It's me again with another update! Not a single review, I feel dejected. I hope it's different this time. This is the longest chapter yet. BTW, I wasn't sure how to name it that's why I the two titles I thought together. Enough of me talking. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: An Interesting Person aka The meeting
Yori kept on looking through the window hoping to see Yusei when he arrived, though it was hard with Ralph in the way and she was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.
"Miss Yori, won't you please answer the problem in the board?" asked the angry teacher when he noticed she wasn't paying attention to his class but whatever was outside.
Yori jolted. 'Busted.' She stood up and walked up to the board. It was a good thing that it was only math class and that she was good at it. Then again, she was a good student; with in the top 10 back in school.
She solved the problem no sweat, which made the teacher even angrier when he saw her smirk. He couldn't do anything about it though. He could have reprimanded her when she wasn't paying attention instead he forced her to solve a problem which he was sure she wouldn't do it. His plan had completely backfired.
"You may take your seat," he said through greeted teeth.
As she was going back to her seat she saw it; the red runner that was unmistakably Yusei's. She got a glimpse of him even though it was only for a moment. She couldn't wait to meet him.
She made it to her sit and that was when it hit her. 'Yusei is going to the twins' class and I'm in class right now. How am I supposed to meet him?' she almost groaned. 'I guess I didn't think it through.' She sighed.
"Is something wrong, Miss Yori?" The teacher asked slightly annoyed.
"Uh?" she replied stupidly as she got caught again not paying attention. Did the teacher of her favorite class had something against her, or was she the only one thinking that? "Um, I-err," she didn't know how to answer. 'I'm in trouble.' She panicked as she was looking for a quick excuse. "I'm, I'm not feeling so well. My head is hurting me." She lied. "May I be excuse?"
The teacher's anger vanished. He had been inform she was not fully recover and to no exert herself, meaning that she should be laying in bed and not in school yet.
"You may," the teacher replied. "If you decide to leave early Miss Yori, please pass by my office first to get your homework."
She stood up after she had put away her things. "Yes, sir."
She left the room and noticed that Aki looked a bit worried just like Ralph. She felt bad about making them worry and she also knew very well she was being selfish again. Still, she wanted to meet Yusei so badly and this was her chance. If she were to miss it then, who knows when she would get another one again? She just couldn't say something like "I wanna meet Yusei, can you introduce me?" to Aki or the twins. One, it'd be weird; at least that's what she thought. Two, she was too shy to say something like that and three, if Aki or anyone were to ask her why she wanted to meet Yusei what could she say? That she had a crush on him? A guy she hadn't even met or supposedly knew nothing about.
She was walking through the empty hallways towards the elevator. 'Now what?' she thought. 'I don't know what class the twins are. How old are they again? Twelve? Eleven? Thirteen?' She bit her lip and she entered the elevator and pressed a random number with her eyes closed. 'I'm being too impulsive. I wasn't thinking at all when I said that I wasn't feeling well and left class. Then again, if I had stayed it would have been worse since I wouldn't be able to concentrate. I do feel bad for making Aki and Ralph worry though.' The doors of the elevator opened.
She found herself on the first floor. 'Take a deep breath and start to think.' She started walking without a destination. 'This school goes from middle school to High School, so the twins must be either first years or second years. Wait, all third years students are eighteen so… they are twelve, they are first years and I'm in the right floor.' She was a bit proud of herself to figure that out. 'Now I just have to find Yusei.' She said deep in thought as she continued walking through the long empty hallway. She started walking with her eyes closed still deep in thought. 'But wait, what do I say to him when I see him?' She groaned and sighed. 'I didn't think about that.' She opened her eyes and just decided that maybe she should go to the infirmary after all.
As she was about to turn back from the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a vending machine. She was a little thirsty so she bough a Bottle of water. She opened it and drank half of the bottle on the spot. Then she walked back before the interception where she had caught a glimpse of the machine. She was still drinking her beverage as she walked and as she approached the corner ready to turn she collided with someone which caused her to choke due to the impact; which at the same time caused her to drop the half-drank bottle to the floor and make a mess of the shoes and the lower part of pants of the person she had bumped into in the first place.
