CHAPTER 4: GETTING THERE

LOVE ME NOT

By: HACHiMiTSU-KAWAii

Disclaimers: 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! And I still do! Did I mention I'm lazy? And when I say lazy I mean SUUUPEEER LAAAZYYY!

A/N: HEY HEY! I'm BACK! HOORAY! IT's ALMOST SUMMER! Wait! IT IS ALREADY SUMMER! NYAHAHAHAHA! THAT MEANS SUMMER VACATION IS ALMOST HERE! Uhm… GOMEN NASAI FOR THE LATE UPDATES!

DEDICATION: THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO ALL BAN X HEVN FANS OUT THERE ESPECIALLY TO THE AUTHOR OF ONE NIGHT, MZ-KITTY-KAT (GREAT STORIES!), 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), TO MS AVY CZARINA MACARUBBO (YOU KNOW IT ALREADY), AND TO MR. TIGER JK (DRUNKENTIGER4EVER) FOR TEACHING ME JAPANESE (LABSHUU VERY MUCH!), AND TO MY NEW FOUND FRIEND THE ANONYMOUS PINOY REVIEWER (I GET MY IDEAS FROM EVERYDAY LIFE. YOU SEE I HANG OUT WITH REALLY GOOFY PEOPLE AND THEY ALWAYS DO SOMETHING STUPID. IN THE END WE ALL END UP LAUGHING OUR GUTS OUT FOR THE SIMPLEST REASONS. HEHEHE. SALITA TAYO NG INGLES KASI PANAY TAGA IBANG BANSA TAO DITO. AHIHIHIHI… THAT'S WHERE I GET MY IDEAS)…

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…

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LETS JAM!

AT HEVN'S APARTMENT

"What's taking him so long?" Hevn exclaimed to no one in particular. She looked at her wrist watch. It was almost eight o'clock and Crystal told them to meet her at the airport at around eight o'clock sharp! Hmmm… maybe she was pulling her leg again like what she did before, arrive late. But then again, she would never kid around with something like this. The planes always take off and land on time. There's no way the planes could wait for them to get there. It's not like they're some kind of important delegates from around the world ready to attend some sort of vital conference! Hevn was infuriated, as usual.

Hevn was trying something a bit more conventional today than the usual clothes she would have on. She wore a pink off-shoulder three-fourths which extended up to her navel exposing her belly button and denim bootleg pants and a pair of rubber shoes. She was feeling kinda sporty today, although she had no idea why. Maybe it's because when she and Crystal were in high school she got used to being the spunky type and Crystal being that 'perfect girly girl' type whom all the guys only had eyes for. The nerve of those guys way back then snubbing her magnificence just like that because she was different. Hey, they can't blame Hevn. She was not just another face in the crowd, just like the old saying goes: she was "Daring to be Different".

Today felt like the previous years. It was like taking a saunter back on memory lane. But now that she's all mature and was to be considered a woman instead of a girl, the present her was somewhat diverse from the Hevn way back then. She was still spunky like she was before but she couldn't quite point out what made the difference. Did she change that much?

Aaaah… The plain Hevn. For once she was dressed in clothes that revealed the inner child that was veiled inside of her. Even with her uncomplicated outfit she still stood out from the rest of the 'Janes'. If an average entity would dress like that they wouldn't find anything remarkable about her. But Hevn wasn't average. In fact she was far more than ordinary, more like supernatural in a natural way. Some guys even mistake her for a goddess in a woman's clothing. Guys, they're all the same. They're all lame brains. Although her cleavage wasn't that perceptible the bulging of healthy breasts was still there to seize attention. With a body like hers nobody would dare call her the "Plain Jane".

She was all set. Her baggage stood alongside the doorway ready to be carried anytime now. Hevn sighed. She looked at her watch again. It's exactly eight o'clock by now. What the hell! Might as well change and unpack now. Besides there is no way we could get there on time even if Ban would drive at maximum velocity. That Jackass. Why does he always have to spoil my fun? she thought.

Hevn was about to go change when she heard the beetle's siren. She looked out the window. Yup! He's here! Why only now? That asshole! If I find out he's doing this on purpose I'll kill him. She heard a knock on the door and dashed towards it to unlock it. And there he stood giving her his best grins. Ban was wearing denim shorts that fell up to his knee and a colorful summer polo. Hevn hated the fact that he looked hot in his attire and kept insisting to herself that he wasn't that good-looking except for the muscles and his alluring manly cologne. As not to reveal what she was thinking right now she decided to divert her attention to something that didn't involve Ban being damn sizzling hot.

"And you still had the guts to smile at me." She managed to say to the man standing at her doorway with her arms crossed on her chest.

"Hey, I came here as fast as I could." Ban reasoned out.

"Oh no. Not another one of your lame excuses again. Could you do me a favor? Spare me!" she said as she rolled her eyes.

