One Day, We'll Meet Again
Chapter 5: A Dance To Remember
By: KawaiiLeena
(Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy IX, so please, do not underestimate me! Oh yeah, the song "The Way You Look At Me" is not mine! It's from the Star In A Million finalist, Christian Bautista! PS: It's a Filipino talent show and a Filipino singer!)
Chapter 5: Gathering The Forgotten
Mr. Sasaki looks at both Dagger and Zidane while they look at each other with surprised and shock eyes, not budging from where they are. He has a feeling that the two of them already meet before like a long time ago. He can see it by the way they gaze at each other.
"Is that you?" the two of them asked each other in unison, not believing that they would meet again. After 17 years, the thought would be hopeless, but now?
"Dagger, is that you?" Zidane asks as he steps closer to the beautiful brunette sitting by their appointed table. Looking at her make him faint, for such a beautiful girl she is. She still have that good charms, like her chocolate eyes that has a tint of angelic dust, and her shiny midnight black ebony hair.
"I am, and… is that you, Zidane, really you?" Dagger asks, her eyes still lock on the handsome man that stood before her. She admits, he is much more handsome than before! His muscle is well built, and his greenish-blue eyes that looks so deep, that she feels herself drowning in it. He still has the habit of messing his hair, like he has exactly over the past seventeen years.
The blonde boy nods as he carelessly pulls a chair and sits on it, his gaze still at Dagger. He can't believe it! This is the same girl that was so naïve in their childhood years, the same girl who left him, the same girl whom he promised they would meet again. And now, she turned to a very fine lady.
Mr. Sasaki looks at both of them, and decided to break the silence, "I assume that you already met before, is it not?" he asks as he pulls a chair.
Dagger turns to him and slightly nods. "Y-yes, we already met… when we were children… 17 years ago to be exact."
Mr. Sasaki's eyes widens as he asks, "17 years? My, that long?" he glances to Zidane who starts to blush furiously. "Well, it is good that you still recognized each other, aside from the fact that you haven't seen each other for quite some time."
Dagger smiles as she touches the pendant, "We have our own memories." She says simply but in a polite way. She glances to Zidane, "Right Zidane?"
Oh how sweet her voice has become, that Zidane can't get enough of it. He wanted to hear it every now and then… wait a minute! What is he thinking? They are just childhood friends! What he's thinking is improper!
"Y-yeah, I guess…" Zidane answers back, his voice a bit of shaky. But he admits, he is quite grateful that he agreed in the first place. He looks up to gaze at Dagger's brown eyes.
Just then, Mr. Sasaki, noticing the unknown romance between the two, decided to leave them all alone for a while. Besides, this is Zidane's night, right? And the two of them have to make up for the time wasted.
"Excuse me," Mr. Sasaki interrupts, standing up. "I have to leave you two for a while. Don't worry, the orders will come soon, so, talk for the moment." Then he whispers to Zidane's ear, "Take care of that girl, and don't lose her. Don't do anything stupid." Mr. Sasaki leaves at last, leaving a very red Zidane.
"So… um… how have you been?" Zidane asks awkwardly. 'Damn, I never act this way when I'm around other girls! Why now?'
Dagger sweetly smiles at him, "I am quite fine, living in my own apartment. How about you?" she asks, not noticing the blush that appeared in his cheeks. He's so manly, I can't believe that my once childhood hero is now the owner of one successful company and has grown to be a fine young man…
'This is so indecent! I can't blush over a childhood friend, can I?' he asks himself. 'I mean, I just can't gawk over like that! But who is there to blame? She's so sweet, kind, like my uncle described her, especially, very beautiful… Hey, what am I thinking? WE just met again and this is how I must think about her?'
"I'm fine, still alive twenty-four seven, still breathing," he replies. Dagger giggles at his response, making him somewhat blush. "What?"
Dagger shakes her head. "Nothing, I just think that you are still the amusing Zidane…" she replies, noticing the bracelet. "I see you still haven't outgrown your childish behavior!"
