A/N — Finally updated this story! My updates on this story is pretty slow, considering all my vacation junk, but I'm back in business! Planning to hopefully update this another time before summer ends! Anywho's this story is finally progressing into the identity arc. Gots to do another arc with phase two and the play. Already made a story map for this, but I've made five others and I have never followed them before, so lets hope I'll keep this one! The plot seriously changes a lot for me on this story. Aside from that, let's answer the reviews!
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Just Another Kid — LOL, this story is so hard to make it funny again with the crime and drama coming up! Also, I could see Blue being the perfect Godmother as usual, but I already planned a stunt in this story (which you'll find out after you read it) so in the end, I didn't. Also, LOL I think I know what fanfic you're talking about XD Was it the one where Blue randomly kissed Green for the heck of it? And also, yes. Gold is the trigger to everything. Well, not everything, but most things. The investigation stuff has to wait though bc I got some drama in this chapter (well not as dramatic, but dramatic I guess). Investigation will be the next chapter! Sorry about that! Blue's level is dangerous. Be careful. Also, thank you so much as usual XD I did enjoy my vacation, and now I'm planning to spam some updates! You're so sweet :)
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Chapter Seventeen — In School Problems
Silver stood there, not knowing what to say. He knew it would be bad to expose himself, but he also knew that he was most likely going to anyways when he confronts her. Though he wasn't completely sure about Soul being one of the fourteen people in the group, it was now confirmed that she was.
He took a subtle deep breath and walked closer to Soul's bed. Soul watched cautiously, staring at his every move, clutching to her blanket.
"I came here to ask something," he said, changing the subject.
"No, wait, I need to ask something first!" Soul cut him off. "Okay, you can't hide it! I know you're one of the fourteen! That's not important now— well, it's important, but not now— what I mean is— tell me more of Kristina! Is there something wrong with me?!"
She reached over to her bed and grabbed onto his shirt, yanking him back and forth frantically. Silver roughly ripped her grip off of him, getting a hold of her wrist to stop her. "
I don't know! I came to you because I need answers. What the heck happened the other night? I know you were with me, but I can't remember!"
"What are you talking about you can't remember?!" Soul screamed. "Also, where did you disappear to the other day?! Huh? Why the heck are you questioning me? I'm supposed to be questioning you! You were acting so weird, and..." She paused once she realized her words were getting jumbled up, and took a deep breath to calm herself down before continuing. "Tell me what's actually happening to me. I need to know."
"I'm the one who needs to know," Silver said, tossing her wrist down and walking backwards away from her to have a distance.
"Did you really forget?" Soul inquired.
"If I didn't, then there would be no reason to be actually talking to you," Silver stated.
Soul scoffed. "I can't believe you," she said. "I'm sitting here, living in fear, while you're just demanding answers unreasonably from me even though you're the one who knows everything! How selfish could you get?!"
"Me? How am I selfish? Okay, it's not my fault I don't remember! And if anything, you have nothing to fear!" Silver argued. "Okay sure you got hurt once by the attack, and you're probably stiff scared, but instead of laying all sickly in bed, why don't you do something before they do? Isn't that the smartest decision?!"
Though he didn't really remember what went down the other night, he concluded that she got attacked because of her injured state and the fact that she's in a hospital now. Seeing that she was checked in at the same time as him, it was a guess, but a correct guess.
"Oh, excuse me if I'm scared of dying!" Soul snapped. "Get out of here! I don't need a lecture from you! I don't care if you're one of the fourteen! You might be an ally to everyone else, but right now, you're the worst!"
"I'm not leaving till I get answers," Silver said.
"NURSE!" Soul quickly yelled.
He covered her mouth. The brunette continued to talk behind his hand, but there was no avail besides muffled sounds.
Screw it, Silver thought. He reached over to his side and tossed out a pokéball. A large blue crocodile-like thing came out silently, its head nearly touching the ceiling. Soul widened her eyes as she watched the thing appear in front of her bed. It could literally eat her in one gulp. While Silver was distracted with the Pokémon for a second, she ripped his hand off.
"Y-You! You're that dumb feraligatr person, weren't you?!" Soul asked, immediately recognizing him.
"Yeah... why— Oh wait, are you that annoying marill who keeps spamming me?" Sliver inquired once he realized her speech and how she reacted to him. She nodded, and he slapped his forehead. Out of all of the people he wanted to meet, she was the least wanted. "Great. You get my phone taken up in class, and you made a dent in my rental car."
