Story Ten: Hamsters, Goldfish, and Cap Erasers
(This is an alternate universe, aka AU fic)
"I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY!" yelled the seven-year old, rooster-headed boy. The elder kids sneered at the child's helplessness and rage, as they squished him into his seat on the school bus, and demanded his lunch money.
It was Sanosuke's second week at school, and already he had made enemies with nearly every kid in the district. Throwing food, punches, insults, chalk, and even large pinecones at numerous people (including teachers) had earned him the official title as the most monstrous brat around.
In fact, a few days before; Sano's Math teacher, Sayo Amakusa, had told him to correct the addition problem upon the board. Sano had waltzed up the aisle, making sure to make a scene as he did so (stepping on feet, grinning widely). Amakusa-sensei couldn't see this, since the desks were concealing the children's feet; but when she handed Sano the chalk he was to use, she let out a horrified scream when Sano popped it into his mouth and swallowed it.
Most of the class had burst out laughing; but Miss Sayo thought it remotely funny. She ordered him to go to the office immediately, which Sano did without complaint. On his way, he had knocked on every door, and hid inside the elevator to watch the teachers look confusedly out in the hallway, wondering who had knocked.
To top it off, Sano had to wait for the principle. He sat on the bench in the office, swinging his skinny legs back and forth; until he spotted the fish tank across the room. Making sure the secretary was not watching, Sanosuke crept up to the tank. He peered inside, pressing his nose against the glass; peering curiously at the swimming creatures...until he got another idea.
Climbing atop a nearby chair, Sano promptly had stuck his hand in the tank. He fished around, until he caught a small yellow fish in his fingers. "HEY!" he shouted at the secretary, who nearly died of a heart attack. "LOOK AT ME!" Sanosuke then promptly looked skywards, opened his mouth, and ate the poor fish whole.
Let's just say that chalk and fish don't mix, because minutes later (after the secretary had awoken from her faint and started yelling for the principle and the nurse) Sanosuke felt very sick. Without further ado, just as the nurse came into the office; he threw up on the office floor.
"AAAH!" yelled the secretary, whose name was Tae Sekihara.
"Oh my," said the nurse; whose name was Tomoe Yukishiro. She looked mildly surprised; but after two weeks of enduring Sanosuke's antics and their results, she wasn't too shocked.
Sanosuke thought it was the funniest thing ever. Wiping his mouth on his little sleeve, he then threw his head back and laughed like a maniac. He laughed until the principle's office door opened, and to Sanosuke's pleasure, out stepped Principle Hiko.
"You again," Hiko had growled in his profound voice, as though he and Sano were long-time enemies.
"Me again!" Sano shouted proudly, throwing his hands up into the air.
Hiko sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Miss Tomoe, take him and patch him up. After that, have him come and see me. Miss Tae, have the janitor come..."
"Yes, sir," they both replied, and the matter was settled. Sort of. Sano didn't stop there...then again, he never stopped anywhere. But I won't go any further, for it's the present I wish to write of.
When Sano had boarded the bus one particular day, he had decided to be bold and sit a little further into the back of the bus than he usually did. That decision had gotten him into the situation he was in now.
"What you mean by that?" an older kid snickered, upon hearing Sano's denial of owning any lunch money. "Little twits like you can't go without your naps and teddy bears, least of all your lunch."
Sanosuke had enough. He was sick of them pushing his head downwards by placing a hand on his spiky mop of hair, and sick of them bothering him at all. Without really considering the consequences, Sano whipped his head around and gave his restraint a good chomp.
"UWAAAH!" yelled the bitten teen. "HE BIT MY FINGER! IT'S BLEEDING!"
Sanosuke bared his teeth angrily, to prevent any more attempts to restrain him. Hugging his backpack to his chest, Sano stood, and got out of his seat, but not before giving the screaming teen a good kick in the leg.
" Moron," Sano spat, strutting back up the aisle. Every eye was upon him; fortunately, the bus driver was too busy listening to an incoming message from the bus garage to notice much. Sanosuke took a seat, right next to a pretty raven-haired girl.
Expertly ignoring the little girl, Sano raised his chin high and jutted out his bottom lip, refusing to look at her. Of all the dumb things... Sano thought, exasperated, I had t'sit by a girl!
"Hi."