"I-I'm s-so sorry." She apologized between coughs with a slight hoarse voice. Her throat was hurting her so much it she squinted her eyes whenever she coughed.
"It's okay, don't worry" said a strangely familiar male voice. "Moreover, are you okay?" he asked with a tone of worry.
It took a few seconds more but she finally stopped coughing and when she finally looked up she saw him. It really was him! She forgot to how breathe for a moment and then she was breathing too fast.
"Are you feeling okay?" he asked again as he saw the girl in front of him hyperventilate.
Her face flushed and she felt her ears burned. "I-I-" she stuttered weakly. She never finished what she was about to say and ran away as fast as she could.
Yusei was a little startled as to what exactly had happened as looked at the girl ran away he touched his yellow mark. He picked up the bottle and threw it on the nearby rubbish can. He shrugged the incident off and made his way to the nearest men's restroom to dry himself off a bit.
'Oh my gosh! I can't believe I did that!' she thought frenetically as she ran to the elevator. She could feel her whole face was burning, even her eyes. 'I'm going home and not coming out of there ever again! There's no way I can look at him straight in the eyes, let alone talk to him.'
She entered the elevator and this time she decided to go the infirmary; it'd be troublesome if her teacher were to ask the nurse if she had stopped by and found she hadn't even gone there. She also needed to calm down.
There was no one in the infirmary only a note left by the nurse she was out for lunch and had been during the entire time Yori had supposedly come. She lied down in bed on top of the cover, her feet hanging off the floor. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep a bit.
The door of the infirmary opened. "Oh, hello," said the nurse as she came back from her back. "Are you skipping or you don't feel well?"
That almost made Yori laugh, such a direct question. "I'm having a headache," she replied which was true. She was having a headache, now.
"Let me see," the nurse stepped closer and put a hand over her forehead. "You are a little warm, let's take your temperature." She said as she got the small instrument and gave it to Yori to put it in her mouth after putting a small plastic cover over it. "A slight fever," the nurse inform as she walked away to open a cabin where she had the medicine.
Yori almost scoffed. She always got sick when she was worrying too much, she hadn't realized how much had the incident with Yusei bothered her. Now she did have an excuse to just keep in bed for a few days. Well, she did want to cause Yusei and impression but that wasn't what she had in mind. At least he'd remember her, right? Or maybe he will just shrug it off? She wasn't sure. She groaned.
"Does it hurt too much?" the nurse asked.
Yori had forgotten she was there. "It's not too bad." She replied.
"Here," the nurse gave her a pill and a cup of water.
Yori drank it obediently.
"Lay down and try to sleep for a bit, I'll wake you in about an hour and if you're feeling better you can go back to class if not I'll call your house so they pick you up." The nurse said as she took Yori's shoes off for her. "Get in bed now."
Yori got inside and covered herself. "Thank you,"
The nurse smiled. "Now rest." She closed the curtain so the young girl wouldn't be disturbed.
'I'm such an idiot,' she thought. 'What if he thinks that I have something against him? I mean, I just saw his face and ran away. Anyone would think that I got scared because of his mark.' She sighed and turned so that she was lying on her belly. 'It was so sudden and unexpected I didn't know what to do. I was so embarrassed too.' She groaned and muffled it with the pillow. 'What should I do now?'
After the hour had passed the nurse found the girl sleeping with a little difficulty. She touched her forehead to see if her fever was gone but she was even hotter than before. She called her house so someone would pick her up.
"Miss Yori," the nurse said as she tried to wake the girl. "Miss Yori, wake up. They've come to pick you up."
Sluggishly she got up. Her head was hurting but at the same time she felt lightheaded, she felt a little dizzy too.
She saw Ms. Higgins in the room. "Ms Higgins?" Yori asked disoriented.
"My, my, I knew it would have been better if you had stayed home. Now, you've gotten sick," the aforementioned woman scolded.
"It's not so bad," Yori replied with a small smile.
Ms Higgins shook her head as she helped the girl on her feet and to walk. She addressed the nurse to thank her and they both left. Ms Higgins told Yori she had already gathered her homework for the day from her teachers when the girl told her she needed to get it.
They arrived home and she force to go to bed. She couldn't sleep, so she decided to do her homework. It didn't take her long but once she had finished, she felt tired so she lie down again and fell asleep almost instantly.
