Minoru: I don't know how you can be in year 7 with test scores like this!
makes face at Emichii
Emichii: Wah! It's not my fault! Maths just sucks ass that's all!
Minoru: idiot!
Emichii: You're the nerd!
Minoru: You're just dumb!
Emichii: Anyway, I need to say thanks to everyone who reviewed! Thanks sooo much!
Minoru: I don't understand how you can be so dumb and still write readable fanfiction!
Emichii shoots a hideous look at Minoru.
Emichii: Anyway read and review!
Chapter 6: Hesitations
Tamayo figured what Kotaro was up to so on the day when Kotaro went out with Misaki, she did her best to avoid them at all costs.
It was winter. That was why it was cold outside and sometimes the streets would be covered with white snow. It was pretty at first but later as the temperature went back up, the snow would melt leaving unattractive sludge.
That's what she felt like. Sludge.
She knew that Kotaro liked Misaki, but she loved him. Then, if she loved him, she had to let him go. Did that mean she'd be left out? Did that mean she had to be by herself, suffering and enduring all the pain of unrequited love by herself?
It was the weekend, there wasn't anything to do. She ended up wandering the streets again. She did that a lot now, Kotaro wasn't around to keep her company.
What to do, what to do…
Absentmindly, she turned to head home and collided straight into Minoru Kokubunji.
"Ah…" Tamayo had met him before, but didn't know him very well. "Sorry about that… um… Minoru-san."
He quickly replied. "Oh no! That was my fault! My apologies, Tamayo-san!"
He was pleasant and nice. Tamayo felt an urge to run forward and tackle him to the ground but decided against it. Besides, she barely knew him.
Minoru smiled. "What are you doing around here?"
Tamayo shrugged. "That's the problem, I don't know. There really isn't anything to do."
He paused. "Yeah, I know."
Tamayo thought. "Hey, Minoru-san? You wanna go hang out?"
Misaki's face was burning! It was so hot!
That was great, wasn't it? Bumping into Ohjiro while you were on a date with Kotaro? For crying out loud, had her luck always been that bad?
The date was over. Kotaro had walked her home and now she was in the hallway, taking off her shoes. She heard footsteps.
Ah! Shoko! I don't want her to see my face like this!
She looked down and pretended to be concerntrating extremely hard on removing her shoes.
"Misaki?" Shoko said. "I'm glad you're back! Ohjiro's phoned 6 times! He sounded urgent."
"Oh… okay…" Misaki wasn't sure whether she wanted to talk to Ohjiro.
Just then the phone rang. Shoko laughed. "Well, there you go! He's ringing again! You better go answer it. Gee, it must be hectic when you have a boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend!" Misaki cried softly as she went towards the phone. She didn't really want to pick it up. It had been so embarrassing.
Still, she picked up the phone and said shyly, "Hello?"
"Misaki-chan?" Ohjiro's sweet voice rang in her ears.
She almost wanted to put down the phone. "Yeah, I'm here."
"This is Ohjiro."
"I know."
"I was just er… wondering…"
Was Ohjiro stammering? Was he actually being shy? With me, no less?
"… um… would you like to go out with me some time?"
"Ah…" Misaki was shocked.
"But you don't have to!" His voice sounded rushed now, stressed. "I know you're going out with Kotaro and uh… it was really stupid of me to ask! I'm sorry!"
Ohjiro… really is sweet… Misaki thought.
"No, Ohjiro-kun…" she said shyly, "its okay… I-I'd really love to go out with you!"
"Oh, really?" Ohjiro sounded relieved. "That's great! I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure."
Misaki hung up the phone and stared up at the ceiling. Her thoughts were miles away again. She gazed around the room dreamily, and then something caught her eye. She jumped up and ran towards the calendar.
Oh yeah! My match with Ohjiro! It really is coming up soon! And I haven't trained for ages and I… don't really know if I want to verse him at all…
Minoru said, "I guess you go to the same school as Misaki then?"
Tamayo nodded. "Uh-huh."
They were sitting together in the park. It was really crowded.
"What school do you go to?" she asked.
"Kiyozono." replied Minoru. He sighed.
He stood up suddenly and started to move away.
"Hey wait!" Tamayo jumped up and ran after him. "Where are you going?"
Minoru smiled. "Oh I was just getting hungry…" he looked over at the food stalls. "You want something to eat, Tamayo-san?"
"Huh?" Tamayo jerked to attention. "Oh yeah… okay!"
Um… I don't know… how long is it till I verse Ohjiro again? Misaki frowned, deep in thought. She counted the days on the calendar. "It's about 2 and a half weeks to go…" she looked at Hikaru, who was sitting on her dresser, leaning against a box of tissues.
"…but I really haven't practiced for a long time… I don't know if I can battle him…" she sighed. Besides, I don't think I want to battle him at all…
Minoru: Hello. My name is Minoru.
Emichii: waving crazily Hi everybody!
Minoru: That was a random chapter.
Emichii: It was a good chapter! Thankyou so much for reading everybody! Don't forget to review!
Yeah, and by the way everybody, I don't own Angelic Layer. Dammit!