April 27, 2011

Forecast… Rain

"I can't believe nothing happened at school today!" I held my forehead as Chie and I walked to from school to my house. Not a single thing had really happened today, I was actually hoping that something would have, that way I could have kept the fact that Chie was coming over to my house out of my head. I was kinda nervous, but hey… she was still my friend. So I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

"Well," Chie had a new umbrella as well, so it was less awkward as we moved slowly to my house. Her face was a little red, I couldn't blame her though, if anyone saw us walk into my house… well you know how fast rumors get around in this town… "At least it helped the day go by quickly."

"Y-yeah…" We continued down the roads, silence had befallen us. I was so freaking nervous, after about half an hour we reached my first door. "W-well, welcome back to my evil lair."

Chie nodded as she slipped into my house, I looked at the rain and shrugged. It gave no signs of letting up any time soon. I slipped in after Chie; nothing had really changed since the last time she was here. "I'm not gonna get sick if I eat anything right?"

I gave Chie a weird look, I honestly forgot about the chips for a moment… Yeah, I know, it makes me seem like a jackass. So what, I remembered after a moment or two. "Oh, oh! The chips… sorry about still…" I rubbed the back of my head for a moment.

"It's fine," Chie smiled as she looked around the living room and kitchen for a moment. "So, where do I put my stuff?"

"Here," I held out my hand and Chie slipped off her backpack, of which I took it and walked out of the room and into my room. I gently set her back pack on my bed so that nothing fell out of the pack. When I made it back into the living room Chie was looking at something on the coffee table near the TV… My family portrait, I knew that's what it was. In the picture, it was just before I became suicidal. I looked almost the same, only then I had my contacts in… My mom was in a T-shirt and jeans; she was thin with very tan skin and black hair. My sister had a grand old smile on her face; she had brown hair with a tortoise dyed strip in it. She wore a red hoodie with a black tank top underneath it and a skirt on.

I was actually starting to miss them, yet I knew they were coming soon… my mom to check up on me in person, because when your son was on Suicide Watch, just calling does nothing. My sister actually wanted to study abroad… She was fluent in four languages and graduated when she was a grade a head, so she'd be a third year. "You know…?"

Chie jumped about five feet into the air when I spoke; she hadn't known I was there. "HOLY-!?"

I smiled, my mom would be the first person to think me and her were dating… Wait… Yu was, damnit! Logic… OH CRAP! What was the score!? "I'm sorry… I didn't mean to scare you Chie!" She just smiled a bit at me as her face turned bright red with embarrassment, yeah, this was as awkward for her as it was for me… She turned back to the picture.

"This you and your family?" I nodded, for the first time in my life. I was happy that someone didn't hate me because my family was freaking rich!

"Yeah," I pointed at my mom. "That's my mom."

"Wow, she looks so young…" I smiled and moved to my sister.

"My little sis," I was actually happy that the awkward atmosphere was disappearing. "She's a major tomboy and she might just start school in Inaba…"

"Really?" Chie actually looked surprise; of course she didn't know how it worked. "Why?"

"It's how it works with us…" I walked over to the couch and plopped down, holding a controller in my hand… I turned on the TV and my 360. Holding a second controller, I smiled evilly. "Wanna play?"

Chie plopped down next to me and took the controller. "What game…?"

"You'll see…" The screen showed that it was an original X-box game, Chie gave me a look of confusion. That's when the title showed up. "Halo Reach!"

"You're a Halo fan…?" Chie raised an eyebrow at me… Oh god not this fights… "Why not Call of Duty?"

"NO!" I pointed a finger at her, I hated this fight, but I trump card for this fight! "I will not be a fan of that series!"

"Why?" Chie just looked at me as I quickly went into matchmaking in the Infection game type. "It's kinda fun… And doesn't have as much Sci-fi."

"You never say that to a fan of Doctor Who…" I sighed as the game started, we both focused on the game while talking, we were both survivors to begin with. It was one of the first maps that Forge World has. I got into a sniper spot and pulled out the pistol while Chie keep out her shot gun. "And what's wrong with Sci-fi?"

"I don't know…" Chie shrugged as she shot a zombie that came up the ramp at us. I shot two with the pistol… both died as the shots left the virtual clip. "I guess it's just not as realistic."

"This coming from a girl who jumps into TVs to save people," I missed one zombie as he rolled under the shot, our allies were dropping like flies while me and Chie were still standing, yet I was running low on ammo. "Zombie coming up the ramp… And that's the point; in reality… life can really bite you in the ass. In fiction, like Sci-fi, there are no limits! Even if fact is stranger than fiction!"

"I guess," Chie shrugged as she quickly killed the zombie I missed plus two more. "I'm running low."

