A/N: I sense a review war between two people…
Just keep it clean.
(06/09/10)
Saturday…
Minako and I did our usual routines, going to class, badmouthing Ekoda, eating lunch, badmouthing Ekoda with Ms. Toriumi, eating Froot Loops and attending Badminton practice...
Minako was always constantly by my side… she likes hanging out with me and the feeling is very much mutual…
Minako is the type of person you could set on fire and she'd just shrug…
Today actually, was fun… she placed chalk between the eraser and let Quan erase the board for her during Ekoda's class and he totally chewed her out.
But today was very unusual… because today, Yukari talked to me.
Well, it all started during lunch… she would give me smiles and I would smile back.
Minako kept looking at me and asked if I was high on drugs.
At recess…
Kenji and I were walking to his locker next to the Archery range.
"There! My third locker! One of the newest lockers here on campus!" Kenji declared as he admired his new locker.
Yukari was nocking an arrow and she smiled when she saw me.
"D'ja think Yukari likes you?" he said.
"Huh? No…" I said.
"Why not? It's pretty obvious she still has feelings for you…" he said.
"Huh…"
"And what do you think I should do?" I asked.
"Talk to her." He said.
"Really? What should I say?" I asked.
"You don't… maybe she'll be the one to talk to you." Kenji said.
"You don't say…?" I said as I propped myself with one arm by Kenji's locker.
Immediately, it caved in like a thick sheet of aluminum foil.
"My new locker!" Kenji lamented.
"Oops…" I said.
"Oops?! You break my locker and all you say is "Oops"?!"
"Well, you know these new school lockers… with their squishy metal and all…"
Then, during afternoon dismissal, she went up to me.
"Hey, Minato-kun…" she said.
I was sorta baffled at her, but I managed to reply.
"Huh? Hello, Yukari." I said, trying to be friendly, but it sounded stiff.
She winced.
"Still sore?"
"Well… I kinda felt hurt by what you said, really." I said honestly.
She bowed her head.
"I'm… sorry." She said.
"What was that?" I said innocently.
"I'm sorry."
"Say it again?" I said.
She embraced me.
"I AM SO SORRY!" she said.
I stood there awkwardly as everyone pretended not to notice.
"Uh… we're making a scene here… let's go to the rooftops?" I asked.
She nodded eagerly.
We walked upstairs and we sat on the bench overlooking the city.
There, she awkwardly fidgeted as I enjoyed the scenic view.
Then…
"So… uh… I guess you have more than a few questions for me?" she asked.
"Quite right." I said, "Definitely MORE than a few."
She bit her lip.
"So… uh… ask."
I shook my head.
"Do I even have to ask? I know you know what I want to ask." I said.
She sighed.
"I guess I probably deserve it…" she said, "The break up?"
I nodded, "I came back for you. I hope you know."
She took a very deep breath.
"I hope you understand… that I broke up with you for several reasons…"
I made a disgusted sound.
"Now let me explain… in my defense… I… was just… really scared of losing you…" she said.
"Scared. Of losing me. Really. REALLY." I said.
"Hey! Just listen, okay?" she said impatiently.
"Okay… fine, I'm listening."
"You came back to life… So, you're probably what some may call… a zombie."
"A zombie? Wow, that's one way to call it! Was the Messiah a zombie from coming back from the dead? Was Orpheus a zombie from coming back from the dead? If your father came back from the dead, would HE be a zombie?" I said.
I expected her to curse at me, but she just winced.
"Look… I was just spooked…" she said.
"Yeah, like two months ago… when you said you needed 'space'… What?" I said sarcastically.
"Minato… words… can't explain… how sorry and lousy I feel for doing that to you…" she said.
I wanted to argue, call her a bitch or something, but somehow, Yukari's disposition made me… calmer?
Instead, I made a throaty laugh.
"I remember when we broke up…"
She nods wistfully.
"You said: This is it, I had enough!"
"Yeah… really, I'm sorry…" she said.
"It's okay…" I said.
