LOVE ME NOT
By: HACHiMiTSU-KAWAiiDisclaimers: I DON'T OWN ANY GETBACKERS CHARACTER USED IN THIS FIC. THEY ALL BELONG TO… TO… TO… THE OWNER WHO REMAINS ANONYMOUS TO ME. GOMEN! I have a really bad memory! (,)
A/N: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'm back! The machine-gun mouthed Hachimitsu! HOHOHO! Sorry it took me weeks (or was it months) to update my little story. The past week had been a burden for me and fortunately, ignoring the fact that I got a REALLY LOW MARK ON MY CHEMISTRY EXAM, everything's going smoothly the past few days. Well, let's not keep everybody waiting… HERE IT GOES. (NO FLAMES!)
WAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIT! PS if you happen to encounter some incorrect grammar here please try to understand that I'm not that good in English… But I'm working on it…
DEDICATION: THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO ALL BAN X HEVN FANS OUT THERE ESPECIALLY TO THE AUTHOR OF ONE NIGHT, MZ-KITTY-KAT ( IS THE NAME CORRECT?), TO MISS FAYE JASPER "AKARI" AGUDO WHO HAD BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND TO MISS CHARISSA ALMEDA FOR ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME (ACTUALLY BUGGING ME) TO WRITE SOME MORE (ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU TOMODACHI)… TAMA BA GRAMMAR KO? (TT)
OKAY! THIS TIME IT"S FOR REAL…. HERE IT GOES… HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT. :)
Hevn scurried off to go to Honky Tonk's. Crystals arrival was just so sudden that Hevn had to get there before her so called friend does to plan things out with the gang. She knew her very well. If she saw the guys she worked with acting like little brats she'd probably make fun of her leaving Hevn looking like an imbecile, as always. Oh nooooooo! She's not gonna make me look like a fool once again. This time it's my turn to make fun of her. She grinned evilly at the thought of how she was going to satirize the bitchy creep. She turned at the next corner and went to her shortcut through the alleyways. Fortunately, there were no gang meetings set for today and she was safe. Hevn was in such a hurry that even though she was wearing high heeled sandals she could run at maximum speed. Damn! She looked at her wrist watch. It was seven minutes past ten o'clock. Don't worry, Hevn, you're almost there. Just turn at this corner and… THERE!
Hevn pushed open the door of Paul's Café. "Whoa! Where's the fire?" She was greeted by a shocked Paul. Panting heavily she managed to find her voice and ask him in between her gasps. "Paul." She said breathing in a lot of air to be able to continue what she was saying. "Where's Ban and Ginji?". As Paul was about to reply to Hevn's question the door of the men's room opened revealing the two getbackers. Ginji saw Hevn. As soon as he saw her he turned chibi and went towards her to perform his victory 'Fan Dance' chanting the words 'Hevn is here, oh yeah! I'm going to eat sushi, uh-uh!'.
Hevn sat down on the nearest thing she could sit on. Although the temperature was humid she was bathing in her own perspiration. She parted her legs slightly to cool her thighs exposing her pink lacy underwear.
Ban sat down on one of the stools in the counter. She turned to look at Hevn but instead of looking at her face the sight of her lingerie caught his attention. he couldn't resist glancing at it every now and then. Ban decided to turn away completely from her to stop himself from perverting again. And what's worse is that the girl isn't any ordinary girl like the ones he had dated with years ago, we're talking about Hevn here, the money-loving bitch they call their negotiator. Although a part of his mind was loving the view a part of him protested. Oh shit! What's wrong with me? This isn't like me at all. No… it must be because of my roaring stomach. Yeah, it's just my stomach. he thought for himself.
"Guys," Hevn started. " I have a job for you…"
"How much?" Ban asked immediately not letting Hevn finish what she was saying.
Hevn just stared at him still panting and sweating. Ban met her gaze. He couldn't help but just be amazed with how she looked when she was frustrated. Hevn looked even more beautiful than ever when she's like that.
She sighed. " Okay, I don't have the time to fool around with you now. How does 10,000 yen/day sound?"
