(07/12/10)
Thursday…
I sorta felt bad for Minako…
Usually, we'd hang out together, but Yukari would cling to my arm and I couldn't find any opportunities to chat with Minako, who'd hang with either Rio or Kenji during break time and the only time I'd be able to talk with her is at either Sports Committee or Badminton Practice… which to me is so meager.
She very much welcome to visit the house, which she always does, because she'd come by to hang out with the guys. Last Sunday, she was there, but I didn't see much of her, since Yukari and I had a date that day.
And then, I realized I really missed Minako.
Her craziness, her laughter, her sense of humor and her lyrical soul…her ability to love under the best and worst of circumstances.
And since Yukari was my girlfriend, I thought it'd be fair to tell Minako we couldn't see each other as much.
Lockers…
Minako was putting some books on her locker.
"Hey…" I said.
She looked at me.
"Oh! Hey bestie!" she punches me in a friendly way, "What's up?"
"Minako… it's about Yukari…" I said.
"So… you two got to second base with her?" Minako said, "Way to go, bucko!"
"No… it's not that…" I said sadly, "I… don't think I'd be able to see you as much…" I said.
Her face disheartened.
"I… see… Well, good for you, prioritizing!" she said solemnly.
"I'm really sorry…" I said.
She slams her locker.
"Yeah… me too." She then walks away.
But today, Yukari noticed my strange behavior.
While we were eating lunch…
I was thinking about my times with Minako.
"Minato…" she said.
"Huh?" I said.
"I just asked you a question." She said.
"Uh… yeah, sure, whatever…" I said, very much distracted.
She looks at me for a while.
"…What?"
"You're still hung over with Minako, aren't you?" she said.
"Minako? No… I told her that we couldn't hang out anymore…" I said.
Yukari seemed confused.
"Why not?"
That had ME confused.
"Because we're going out…?" I said.
She shook her head.
"Minato, whoever your friends are isn't really any of my concern. I mean, not that I like Minako or anything, but if she really is your friend, I guess I'll have to accept that fact." Yukari said.
"Really?" I said.
"Besides, did you ever hear me say that?" she said.
"Well, you kinda… uh…" I said, sort of speechless.
"In a nutshell, you can be friends with Minako." She said, smiling.
When I heard those words, I lifted her up and gave her a juicy kiss.
I ran to Minako, who was enjoying a candy bar.
I panted and panted while she chewed on her candy bar.
She looked at me as if she was surprised.
"Oh? You better go!" Minako said, "Yukari might see you."
"That's why… I'm here… we… can be… friends again… whew…" I said.
Minako smiled.
"That's great!" she said and we hugged.
Later, Yukari and I were walking home and across the street, Minako was walking down the street and I yelled out a hello for her.
She smiled and waved back and she didn't see the truck looming from behind her.
"TRUUUUUCK!" I yelled.
She just squinted her eyes and when she turned around, her face went like: :O
Instead of moving, she just stood there.
Time seemed to slow down.
The truck swooshed by and I screamed in grief.
I wished I could talk to her one last time…
When the truck passed, I feared the worst, but to my extreme surprise, she was on the side of the road, with a red-headed kid holding her.
Quan had saved Minako's life.
"Quan… thanks…" I said to him.
Quan winked at me.
"Nothing an extremely talented star basketball player couldn't handle." He said, though his shirt-sleeve was torn from saving Minako.
"Well, sad to say, that extremely talented star basketball player saved my life…" Minako said, breathless, "I owe you my life, dude."
Quan swept his hands over his hair: "No thanks needed, sweet-cheeks, I know I rule…" he said, "Though… I DO need… one thing." He said.
"What?" Minako's face faltered.
"A kiss." He said.
"Don't push it, pal." Minako said.
"Fine… how about we go out on a date?" Quan said, "This Sunday."
Minako pondered about it.
"Alright, fine. But you pay for me."
"Well, of course!" Quan said, "Anything for my lady."
Minako gave him a sour look.
"Don't push it, Quan Lao!"
(07/15/10)
Sunday…
Yukari and I didn't have any dates today, since she needed to study for the exams.
Since Minako and I study every night, we were free to do what we wanted.
She stopped by today.
"Hey bestie! I'm gonna go now! We're off to watch "Friday the 13th" remake!" she said.
