A/N: Are you guys still enjoying my story? (\'o'/) I'm aiming for 30 chapters...
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"He wants to apologise!" Hinoe called from downstairs, hoping that she'd at least show her face. Hinoe had witnessed the incident from all of their eyes, so understood why Yoshiki lashed out, but also that he was misunderstanding things. Maybe it was her fault, but Ayumi would never take her big sister for the blame. In Ayumi's opininon, it had been nobodies fault, just a silly little incident.
"That's so unlike him!" muttered Ayumi, slamming the door as she left the room. Yoshiki would usually never swallow his pride for anyone, however, he had changed when he was around her. He had really opened up when with ayumi, since he found such comfort in her ability to listen to anyone, At that moment, she wished that he would become the careless mask, and just walk away like he maybe would of done a few months ago. Ayumi breathed in deeply, before hurriedly running down the stairs, not wanting to cause any awkwardness between him and her sister for too long. Yoshiki was standing at the door, his hands in his pockets, plain whistling. Ayumi knew it was a way of him just making him more confident, so she didn't comment on it like she maybe usually would.
"I'll give you two some space…" mumbled Hinoe, quickly disappearing upstairs inot her room, out of sight. Ayumi felt bad for making Hinoe feel that way, but it was probably for the best anyway, just in case something uncomfortable happened.
Yoshiki and Ayumi's eyes met, making the whole situation a whole lot worse. They usually looked at each other like this in sensitive or romantic moments, but now it didn't feel very special to either of them anymore. They stood idlely in silence, until Yoshiki managed to break it.
"Look, Satoshi explained it to me," he stammered, not sure whether she knew "And I understand now, and im sorry for reacting like that. It was so stupid of me to say that stuff, and i really hope you can forgive me for being such an awful friend and, uh, boyfriend."
Ayumi smiled, glad that he now understood and was mentally praising Satoshi in her mind for being able to convince him of the truth. Yoshiki wasn't always the easiest to win over... He returned it, holding out his hand.
"Are we good again, Shinozaki?" he asked, joining hands with her quietly.
"Shinozaki?" she flared up "Don't be ridiculous, you can still call me Ayumi, god's sake!"
"Uh, I'm sorry….?" Replied Yoshiki, only to find Ayumi had thrown her arms around him and was now hugging him tightly around his waist. Her forehead was pressed against his, and for the first time in days they felt like their hearts were connected once more. He pulled her closer, never wanting to be apart from her, and at that moment he realised he wanted to spend his whole life with the slight girl, and nothing like this would never happen again. Hopefully. She tilted her chin towards his, her hands clutching the collar of his white shirt. Secretly, she was extremly relived that he had said sorry, and couldn't be any happier. They could all put this silly incident behind them, and carry on as normal. Her and Yoshiki, and Satoshi with Naomi. It was going to get better! Their lips connected breifly before they pulled away, both blushing and remembering the first time they had kissed - by the beach, in the moonlight.
"I will always love you..." he whispered into her ear, stroking her hair gently with his rough fingers. Ayumi nodded, backing away slightly to hide her overly flushed face.
"Hey, Yosh, can i come over yours tomorrow?" she asked, her school prodject still jigling in her mind. "Pleeease!"
Yoshiki laughed at her pleading eyes and nodded, tossling her hair playfully.
"See 'ya tomorrow, Ayumi!" he called cheerfully, stepping outside of the house. She watched as he turned around slowly, itching to go with him, but she couldn't leave the house with out at least telling Hinoe. Impulsivly, she ran down the road and pecked him lightly on the cheeck, before rushing back, bright red. Yoshiki chuckled to himself, and started strolling around the corner, away from Ayumi's house. Ayumi sighed to herself, closing the door and entering the house. What she didn't notice, was the fact Hinoe had been watching from upstairs the whole time, a worried look in her eyes. Pelting back into her room, she rumaged in her fancy desk, and swiftly withdrew a old, yellowing scrap of paper. She looked at the floor in fear, crumpling the piece of paper in her hand. Hinoe had hoped perhaps he had dumped her sister, not that she didn't want her sister to get into a relationship, but an entirely different reason. It concerned her greatly that they
were growing closer now, and maybe to the extent that Yoshiki would do anythingfte for his love for her. If she saw signs of this, she'd have to tell Ayumi the truth about their gifted bloodlines curse before things started getting serious. Hinoe shook her head, wondering if she was overreacting slightly. Her sisters relationship was harmless, they werent exactly going to be together forever, so that eased Hinoes mind a little. She still wondered whether she should tell her about the curse, but there was no point really until she really needed to.