He let out a sigh, deciding to put the grudges behind him. "Anyways, that's not the point. Look, I'm going to be frank with this, so listen. I don't really have anything against you (besides a grudge), and it's obvious we're not the best of friends. But in a way, we're in the same predicament with getting attacked by some random people. I need to know what happened last night. I don't have any memories, and I want to figure this out."
Soul stared at him before giving in and sighing. "Fine, I'll tell you," she said, feeling that it couldn't get worse.
"Good. I didn't have to threaten you with him then," Silver said, returning the feraligatr into his ball.
Soul watched the scene quietly back and forth then bluntly stated, "You don't have much friends, do you?"
"Just hurry up and tell me."
"I apologize for the delay everyone," White said, standing on stage and earning attention from everyone. "I'm White Touko from last week when Mr. Wallace introduced me to be the head of this event. Since I'm a student, who's obviously younger than all of you, I don't have much power and I'm very inexperienced, but I still want to do my very best with these plans. Before I start explaining everything regarding how we will proceed with the plans and the roles you are given, your student president would like to have a word with all of you."
She turned to Blue, who was next to her, and she stepped away from the microphone. Blue grabbed the microphone and adjusted the stand before starting. "Ahem." She cleared her throat. "Okay guys, let's do our best and give it our all for the play. I know most of you aren't in any fine arts section, but you must have some talent in the program for a reason. Treat this event well like you're practicing your talents and give it your all. Not only is this supposed to be a fun event for everyone, but it also determines who will choose our school and how the rest of the school sees us. Don't make them look down on us. Also, I was told that anyone who tries to run away from their roles or be excluded because they don't care will be earning detention with Lt. Surge. Thank you," Blue finished, stepping out of the way to give White the spotlight.
White awkwardly laughed, hearing Blue's words to everyone. "I hope everyone is willing to work together and make this a success! We only have a week, so let's make this work! I will be sectioning everyone off one at a time so that I can explain to each group their roles individually. We'll start with the line-up of the main characters. If you have a green card, please come up to me backstage. Everyone else should just sit down until they are told to. That's all I have to say, thanks for your time."
Not even a second later was everyone chattering again in the auditorium after she had finished.
White stood on the stage, letting out a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Black asked, handing her a water bottle.
"I'm pretty sure I could make this in a week, but I'm worried about the people I have to work with since they might not have experience," White replied. "Ugh, whatever. I'll just get through this. I can get through my normal work, so taking care of this play will be a piece of cake. Let's have fun with it."
"Well as long as you're not doing paperwork, I'm cool with anything," Black said, shrugging.
"I still need to handle more work later," White mumbled. "But it's okay. I like this kind of stuff."
The girl turned around and looked at the gathered cast who was called to the stage. The major roles were just the fairy godmother, stepmother, the prince, and Cinderella herself. Only Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, and Red came up to the stage.
"Okay, we will start rehearsals on Monday at 12 PM during classes until 2 PM. There will be an announcement that calls you guys out. For now, here." She got the scripts from Black and handed them out. "Memorize your scenes. I'll give you guys the weekend to practice and when you present it to me, I can tell you what you need help on. Any questions?"
"Yeah, we're going to lose the competition with the other schools because if you haven't noticed, I'm playing a girl!" Pearl complained, adding, "—an old lady no less, too! If you were serious about the competition, wouldn't it be smarter to just, I don't know, actually audition?"
"I actually have complaints about being the fairy godmother too," Red mentioned.
"Believe me, I wanted to. But then I had strict instruction from Mr. Wallace to not let anyone change roles if asked. Complain to him if you want to do something," White informed.
"I seriously can't catch a break..." Pearl muttered.
"Anyways, if you have any more things you're confused about, please ask me, and I will try my best to help," White assured.
"Uh... I have a question!" Sapphire said, shooting her hand up.
"What is it?"
Keeping her eyes glued to the book, she pointed at a word. "Uh... How do you say this word?"
"Stepmother."
"And this word?"
"Ballroom."
"And this word?"
"Elegance."
"What about this sentence?"
"I have done all of the chores like you asked me to do, so please let me go to the ball."
"Okay, how about the whole page?"
"What is wrong with you?" Ruby cut them off, giving a look to Sapphire. Pearl's and Red's sweat dropped while Black raised an eyebrow, questioning whether she was serious that she couldn't read the script at all.
"Pounding someone is easier than reading! Plus, there's a lot of big words!" Sapphire said.
"Again, this is the worst crew possible," Pearl commented, trying to make her see the reasoning.
"Hey, what part are you?" Red asked Ruby.
"Prince," he replied.
