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Author's notes: I didn't get as many reviews last chapter. Where did everyone go? Anyway, there will probably be excerpts from the letter in future chapters, but not the whole thing maybe. I don't think ill be able to make it all that sentimental as im a heartless bitch really. I thought that it would be fun for them to do some shopping for the date. Marik might be persuaded to do some too.
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Unrequited Love
Chapter 33: Shopping, Makeovers and a Date
Next day
"He did what!" asked Tea in disbelief as Anuket recounted the events from the day before. The two women had decided to have a girl's day out and were currently having a coffee break.
"He went to see my father! Marik put him straight about everything that happened when we were kids and even convinced him to let me stay here in domino! He stuck up for me! He also brought out a side to my father I've never seen before. My father has never once told me that he loved me or was proud of me! He even had a moan about my brother being a lazy good for nothing slacker. I never thought I'd see the day"
"Hmmm, I didn't know you had a brother Anu" said Tea. "Is he cute?"
"What? I don't know if he's cute! He's my brother!" Anuket grimaced. "And besides, he's so full of himself. You wouldn't like him at all. He's like Kaiba, but without feelings"
"Huh? What are you talking about? Kaiba doesn't have any feelings" said Tea confused.
"Exactly" replied Anuket. "Kaiba is an angel compared to him"
"Well, im happy for you" smiled Tea changing the topic. "Things are finally picking up for you"
"It's about time! I've been waiting for sixteen years for things to go right"
"So what are you gonna do about this letter? Are you going back to Egypt to see your father?" asked Tea.
"I will, eventually. I just need a little time to get my head together. I haven't seen him in so long. After all, we still have to finish school and stuff. I think I'll go and see him in the summer during the holidays. Marik can come with me just in case he changes his mind and tries to make me stay"
"I'm sure your father won't force you into doing something you don't want to do" reassured Tea.
"No? He forced me into marriage didn't he? Don't forget that things are a lot different in Egypt then they are here in Japan. Marriage is a common thing there. You know, if things had turned out the way they were supposed to originally, I would be married and most likely expecting by now"
"Really? Well, that's all in the past now. You have a great guy who loves you and would do anything for you. That's more then what most people have in a lifetime. So, are you guys planning anything special?" asked Tea suggestively.
Anuket blushed a little. "Well, now that you mention it, Marik wants to take me out tonight for our first official date"
Tea squealed in excitement making the people on the table next to them stare. She calmed herself and looked back at Anuket.
"Any idea where Marik is taking you? Is it somewhere fancy? Or is it the movies? What?"
"I don't know yet. But he told me to dress up nicely" replied Anuket thoughtfully.
"Well that does it" said Tea with a newfound determination. "Today, we must find you the perfect outfit for your date with Marik. Oooh! And I can style your hair I think spiral curls would look nice! And we could go to a sauna! Oh this will be great!"
Tea gulped down her coffee, gasping suddenly from the heated liquid burning her throat. After a bottle of cold mineral water from Anuket's bag, she composed herself and dragged Anuket off towards the town center. Their first stop was the health spa.
88888888888888 to the health spa!
Anuket had never been to a sauna before. To be perfectly honest, she couldn't see what the big fuss was about. So what? You pay to sit in a room full of steam in a towel. What a waste of time and money. It was only when she voiced her opinions to Tea that she learned it was something to do with unblocking pores and sweating toxins out of your body and other stuff that didn't sound all that nice. It was good for you apparently, so she decided to go with that and put up with it. Especially since she wanted to look her best for Marik tonight.
After that, Tea decided that she wanted to have a massage and convinced Anuket to do the same. There were so many to choose from. Anuket decided to just have what Tea was having seeing as she didn't have a clue what most of them were. But this particular appointment, she didn't mind. In fact, she had never felt so relaxed in her whole life.
"I am definitely coming back here again" thought Anuket contentedly closing her eyes sleepily.
Unfortunately, the massage was over before it began, or so it seemed. Anuket had fallen asleep ten minutes into it and woke up half an hour later to a masseuse shaking her shoulders lightly. They headed back to the changing rooms to get dressed again, feeling refreshed and ready to shop.
When they arrived at the mall, Tea had dragged her to the manicure place to have her nails, washed, conditioned, shaped and painted. Both girls were happy with the results. Now was the time to find a dress.