Hinoe didn't know that Ayumi was about to find out...
Satoshi and Naomi were hauled up in Naomi's bedroom, 'doing homework'. It was true that they both had maths homework from that school day to finish, but they did want to have a good chat together too. Naomi found that she could tell anything to the easy going boy, whether it be her problems, fanatsies or just a rant. He would always listen to her, and although she didn't think she was a great one, she listened loyally in return.
The stupid (and now resolved) incident had put Satoshi further away from his goal of stopping the problem of the memories escaping the Heavenly Host. Although Hinoe had discussed the options clearly, he still wasn't sure how he could help the people effected by this. Maybe if he met up with Tsukasa soon, he could work with him more to help him remember Yui. There were only a few years between them, and anyway, in Satoshi's opinion, age doesn't matter, it's the potiential some one has that counts. You see people on the news all the time, he thought, like five year olds becoming renowned musicians and elderly people just learning to write. Did it really matter? Not to him. Naomi was sprawled on her bed, biting a pen in concerntration. The girl was extremely intelligent, and sometimes that made Satoshi feel a little overwhelmed, like she knew the answer to every acedemic questions. But she wasn't perfect, and Satoshi knew that, however Satoshi didn't care, he still loved her. He often found himself wondering if Naomi had a crush on him before he confessed, since she seemed a little oblivious, but he couldn't exactly read minds. No, he'd leave that to Hinoe or Ayumi, all the psycic stuff.
"You know Satoshi, do you ever feel like you just need a break...from life?" she asked, giving him a sideways, wistful smile.
"Yeah totally, but you shouldn't take this life for granted!" he responded, crossing out a whole line of his equation, making an enemy of algebra.
"I suppose. Maybe we just lay off a while, forget all this spiritual buisness and give yourself a break." Naomi suggested, zipping up her sapphire blue pencil case, "It wouldn't do any harm."
"Its a good idea and its ending the year anyway. Soon we'll be seniors you know!"
"Satoshi-sepai," she teased, jumping off the bed "Don't be so serious, lighten up."
Says you, muttered Satoshi under his breath. Naomi often let her emotions take control of herself, so she couldn't really say that to him.
"Fine, fine. I'll lay low for a while, no more sessions with Hinoe, no worrying, nothing."
"Good," Naomi approved "But be sure to tell Shinozaki about it, you don't want her to think your giving up!"
"True, but i'm going to stay a bit further away from Ayumi; i don't want anything awkward to happen again especially after last time."
Naomi nodded with a sigh, looking over Satoshi who was leaning over his work at her desk. She really enjoyed their little chats, even heart-to-hearts. It really made her day and she hoped, brought a little joy to Satoshi too. She was going to keep a sharp eye on him in the next few weeks, making sure he didn't do anything too stressful or crazy. It was going to be her duty, and she'd honor it with all her heart.
iThanks for reading as always, but I have a few questions to chat you you guys about. So those of you who write stories, do you do a big writing session or do you write the day you upload? Personally I don't have enough time to sit down straight and write a whole story, or say five chapters, so im more the latter. Do you plan your stories ahead or make it up as you go along? I do a bit of both though I generally just have a basic plot and add to that...
p.s, I put a poll on my profile asking which stories you want to see next! It will be open for a week, and then I will start writing it and hopefully upload soon after. It's officially open now, so it will last until 14th of August.
thanks again guys (・ω・)ノ