"Who made you my grandma? Come to think of it you remind me of her, that very same way she used to nag me around, and… the… wrinkles…" telling her that earned him a punch on the head.

Hevn was controlling her anger. This guy's hopeless!

"Oist!" Ban said rubbing the sore part of his head. "Let's get going. Crystal probably is waiting for us now."

"Waiting? Yeah right! Have you seen the time? It's past eight!" she exclaimed at him.

"What's your point?" he asked having no idea about where she was leading to.

"Hello? The plane must've left by the time we get there! Now tell me who's the dumb one?"

"Not to worry, my love" he said teasingly. "We can get there anytime y'know. Oh wait! That's right you don't know anything about it!"

Hevn was confused. What is this saying? He must've cracked! "What are you talking about dummy?"

"That's for me to know…" He went to where her luggage were and carried them. He took one last look at Hevn. "and for you to find out." And at that he went out to put her carriage on the trunk. (A/N: do beetle cars have trunks?).

Hevn stood there staring at the doorway where that nitwit went out of trying to figure out what her spike-haired comrade was up to. And after coming up with nothing she gave up and headed towards the beetle. She didn't wait for Ban to open the door for her anymore. Instead she settled herself on the passenger's seat of the car. Ban, too, settled himself on the driver's seat.

"You ready?" Ban asked her lady companion. Hevn just nodded, keeping her mouth shut as not to start a fight with him again. Ban smiled at her. She had an eyebrow up. His definitely up to something. And I have a bad feeling about it, too. she thought. Ban looked at her one last time and started the engine and they were off.

The airport wasn't that far but because of heavy traffic it was going to take hours before they get there. The two was silent. The beeping of car horns and the hums of the car engines were the only noises that can be heard from inside the car. Neither of them wanted to start a conversation. Hevn didn't feel like fighting and Ban… well… let's just say Ban was somehow behaved yet was being mischievous at the same time. He would glance at Hevn every now and then when she's not looking. He couldn't help glancing at her every time he had the opportunity to. She was different today, he knew. She looks younger. Ban thought. Maybe it's the dress. Hmmm… maybe. She's not at all vulgar at the moment… I wonder why. Should I ask her? I am curious, am I not? On second thought I should leave her alone for now and save the laughs for later. But she's too damn mysterious to ignore. Then again what if… Ban kept fighting with his thoughts for some time until he came up with his decision… He'll take the risk on asking her why she was dressed like that even if it was to annoy Hevn. But before he could say anything the two heard a snore coming from the back. Hevn turned her head to look at who or what was making that noise and saw nothing. Ban stayed focused on the road.

"Ban, did you hear that? What was it?" Hevn asked Ban a bit scared by now. She didn't like situations like this. She never did even as a little child. She always hid in her blanket whenever she would hear strange noises. Eerie situations just made her quivery and have Goosebumps. Yeah, she could deal with gun fights, fist fights, any fights but this was the one thing she was most likely to be afraid of. Now frightened, she went near Ban and put her arm around his not minding if what she did was embarrassing. Ban, in contrast, was hiding his blush. He loved how she would hug his arm like that for he could feel the softness of Hevn's bosom and right now he was loving it. But her hug turned into a grip and she was hurting Ban now. So it left him no choice but to tell her the truth... and let Hevn release her tight grip on his arm, not to mention those boobies.

"Relax! It's just Ginji." Ban said calming her down. She gradually let go of Ban's limb and went back to her seat, blushing.

"W-what's he doing here?" She asked Ban nervously. She just looked at her shoes not wanting to set her eyes on Ban not after what she did.

"Oh, Ginji?" Ban asked reassuringly. "He's here to drive the car home after we get there. Sorry, I didn't tell you earlier. He didn't get enough sleep last night cause of his whining."

"Whining? Why was he whining? Did you lock him in the closet again?" Hevn said turning to Ban with a bit of anger on her face. She had the guts to gaze at him now cause she wasn't blushing anymore.

"He's lucky I didn't! He was trying to convince me to letting him come with us to Hawaii." Ban giggled a little at how absurd the reason was.

"Oww… poor thing!" Hevn commented. She tried to look at the boy that was sleeping at the back. Ginji wasn't sleeping on the car seat anymore, he was now sleeping at the car floor. She positioned herself on her seat once more and continued being bored. She shifted her gaze to the car radio.

"Mind if I listen for some tunes for a while?" she asked Ban.

"Sure!" Ban replied and continued concentrating on his driving.

Hevn turned the radio on and the dj was playing a Tamura Naomi song entitled "Yuragu Koto Nai Ai". She sang along being a fan of the singer. Ban, too, found himself in a duet with Hevn. All the way to the airport they were singing whatever song the dj was playing to reduce the boredom that had started to build up from some time earlier. Both would pretend that they were some kind of Hollywood singing stars in concert. Hevn brought out her cell phone and pretended it was her microphone and Ban was head-banging pretending that he was strumming an electric guitar like one of those heavy metal rock bands. The two were singing really loud that they both woke up the snoring Ginji in the back of the car.

