To Capture Emotion

Chapter 10

Revealing Half the Cards

Disclaimer - I don't own anything that could make me famous or appreciated.

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Huh, this is actually not what I expected. At least that's what Watanui thought, as he stared suspiciously at all the passerby's in the studio. Everything looked normal despite what he thought may happen, because of Fai's "evil schemes". There were only normal people doing normal things.

A sudden voice spoke out of the blue, "This is just like how I imagined it." Watanuki jumped in surprise.

"Yuuko-san?"

Yuuko pushed him forward. "Well, let"s get going, shall we?"

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When they met up with Fai, he imediately lead the two through racks of clothing, while explaining what they were going to do. "I'm sure you can already grasp the basics of modeling. There is posing and dressing up, and people take pictures of it, so where I"m going to explain it in detail. To me, it"s a deep art, rather abstract, but very simple, although my explaination may be a bit complicated. Simply put, it’s creating the emotion and theme of the picture. Every simle, every movement you do, should exult feelings, emotions, and the essence of it."

Watanuki blanched slightly. "Uh, Fai-san? What's "it"?"

Fai winked at him. "It's anything."

"….That doesn't explain anything."

"No it doesn't."

"….."

Fai laughed. "I take pictures for a lot of things Watanuki-kun; not only for models, but for scenes in newspapers, magazines, sport teams, a whole of things. And every single job needs to capture a different image. The same with models, they have the job wearing a certain pose or expression to accent the right thoughts, to those who are suppose to see it."

"Wow, you job is so interesting Fai." Yuuko smiled at him. "So, your main job is to capture emotion?"

"You catch on quickly Yuuko." Fai said, smiling back at her. He then turned to one of the racks to pull out their outfits. "Ah! Here we go. Your outfits for today."

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Watanuki stared at the outfits. All Yuuko did was smirk. Fai was still smiling at them, while holding them up. Then Watanuki took his glasses, checked to see if they were broken then put them on again. No change. The other two were still smiling. He took his glasses off again, to wipe them off. Still no change. It wasn't his imagination.

"These are our outfits?" He said weakly.

He couldn't say that they were horrible (not even close to that), it was something else. They were made of fine quality cloth; the stitching done very well, a lot of effort was out into it. It's just that they were so…

"This waiter out is for you Watanuki! And this spring dress is for you, Yuuko!"

…Accurate. That was the word. Watanuki could see it now, him in a waiter outfit serving Yuuko. He couldn't believe how accurate the designers were, they pinned down exactly what types the two of them were.

Fai handed them the outfits. "The Daidouji Corporation happens to be expanding over into other countries in Europe. Mainly France, so a lot of our spring line is based on French styled theme. Watanuki-kun's is a traditional black and white cafa waiter's outfit; while Yuuko's is a classy but casual lavender spring dress. Yuuko, you'll also have some accessories to go with it, one sec," he began pulling them out, "Now we can begin!"

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Knock-knock.

Watanuki looked toward the door of the changing to see Fai walk in.

"It looks good on you Watanuki-kun." Fai complimented.

"Thank you." Watanuki replied, he went back to fixing his bow in front of the mirror. In the reflection, he could see Fai, just standing in th doorway. "Do you need something?" He asked politely.

"Not really, I wanted to say a sort of good luck, but you seem rather calm about all of this."

"I see."

Watanuki kept adjusting his outfit, while Fai stood by the doorway. There was only silence, until Fai started to speak.

"Yuuko is an interesting person isn't she." Fai stated.

"How so, Fai-san?" Watanuki asked, although he knew about Yuuko's personality himself.

"I was thinking. I mean, the big, boring speech about photography was turned into a simple three words." He chuckled. "It'll be so much easier to answer others when they ask, 'What exactly does a photographer do?' Now I can just answer: to capture emotion." There was a pause before he continued. "I'll see you outside then!"

Watanuki was left alone once more, left with his own thoughts. Most asking, what was that?

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The three were outside after they were finished. Outside the building, that is.

"Fai-san, why are we taking pictures outside? It's in public, and there are people, and cars, and people in cars," Watanuki pointed at the slight traffic the scene was causing, "people passing by, and people, and more people, and if you hadn't noticed, there are a lot of people." Before Fai opened his mouth, Watanuki started talking again, "and there are so many people, the whole road next to us, is jammed because they are staring." Indeed it was true, the road next to them happened to be having a jam, not to mention people pointing from there cars.