"You don't really need to ask my permission, you know…" I said.
She smiled, "I knew you'd say that… don't go on spying on us now!" Minako said.
"Why would I?" I said.
"I dunno… maybe I might kiss Quan?" she said.
"Really? You'd do that?" I said.
She scrunched up her nose, "Yeah… no. That sounds repulsive."
"I know."
"Alright, I better skedaddle now…" she said, "Bye."
I tried to study but I couldn't study at the thought of Minako out on a date.
I looked at the wall clock and there was enough time to get dressed.
My conscience told me that spying on them is unethical.
But before it can speak anymore, I was already dressed and on my way to the cinemas.
I bought a ticket and went in.
I found a seat overlooking the lower seats, because I spotted the duo sitting there.
As I sat down, I noticed a person beside me.
"Cato? What are YOU doing here?" I said.
He gave me an annoyed look.
"Well, if you must know, I'm here to supervise things… as the head of the Disciple Committee, I must supervise all the dates of my members." He said simply.
"Bullshit. You're here to spy on them, aren't you?" I said.
"I'm also here to see if the movie is appropriate for a date." Cato said.
"It's rated PG-16! Quan and Minako are 17!" I said.
"Shhh!" someone behind us said.
"Then tell me this…what are YOU doing here?" he said.
"The best guy friend of the girl always arrives early to pick her up. Any idiot knows that!"
A person from behind us said: "Excuse me, sir, but could you please sit down?"
"Sorry." I said, sitting down.
An usher went at the end of the aisle, flashing a flashlight at us.
"Is there a problem here?" he said.
"Yes, this… barbarian is harassing me." Cato said.
"This asshole is guilty of over-disciplining." I said.
"Well, you two cut that out before I throw you out." He said and left.
Cato kept pointing at me.
I just shook my head.
I looked at Minako and Quan.
Quan pretended to stretch and moved his arm.
His arm was now around Minako's shoulders.
I sat next to Cato.
"I don't believe this!"
"What?" Cato said.
I gnashed my teeth, "He's doing the move!"
Cato seemed confused, "What move?"
I tried to explain, but I thought it'd be better if I show him.
"You're sitting in a theater… and you fake a big YAAAAWN… man, am I tired…" I stretch and I inconspicuously put my arms around Cato's shoulders, "Hand comes over and I get all the free space." I said, putting my head at his shoulder.
"Oh dear lord!" someone shouted behind us.
"Queer!"
"Gaylord!"
"Pretty pony gay boys!"
Cato's eyes flared, "No, I don't know "The move", unlike you horny barbarians, I have self-control, respect!" Cato said, "I am not, nor will I ever be, a hormonal teenager."
"I see."
He gestured my arm.
"Would you please!"
I scoffed.
"Your little buddy down there is a horny barbarian just like everyone else." I said.
Cato seemed surprised.
"Take that back!" he said.
I snorted.
"No way."
He pushed me.
"Take it back." He said.
"Did you just push me?" I said.
He pushed me again.
I pushed him.
Then, he pushed me a bit too hard and I fell off the balcony, but he managed to catch me.
Minako looked and threw Quan's arm away.
Needless to say, we were thrown out.
Quan and Minako joined us.
"You kinda sorta saved me." I said.
"Wouldn't do me any good if you died… no matter how tempting the idea seems…" he said.
We parted ways and Minako repeatedly thanked me.
Then, we went home.
When I went there, I saw an old friend… sorta.
A woman with orange-red hair was tutoring Junpei.
"Hey guys…" I said awkwardly.
They looked up.
"Oh, hey Minato!" Junpei said.
"How do you do?" the lady said.
"Chidori…" was all I can say.
"Yes. It is I." she said.
"Tutoring Junpei? Good luck." I said, "Don't mind me… I'm just gonna go up to my room…" I said.
The next day…
(07/16/10)
Monday…
We had physics exam today.
I answered it the best I can.
(07/17/10)
Tuesday…
History exam.
Thanks to Mr. Ono's after school lectures, which was against our will, Rio, Minako, Yuko, Kenji and I aced it very easily.
(07/18/10)
Wednesday…
Composition exams…
Again, Ms. Toriumi gave us after school lectures.
Needless to say, we aced it.