A few hours later she woke up; her fever gone. She yawned.
"Good morning, sleepyhead." A male voice said.
It was then she noticed she wasn't alone. Aki, Rua, Ruka and Ralph were there either standing or sitting by her side.
She smiled. "Hi guys," She said.
"Seriously, if you're not feeling well you shouldn't push yourself." Aki said with an scolding tone.
"Yeah, you had us worried." Ralph agreed.
She looked down at her lap. "I'm sorry." She said. "I was feeling well this morning though."
"You heard the doctor you shouldn't overexert yourself and I'd say trying to learn in a few days what you haven't in four months is overexerting yourself." Ralph was the one scolding now. "You should stay in bed just like you were told."
Yori groaned. "It's too boring" she whined which made them laughed; she was acting like a spoiled kid.
"So, were you able to contact your friend, Ruka?" Yori asked after the laughter had died down. She already knew the answer but maybe if she mentioned him, just maybe she would somehow be able to say something or make them say something so she could meet him again and this time in a more normal way.
"You bet," Rua answered. "Everyone in class was surprised that the King had gone to our school for us." He said excitedly.
"King?" she questioned. Ok, she knew Yusei was the King since he beat Jack during the first season but for some reason it was a bit strange to her when he said King referring to Yusei. Maybe it was because he wasn't mentioned as King very often.
"You don't know?" Asked Rua surprised.
Aki and Ralph share gazes and looked at her, at first she didn't understand why they were looking at her the way they did. Then it hit her. "You can tell them," she approvingly.
"She doesn't know about Yusei being the 'King'," Started Aki. "Because…"
"You know she had an accident about four months ago, right?" Ralph asked since Aki seemed to be having a bit of a hard time explaining.
"Yeah, we know." Ruka answered.
"What about it?" asked Rua curiously.
"She was in a coma all this time and when she woke up a few days ago, she had lost her memories." Ralph said.
"Hey, let's do that again," Rua said enthusiastically.
"Do that?" Asked Yori confused as the others looked at him curiously.
"Yeah, let's duel." Rua said.
"Rua!" his sister scolded. "Didn't you hear? She can't overexert herself. She can't duel."
"Aww," Rua groaned. "I thought we could do like last time."
Yori looked curiously, and then she remembered. On the English version Rua or Leo, as that was his English name, dueled Yusei who had lost his memories. She wasn't even going to think about it, she decided. She really wasn't going to think why something that happened on the English version…'No, stop. I'm not thinking about it. I'm not.' She knew it'd be bad to try to understand what was beyond her understanding.
"So, you dueled him and he recovered his memories?" She asked as she tried not to think. "So lucky," she said not thinking what she was saying. "I'd like to talk to him about it. I wonder if how he felt when he lost his memories." She said without realizing what she had said.
They noticed she wasn't really paying attention to what she had said. "I thought maybe it could work." Rua replied her question, ignoring the rest as he got an idea.
"I don't think it would work," Yori said. "I've changed my deck so even if I duel with you since I have completely different cards it wouldn't refresh my memory. Also, I'm still learning how to duel." She added as she focused back on the conversation.
"You don't know?" Asked Rua surprised.
"Ralph is helping me to learn again, that's why I've decide not to duel anyone at school and keep the fact that I've lost my memories a secret." Yori said. She really felt bad for lying. What else could she do, though?
"So, anyway," Ruka decided to change the subject since she noticed it was making Yori a little uncomfortable. "Are you going to take some time off from school?"
"I think I'll rest for the rest of the week," she said sheepishly. "So, can you guys take notes for me? Oh, I'll also give you today's homework so you can give it to the teachers, is that okay?"
"Sure, no problem." Aki replied.
"Okay." Ralph said as he gave some of Yori's handouts to Aki, since they didn't have the same classes.
"We'll leave now; you should rest a bit more." Ruka said. "We'd be sure to visit tomorrow if you don't mind."
"I don't. Please come whenever you like." Yori said.
"Oh, I left your phone on top of your desk." Ruka added as she was at the door along with everyone else.
