Strawberry Mochi

Author's Notes: Reviews! I was so happy that I got reviews. This is definitely a good thing. (What was even better was when I checked my stats page and I realized some people put this story on favorites. Some also put me on author alert. That made me even happier.) Still though, no one replied back to me whether or not we should have a NANA fanfiction livejournal so I hope you guys would tell me whether you guys want it or not. So without further ado Chapter 5 for you. (Hey! That rhymed)

Readers & Reviewers: Thank you for following the story through its 5 short chapters. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This will be the last chapter of fluff. The next chapter will be the real ending. So I decided, since I can't choose Takumi or Nobu, I'll let you, the readers, choose. Choose wisely and have fun reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own NANA or any of the characters.

Synopsis: A Takumi X Hachi X Nobu story.

Chapter 5: Fried Rice & Curry

He walked around the room until he decided to finally sit down on the bench. What was around him was his fallen bandmates completely intoxicated with last night's festivities. The cat queen had her head on the table with both hands grasping an empty sake bottle. The male whore was on the ground curled up with what seemed like garlic bread around him. And their drummer was in the kitchen with an afro wig on getting ready the aspirin that the other two bandmates will desperately need in a few minutes. Then of course there was Hachi. She was in her room. She had drank her own fill of the alcohol with Nana and Shin the night before.

"I wearry addorf you." she had said to him as she started dancing around the table while Nana and Shin were rooting her on telling her that she was an excellent dancer. What ensued was Hachi dancing more, Nobu blushing, Yasu shaking his head as he took another drag from his smoke, and Nana and Shin? They were laughing their ass off.

Soon it was well past 3 a.m. Nana and Shin had passed out. Yasu stayed over to make sure they'd still be alive in the morning. And Nobu? Nobu took Hachi to her room so she could rest.

"I wearry wearry adorf youu, you knowwr." she kept slurring. He nodded and said that he understood. He lifted her up so she could get onto the bed but losing his balance he ended up falling into the bed with her. She had her arms around his neck and she giggled. She kept giggling and Nobu kept trying to get away from her. It took all of his will power to not kiss her and pin her down to her own bed.

After a struggle of getting away from her arms he finally suceeded. He smiled at her and knelt down at her feet. Taking her hands he kissed it.

"I know you do." was all he said. She passed out on the bed as he finished saying his sentence. He smiled knowingly and tucked her into the bed.

It is now 8 in the morning and Yasu has already put the aspirin and water for the two fallen bandmates on the table. He took off his afro wig as he bid Nobu goodbye telling him that he had to go to the office. He nodded and locked the door behind Yasu. Glancing at the clock it told him that it was now 8:05. Not sleeping had taken a toll on him and he himself fell asleep on the table that held the asprin and water.

"Guh." was Nana's reply. She stared straight with her chin on the table seeing Nobu asleep. With a giant headache she tried to get out of the bench but her feet came in contact with Shin's face.

"Gyah!" he screamed out. "My cheek! My head!" he moaned out. He rolled over on his back and stared at the ceiling. "What happened...?" He tried in vain to remember what happened last night. "Muh."

"Will you guys shut up." Nana and Shin both looked at Nobu. "I got maybe a total of 5 minutes of sleep." He looked at the clock that told him it was 8:10. Yep, it was 5 minutes. He stared at both of them. They had these hazy looking eyes and Shin looked like he had a bruise coming up on his cheek. He shook his head and pointed at the asprin and water that was on the table.

"Yasu prepared that for you two." They greedily rushed at it taking the pills hoping for some relief. After about 10 minutes of idleness it seemed as if the medicine has taken effect. Shin has started to nurse his cheek and Nana was making miso soup for the four of them. Hachi had not waken up yet.

"Romeo! Go check on Hachi and see if she's still alive." she demanded pointing the ladle at his face.

"Hai, Hai." He walked over to open Hachi's door. There she was standing in front of him changing into new clothes. He covered his face and stumbled back into the living room. Hachi had tried to cover herself up with clothes. Nana and Shin both laughed.

"I'm sorry!" he stuttered as he went back to close the door. He went back to sit on the bench with his face in his hands. "What a morning." was all he thought. Within a few minutes Hachi reappeared before their eyes with a blush gracing her face.

"Um..." they had both started to say. Glancing at each other they smiled and ended up laughing. It was another morning filled with laughter, too salty but still delicious miso soup, and conversations from the members of Blast.

The morning soon became the afternoon which soon became night. Nana had to go to the construction work and Shin had to go see his "mama" about his swollen cheek. With the last sound of Ittekimasu uttered from Nana she closed the door behind her. Hachi and Nobu were left alone with each other. Sitting adjacently from each other they looked at each other and smiled softly. All of a sudden Nobu's stomach broke the silence.

"Guru." it has distinctly said. The stomach was hungry and was in dire need of food. Hachi stifled a giggle with her hand.

"I'll go make you some food." she said as she left her seat. Before he knew it aromatic smells wafted over to him. She was cooking fried rice and curry. He stared at her back as she was cooking. Wishing he could learn how to cook so that one day he could cook for her he realized that had fallen for her deeper than he had realized.

