Chapter 8 – Messed up date

By : AmiMizuno A.A

Takumi was waiting patiently in front of the school gates, checking his watch once every few minutes. Mai, Tate and Natsuki hid behind the bushes near Takumi.

"Hey, you sure that Takumi is dating with Akira?" whispered Natsuki to Mai.

"I am sure… I saw and HEARD him asking Akira…" Mai whispered back.

"Hey, maybe they are just going out as friends?" Tate asked quietly.

"It can't be. I am very sure that he was asking Akira for a date," answered Mai.

"Is Takumi changing taste?" said Natsuki.

"Must be because he seen too much violence from his big sister that made him becomes afraid of women…" said Tate, grinning.

"Must be" agreed Natsuki, grinning too.

Mai glared at Tate and Natsuki angrily.

"Anyway, we have to stop Takumi from being a gay! I can't let my brother go to the wrong path!"

"Hai…" Natsuki and Tate sweat dropped.

"Ohohohoho, this must be a big problem!" said a voice behind them.

The three of them turned around.

"SHIHO!" shouted Mai, Tate and Natsuki, surprised. They realized they said it too loud and quickly closed their mouth. They pulled Shiho into the bush too to avoid Takumi seeing them.

"What?" Takumi looked around. "I thought I heard something… Must be my imagination.."

Mai, Tate and Natsuki sighed in relief. Then they looked at Shiho.

"What are you doing here?" whispered Mai angrily.

"To make it short, wherever Onii-chan is, I'll be there too." replied Shiho smiling. "So, Takumi is a gay?"

"No, he is not!"

"Then tell me… What are you three doing here?"

"…"

"So, you are thinking of de-gaying your brother right? I don't mind helping," said Shiho with a grin.

"…"

"Shhh! I saw somebody coming. Might be Akira." Whispered Natsuki.

All of them turned to look at the person coming towards Takumi.

Takumi fidgeted nervously. I wonder if I look good now…

Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho held their breath.

But, to their disappointment, the person turned out to be the school cleaner coming to school to clean the school. (LOL )

Takumi sighed in disappointment.

Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho fell down anime style.

Takumi looked at his watch. It is already 8.10… where is Akira?

Meanwhile, Mai was thinking, That Akira… How can he be late for a date with Takumi?

Takumi looked nervous…Takumi is serious about this… thought Tate.

All of them waited in silence for Akira to come.

They waited for a while when they heard, "Gomen, Takumi!"

Takumi looked up and saw Akira running towards him.

Takumi saw Akira was wearing a blue hooded t-shirt and a black cargo pants. She looks cool in that thought Takumi.

"Sorry Takumi…. I kind of having a bit of problems while preparing. (The truth was she was having a difficult time choosing the best clothes)

"No problem. I don't mind waiting," said Takumi. "Should we go then?"

"Ok"

"Where are we going?"

"Well we are going to watch a movie first. But the show starts at 10.30am so we have plenty of time now. So why don't we walk around in town?"

"Sure."

Takumi and Akira walked off to town, not knowing that Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho were following behind them. Neither did they know that Nao and a bunch of girls were also following them.

"Hehe.. This is going to be good…" said Nao, smiling evilly.

Note: Let us skip to the movie, shall we?

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At The Cinema

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"So what movie are we watching?" asked Akira.

"A romance movie" answered Takumi.

"What?" Akira blushed.

"That was the only movie showing at that time…" Takumi started to blush too.

"I see… Let's go in then…" And they went in the cinema.

Mai and the gang were now standing in front of the cinema, watching as Takumi and Akira went in the cinema.

"Oh my god! They are going to watch a romance movie! Who knows what will happen in there?" said Shiho, smiling.

Mai glared at Shiho. "That's why we are here. To make sure nothing happens!"

Tate and Natsuki sighed.

"Four tickets please." said Mai to the person at the ticket counter.

"That will be 400 000 yen (I don't know how much is it in Japanese yen --)"

"Ok" Mai turned to Tate. "Pay up"

"What? I am supposed to pay?" said Tate, shocked.

"I have not enough money right now… So pay for me!"

