Apricot Roses
Chapter 2
By Larien Nolatari
Summary: A teenager with a dark side, a cheerleader surrounded by popularity, secretly in love with each other, will their true feelings show?
Genre: Romance/Romance
Pairings: RyouxAnzu
On the other side of town, Ryou was doing his homework when suddenly a strange vibe hit him. He felt weak and like somebody was separating him. After awhile he felt fine again but looked up to see Bakura. The spirit of his millennium ring.
"H-h-hello Bakura." Ryou said.
"Mortal hikari, you are clearly not thinking properly, someone is troubling you. There is a woman on your mind." Hissed Bakura.
Ryou just stared.
"This woman is that friendship cheerleader!!! Of all people you could go like and screw, you had to choose her?!" Bakura continued.
"She's not a friendship cheerleader! She's the most popular girl in school and I haven't got a chance of going out with her. Can't I at least have a crush? And I don't want to screw her!" Ryou said back.
"Popular? Preppy bimbo, more like it. Not a chance with going out? Forget her. No! And I know you want to screw her, hikari. Your mind has been flashing me dirty images." Said Bakura.
Ryou blushed. He had been imagining her, well, let's say, doing dirty things. Poor Ryou, his teenage hormones were beginning to show.
"SO WHAT?! It's your damn fault because of all your damn Playboy©, Hustler©, and Penthouse© magazines!! Plus all the dirty images you store on my computer!!! EVEN MY BACKROUND!!! MY SCREEN SAVER!!" Ryou yelled.
"I admit hikari, it's dull around here with nothing to do. So I had some fun." Bakura admitted blushing, remembering Jenna Jameson and the first time he encountered her.
O.o
"Jenna Jameson??!!" Ryou yelled, "She's some 40 something year old bimbo with nothing to do!!! SHE MADE PORN FOR A LIVING!"
"What about, ummm, those playboy girls? And Jenna is 29." said Bakura.
"They're better." Said Ryou
"HA! So you admit you've been looking through MY collection too!" yelled Bakura in triumph.
"So maybe I have, teenage hormones." Said Ryou defensively.
O.o
Bakura's innocent little hikari flipping through Playboy, Hustler, and Penthouse?!
Brianna Banks and Lanny Barbie are hot though, thought Ryou secretly to himself.
RA! Did my hikari say that Brianna Banks and Lanny Barbie are HOT?!
"Now back to Anzu, Ryou." Said Bakura impatiently.
"You know you like her too!!" said Ryou, "I see her pics in your soul room."
"FINE! I DO! Happy?" screamed Bakura.
"Ha!" yelled Ryou.
"Hikari, I'm gonna get her, and she's gonna be mine!" yelled Bakura.
"NOT IF I GET HER FIRST!" yelled Ryou racing out the door leaving his homework in a pile.
Bakura sighed and raced out after Ryou.
Meanwhile, Ryou had already gotten to the candy shop. He bought a 15 count box of caramel strawberry chocolates, fine and expensive but worth it for Anzu. Anzu's favorites were those. He sensed Bakura coming and quickly left the shop, Ryou headed towards the card shop, all the time thinking, Anzu's allergic to strawberry caramel chocolate! Ha!! That would fool Bakura.
Back at the candy shop, Bakura was holding up the stupid cashier at knife point.
"You damn will gimme those chocolates!! And never tell anyone about me!!! You fucking got it mortal?" Bakura screamed at the whimpering cashier.
"Yes sir." The cashier moaned.
Bakura let him and go and walked out, sensing that his hikari was the the card shop, he headed there next. Suddenly a wave hit him, it said, Anzu's allergic to strawberry caramel chocolate! Was Anzu allergic or were they her faves? Well I'll just give them to her anyways, said Bakura.
Maybe not…he headed back and bought toffee chocolates just in case. He decided to eat the strawberry caramel chocolate himself. Delicous, thought Bakura. He kept walking.
