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A/N: More time means more updating! Alright, here we go!
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Cruddy Diary!
Chapter 10
July 23rd
This morning when I woke up, I just realized that I had dreamt something strange during the night. I think I woke up and stuff because of it. It was actually more of a nightmare. I was here in the Treehouse, and Kuki was really angry with me and all. I'm not sure why she was angry, but she was yelling at me in my dream. It was really weird. Maybe it was a sign. I didn't think about that until after I had…- Well, I'm not going to say what I did… yet…
I said I wanted to read Kuki's diary. By golly, I was going to read it! That's how I was thinking last night. Well, I'm not so sure anymore…
When I got out of bed, I sneaked up to Numbuh 3's room. I carefully knocked on the wall next to the opening. When there was no answer, I walked inside. The room was pretty much empty, if you're not taking all the cruddy stuffed animals with the big, staring eyes into account… I was soundless as I crossed the room. The diary wasn't on her bed anymore. I started to look around. I lifted up her pillow – and there it was…
I started to think if it really was such a good idea to take it and read it. I actually thought about that! And I never think about stuff like that ever! So I got angry with myself and forced my hand to pick up the pink book. Then I got all the way down here without getting busted. And here I am…
I feel terrible now… Was this really the right thing to do? That book isn't mine! It belongs to the girl that I love. What's written in it are her thoughts and personal feelings. Should I really be so cruel that I open it and read it all? Would she do the same thing with my diary if she knew I had one?
I probably shouldn't do this. No, I'll take it back to her room.
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5 minutes later:
I opened it… I'm weak! She's written about stuff that happened on a mission here. That's all I've read so far.
I've now read what she wrote about that day when we went out for ice cream. It's like, in the middle of the diary. She's had her diary a lot longer than I've had mine.
This is what she wrote that day:
June 29th
Dear Diary
Wally is such a sweetie sometimes! Even if I was really upset with him, he made it up to me by taking me to the Ice Cream Saloon! He was worried about disturbing me when I was working on the decoration planning earlier. I bet the Treehouse would look really pretty in Rainbow Monkey style!
When we got to the Ice Cream Saloon, Wally asked me what I wanted.
"I want the Soopuh Triple-Ice-Creamed Chocolate Banana Split!" was my reply. I wanted us to share it! That is so cuuute when people do that!
Wally frowned at me. "B-but, Kuki, that is ice cream for two people. I'm not sure if you'll be able to eat it all. Though I'm fine with it if that's what you really want and all."
I laughed. "You're so silly! I won't eat the whole thing. You'll eat it, too. That was my point!"
He looked like he was about to trip over his own feet. "Wh-what? You want us to share?"
"Yep," I said, nodding and smiling sweetly. I had to keep myself from laughing out loud as his face turned bright red.
"Uhm, okay…" he muttered. He walked closer to the counter and ordered the Soopuh Triple-Ice-Creamed Chocolate Banana Split. He looked so cute! And he paid for it, too!
"I can't wait to eat that biiig ice cream!" I exclaimed and giggled. "I think it'll be the biggest ice cream I've ever eaten! Ah… You know, we should do this more often. Just you and me together on a hot summer day, eating ice cream until we puke!" I smiled at him.
He looked like he blushed even more. Hee-hee!
A nice waitress came to our table to give us our ice cream. "You two enjoy the ice cream, now."
"Thank you, lady!" I replied and grinned. "We will." I picked up my spoon and started to eat from my side of the ice cream. It was wonderful! It was the best ice cream I've ever eaten! I'm going to go back there again soon and order the Soopuh Triple-Ice-Creamed Chocolate Banana Split! Weeee! I love it!
Wally hadn't started to eat it yet when I looked up at him. He looked all disturbed, staring after the waitress with his mouth open. I think I heard the waitress ask him if we were boyfriend and girlfriend or something. Maybe that's what freaked him out.
He shook his head and looked down at the ice cream. He soon started to eat as well. We had a great time together today. I hope we'll do something like this again soon. I just don't want to ask him to do stuff with me all the time. I'm worried he'll get tired of me… I really don't want him to dislike me. Not now that I've noticed how much he actually means to me…
We had so much fun, just talking together. He made some jokes that made me laugh so hard that my tummy began to hurt. I complained about it for a little bit, but he made me forget about it…
Numbuh 5 was curious about where we'd been when we came back. She smiled at me. I still haven't forgotten about our conversation about Wally. She thinks we'd make a cute couple and all. She might be right, though, but I don't want to say anything about it to Wally. He might dislike that. He's not really the type to want a girlfriend. After all, he hates "cruddy girls". But I'm a girl… Does that mean he hates me? I've always wondered about that.