"So… are we back together again?" she said.
"I guess…"
Then, Minako arrived.
"Yooo Minato! And… Dragon Lady?!" she said in surprise.
Minako's eyes turn to me, expecting an answer.
"Did… did Dragon Lady kidnap you?!" she asked.
Yukari's eyes flared in extreme annoyance, but she kept her composure and kept her anger to herself.
"Uh… mind explaining?!" Minako said in annoyance, which I can't refuse.
"Excuse me…" I said to Yukari.
I went with Minako to the corner.
"Yukari wants to make up with me…" I said.
Minako's eyes flashed.
"No!"
"Relax… she wants to be friends with you as well…" I said, making a harmless white lie.
"Me? Friends with… with… with HER?! Never!" she declared.
"Just… be cool, a'igh?" I said, "I've got this."
Minako looked at me wearily.
"You're the boss…" she said.
"Okay…" I said.
"I'll be outside…" she said.
"Wizard."
I returned to Yukari.
"Sorry 'bout that…" I said.
"Yeah, I was getting to her…" she said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean that… I'll be very blunt here, I really don't like Minako. I never did, never will and never had." She said.
"Why not? You don't even know her personally." I said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" she said.
"Listen… if you really hate someone, everything they'll do will set you off…" I said.
She shook her head.
"That's not really the point... I don't like the way she moves…" she said, eyeing Minako eating a saltine cracker she saved by the rooftop door.
"Look at her… eating those crackers… like she OWNS the place…" Yukari muttered beneath her breath.
"See what I mean?" I said.
"What?"
"Poor Minako's just eating crackers and you chastise her…" I said, defending my dear friend.
"Why do you defend that glutton?" she said.
"Glutton? Minako has an eating disorder." I said.
"That's besides the point." She said.
"Besides the point!" I cried, "Would you be angry at a blind man for not seeing?" I said.
"No. If it's Minako, then fine."
"I'll ask you a question and you have to answer it honestly and bluntly… can you answer it?" I asked.
"Yes. I will." She said.
"Are you jealous?" I said.
Her eyes flashed with anger.
"Why would I be-"
"Answer it."
She slumped her shoulders.
"Yes. I am. And you want to know why? I don't like… dumb, stupid people like her around you…" she said.
"She got a higher score than you." I pointed out.
"Alright, Minato, I don't want to be enemies with you, but… you need to make a choice." She said.
"A choice? What the hell is this? Twilight?" I said.
"Yeah. I would be Jacob, since I have shorter hair and much more realistic…" she said.
"So you're saying I'm Bella?"
"Well, you can't be Edward, since Vamp there has it covered… pale skin, red eyes and bad attitude… makes her a vampire!" she said playfully.
"I refuse to stay away from Minako." I said obstinately.
"I understand." She said.
"Y-You do?"
"Yes. I understand completely."
"Then…"
"No. We can't." she said.
"Yukari… please…" I lost her once and it felt twice as painful to lose her again.
"Sorry… I need to go…" she said.
I bow my head.
With that, she sadly walked out, giving Minako the cold shoulder.
Minako went in.
"Geez… what's her shizz?" Minako asked, still munching on her crackers.
"N-nothing… can you go away for a while?" I asked.
She blinked.
"O-Okay…"
I spent the time pondering about what my life was worth.
Saddened by Yukari… who I sacrificed my life for…
I don't hate her… in fact; I love her so much…
Then, I went home with Minako.
I didn't want to eat, so I went immediately upstairs.
I sulked in my room.
Minako played GreenDay music in her room while wearing a sombrero.
She saw me and started writing:
Minako: WHY SO DOWNCAST?
Minato (me): IT'S YUKARI…
She smiled.
Minako: AH… PROBLEMA WITH THE CORAZON EL MINATO?
Minato (me): HUH?
Minako: SORI… IT'S THE HAT…
She took off the hat.
Minako: TELL ME WHATS UP.