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"Ishizu! I am not wearing this!" growled Marik in frustration at the shirt held up to him by his sister.
"Why not? There's nothing wrong with it" replied Ishizu examining the garment. "You'll look very smart in it"
"Or very gay! Odion tell her!" Marik pleaded to his brother.
"Leave me out of this" said the taller man holding his hands up and backing away.
"Thanks a lot for the support. I appreciate it" he grumbled sarcastically as his sister piled more and more clothes into his arms.
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"You look gorgeous! You should definitely get that one!" exclaimed Tea as Anuket walked out of the changing room.
Anuket walked over to see her reflection in the mirror. At that moment she decided that she loved this dress. It was perfect. It was a long black dress with thin straps that hugged her curves in all the right places. The chest was low cut, enough so that Marik's imagination would run wild, but not too much that people would look 'there' instead of her face. She turned around to see it from the back. Anuket wasn't a vain person at all, but wearing this dress made her feel very attractive. She hoped that Marik would think so too.
"Alright, I'll get this one" she said with a smile.
After she bought the dress, Anuket decided to go home. Even though her date with Marik wouldn't begin for at least five hours, she still wanted to get ready. After all, she was never going to have a first date with him ever again. She wanted to make this night special.
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"Ipet! Can you help me?" called Anuket from her room.
She had washed and dried her hair and was now having a difficult time deciding how to wear it. She turned to face the door when she heard Ipet walk in.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I don't know what to do with my hair! Should I wear it up or down? Or do you think I should curl it a little? Or should I keep it straight?"
Ipet smirked inwardly at Anuket's little dilemma. She put her finger to her chin and studied the frantic girl for a moment. She walked over to her and put her hands on her shoulders. She sat Anuket down in the chair in front of her mirror and grabbed a comb. She began trying out various hair styles on Anuket, both up and down. Ipet enjoyed doing this. Not only was it relaxing, it reminded her of when Anuket was little. She always used to play with her hair then too, and occasionally Anuket do hers as well.
Strange, the little ways that females bond with each other. When they used to do this together, it was always to make Anuket feel better, but this time it was different. Anuket was out to impress. Ipet had heard what happened between Marik and Mr Benu. When she found out, she was shocked to say the least. She had never known that man to ever show emotion towards his daughter. Yet here it was in paper. Those three important words.
At first she thought Marik had faked the letter, but the writing most definitely belonged to that of Anuket's father. Marik had told him the truth about what happened all those years ago, and somehow convinced the man to let his daughter stay where she was and live how she wanted. Ipet was impressed by how much Marik had grown. All the doubts she had about him had disappeared that instant. Now she was filled with new resolve to make sure that they stayed together.
"What do you think of this?" asked Ipet as she finished yet another hair style.
Anuket swivelled around in her chair to face the mirror. Her hair was pinned up in a small clip so that loose strands fell out in places. Her bangs fell about her face in little ringlets. Anuket was very impressed by Ipet's hairdressing skills.
"You should do this for a living! Thankyou so much. I love it"
She twisted around in her chair and gave Ipet a hug. She then jumped off and ran to get her dress. She returned a few seconds later and held it up for the older woman to see.
"What do you think?" she asked, eagerly awaiting an answer.
"Wow, it's very beautiful. Marik won't be able to take his eyes off you" she grinned feeling the soft fabric.
"Good. Then he wont be tempted by any other girl" replied Anuket hugging the garment it to her chest.
"He's a good man. I don't think you have anything to worry about there"
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Marik stood in front of his mirror to check himself over for the hundredth time. He was beginning to get nervous now. He brushed back his hair with his fingers and straightened him jacket. After all the bother at the shop, Ishizu had picked him out a white shirt, black pants and a black jacket to go over it. He had left the top two buttons of his shirt undone.
He walked into the lounge and sat down, staring at the clock. There was still at least half an hour to go before he left to pick Anuket up.
"You know, a watched kettle never boils" said a deep voice behind him.
"Well it's a good thing im not waiting for a kettle to boil then isn't it?" smiled Marik in response.
"The rules aren't specific to kettles Marik" continued Odion. "Come on, if you want to pass the time, help me in here"
Marik complied and stood up to help out his brother in the kitchen.