"No way!" Sapphire exclaimed.
Everyone turned to her. "What?" Ruby asked.
"Screw it! I'm not doin' it anymore!" Sapphire announced, ripping the index card into two.
"And she was Cinderella," Pearl introduced, waving his hand to her.
"Wait, what? You're Cinderella?! No way!" Ruby exclaimed, giving her an unbelievable look. He paused when he realized something. "... This is even better! You have to do it now, Sapph! I'm the costume designer, and I really, really want to test out a ballroom dress on you! There's no way you're getting out of it now! I'm not letting you!"
"Don't tell me what ta do!" Sapphire growled. "I'm not doing it! And y'all can't convince me otherwise! I already have detention with Lt. Surge, so it doesn't matter anymore!"
"This school is seriously going to be the death of me..." White muttered. "Okay, you guys go back. I'll sort everything out with Mr. Wallace, and we will try to work something out."
"Sorry about the trouble," Red said, laughing awkwardly to fill the air.
"I'll help," Black offered, patting her back.
BING!
To: Aoineko
From: Awesomenessofall_123
Yo, so the plan worked more subtly. Were they any alerts on the football team besides Red and Green?
Blue glanced at Gold who was now sitting with his football buddies. She, Yellow, and Crystal returned to their seats on the other side of the room after Crystal got annoyed and Yellow wanted to leave. Blue looked at Crystal while she was distracted and having some random conversation with Yellow.
BING!
To: Awesomenessofall_123
From: Aoineko
there were a few alerts, but I couldn't exactly know how much bc it came da same time. I think its abt 2-4? oooohhh, also, sapph plays; I know that for sure. as for the others outside of the football players, I think crys is sus bc she checked her phone after u texted. im not sure though, but check it out! X3
Gold had a smug look, happy that his genius plan worked. He knew better than to listen to Silver.
"Who are you texting?" Pearl asked, raising an eyebrow at Gold.
"Oh, um, I'm just excited for my date with super serious gal on Saturday," he lied, putting the device away into his pocket.
"Huh? Crystal actually gave in?!" Red exclaimed, looking surprised like the others.
"I'm disappointed," Green commented.
"Y'know, I never get why you always move from girl to girl in like a day or week," Diamond commented, munching on his usual snack.
Pearl nodded his head. "Yeah, Gold! I always see you talk to multiple girls too!"
"Me? Well, the reason why I do it is to see whether I feel comfortable with the girl. It depends on her personality and her looks too," Gold informed.
"What is the longest relationship you've ever been in?" Red asked, curious.
"Two weeks."
"Wait, why'd you break up?" Pearl inquired.
"Okay, so it was totally not my fault. The first week went pretty smooth and all, but later, she started to ask for more. She kept getting clingy and she texted me like every five seconds, thinking I was cheating on her, or something. It was either that, or asking for something random," Gold replied. "I couldn't handle it."
Sapphire nodded in agreement, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, that's pretty reasonable."
"Yeah, but I'm going to make this date so good that super serious gal would ask for another one," Gold declared. "Saturday is a good day."
"Hope so," Red said. "That's the day we're going to the game."
"The game was on Saturday?" Pearl inquired, in which Red nodded in reply. "Oh, then it was totally okay that we missed it. Dia and I have tickets to this comedy show downtown."
"They're comedians from America," Diamond informed.
"I still wanna go..." Sapphire grumbled. "But I guess I can't whine either since I have plans to do something on Saturday too."
"Hey, how was it up there?" Emerald asked, looking up from his phone.
"Sapphire is the princess," Ruby replied, thinking that single weird sentence would summarize it all.
Emerald stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Dude, why did it have to be like this? Why the flirting couple? Why couldn't it had been a guy?"
"You are the worst friend ever," Ruby remarked, taking a seat next to him. "I'm not really sure whether it's going to be the final cast or not because when everyone else was whining to White about their roles, she said she was going to 'fix' them. Hope it doesn't end up as a disaster. Anyways, did you get the other message from Awesome?"
"Yeah." Emerald switched his screen to the group chat before flashing it to Ruby.
Awesomenessofall_123: i'll be waiting at central square fountain near da school at 6PM on sat if u want 2 meet.
Under his message was a reply from Quartz101.
Quartz101: okay.
"What should we do now?" Emerald inquired.
"The best plan to find out the members' identities is to go there coincidentally and hide or something. We just need to find out who is in the game to see if they're good people, or not," Ruby replied, looking deep into thought. "But who are we missing? We already have Sapph, us, Crys, and Soul. Who else could it be? Maybe we don't know."