Minato (me): WELL… YUKARI DOESN'T WANT ME TO HANG OUT WITH YOU…
Minako: WHY NAUGHT?
Minato (me): BECOZ… SHE JEALOUS BRO…
Minako: WHO DID YOU CHOOS?
Minato (me): YOU.
Minako: THAT'S SWEET!
Minato (me): YEP… BUT A BITTER PILL FOR ME…
Minako: SHE DIDN'T RECONSIDER?
Minato (me): NOPE.
Minako: TRY 2 CALL HER AND EXPLAIN.
Minato (me): THAT WONT WERK…
Minako: R U A GIRL?
Minato (me):NO…
I contemplated it.
Minato (me): ALRIGHT…
I took my cell and dialed her number.
She answered in four rings.
"Hello?" she said, her magical voice like a flowing river.
"Hey Yukari… it's Minato." I said.
"Minato! How are you?" she asked cheerily.
"I'm well…"
"Have you… you know…?" she said, hinting Minako.
"Yukari… why can't you two be friends?" I asked.
She made several angry sounds.
"Look, I only want a stable relationship and frankly, that's impossible with HER around…"
"Yukari… please… I still love you…" I said.
"Sigh… this is EXHAUSTING! If Minako's your friend, we are never, ever getting back together." She said and hung up.
I shook my head.
Minako opened her window and threw a flip-flop at my window.
Minako: PROGNOSIS?
Minato (me): NO CIGAR. SHE WONT ACCEPT IT.
Minako: DAMN DRAKON LADY TIL THE END…
Minato (me): I NEED 2 SLEEP.
Minako: OK, TAKE IT EASY.
I went to bed and I tried to sleep, but all I did was toss and turn.
I also tried to cry myself to sleep.
Then, at twelve midnight, I decided to go Romeo on Minako…
I went out of the house and walked between our rooms.
I picked up a small sized rock and threw it to her room.
I did it a few times and then I took a larger one and threw it at her window as Minako opened it, causing it to hit her.
"OW! Whatthefuck?!"
"Sorry!" I said.
"Ow! Minato? What do you want?" she said.
"Can… can I talk to you?" I said.
"At midnight?!" she said.
"Yes…"
"Sure." She said as she let down a rope ladder.
I climbed up the ladder.
Her room had a pink wallpaper, had girly-punk designs and smelled like Froot Loops.
"Why is there a ladder?" I had to ask.
"Auntie's a doomsday prepper… afraid about some stupid eruption…" she muttered.
"Sigh… I feel troubled…" I said.
"Why?" she asked.
"Yukari…" I sobbed as my head dropped to her chest.
"Oh… oh… there there…" she consoled me.
I hugged her.
"Stop crying…" she said.
I kept crying.
"Uh… remember when we broke Kenji's locker three times?" she said, "And… the time you kicked Cato's ass?"
I had to laugh.
Then, I saw I made a wet mark of my eyes in her red shirt.
"Sorry…" I said.
"S'okay…"
"Let's forget Yukari for tonight, eh?" she said.
"Okay…" I said, "What are my favorite songs?"
"Boulevard of broken dreams…" she said.
Then, we engaged in a stimulating conversation about my musical preferances.
"Okay… can I talk about my dreams or am I pushing it?" I said.
"Nah, go on ahead…" she said.
She allowed me to lay in her lap as I talked to her.
I told her about my dreams of opening a wine company.
"That's a great idea!" she said, "My spoiled bestie!"
"How about you?"
She talked about her dream of being either a food critic or being my partner for my wine company.
Then, I noticed my door opening.
It was Junpei.
He was mouthing something and when he saw me, his eyes shouted 'UNFAIR!'.
I ignored him and I said:
"I'd better go…" I said.
"Thanks for coming… and for sticking out for me…" she said.
"Always... for my best friend, Minako." I said.
She winked at me and I gave her a friendly hug.
"Here, take this…" she gave me a rope ladder, "I might want to visit your room." She said.
"Thanks…" I said.
Then, I went out, escaping in the cover of the night.