Oh no! Sano thought desperately. She's talking to me! It's the end! "Hi," he replied shortly, stealing a quick glance at the unwanted speaker.
She was nearly as tall as he, about the same age, too. She had slinky black hair that reached to her hips, and big maroon eyes that looked at Sano curiously. Her little mouth was twisted into a nervous expression, and she kept a Bratz backpack in her lap. Her black skirt and blue top added to her girly atmosphere, and her little white shoes knocked rhythmically together as she waited for Sano to say something more.
WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS SEAT? Sanosuke screamed inside his head, desperately trying to keep himself expressionless.
"My name's Megumi Takani," the girl said after a moment, realizing Sano was refusing to speak.
"I'm Sanosuke Sagara," Sano replied sheepishly, looking down at his backpack.
Megumi smirked slightly. Sano took another glance; yes—she smirked. Intimidated, Sano thought to himself, Girls don't smirk. They smile like dummies and giggle. Why is she smirking at me? Is she really a girl? AAH! WHAT IF SHE'S AN ALIEN? She could be part of some evil plan to take over the world, and suck our human brains! She's out for some science experiment on Mars! Oh my gosh, I'm dead meat—I'm sitting next to an alien! ALIENS! I have to warn everybody before she knows that I know who she really is, and brainwashes me! What do I do? WhatdoIdowhatdoIdowhadoIdo!
"Um, are you okay?" Megumi asked him. "You're making all these funny faces."
Sanosuke flushed pink. "Um—what?" he stammered, looking at Megumi in a clueless manner.
"You're making faces!" Megumi repeated. "Like this." She tightened her lips, narrowing her eyes, and scrunching up her nose, giving her a rather agitated look.
There was a little silence. And then, "H…heh, heh…ha…hahaha!" Sano started to laugh; and before Megumi could help it, so did she. They laughed themselves silly, until neither could breathe; so they had to stop.
"Oh my gosh..." Sanosuke wiped the tears from his eyes. "You're not so bad, after all..."
"Did you think I'd be bad?" Megumi asked, frowning slightly. "I'm not an alien, or anything."
Sanosuke stared at her, until he let himself sigh in relief. "Good...that's good t'know... man, from the way you were lookin' at me, I thought you were one..." Ducking Megumi's Bratz bag as she swung it at him, Sano cried, "What was that for? I was payin' you a compliment!"
"It's not nice to say you thought someone's an alien!" Megumi cried, offended. She replaced her book bag on her lap, and continued, "I mean, if I were to say something like that; I'd say you look like a chicken because of your hair! Are you a chicken, Sanosuke?"
Sanosuke was outraged. "No!"
"Then you see what I mean!" Megumi sniffed, upset. She looked out the window and refused to talk to Sano anymore.
Unsure of what to do now, Sano continued to stare at her. He was hoping she'd turn around and say something like, "It's okay. Never mind," but she didn't. He waited, and waited... but she still ignored him.
"Hey!" Sanosuke yelled at her. "It's not nice to ignore people!"
Megumi didn't answer. Sano glared at her. "You're awful," he said at last, and looked away. Dumb girls... he thought. Right when ya think you found a normal one, they do something really weird...
"Hey, Sanosuke..."
Sano twitched when he heard Megumi speak. He turned to give her an evil look. "What?" he said levelly, but the irritation seeped through quite obviously.
"Are you going to apologize to me, or what, silly?" Megumi growled, glaring back with equal ferocity.
Sano looked shock. "Say sorry? To an alien? I don't think so!" He folded his arms over his chest, looking away insolently.
"YOU'RE MEAN!" Megumi shouted, and half the bus looked over at them.
Unlike Megumi, Sano didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed that everyone was looking at them. He liked attention, of all sorts. Standing up in his seat, Sanosuke held up a cap eraser. "BETCHA I CAN EAT THIS AND LIVE!" he shouted.
Megumi gasped. "You can't eat an eraser! You'll choke!"
"Since when are you a doctor?" Sanosuke muttered to her, and then lifted the eraser high above his mouth so everyone could see him eat it. Megumi tried to stop him, but Sano pushed her away and swallowed the erasing device without another thought.
Sanosuke grinned, proud of his achievement; but then felt a peculiar and frightening sensation in his throat. He frowned slightly, sitting down in his seat. It was hard to breathe, and Sano began to get scared as he realized that perhaps, erasers were too big for him to swallow.