"... I have a theory," Emerald muttered.
"What is it?"
"This could be a coincidence, but do you think there's a possibility that the people in detention are the people in the game?" Emerald suggested. "I know it sounds crazy and unbelievable, but if you think about it, that's what we have in common with them. It's just a theory or thought that's been bugging me."
"I mean that's a good observation, but wouldn't it be weird? We got into a detention because of a food fight, so there possibly can't be any way to control flying food," Ruby pointed out. Well, some of them got dragged to detention just by sitting next to others who was involved in the fight.
Emerald frowned, becoming somewhat doubtful of his plan after Ruby evaluated it. "Yeah, you're right. I'm probably just overthinking it."
After Soul told him the story about how he went insane like some maniac after looking at his blood, he couldn't believe it. There was also the other factor as to why he would spout some nonsense that he doesn't know about himself. Soul said she didn't really believe it either until it happened to her, and showed him her leg that was miraculously healed.
"... Are you going out of the hospital then?" Silver asked, looking hesitant in the situation now.
Soul nodded. "I'll be released. Honestly, I wasn't too sure about how I would get out scotch-free, but now that I've told you and you know everything, I need a favor from you."
Silver raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"They won't know the condition of my injury, considering I have a bandage tied around it. I can't be released from the hospital with a gunshot wound after only a couple days. It'll look too weird, and it'll cause confusion and worry more people involved, namely Crys. Again, I wasn't sure on what to do, but now that you've come to me, I got a plan. I need you to hack into the computers of this hospital and say that my condition is still better instead of serious. The doctors haven't really checked on me since they can't see under the bandages, but if they see it, they'll question me."
"So what you want me to do is hack into the hospital's system and put that a doctor checked on you, saying the condition was serious but manageable at home, so that you could be released without suspicion and without their consent?"
"Basically." Soul nodded again, pausing for a second. "... Look, I know I can't completely trust you, considering anyone could be an enemy out there and I have to be cautious whether you are, or aren't one of the fourteen. I have no one but Crys at my side, and she already worries so much about me because she wants to have a good life. I know it is out of line to ask this favor since we're not exactly the best of friends, but I need to get through this myself and figure out what the heck is happening. To do that, I need your help, so I'm asking. Can you please help me?"
Silver stared at her for a moment. "No one besides me knows about that day and the whole Kristina thing, right?"
Soul nodded. "You can't tell anyone either. I already know you're in a league with the other players by the reaction you had when Awesome sent you that message."
Silver rolled his eyes. He actually didn't mind helping her, but he didn't want to either. Though she told him the story and actually helped him regain a greater understanding of the situation the other night, there was still something wrong and the things she told him sounded insane. Another girl called Kristina and healing what? It didn't make any sense. And then there was the other factor as to why he should help her. Sure, she helped him, but did he have to help her? Okay, thinking about it, Silver wasn't a total asshole. He let out a sigh, finally making the decision to help her. Not only was it his guilty conscience telling him not to leave a debt unpaid, he actually thought of it more. All he knew is that he didn't understand what was going on and that they were in danger. He couldn't afford to make a mistake again and lose his memories, and that he should take the actions that he believes are best, which at the moment, is shutting Soul's mouth. She didn't seem like she was going to tell anyone anyways, but just in case, he decided to do this favor for her.
The redhead pulled out his laptop from his bag and began typing on his computer. Soul watched silently, leaning over to see the screen. After a couple minutes, Silver pressed the last key then slammed the laptop screen shut.
"I did it," he announced. "This conversation between you and I never happened, remember that."
Soul gave him a small smile, happy that he complied with her request. "Thank you," she told him.
Silver shoved his laptop in the bag, getting ready to leave. "Just hurry up and leave before they find out what happened to you."
Soul watched him leave the room without saying anything else. She took a deep breath then laid down on the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling. She didn't know what she will do next, or how she would handle this situation, but she knew she needed to get her act together.
"You needed me, White?"
Blue entered the backstage with Yellow following behind. She decided to bring her along since Crystal had something she needed to do, and she didn't want the blonde to sit alone.
When White heard the student president's voice, her head shot up and her attention averted from the mess of papers to Blue. "Yes! I need to equally sort out roles and ask permission from Mr. Wallace, but I don't know where his office is," White told her. "I mean, I could do it by myself with no problems, but I just don't know where the classroom is since I don't go here. Do you mind showing me?"
The junior high student pulled out a map so that Blue can locate it for her. While Blue and Yellow were trying to find Mr. Wallace's office, the rest of the people in charge of creating the event seem to be busy behind them.