Love,
Kuki Sanban
She hates me… If she's worried that I hate her, that means she hates me, right? Or at least she used to hate me… I don't know. I'm just confused!
No, wait…
Dear Diary
It's really late now. But I couldn't sleep. So I went to see Numbuh 4 real quick. I was worried he was sleeping, but he wasn't.
When I was outside his door, I hesitated. I twisted my long sleeves, and then gathered enough strength to actually knock on the door. When I had done it, I felt like running away. I prayed silently for him to be asleep. But a few seconds later, he opened the door.
He looked wide awake, staring at me curiously in his orange pajamas.
I smiled awkwardly. I felt really stupid. "Hi, Wally…" I said. "How are you feeling?" I suddenly felt really stupid for asking that question. Of course I knew what he'd answer! He hadn't been feeling well earlier. Of course he hadn't started to feel better already!
"Not too well, but okay, I guess," he replied. "Why?"
"No reason," I answered. "I… I just wanted to check on you, you know. I can't sleep…"
"Me neither, but at least I'm not outside my room, bugging everyone else with my problems," he said expressionlessly.
I felt so incredibly stupid! I must have blushed. He can be really rude sometimes. Why couldn't he say something like "Me neither. Maybe we can go for a walk together," or "Awww, you poor thing," and give me a hug instead? I really wish he would tell me cute things sometimes… Maybe if he liked me… But he probably doesn't… I'm just confused about that. Sometimes he's the sweetest guy in the world, while other times he's really angry with me and snaps at me.
I feel terrible! My stomach is twisting…
So I just told Wally that I was going to go back to my room.
"Yeah, try to sleep," he replied. "I'll see you in the morning."
"I guess you're right, Wally…" I said. The reason why I had come all the way down there was to ask him if he wanted to be my date for the dance. I really wanted him to ask me, but he never did… I'm sad…
I didn't leave before I had left a tiny hint though: "I wonder who my date will be for the dance…" I almost cried as I walked back up here. He could have said that he wanted to go with me! But he didn't. He doesn't want to go with me!
I'll go cry some more now…
Love,
the brokenhearted Kuki…
She actually cried that night! I can't believe it! But I felt terrible that night, too! I really wanted to tell her that I wanted to go with her! But… I was too much of a chicken!
Alright, I have to find the part where I actually did ask her. Well… technically, I didn't. But I said she was my date, didn't I? Eh… Yeah… I suck…
July 2nd
Dear Diary
I can hardly believe what happened today! Numbuh 4 fought for my sake! When we were up at the Moon Base today, Numbuh 837 came over to me.
"Hi, Numbuh 3!" he said with a cheerful voice.
"Hi!" I replied. I was actually quite happy to see him. Since I was so heartbroken because of Numbuh 4, I figured maybe Aaron could make me feel better. And he did when he held my hands.
"I was just wondering if you had a date for the dance yet," he said.
My heart sank. "Well, not yet."
He smiled. "So, you wouldn't happen to want to go with me, would you?" he asked.
I was so happy that someone finally asked me that question that I wanted to hug him, but then… the boy of my dreams finally snapped out of his shyness.
"As a matter of fact, Aaron, Numbuh 3's going with me!" Wally said. "So you just run along now, before I have to make you run away to leave her the crud alone!" Well, at least he said something like that… It was adorable!
Aaron got upset with Wally for saying that. He said that Wally wouldn't have to talk for me, because I knew how to talk for myself. Though I know that if Wally hadn't said that, I would have said yes to Aaron, but then really regret it, because Wally was the one I wanted.
The two boys started to fight. I was so worried about them! Numbuh 1 held Numbuh 873 back, while Numbuh 5 held Wally back. I felt so sorry for the two boys who'd been fighting over me. But they're both doing okay enough now. They hate each other, but that's alright…As long as they won't kill each other..!