"See you," everyone said leaving Yori alone. It was a bit lonely but that was a familiar feeling, she was use to it. She was not pretending to be sick or weak as she had in class, she really felt that way now. Maybe it was because she had run so much or because she had been worrying about what she had done. It didn't matter, she felt tired. No longer being able to sleep she went to her 'library.'
She sat on the chair in front of the computer desk. Last time she hadn't opened the drawers. It had two small ones. She opened the second one and was full of doodles and drawings, she had made. Under the pile of papers she found a key, which she assumed was from the first one, which was locked.
She opened it and found a single book. It was small in size but it had so many pages, you could say it was big. She opened it at a random page and started reading.
October 10, 20XX
Today Ren left for the university. He's going to be studying abroad so I don't know when I'll see him. I'm gonna miss big brother a lot.
That was an entry from four years ago, she realized. Not only that, but this was a journal, the real Yori's journal. She went back to the first page.
December 24, 20xx
Today is my birthday and big brother gave this journal for me to write. I got lot of presents. I'm so happy with this present though since it's from big brother. I'm going to start writing here every single day. I'm not sure what I should write about though. I guess about the weather or interesting things that happen?
Anyway, today mom and daddy couldn't make it for my birthday. They are still in on their trip and all flights were cancelled too due to the blizzard. That's why they couldn't make it. At least I got a white Christmas, right? I'm still sad; I really wanted them to be with me. Big brother is so nice and trying his best to cheer me up so I will try and smile for him. He even made a cake for me. It was so funny seeing him make a mess of himself. Well, I better go to sleep now.
That entry was from twelve years ago, meaning she was turning six. 'It must have been lonely to not have your parents with you.' She thought sadly. 'Your brother sounds like a really nice guy though. You're lucky to have him as a brother.'
She took the journal and went back to her room. In bed she continued reading. She could understand the feelings of this girl very well. She knew how lonely it felt when you parents were away or didn't have time to play with you. She had gone through that too, she was lucky to have two brothers also to make that loneliness go away. It seems in the case of this girl, she had her older brother and Ralph to be there for her.
Now she understood why Ralph said that about 'little sister' because they were like they were siblings. They had known each other since they were still wearing diapers and had always been together. At least that's what she thought when she had started reading the first few entries. Since she was a quick reader she had pretty much finished reading the journal around midnight and it was then she saw that he teased her about her height. That was the real reason why he called her 'little' the sister part he did mean it but the little was to make her angry since Yori had a little complex about her height. Not that he was taller by much, less than a head.
She chuckled when she read that entry. It reminded her of Chris; though he was only about an inch taller than her and teased her also. It really seemed like she and Yori were the same person. The reactions she had to certain situation, the taste in clothes, colors, points of view, their complexes about their height and even feelings were so much alike. It really was like she belonged there.
She was happy to find out that Yori was just like her. She wasn't a stuck up rich brat who thought she was above anyone even when she was the best duelist at the academy. Actually, she was tomboy who acted like a role model student and who the teacher, most, loved. Just like when she was at school. Her teachers loved her and thought she was lady-like, sophisticated, intelligent, kind and things like that. When she read what her teachers had written on her yearbook when she graduated she was shocked at first and then almost bursted out laughing. Did she really cause that kind of impression?
She was shy, which was why she didn't talk in class and made the teachers think she was well-behave and mature. She was smart, she liked learning; though only stuff she was interested in. She was kind but only because she didn't want to be dislike and tried to fit in, though she was pretty much alone, except for her friend Aiko. Really, the impression she had on others was completely different from whom she really was and in Yori's case it seemed it was the same.
They were tomboys, say what they had in mind even without noticing; they made a habit of talking politely because of that. Otherwise, it could sound too crude or rude, or both. They were a little reckless sometimes though usually they would think before acting; mostly. They were cunning, selfish, self-centered and sometimes manipulative. So, she did feel bad sometimes about the things she did but she couldn't help it. She knew she wasn't the role model everyone thought but she was who she was and she wasn't about to change that. She was happy being herself.
Thus, she resolved, until now she had tried to be nice and kind and act like a normal girl. So now she was going to start being herself again. She was going to be the way she really was with the people who had become close to her, her friends; just like in real life. Only her friends would appreciate and accept who she was and still love her, that scared her but she would try to be as honest as possible to them starting with her true character.