"…"

Tate paid to the cashier.

"Thank you. Here are your tickets." The cashier gave the tickets to Tate.

Then, the four of them went in the cinema.

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Meanwhile…

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Nao and the girls are also standing at the cinema.

"How many of us are here?" asked Nao.

"Twenty-three"

"Ok then.. Twenty-three tickets" Nao said to the ticket seller.

"2 300 000 yen please" said the ticket seller, dully.

"Well everyone, cough up your money! I am not paying for all of you!" said Nao to the girls.

Then, the girls started to take out their money from their wallets.

"By the way, you all are paying for me too. Since I am the one that told you about this," said Nao, smirking.

The girls sighed.

After they had their tickets, they too, went in the cinema.

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In The Cinema

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Takumi and Akira were sitting comfortably in their seats, waiting for the movie to start.

Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho were lucky to have found seats just a few rows behind Takumi and Akira.

Unfortunately for Nao and the girls, they came in too late. The only seats left were those far back.

Then, the movie started.

Occasionally, Takumi and Akira's hands will touch while trying to get some popcorn. Both of them will start to blush and quickly apologized.

Meanwhile, Tate was having a hard time too. He was unlucky enough to sit between Mai and Shiho. Both Mai and Shiho will cling to him and ended up fighting to see who get to be closer to him. Natsuki was sniggering, watching the scene that is happening.

Nao and the girls were having a hard time trying to catch a glimpse of Takumi and Akira but failed to do so. At last, Nao cannot stand it anymore. She snuck to the front quietly without everyone noticing, holding the camera in her hands.

Back to Takumi and Akira…

Both of them were still watching the movie quietly.

Hmm… I wonder if I should try it… However, what if Akira be mad at me? thought Takumi. Well I won't know until I try!

And so, with a great surge of bravery, Takumi hold Akira's hand. Blushing, he looked at Akira and saw that Akira is not making any move to remove my hand.

It looks like I succeeded… Takumi smiling to himself.

Meanwhile, Akira was blushing too when she noticed that Takumi was holding her hand. Somehow, she did not want Takumi to let go of her hand.

At the end of the movie, it shows a scene where the hero and heroine were hugging and kissing each other.

The ending was so touching that even those who were supposed to sabotage (Mai and her gang) and taking photos (Nao and the girls) was caught up in the movie and cried.

For Takumi and Akira, both of them looked at each other and their faces started to inch towards each other. Then they heard a LOUD cough (made by Mai ) and they realized they are still in public. Both of them blushed and quickly went out of the cinema without realizing they were still holding hands.

The girls at the back saw that and quickly took pictures of that, screaming in delight.

Mai and the gang saw it too. One could see that their jaws were about to touch the floor.

I can't believe it! My brother is incurable now…But I am not giving up! I must de-gay him! Thought Mai. "Let's go!" said Mai to the others.

Nao and the girls too, went out of the theatre, happy at their success of getting a nice picture.

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Outside the cinema

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Takumi and Akira walked out of the cinema. They noticed the people were looking at them weirdly and realized that they were still holding hands. They quickly let go of their hands and blushed as red as a tomato.

"Where are we going for lunch now?" asked Akira quietly and still blushing.

"Well there is a new restaurant opened near the arcade. Should we go and try it?" said Takumi.

"Ok"

Then, they walked off to the new restaurant with Mai, Tate, Natsuki, Shiho, Nao and the girls trailing behind them.

After walking a few minutes, they finally reached the new restaurant, Ichiban Oishi. Both of them walked in the restaurant and found a place for two near the back.

Mai and gang found a place just behind them. They slipped into their seat without Takumi and Akira noticing them.

For Nao and the girls, they found the table that has the best view of Takumi and Akira and won't be seen by them.

Takumi and Akira were looking at the menu, thinking of what to order.

"Hmmm… Hey Akira… Why don't we order the couple's set? It looks so much cheaper than the others and I don't think I can eat much..." said Takumi.

"Ok. Let us order that. Then I don't have to spend so much time thinking what to order..." said Akira.

They ordered and chatted while waiting for the food to come.