"Are you implying I'm still that childish?" Zidane asks in a sly tone, playfully arching his right eyebrow, looking at Dagger's angelic face carefully. The girl giggles as a soft, classical music sings around the restaurant. "So, Dagger, do you have a job?"
"Well, not that likely, but I'm going to record my own album," she responds cheerfully, with a bright smile. "And I see to it, you are the owner of the Joltan Company, right?" Zidane lazily nods as he leans his back on his chair. "Wow, that must be great!"
Zidane rolls his eyes as he plays with his blonde hair, "Actually, it sucks." Dagger's eyebrows rise up in surprise at his outmost and unlikely response. "If you want to know why, well, it's kind of… umm… irritating. All day, you'll sign papers, every minute, someone will freaking call you, every hour, some business whatever will come and meet you. It's really tiring."
"As far as I'm concerned, I hate being in your shoes!" she says with a somewhat amused tone in her voice. She looks deeply to Zidane's greenish-blue eyes and asks, "You must be rich, huh?"
Zidane turns to her and smirks, "Just a few billions. Nothing much."
"Just a few billions? Nothing much? Zidane, are you crazy?" Dagger asks, laughing. "You must be in a huge mansion! While I sleep in a small apartment I rented."
Zidane leans closer and wiggles his eyebrows, as he says in a sly tone, "Well, you can always move in with me and… you know… we'll ma –" before the poor blonde boy finishes his sentence, Dagger slaps him on the head. "OW! Why the hell did you do that for?!" he yells, attracting a few heads to turn to them.
"PERVERT! HENTAI!" Dagger yells, slapping him more.
"OW! Wait… ouch! I was just… OW! I was just joking… YELP!" Zidane cries, putting his arms in front of him to avoid Dagger's random attacks., but seems VERY unsuccessful. He sinks lower to his seat from two options: To avoid the attacks and to avoid from complete embarrassment. "Dagger… OUCH! Quiet down… Hey, that hurts! Calm down!"
"How can I calm down when that head of yours is filled with hentai Th—" Dagger yells, standing up and raising her voice, making a few heads turn, but, luckily, Zidane covered her mouth just before she could finish her sentence. "Pffftttt!!"
Zidane puts his free hands behind his head and laughs nervously to the curious crowd and anxiously said, "Uhh… what she was saying folks that she… umm… that her mom just got her PMS 1 early and that… uhh… her dog caught her underwear with… uhh… blood, yeah, blood! So… um… she was just cursing herself! Hehe… sorry for the inconvenience?"
The crowd just shrug and continue eating and to their separating ways, as Zidane continues to cover Dagger's mouth as the brunette struggles to be free, and he starts to whisper sternly to her but with an amused tone,
"Will you calm down already? You just made a huge pack circling us and a few heads turn to us!"
Dagger furrows her eyebrows and forcefully pushes Zidane's hand away from her mouth, "Like I care anyways, but you have no right to seduce me like that! And oh yeah," she bonks Zidane's head again with her purse and slyly smirks, "That's for making the lie about the PMS thing! Pervert!"
Zidane chuckles and willingly walks back to his seat, as the food ordered by their uncle finally came in, and the music is now, instead of a classical one, a mellow tune, a song as if it is made for the two.
No one ever saw me like you do
All the things that I could add up to
I never knew just what a smile was worth
But your eyes say everything, without a single word
Zidane looks down to his food then to Dagger's chocolate ones. She did the same and they locked eyes, gazing at each other for a long time. She smiles as he smiles back, and the blonde bachelor starts to move his hands to hers, as the brunette jumps in surprise. She looks at him and shyly blushes, then holds his hands back.
Cause there's something in the way
You look at me
It's as if my heart knows
You're the missing piece
"I'm so glad I came here," Zidane says softly, grinning ear to ear. "I'm very glad."
Dagger blushes back in reply and softly answers, "Me, too, Zidane. Me, too."