(07/19/10)
Thursday…
Literature…
Since Ekoda is a giant idiot, his lectures often gave out key hints and whatnot.
Also, Minako lent me a book about Macbeth…
(07/20/10)
Friday…
Mathematics…
This one gave me a headache, but I remembered all of the things I studied, so it was easy.
Also, this was the last day of exams!
(07/21/10)
Today was rest day, so I just watched TV, called Yukari and played Tetris.
But… today was anything BUT ordinary.
6 PM…
I was in my room, reading Otaku magazine and reading the most amazing volumes of Gacha-Gacha and Ai Yori Aoshi manga, when I Junpei called.
"Yo dude!" he said.
"Yo… where are you?" I said.
"Over at Chidori's… I'm going back there later, so don't worry." Junpei said.
"Yeah… don't do anything inappropriate…" I said.
"I won't!" he said.
"I think… Minako's pretty." I said.
"Really? Why?" he said.
"I don't know why, but… she's like an angel… she has a very beautiful smile, man… you know." I said.
"Did you bang her?" he said.
"Oh yeah, yeah, sure I banged her." I said sarcastically.
"That's what a man does… but I'm all over that. Chidori's the only woman who'll ever bear my Dragon seeds." He said.
"Give me a minute to puke."
Then, I saw Minako enter her room.
Since my lights were off and I used my reading lamp, she didn't see me.
To my surprise, she undressed.
First with her shirt.
"Oh my God, she's so hot…" I muttered.
"What channel, dude?" Junpei said, his voice suddenly becoming serious.
"No, no… it's Minako… I can see her through my window…" I said.
"You just noticed her hotness?!"
"No… she's… undressing…"
She then took off her pants.
"How's her boobs?" he asked.
"What the hell…" I said.
"How's the boobs?!" he asked.
"Hold on and relax." I said.
"No, you relax and get your ass over there!" Junpei said.
I hung up.
He called again.
"Yo! What happened man? What happened?" he said and I turned off the phone.
I stared as she unhooked her bra and took it off, her back facing against me.
The phone rang and I answered it.
"Dude, what the fuck?" it was Junpei again and I hung up.
She then took off her underwear and I saw her smooth, pale and luscious buttocks.
She turned around and I caught a glimpse of her full, round and beautifully pink boobs.
Her… downstairs, I didn't get a good look, but…
She saw me and I ducked as fast as lightning.
"Shit…"
I felt a sense of dread.
When I peeped again, her lights were off and I saw her walking towards our house.
I'm dead.
My posters of Greenday seemed to say to me: You're toast.
My poster of Uncle Sam pointed at me.
Leah's call surprised me.
"Minato! Come down here." Akihiko said.
My heart literally seemed to beat out of my chest while I went down.
I was on top of the stairs when I saw Leah and Minako chat.
"What were you doing up there?" Akihiko said.
"N-Nothing."
Minako raised her eyebrows as if to say are you sure?
"Minako here wants you to show her around." Leah said, "You will, won't you?" she said.
"Y-Yeah… sure." I said.
Minako seemed to give me a weird look.
We were riding awkwardly at the Mutsuhito.
Unusually enough, she drove.
"S-So… Long road huh? Uhhh… where do you want to go?" I asked.
She stopped.
"What are we doing?" I said.
"Did you like what you saw?" she said.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" I said, trying to play dumb.
"Did you like what you saw?" she said.
"I-I… It… was an accident." I said.
"An accident."
"Yes, an accident. I was in my room and I saw you for like… an instant." I said.
" An instant."
"Yeah… so, yeah… not really a big deal…"
She smirked.
"Uh… I mean, yeah it kinda was a big deal… but… I'm sorry."
"What are we gonna do about this, bestie?" she said.
"Well, I did say I was sorry…" I said.
She gave me another oh come on face.
"What?"
"You saw me." she said.
"So…?"
"Now I need to see you." she said.
"Yeah right, as if I'd be batshit crazy enough to do that!" I said.
She stared at me and before I knew it, I was on the road, in my underwear.
She turned on the headlights, so I covered my junk.
"The whole package, Minato!" she said from the car.
"Come on! This is about as good as it's gonna get!" I said.
She honked the horn really loud.
"ALRIGHT!" I shouted, "Geez… goddamned psycho…" I took off my underwear and tossed it.