I told Numbuh 4 what I thought about him finally saying that we were a couple for the dance tonight. He's so cute! I even hugged him. And he really blushed! I now think we'd make such a great couple! I'm starting to wonder what I really feel for him. Is it love? Or is it just "liking"?
Err, she does not hate me… She loves me! Yes! I knew it! She really loves me! And I love her! We love each other! I can hardly believe it! It's really real love! Wow, I never knew reading this thing would bring my mood so much up and down… First I'm confused, then I'm upset, and then I'm feeling awesome.
I have to see what she wrote yesterday!
Dear Diary
NUMBUH 4 IS HOOOOOOME! He's home, he's home! Yaaaay! I'm happy! He told us about how it was living with Jay and Jade. It was funny! I laughed a lot. Numbuh 2 did, too. In fact, he almost drowned in his can of soda because he laughed so hard.
Ah, he's really home! I wanted to glomp that little blond Aussie and kiss him! But I didn't… He'd probably freak out if I did, hee-hee!
I showed him my new Rainbow Monkey tonight when he walked me to my room. That was so sweet of him.
I held up the Rainbow Monkey to him. "This is Sunny Beach Rainbow Monkey! I can bring him to the beach the next time we go there. And I can play with him and make sandcastles with him!"
"Yeah, great…" he muttered.
Alright, so I know he's not much of a fan of Rainbow Monkeys, but he doesn't need to be so hard on me just because I love them so much. I let him love Dragon Ball Z and Street Fighter.
Oh, and Numbuh 4 noticed that I was wearing the necklace he gave me on our 4th of July party. He seemed so surprised that I was still wearing it. But of course I was wearing it! I told him I'd always wear it, didn't I?
"Well, I'm going to sleep now, so you'll have to leave," I told him and pushed him towards the door.
"Fine," he said, sounding disappointed, but he still smiled, so he wasn't serious about being disappointed or anything.
"Yeah, so see you tomorrow," I said, smiling back. "Maybe we can have some fun, since you're back. I'll ask Numbuh 1 if we can go to the beach tomorrow." I followed him to the door.
"You do that," he replied and pulled the curtain out of his way. But then he stopped and turned around, and looked at me.
I was surprised that he wouldn't leave. "So sleep tight, and I'll see you in the morning," I said, sounding a little awkward.
But… then he suddenly hugged me! He actually hugged me! I was about to gasp in happiness, but I managed to restrain myself. I put my arms around him, breathing him in. He smells so wonderful! I love him so much! I actually started to tremble. So I pulled away from him, so he wouldn't notice.
I looked away from him. "Err, you should probably go now…"
"Uhm… Yeah, I probably should… So, see you tomorrow. Good night, Kuki." He turned around and started to walk away.
I just couldn't let him go! I had to ask him that one question that was burning inside of me!
"Wally?"
He looked back at me and stopped. "Yeah?"
"I… I just wanted to know if… Well… Do you… like me?" I was twisting my long green sleeves, feeling really stupid about asking him. It came out sounding so desperate!
And this is what he said: "Err, I… I just remembered that I have something I need to do! So... we'll talk about this later or something, okay?" Then he practically ran away.
That hurt… That hurt a lot… I'm so incredibly happy to have him back home, but now I feel really stupid… I wish I hadn't asked him that… He's disturbed now. And that's probably because he doesn't feel the same way about me…
I now feel bad again… But that's probably partly because I'm starving! I have to get some breakfast!
Uhm, I'll talk to Numbuh 3 later. Right now, I'll put her diary back before she notices it's gone. Hey! I just had a brilliant idea! I'll go back to read it tomorrow to see what she's written about me. Maybe I should hug her again. She's gonna freak and write how much she loves me again. Man, I'm loving this!
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July 24th
Guess what I got! Numbuh 3's diary, all nicely updated on what I did with her last night! I am so evil! Evil in a good way, of course.
Let's see what she wrote, shall we?
July 23rd
Dear Diary
I'm so full! We ate hamburgers for dinner, Numbuh 2's choice. And I was so hungry that I ate a lot! Wally ate a lot, too. He and Numbuh 2 had another eating contest. Numbuh 5 asked them about 6 times to quit it, but they didn't! And it was so funny! Numbuh 4 said that he had told Numbuh 2 once before that he'd never compete against him again when it came to food. But he still joined in this time.
