"WAHHHH!!!!" Eiji whined as he walked to his house with his date, Avalona.
"Don't be a sore loser..."
"How could I have lost?!"
"Simple...you didn't win a single game..."
"It's no fair! Your finger is to small and slides out easily!"
"Okay now you're just making stuff up..."
"So what if I am...Apple!"
"Grape!"
"Apple!"
"Graaaaaaaaaaaaape!"
"Apppppppppppppppple!"
"GRAPE!"
"APPLE!" Eiji yelled back.
"I know how to settle this..." she smiled evilly. Eiji shot her a confused look. "War."
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Inui looked over at his date who was keeping to herself.
"Midori Hinro, age 14, Year 3rd, Class 5. Father is a teacher at Tenkomi University, and your mother is a nurse. You have a younger brother, name, Kisho, age 12, year 1st, class 2, same as Ryoma's, you are captain of the soccer team and your favorite color is lime green, you're allergic to peanuts, despise men who are shallow, because your last boyfriend was so in love with himself, he forgot to get you a valentines day present, but you something for himself for the holiday, and the guy before that cheated on you, you are also farsighted, but usually you wear contacts, you aren't popular yourself, but because you made popular friends, you now are popular. Also, you had a crush on Tezuka last year, but you lost interest when he didn't give you enough attention, and you are currently on the dance team. Just one question..." Inui paused and she looked up. 'How the heck does he know that much about me...stalker much...?'
"Are you a stalker?" Midori asked. She usually spoke her mind.
"Possibly. Personally, I'd say no, because stalking involves constant watch...I am more into watching others then yourself, but I do stalk them I suppose. But technically, usually stalkers only stalk one person, I analyze everybody, so no. However, I know quite a few people who'd disagree with me on that point." Inui answered, his glasses shining.
"O...-kay. So what was your question?"
"From reading your data, I cannot conclude how this could've happened. You completely contradicted my information and...there is only a 2.471 chance that this could've possibly happened..."
"What? What do you want to ask...?"
"Why...me?" Inui said, blushing.
"Because...I don't know."
"Surely you must have a reason...this contradicts all my data. I must have a reason or else..."
"Or else...?"
"My data will be obsolete."
"That's why." She stated blankly.
"That's...why?"
"I've noticed you. You seem...stereotypical. I don't like people like that. Your data can't show everything. It can't show feelings, emotions, or...love. It can't show any of that. I bet you know what my grade point average is..."
"3.144, you have all Bs and an A."
"Yeah, but you don't know how smart I am..."
"Of course I do, it's right here in my data!"
"No it's not. Numbers aren't everything. They can't tell me how much common sense I have. Or how smart I really am. You know why I have B's? Because I don't let my stress get the best of me. I'm pressured by everyone to be the best, yes I mean everyone, but I don't let it get to me. You know why? When I was younger, I used to be this silent little girl. I was a nerd. I got perfect grades, and was at the top of my class, and I was always stressed to be the best of the best, to be super smart, to be perfect. Know why I stopped? I was lonely. Then I got a friend, a really good friend, her name's Suki. She was one of the most popular girls in school, and she was perfect, or at least I thought so. I would always wonder how that was possible. All people had flaws right? Anyway she was also nice to me even though I wasn't popular and soon we became best friends...then one day I asked her, "why me?" she didn't need an explanation. She knew exactly what I meant. She smiled and said, "Because I wanted to. No matter how many cliques there are, that doesn't mean anything. We don't always have a reason for everything...we don't always know why things happen, but they do, and we just have to accept them and let things go they way they do." Suki was my best friend for a long time after that. Turns out she was captain of almost every club in school, and a straight A student. Her grades were almost as good as mine. It made no sense, how she had the time. I found out that the reason she did all the stuff was because she was pressured by her older sister who was "perfect" too. Her older sister wasn't very smart though, but her parents were. She had to fill so many expectations and she was always under stress. She told me it wasn't worth it. To be considered perfect and to have everybody like you. She wished she was me, so she wouldn't have to deal with all that stress. After that I realized I was blessed, even though I didn't have the abilities or the looks she has, I was blessed. And from then on...I decided I wasn't going to stress myself anymore, I knew a little stress was good, but I wasn't going to work so hard to be perfect. I'm the best I can be, and that's good enough for me. Is that enough info for you?"
Inui was scribbling in his notebook furiously, crossing things out, adding things in, ripping out several pages. It was a fun sight to see actually. If only Fuji was here, he would've loved it.
"Oh, and by the way, I didn't have a crush on Tezuka, my friend did. I was trying to fix them up, but then she got a boyfriend, so I stopped. And I have two brothers, Kisho is in college, my other brother, Taro, is in Ryoma's class." Midori added. Inui fell to the ground. Numbers were floating all around his head. "Ii Data..." he mumbled before passing out.
"Hey...you okay?" Midori mumbled. "I guess now would be a bad time to tell him that I've never played soccer in my life..."
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"WARRRR!!!" Eiji yelled as he slammed down a 5 card next to Avalona's 5. They were at Eiji's house playing the ever popular card game, war. The two put 3 cards face down and put the 4th card face up. Eiji's was a jack. "Hah! BEAT THAT!"