"Sanosuke...?" Megumi whispered, afraid at Sano's horrified expression.
It hit him all at once. He was choking. Trying furiously to breathe, tears came to his eyes as Sanosuke began to gag and choke loudly. He tore at his throat, writhing in his seat as he tried to get the eraser out of him.
"SANOSUKE!" Megumi screamed, pushing past him and running to the front. "MRS. KAMIYA! SANOSUKE'S CHOKING!"
Kaoru Kamiya, the bus driver, pulled over immediately. Racing to the choking boy, she took one glance at him and the picked him up from the seat. Proceeding into the Heimlich maneuver, Kaoru attempted to make Sano cough up the eraser. "What did he swallow?" she demanded of Megumi.
"A-An eraser..." Megumi sobbed. She had begun to cry seconds ago, afraid that her new friend was to never know that she was sorry for yelling at him.
"You, teenagers! Anyone of you got a cell phone? Call an ambulance!" Kaoru barked to the back of the bus, and immediately, a girl flipped open her phone and dialed 911.
Kaoru did everything she could in attempt to give Sanosuke air, or free his throat from the eraser. Already, Sano had been choking for over two minutes. The sirens of an ambulance split the air, and in seconds, men from the hospital had taken Sanosuke from Mrs. Kamiya and rushed him into the ambulance vehicle. Sanosuke had lost consciousness seconds before.
"Sanosuke..." Megumi collapsed into her seat, hugging her knees to her chest. She wasn't sure what to do; tears were spilling from her eyes. An older girl came to sit with her—until Megumi realized that it wasn't a girl, but a boy.
Soujirou Seta patted her back, whispering, "It's okay, Megumi-chan. I'm sure Sanosuke-chan will be just fine."
"B-but..." Megumi let out another sob. "...I didn't even g-get to say that I was s-sorry...what if he doesn't come back? I had a h-hamster once that didn't come back when I let it o-out in the yard...I thought it l-loved me, but it never came b-back..."
Soujirou looked down sadly at the little girl. After a moment, he said softly, "Sanosuke-chan will come back, Megumi-chan. I've seen how he acts, and I know that just because he's been let loose...it doesn't mean he'll run away, like your hamster."
"Promise?" Megumi whispered, looking up at Soujirou with begging eyes.
Unsure of how to tell her this, Soujirou crouched down so that Megumi could lean her head against his shoulder. "Megumi-chan...sometimes, your hamster may run away, but it won't leave you forever."
"What do you mean?" Megumi asked softly, eyes wide.
"I mean," Soujirou whispered, "You may not see Sanosuke-chan for a while, but he'll be thinking about you." The tears began again, and all the way to school, they flooded Megumi's cheeks and dampened her blue blouse. Her hamster had run away.
Seven years later...
Sanosuke shifted in his sleep, brow furrowing as the insistent beeping of his alarm clock went right through his head. It seemed so loud in comparison to the quiet house. Swearing softly, Sano got up on his hands and knees to look at the clock tiredly. 6:15. A little over a half-hour before the bus arrived.
After stretching, the fourteen-year-old Sanosuke Sagara crawled out of bed. Before he could put two thoughts together, Sano's bare foot had landed on his skateboard. His feet flew out from beneath him, and Sanosuke fell flat on his face with a: "Crap—!"
Who put the stupid skateboard in my way? Sanosuke growled, irritated. He looked up from the carpet dizzily, and as his eyes focused, Sano saw his book bag lying strewn on the floor a few feet away.
Getting up and arranging his school items (rather, just tossing them inside and not caring in what order they happen to fall in), Sanosuke paused when he came upon a familiar object.
A cap eraser. Sanosuke remembered the day he had choked on such a thing, of how frightened he had been. He remembered Megumi's traumatized expression, and Mrs. Kamiya trying to save him...and then nothing.
He had woken in the hospital...he didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he was beyond relief when he found he could breathe normally. His mother and father were in the room, exclaiming their joy. Sanosuke had been attacked by kisses from his mom, and afterwards received a good talking-to from his father. But Sano figured his dad still loved him...of course.
Sanosuke sighed at the memory, tossing the eraser aside. Sano grabbed some jeans—whether they had already been worn, Sano didn't care—and a white T-shirt. After rummaging around for some underclothes and socks, Sanosuke left his bedroom to creep quietly to the bathroom, so not to awaken his parents or little sister.