"There! Are you happy now?" I said.
The car lurched forward and she fished out my underwear.
"Yep." She said.
"Hey! Wait!" I said, running after the car.
I ran about a hundred meters naked in the cold night.
She stopped the car as I used a baseball to hide my junk.
"You asshole! That wasn't funny!" I said.
"It was funny to me." she said.
"Come on, let me in…" I said.
"Come in." she said.
And when I tried going in, she'd step on the gas.
"Come on!" I shouted and she kept doing that for a while.
I was finally in the car and we stopped by a diner and had a few bites.
We chatted about stuff.
About what crazy things we should do now that we were graduating.
Then, her eyes sparkled.
"I have an idea!" she said.
She drove her car to a classy neighborhood.
She stopped.
We went out and she climbed on to a fence.
"This is nuts! We're breaking and entering!" I said.
"Blah blah blah!" she said, "Let's go!" she said.
There was a nice pool.
"I am not stripping again." I said, "Come on, let's go!"
She looked at the pool tentatively.
"How do you know there's no one in?" I said.
"I don't. That's the fun part." She said.
"This is insanity!" I said.
She took off her clothes.
I preceded taking off mine as well.
"Nice. Boxer-briefs." She said.
"Thanks…" I said.
"Now… is this the craziest thing you've done or what?" she said.
"Yep." I said.
We swam and played for a while, until the lights inside the house turned on.
"Holy shit!" I said.
"Hey, calm down… let's just slip away!" she said.
"No… not that… it's… Ekoda!" I said and almost strangled Minako, "You lead me into Ekoda's house?!" I said.
"Hey, I didn't know!" she said.
"Seriously, let's haul ass!" I said.
And as Ekoda opened the door, we bolted.
"Damn you crazy kids!" he yelled.
We drove back to my house, all wet.
Meanwhile…
Kenji, Junpei and Akihiko were inside watching T.V.
"Dude, why are we watching Legally Blonde?" Kenji asked.
"Shut up, Chidori recommended it… you'll learn to like it."
The doorbell rang and all of them answered it.
"I'm all wet, can I come in?" she said.
Kenji's mouth was agape and so were Junpei's and Akihiko's.
"Hey guys!" I said, "We took a dip at Ekoda's."
"Badass." Akihiko said.
"We're going out, so how about you guys join us?" I said.
"Can I use your bathroom?" she said.
"Yeah… you know the way." Junpei said.
She went in.
"Bro…" Kenji said.
"Yep."
"Dude…" Junpei said.
"Yep."
"Man…" Akihiko said.
"Yep…"
We drove to a party, around the neighborhood.
It wasn't a comfortable ride, since it only had two seats in front, but we all managed to squeeze in.
"What the hell are we doing here?" Junpei said.
"This is gonna get broken up by the Police, isn't it?" Kenji said.
We went in the party, where it seemed Akihiko knew most of them.
"Senpai! Glad you can make it!" one of them said.
"Hey." Akihiko said.
He stayed in the living room and chatted with some guys who apparently were from the Boxing team.
Kenji and Junpei hung out back and Minako and I decided to mingle.
"So… what do we do?" I said.
"We just chill." She said.
"Hi guys!" Quan said.
"Yo Quan! This a party of yours?" Minako said.
"Nope. The Boxing Club's reunion." He said.
"What's up?" I said.
"Want something to drink?" he said.
"Uh, sure." We said.
"Great." He said and took a few drinks away from Hortez.
Hide tapped me.
"Can you come here for a while?" he said.
"Sure."
I went with him.
"Sup." I said.
"This party is getting full and as the Emissary of Cato, I hereby say you get out." He said.
"So?" I said.
"That means you have to take off." He said.
"Sure, but she's with me." I said.
"Don't worry, she's well taken care of. There's the door, punk." Hide said and left.
I looked on as Quan talked to Minako.
I tried to go, but I couldn't.
I couldn't just stand there while someone tried to trick my Minako.
I walked defiantly there and brushed Hide aside and Quan as well.
"Excuse me."
As I said that, I looked into Minako's starry red eyes and gave her something she never expected.
I kissed my bestfriend.
Time seemed to slow down as Quan walked away.
Minako strangely held my face.
"Thanks." She said.
After that, we went home.