"Just did." Avalona said, pointing to her queen.
"Argg...!" Eiji growled angrily.
"Calm down my little grape..."
"YOU'RE GOING DOWN APPLE!"
"BRING IT ON GRAPE!"
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Nanjiro sighed as he opened what seemed to be the billionth door in this school. 'Guess I'll have to try the next floor...' he said, scurrying up the stairs. 'Ugh...i'll get the old hag for this...'
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In the gym...
"So...before we bring out the special auction prize why don't we all...um...sing a little song?" the volunteer, Jiro, said into the mike. "Okay so...um...let's see well just listen this first time and then...repeat..."
"What should I sing?" Jiro asked another volunteer.
"Um...a song everyone knows?"
"Hmm...I GOT IT!"
Jiro walked on stage and motioned for everyone to stand up. "Okay...um...if you're...h...hap-p-y and you...kn...kn...know it clap your hands..." Jiro said, clapping. Everyone in the audience looked at one another. It was so quiet that there were cricket sound in the background. 'Oh where is Ryuzaki-sensei when you need her!'
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Without thinking, Tezuka plopped down at Momoshiro's table. It was the most annoying but probably the easiest way to stop a fight. 'Echizen is too subtle to do anything drastic...I hope.'
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"Kachiro..." Ryoma muttered
"hm?" Kachiro asked. He was sitting at the same table as Ryoma, Tomoka, and Sakuno.
"Nothing..." Ryoma answered.
Suddenly "How Could This Happen To Me/Untitled" by Simple Plan came blasting through the speakers.
"-I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make you go away-"
"Ah! Ryoma-sama! Let's dance!" Tomoka cheered as she grabbed Ryoma's arm and dragged him a little bit farther where there we more room to dance.
"Oi, Sakuno-chan. Would you like to dance too?" Kachiro said
"Um...sure." she replied
Suddenly all of the regulars were slow dancing with their dates. Some happier then others...okay lets face it, none of them were really happy. Okay, except for maybe Oishi...and Fuji.
"-Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't-"
Momoshiro glanced over at Ann and Fuji. Ann smirked a little bit and turned to face Fuji, wrapping her arms tighter around Fuji's neck as he held her close. Momoshiro snorted in disgust. He then smirked as well. 'Two can play at that game...' He gripped his date's waist tightly and embraced her in sort of a hug/slow dancing position. Ann glared at him across. The two continued their constant battle. Finally Ann just gave a small, almost evil laugh at all of this and whispered something into Fuji's ear. Suddenly he gave her a strange look and whispered something back to her. Momo was getting very pissed by the second. Tezuka on the other hand continued to stay emotionless while watching, but even he was a bit curious. Suddenly the two walked back to their table, got their stuff and started to walk out...holding hands. Momoshiro really wanted to punch someone right now, but he couldn't do anything. Instead he just stayed in his position while he loosened his grip around his date and mumbled something lightly. Tezuka read his lips and was able to figure out he was mumbling "Ann...I'm sorry..."
"-How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me-"
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Across the room, there was an equally stressful drama...okay almost equal.
Tomoka was practically drooling all over Ryoma. She didn't have a crush on him, but really, if you got to dance with your idol (supposing they were of the opposite sex and at least semi-good looking), wouldn't you be happy? Well too bad Ryoma wasn't enjoying it even a 1 millionth as much as she was. He was too busy watching Sakuno dance with that little punk. He would make sure to hit a bunch of balls Kachiro's way come tennis practice. Suddenly he saw Tezuka dance(if you can call pretty much standing still and walking slowly dancing) past him and whisper into his ear, "Calm down. Never let your guard down." Then he looked around and noticed Fuji and Ann were gone. For some reason, he was kind of interested. Suddenly he heard the sound of the door slam close. He looked over to see who left, but he couldn't make the person out because they were running so fast and now they were too far. He looked around and saw a girl standing by herself. She looked a little sad, but nothing too bad. Besides, since when did Ryoma care about some random girl's feelings? But wait a minute...Isn't that...?
"Momo..." Ryoma mumbled.
"-I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away-"
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A/N: "-Lyrics-"
okay yeah this took WAY to long to do, mostly because I couldn't think of how to put in Ryoma and Momoshiro's part... I am so sorry...the sad part is, I'm supposed to be a dependable person, I guess I haven't really lived up to that in this story, sorry again. This story is sort of near the end although I really don't know how to end it completely...but I have some kind of idea. Suggestions would be good.
Anyway, as for the song "How could this happen to me/Untitled" by Simple Plan, I was looking through some old songs that I hadn't listened to in a while and I chose this one because it's semi-slow and I needed a sort of slow song for the dance for that scene. Plus it sorta fits with the emotions Ryoma is feeling because like the night keeps going on, and he wonders how the heck he got stuck dancing with the girl he love's best friend. It also fits Momo because he's going through the pain of seeing Ann with Fuji and stuff and it kinda makes him miserable. I didn't put in all of the lyrics because It wasn't very important in this part. Also sorry for the really long A/N..