Prom Night and More
"Do you think I
should wear the lighter blue necklace…or the dark blue Kyoko?"
Kaname asked as she held a necklace in each hand looking at them
both. Kyoko shrugged and smiled a little.
"I don't know
Kaname…wear what ever you want to…I like the dark blue but it's
totally up to you…" Kyoko had a light green dress on and her
normal hair ribbons but it still looked great. She had taken off her
glasses and put in contacts just for tonight though. She had gotten
Shinji Kazuma to go with her to the prom and he would be arriving at
Kaname's apartment to get her soon. Kaname sighed putting on the
dark blue necklace and fixing her hair one last time and looked at
the clock.
"Those two will be here any minute now…" She
said getting up and walking over to the door. Kyoko followed and
nodded happily.
Sousuke was in his apartment talking with
Mao who had flown in for a check on him the day before she had been
staying with him for about a week now and would be leaving the next
day. She handed him a suit jacket and a tie and smiled.
"You're
gonna look great sergeant" She winked and poked him.
Sousuke
blinked putting the jacket on and then looking at the tie for a few
seconds. Mao tilted her head looking at him.
"Don't know how
to tie it?" She asked as she looked at him curiously.
"It's
not that…" He said blinking as he put the tie on tying it
perfectly.
"Then what's
wrong?" Mao said sitting down backwards on a chair in his kitchen
area staring at him.
"I…don't know….I just had an odd
feeling about tonight……" He said as he fixed the sleeves of the
suit jacket and looked at Mao with his infamous look of near
confusion.
"…I don't know…but you should wear a tux more
often you look great…." She said staring at him. Sousuke looked
at her and blinked. She smiled a bit and looked at the clock.
"It's time for you to go…don't worry I'll be here with my
lovely canned crab…" She said smiling as she walked over to the
can opener. Sousuke shook his head at her statement and then nodded
as he walked out the door holding a rose in his hand that Mao
suggested that he take with him. Sousuke took a deep breath before
opening the door and heading to Kaname's apartment. Mao had driven
a car in for him to take her in.
Hearing foot steps Kaname held her ear against the door and looked at Kyoko. "He's here!" She said almost feeling herself get a little excited. Kyoko nodded and smiled as she got her camera ready she herself couldn't wait to see what Sousuke looked like tonight. She had seen him in a suit once before when they had followed Kaname to an amusement park but really didn't get a good look at him since she was busy watching Kaname and Senior Fuwa just as much as he was. There was a knock on Kaname's apartment door about thirty seconds later.
"Three…" Kaname started a countdown. "Two!" Kyoko added in. "ONE!" They both said together as they opened the door. A few seconds after a bright flash of light filled the air followed by a beep. Kaname shielded her eyes but Sousuke didn't appear to be affected by it at all. Kyoko looked at the picture she had just taken with her camera and giggled.
"Good
Evening…Kaname" Sousuke said nodding to her. Kaname smiled a bit
and hugged him. She was hesitant at first knowing Kyoko was there but
did it anyway after a short battle in her mind. Sousuke hugged her
back and looked at Kyoko who was smiling at them.
"You are
such a cute couple!" She said taking another picture. Sousuke
sighed and shook his head looking at Kyoko as Kaname let go of him
and took his hand.
"Let's go Mr. Otaku!" She said as she
laughed. Sousuke looked at her and nodded a little swallowing hard as
he was still a little nervous about the whole dancing aspect of it
all.
Kyoko waved at Kaname and smiled she was waiting for Kazuma
to get her from Kaname's apartment. Sousuke led Kaname down to the
car. She sure hoped he would drive more calmly than he did during
that time he had told her why he was following her before the first
time she had seen him pilot an arm slave. He opened the door for her
keeping in mind everything Mao had told him and should and shouldn't
do. Kaname smiled getting in and watching Sousuke walk around to the
driver's side.
"You….look…beautiful Kaname….." He
said as he looked at her through the rearview mirror knowing it was
probably what she wanted to hear it. She smiled and nodded almost
giggling.
"You look very good as well…" She said as she put
her seat belt on.
15 Minutes and a hell of a traffic
jam later…..
Kaname got out of the car after Sousuke
opened the door for her. She smiled taking his hand as they walked up
to the hotel where the prom was being held. As they walked down the
sidewalk all the guys and some girls that had been standing outside
yet fell silent. Kaname looked at them all and sighed and then
looked at Sousuke who was keeping his attention away from the girls
who were staring at him. When they entered most of the class clapped
the same way they had in the hallway.
Sousuke let go of Kaname's
hand as they reached the dining area so he could slip past a security
guard. He had his gun with him and he was sure they would take it
away just like Mrs. Kagurazaka had so many times. They were a little
late because of traffic issues but they had made it. A few
announcements were made before Kyoko and Kazuma arrived.
No sooner
had Kaname picked up a cup off the table Sousuke took it from her.
"W-what are you doing?" She said trying to get it back but
Sousuke pulled it away.
"You said you wouldn't do anything
like this…." She said as she once again reached for the cup but
ended up clasping the air because Sousuke pulled it away again.
"It is all about safety…Some people are notorious for spiking
cups and even drinks. If you carry this with you please make sure
your hand is over the top of the cup to prevent someone from placing
something in your drink that doesn't belong there…" Sousuke
said inspecting the inside of the cup before giving it back to
Kaname. She sighed taking the cup from him quickly and nodding.
