Disclaimer: Miki owns all the Hot Gimmick characters, except for Dean, which is mine. I'll cut to the chase and save you the pointless babble.
Warning: Some fluffy in it… I think. If fluffy means… fluffy like cottony candy or like the sappy romance, then that's exactly what will happen…I think.
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Chapter Eleven: Geek To The Rescue
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"Shut up! Stupid bitch!" Kazama punched her in the stomach. Kazama raised his hand to knock her unconscious and continue on with his business, and Akane shut her eyes and squirmed, preparing for the deadly slap.
PRESENT TIME
"Where am I?" Akane sat up, groaning. She looked down and she was hooked up to tubes. She looked around and saw Subaru sleeping next to her. He looked terrible. He had a black eye on his right eye and a cut on his right cheek. Akane tried to remember what happened before then she realized, Kazama. KAZAMA! He had tried to rape her again… then no, wait. She remembered he punched her, and then he was about to slap her, then she remembered fainting or going unconscious… she turned around and she smiled. He did look totally cute.
"Wake up." Akane softly spoke to Subaru, shaking his arm with her pale hand. Subaru woke up, seeing Akane up, he smiled too.
"Hey, are you feeling better?" Subaru asked Akane.
"Much better, thanks. Uh… what did happen to me?" Akane asked him.
"Oh, well… I'd rather not tell you now, but the doctor said to rest, so I'm going to go outside for a second okay? I'll be back, just going to call your family." Subaru asked Akane.
"Sure." Akane replied. She lied back down and closed her heavy eyelids.
Subaru went out of the room and towards the payphone. He inserted the required change and dialed the Narita's phone number, after one ring, the phone picked up.
"Hello, Narita family, Hatsumi speaking." Hatsumi replied.
"Hi, it's Subaru here. Akane woke up just a while ago, but she's resting now. How did the interrogation go at the station?" Subaru asked Hatsumi.
"They finally found him guilty of all the charges, including Akane. He's in jail now and won't be out for a long, long while, with no bail or probation, so that's a good thing. We'll be over in maybe half an hour, if the traffic isn't too bad, so when we come, you can go home and rest." Hatsumi replied.
"No, it's ok I want to stay until she gets better, besides my mom insisted I stay…" Subaru chuckled weakly.
"You really are in love with her aren't you?" Hatsumi asked him.
After a really long awkward pause, he said, "Yeah."
"We can't thank you enough for saving Akane's life and my life too of course... but that was really brave of you, what you did." Hatsumi replied.
"Heh… not a problem. Just doing my job ma'am!" Subaru chuckled again.
"Man what is it with you and these cop jokes? Ok, we're going so we'll see you soon bye!" Hatsumi laughed then hung up. Subaru did the same. Then he turned back and went to where Akane was sleeping. She was cuddled up, lying on her side, cheeks were a pink hue and she looked so… heavenly.
Subaru couldn't resist, so he sat down, Akane's face across from his. He looked at her. Akane was so beautiful, so innocent, sweet but unpredictable. He couldn't just resist. He bit his lower lip, leaned in closer to Akane. He just couldn't resist… so beautiful. He placed his lips upon hers, and Akane opened her eyes. Feeling Subaru's lips, she pressed her lips against his, begging for more. Subaru was surprised, but didn't pull away. Instead, he pressed his lips against hers, yet giving more. Finally, he pulled away.
"Thanks…" Akane smiled.
"You're welcome… now rest!" Subaru smiled too. 'Damn. Her smiles are so contagious.' Subaru thought to himself.
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"Good morning Akane! How are you feeling?" Hatsumi asked her sister, who was totally groggy.
"Ugghh… Hazumiiiieee… Let me sleep in…" Akane moaned.
"What? You have been sleeping for like almost half the day! It's 4:00 p.m.! We're waking you up because we got a surprise for you! Now take a shower and get dressed! C'mon let me help you!" Hatsumi concernedly told her sister.
"No, I don't need your help… just was in a great dream until you woke me up!" Akane cringed. She stood up and walked to the bathroom.
"Ok, well wear something nice… not too fancy, we're going out so look like yourself, but add a warm sweater, it's a little chilly today! And oh, you need me to apply the ointments the doctor prescribed for you on your back and your stomach!" Hatsumi suggested.
"After my shower!" Akane whined.
"Okay! What do you want for… brunch – no it's too late… I mean… what do you want? You hungry?" Hatsumi asked her sister. Akane looked down at her stomach and it growled.
"Heh… yeah… make me something real big… oh I know! Your thick buttermilk pancakes! Oh please Hatsumi!" Akane begged.
