Author's Notes: Well, well, lookie, lookie who's back! Kind of! Sabreen-chan! And look what she's got! Another chapter! So, okay, except Getting Back Love, this story is the biggest failure of mine until now, and I'm sure almost nobody's interested in it anymore since it was such a long time since I posted a chapter of this thing… But I'm still doing it! No matter it has no sense whatsoever, but I'll still finish it! I'm changing the title, though. As soon as I get a good idea or a good sugestion for it… Okay, for the ones who are bored enough to read this…
Enjoy! And thank you for the support!
Title: The Lilac Scented Hearts – Chapter Three
Rating: K+
Author. Sabreen
July 6th, 2005
Usagi-chan,
I don't hate you. I never did, do not and never will, okay? Where did you get that idea anyway?
Yes, you could say I was surprised... understatement. I was utterly shocked to receive a letter from you, of all the people, but actually, I'm glad you sent it. And, yes, I did laugh, but it was more out of how cute you wrote it than anything else... I still glance at it sometimes and it always makes me smile - even when I'm in a really bad mood. Ah, what you already do to me, Odango-chan...
I'm really glad you like the present. Honestly, even I can't remember where I got it, but I was pacing across my room one day, wondering what you'd like for your birthday, and then suddenly I saw it and thought perfect. It really is perfect for you, it suits you so much like Cinderella's shoe suits her foot. Tailor made. Yeah, you're probably thinking something like what's THAT supposed to mean, but think about it - it's so fragile, gentle, and the music kind of seems like heaven music, a song sung by angels. It seems so little and insignificant at first sight but, then you spend some time studying it and listening to it and then you truly understand its power and wisdom and... beauty. It's just like you... If you didn't have it, it wouldn't have a purpose, nothing to exist for. Well, that's just what I think.
Ah, that morning! I smile whenever I remember it. It was kind of odd, wasn't it? Ha ha, seems that it was awkward being polite to both of us! Well, Odango, we'll just have to do something about it, won't we?
Oh, and let's make some things clear, once and for all (not that I ever knew they weren't clear…).
Firstly, no, you don't kiss people you hate. And, I don't hate you. I kissed you because I wanted to kiss you for your birthday. Period.
Usagi-chan, I... How do I say this? It might seem as though I don't like you, but it's not true. I do like you. And I would like us to become friends... It would be nice to have you as a friend. Although I'm not sorry about the teasing, that was nice... I didn't tease you because I hated you or the likes, I teased you because I wanted to. You're just so damn cute when you're mad... And that's the whole thing.
Aaah, Motoki... you know how sentimental he gets when somebody's leaving? You should have seen him when Reika was leaving for three or four weeks to study somewhere abroad... Can't remember exactly where. But, really, that's his weak spot, he can't hold himself... It's really nice of him, don't you think?
Everything's going more or less fine here. I still didn't get used to the surroundings and people here and I get homesick sometimes. Things are just so different here... and I've had some difficulties adjusting to them. It's like rulet - you never know what kind of people you can meet. Luckily, all the people I've made friends with are okay and kind, and that's what I like here. Well, it wouldn't make sense if I hung out with people I don't like, ne? Haha. But, I've seen some scary guys. Just if you didn't know, I'm in New York - the scariest city ever. One day I'm passing by this elementary school, and three twelve-year-olds were picking on a little girl - she was so tiny - and I was really amazed. Bryan - a guy I've made friends with - says it's regular there, that he'd been going through the same thing when he was a kid. I just tried to hide how shocked I was and I kept quiet. I know what is going on in there, I'm not stupid - but this... Well, I'm not going to fill your pretty little head with bad things, I'm sure you like visions of sugar plums much better...
I'm currently in my room in my college's dormitory. Well, it's more of an apartment building for college students than a dormitory. I live in this cute little apartment with two roommates (the guy I was talking about, Bryan, and Alec, another fine fellow I met). I really enjoy being here, it so quiet so I can concentrate on my studies, but I can listen to some music, too. Not too loud, but I don't like loud music anyway.
Well, tell me a bit about the things that are going on in Tokyo! So I could feel how it is back home...
Take care... Odango.
Mamoru
August 9th, 2005
Mamoru-san,
Hi! Wow, I still can't believe you actually replied me... Sorry, but I just thought that your arrogance would stop you from doing anything that would hurt your everlasting ego... But I guess that I was wrong... Kind of, hehe... But, thanks. You see, being so stuck-up didn't help you very much, did it?... Hee. But now, we can be friends!
Okay, I assume that we've probably figured it out by now...
Ahem, anyway. What was I talking about again? Oh, yes. I was just wondering... why did you want to get me a present anyway? I mean, until then we've been nothing but enemies and I can't remember if we ever said anything nice to each other... Which is sad because behind that arrogance and cockiness, you're... nice. And you ARE capable of saying two sentences to me without any of the words in them being insults! But, it was a really nice gesture. I'm just mad at you that you had to be so stuck up and not let me see your pretty side!
So, I found out when your birthday is, and I wanted to return the favor of what you did for me, and I'm sending you a gift... A month late, I know, but heh.. I thought a lot about it. I didn't want to get you something corny, or tacky or anything of the likes... I REALLY hope you'll like it.
