Raye was still trying to register what was going on when Yuuchiro started driveing. Raye's heart was drumming furiously in her chest, far more than it did when she saw Mamoru.
'This is so weird, I thought I liked Mamoru...that's exactly it, I just LIKE him, I don't love him...but...I can't love...Yuuchiro...it'd be too...weird' Raye thought.
"We are going to stop at the Crown Arcade first." Yuuchiro spoke a moment later.
"W-why?"
"For ice cream."
"kay'..."
"Is something wrong? You aren't acting like yourself, Raye."
"Uh...n-nothing's wrong, Yuuchiro! Why would anything be wrong? Heheha..."
Yuuchiro just frowned unbeleiveingly as he pulled up to the crown arcade.
He got out of the car and walked around to open the door for Raye.
The two entered the arcade un-noticed by the people occupied with their food or games.
As they approached the counter, Raye's mind left Yuuchiro and began on Usagi.
'I can't beleive so much has happened to her in such a short time, it must be heart-wrenching. Poor Usagi-chan...I shouldn't be here, I should be home with her...But gods forbid, that Yuuchiro took us home, noooo we had to come HERE...'
"Come on, they'll bring us our food in a minute..." Yuuchiro's voice brought Raye back to realizing he was there.
Yuuchiro led Raye over to a booth in the back of the arcade near a huge window.
"Uh...why'd we have to come back here? There are more open seats near the front..." Raye nervously replied as Yuuchiro slid into the seat across from her.
"I don't know...I just picked a seat..."
A waitress came over to them with their food and they began to eat.
Yuuchiro kept on trying to make eye-contact but Raye contantly looked away.
When they finished eating Raye looked outside, the sun was setting and she remembere dhow the shrine looked beautiful when the sun set.
"Well, I guess it's time to go!" Raye spoke in an abnormaly cheery and loud voice as she stood up from the table and put money under her plate with the bill for the food.
"Wait, Raye, I was going to pay for i-No no, don't worry about it Yuuchiro, lets just go home!" Raye's abnormal voice boomed out, cutting off what Yuuchiro was about to say.
Raye scooted from her seat and swiftly began to walk away, Yuuchiro scrambled out of his seat and after her calling her name.
Every one in the arcade was watrching this entertaining "couple" with intrest. The only sounds in the arcade now were from the games that were left un-occupied for the moment and the noise that Raye and Yuuchiro were makeing.
Raye turned around to speak to Yuuchiro when Yuuchiro at the worst of times she could have picked. Yuuchiro wasn't paying attention to where he was running and ran passed a "CAUTION, WET FLOOR" sign set up on the floor.
What happened next inspired talk of what had happened in the arcade for the next week and a half.
Yuuchiro slipped and fell on Raye, his body landing directly on top of hers,crushing her body against the floor, his lips pressed into Raye's.
Raye's mind was buzzing, they lay on the floor for one second like this, before Raye's mind returned to her.
Raye tried to move but couldn't under the weight of Yuuchiro, Yuuchiro sensed this and stood up.
Once Raye was able to stand, every muscle in her body sore, she moved in on Yuuchiro. Raye raised her hand and slapped him across the face.
"You...you...YOU! WHAT THE HELL? DAMN YOU!"
"Uh...s-sorry RAYE! I tripped and- YOU COULD HAVE MOVED, DAMN IT!" Raye boomed through the arcade.
"We...w...we should have just gone home...back to the shrine..." Raye spoke in a watery voice.
Tears began to form in her eyes and she turned and ran from the arcade so Yuuchiro couldn't see, but was too late, he saw...
"Raye..." Yuuchiro whispered. Then he took off after her.
At the Hikawa shrine Raye raced down the hall and into her room, slaming the shouji screen behind her. She had managed to avoid seeing grandpa.
"I slapped Yuuchiro! I can't beleive I slapped him!" Raye spoke, collapsing on her bed with violent sob's.
I know, kind of short, but oh-well. I hope you enjoyed it, read and reveiw please!
Silver Carnation