Ten minutes later, Sano emerged from the bathroom, dressed and ready for school. His hair was as spiky and ruffled as ever, but Sano didn't give a care. He paused, glanced at the mirror, and simply quirked an eyebrow.
"I really gotta get a haircut," Sanosuke mumbled to himself, scratching the back of his head sheepishly. His hair was hanging down his neck, but didn't reach his shoulders. Narrowing his eyes, Sanosuke sighed at the hopeless mop of brunette that lived atop his skull.
When the school bus finally came to stop at Sano's house, he ran out the front door with his backpack bouncing as he jogged to the bus, his long legs carrying him across the yard without difficulty.
He came on the bus, determined to solve his first priority: finding a seat. Scanning the rowdy bunch of kids, Sano decided to sit in the middle of the bus. There was only one empty seat, so Sano took it. Plopping down, Sano tossed his bag aside. He jumped when he heard a startled yelp, whirling around to find that someone, indeed, was sitting there.
Throwing his pack back at him (Sanosuke caught it); Sano was embarrassed but pleased to find Takani Megumi sitting there. She had been slumped down in her seat, her knees pressed against the back of the next seat, reading a book. Her hair had been ruffled from the surprise attack, and she had a fiery and irritated look in her cinnamon eyes that Sanosuke had always found attractive.
"You idiot!" Megumi barked, fixing her hair crossly. "As if being a disgrace to humanity wasn't enough, you had to go and smack me with your backpack!"
Sanosuke wasn't the slightest bit insulted. "Hey, Fox, it's kinda hard to see you when you're all hunkered down in your den. Don't blame me if I come steppin' on you."
Megumi scowled. "You had to sit here, didn't you?"
"Well, yeah!" Sanosuke said enthusiastically, scooting closer and putting his arm around Megumi's shoulders. He felt her freeze like ice against his touch. "How can I not want to be around the hot stuff that saved my life?"
"For the last time," Megumi growled, "I did not save your life! Mrs. Kamiya did, and at some point, someone would have noticed that you were choking, anyways." She nudged him. "Get off me."
Sanosuke withdrew, putting his hand over his heart as though injured. "Why, Meg...I never knew you were so heartless! You've broken me."
"I really will break you if you don't go away," Megumi snapped, picking up her book.
Seconds later, Megumi found that Sanosuke had scooted over to her again. Pressing the side of his face to hers, so that he could see the pages of the book, he asked, "Ooh, whatcha readin'?"
Megumi leaned away uncomfortably. "...Chronicles of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader...why?"
"Man, why do you read that stuff?" Sano asked, looking at her strangely. "Why not read stuff that's interesting?"
"It is interesting!" Megumi replied sharply.
Sanosuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah, if you're a centaur."
"Then what do you propose I read?" Megumi sighed, marking her page and giving Sanosuke a look.
Sanosuke's lips twitched into a smirk. "Naruto's pretty good..."
"Yeah, sure..." Megumi's eyes narrowed. "If you're a pervert, and like watching guys use ninjutsu to appear as naked girls."
A light pink arose to Sano's cheeks. "Well, then...Yu Yu Hakusho's a good series."
"The main character flips skirts," Megumi pointed out. "And touches things he shouldn't."
The pink grew darker. "How about Dragon Ball Z?"
"That's for weak little boys who wish they weren't," Megumi replied. "Besides, the guys on the show look like Arnold Swartznegger that stuck a fork into an electric socket."
Sanosuke grew red, and yelled, "That's not true! Well, then—how about... about... er... what else is there?"
"Fruits Basket," Megumi said with a victorious smile. "Hikaru No Go, Wolf's Rain, Cardcaptor Sakura--"
"Yeah," Sanosuke growled, cutting her off. "Tokyo Mew Mew, and Pokemon, too."
Megumi sighed, rolling her eyes. "You're just a stupid boy," she snapped. "What can you know? You're so full of yourself..." Megumi promptly opened the book again, beginning to read and disregarding Sanosuke again.
"You're ig-nor-ing meee...!" Sanosuke sang, poking Megumi in the side of the head. Her left eye twitched, but she said nothing. Sanosuke poked her in the arm this time, a little harder. Megumi's eyes twitched again.