A few minutes later, a waiter came out of the kitchen holding a tray of food and heading towards Takumi and Akira's table.

Mai stuck out her foot just as the waiter was walking past her table. The waiter tripped and the whole tray of food went flying to both Takumi and Akira.

Takumi and Akira were both drenched with milk shakes that they ordered and there was some food stuck in their hair.

Tate, Natsuki and Shiho looked at Mai disbelieving.

"I can't believe you did that!" whispered Tate to Mai.

"It's wrong to do that!" exclaimed Natsuki.

"Way to go, girl!" cheered Shiho.

"SHIHO!"

"Sorry..." said Shiho, pouting.

"Well I have to do something. And this is the best way to send both of them home!" answered Mai.

Meanwhile, Nao and the girls were watching the scene from their place.

"Whoa… I never know Mai was like that…" remarked Nao.

Back to Takumi and Akira…

Takumi and Akira looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"Haha! You look funny!" said Akira, laughing hard.

"So do you!" Takumi was laughing too.

The waiter who tripped quickly apologized to both of them. "I am so sorry Mister and Miss---ter?" The waiter looked at them confusingly. "Are you two alright?"

"Yes, we are fine," replied Takumi. "Do you know any place where we could find clothes to change?"

"Umm.. if you don't mind, I can find some clothes in our staff closet." Said the waiter.

"Ok.. Thanks!"

A couple of minutes later, the waiter came out with two sets of clothes.

"Sorry, I can only get one more person to volunteer her clothes to you. I am sorry if one of the clothes is for girls. It's the only clothes I could get"

"Never mind. We are just glad that we could get some clothes to change." replied Akira.

"There are a few changing rooms in the staff room. Please feel free to use it."

"Thank you" Both Takumi and Akira went in the staff room.

Mai gawked at them as they walked in to the staff room.

"Well it looks like your plan backfired," said Shiho, grinning.

"I am not giving up!"

"Well let's just wait until both of them come out…" said Tate, sighing.

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In The Staff Room

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Takumi came out from the changing room, wearing a green button shirt and a beige pants.

"Are you ready yet, Akira?"

"Umm... Just a minute…"

Then, Akira walked out of the changing room. She was wearing a green button shirt too, but with black tight pants.

Wow! She looked beautiful in that! thought Takumi as he blushed.

"Isn't it a coincidence that both of them have the same shirt?" Akira exclaimed when she saw what Takumi was wearing.

"Yeah… Shall we go out now?" asked Takumi.

"Ok,"

Both of them went back to their tables.

"Wow! They are wearing matching clothes now! Are they fast or what?" said Shiho, grinning.

"Shut up!" said Mai.

The waiter walked to Takumi and Akira's table again with a tray of food on his hand, careful not to trip this time.

"Well the clothes certainly match both of you," said the waiter, smiling.

Both Takumi and Akira blushed.

Then, they quietly eat their food, not looking up at each other. However, once in a while, Takumi or Akira will catch a glimpse of each other.

Akira looked very feminine in those clothes…I can't stop looking at her…Oh great! Now she caught me looking at her!

Takumi looked away when he saw Akira looking back at him.

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30 minutes past….

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Takumi and Akira finally finished their food.

"Akira, let me pay for the food." said Takumi.

"No, that's too much!" exclaimed Akira.

"No! A boy should always pay for the food."

"…"

"Good!" Takumi smiled at Akira.

Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho were eavesdropping at the next table.

Aren't they both boys? thought Mai, confused.

When Takumi paid the bill, Akira thanked him and gave him a peck on the cheek.

Then, Akira quickly walked out of the restaurant, her face red.

Takumi touched his cheek where Akira kissed. He was dumbfounded. Finally coming back to his senses, he followed Akira out of the restaurant.

Mai, Tate, Natsuki and Shiho were stunned at what they saw.

Meanwhile, Nao and the girls took some pictures of that particular scene.

"KYAAA! AKIRA-KUN KISSED TAKUMI-KUN! KAWAII! Some girls were screaming.

Nao was smirking, "Looks like they will be in the front page of the school magazine… Hahaha"

To be continued…