Hey people, wut's up? Sorry I haven't update as soon as possible, because
I'm kinda busy with my 'Summer homework' My mom made me do it _ Well,
anyways, thank you for all of your comments. I really appreciate it.
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Chapter 6
Chloe's POV
"Oh my god!" Chloe choked once she entered Takuya's house. "It's like a garbage dump here. Zoe's right!"
"So that's why you're here to clean this mess up." Takuya said without looking in her eyes. "You're lucky that you don't have to pay the rent. All I'm asking is that you have to do a little housework for me. It's that too much to ask?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "But it's gonna take me forever to clean it up." Then she bent down and grabbed the left over pizza on the floor. "What is this doing here, you should put this in the garbage."
"Well, I don't have time for that!" Takuya defended. "Besides, it's my house anyway."
Chloe threw the pizza into the garbage can and threw her hands up. "Whatever, just tell me where my room is and I'll clean it up when I'm finish doing my homework."
"Okay, whatever." Takuya said. Then he stepped over some clothes and went inside his room.
"Wait!" Chloe called out. "Where's my room?"
"Your left side!" Takuya called out and then he shut his door.
"Oh well," Chloe mumbled to herself. "Guess this place needs a new makeover."
Zoe's POV
"You ready?" Kouji asked. "Did you put on your seatbelts?"
Zoe clicked her seatbelt. "Everything is a go."
Kouji smiled. "I never seen you this excited before."
She felt her face redden. "Really? How did you know?"
"It's a secret! I can't tell you." Kouji said cheerfully.
She tangled her fingers in her hair and giggled. "Oh, I'll make you tell me someday. Just watch, Minamoto."
Then. Kouji drove out of the parking lot. "Come on, Kouichi is waiting for us."
Just hearing the sound of Kouichi's name in Kouji's soft, throaty voice made Zoe shivered.
I shouldn't have come here in the first place. Now I have to face two men who I both love the most. What a mess I've gotten myself into!
"Hey bro," Kouji greeted Kouichi as Zoe and him entered his backyard, holding hands together.
"Hey," Kouichi said, then he started down and saw that they were holding hands. "Come back so soon?"
When Zoe noticed that Kouichi saw them holding hands, she quickly pulled away. She was relieved that Kouji hasn't noticed. "Hey Kouichi." She gave out a nervous smile. "Where's Sandra today?" Oh, I shouldn't have said that!
Kouichi's face grew sullen, his smile disappeared. "Oh, she said that she didn't feel well."
Kouji looked at both of them. "Are you guys okay?"
"Y-eah, s-sure!" They both said, then they stared at each other with a nervous look
Kouji said with a puzzled look. "O-kay. Anyways, let's get it started."
"Uh, Zoe?" Kouichi asked.
Zoe's heart pounded. "Y-yes?"
"I bought a new piano few days ago and it's here now, so I want you to play it for me while Kouji and I get the food ready." Then he pointed to the left. "The piano is under those covers. I'd like to here you play, Zoe."
She felt her face redden and tried to avoid his eye contact. Why didn't Kouichi back off and stop baiting her. She stood up form her chair. "Sure. I can do that."
Kouji sprang up beside her. "You're really going to be impressed, Kouichi."
Then, Kouichi pulled him down on the chair. "We're going to prepare the food."
"Right." Kouji laughed.
As Zoe walked toward the piano, she stole a quick glimpse at Kouichi, then started to uncover the covers on the piano.
Zoe sat at the piano, determined to focus on the music and not her anger. She ran the scales and was surprised to hear that the instrument was tuned. "Any requests?" She asked, looking Kouichi in the face for the first time this evening.
"How about the 'Moonlight Sonata?"
She stiffened. That was the piece she was playing when he'd first met her. "Beethoven called it 'Sonata quasi una fantasia,'" Zoe said. "He wrote it in 1801 when he learned he might be going deaf. Is that the piece you mean?"
"She knows everything," Kouji whispered to Kouichi, obviously pleased by Zoe's quick response and through knowledge of classical music.
"That's the piece," Kouichi said.
"You shock me, Kouichi. I thought you only listened to heavy metal and rock," Kouji kidded.
"I developed a taste for classical a few summers ago. I just never told you."
Zoe struck the keys, pullin gthe melody out of her mind and fingers and pouring it into the new piano. Instantly the music filled around everywhere, swept the air with its haunting notes. Soon she forgot everything except the magic of Beethoven's wonderful melody. She played it start to finish, and when the final notes faded into silence, she heard the sound of applause behind her. She turned and was shocked to see Kouichi and Kouji applauded. Of course Kouji applauded the loudest.
"What a give you have," Kouichi said as if he already known.
Zoe was seething, but she stared down, refusing to meet Kouichi's eyes while Kouji told him about her goal about playing at Carnegie Hall. He alrealy knows, she thought, wishing Kouji would drop her as a topic of conversation.
"I'll buy a ticket." Kouichi said.