"How many days are we talking about?" he questioned not knowing how to avoid blushing whenever his eyes set sight on Hevn.
"I don't know how long she's planning to stay here." Hevn confessed. "I just hope that this visit is a quick one. I can't afford to be paying you more than a 900,00 yen. That's all I have saved for myself."
"Who's this she? Who's visiting?"
"Oh this friend of mine. She's here in Tokyo."
"From the way you describe her I guess she's not welcome in your abode and she's forcing you to let her stay with you for a few days."
"Not exactly but close enough. So do you accept?"
"Fine." He said bluntly without hesitation this time. Considering Ginji's and his hunger situation he had to accept it. It was either he accepted the job no matter what it was or die of starvation. There were no other choices.
"That's bizarre. It usually takes a lot of encouragement to get you…"
"That's enough, woman. So are you gonna tell us what to do or just sit there blabbing all day?" he said cutting Hevn off.
"Alright here's the plan." Hevn told them what she had in mind……………………
"So what you're saying is that we need to pretend as your boyfriend to impress this Crystal-girl?" Ban was starting to doubt the idea.
"Actually, I only need one from you two."
"So who's it gonna be?" Ban lighted another stick of cigarette. The idea made him nervous and tingly all over. It seemed to him like her idea was going to bring trouble to them. He looked at Ginji. Ginji looks like he really needed to eat pretty soon or else he'll get sick and that was not at all good because if he'll get sick he needs medicine to get well. And medicine means more expenses and that was a big no-no. He had a bad feeling about this.
Hevn thought of who she was going to pick to be her pretend boyfriend. His first choice was Ginji. Ginji. He's a nice man. Good looking too. But the only problem is I doubt if he's had any experiences with the ladies before. He'll just cause more trouble then help. On the other hand… she looked at Ban from head to toe examining him like he was a rare piece of artifact or something. Ban seems to act more maturely than Ginji. And he has a hell lot more experiences with women than Ginji and therefore that makes him the winner.
"Ooooooooh Baaaaaaaaaan!" she said with a mischievous grin on her face. Ban looked at her.
"Do I have to be the one?" he asked letting out a sigh. Hevn nodded still smiling.
"Yeah, did I mention that she's the heir to SCC the largest computer corporation in the business?" she added.
What she said convinced Ban this time. "I suppose I can play along with your little game." He said unknowingly to Hevn that he was partying deep inside. Besides, there was no use arguing with her. She was as stubborn as a mule and insists on whatever she wanted. Moreover he knew he'll give in sooner or later to the lure of money.
"But there are limitations…" she continued.
"What now?" he asked a bit annoyed this time. If he wasn't in a crazy mood right now he'd probably rejected the job except for the fact that they were dealing with money and companies here.
"There will be no funny stuff. You're only going to be my boyfriend if she's in sight but after that it's back to normal again."
"No problem." He assured her. "Besides you're not my type of girl anyway." He said smirking as he stood up and walked towards Paul's computer room leaving an annoyed Hevn. "Hey Paul! Do you mind if I surf on the Internet with your computer for a while?".
Paul looked hesitant at first but finally agreed. Ginji followed him leaving Hevn and Paul alone.
"Of all the people in the world you had to pick him." Paul stressed out to Hevn who was sipping her coffee quietly.
"It's kind of unexpected and that's the first thing that came up in my mind so…" she reasoned out.
Paul got the idea and went back to reading the article in the newspaper he was reading from a few minutes ago.
Ban was looking through the result of his search for "CRYSTAL SAMUELS". Unfortunately the turned in results showed more than a hundred girls bearing that name. He typed in "SAMUEL'S COMPUTER CORPORATION" to shorten the list. The search engine gave him three people matching the profile. One was a man named "BENEDICT SAMUELS" and the other two were female, one named "ELIZABETH SAMUELS" and the other one was someone with the name "CAROLINE MARIE SAMUELS". Ban was puzzled this time. Non of the three was this Crystal-girl Hevn was talking about. He started to think of the possibilities. Hevn told me that she was the heir to the SCC. But the results of the search didn't show anyone named Crystal. Unless… CRYSTAL ISN'T HER REAL NAME! Ban thought for himself. He observed the names carefully. Let's see. If she's only using her nickname then the nearest name to hers is this Caroline Samuels. Ban clicked the name to view her full profile.
