A Glance Away by disilluzional88
Disclaimer: I don't own Imadoki, Yu Watase does!
PG
to answer sasuke-miko's question: yes it's aoi/tsuki, koki/tanpopo pairing. to find out about ryusaki/tanpopo, u gotta read some more! thanx for the review! it's my first fanfic so i didnt know whether it was good or not. so thanks a lot!!!
Dark-Soul78: i reread my story and ur right. i think i mixed up some of Tanpopo's and Miaka's personality. lol... ack! but i can't think!!! ill try and make Aoi crazier!
thanx to all of those who reviewed!!!
Please R & R!!!
Chapter 3- "Another Note"
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"Lost them who?"
Koki turned around to see Ryusaki and Tanpopo.
"Uhh... we.. umm... lost..," Koki looked at Aoi and Tsuki for help but they just shrugged and gave a hopeless look. "We lost... we lost them maps of ours. Yeah! You know how hard it is to get around this park because it's so huge and all, right? Heh heh..." Koki said nervously. He glanced up at Ryusaki who seemed curious and mad at the same time, but Tanpopo genuinely seemed happy to see them.
"Yay! Now we can all have fun!" Tanpopo said cheerfully, carefully hiding her relief. "Um... Tsuki? Why do you look so... uh... joyful today? You're usually so gloomy."
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Tsuki growled but then looked at Aoi who was smiling at her and regained her composure. "I mean... can't I be happy for once? I'm not always mad and angry and a stuck-up bit---."
"Uh, ok, I think we all get the picture, Tsuki," interrupted Koki. Sweatdrops. Ahem So are we gonna go have fun or what?" He looked around at everyone and saw that Ryusaki wasn't pleased about this at all.
"I'm sorry. We'd love to stay but we can't. C'mon Tanpopo," Ryusaki said taking Tanpopo's hand. She looked confused. "Why do we have to go? I wanna go on some more rides!" she said with a pout and a quick thought about Koki. Ryusaki just kept pulling her along.
Koki couldn't take it anymore. "SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO STAY!"
Tanpopo looked back at Koki and seemed surprised but Ryusaki looked pissed off. "We need to have talk more about the assignment and she can't concentrate if she's with her friends. So I think it'd be better if you just leave us alone." Tanpopo gave a helpless look and said, "Well, I do want to get a good grade so I guess it's alright if I go now. He's right. I'd be too distracted."
"Wow! She's actually using her brain. I can't believe you're choosing to study rather than the amusement park." Tsuki said amazed. Aoi nodded and playfully pretended to sob. "Aww, she's growing up! tear."
Tanpopo smiled and said, "Sorry. Maybe next time!" She followed Ryusaki to the car and waved goodbye.
"DAMMIT!" Koki yelled. 'What is wrong with me? He's just her partner in class... that's all right? So why am I so jealous?' he thought angrily. "Let's go you guys!"
Aoi looked at Tsuki and then back at him. "Umm.. I think that I'm gonna take Tsuki on some more rides, ok buddy? See ya at school." He put his arm around her shoulders. "Stop that! You're making me nervous!" hissed Tsuki. Aoi replied, "Geez. Can't I touch you at all?" She glared at him and slapped him with full force. "YOU SICK PERVERT!" "Tsuki! I didn't mean it like that! I'm not that dirty minded! Darling! Wait for me!" He chased after her while she angrily stomped off.
Koki was standing there with an eyebrow raised. 'Those two are made for each other.' he thought. He shifted his thoughts to Tanpopo. 'I wonder where that jerk, Ryusaki, is taking her.'
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"Ok, so, do you know your part of the assignment now? You know what to do?" Rysaki asked Tanpopo. They had just came back from a restaurant and now Ryusaki was going to drop her off.
"YUP!" she said smiling. "You are such a great teacher Ryusaki! Is that what you wanna be when you graduate?"
"No actually. I want to be a scientist. I like to 'discover' new things all the time so I think that I'll be great at that job." He looked at Tanpopo with a strange expression but then became once again focused on the road. He pulled over at her apartment and turned off the engine. "SoOo, I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow. I'll be at your place so we could get started."
Tanpopo nodded and smiled. "Thanks for bringing me to the amusement park and sorry for getting you all sick and stuff and making you want to throw up,,, but it was FUN, right?!" She punched him on the arm playfully (with some force I might add), and then started to get out of the car.
"Wait!" He grabbed her hand and asked, "Was this like a date to you?" She blushed and replied, "Uhh.. was it s-supposed to be? I thought we were just hanging out so I never thought that it might be a date... hmm... unless it was a date and I didn't know it or that I did know it but didn't think it was possible or---."
Ryusaki kissed her on the cheek making Tanpopo shocked and unable to speak. "Um.... uh... I..." She turned around, tripped, stumbled some more, got back up, then quickly walked to her apartment building. Once she opened and closed her door, she sat in front of it wondering why he did that.
A few minutes later, after she had somewhat 'recovered' from the incident, she decided to work on her costume. She dug through her small closet, throwing her stuff all over the place. Finally, she found what she was looking for. She pulled the thick roll of light green cloth, her sewing kit, and started working on her 'flower garden'
Poplar snuggled close to her. Tanpopo smiled.