You make me believe that there's nothing
In this world I can't be
I don't know what you see
But there's something in the way you look at me
'I'm so glad I have finally met once again my before childhood hero,' Dagger thinks as she starts to eat the dinner heartily. 'It's been thick long years since we made that promise. I'm delighted he still wears the wooden bracelet I made for him years ago. That makes sense that he still remembers me.'
'To think of this, my childhood best friend is now in front of me, in front of my very greenish-blue eyes, right there, eating a fabulous dinner with me,' Zidane thinks as he steals a glance to Dagger, eyeing her graceful moves to detail. 'I'm glad she still wears the pendant I gave her. That means she still remembers me. That's good news.'
If I could freeze a moment in my mind
Be the second that you touch your lips to mine
I'd like to stop the clock, make time stand still
Cause baby this is just the way, I always wanna feel
Dagger takes one long sip of her red wine when suddenly; a hand approaches her right side. She looks up to see Zidane beside her with a wide, hopeful smile across his face. She looks to his hand then his face, then his hand.
Zidane laughs and asks with amusement, "May I have this dance?" he says his question with a weird gentleman-ish tone, making Dagger slightly giggle.
"As you wish," she replies, accepting his hand and starts to stand up. The blonde 'gentleman' leads her to an empty space in the middle of the room, with other couples and other people dining staring at them with a smile.
Dagger puts her right hand on Zidane's left shoulder, while Zidane's free left hand on hr tiny and slim waist. Their other hands touching each other as they starts to dance.
Cause there's something in the wayYou look at me
It's as if my heart knows
You're the missing piece
You make me believe that there's nothing
In this world I can't be
I never know what you see
But there's something in the way you look at me
The room darkens and the people's center of attention was the couple dancing gracefully. Oh how they look perfect for each other, like they were meant to be.
Dagger looks deeply to Zidane's ocean eyes while Zidane, on the other hand, looks deeply at hers, too. The two of them inched closer and closer to each other when at last; their bodies were slightly pressed.
Yes, the once childhood friends are now dancing, in their own little world as they continue to gaze at each other for with longing deep in their eyes. Mesmerized by this, they didn't notice the things that continue to revolve around them. They didn't notice the claps and stares. They didn't notice everything.
Mr. Sasaki secretly smiles on one corner of the room as he looks at his nephew and thinks with a proud smile, 'Zidane, I'm so proud of you!'
I don't know, how or whyI feel different in your eyes
All I know is that it happens every time
Dagger smiles as she rests her head on his chest, but they continue to dance. 'Why do I feel so different? Everytime I stare to his ocean eyes, I feel… shaky, kind of anxious, a new feeling growing inside of me. Every time I'm around him, I feel butterflies flying in my stomach. I feel… fireworks around me.'
Zidane smiles and closes his eyes, 'I'm so glad my uncle did this. But… I feel very different… it's as if there's a soft side of me. Every time I'm around Dagger, my heart throbs and beats more hard. I get lost when I stare at her amber eyes, it's as if I feel I'm drowning. What is this feeling?'
Cause there's something in the wayYou look at me
It's as if my heart knows
You're the missing piece
You make me believe that there's nothing
In this world I can't be
I never know what you see
But there's something in the way you look at me
Dagger and Zidane lets go, surprised to see the whole restaurant clapping and hooting and cheering. They both starts to blush furiously as the song ends,
The way you look at me…
To be continued…
Hi, all! So, how do you think of this chapter? Like it? Hate it? You don't know? Compliments? Suggestions? Just leave it in your Review!!!! Of course, I would truly appreciate that.
Sorry if this chapter sounds quite boring to you. I hope that didn't bore you to death. But hey, I have fun writing this anyway.
Hey, someone asked me why he or she couldn't open my other entry, "A Life With or Without You." I was bothered by that and tried checking it out. Fortunately, it did worked on me. But a little slower, I guess. I could see the reviews and the story. Maybe something's wrong with your server or something. And if it really doesn't, I'm really sorry, but I don't know how to fix this kind of things. Gomen ne!!!
Oh yeah, to those who don't know, PMS means: Periodical Menstruation
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