Finding this very amusing, Sano continued to jab Megumi—in the neck, cheek, ear, arm, wrist, forearm, chin, and nose. Megumi was growing more and more irritated, and Sanosuke finally decided to pull a finale with the scenario, and grabbed Megumi's thigh.
"PERVERT!" Megumi smacked him with the Chronicles of Narnia—a very large book with all seven novels in one—causing Sanosuke's backpack to drop into the aisle.
Amidst laughing like crazy, Sanosuke bent over to pick up his bag, and gathering the few materials that had fallen out. One of them caught his eye, and he slapped his hand over it to prevent it from rolling away. He sat upright, grinning at the blushing Megumi. "Hey, Megumi," he teased, holding up a green cap eraser. "Betcha I can eat this and live!"
A look of anger and fear joined the redness of Megumi's face. "Don't you dare!" she screamed, but Sanosuke had already popped the eraser into his mouth, and swallowed it.
"AAAH!" Megumi screamed. "Sano, you moron!"
Sanosuke's face took a terrifying shade of scarlet, as his lips parted and his jaw dropped, tremors shaking his entire body as his lips gasped for air. Megumi cried out, grabbing Sano by the shoulders and shaking him in fear, babbling frightened nonsense as she attempted to make Sanosuke cough the eraser up.
And then he grinned. Megumi froze. Sano's smirk grew wider, and he stuck out his tongue to reveal a green cap eraser perched on its tip. Megumi's jaw dropped in shock, but she quickly recovered as she gave Sanosuke a four-star slap across the face.
"You stupid, stupid jerk!" Megumi yelled, clenching her fists as Sano began to laugh again. "How could you do that to me! Making me relive—that!"
His amusement fading a bit, Sanosuke smiled and asked, "So, you were actually worried about me?"
"Duh, you bonehead!" Megumi scowled. "Even though you're a procrastinating delinquent with rampaging hormones, you're still my friend. And, you scared me half to death—again!"
Sano was silent a moment, peering at the upset girl sitting next to him. Megumi leaned against the window, looking miserable. Huh, Sano thought, scooting closer to the foxy girl. I did really scare her, didn't I? The image of little Megumi's face when Sano had swallowed that eraser seven years ago; her frightened features, her pretty wine-red eyes wide… If she had been a second late in telling Kamiya-san that Sano was choking, Sanosuke Sagara might not have been sitting there, seven years later, to think about it.
"Hmph," Sano mumbled, scooting even closer to Megumi. Considering to speak, Sanosuke paused when he saw something upon the bus floor. He bent down and picked it up, nudging Megumi politely and holding it out to her.
Megumi glanced over, surprised to find that Sanosuke was giving her Chronicles of Narnia back; for she had dropped it in horror when Sano had pretended to choke. Mumbling thanks, Megumi took her book from his hands, and set it inside her pack.
She said nothing other. Sano sighed—Megumi was just as complicated when it came to apology as she was years ago, if not more. And Sano was just as bad as apologizing, something he desperately need to learn of how.
Daring to poke Megumi once more in the arm, Sanosuke wrinkled his nose at her when she turned her head to give him a glare. "Sorry," he growled, resenting Megumi for making him say the blasted word.
Knowing he was being honest—as she knew better than anyone of Sanosuke's anti-attitude towards decent manners—Megumi smiled and nodded. A silence passed between the two teens, until Megumi spoke. "You know, Sano, I don't think I've ever been more frightened in my life than when you choked that day."
Sanosuke didn't bother to interrupt. Megumi looked at him and continued, "I was so scared something might happen to you, and I'd never see you again to tell you I wasn't mad at you anymore."
Blushing a little, Sano asked with a short laugh, "What were you mad about, anyways?"
"You called me an alien."
That certainly sounded like something Sanosuke would say. He grinned, laughing, "Well, I can definitely see of where exactly I got that from…you're weirder than you were then…"
"You're the one who eats erasers, and if I heard correctly, goldfish and chalk, too," Megumi shot back. When Sano only gave a completely unembarrassed shrug, she sighed and said, "You are such a moron. I don't know why I put up with you."
Grinning again, Sanosuke made sure to lean really close to Megumi's face when he chanted, "It's 'cause you liiiiiiike meee…"
Megumi shoved him away, scowling again. "Oh, just go away. It's because of you hanging all over me that I can never get a boyfriend."