"Do you think they're still at the park, Poplar? I wonder if they're having fun. I'm sure they are!!" She glanced at her fox who wasn't listening to her at all. Making a face, she went back to what she was doing. An hour later, she was finished with just the dress. 'That's it for tonight... I'll pick some flowers from the park the day before the dance.'
Feeling like she accomplished something, she decided to go to bed. Before drifting off to sleep, she thought about Koki and wondered who he was going to ask to the dance. In her dreams, she was dancing in his arms under the stars.
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In the morning...
"Eeeeeeekkkk!!! I'm so nervous, Poplar! Ryusaki's gonna be here any second!" Tanpopo said nervously. At that moment, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!!!" she yelled. Poplar just looked at her as if to say, 'You think I could open the friggin door?'
Tanpopo opened the door and was about to greet Ryusaki but instead, there at her door was her three friends Aoi, Koki, and Tsuki. "Uhh... what are you guys doing here?"
"Aren't you happy to see us? Fine, I guess we'll be going now..." Koki said pretending that he was going to leave but Aoi just had to say, "But I could've sworn you wanted to come here so that the creep wouldn't be alone with your Tanpo--." Koki and Tsuki both shut him up. "YOU STUPID IDIOT!! IT WAS A BLUFF!" Koki shouted.
Aoi glared at him but grinned at Tsuki. Tsuki hissed, "Stupid." He replied, "No, YOU'RE stupid." She seemed to tower over him as she roared, "WHADDYA SAY?!"
"I said YOU"RE STUPID! Do you have a hearing problem or something?"
"NO YOU ARE!"
"YOU ARE!"
"HOW 'BOUT YOU'RE STUPID!"
The two kept at it until Tsuki finally stated, "No! Tanpopo is!!!" She pointed at the girl in front of them, who was staring at them without an expression. Aoi nodded and said, "Ok, you win. She is." Koki sighed and said to Tanpopo, "So can we come in?" She nodded and happily said, "I'm so glad you guys are here!" She didn't add that it was a relief that she wasn't going to spend the afternoon 'alone' with Ryusaki.
"SoOo, you were gonna work with Ryusaki today?" Koki asked looking away. "Yeah, he's supposed to be here any minute now. So, Aoi and Tsuki, are you guys lovers now?" She asked smiling mischieviously. Aoi nodded his head grinning while Tsuki widened her eyes at her fowardness. "Yup. We are hot and heavy!" Aoi said and took Tsuki in his arms and planted a kiss on Tsuki's lips. Tsuki went extremely livid and kicked him where the sun don't shine. While Aoi was gasping in pain, Tanpopo said,
"Wow! This is gonna be GREAT! Now that I think about it, you guys do make a cute couple!" Tsuki simply glared at her.
knock knock
Tsuki opened the door and Ryusaki came in. He looked confused. "How come they're here?" Tanpopo replied, "They wanted to visit me and just do their work here! Isn't that great?!"
"Uh... of course. But wouldn't it be more difficult for you to concentrate? I uhh.. thought that we were gonna work alone..."
"Of course you want her alone, creep," Koki muttered under his breath. Rysaki whipped his head towards him and asked, "What do you mean by that exactly?!"
"You heard me." Ryusaki slammed his fist into Koki's face. Tanpopo imediately became terrified.
"RYUSAKI STOP IT!!!" she screamed. He looked at her, then walked out her door. She rushed over to Koki who was on the floor and asked, "Are you all right?" He looked at her with a smile and nodded. With the help of Tanpopo, he got up on his feet. "Uh... thanks Tanpopo."
"Don't be silly, what are friends for?" She grinned the wonderful smile that Koki dreamt and daydreamed about every single day. He had the urge to brush his thumb against her cheek and hold her in his arms but controlled it. "Ok, so uhh.. let's get started with our projects. We'll all help each other out." Everyone agreed and ended up having fun while doing them.
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The next day at school...
Tanpopo wondered where Ryusaki was. She wanted to apologize for the other day when they didn't get to do their projects but she couldn't find him anywhere. 'Oh well...' she thought. She also thought about yesterday at her house where her friends were and smiled. sigh 'I can't help thinking about Koki. I wonder what's wrong with me.' Her fast beating heart thundered against her chest.
At her locker, she found herself alone-- and afraid. She was scared of the dark but she forgot something in her locker and had to get it. Nervously, she fumbled with the combination of her lock. She didn't get it the first time but the second. Inside, Tanpopo found another note. It read: "My Tanpopo, you are MINE and only MINE! No one will ever take you away from me. Love, your secret admirer." She started to get this weird feeling and suddenly, she felt aware of someone watching her every move. Frightened, she quickly closed her locker and walked at a speedy pace. I guess she wasn't fast enough because a pair of hands reached out from the darkness and grabbed her.
Tanpopo stumbled and looked right into the eyes of---
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Hehe... I stopped it right there. Ugh, there's been tons of homework and I'm so SO so sorry that I haven't updated in a looooonnnnngggg time. Really i am!!! please forgive me. kneels down and begs PLEASE!! well, r & r!!! i really want your feedback so i can fix whatever needs to be fixed and make it even better. :D.