"Sure!" Hatsumi smiled and walked off to the kitchen, doing so. An hour passed by and Akane was already dressed, treated with ointments and had a very big… meal and was very full. She looked very pretty today, in a pair of comfy jeans, with a simple long sleeved shirt and a soft sweater. She wore a scarf belt around her waist and she had her watch on. She tied her hair up in a messy bun.
It was now 7:00, and everyone was home. Akane was playing around with Hikaru, when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Hatsumi announced and ran towards the door. She opened it and she saw Subaru.
"Hey, you ready to go?" Hatsumi asked him.
"Yep… did you tell Akane already?" Subaru asked.
"Oops… let me go do that now!" Hatsumi chuckled. She ran towards the family room where Akane was playing with Hikaru. Subaru followed her from behind.
"Akane!" Hatsumi shouted out to her sister.
"Yeah?" Akane replied, still looking at Hikaru and the video game.
"Turn around and please listen to me carefully, do you want to know the surprise?" Hatsumi asked Akane.
"Give me a second! I need to beat this car!" Akane whined.
Hatsumi sighed and then replied, "We're going out to a restaurant and then a movie. We also brought somebody along…" Hatsumi giggled.
"Who?" Akane asked, eyes still focused on the T.V. screen.
"Hi." Subaru replied.
Akane turned around and saw him. "Subaru?" Akane asked.
"Yes. Now let's go!" Hatsumi asked Akane and Hikaru.
"Ok!" Hikaru replied and got up, Akane did the same too.
"Our parents thought it would be a great 'thank-you' thing for him, after all he did for us…" Hatsumi replied to Akane.
"Ok!" Akane chirped.
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"Look now, dinner is served! Hatsumi, help Hikaru move the crayons out of the way." Mr. Narita said.
"Okay!" Hatsumi replied and moved the crayons for Hikaru's dinner. Tonight, he was eating spaghetti with meatballs.
Hatsumi's dinner arrived, and it was cheese ravioli with a creamy pasta sauce. Akane was having the angel hair primavera with chicken. Subaru had spaghetti and meatballs too, like Hikaru. Both the parents were sharing vegetable soup and an eggplant primavera.
Soon, after dinner was finished, everyone was a bit stuffed full.
"Okay, you guys should get going; the movie is going to start in less than an hour. Go on have fun!" Mrs. Narita replied.
Everyone sat up and grabbed their coats and walked outside.
"Thanks for dinner Mr. & Mrs. Narita. I enjoyed it a lot." Subaru thanked them.
"No problem it was the least we could do. Now go on!" Mrs. Narita replied.
The three teenagers walked across the street to the movie complex. At the front, they were met up by Ryoki.
"Hi! Akane how are you feeling? I really am sorry about that… Kazama situation, but I'm glad that he's in jail now." Ryoki replied sympathetically.
"Thanks." Akane modestly said.
"So Hatsumi, what movie do you want to see?" Ryoki asked her.
"Um, hold on Ryoki. Akane, are you going to be ok with Subaru? You guys can go see your own movie okay?" Hatsumi asked both of them.
"Sure." Akane replied.
"Sure." Subaru replied too.
"Great, Ryoki I was thinking of an action movie…" Hatsumi droned off, walking away with Ryoki.
"So, what movie do you want to watch?" Subaru asked Akane.
"Um… like Hatsumi said, action maybe? I feel like it, but not too much action though." Akane answered.
"Ok, um there's 'Island', 'The Cave', 'Serenity', and 'Sky High'. But I don't think 'Sky High' would be a good choice though." Subaru chuckled.
"What do you think? Either 'Island' or 'Serenity' would be great choices." Akane suggested.
"I would like to see 'Island'… do you mind?" Subaru asked.
"I don't mind at all, because I want to see it too!" Akane replied. The two walked to the ticket booth and got their tickets, paid by Subaru. Then they went over to the concessions stand and looked around. Subaru got Akane a small bag of popcorn (they were still full from dinner) 2 water bottles, and the 'pull-n-peel' licorice candy, which he all paid for too.
"Thanks for buying me the snacks and the ticket." Akane replied.
"No problem, we should go, the movie is going to start soon!" Subaru looked at his watch.
"Okay." Akane smiled, and then the two walked off to the movie theatre room.
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"AHHHHHHH!" a female voice screamed out.
Hatsumi cringed. The monster in the cave was sort of scary… but still scary. There was a part where the cave monster caught up with the girl and ate her. Hatsumi turned away and squeezed Ryoki's hand. Then she realized what she did and released his hand.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Hatsumi whispered to Ryoki. She mentally reminded herself to whack her head when she got home. Twice, counting the one where she forgot to tell Akane…
"No problem… if you're ever scared again, you can squeeze my hand anytime you want to." Ryoki whispered back, and held Hatsumi's hand again.