"Ooh, snap," Sano teased, "you found me out! Now that you know, I might as well tell you that it was me who beat Yukishiro to a pulp when he wanted to ask you to the dance last week. And it was me who locked Himura in the dumpster yesterday. Oh yah, and I'm the one who put that poster of Kamatari in a bikini in Shinomori's locker…"
"Aoshi-kun and Kenshin-kun don't even like me!" Megumi yelped, blushing furiously. "Why in the world—"
"Yeah, I did that so they would know not to put a move on you even if they did," Sanosuke announced smugly. "Tho' I kinda feel bad for Himura… we had pancakes, syrup, and hash browns for lunch that day…"
"Yes, well, poor Aoshi-kun happened to be talking to Misao-chan when he opened his locker to find that monstrosity…" Megumi muttered, rubbing her temple. "What in the world were you doing with that ugly—?"
Sano smirked wide, laughing. "I made it on the computer… Shinomori probably liked it, anyways…"
"You be quiet!" Megumi shouted, giving him a slap on the arm.
"No," Sanosuke growled obnoxiously. "And why do you call Himura and Shinomori 'kun'? Why don't I get a 'kun'? Geez, for as long as we've been friends I'd think you'd at least call me 'Sanosuke-sama'… I've tried twice as hard as Shinomori and yet he has Misao clinging to his ankle and sama-ing the house down…"
"I'd kill myself before I called you 'sama'," Megumi muttered, but Sano heard her.
"You're awful to me," Sanosuke whined, leaning his head on Megumi's shoulder. "I try to be good to you, and protect you from prissy pretty-boys, but you still ignore me and treat me like dirt…" Seeing Megumi's jaded expression, Sanosuke narrowed his eyes and growled, "It's Himura, isn't it? He's the one who's bothering you? Damn pansy; wait 'till I get a-hold a him…"
Megumi looked at the muttering boy propped up against her side, and snapped, "Don't you dare hurt Kenshin-kun again, Sanosuke! It was at least an hour before someone came and rescued the poor boy when you put him in the dumpster! And he didn't even do anything."
Sano was silent. "Well, he had lotsa lunch money…" he said at last.
"You took his money!" Megumi sighed, sliding down in her seat in hopelessness. Sanosuke remained resting on her shoulder, watching every expression cross Megumi's face with fascination. At last, Megumi looked over at him, and asked, "What am I going to do with you, Sano?"
She didn't have to wait long for his reply. "I won't tie Himura to the top of the gym rope if you'll be my girlfriend."
Megumi laughed, and Sano frowned at her. "Do you have to threaten me every time you want something?"
"I'll eat three cap erasers at the same time if you say no."
Megumi glared at him as Sano grinned happily. "You're a bad hamster," she muttered, and Sanosuke's gleeful expression turned into one of confusion.
"I've been compared to a lotta things, but I sure ain't no hamster," he growled, looking at Megumi curiously. He looked even more perplexed when Megumi laughed, and rested her head on Sano's own. Pleased, but still mystified, Sanosuke asked, "I don't get it."
"You wouldn't, anyways," Megumi smiled, catching sight of Soujirou Seta, who was now a senior, smiling in their direction.
OWARI.
MadiSano: Ahaha...yeah...this isn't my best work, but I thought it had some cute moments and just the image of a flustered chibi Sano sitting next to little Megumi on the bus seemed so cute:) ...I am a basketcase. Darnit. Ah well, I thought this series could use a lighter change...there's not a oneshot in here without some form of angst or seriousness. This one was a lot lighter, and written REALLY casually. Not to mention it's under-detailed. So yah...please don't get mad. LOL!
Up next, I decided to write Crewel's request! WONDERFUL idea! She gave me an awesome idea! I like it a lot. Sano wants to ask Megumi to marry him, but he's too shy! I added the next part...so, he goes to Kenshin for help. (awkward silence) Sanosuke goes through Hell and back, trying to figure out how exactly to propose to the Fox and make it special for her; enduring Kenshin's play-acting and Tae's horrendous outfits, not to mention excessive research on romance that goes a little... awkward... Heh, since I posted a fic that I think could've been better, I'll update really soon on the next shot. To make up for it. Please review, only if you like what I've written...ack I feel lazy and undeserving. (slaps forehead)
PS: Lara, concerning your request...what do you mean by 'pleasant'? (giggles, fox ears sprout)