"Yeah what ever…" She sighed putting some fruit punch in the
cup and looking at Sousuke who was watching her.
"What…do you
want to look at it again?" She asked.
Sousuke shook his head.
"No." He looked around at the other people there a song he had
heard played by Mao a couple of times was blasting from the speakers
and the room which was about the size of a gym was decorated with
ribbons, streamer and a lot of other decorations. The food table was
full of mini snacks at one end and almost a full course meal could be
made at the other. Sousuke poured himself some water drinking it
slowly trying to brush the feeling of being nervous that he had
away.
Sousuke watched Kaname drink a little and hearing on of
her favorite songs come on she put her cup down and ran to the dance
floor near where Kyoko was already dancing to it.
Sousuke looked
at the cup she put down and sighed picking it up to ensure that
nobody did anything to it. He couldn't help it now. He had gotten
rid of being nervous but he felt like he was letting his duty to
protect her get in the way and she would end up being mad at him.
Kaname had stopped dancing and was staring at him from the floor. He
looked up from the cups and noticed. He looked at the cups once more
and put them both down on the table and walking to the dance floor
and standing next to Kaname. She smiled at him and took his hand
pulling him to the center. "Remember…the other night at my
apartment…I taught you that sort of …techno song….after the
slow one?" Kaname asked. Sousuke nodded. "Yes." She nodded and
looked at him. "…Do exactly what you did then…now" She smiled
and poked him. Sousuke nodded and danced with Kaname feeling like an
idiot at first but knowing if he stopped she would probably get mad
at him. Most of the people had stopped to watch them because the
dance moves he and Kaname were doing seemed to be choreographed and
synchronized. After a few minutes the crowd that had surrounded them
was cheering. Sousuke didn't look at anyone else but Kaname. Most
students were shocked because they didn't think Sousuke was capable
of something like this. The other half were guys watching Kaname who
they really thought was the god of the women in Jindai High School
along with those guys' dates who were watching them with looks of
jealousy as they ogled at Kaname. When the song was finished Kaname
smiled and hugged Sousuke tightly. Sousuke hugged her back and sighed
in relief that it was over.
The night went on normally they
wouldn't leave until about 12:00 am. Sousuke had talked Kaname out
of going to the after party since he didn't think it was the safest
place for her to be. Kaname ran back over to the table drinking some
fruit punch and catching her breath. Sousuke walked over after and
watched her by the time he got back over she had put her cup back
down on the table where it had been before. He looked at his water
and sighed nervously and didn't even attempt to drink it he was
still unsure about it. Kaname looked at him tilting her head.
"Are you alright?" She asked him blinking. Sousuke nodded.
"Yes. No problem. I'm fine." He said as he felt his cell phone
vibrating and could faintly hear it ringing over the music. Sousuke
nodded to Kaname.
"I'll be right back…." He said as he
left the room into the main lobby area which was still quite loud so
he ended up going into the bathroom. Taking his phone off his belt
he flipped it open and held it to his ear.
"Sagara here…"
He said as he leaned against the wall.
"Sousuke…its Mao"
She said as she stared out his apartment window.
"What's
wrong?" He asked quite impatiently wanting to get back to Kaname.
"We need you for an important mission…you need to get back here
now and ready to go with in the hour!" She said almost
frantically.
Sousuke blinked. He didn't say a word. He had no
idea how Kaname was going to react to this and as of now he wasn't
really ready to find out. He nodded.
"Affirmative…" He said
nearly choking on the word. Mao hit the end button on her phone.
Sousuke slowly took the phone away from his ear and hit the
disconnecting button as he stared into the bathroom mirror for a few
minutes and put his phone back on his belt. He shook his head as in
his mind he ran possible ways to tell Kaname with out making her mad.
He knew how special this night would be to her and he didn't want
her to get upset with him.
Sousuke sighed as he walked out the
bathroom door and looked around heading back to where he last saw
Kaname and looking at her.
"What's up?" She said blinking
a little.
"Kaname…." Sousuke looked to the floor. "…I-
I have to leave…I have a mission that needs to be done…pick up is
within the hour…" He looked at her even though he really wanted
to keep staring down at the floor. Kaname stared at him shocked for
a few seconds. Suddenly she began to feel weird her vision got
blurred and the sound in the room got quieter.
"Kaname?" Sousuke looked at her rather worried at the way she seemed to be acting. Just as he said her name Kaname fell to the floor. The people around her began to panic a little and as soon as they yelled the music stopped. Sousuke watched in shock as he knelt down next to her having all the students and even teachers stay back as he checked Kaname's pulse and checking if she was breathing or not. She appeared to have just passed out but also began to run a high fever. Sousuke picked her up and made his way through the crowd of people outside and put Kaname in the back seat of the car so she was lying down. Sousuke looked at the clock in the car and started it up as he backed up out of the parking space he had pulled into and sped off back to their apartment stopping midway looking at the sign for the hospital and then at the road home. He looked back and forth between the two for a few minutes. Kaname started to wake up groaning slightly and trying to sit up.
"Sousuke…" She mumbled. She hadn't opened her eyes yet. Since she was awake Sousuke drove back to the apartment once again picking her up out of the car and taking her inside to his apartment. Mao met him at the door she was about to hand him his fatigues and items but put them down when she saw he was carrying Kaname.