'What a sweet guy!' Hatsumi thought to herself. (A/N: I have never seen 'The Cave' yet, so I may be wrong in some aspects of the movie. Forgive me will ya?)
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After seeing the ending where the guy finally got the girl in the end, Subaru became a little bit nervous. Finally the movie was over, and so the two walked out of the theatre room and went outside for a night walk.
"That was a pretty good movie" Akane said.
"Yeah, lots of action." Subaru chuckled.
"Subaru…" Akane cringed.
"Yeah?" Subaru asked.
"What did… happen to me before?" Akane asked Subaru.
"You really want to know?" Subaru asked.
"Yes please!" Akane begged.
"Fine… I saw Kazama punching you in the stomach near the washrooms and I knew he was trying to rape you again, so I ran up to him and punched his back. He turned around and punched my face, then I did the only thing – kicked him in the balls. He fell down, moaning, and then Ryoki came, and I told him to call 911, so that's pretty much it…" Subaru answered.
"Thanks, but something's not right… if you saw Kazama punching me, why did you assume he was trying to… you know?" Akane asked Subaru.
"… I just…" Subaru stammered.
"Well… wait! The roof! Was that you who made that noise?" Akane asked.
"Uh-oh… damn cup gave me away…" Subaru chuckled weakly.
"You- so it was you! But that means… phew the secret is safe…" Akane mumbled to herself.
"Yeah, seeing as how we're lucky Ryoki is such a great guy." Subaru replied.
"Thanks again. For saving my life I mean." Akane looked up at him.
"Oh-no, no-t a problem I mean." Subaru stammered again.
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"That was a great movie!" Hatsumi said to Ryoki walking through a park.
"Yes, that was a good movie…" Ryoki flashed a white smile.
"So what's this I hear about you disappearing a lot to your travel agents?" Hatsumi asked Ryoki.
"Oh, a really nice surprise, but you'll have to keep it a secret… if you want to hear it." Ryoki asked Hatsumi.
"I will carry it to my grave until you finally announce it." Hatsumi promised.
"Ok, well I'm planning to take everyone in the complex on a vacation in Europe!" Ryoki told Hatsumi.
"Wow! Wouldn't that cost a lot of money, for all of us?" Hatsumi asked Ryoki.
"No not really, my travel agent is the best, she can get me a half price discount, plus I have my own jet plane so that subtracts the airfare, and I have my own hotel there, it's just the fees and the food and the stuff I'm planning that we're just paying for. So if you really looked into it, it wouldn't be as much money as you may think." Ryoki answered.
"Wow!" Hatsumi excitedly chattered, and then she shivered.
"Oh! Are you cold?" Ryoki asked her.
"Yes." Hatsumi replied. Lucky for Ryoki, he was wearing a thick turtleneck and warm pants, so he took off his jacket and draped it over Hatsumi's shoulders.
"Here you go." Ryoki said.
"Thanks, I feel much warmer now." Hatsumi replied. The two walked towards the complex apartment.
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Meanwhile in another park, Akane and Subaru were walking towards the 7-Eleven.
"Let's go get hot chocolates to celebrate!" Subaru suggested.
"Celebrate what?" Akane asked.
"That we can finally leave this thing behind us." Subaru answered.
"Oh." Akane smiled. The two got their hot chocolates, which Subaru paid for and then they both finished it. On their way to the complex, Akane shivered.
"Oh, are you cold?" Subaru asked Akane.
"Yes." Akane answered. Luckily for Subaru, he was perfectly warm and so he offered his coat to Akane, draping it over her shoulders.
"There you go." Subaru replied.
"Thanks." Akane smiled at him.
Subaru looked at her, and she smiled too. He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on her lips. Finally, he pulled away and she was looking at him.
"Thanks." Akane smiled again. The two went back to their homes.
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Thanks to my fantastic reviewers for supporting me! I AM SO SORRY ABOUT TAKING FOREVER! AS SOON AS I GET REVIEWS FROM THE USUAL, I WILL POST THE NEXT ONE UP... maybe two per day? No, that would be just for today... anyways guess you all found out who that was listening to the girls on the roof giggles...
Lulu Girl 12: Thanks, and I knew you would be surprised too. Of course, silly I'm still posting aren't I?
HollyWriter: You're welcome! And thank you for complimenting me on my writing… I know I have done a good job when I made a Kazama fan into a "BURN him!" Kazama hater… sorry! You can keep your hopes up about Shinogu, but the next few chapters may make you cry… I just want to say in future advance… I'm sorry. Thanks for that… hyper review!