"Hey guys… wat ar yu dooin…" Ginji asked half awake. He was scratching his head trying to come up with a good explanation on what was going on with his best friend and their chuukaiya.

"Come on Ginji join the fun!" Hevn exclaimed in the middle of her singing, or better yet, her screaming.

Ginji blinked. Blinked. And blinked again. He yawned. And blinked himself back to sleep. (o.0) It's just like Ginji to fall asleep that easily. They were just a kilometer away from their destination. Ban turned down the radio and Hevn started to fix herself up. They looked at each other and both gave out a giggle.

"Well, here we are!" Ban exclaimed with a sigh as he jerked the hand break and pulled them to a stop in front of the airport. Ban turned his head.

"Hora! Ginji! Wake up! We're here!" Ban yelled.

"WaaAHAAAAaaaaaAaAAaAAAaaaAAaaAAAAa!" Ginji cried. "What time is it?" he asked while rubbing his eyes with his hands.

"It's time for you to take over and time for us to leave!" Ban said while taking of his seatbelts to get out of the car. Hevn has already gone out and was waiting for Ban to carry their luggage.

When Ginji finally realized that the two was about to leave he turned chibi and quickly got out of the car and swiftly jumped on Ban's head pulling his hair and crying at the same time.

"BAN! OH BAN! DON'T LEAVE ME! LET ME COME WITH YOU! COME ON! BAN! I WANNA COME! I WANNA COME!" Ginji bawled real loud catching the passers-by's attentions.

"FOR KAMI'S SAKE GINJI GET OFF OF MY HEAD!" Ban yelled while trying to get Ginji away from his now aching head. Fortunately Ginji let go and proceeded to Hevn. But before he could get any closer to the woman he was halted by her hand, trying to push him away.

"Don't even think about it, Ginji!" Hevn said as she gave him an evil glare that even Ban would be scared of. Ginji kneeled in front of their mediator.

"Please…" he begged her with his puppy eyes.

Hevn couldn't help feeling sorry for her friend. She bit her lower lip. Then she looked at Ban questioningly. Ban looked back and sighed. He looked at her again and still met the same inquiring look. He shrugged and carried their luggage to have it be loaded on a cart so that it would be easier for them to move it afterwards. He went back and stood beside Hevn.

"Let's go?" he said to Hevn, more of a question than a statement. He turned around not wanting to see Ginji at the moment. They haven't even left and he's already feeling sorry for him.

"Just a sec!" Hevn said to Ban. Then she turned towards Ginji's direction. She kneeled down in front of him.

"Don't worry Ginji. We won't be there long, okay?" she assured him. Then to Ginji's and Ban's surprise Hevn gave Ginji a goodbye kiss on the cheeks. That left Ginji blushing and totally losing control. Ban on the other hand was feeling a bit jealous on how his pretend girlfriend acted with his confidant. What are you thinking Ban? She's not your real girlfriend! You've got to put in mind that it's all part of the game so it's either you play along or you scram! Besides you've got the upper hand here. You've already kissed her on the lips. And one more thing, THIS IS HEVN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE YOU NINCOMPOOP! He heard his mind say. Who are you calling a nincompoop? You dimwit! You are, imbecile! Why I oughta! He found himself disputing with his own mind. He was so engrossed with his own thoughts that the voice of Hevn scared him half to death.

"Ban! Let's get going!" Hevn said in a cheerful tone.

"Woman! Don't scare me like that!" Ban said or rather shouted at her. Ban went towards the entrance and Hevn followed.

"What's with him all of a sudden?" she asked herself in a whisper.

After some time, Ban was tired walking the wideness of the airport and decided to sit down for a while. He heaved a sigh as he brought out his cell phone. Hevn just looked at him, puzzled. She, too, sat down in defeat. Her feet were killing her! She wasn't used to wearing rubber shoes. Talk about a mixed up world.

"So… what do we do now?" she asked her 'boyfriend'.

Ban showed her his cell phone and grinned.

"So now… we call her!" he said as he dialed Crystal's number.

Hevn sat there confused. Where the hell did he get her number? Has he been sneaking in her phone again!

"Where'd you get her number?" she asked Ban.

Ban just smiled and said "It's a secret." With that he put the phone on his ear. Hevn just sat there, totally clueless of what was going on.

"Moshi-moshi… Hey!… We're here, in the airport taking a rest on one of the benches… yeah… uh-uh… she's here… it's not hard to spot us… okay… okay… we'll wait for you… ja ne." Ban put his cell phone back into his pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes he was saving for later. Hevn gave him a 'this-is-a-no-smoking-zone-so-you-better-hide-that-cigar-of-yours-if-you-don't-want-me-to-grab-it-away-from-you' stare. Ban got the message and decided to put it away.