I saved the best for last:
Before we ate dinner, Wally and I were alone in the TV room, watching some movie. He was sitting right next to me. I carefully smiled at him. I was still worried about what happened last night.
Wally smiled back. Oh, he's so cute! Then he gently took my hand in his.
My heart skipped a beat. I stared at him, not really understanding what was going on. I coughed.
"Err, are you alright?" he asked carefully.
If I was alright? Was I alright? I WAS MORE THAN ALRIGHT! I was in heaven! I was seriously floating on pink clouds! And I need to cut back on the soda…
But really, I was so freaked out (in a good way), that all I could say was: "Yep." Man, that was lame!
But Wally just smiled at me. And guess what he did next! He kissed me on the cheek again, just like on the night of our party! Oh, my God! And I blushed! He did, too, though, so it wasn't all that bad. And then I actually managed to kiss his cheek back! I've never felt more warm and fuzzy inside! I mean, it was perfect! There we were, sitting on the couch with the TV on in the background and holding each other's hands. Then we start giving each other small pecks on the cheeks! Why didn't I just kiss him on the lips?
Alright, Kuki! The next time something like this happens, you kiss him! Okay? Got that? Understood? Comprende?
Good…
Before Wally and I got to do anything else, Numbuh 2 came bursting into the room and yelling: "Who wants hamburgers?"
Oh, well… Better luck next time, girl… But now I need to get some rest. My stomach is killing me! So goodnight!
Love,
Kuki Sanban, aka. Numbuh 3
Hah! I knew it! I knew she'd say something like that! Isn't she cute? Well, she is! I should just grab her and kiss her now. That would certainly give her something to write about! Bwahahaha!
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12:35 PM
Oh, man… Oh, crud… Bad news… When I was done reading her diary earlier, I was about to go back to her room with it. I made it upstairs, but I didn't get all the way to her room before I saw Numbuh 5 coming down the hall towards me. I hid the book behind my back.
"Hey, Numbuh 4? Have you seen Numbuh 3?" she asked. "I was going to ask her about something and…- What's that behind your back, man?"
"Nothing!" I cried, trying to stand so that she wouldn't see it. Too late, though…
"Is that a pink book?" she asked. She was now closer to me, only a few feet away.
"Nope, it isn't!" I replied, sounding desperate.
"Yes, it is!" She grabbed my arm and twisted it around.
I cried out because of the pain.
She quickly snapped the book out of my hand and held it out of my reach. She read the label. "Numbuh 4, what are you doing with Numbuh 3's diary?" She looked at me with an expression that said: 'You are so busted!'
"Err… I… I was going to… Well, put it back in her room…" I said.
"I don't want to know where you're gonna put it," she said and looked at me with an even more strict expression. "I want to know why you have it!" When I couldn't answer that, she continued: "Did you read Numbuh 3's diary, Wallabee?"
Why do people always use my entire first name when they want me to tell the truth?
I stared at her and looked at her with an expression that said, 'No way!' while I made some short 'pssh' noises, as if I was telling her she was being stupid.
Numbuh 5's eyes narrowed. They held too much power over me! "Well?" she said, irritated.
I looked at her innocently for a few seconds. Then I lowered my head in shame. "Yes…"
"I can't believe you!" she barked. "A girl's diary is one of the most important things for her in the world! It's where she writes down her secret thoughts and feelings."
"Yeah, I should know that by now," I interrupted.
"Shut up, fool!" she yelled. "You shouldn't have done that! You've violated Numbuh 3's personal space! You now know everything she feels and thinks! I am so disappointed in you!"
"Err, you're not gonna tell her about this, are you?" I asked hesitatingly.
"Well, of course I'm gonna tell her that you've been reading up on her personal life!" she replied angrily. "You are so busted now, and you know it! There's nothing in the world you can save you now. She has the right to know. So you better start thinking of a good apology to serve her later!" Then she walked away, carrying Numbuh 3's diary with her.
Crud… I wonder how mad Kuki will be with me… Will she be so disappointed that she starts to cry? That I can actually handle. But if she starts to scream at me and lifting me up by my collar and swinging me around like she did that time she thought I'd stolen her Rainbow Monkeys, I don't know what to do…
I'm not so sure if I want to know what'll happen now…
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A/N: Oh, noes, drama!