Hi! was that a good cliffhanger? I don't know that's the first time I wrote one. But you must be happy that I have a new chapter. Well enjoy!
4/30/05- Fixing away!
"English is a very complicated languages as I'm sure you all know."
Mayura knew she needed to pay attention to her teacher drone on, but she couldn't get what had happened only minutes ago out of her head.
She could still see Alice's face fill up with fear from her innocent question.
"You didn't really need to ask," she grumbled to herself.
"What was that Ms. Seno?" Mayura looked up at her teacher who did not bother for a response.
'Married...they're going to get married?' She felt her eyes start to leak her tears.
"Are you ok?" a girl leaned across the aisle to hand her a handkerchief.
Mayura mustered the best smile she could. "I'm just so happy to be back."
The girl placed the handkerchief on Mayura's desk, knowing that she was being told a lie. Everyone in the school knew by now that Alice and Kyou had just told Mayura. Everyone knew that Mayura had broken down into tears, ran away leaving the new couple feeling guilty. Everyone knew.
The bell rang and her first day back, ruined by a new surprise, was over. Sighing she went to make her rounds. She needed to catch up desperately.
"I still feel guilty. I mean I know we had to tell her eventually but not like that." Alice worried.
"Don't think about it right now." Kyou kept his arms firmly wrapped around her.
"HEY! LOVEBIRDS!" The president of the Archery Club yelled at them. "WE NEED TO GET STARTED AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH YOU TWO IN THE WAY!"
"Uhh...right..." they quickly moved from the targets.
"When are we going to tell everyone else?"
"I guess this weekend."
Mayura ran to her room. The only place she felt safe now in what was once HER world. She was the center of it, safe, and loved,. Nothing ever happened without her knowing. She did understand that she was possessed for some time, but how that had affected Alice and Kyou she never saw.
Whenever they two came to visit her they were hardly in the room together. But when they were their movements were always focused on Mayura, never each other. There was always an uneasiness circling the air, but she thought that was from all the cuts, bruises and stitches she had.
"Mayura...sweetie?" Her mother came in worry written all over her face. "How come you're not at archery practice?"
Again she lied. "I don't think I'm up to it just yet."
"Aoi-chan?"
The girl with the short bluish-purple hair turned at the sound of her name. Well she was actually a woman, but her child like cuteness made her seem like a little girl. "Yes Karou-sama?'
For some reason whenever she said his name he could not help but blush. "Dono...I was wondering, do you remember my friend Kyou Wakamiya?"
She smiled. "Hai."
"Well he and his fiancée decided they wanted to have a traditional wedding, so I was wondering if you could teach Alice-chan how to act like a proper lady?"
Aoi smiled that smile of hers that showed she would be happy to help. "I would love to."
"Great! I'll go tell Kyou." He turned to go find the phone, but was stopped when he felt Aoi-chan wrap her arms around his waist and murmur his name in his back; followed by the unasked question the two have been waiting to answer forever.
Everyone was helping to put her possessions in the car. Toady she was going back home. She still needed to tell everyone. Even though she and Kyou had decided that today was the day, she could not help the urge to vomit.
Alice hoped on to the motorcycle with Kyou, everyone followed each other through Tokyo's streets till the came to the Seno household. Everything was placed in her room, it was only a matter of time now.
"Hand me that bowl." Mrs. Seno instructed.
Mei Lin, Mayura, Maki, and Alice were all helping to make dinner. Occasionally Frey would come in to try and help, but he would only cause a mess.
Alice had hidden the ring in her pocket, it was mostly fear of her parents finding out before she told them, but she had told Mei Lin that it was because she did not want it to fall into the dough she was making for daifuku, the yokan was sitting in the fridge.
Everyone sat around the table waiting for Mrs. Seno to bring out that last of the food. Dinner made the nervous couple forget their fears. Conversation focused mostly on Mei Lin, Billy, Frey, and Chris. How they grew up and the different places they had been to as well as how the made their living. Needless to say everyone was surprised to find they were dining with a movie star and a minor royal.
"Mikako," Mr. Seno addressed his wife. "That was a wonderful meal you made."
Kyou made a nod to Alice.
"Um...Mom, Dad." Alice was loosing her nerve.
"Auntie, Uncle, this will come as a surprise to you." Kyou took over for her. "I asked Alice to marry me, and we would like to do so within a year."
Uncle Yuki had his arms crossed and his head bowed in concentration as he leaned back in his seat. He then looked at Auntie Maki, then to Kyou. "Are you sure? Both of you?"
"We are very sure." They said together.
The words were barely out of their lips when AuntieMaki was on them with hugs and kisses with no control over the yelps of joy leaping out of her mouth. "THIS IS GREAT!"
"Kyou, we trust you, so we'll be happy to sign whatever papers in order to let you marry Alice." Uncle Yuki beamed.
AuntieMaki was still having trouble suppressing her hyper delight. It was amusing to the Lotis masters.
"Mom? Dad?" she looked at them expectantly. She knew they would not react the same way that Kyou's Aunt and Uncle did, but she did expect that they would be somewhat happy. She did not want to see their stone faces. They were hard to read. Anger? Disappointment?
Mr. Seno stood up. When the words came out of his mouth...
daifuku- is a sweet rice cake
yokan- is bean sprout jello
I'm surprised I was able to finish this, but hey I wanted to instead of doing my homework. Lol. I'm going to die this year from the work load. oh well nothing you can really do about it.