Ryou finally found the perfect card for Anzu. On the front was a pair of Pointe shoes and some roses. The words on the inside were:
I want you, I need you
I like you, I love you
You're only one I ever needed
Kinda corny, maybe a little mushy but perfect. He got the store manager to rig it up with music while Ryou looked for an envelope. The card was already white and pink, so Ryou decided with peachy color envelope like an apricot color. The meaning of Anzu's name. Apricots, she'll like those too, Ryou thought. Ryou paid for both the card and the envelope and added two dollars extra for the song. Ryou walked out and into the park to make sure that the song was the right one.
Ikutsu namida o nagashitara
Every Heart sunao ni nareru darou
Dare ni omoi o tsutaetara
Every Heart kokoro futa sareru no darou
Nagai nagai yoru ni obiete ita
Tooi hoshi ni inotteta
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashite iru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takai sora miagete iru
Donna egao ni deaetara
Every Heart yume ni fumidaseru no
Hito wa kanashime no mukou ni
Every Heart shiawase ukabete nemuru
Itsuka itsuka subete no tamashii ga
Yasuraka ni nareru youni
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ikite nanika o shiru
Toki ni warai sukoshi naite
Kyou mo mata aruki tsuzukete iku
Osanai kioku no katasumi ni
Atataka na basho ga aru so sweet
Hoshi tachi ga hanasu mirai wa
Itsumo kagayaite ita so shine
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashite iru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takai sora miagete iru
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ikite nanika o shiru
Toki ni warai sukoshi naite
Kyou mo mata aruki tsuzukete iku
Every Heart, by BoA, thought Ryou, perfect! This is Anzu's favorite song. I hear her listening to it all through lunch break, Ryou secretly said, in his mind though, he was thinking, Anzu's favorite song is It's the Heart that matters most, by Charlotte Church. True it was one of Anzu's favorite, about her 5th favorite.
Bakura finally headed towards the card shop after stealing some Maalox and water. I shouldn't eat that much chocolate at once again! Another strange vibe hit him. Anzu's favorite song: It's the Heart that Matters Most, by Charlotte Church. Ha! Ryou's passing so much information to me through his mind link, thought Bakura. He's making it so easy for me! Bakura rushed into the card shop, quickly browsing through racks. Hmmm, I found it, thought Bakura. Indeed he had found it, found a card that HE would like. It was black, with pictures of various weapons on it, the inside said: Hunting time again! Hunting Place: Hunting time: Hunting Date: Hunting who:, but indeed this would not impress Anzu and Bakura knew it. It would only impress Malik probably. Bakura kept looking till he found a section that carried love cards. Anniversary, Dating, I miss you, Secret admirer! Ha! He'd found it. It was a pretty, it was white, adorned with pink roses, and ballet shoes. In the background was little musical notes floating around clouds. Ewww, thought Bakura, but for Anzu it's worth it! I hope. Bakura then picked out a pink envelope to go with the card.
"MORTAL!" Bakura yelled at the manager, "CAN YOU MAKE THE FUCKING CARD PLAY SOME DAMN MUSIC?!"
The manager scurried out. His eyes widened. Wasn't that the same boy who was here a minute ago? His temper sure changed!
"Y-y-y-yessir. What kind of music would you like?" stuttered the manager.
"Good now go put the damn song called It's the Heart That Matters Most by that singer, Charlottle Chick or something." Snarled Bakura.
"Charlotte Church?" The manager asked.
"Yes, now get to it!" Bakura hissed.
The manager worked so fast that within record time he was done. Bakura took the card and left. The manager was about to ask for money but decided it was better not too. Foolish mortals, thought Bakura as he opened to the card to see if it played the right song. He hummed along with the melody.
Time to spread some hope,
Make the spirits rise
Do you see the wonder in their eyes
Time to speak of love
Hold each other close
Cause it's the heart that matters most
Its still the same old moon
Why does it shine so bright
There's a little magic in the air tonight
Time to speak of love
Hold each other close
Cause it's the heart that matters most
Always the heart that matters most
Oh, take a look around you can see that it's true
It's like a river flowing inside of you
Everyone needs love, you need it too
So here's what you, have got to do
Spread a little hope, make the spirits rise
Do you see the wonder in their eyes
Time to speak of love, hold each other close
cause it's the heart that matters most
In time we come to learn It's the heart that matters most
Damn right, it's the heart that matters most, Bakura thought as he closed the card.