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Anuket was on pins and needles as she waited in her room. Marik was going to pick her up any minute now. She began pacing nervously after a few minutes. She reasoned to herself that it was because she needed to wear in her new shoes. They made her about an inch taller which she was quite happy about seeing as she was only about 5ft 2" without them. She gripped her small black purse feeling silly for the way she was acting. Why was she so nervous anyway? It wasn't like this was the first time she and Marik had been alone together or anything.
Downstairs there was a knock at the door. Anuket smiled and checked her appearance in the mirror before heading downstairs.
Meanwhile, Ipet opened the door to see a very handsome and well dressed Marik Ishtar standing there. He looked very smart in his suit.
"Hello. Is she ready?" he asked.
"Yes, come on in" she replied pulling Marik along into the lounge.
Marik stood waiting for no more then a minute before Anuket made her way down the stairs. He had to stop himself from running over to her and kissing her senseless right there and then. There would be plenty of time for that later. He walked over to her and somehow managed to give her a warm loving kiss without it turning into a fiery lustful one.
He took Anuket's hand and let her out of the house. As they walked onto the street, Anuket saw that instead of the usual motorcycle, there was a car instead.
"Odion lent it to me" he explained seeing the look on her face. "I didn't want you to ruin your dress"
"That's very thoughtful of you" replied Anuket as Marik, in true gentlemanly fashion, opened the car door for her to get in.
He ran around to the other side and climbed into the driver's seat.
"You look absolutely beautiful tonight" he complimented looking her in the eyes.
Anuket's cheeks turned pink. "Thankyou"
Marik smiled and turned the keys in the ignition. He pulled away from the house and towards the town. He wanted to make this a night to remember.
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Whoa! Hard to write yes! In fact, I almost gave up writing this chapter tonight. I was gonna finish it in Germany, but luckily I had a bit of inspiration. Sorry if you thought this was silly. I did my best. Next chapter will be the actual date. I'll try my best to make it fluffy and sweet, but it will reek of lime ok? And possible lemonish details. I make no promises. It depends on how brave I feel.
Review please. And if you didn't review last chapter, then please do this time. Thankyou very much.
KyteI'm glad you were shocked. I'm actually glad that people didn't guess correctly. That means I can actually surprise people. Ipet loves him now yay! And yeah, he is one fine god aint he?
Ryu-No-Kyoki: so you've been and looked at my list have you? Well, I warn you. There are some pretty lemony things there. but who cares really? Im one of many out there who like a bit of smut. Hope you liked this one too. It leads on to a cool and important part of the story.
LoveLiesBleeding2coolness. I must admit, that idea came to one day out of the blue. I was originally gonna have them turn up in Egypt for some reason (marik saying Anuket should make up with her father and him going along for support) but this is better I think. She deserves to have good stuff happen to her. Unfortunately things don't always go as planned…
Lychi: no letter details this chapter. Maybe wont be in the future. I'm no good at writing sentimental bits like that. I'll have a go though. I'll try and put in little excerpts. But I make no promises. Thanks for reviewing
Scarlet Saint: Yay for pervertedness indeed. Secret for you. They're gonna do 'it'…
soccerchic91588: well that ok then. I can't remember the last time I cried though... actually yes I can. I saw a film this evening about people who have just had sextuplets (no, not sixtuplets) and the grandma dies after saying shell never get to see them grow up. It was really sad. I think it was called life's little problems. Meh, Ipet likes Marik now!
LadyGothikashe will go back eventually. I just have to get things rolling first. Plus, her dads not so bad anymore. Its her brother you have to watch out for…
Kuramas Girl AngelI dunno exactly. Basically it just says something like he was angry that she ran off, but marik put him straight. He also told him the truth about him being nasty to her and how they've made up and that her dad loves her. Complains about her bro. that sort of thing. I may write it up later on actually. I've just got an idea writing this reply.
Angela: that idea has been in my head since I started to write this fic. She will become pregnant very soon. In a few chapters actually. I've already decided a name for the baby and everything. I've even drawn a picture.
DaRkNeSsApPrOaChEs: wow, that's a lot of chapters. Well good luck I guess. I hate being watched. I always feel like I am. I guess ive been watching to many nasty films. Ever seen jeepers creepers? I always seem to think of that monster eating me…
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