I'm back…nyaahahah…from the caves of isolation and I'm packed with weird stuff..so prepare yourselves with another dose of weirdness.
Disclaimer: I've been to hibernation and back… nothing changed, I'm still poor and not the owner of FOR so there..eheheh.
A little warning please: some scenes in this fic are rather uhmm..what's the word? Ah, suggestful. Don't flame me ok. Ehehehe..
'…'- thoughts
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After the taunting phone call, Fuuko decided to study a bit (a/n: I warned you, this is pure weirdness..hehehe) just to see if she can figure out this mathematics stuff. After an hour of mind-boggling problems, she realized…"Math is really not for me!"
The next day…
We see a spiky-haired girl toss and turn while in bed. The said girl mumbles while sleeping.
"Don't lay a hand on those bunnies, Domon! Or I swear I'll cut this pineapple with my bare hands!" Fuuko mumbled incoherently. Fuuko suddenly bolted upright…and leaned down again, not waking up the entire time.
The ever-present clock moved its hand and starts the alarm.
6:00am
Out of habit maybe, Fuuko turned it off with a chop of her hand (a/n: who knew a karate chop can be used to turn a blasted alarm clock off ;o)).
The phone suddenly rang. Fuuko was still in dreamland and subconsciously heard a continous ringing.
'I thought I turned the alarm clock off!' She chopped the alarm clock again but the ringing did not stop. She opened one eye and realized the ringing was not from the clock but from something else. Still a little groggy, she sat up and stared at the bunny toy across the bed, thinking.
'Where the hell is that ringing coming from? Wait a minute, THE PHONE!'
She immediately scrambled out of bed and looked for the phone. She searched under the bed and found the ringing device.
"Hello?" answered the unruly-haired wind child.
"Why did it take you long to answer the phone? Were you still sleeping? It's a bit late for you to be still in bed, don't you think?" said the monotonous voice.
'Ah! Nothing like a morning dose of acid concern' Fuuko contemplated, going to the bathroom.
"Well good morning to you too, Mi-chan! And why are you calling at this time of the day? Hmm?" she started discarding her pj's and turned the shower to test the water.
Mikagami was also thinking about that. He kept telling himself that he was just calling to get back at her for last night but a small part of him (that he won't admit) enjoyed their little conversation even though he gained a headache. So to justify the act, he thought of a good excuse.
"I was merely checking if you are still in bed. I said I'd be at your house around 6:30. I'd hate to be there and find out you're not ready yet. It will waste too much time plus I have a penchant for being early in school or anything for that matter. So I decided to wake you up myself." Mikagami smirked at the last statement.
'My elaborate excuse is so convincing, if I say so myself.' He kept on repeating the excuse a number of times to see if the lie is detectable, and when he was satisfied that the excuse was fit, he immediately called Fuuko.
"Oh Mi-chan! So many words and it's still morning. And I hate to burst your bubble but I'm right about to take the shower when you called!" she lied.
'Ha! Beat that ice-boy! Who did he think he was, disrupting my beauty sleep, the god of everything!'
Mikagami did not know why but he felt his face heat up when he heard Fuuko's last sentence.
"You're in the bathroom now?" he croaked and gulped a little. Why was he acting this way? It's not like she's going to do something, she was only taking a shower.
'Oh Kami-sama, are you naked?' he wanted to ask but luckily the rational side of him took over before he blurted out what he was dying to ask.
"I mean, am I disturbing your shower time?" even to him, it sounded lame.
Fuuko answered half-amused and half-weirded out,
"What are you blabbering about? Of course, I'm in the bathroom. Were do you think I'd be taking a shower, outside where people can see me? Flamin' fireball, that would be a bit of a sight."
She had no idea why Mi-chan was asking stupid questions today. She wondered if he ate something bad or hit his head while sleeping.
Mikagami felt stiff and frozen.
'Dear kami, this girl wouldn't stop. She had no idea what she was talking about.'
Flashes of Fuuko wearing only a towel in the bathroom was enough to stir even the coldest man alive. But a naked Fuuko outside, where people can see?
'Damn these suggestful thoughts and my male hormones.'
"Yeah, that would be a bit of a sight." Mikagami's only reply but behind it, an entirely different meaning.