See, I've borrowed a tape recorder from Motoki. I went from place to place that I knew you went out to and taped the sounds of those places. I taped the arcade (the video game noises, Motoki talking with Reika, me and my friends...) I went to the park and taped kids playing at that huge sandbox and at the swing set (you know how funny that came out? Seems I caught some kids fighting over who is prettier: Madonna or Utada Hikaru! You just MUST hear that!), I even went to your college to tape the classes of your favorite professors! I sneaked in and hid below an empty bench. People looked at me really funny... Ah well. There's evenmore, but it wouldn't be fun if I told you everything, ne?
Well, to be honest, it didn't really click in my head right awaylike the perfect gift. Ever since you told me you get homesick, it bugged me and ate me alive whenever I imagined you alone in your room, completely different sounds around you, speaking other language, eating other food, visiting people and places that are NOT the Crown and Motoki - in a nutshell, completely torn from everything you're used to - I got goose bumps. Sometimes - oh my god, this is so hard to say, but I have to get it off my chest - sometimes I wished I was there with you so I could make it at leasta bit better. I could tell you everything that's been happening here, describe it to you so thoroughly and things like that.. Ugh, I know I sound deranged, and I'm sorry... But... But... I... miss you. A bit. Even... Even the teasing. BUT DON'T YOU START IT AGAIN, YOU HEAR ME! It's just kind of hard to get used to the world without you.Hah, now I sound like you're dead or something! Um, anyway (guess I got off the topic a bit) I made you that tape so you could feel like home, at least just a little. Y'know, to remember all the sounds and stuff.
Oh, anyway, you wouldn't BELIEVE the amount of things that can happen in two months!
Listen to this.
Prepare yourself.
Take a deep breath...
Here we go...
Ami-chan... has got... a boyfriend! Can you believe that! His name is Ryo, he's shy (just like her! They are a perfect match!) and they've been together for like three weeks without telling anybody! And so, we were on a study date at Rei-chan's temple, and so we're repeating some theorem of some Greek guy who said something about triangles and whatever, and there she just blurts out 'Bye, guys, I've gotta go, my boyfriend's waiting for me in the Juuban park. See ya later!' We just all looked at her, and then we all tackled her and said we'll keep her there until she spits every tiny detail out. She blushed and shrugged, telling us how they got together (oh, it was so sweet!) and she went to meet him while we sat there, not believing our ears! Well, I'm still too shocked to say anything, so I'll just change the subject, but, jeez! Ami-chan having a boyfriend!
So, I've just come back from a vacation on a beautiful lake! I went with my family (Shingo played those awful pocket games in the car and wouldn't shut up about some vilent anime's characters! I almost went crazy!). There was an incredible jacuzzi, bathrrooms with tubs (warm water!) which had a view of the lake, incredibly good food... Wow! You wouldn't believe how good it was!
Well, I've got to go to sleep now, I'll mail this in the morning. Hope you still miss us!
Yours truly,
Usagi
September 11, 2005
Hi, Odango-chan!
Today was the day of that terrorist attack in New York four years ago. All the news are full of reminders of it, all the people are kind of melancholic... I saw that documentary Farrenheit 9/11, if yu know about it. Pretty interesting aspect of the whole terrorist thing here in America...
Anyway, fall is quite apparent here. It was so darn cold a few days ago that I had to put several T-shirts and a sweater when I went to college. It's all rainy and stuff... I kind of like it. Not when I get coaught in the rain, of course, then it pisses me off, but I like watching it. Haha, I'll stop talking about gloomy weather now. I know you're a sunny&warm type of a person, hehe. It's okay, sunshine needs sunshine, right?
Why did I want to get you a present? Well, that's a silly question, don't you think? It was your birthday. I wanted to get you something...
College began almost two weeks ago. It was pretty much how I expected it to be. There's a ton of work to do and to study, but I've made a study schedule so I mainly do everything within the deadline, so nothing much to talk about here. And I've met interesting people here, they are on some classes I am, so we had a connection... of some kind. Nah, they're all right, really!
Okay, enough beating around the bush. When I read the letter and listened to the tape, I felt... Gosh, how can I put this into words... Absolutely incredible. I was so shocked and happy and amazed and dumbfounded that I didn't know what to do with myself. Thank you, Usagi-chan, thank you so much, you have absolutely no idea what you did. When I heard all those noises I'd almost forgotten, I felt so at home that it was incredible. I had such a hard time convincing myself that I'm not in Tokyo, you wouldn't believe. And I can't believe what an interesting lesson you've taped at my college! Gosh, Usako, I wish you were here right now, I couldn't possibly convey how I feel to you by a letter... Thank you, so much... For doing such a thing for me, that nobody's ever done and just to make me happy! Well, I can say I am happy, very happy...
Another thing that tape did to me was reminding me how I miss everything. After I'd finished listening to it, I got so homesick that all I wanted to do was wake up in Tokyo, go over to the arcade, then go to work, meet my colleagues, go back to the arcade and meet you... God, I miss teasing you. I've never thought I'd say this, but I miss you... kind of...
So, Ami-chan's got a boyfriend... Well, I'm glad for her, she deserves someone nice! I was sorry she was so shy to show affection to anybody... Well, congratulate her! And, I got a hunch somebody's jealous of Ami-chan having a boyfriend, eh? Well, well, maybe if you stop munching on so much ice cream every day, someone might notice you behind all those empty glasses of ice-cream sundaes and milkshakes! Well, only if you manage to tear yourself apart from them, that is...
Well, I've got to go now, tomorrow's a long day! See ya later!
Mamoru
End of ChapterThree -
Well, that's all, folk! See ya in a zillion years when I post another chapter of this story! Take care!
Sabreen