Night replied, pulling her hand from the other girl's grasp as she turned away slightly. "There is another now."
"Who? I beg of you, tell me the name of the one who dares to steal you away from me!" Tsunukie exclaimed, grabbing Night by the shoulders and spinning her around to face her.
"It's," Night replied slowly, glancing around and spotting Fox, remembering the way the other girl had rolled her eyes. A smile spread across her face as she wrenched free from the other girl's grasp. "It's Fox." She proclaimed, pointing to their other friend.
"What?" Fox shrieked out, eyes widening drastically. Tsunukie gasped, stumbling away from Night.
"Is this true? Have you truly stolen Night's affections from me with your soft spoken ways?" Tsunukie demanded, springing over to stand before the other girl, her hands clenched in fists on her hips. "How could you betray me like this?"
Night's eyes widened slightly at that question and she had to fight to keep from laughing. Tsunukie spun around, dashing over to grab Night by the shoulders once more.
"Do not go with her, my love! I must make a confession to you now, that I have not been completely loyal to you." Tsunukie proclaimed while turning away with her head bowed slightly. Night let out an exaggerated gasp, pressing a hand to her heart.
"No, this cannot be true. Do not try to lessen my pain in hurting you by trying to lower yourself in my eyes!" Night demanded, turning back to her 'lover'.
"No, it is true, Night. In a moment of weakness I gave into temptation, and spent a night of passion with," Tsunukie stopped suddenly, turning away with her face hidden in her hands. "No, I can not say, for it would hurt you more then I could bear."
Night shook her head, quickly rushing forward to stand in front of her friend, biting her lip to keep from laughing. "Tell me the truth, Tsunu; I am strong enough to hear it."
"Alright. It, it was, Fox." Tsunukie replied, hiding her face in her hands once more, as she let out several loud, rather fake sounding sobs. Night let out a started gasp, turning back to their friend, whose face was a deep red shade right now as she stuttered out her denials.
"Fox, how could you do this to me? To betray me with my own lover! To push Tsunukie to feel this shame, how could you?" Night cried out, watching the older couple from the corner of her eye. They both looked completely appalled, and it took all her will power not to burst out laughing. How could they possibly believe that any of this was real?
Fox leapt to her feet, continuing to voice her denial to having anything what's oh ever with any of their accusations, almost too shocked to come up with anything to say at all. An older couple suddenly stood up from a bench nearby and walked away quickly, both looking very upset about something. As soon as the couple was a fair distance away, both Night and Tsunukie collapsed to the ground, laughing hysterically.
"I beg of you, tell me the name of the one that dares to steal you away from me!" Night gasped out, laughing harder.
"It, it's Fox." Tsunukie gasped out in reply, collapsing onto her back as she laughed.
"Night of passion!" Night suddenly called out, falling to the ground next to her co-conspirator. "Your night of passion, with Fox!"
Fox looked over at the retreating couple again and then back at the two girls, who were writhing in the grass, lost in their laughter.
"You two are hopeless." Fox proclaimed, folding her arms as the two girls settled down, sitting next to each other in the grass so they could use the other to keep them upright.
"It, it was just too good an opportunity to give up, Fox." Tsunukie replied, holding her stomach.
"Did you see the looks on their faces?" Night asked, laughing again. "They actually believed us!" Fox smiled then, having to admit that it had been a little funny, now that she understood what they had been doing.
"You too are terrible, antagonizing some poor old couple who were just out for a walk in the park."
Night laughed at the statement, not feeling the least amount of guilt. "Nonsense, they were obviously not very open minded, they need a little brush with reality."
Fox sighed, shaking her head in defeat. She knew from experience that there was nothing she could do to make either Night, or Tsunukie feel the least bit of guilt over what they had done.
Yes, I know. More strange names. But please, don't get on my case about that. I had my two best friends design a character each, and they were given the right to pick their name. And that's what they picked.
And I'm sorry if any of this offended anyone, the muse for it once again actually came from real life, where my best friend and I used to tell people we were lovers. (Now I'm her eviler twin, try to figure that one out.)
Please, read, review, and tell me what you thought of everything! I do take everyone's comments into consideration.
Light Seer: Am glad you think it's well written! Nice to know my writing abilities are okay. I'm afraid settings have always been one of my down falls; do you have any spec. suggestions for what I could do to make the descriptions better?
Arg, I do need to develop Night better. And I'm glad you mentioned the throwing a fit thing, I tried to rewrite it a little in the first section so it seems more believable. Well actually . . . I hadn't planned on some big evil dude until later in the story, so no worries there. And I do hereby swear that if/when I bring in some massive evil force; I will fully explain why he/she is after Night, who will not be too busy having a fling with anybody. Well, I don't know. I like the name Night . . . Of course I might not exactly be in my right mind, so I probably don't count. AND! I promise, Night being an orphan isn't just in there to make it easier for her to be taken away. (Though, sadly, it does make it easier. Sorry.)
Well, actually I said it was my first time writing fanfics, but thank you anyway! Until now I've dealt purely in stories of my own imagining. (Which can be found on FictionPress) I will try my absolute hardest to avoid clique plotlines, and would be honored if you would keep reading to help make sure I stay on the right track.
And even if I hadn't liked your opinion, I wouldn't have ignored it. You gave me real insight which was very useful to me, thank you!