"Ah! I'm done!" she exclaimed. Nobu's stomach did one final growl as the food was placed in front of him.

"Itadakimasu!" they both said as they began to eat.

"Oishii." he wept tears of joy as he continued to eat. Hachi smiled and continued to eat with him. It was times like these that made her happy. It was little things that Nobu would do that made her smile. Nobu...Nobu is wonderful. Soon there were only reminents of the food that they had.

"Gochisoosama." they said as they finished up. Hachi put the left overs in containers so when Nana came back she could eat some. Opening the freezer she took out some green tea ice cream. Scooping it up into two bowls she couldn't help but feel as if they were a married couple. Blushing she hurriedly scooped two scoops out and put the remaining carton back into the freezer.

"Ah, this is the life." he said. Hachi stared at him eating his ice cream and he caught her staring.

"Uh, is there something wrong with my face?" he asked as he looked at her. She blushed and shook her head. She wanted to tell him that he was beautiful, that he was wonderful, that he was amazing, and that she didn't know what she'd do without him. Yes, she wanted to say all of these things but she never could. Those words replayed in her mind over and over. Finally they were both done with the ice cream. They both enjoyed each other company in silence until finally Nobu spoke.

"Let's go out for a walk. If we continue to eat like this and not walk we'll be fatties." he smiled at her and she nodded. They closed the door, walked down the seven flight of stairs, and walked alongside the bank of the river.

"You're amazing Hachi." he started out. He was going to tell her tonight. He was going to tell her that he loved her. That he wanted her. That he wanted her to choose him over Takumi. Tonight was perfect.

"Ah, amazing? I don't think I am." she replied looking at him.

"But, you are. You don't know it but you are amazing. With a single look you have captivated me. You have captivated all of us." It was corny. He knew it was. He saw that line in a movie once. Curse himself for remembering a movie line that was as corny as that. He looked at her. She had stopped walking.

"Ah, I don't understand what you're saying Nobu." she looked at him with confused eyes.

"Ah," he thought. "I have to use another line to express how I feel about her." He thought for a little bit of the various movies he had scene and which line to use. Hachi was patiently waiting for him to talk.

"You have bewitched me body and soul." he exclaimed finally. Hachi shocked looked at him.

"Are we playing a game?" she looked at him again. "Am I supposed to guess which movie that line was from?"

"Ah, no. I'm...It's...Well..." he stuttered out.

"It's from Pride & Prejudice, right? That line is from Pride & Prejudice. That's my favorite movie in the entire world." She smiled at him again and he was weak. He didn't know how he could express his feelings to her without being blunt. He took her hand and grasped it. Taking a deep breath he began.

"I'm not rich. I can't give you everything you want. I am but a poor guitarist but I have fallen in love with you. I have fallen in love with the way you cook, the way you move, the way you smell, the way you smile. I am completely intoxicated with thoughts of only you and only you can release me from it." He had finally told her how he felt. He looked at her. Tears were brimming from her eyes. She nodded and smiled as tears continued to fall from her cheek.

"I like you too." she smiled. He let go of her hands and wrapped himself around her. He loved her. Taking in her scent he hugged her tighter as if he was afraid that she'd disappear from him.

"But, I like Takumi too." That shocked him back to reality. "I love both of you guys so I'm sorry but I can't accept your love yet. Not until I've made a decision." He nodded, still shocked.

"I'll wait for you forever if I have to."

They held hands as they walked side by side back to room 707. He walked her to the door and as she opened it he twirled her around and hugged her again. He conveyed all his emotion into that hug hoping that Hachi would know how much he loved her. And to what extent he would show her his love. He let her go and turned his back and walked out. He was going to go home and get some needed sleep.

Closing the door, Hachi bursted out crying as her back slid on the door until she finally sat on the ground. Her back leaning against the door she couldn't stop crying. She wanted both of them but she had to choose one of them. One of them would get hurt.

To be continued.

End Notes: Ah, yeah. That was a longer chapter than I would usually write. Heh, anyway I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm sorry it took so long but my desktop was broken so I had to write on my laptop. Anyway! Please choose your favorite couple and vote! After a week or two I'll write the last chapter about the winning couple. You can either drop a comment or e-mail me and tell me who'd you like. And if you e-mail me give me a convincing reason as to why I should choose your couple. (Haha. I'm trying to bribe you so I can get more e-mails. Oh, well.) Thank you for reading! Until next chapter. Adieu!

Glossary:

Ittekimasu - I'll go and come back
Itadakimasu – Thank you for the meal (before eating)
Oishii – Delicious
Gochisoosama – Thank you for the meal (after eating)

paulmark's random Did You Know?

Did you know…Sex is biochemically no different from eating large quantities of chocolate.
Did you know…A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.

Nobu x Hachi Story: I finished writing a girl smut story. It's a Nobu x Hachi pairing for those who love it. It's pretty explicit so of course it's Rated M! If you're of age (cough) please go read it and review.