As promised her four friends were to visit her after school. Ralph and Aki brought Yori her homework and notes for her to copy. She became more opened with them even if only slightly. They didn't really notice since it was such a small change it was like nothing had happened.
A few days passed and now almost every day Ralph and Yori would argue about something or the other. It had become a routine and they had already gotten used to it. Right now, back at the academy the day was over Yori and Ralph were arguing about something trivial again.
"Who knew she was so lively," commented Ruka as she saw the two argued while they both were pulling a bottle of water which belonged to Yori and had been drinking.
"Yeah, the way those two fight is like their little kids," Rua agreed.
Aki and Ruka giggled. "You are one to talk," Ruka said grinning.
"Hey!" Rua protested.
"I wonder if Yusei will come," Aki said as she tried to stop the twins before they also started fighting.
The twins looked at her. Before they could say anything a voice called them.
"Aki, Rua, Ruka," They turned around and saw him walking towards them.
"Yusei!" They exclaimed.
"So, what is it you wanted to talk about?" he asked.
"We want you to meet our new friend and talk to her." Ruka started
"Yori has lost her memories and the other day we were talking about how you also had amnesia but after a duel with Rua you recover them." Aki followed.
"She said that she'd like to talk about how you felt when you couldn't remember anything." Rua ended the explanation.
Yusei nodded. "I see."
"Give it back, Ralph" Yori said as she and Ralph struggled for the bottle of water.
"C'mon, don't be like that." Ralph wouldn't let go. "It doesn't cost you anything to share."
"No, 'cause you're gonna finish it and I'm really thirsty!" Argue Yori
Aki saw them still struggling and sighed. She didn't believe it at first but those two were really like siblings. Yusei, Rua and Ruka also approached the scene.
"Well, I'm thirsty too."
"Then get your own." Yori kept pulling the bottle which was opened.
"Fine, be that way." Ralph said and suddenly let go of it just when Yori had pulled with all of her strength.
Unfortunately for Yusei, who was now standing behind Yori, received the impact. Not only did she empty the bottle on him but she also hit him on the forehead. Now, his clothes were drenched, at least his jacket and a part of his shirt were. His hair also got wet and droplets of water were falling into the floor.
Yori gasped when she turned around. 'Oh. My. God! Not again.' She thought in shock as she started panicking. "I'm so, so, sorry." She bowed. "Please forgive me. I-I didn't mean to-Oh my gosh, you're soaked. What do I do?"
Aki, Rua and Ruka didn't know what reaction to take. Laughter won as they all began to giggled and chuckled; not at Yusei but at Yori who was panicking unable to figure out what to do.
"It's all your fault, Ralph!" Yori turned around and glared at the boy.
"My fault?" he asked taken aback.
"Yes! If you hadn't tried to take my bottle this wouldn't have happened." She spat. "Oh, I know!" she looked into her pockets but found nothing. She opened her bag and took out a white towel with it she started trying to dry Yusei. She tried to do his hair first since it was dripping water but ended up making a mess of his hair, which caused the twins and Aki to laugh harder.
"It's okay," Yusei finally said. "Don't worry about it." He said reassuringly as he took the towel and started drying himself off. "A little water never hurt anyone."
"I guess people tell you you're dripping with good looks?" she said as a line from Ouran High School Host Club came to her mind. Her face flushed as soon as she realized that she had actually said that out loud to Yusei.
Now, the four people there were laughing extremely hard as Yori was blushing so hard and Yusei had a look of surprised in his faced.
"No, I've never been told that." Yusei replied after the shock wore off. "Wait, aren't you the girl I met last time I was here?"
"I'm sorry," Yori said meekly not daring to look at him. "I-I really-"
"Don't worry about it. It happens to everyone." Yusei said and smiled a little.
Yori blushed even harder when she looked up and then looked away again and turned her back towards him as she used her hands to cover her cheeks and ears. "You mean you actually accidentally dropped a bottle with water on the same person twice?" She asked awkwardly.
Yusei thought about that and chuckled. "No, but accidents do happen."
"Wait," Rua interrupted them. "Does that mean you already met?"
Yori looked away, "Kinda."