Zoe smiled. "Thanks," She felt good to have her work enjoyed. Isn't that what she'd always wanted? To play concerts and have people appreciate beautiful classical music?"
Kouji came up to her and hugged her. "Thank you." Over his shoulder, she saw Kouichi staring at them. She closed her eyes, wishing that the brothers could trade places, knowing it would never happen.
She then pulled back and smiled at Kouji. "Let's get the food started. Shall we?"
"Sounds good to me." Kouichi said, flashing a smile to her when Kouji wasn't looking.
Zoe felt irritating again.
Back at Takuya's house . . .
"Okay," Chloe said annoyingly. "I cannot eat like this."
"Like what?" Takuya turned back and stared at Chloe. "Is something wrong?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "We are sitting on the kitchen counter here." She pointed out. "And I have to look at your back everytime when I tried to look up. You're facing in front of me with your back. How am I supposed to eat like this?"
Takuya shrugged. "But it's better not to face anyone than facing you. Besides, I don't have to face anyone before you moved in."
"Well, at least can you buy a table?" Chloe said, feeling her skin heat up to boiling.
Takuya ignored her madness. "I don't use the table that much. Besides, it cost much and it take up a lot of room."
Chloe threw her hands up. She wanted to say something, but no words came out.
"Besides, if I face front, then my legs aren't comfortable," Takuya continued. "I don't want to face you so I have no choice but to face sideway."
"Then, since tomorrow is Saturday." Chloe said with her normal voice. "We'll go shopping to buy us a table and some food."
"Why food?" Takuya was puzzled. "Aren't there enough food?"
"Well duh!" Chloe said. "All you have is instant noodles. I can't even make dinners with. Besides, don't you grow tired of that?"
"Whatever." Takuya said. "As long as you're paying."
"Fine."
"I'm gonna sleep now."
"Sure. I'll clean this mess when I'm done finishing cleaning the dishes." Chloe called out. "Tomorrow ten'o clock!"
Chloe's POV
UH! I just can't stand to be with someone like Takuya. He's messy, irresponsible, and . . . and . . . I don't know how to describe him. He's so, ick! Right now, I have to clean his mess. I don't know how long it's gonna take me, but I'm glad I'm helping one of Zoe's friend. I really should thank him for giving a room for me to live, so I shouldn't be complaining about his mess, right?
Takuya's POV
Chloe is just so ick! I mean why would she care about how my house looks like? I guess living with a girl like her wasn't going to be easy. I hope Joyce isn't like that. Oh Joyce, I just hope that you and Chloe could switch places now, if that's ever gonna happen. Because I can't spend another minute hearing Chloe complaining about my stuff.
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Chapter 6
Chloe's POV
"Oh my god!" Chloe choked once she entered Takuya's house. "It's like a garbage dump here. Zoe's right!"
"So that's why you're here to clean this mess up." Takuya said without looking in her eyes. "You're lucky that you don't have to pay the rent. All I'm asking is that you have to do a little housework for me. It's that too much to ask?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "But it's gonna take me forever to clean it up." Then she bent down and grabbed the left over pizza on the floor. "What is this doing here, you should put this in the garbage."
"Well, I don't have time for that!" Takuya defended. "Besides, it's my house anyway."
Chloe threw the pizza into the garbage can and threw her hands up. "Whatever, just tell me where my room is and I'll clean it up when I'm finish doing my homework."
"Okay, whatever." Takuya said. Then he stepped over some clothes and went inside his room.
"Wait!" Chloe called out. "Where's my room?"
"Your left side!" Takuya called out and then he shut his door.
"Oh well," Chloe mumbled to herself. "Guess this place needs a new makeover."
Zoe's POV
"You ready?" Kouji asked. "Did you put on your seatbelts?"
Zoe clicked her seatbelt. "Everything is a go."
Kouji smiled. "I never seen you this excited before."
She felt her face redden. "Really? How did you know?"
"It's a secret! I can't tell you." Kouji said cheerfully.
She tangled her fingers in her hair and giggled. "Oh, I'll make you tell me someday. Just watch, Minamoto."
Then. Kouji drove out of the parking lot. "Come on, Kouichi is waiting for us."
Just hearing the sound of Kouichi's name in Kouji's soft, throaty voice made Zoe shivered.
I shouldn't have come here in the first place. Now I have to face two men who I both love the most. What a mess I've gotten myself into!
"Hey bro," Kouji greeted Kouichi as Zoe and him entered his backyard, holding hands together.
"Hey," Kouichi said, then he started down and saw that they were holding hands. "Come back so soon?"
When Zoe noticed that Kouichi saw them holding hands, she quickly pulled away. She was relieved that Kouji hasn't noticed. "Hey Kouichi." She gave out a nervous smile. "Where's Sandra today?" Oh, I shouldn't have said that!
Kouichi's face grew sullen, his smile disappeared. "Oh, she said that she didn't feel well."
Kouji looked at both of them. "Are you guys okay?"