HOOYAH! SEARCH/ PEOPLE: OWNER OF SAMUELS COMPUTER CORPORATIONNAME: Caroline Marie F. Samuels
BIRTHDATE: UNKNOWN
BIRTHPLACE: UNKNOWN
INFORMATION: Caroline Marie Samuels is the only child of Mr. Benedict Samuels, owner of Samuels Computer Corporation, and wife Elizabeth. Currently she is working as a model for "FAD" line of clothing…
Ban stared at the monitor. The info was enough to prove that she's this Crystal Samuels. Knowing that she was the only daughter and heir to SCC he was convinced. He leaned on his chair thinking deeply. He had heard of her from sometime before but he couldn't remember when. He looked at Ginji. Ginji was half-asleep. Ban thought that a nap would help calm down his stomach for a while. While his friend was sleeping he thought of chatting on the net for a while while waiting for the prey… Crystal.
A minute passed. Then another. Then another. Then another. But still no Crystal. The minutes continued passing by until it turned into hours. One hour. Hevn looked pissed off. After making her run in high heeled sandals and making her act like a lunatic in front of her friends, the nerve of that girl making an appointment when she's the one who gets there not minutes but hours after the appointed time.
"Where is she?" she started to get irritated because of Crystal not showing up at the agreed time. "Ugh! I should've known it was going to be like this! Ooooh! When I get my hands on her I'll rip her apart!" she exclaimed. Her voice reverberated inside the café making Paul stop what he was doing to check if she was alright. Hevn was now hitting the table with her bare fists. She didn't care if it hurt. All she had in mind now is how she's going to get back at Crystal for making her wait like this.
"Oi, Hevn!" Paul called her attention. "The cost of the damages goes into your tab."
Hevn didn't mind if it's gonna cost her. She needed to let some steam out! She was already going out of control, bursting into flames.
Ginji woke up all of a sudden when he heard screams. He thought it was only the little voice in his head he called conscience that seemed to be doing it again… calling his name as if trying to tell him something. He opened his eyes, fully awake by now because of the noise. He looked at Ban. Ban was silent and on his face was that questioning look. Ginji wasn't the only one who was hearing things. Ban heard it too. So that couldn't be his conscience. They both stood up and headed for the door. They peeped outside only to find out that those screams were coming from their intermediary agent, Hevn. Looking at each other for a while trying to ask the other what was going on, Ban and Ginji just shrugged it off and went back to what they were doing before they were so rudely interrupted by that woman, Ginji going back to sleep and Ban going back to chatting with this girl he met in the internet.
Hevn was tired. She figured that all those things she was doing was useless. Calm down… calm down… calm down… she heard her mind tell her. Gradually, she started to relax. Still not disregarding the actuality that she was tricked, tricked by that insolent woman.
After one hour of chatting non-stop Ban decided to let his eyes rest for a while so he went outside the computer room. Besides he wanted to know what time her friend was planning to meet with her. "So, where is she?" But that didn't help. It only made Hevn grow more enraged.
"Ssssssssheeeeeeee'ssss gooooooiiiiiing toooo beeeee aaaa liiiiiiiiiiittlllllle laaaaaaaaaaaaaate." She said grinding her teeth.
"Ooookaaaaaaay…" Ban replied with a sneer. She looked so not like her today. It's as if this Crystal has the power to manipulate Hevn into a whole new person. To avoid getting into trouble Ban just kept his mouth shut and decided to take a short nap. That chatting wore his eyes down.
Just when Hevn was about to cancel the whole meeting the door opened. A red-headed girl wearing a tube top and a mini skirt stood at the entrance. At the sight of her Ban's eyes grew big. She's one hot babe! He thought as he looked at her flawless thighs up to her humongous numnums. Well, it wasn't that big compared to Hevn's.
"Crystal!" Hevn stood up to hug her friend.