But all Fai did was put an arm around Watanuki's shoulder, and in a grand splendor, indicated the trees and gardens in front of them. Then he said, "Why, for the environment! French cafes always have tables set outside, and some of the best views are from the tables of a cafe! Not to mention the beautiful flowers we have in our gardens, they will do excellently for our spring theme. Look, they're setting up table now!

Fai continued to speak, as they walked over to the cameras. "What you're going to do is simple; you two are going to play out a scene. Call it acting if you will. Yuuko's going to be a normal costumer of this cafe, and Watanuki-kun the waiter. She comes, she sits, she orders, he gets the order, bring the food, and she eats. While you do this, we'll be taking pictures. This is so we get a natural feeling, instead of a person posing. Any more pictures we need will be handled afterward."

Watanuki scowled, as he looked around. "Wait, where are Sakura-san, Syaoran-san, and Kurogane-san? I thought they were also going to model with us." Now that he noticed, he didn't see them at all.

"About that," Fai started apologetically, "I can't seem to find Kurogane, and Sakura-chan seems to have caught a strange illness. Syaoran-kun is tending over her, as we speak. You two will have to model most of the clothes instead." He explained. "Putting that aside let's get started."

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It really was as simple as Fai said. All they had to do was put on a mask and act (although in the back of Watanuki's mind, he thought it was another day of "helping" Yuuko).

In front of the camera, it was like they were another person. Yuuko smiled beautifully, at first a tender smile of greeting to Watanuki, who bowed politely at her and led her to a table. Next it was Watanuki the gentleman, puling out her seat for Yuuko, before taking her order. Yuuko pulled a cute little face, as if contemplating what to get. And when she ordered Watanuki pulled a classic roguish smile, before saying, "You have wonderful taste Mademoiselle". Watanuki went out to get the prepared tray of food. He presented the tray with a flourish, as Yuuko put on a delighted face. She ate the Napoleon cake and black coffee contentedly.

"Amazing." Fai couldn't help but say it aloud.

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Watanuki sighed in relief, thinking about the photography session. That wasn't so bad. Napoleon cakeand black coffee is a strange combination. I'm very glad it's over. He finished his thought as he walked in the silence of the hallway. As he neared a corner, he heard low murmurs of voices and stopped.

"…experience, Fai."

"Did you enjoy it Yuuko?"

"Indeed I did."

So Yuuko-san and Fai-san are still here? Watanuki thought. But what are they talking about? He stayed at the corner, controlling his breath to make the least amount of sound possible.

"You made the experience as enjoyable as possible. I'm grateful for it."

"No, It wasn't just me; you have to thank the other studio members too. And you probably enjoyed it, because modeling a natural part of you."

"A part of me? Whatever could you mean, Fai?"

"I'm just saying that you have this unique charisma that makes you perfect for modeling. How you came upon this talent is a mystery to me, Yuuko."

"If you're talking about charisma and talent, I am not the only one. You have amazing skills in many areas, it's fortunate that out came back to Japan to work. I wonder what fate brought you back to Japan?

"You want to know? Wellllll, it's a secret."

"That's not nice. Maybe I'll share my past, if you share yours."

"Who knows, that time may come soon."

After, two sets of footsteps echoed in the hallway, traveling in separate directions. The soft beats upon the ground slowly diminishing.

Watanuki was left to the emptiness of the hallway. He couldn't help but think once more, What was that?

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"Watanuki welcome back." Yuuko greeted him as he walked into their office. "I had fun today."

"Of course YOU would have fun! All you had to do was walk, sit, and leave! They made ME walk with the tray until I got it right! The after that we had to do it again, since they didn't get the right pictures! Plus you got cake! I was miserable." Watanuki finished off, screaming out his frustration.

"Mm, that cake was delicious."

After that comment from Yuuko, Watanuki stalked over to the couch near the window and sat there. While he sat there, he steamed and became even more frustrated in the silence of the office.

Tick, tick.

An imaginary clock seemed to tick in Watanuki's head, as the silence was devastating to him. After the first couple minutes of silence, he got up, and began to pace back and forth.

Step, step, step. Stop. Think. Turn.

Unfortunately, that didn't help very much to ease the silence and anger in his mind. Is there nothing that will work? He didn’t like spending his days being stressed out. There's only one other thing to do!"