"Hey, Aaron! Check the sound equipment one more time before we close up!" one of the guys ordered, pointing at the large machine behind the stage.
"Alright!" Aaron ran over to behind the stage and started to tamper with the sound controls. "Hey, Lucian! Get the microphone and put it up!"
"Got it!" the other member said, going over to the microphone.
"I'm pretty sure his classroom is near the gym right over here," Blue told her, pointing at a spot on the map.
Yellow glanced at the students who were cleaning up. "Is it okay that we're here?" she inquired, thinking they might be in the way.
"Yeah, it's fine. The stage isn't that small," White waved off, not really caring. "Anyways, I need to talk to him. Do you know when it'll be a good time?"
"Uh... How about after the gym?! We'll drop it off for you!" Blue offered generously.
"Really? That'll be great! Thanks! We can go now, but I need to go to the back to get the list of roles real quick. Hold on, I'll be back in a second!" White told them, leaving the pair to go retrieve her paper.
"That was nice of you, Blue," Yellow remarked.
"Well, it was all for you." Blue gave her the stack that White had handed her. "After all, you'll be the one who does it."
"Wait, what?"
"Mr. Wallace's room is right next to the gym, so along the way, you get to go see your crush~!" Blue explained in an excited voice.
"W-What?!" Yellow stuttered, finally seeing her ploy. "Stop with the crush thing!"
"But it's just so obvious that you have the biggest crush on Red, Yells!" Blue said.
"But it's just so obvious that you have the biggest crush on Red, Yells!"
The sound of Blue's voice was repeated on the speakers that hung above the stage. Everyone present in the auditorium stopped their conversations when they heard the accidental confession, and their eyes darted to the front of the stage. On stage, with no closed curtains, stood Yellow and Blue, frozen. Lucian, who had happened to pass by Blue when he was putting up the microphone, stared at them with a confused look. Blue realized her voice was projected when she saw the device.
Yellow didn't know what to do. She stood there, still frozen in shock and embarrassment. Among the crowd, she even spotted Red, his mouth agape and his eyes widened.
"Oops, I err— I forgot to turn it off," Lucian said, laughing awkwardly. "Sorry."
He tried to ease the tension for his mistake by playfully hitting Yellow in the shoulder. Unfortunately, this made matters worse since the girl's legs gave out from all the pressure and she fell backwards, her hat falling off her head in the process and the papers falling out of her hand. Everyone finally saw the long blonde ponytail she was hiding underneath.
"What?! He's a girl?!"
"Ignore that! She said she liked Red!"
More comments were exchanged while Yellow sat there on the floor. Having enough of the muttering and the embarrassment, Yellow ran off the stage, going through the backdoor. You could hear her crying and sobbing echoing from the other side of the door.
"Wait, Yellow!" Blue called after her.
Feeling an immense guilt in her chest, the brunette was about to chase after the girl, until she heard an awkward chuckle beside her from Lucian, who again, tried to ease the tension after being partially at fault for humiliating Yellow. Blue turned to him, angry, and she grabbed his shirt collar and lifted him off of the floor.
"Hey! Stop it!" the other crew member, Aaron yelled, coming over to help his friend.
The grip Blue had on him was tight though, and she wouldn't let go, so three other people had to come as well.
"What's with that look?" Marley asked, looking back at Platinum's face after the accidental confession.
Platinum was gazing at the stage with widened eyes before turning back to Marley. Once she noticed she was showing the shocked expression, she quickly tried to return to her stoic face so that Marley couldn't read her. "Nothing," she waved off, "I'm just... surprised that Yellow likes him."
Marley raised an eyebrow. "You know that girl?"
Platinum nodded. "Yes. She and I, along with the others, met in detention when a food fight broke out."
"You were involved in a food fight?" Marley asked, now being the one who looks surprised of her actions.
"They just dragged me into it," Platinum defended. She changed her expression to a curious one when Marley looked lost in thought. "Is something the matter?"
Marley quickly snapped out of those thoughts when Platinum spoke to her. "It's just... that blonde girl looks a lot like the doctor I was referring to. But she couldn't be... Her hair and the look in her eyes seem off."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember the blonde doctor I spoke of before? Her name was Summer. Summer had a really strong spirit and she would do anything to save a life, even if the person was a bad one. However, just when I thought that the Yellow girl resembled her, I made a mistake. Err... 'Yellow's' eyes seemed as if they were wavering and she looked like she was on the verge of tears. She has no resemblance to Summer at all. Though Summer was also a crybaby, she did show spirit."