Meanwhile sweet Ryou was heading towards the fruit shop. He was looking for apricots and blueberries. Anzu's favorites. They matched her, the apricots were like her, sweet and beautiful, the blueberries resembled her eyes, beautiful and longing. Ryou sighed as he picked out the freshest apricots. Three or four would do, then he would arrange them in a bouquet and have them delivered for that would be too much to go in Anzu's locker. Finding the freshest apricots that were not yet ripe but would be the next day, Ryou put them in a bag and looked for the blueberries. It wasn't really the season for blueberries or apricots so they were quite expensive but worth it to Ryou. He looked carefully for a pound of blueberries that were still fresh and a little bit under ripe. He found the perfect bag. Well almost perfect with a couple or so of rotten ones. He would pick those out later. Ryou waited patiently in line. Finally it was his turn. He handed his apricots and blueberries to the cashier, a vibe hit him, Bakura was coming! Ryou quickly dug out $20 for the fruit and rushed away. Bakura was rounding near the shop. Ryou went around the other side and didn't bump into Bakura. Finally Ryou headed towards the flower shop.
Bakura, who had peachish orange roses in his hands, headed towards the grocery store. He was going to buy apricots and maybe some strawberries or raspberries. He was leaning more towards raspberries since strawberries tasted awful at this time of year. Bakura sensed his hikari running. Ha! Scared mortal, just as always. Bakura carefully picked out the apricots and just randomly picked out a box or raspberries. He paid the cashier some fake money he dug out from Ryou's old toys and erased the cashier's memory of him. Bakura waltzed home and started to prepare.
Ryou looked in the flower shop. He spied some tulips. He knew that there were tulips for pratically every color in the world! What he also knew was that Bakura already bought roses. Ryou didn't know Anzu's favorite flowers so he thought tulips because he liked tulips and it might give her a hint on who her admirer would be. Ryou carefully chose some blue tulips and a peachy colored one that wasn't exactly apricot but close. Ryou then remembered his own tulip patch at home. He grafted some together to make multicolored ones. Maybe, just maybe, he would have a blue and peach one. Ryou paid for them in a nicely arranged bouquet and went home.
Bakura was arranging his roses for Anzu. He put the roses in a slender glass vase which he stole a while ago. Then he used some sparkling peach ribbon to tie the chocolate toffees and the card on there. Then he arranged the apricots and raspberries within the flowers, taking care not to put them by the thorns which he hoped he had mostly cut off. Hikari, beat that, thought Bakura as he called some delivery person he found in the Yellow Pages.
Ryou got home and saw that the guest bedroom door was closed. He reasoned that Bakura was in there so Ryou dashed to his room. He lay the basket down on his bed and trimmed the sides with red ribbon. Then he tied the top with apricot colored ribbon. Ryou nestled the chocolates between the flowers and put the blueberries and apricots on some pink sheer material. It looked positively gorgeous, suddenly he remembered that he still needed to see his grafted tulip collection. He hid the basket in his connected bathroom and dashed outside. To his luck he had blue and light orange tulips. Not apricot but close enough. Ryou ran back to his room and arranged a couple into the basket. Ryou then plucked out a blue tulip and a peach colored one. He would have to graft those carefully just for Anzu. Ryou browsed through the net looking for a delivery company and found one.
A couple of days later, Ryou handed his basket to the delivery person. He made the delivery person swear to get only Anzu Mazaki to sign for it and not to tell the sender's name.
After Ryou went to school, the same delivery person came back and took Bakura's basket. Bakura left the same exact instructions, only let Anzu Mazaki sign for it and don't tell the sender's name! The delivery person shrugged and loaded the vase on his truck, heading towards Anzu's house.
I do not know any porn stars except Jenna Jameson and Brianna Banks because my friend's stupid perverted bro has made us watch porn since we were 5...so those two have stuck in my mind...ahhh the horror!!! Anyways...Review Responses...I can't believe I got 3 reviews in one day!!!
Eye-Of-Misery - Thank you!!! It's updated!!!
KurianGirl - I will...the dragon was in the dream sequence and there will be more on it!!
fatlazikat - of course Ryou is sweet...Seto and Varon are my faves though still!!