Ralph looked annoyed, she was being so bashful right now in front of that new guy while she was being so aggressive towards him just a few minutes ago. She was blushing and acting cute in front of him, it made him angry for some reason.
"It doesn't fit you to act all cute and shy like that," he said sharply taking everyone by surprise.
"Wha-what are you talking about?" questioned Yori surprised. "I'm not acting cute." She protested. 'I know I'm not cute or pretty.' She added in her mind.
He glared. "You're even stuttering. Jeez, trying to impress a guy like that," he spat. "Ridiculous."
"I'm not trying to impress anyone!" She glared back. "I just feel bad for what I did."
"As if I'd believe that," He said dryly, looking away from her. He didn't understand why he was saying such things to her. He knew he was being a jerk yet he couldn't stop.
"Whether you believe me or not it's your problem," she continued glaring.
Ralph smirked. "That's the Yori I know."
Yori's anger dissipated due to the surprise of his words. It was then when she realized how she had talked to Ralph, her attitude, her words and how she had done all that in front of Yusei. She looked down at her feet, ashamed. She had argued, yelled, glared and showed a bad side of her in front of him. Ralph was right, she had tried to impress Yusei and so far she was causing a bad impression.
'Wait, didn't I decide that I was going to be myself?' she thought. 'If I want Yusei to really like me then I have to show him who I really am. Not only the good sides but the bad as well.' She looked up, back at Ralph and looked at him straight with an unwavering gaze. "I am who I am, I am me. So, I don't really care what others think about me. If they like me," she made a pause and smiled. "I'm happy and if then don't, I only have one thing to say to them:" she became serious again "deal with it."
Ralph smirked turned into a sheepish grin. "Guess I was wrong." He said ready to leave. "I'll see you later, shortie." He waved with his back turned towards the group.
"Who are you calling 'shortie'? You pipsqueak!" she yelled after him as she punch the air.
The guys behind Yori chuckled which reminded her they were still there. She looked back at them. She blushed again and tried to look away.
"Yusei must be thinking the worse of me," she couldn't help but to think that out-loud.
Yusei gave her half a smile. "I don't. I think you're an interesting person." He said as he thought hard of an appropriate word.
"Really?" Yori perked up. "I'm glad." She smiled brightly which made the others smile too.
"Oh, yeah. We haven't introduced you too, yet." Ruka realized. "Yusei, she's Yori. Yori, this is Yusei."
"Nice to meet you, Yusei," Yori beamed.
"You too." He replied amicably.
"Now that's a lie," Yori said with a grin. "There's now way you it could be nice to meet the person who dropped two bottles of water on you."
"You don't think so?" Yusei asked knowing she was joking.
"That's right, unless you're a masochist." She laughed.
"Masochist?" Ruka and Rua questioned.
'Oops.' Again, she just said what she had in mind. "Someone who enjoys pain," she replied.
"Eh?" Rua looked really surprised. "There's people who like pain?"
Aki did what she thought was most reasonable and lead the kids away inviting them for ice-cream.
"Eh? Aki?" Yori asked as she saw her friend walk away.
"Just talk with Yusei," Aki said to her.
'Talk about what?' She thought as she felt herself stretching her hand as if saying 'don't go.' She really didn't want to be alone with Yusei, he made her nervous. She had felt less nervous but that was because the kids and Aki were there.
"Even if Aki says 'talk with Yusei' I have no idea what to talk about." She murmured to herself but Yusei was able to hear her.
"They told me that you have lost your memories and that you had said that you wanted to talk to me about that." He replied.
Yori turned towards him, taken aback. "I don't remember saying that." She said thoughtfully. "I might have though." She added as she recalled that conversation.
"Wanna talk about that?" he suggested.
"Yeah," she replied. It was a start, she didn't know what to talk about and this was something she could talk. Fine, she didn't have amnesia but she how it felt like. She had had amnesia once though like Yusei it was only temporal. "Let's go walk around the park." She suggested.
"Okay." He nodded.
"Oh, but we need to get you a change of clothes first. You might catch a cold." She said worriedly.
Yusei took off his jacket revealing his black and red sleeveless shirt. "It's okay, only the jacket got wet."