Platinum glanced back at her. "I can't say I'm correct, or for sure, but does it really have to have a resemblance? Dawn... I don't know much about her, but I'm sure we don't act the same, even if we are the 'same person'."
Though Platinum didn't know too much about Yellow, she did find the senior very nice to her. Yellow didn't really seem like a crybaby to her either, but then again, she never really talked to her as much as the others.
"You guys are only slightly different. You guys have the will to protect something they want to protect even if it means risking yourselves. The reason why you're not completely like her is because of how you were raised. Even twins, who have the same face, turn out differently in different conditions. You were raised as a heiress of some rich company, right? Well, Dawn was the total opposite. She was raised at a temple and she lived off of offerings from the people who visited since she didn't have a job, or any money."
Platinum gave her an incredulous look. "She ate off of the ground?"
"Pretty much, yeah," Marley replied.
Okay, now, Platinum was totally grossed out and more curious about how she resembles Dawn.
"Hey, girls!" The blue-haired girl jumped in her spot when a voice appeared behind her. She turned around, only to see Diamond and Pearl standing there with grins on their faces.
Diamond noticed her expression and quickly apologized, "Oh, sorry. Did I scare or surprise you?"
Platinum kept her stoic face up. "Of course not."
"But you just jumped in your seat and stiffened up," Pearl pointed out.
"I did not."
"Yeah, you did."
"No, I didn't. Now, stop being such a pest," Platinum snapped, her voice still calm.
Pearl rolled his eyes and put his hands behind his head in a carefree manner. "Whatever," he waved it off. "Anyways, Dia, here, wants to bring you guys to a comedy show downtown since we have two extra tickets."
"We're not the closest friends and all since we barely knew each other for a couple weeks, but I thought it'd be fun to hang out," Diamond told her. "I scored more tickets on the radio earlier."
Once they said comedy show, Platinum interest was peaked. She has never before gone to one, and it seemed interesting and fun to do. Hanging with friends outside of school in a different place, doing commoner activities was something she wanted to experience too. However, Marley was a different story. It was obvious that she dislike the sound of it when she wrinkled her nose and didn't look too amused. But despite her opinion, she felt that something could happen to them during the weekend or something, and that this would be a good opportunity to get closer to them. Marley accepted the offer reluctantly in the end.
"I will love to," Platinum replied without hesitation, trying her best to not show any interest and keeping her cool.
Diamond grinned at her. "Great! We'll meet at the school gate Saturday morning at 10 AM!" The two later retreated over to their hangout group afterwards.
"Hey Dawn— Platinum," Marley quickly corrected herself, "Do you want special training?"
Platinum blinked, not knowing what she meant. "Pardon. Come again?"
"Well, you seem pretty spineless for a person, considering you never really fought. If someone attacks you again, then it would be best to defend yourself," Marley advised. "Though Dawn was a priestess and all, she had zero spiritual power. That is why she depended on not her spiritual power to fight, but instead, went for archery. You tried it last time, right?"
Platinum nodded. "I wanted to, and I felt confident about it, but I couldn't find the bow or get the chance to."
"That's why we need to get you your own weapon," Marley said. "Before the comedy show with them, let's go out around 6 AM to go buy some and practice at the archery hall. I saw one on the way to school."
"Alright. That sounds good to me," Platinum told her.
Yellow sat in the corridors, huddled in a corner near the art room. Her face was bright red and her eyes were finally dried. Though she cried a river on the way there, she managed to go to the restroom to wash her face. Her eyes were still slightly red, but it was less noticeable to see that she was crying. Not that it mattered anyways, since the whole Prodigy Program saw her crying, found out she was a girl, and knew about her enormous crush on Red. Honestly, she wanted to roll down a ditch or something, but that would only make matters worse by worrying Blue.
Technically, it was and wasn't the brunette's fault. Though Blue was the one who exposed her, she didn't mean to do it on purpose, nor did she have any bad intentions against it. Yellow was upset at Blue for always bringing it up, but she knew this anger would dissipate soon.
Just when she thought her face was getting better, she heard footsteps coming towards her. She tensed up, feeling a chill go up her spine nervously. Peeking at the only hallway to enter the corridor she was in, she waited to see who it was, silently hoping it would be Blue to lighten up her embarrassment. The brunette must've felt at least a tiny bit of guilt.
But her hopes and her heart dropped when she saw who was standing there. It was not Blue, but Red.
He walked closer to her with an uneasy expression, clutching onto the hat she had dropped earlier. Once he was finally standing in front of her, he stopped.