"Me too," I sighed as we switched places; she started to snipe the zombies while I shot gunned them. "Hey, aren't you gonna get in trouble if you stay too late?"

"I told my parents I was going to Yukiko's."

"And their okay with that on a school day?" It was an honest question, after asking it, I noticed the game give us the one minute warning. Sure me and Chie were camping, but we were killing like it was nobody's business.

"Yeah," I heard Chie's pistol run out almost at the same time as my shotgun did. I switched back to my pistol still with a full clip; me and Chie ran down the ramp and just mowed our way through the guys online at that time. "We used to have sleep overs all the time."

I stopped and looked at for a moment, yet that was all one of the zombies needed to kill me. "Son of a bi- WAIT! Sleep over…? Huh wha-!?"

"What?" Chie really didn't understand why I was flipping out! How could she not get this! "I meant with Yukiko… Though if it is raining when I decide to leave…"

God, this was so wrong… this was something I was trying to avoid. "Oh god… this is not right!"

"W-well," Chie turned to look at me. "Don't even think about doing anything funny or you will be hereby sentenced to one thousand kicks to the face!"

"I'm not that kind of guy!" I backed away by leaning away from her. This was getting awkward again, and we both knew it… So the only thing that I could think to do was play some music on my 360, so I did just that… and what was the first song to play?

Show me how to lie; you're getting better all the time. Turning all against the one, as you step back into line… A mob jumps to their feet. Now dance fucker, dance! He never had, and no one ever knew it was really only you.

I sighed; this was way too awkward of a day for me. I was about to give up on it, until Chie started to really get into playing Halo all of a sudden. I smiled a bit as she started focusing on the screen; I suddenly noticed things that I hadn't about Chie until that moment... Like, way that she actually had stood up to those thugs actually made me realize how much I wanted to be there for her and everyone that I had met and made friends with…

Still, I had a long ways to go before I could do that… I still had to learn to do all that for myself, let only let others rely on me. After a minute or two I finally turned back to the screen, it was a team death match round with ten minutes left. I had enough time to find the shotgun and needler, no one stood in my way long. Chie quickly found me and started to cover me. We really did make a good team, we kinda covered each other's weaknesses. I wondered if that would help any in the shadow world while we were fighting. Still, we were starting to have some real fun with the game and with each other. After an hour or so… we lost track, we stopped playing Halo and Chie grabbed something out of her pocket. "Here, let's watch it now!"

"What is it?" I grabbed the case from her; it was a DVD, but not any DVD… I knew it from the title. Trial of the Dragon, I laughed a bit. "Really?"

Chie crossed her arms at me. "What? It's my favorite movie!"

I put my hand on her shoulder and laughed again. I looked back up to her and looked her in the eye for a moment, she turned away her cheeks turning that lightish pink again. "Sure, why not?"

I put the DVD into the 360 and sat next to her again. We started to watch the movie, it's been so long since I've seen that movie that I can't remember what it was really about. Still, I noticed how much she was really into the movie. Her eyes were glued to the screen the whole time; I was worried that the movie might have eaten her soul… What? I've seen weirder… after all, I know Teddie don't I? Still, she sat there so involved in her movie that she didn't even see me accidently notice that I was starting to stare at her. I turned away from her, my cheeks starting to turn dark red. I didn't even finish the movie before I blacked out right there on the couch next to Chie.

The next thing I knew, I woke to my alarm coming from my room, I slowly got up and walked into room and turned the alarm off…

Date Change: April 26, 2011 to April 27, 2011

I walked back into the living room to see Chie still curled up on the couch! I freaked out for a moment, until I remembered that her parents thought that she was at Yukiko's, and we all know how responsible she is! I sighed loudly, I was about to go and wake her up… until I heard a knock at my door. Like the biggest DUMBASS ever, I went to the door first! I flung the door open to tell the person to wait like twenty minutes… That's when I say him; I froze as I slowly took in who was standing in front of me… He was about the same height as me, his brown hair was cut almost to a buzz cut, and his eyes were a dark green. He wore a light grey hoodie with multiple pockets that basically lined the hoodie. He also had on blue jeans and had some bags with him. "KRIS!"

He quickly put a hand on my shoulder as I stood there frozen still; I thought I was still dreaming. I had to be, yet what made it worse was that Chie woke up at that moment, she slowly rose from the couch and the person noticed this. "Um, Kris… what have you been doing!?"

CLIFF HANGER COMPLETE! Yes, I'm being an ass about this… unfortunately I will not be able to update after this until Monday… I know it sucks. I hope you enjoyed, and feedback is welcome!

Songs

You're Gonna go Far Kid by The Offspring