Sixteen Sixteen Sixteen! I am Sixteen! I got my permit! In addition, I have almost completed driver's Ed! So if you live in Massachusetts then watch out cause I'll be a flying talking donkey!
Point of No Return
Sohma Estate
Haru's POV
'I don't expect you to wait for me.' … 'I'll understand'
"What is this crap! Talk about mixed messages." I rubbed the sides of my head before stuffing my hands in my pockets.
"What do you mean Haru?" Momiji sat in a chair across from me.
"Have you ever even had a girl friend before?" I asked. I had to talk to someone and, Momiji was the only person around. Even if he had no idea what he was talking about.
"Well, not exactly. But I know Kyra so I might be able to help you understand." I looked at him skeptically but gave in.
"Ok fine here." I handed him the letter Kyra had given me two weeks before. I had been pondering by myself for so long I had decided to recruit help. He read for a few minutes before his brow furrowed. "Well?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe she was expecting to meet someone in Greece and didn't want to feel attached to you." My heart plummeted. I had thought of the same thing to but I had been denying the chance.
"Do you really think so?" I could hear my own desperation.
"Well it wasn't really like you were going out anyway remember? You were separated."
"Yeah but we seemed to be getting back together. I mean in the event that one of us even spoke to a member of the opposite sex the other became extremely jealous. When Jackie showed interest in me, Kyra freaked and when Jacob showed some in her I almost tore his head off. That does not sound like separated to me."
"True… but you never really saw each other outside of school nor have you gone on dates."
"We saw each other at the dojo."
"That does not count as a date." His matter-of-fact tone almost made me laugh.
"Does walking to and from school count?"
"Sometimes but you never did that. We always walked in a group. A date-ish walk would be if you were by yourselves."
"How did you become so wise in the ways of dating when you've never been on one?"
"I said I had never had a girlfriend. That does not mean I have never been on a date." He lifted his eyebrows suggestively at me and I felt a wave of shock make my ears turn red. Instead of showing it, I punched him in the shoulder. "Ouch that hurt! Fine I don't have to share with you my secret hand book." He stood to leave but I was driven.
"No wait I'm sorry for hitting you. It is just really creepy when one guy looks at another guy like that. Wiggling of the eyebrows needs to stay in cheesy movies." He raised his eyebrows at me.
"Ok, so where to begin…"
Greece
Kyra's POV
The yacht cut through the water like it was butter. Yet again, I thought about jumping overboard and swimming to shore but my 'body guard' was ever watchful.
"Nice day today Miss Titsugumi," he stated monotony. His name was Rob and he was eighteen as well as muscular. My father felt that I might be more comfortable with a guy near my own age watching out for me. I haven't decided if I feel more comfortable with him yet but at least he's polite.
"Another beautiful day in paradise," I replied sarcastically. He smiled crookedly. Ever since we arrived in Greece, I had barely seen my father. He was busy so I was left to my own devices almost everyday. My activities tended to lean towards working on my tan and going for long walks, which Rob accompanied me wherever I went. However, when we did see each other anyone could see the tension. "So what do you want to do today Rob?"
"What ever you want to do Miss Titsugumi," he turned his gaze back out to the water and it glistened off his sunglasses.
"Really, stop calling me that. My name is Kyra." His formalness was excruciatingly annoying. "If we are going to be connected at the hip for two months I would prefer that you would call me by my first name. We might stick out if you keep calling me Miss Titsugumi." I wasn't shy around him because I didn't think of him in terms of a person my own age. I thought of him as a shadow with feelings. Since I was left to my own devices, my anger had been simmering for the last two weeks. I didn't want to be here, even if it was beautiful. It was normal for me to snap at Rob for pointless things but he didn't seem to care.
"I could get fired for that," he said truthfully. My live nerves made me reckless.
"Live dangerously," I whispered into his ear then I kissed his cheek. As I slid, back down I glanced through a window of the ship and saw my father's yuppie staring at us. I smiled and sent him a finger wave at him before turning back to the ocean. Rob had frozen on the spot. After a few seconds, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me out of the sight of the stooge.
"Why did you do that?" He took off his sunglasses. His eyes were crystal blue and wary.
"I felt like it." I shrugged and went to walk away abut he grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. I tripped over my own feet and smacked into hiss chest. I cringed on the inside waiting for him to transform into and animal of the Zodiac. Sohma men where that first and only men I had ever hugged. When Rob didn't transform I felt a sense of let down. He still gripped my shoulder but I didn't really care.
"Do you always do what you feel like?" His eyes searched mine and I felt uneasy. I wasn't sure how to answer. I lipped my dry lips before answering.
"Usually." We both stood motionless for a few moments before he made up his mind.
"Does that give me permission to do what I want?"
"Sometimes."
"Like when."
"If you feel strongly enough about it." With that statement, I pulled out of his grasp and walked back to my cabin. This is going to be a long two months.
Sohma Estate
Hatori's POV
"Where is she?" Akito asked.
"She left for the summer with her father." I replied as Akito's face darkened.
"Why am I just learning of this?" A vein in his forehead pulsated wildly.
"I just found out myself. I would have told you sooner but I didn't know."
"When she returns I want to see her as soon as possible." I nodded and left the room. I walked down the hall and turned into my office. Blindly I picked up my phone.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?"
"You need to protect her."
"Hatori? Is that you?"
"Yes, Akito just learned of her trip and he was not happy. Kyra has been summoned my Akito the second she returns."
I think that was a good chapter. What's going to happen next? You'll just have to read on!