"What did she say?" Hevn asked.

"She's on her way." Ban replied.

"Just as I thought! Late as usual." Hevn remarked. "Aaah… the last time I went here is when I was twelve years old… still young and innocent."

Ban looked at her… "Twelve?" he asked.

"Yup! I went to Japan then with my uncle." She said with a smile as she mused over the memories of her first trip to Japan.

"Where did you come from then? Are you really Japanese?" Ban asked starting to cogitate about what she was telling him.

"We came from Germany that time. Actually I'm one fourth German one fourth English and half American." She said with a snigger. Ban looked at her confused. "My mother is half German and half English and my father as I was told so is an American."

"Was told so?" Ban asked not knowing what she meant by that.

"I didn't know my father. My mom just told me that to satisfy my curiosity then. I didn't actually believe her, though." Hevn informed.

"I didn't know you're life was like that. So why choose Japan among all the places you could be in the world?" Ban was somehow interested with her life. He wanted to get to know her even more and unveil the mysteries of her life she kept well hidden from them after all these times.

Hevn looked at her and started to smile. Ban was baffled.

"Why? Is there something on my face?" He asked Hevn as he started to wipe his face with his bare hands to clear his face of any dirt if ever there was anything on him.

"No. It's nothing. It just amazes me how you're interested to knowing my life." She explained.

"Well…" he started to blush. He himself didn't know why he was asking those silly questions.

"Hey! Crystal's here!" she exclaimed as she waved a hand over to the direction of the girl who was wearing an avocado colored halter summer dress. Crystal saw them and dashed off to their direction.

"Hi! I'm so happy to see you guys again!" Especially you Mr. Ban Midou she thought. "You two ready to go?"

"All geared up!" Hevn joked. And they started on their way towards the ticket counter.

"Hi! I've reserved for a private Jet." She told the lady in the counter.

"Just a sec." The lady said as she dialed the telephone to go check if there were any reservations.

Hevn looked at Ban who was grinning sheepishly in one corner. "You didn't tell me!" she whispered. Ban just scratched his head not knowing what to do.

"Oh! There's a reservation for Miss Caroline Samuels!" the lady told us.

"That's me!" crystal exclaimed as she handed her an ID.

"Caroline Samuels? The daughter of the famous multimillionaire?" the lady asked.

"Actually it's billionaire." Crystal corrected, leaving Hevn with a sweat drop.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Samuels! Please proceed to departure lounge number 21. You'll be taking of in flight 2946. Thank you for choosing Nippon Airlines to take you to where you desire to go. Enjoy your ride!" the lady said as she bowed down to express gratitude.

They went to their departure lounge. Ban pushed the cart of his and Hevn's luggage and Crystal's was carried by two men. They were making a statement through out the airport because of Crystal's macho body guards. Crystal seems to enjoy the attention but Hevn was feeling a bit awkward about the situation. She wasn't used to attracting attention as much as this. Sure she'd catch attention wherever she went but it wasn't that much compared to the attention people were giving them right now because of Crystal. People would turn their heads to look at who the people were and some people even murmured something about them. It's natural for people to notice Crystal because she's a model but Hevn felt like they were treating her like a maid or something.

Finally they reached "departure lounge #21" and not long they loaded the plane.

Hevn and Ban was amazed at how the inside of the plane looked. Both new it was going to be a luxurious trip, a trip that they thought would only exist as a dream.

"I'm sorry if it's a bit low class. Daddy's using the family plane so we're stuck with this one. Hopefully, it will do." Crystal said.

"Are you kidding? This… This is great!" Hevn exclaimed. Ban nodded in agreement to her lady companion.

"Let's settle in so that we can take off, okay?" Crystal said.

The three, together with all of Crystal's bodyguards boarded the plane and they were off. Ban didn't expect this much from just a simple vacation to Hawaii. He doubted if he would ever get bored during their luxurious vacation. It was far much better than what he's expected. It was all along perfect… perfect for him… and perfect for his little game of flirting.


FINALLY! AGAIN! I'VE UPDATED! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE YOU GUYS… I LOST TRACK OF TIME CAUSE OF OUR SUMMER GIMMICKS. HEHEHE… ANYWAYS TUNE IN NEXT TIME ALTHOUGH I'M COMPLETELY CLUELESS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM NEXT TIME. HOHOHO! SEE YA!

(PLAYS AARON CARTER'S SONG… SUMMERTIME! EVERYBODY'S HYPED TO FEEL THE VIBE! DRINKS ARE IN THE COOLER CHILLED ON ICE. LAY BACK AND UNWIND CAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS FOR THE SUMMERTIME!)