WHAM. WHAM. WHAM.

"Watanuki, you do realize that it can disturb the other people on the other side of the wall. Not to mention you're losing many of the precious brain cells you have." Yuuko said, watching Watanuki slam his head against the wall.

"Oh shut up! You're not helping me at all, so I'll do what I want." WHAM. WHAM. He continued on.

"What do you need help in?" She asked amused.

WHAM. "I'm trying to-" WHAM "-calm myself-" WHAM "-down, so that I-" WHAM "-don't-" WHAM "-kill-" WHAM WHAM "EVERYONE IN THIS DAMN BUILDING!"

"All you had to do was ask."

"Huh?" Watanuki looked back to where Yuuko was, confused about her comment. She wasn't there, as he was suddenly pushed back against the wall. Yuuko appeared before him.

"I guess that you still don't have control over yourself still." Yuuko said, her gleaming eyes staring deeply into his.

"Yuuko-san?" That was all Watanuki could manage. His voice was hushed, as he tried not move, not sure what Yuuko was doing.

"Well, it seems like you still need my help. I know you that rely on me, but I thought you were getting better. Hmmm." She smiled pleasantly at him, before placing a cool hand against his cheek.

"Th, that's no-not true…." Watanuki averted his eyes downward. He could feel the cool hand again his hot skin, all too clearly. But then the cold turned his skin numb, although a throbbing pain was felt in the back of his head. He glanced back up. Yuuko's face was still close to his, still in that same smile. Although she might have not been breathing hard enough for him to notice, Watanuki could feel the fact that his own shallow breath was enough to reach Yuuko's lips. He had to close his eyes, his head was spinning and nothing made sense anymore.

"What's wrong Watanuki?" The voice sprang out from a view of darkness, Yuuko was clearly amused. "Oh dear, I'll have to fix this, won't I?"

Watanuki could feel both Yuuko's hands cupping his face, as that nonexistent warmth came to his lips, in a feather light caress, and he could feel himself reacting too as he-

"Meow?"

"HOLY SHIT!"

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"Ngggh What the hell was that!" Watanuki opened his eyes only to see himself in a blurred room of darkness. It was all a dream? That was one hell of a dream. I thought I stopped having such realistic dreams like these! He groped for his glasses on the table stand. The clock on his bedside read 3:42 AM.

"Wait, then what was that!" He asked aloud.

"Meow?"

He looked at his lap. "Oh." On his lap was a soft black cat, with the brightest magenta eyes imaginable. "Hey Mokona."

"Mew." The cat, known as Mokona, meowed in satisfaction. It was as if the creature knew what he was talking about- Wait, Mokona does.

"I forgot that I was taking care of Mokona for Yuuko-san." At the thought of Yuuko, he paused as the images from the dream flushed into his mind. He moaned in annoyance. No need to tell her about the dream anyway, I'm tired from all of this.

He slumped back into his bed, and fell into a restless sleep. But there were no dreams of any sort this time.

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"Oy! Watanuki-kun!" Watanuki did not have such a great night, that dream plagued him for the rest of the night. He didn't as much sleep as he had hoped for. And here was Fai, the REAL Fai, coming to talk to him.

Fai caught up to him. "Hey Watanuki, I was wondering if you could-"

"Make cake as a prop for the pictures, right?" He replied, swiftly cutting Fai off.

"Wow!" Fai smiled. "Right on target! I was hoping you could make a lot, because I wanted to eat with everyone-"

"You want to have a picnic outside, in the gardens." Watanuki finished.

"Right again! How do you do that Watanuki-kun?" Fai was impressed; Watanuki was truly a good helper for Yuuko, in his eyes.

"If I tell you, if you tell me something about yourself." Watanuki shot at him.

Fai put his hands up I defense. "Okay, okay, keep your specials skills a secret. I'll just have to keep mine a secret too."

"You do that." Watanuki mumbled before walking away, distraught at the dream.

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Yeah, that was the chapter. I know you guys wanted modeling, so here it is! (Just that it's not the real thing.) Everyone seems to busy though. It's hard to get this chapter written and then edited. And if I put it up, I don't think many people will read it, because of finals, or other important events. But I'm rather proud of this chapter, I wrote some yuuwaku action in, that I could never do for my one shots. Hopefully, this will satisfy kiseki gurl, until I can start writing fluff. But you'll see the importance of it all soon enough!

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