Yellow didn't know whether she should hide her face by huddling into her knees, or not since it would be rude to him.
Red bent down to her and comfortably sat with his legs holding his weight, squatting. He did his normal cheek scratch like usual, looking awkward.
"Umm... I'm sorry. I didn't know you umm— felt that way," he said softly.
Yellow sat there, waiting for what he was going to say. She wouldn't have been surprised if he laughed at her. Well, actually she would've. Red didn't seem that insincere, and she knew it. It was one of the reasons why she had a crush on him in the first place. But still, this situation was so embarrassing.
"... O-Or is it true?"
Huh?
Yellow stared with furrowed eyebrows, wondering what the heck he was talking about.
"It's just, I heard Blue was famous for randomly shipping people, so... I don't know if it was true whether you uh... like me, or not since I didn't really hear it come from your mouth," Red told her, looking for an answer.
Could this be it? Would it all be better if she told Red it was a lie and it would just die down later? she thought, a light shining in her way. But as soon as she got those thoughts, she felt a pain in her chest. She knew that lying to him about her feelings was wrong.
She didn't know if it was because she was crying earlier and she didn't recover, or whether it was because she was nervous (or a bit of both, actually), but a stutter came out.
"B-Blue wasn't lying. I-I, u-umm... do you like you," she confessed.
"I feel really happy that you feel that way about me—" He began, pausing for a second. The image of a woman with long blonde hair in a lab coat flashed in his mind, and he remembered his dream. "—But I can't go out with you because I have another girl in mind right now, and it would be extremely rude to you. I'm sorry," Red finished, bowing his head in apology to her. "Thank you for liking me though."
Suddenly, Yellow felt a weight come off of her chest, feeling relieved to get it over with. She raised her head, staring at his lowered one.
"It's fine," she replied, her voice no longer stuttering or nervous. "I knew it would happen this way, and... it would be best this way. Thank you for accepting my confession."
She slid up in her seat, and unfolded her legs and body, finally standing up. Red raised his head and stood up all the way as well.
He placed the straw hat that was in his hand on her head, and patted her head. "You forgot this."
Yellow adjusted it to fit more comfortably. "Thank you," she told him, a soft smile on her face.
He kept this hand on top of her hat. With his eyes locked with hers, he asked, "Do you regret confessing?"
Red quickly took his hand off, realizing it might give her the wrong idea.
Yellow shook her head, feeling the courage to speak louder. "If I did, I would've lied about my feelings. I actually feel better now that I've got this over with, so thanks for coming to me and letting me confess. I don't regret anything."
When Red saw her expression and heard her words, he felt his heart beat rapidly all of a sudden. Yellow didn't notice because she was bowing and she had already walked away. Red tried to calm himself down, but it didn't work, and the visions rushed into his head again.
"Take me instead! Let her go!"
He heard a deeper, well toned voice screaming something. Rough hands were grabbing jail cell bars, shaking them frantically. Red noticed that there was injuries all over the arm, scratches and blood dripping on the floor underneath. That didn't stop the person from shouting and using all of his energy to attempt to break the bars.
Red looked beyond the bars. A man with a lab coat was looking at him with a blank expression, completely uninterested in the screaming.
"Don't worry. After her, you'll be next," he told him, turning the other way.
His eyes flickered over to the glass large machine that had smoke and lights coming out of it. It was like some sort of tube, or something— Red didn't know what it was.
In front of the tube was a girl with long blonde hair, covered in wounds. Each of her arms were held by a person, both dressed in black uniforms. They escorted her into the tube and shoved her in there, and finally, she turned around. Her face was identical to Yellow's, but much more mature and scratched up. Red saw that tears were coming out of her eyes, but she still had a bright smile on her face. She opened her mouth, Red heard her say four words—
"I don't regret anything."
Red returned back to reality, and immediately, he gasped for air, huffing frantically. He tried to calm his racing heart after he had snapped out of it. He looked over to where he had just said farewells to Yellow, only to find her figure already long gone. After taking multiple deep breaths, he laid his back against the wall and slid to the ground.
He buried his face in his hands. "Not another one about her..."
Saturday
Platinum looked in the mirror carefully before walking out of her room to meet Marley for the hangout. Once Marley saw her, she raised an eyebrow, wondering why she was wearing that. The heiress was wearing a silk, soft pink dress that seemed super formal. It was simple in design, but it had genuine diamonds around the waist that made it stick out and look very gaudy. She also wore diamond and pearl rings on each of her hands, and a necklace made from real gold and diamonds was around her neck.