"Y-eah, s-sure!" They both said, then they stared at each other with a nervous look
Kouji said with a puzzled look. "O-kay. Anyways, let's get it started."
"Uh, Zoe?" Kouichi asked.
Zoe's heart pounded. "Y-yes?"
"I bought a new piano few days ago and it's here now, so I want you to play it for me while Kouji and I get the food ready." Then he pointed to the left. "The piano is under those covers. I'd like to here you play, Zoe."
She felt her face redden and tried to avoid his eye contact. Why didn't Kouichi back off and stop baiting her. She stood up form her chair. "Sure. I can do that."
Kouji sprang up beside her. "You're really going to be impressed, Kouichi."
Then, Kouichi pulled him down on the chair. "We're going to prepare the food."
"Right." Kouji laughed.
As Zoe walked toward the piano, she stole a quick glimpse at Kouichi, then started to uncover the covers on the piano.
Zoe sat at the piano, determined to focus on the music and not her anger. She ran the scales and was surprised to hear that the instrument was tuned. "Any requests?" She asked, looking Kouichi in the face for the first time this evening.
"How about the 'Moonlight Sonata?"
She stiffened. That was the piece she was playing when he'd first met her. "Beethoven called it 'Sonata quasi una fantasia,'" Zoe said. "He wrote it in 1801 when he learned he might be going deaf. Is that the piece you mean?"
"She knows everything," Kouji whispered to Kouichi, obviously pleased by Zoe's quick response and through knowledge of classical music.
"That's the piece," Kouichi said.
"You shock me, Kouichi. I thought you only listened to heavy metal and rock," Kouji kidded.
"I developed a taste for classical a few summers ago. I just never told you."
Zoe struck the keys, pullin gthe melody out of her mind and fingers and pouring it into the new piano. Instantly the music filled around everywhere, swept the air with its haunting notes. Soon she forgot everything except the magic of Beethoven's wonderful melody. She played it start to finish, and when the final notes faded into silence, she heard the sound of applause behind her. She turned and was shocked to see Kouichi and Kouji applauded. Of course Kouji applauded the loudest.
"What a give you have," Kouichi said as if he already known.
Zoe was seething, but she stared down, refusing to meet Kouichi's eyes while Kouji told him about her goal about playing at Carnegie Hall. He alrealy knows, she thought, wishing Kouji would drop her as a topic of conversation.
"I'll buy a ticket." Kouichi said.
Zoe smiled. "Thanks," She felt good to have her work enjoyed. Isn't that what she'd always wanted? To play concerts and have people appreciate beautiful classical music?"
Kouji came up to her and hugged her. "Thank you." Over his shoulder, she saw Kouichi staring at them. She closed her eyes, wishing that the brothers could trade places, knowing it would never happen.
She then pulled back and smiled at Kouji. "Let's get the food started. Shall we?"
"Sounds good to me." Kouichi said, flashing a smile to her when Kouji wasn't looking.
Zoe felt irritating again.
Back at Takuya's house . . .
"Okay," Chloe said annoyingly. "I cannot eat like this."
"Like what?" Takuya turned back and stared at Chloe. "Is something wrong?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "We are sitting on the kitchen counter here." She pointed out. "And I have to look at your back everytime when I tried to look up. You're facing in front of me with your back. How am I supposed to eat like this?"
Takuya shrugged. "But it's better not to face anyone than facing you. Besides, I don't have to face anyone before you moved in."
"Well, at least can you buy a table?" Chloe said, feeling her skin heat up to boiling.
Takuya ignored her madness. "I don't use the table that much. Besides, it cost much and it take up a lot of room."
Chloe threw her hands up. She wanted to say something, but no words came out.
"Besides, if I face front, then my legs aren't comfortable," Takuya continued. "I don't want to face you so I have no choice but to face sideway."
"Then, since tomorrow is Saturday." Chloe said with her normal voice. "We'll go shopping to buy us a table and some food."
"Why food?" Takuya was puzzled. "Aren't there enough food?"
"Well duh!" Chloe said. "All you have is instant noodles. I can't even make dinners with. Besides, don't you grow tired of that?"
"Whatever." Takuya said. "As long as you're paying."
"Fine."
"I'm gonna sleep now."
"Sure. I'll clean this mess when I'm done finishing cleaning the dishes." Chloe called out. "Tomorrow ten'o clock!"
Chloe's POV
UH! I just can't stand to be with someone like Takuya. He's messy, irresponsible, and . . . and . . . I don't know how to describe him. He's so, ick! Right now, I have to clean his mess. I don't know how long it's gonna take me, but I'm glad I'm helping one of Zoe's friend. I really should thank him for giving a room for me to live, so I shouldn't be complaining about his mess, right?
Takuya's POV
Chloe is just so ick! I mean why would she care about how my house looks like? I guess living with a girl like her wasn't going to be easy. I hope Joyce isn't like that. Oh Joyce, I just hope that you and Chloe could switch places now, if that's ever gonna happen. Because I can't spend another minute hearing Chloe complaining about my stuff.