"HEVN!" exclaimed Crystal, not wanting to break the hug.
"Ogenki desu ka?"
"I'm fabulous as always, you know!" Crystal bragged. By now Hevn has this nerve pop out from nowhere in her head. Yup! She's the real deal. She thought. It wasn't hard to isolate the real Crystal Samuels cause she's one in a million, one in a million wanna-kill person that is.
"And you?"
"Oh I'm fine! So what came to you that you suddenly wanted to visit me here in Japan?"
"Oh, nothing. I just want to visit my old pal, isn't that great?"
"Yeah. Sure. Sure. Come take a seat." She offered crystal a seat at one of the stalls.
"So who's this guy you were telling me about?" she asked her friend.
"Eherm!" Ban didn't want to be ignored. He looked at Hevn and she read his mind.
"Oh by the way." She said gesturing Ban to stand up. She went near him and hugged him like they were already an item. "This is my boyfriend."
"Oh!" was all Crystal could say. She looked disappointed. oh! Now I get it! The hot guy he was telling me about is Ban! She thought. BAN? It took her some time to let what she just found out sink into her mind and completely understand what was going on. HAHAHA! A thought came in her mind.
HEVN: 1
CRYSTAL: 1
Now they were quits. Hevn thought it might be fun to play around with her for a while. Unsuspectingly to everyone involved she was keeping a scoring board in her brain to check how the situation was going; if Hevn is in the lead that means it was going according to planned but if Crystal is in the lead that means it's time for plan B. But first she needed to make her plan B.
It was time for work. Ban needed to pretend as the boyfriend now but somehow he was thinking of taking advantage of the situation and flirt with Hevn. Then after all of these he'll act that they broke up and court Crystal just for fun. Although his mind kept telling him over and over again that girls aren't toys Crystal looked like a Barbie Doll sold in every toy store there was and he was one girl eager to get her hands on the doll and play with it. Then when she gets bored with it she just throws it away. But when it comes to her true love he's never do a thing like that. Although Hevn looks more delicious than Crystal, Crystal was the type that's game for anything and Hevn… well… Hevn is Hevn, sophisticated, smart, and only flirts whenever she wants something but she doesn't go anywhere further than that.
Ban put his arm around Hevn's shoulders and snuggled in her hair.
"Honey, aren't you going to introduce me to your beautiful friend over here?" Ban lied.
Hevn pinched his leg. He looked at her. She's got this what-are-you-doing-blowing-your-cover-don't-continue-what-you're-planning-to-do-or-else-you'll-get-something-from-me look on her face (A/N: (o.0)?). Ban grinned.
"Uhm, Crystal this is Midou Ban and vise versa." She introduced them to each other. Ban and Crystal shook hands. While doing so Ban pressed hers lightly as if he meant something more. Crystal, on the other hand was enjoying how he was flirting with her. She knew it was only between her and Ban and excluding Hevn out of the topic. She let out an evil simper at how she knew Ban was attracted to her. Suddenly all her chances of taking him away from Hevn sky-rocketed. She always gets what she wants. And now isn't an exemption. She's determined to get Ban all for herself by hook or by crook.
A/N: Well wadya think? Is it a boring? Or did this chapter excite you? Please do tell me what you think!
To all you guys out there who reviewed thanks a lot! Especially to those who gave comments. Uhm to the one that commented that Ban and Ginji are just eighteen years old I based my story from the TV series and not the manga. And as some sites show it they're twenty-one in the anime version. Oh and I'm sorry for Crystal calling Hevn with a 'san'. I'm not really familiar with Hevn cause there's little information about her in the net. Ehihihihihi… sweatdrop. Thank you so much, guys for spending time reading my story. I really appreciate it. I also want to extend my gratitude to my classmate Avy Czarina Macarubbo for giving me ideas for my story (even though she doesn't know that she gave me proposals). ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU MINNASAN!
Stay tuned…
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See you later space cowboy… is it appropriate for the anime, getbackers? Hehehe.. I just thought of putting it to add something peculiar in my author's notes… HOHOHOHO! (,)