"What is the problem?" Platinum asked, not seeing the issue.
"Aren't you overdressed?" Marley pointed out.
Platinum looked down at her outfit, then at Marley's. The girl wore black shorts and a plain white blouse with some flats, which she got from Platinum since the girl offered to share her clothes. Though she was wearing a skirt and all, it seemed like a very casual outfit to her. She saw the other girls at City Hall wear it all the time, so Platinum thought it'd be fine.
Marley wasn't even talking about the skirt though, and she misunderstood.
"Don't tell me this is your first time going out with friends or something."
Platinum didn't want to admit, but this was actually her first outing with friends. Usually, she'd meet up with a marriage client or her parents, or some random other rich relative, so dressing formally everyday was normal for her.
"Just help me," she demanded, going back to her room to get dressed.
Marley let out a sigh. "Don't bother getting ready for too long. You still have to go to the place I talked about the other day, so we can't really have you overdressed in fashion show clothes."
Yellow's eyes did not look good anymore.
After she ditched the after school detention, she came back to her dorm and saw Blue there, patiently waiting for her arrival. The brunette got on her knees and begged the girl to forgive her, and in the end, Yellow did it since she knew Blue didn't have bad intentions and it wasn't entirely her fault. Yellow told her what happened, and Blue tried to comfort her. So, she proposed an idea to cheer her up. She told Yellow she had found tickets to some sports game and asked if she wanted to come for fun. After that, they could go visit the park nearby and have a picnic there or something. Instead of focusing on boys, they can have more girl time and relax. Yellow agreed, wanting to replace her sadness with happy memories with Blue.
Now, they were at the sports game Blue talked about, finding their seats from the aisle.
"What team are you rooting for?" Blue asked as they walked down together.
"Home, of course," Yellow replied. "Do you see our seats around?"
"Uhh..." Blue looked down at the tickets. "It should be the third lane. So, over here actually!"
Since she was looking down at the tickets, Blue didn't notice Yellow stopping in front of her, and accidentally slammed her arm onto the blonde's back. "Hey! Why did you—" She stopped when she noticed two familiar figures in the seat next to theirs.
There, next to them, was Green with his usual frown and an awkward Red who was waving at them. Well, things couldn't get any worse. Or awkward, for the matter.
"Soul? Are you sure you're okay?" Crystal asked worriedly on the phone while she was waiting for Gold.
On the way there, she kept calling and checking up on Soul because she was still very worried about leaving her home alone. Soul just got released from the hospital the other day, and though she seemed fine, she still only had one leg to use (or so Crystal thinks).
The brunette appreciated and loved her twin sister for this caring behavior, but she wanted her to stop. "Yeah, Crys! I said it like a million times! Anyways, you better not be on the phone with me when you're with Gold!"
"I know that's rude, I won't," Crystal reassured.
"Make sure to impress him! Show him your beauty, Sis!"
Crystal rolled her eyes. "It's just to buy my new emergency phone, remember that. Oh! There he is. Okay, I got to go. Call me if there's any trou—" Before she could finish her sentence, Soul had already hung up on her. Crystal grumbled something as she clicked out of her phone and shoved it in her purse.
"Yo!" Gold greeted, walking to her with a waving hand. "You look cute today."
"Thanks," Crystal said, distastefully, acting as if he insulted her. She wanted to be nice, but she felt like his attempts were a bit too bold for her taste.
Gold didn't seem to notice though since he looked happy-go-lucky the whole time. "So you want to head out now? Let's start our date!"
"It's not a date. It's you taking responsibility and buying my new phone," Crystal corrected.
"Whatever you say, Super Serious Gal!" Gold said, giving her a cheesy grin. "I haven't ate yet, and I know a good cafe, so let's eat there first!" Without her permission, he grabbed her wrist and started to pull her along.
Crystal stared at the back of his head, wondering whether she was right to agree to this meeting.
A/N — *dodges things thrown by specialshipping fans* Guys, I love specialshipping soooo much! One of the reasons why I made Red like Yellow in Behind The Scenes! But then in this one, I realize I have to put reality (though most of this story is super impossible and totally not reality)! Sorry Yellow, I love you, but don't worry! Things will slowly work out later... or so I hope. *awkward laughs* Anywho's I realized I wanted to put some drama junk inside before I proceed with the story because I had an idea, so I ended up delaying the meeting slightly.
On another note, I am super sorry for being two months late for this story! I was planning to update it sooner, but then I got caught up with this anime, and things did not go as plan... *awkward laugh again* Thanks for reviewing by the way!