She couldn't help but stare but quickly looked away as if nothing happen. She didn't want him to think she was a pervert. 'I want to look so badly.' She thought as her cheeks turned rosy. 'I didn't know he had such a toned body. I never noticed.' She tried to look away from him and be as subtle as possible. Still, she would get a glimpse of him every now and then. 'I wish-jeez, what am I thinking? I'm such a perv but I can't help but want to be embrace by him.' Her face was becoming redder and redder.
Yusei noticed.
"Are you alright? Your face is a bit red." He commented as they were on the entrance of the school.
Her blushed deepened. "I'm alright. It's just the heat." She said stupidly. 'Gyah! He noticed! Now, I can even feel my ears burning!'
They continued walking she was not feeling well, she was much too nervous and self-conscious it was hard to breathe. Being as clumsy as only she was she tripped over a small rock and was about to fall but Yusei caught her arm and pulled her towards him. She ended up pressed against his chess. He pulled away a little and looked down at her.
"Are you okay?" he asked concerned.
His face was too much close to hers and her heart was a wreck. It was beating so hard she was sure he could hear it. Her face was as red as a tomato, she could feel it. It was too much, she fainted.
"Oi!" Yusei's voice in the background yelled as everything was black.
Her eyes fluttered opened and a soft breeze caressed her face. She saw a leaves of the tree on top of her fall down as if it was raining. She sat up.
"Are you feeling better?" Yusei asked worried as he sat next to her. He was wearing his jacket again and she was glad.
Yusei had used one of the ads people give on the streets to make a paper fan and use it to blow a bit of air on her.
She nodded, touched by his kindness. "I'm sorry I'm always causing you trouble." She said looking at the ground.
"You aren't really causing trouble," he said as he tried to make her feel better.
"I'm not?" she looked at him not believing him.
He chuckled. "Maybe a little," he agreed.
She smiled and looked down. "I'm glad you said I didn't though." She admitted. "You're really nice Yusei." She looked up to the sky the shade of the tree preventing the sun from hurting her eyes. "But don't be so nice to me," she said closing her eyes no longer thinking what she was saying but letting her feelings do the talking.
"Why?" he asked curiously.
"I might fall in love with you." She replied as she felt herself falling asleep.
That shocked him. He didn't know how to answer to that statement. That wasn't a confession exactly. She had said 'she might' not that 'she had' even so he never imagine that a girl would say something like that, so straightforward.
Her phone woke up to her full five senses as she had been about to fall asleep. The stood up startled as her phone had been on vibration mode on her skirt pocket.
"Hello?" she answered. "Yes, I'm going now. Bye." She said to the person on the other end.
Yusei looked at her. She wasn't like any other girl he had met. She wasn't like anyone he had met. She really was an interesting person, he mused.
"Thank you for today, Yusei." She said as she hung up. "I have to go now."
He stood up. "No problem. Want me to take you home?" he offered.
She shook her head. "Thanks but no. I know you're busy with your runner. You have done enough for one day." She replied with a smile.
"Anytime." He said.
She grinned playfully. "I could make you regret saying that."
He didn't understand it at first. She just grinned.
"I'll be sure to be prepared next time we meet," he said after a minute.
It surprised her but she smiled brightly. "I'll try to show you a better side of me. After all, you've already seen all of my bad sides." She winked, turned around and left him standing there watching over her retreating figure.
He smirked. 'She is definitely an interesting person.'
She was happy, she had finally met Yusei. Now that she had she wanted to be his friend. That was enough for her. Six months was a short time and if she were to become more, it would be painful. Being his friend, staying close, talking to him whenever she wanted, if she could do that; it would be enough, right?
So, did you guys like it? I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. The part where Yori throws the water on him for the second time I wrote it first, actually. I had that part since like chapter 3 or 2? I really wanted to do it. then as I as writing the chapter I thought 'why do it once when I can do it twice?' I feel a little bad for Yusei. I'm sorry! Still, I'm clumsy like that. Can't help it.
On another note, I was found the rule book online yesterday and was surprised to find that 60 cards is the maximum for deck. I didn't know that. That means Yori's deck is ok. Please review if you liked it and if you didn't tell me why. I like critiscism if it will help me improve. I don't bite.