"Uh! Mi-chan if you would not mind, I'd like to hang up the phone now and proceed to shower. I'm starting to feel cold in here." Fuuko was starting to feel goose bumps crawling up her arms.
His eyes glazed over but he shook his head to clear his mind and said…
"By all means, don't let me stop you. I'll be there in," he looked at his watch and read 6:10am, "twenty minutes."
"Ok, see you." Fuuko turned off the phone (cordless/wireless) and proceed to take a shower.
Mikagami on the other hand was a little lost as he stared at the phone in his hand.
'C'mon Tokiya, she is still the Fuuko you fought with in the UBS. Nothing's change. She is still the annoying, loud mouth and stubborn girl you know.'
After a moment of reflection…
'Ok, so maybe something has change. Argh! I don't know anymore. This is confusing. Fuuko is so confusing.' He smirked at the last observation.
He stood up and went to the kitchen and prepared a sandwich for a certain annoying girl. He suspected that by the time he went to fetch her, she still had not eaten breakfast.
'Hay, the things I do for this girl!' a lop-sided smile appeared on his face and at the back of his mind, 'when did I start doing things for her anyway?'
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6:30am…
Fuuko looked in the mirror and combed her hair.
'Damn! Mi-chan will be here any minute now. He hates being late. Oh no! Breakfast!'
"Breakf-!"
She was in the middle of saying it aloud when the doorbell rang. She took her bag and immediately went downstairs to prevent her mom from getting to the door first. She was known to move swiftly but her mom? Her mom was an entirely different story.
Her mom has this uncanny ability to detect what really embarrass her daughter Fuuko. So when it comes to Fuuko, she knows what buttons to push just to see her daughter blush. Kami knows Fuuko could use a blush or two to set her feminine side a little higher than her brusque side. Fuuko knows that her mom doesn't mean any harm and most of the time she let it slide but not today.
'Darn it! If my mom found out about Mi-chan, I'm toast!' so she moved as fast as she could. But apparently her mom beat her to the door because by the time she was downstairs her mom was already talking to Mikagami.
"Good morning, Mrs. Kirisawa. My name is Mikagami, Tokiya and I'm here to see your daughter and walk her to school." Mikagami introduced himself formally.
Mrs. Kirisawa smiled…
"Oh dear, no need to be formal. I know you're my daughter's special friend so you can call me auntie instead, ne?"
"Ahem, mom! Weren't you cooking something in the kitchen? Cause I swear I can smell something burning." Fuuko immediately intervened before anymore embarrassing facts surprise Mi-chan.
"Fuu-chan, you're up early. Is it because of this gentleman here?" her mom cooed.
"Hey! Do I need a reason for waking up early? I feel like waking up and it had nothing to do with Mi-chan ok!" despite the fact that her mom constantly embarrass her in front of friends Fuuko smiled fondly to her mother.
Mikagami was somewhat taken aback by that smile. It was very rare to see Fuuko acting in a feminine manner. But then again, he did not spend much time with her even after the UBS. Their relationship then was strictly ice-boy-meets-she-monkey. She would tease him and he would retaliate. But their encounters were more of words and not action. He'd be damned if he ever admit out loud that he enjoys word sparring with her. He even found it mind stimulating to find words that would irritate the wind wielder.
Now however, with her smiling like that, she looked like a princess. He'd go as far as to describe the smile as…
"Charming." He frowned a little. 'Did he just say that out loud?'
"I beg your pardon, dear?" Fuuko's mom smiled at Mikagami asking. Fuuko looked at him and was surprised to see confusion in Mikagami's eyes. 'What did he say? Charming? '
"Are you alright Mi-chan?" Fuuko assess Mikagami's appearance. 'Well he's not cyanotic or anything, no eyebags, in fact Mi-chan looks good. As always!'
Mikagami coughed to cover up and immediately answered,
"Such a charming lady you are, uh, auntie. It is most definitely my pleasure to meet you." Mikagami mentally performed a somersault and v-sign for victory. 'I am not doing the somersault, v-sign again.'
"Why, Thank you dear. Heavens, I almost forgot my cooking." She looked at the direction of the kitchen and then looked at her daughter.
"Fuu-chan, be good ok. And you too, dear." She looked at Mikagami too.
Fuuko stepped out of the house and was about to walk towards the road when her mother said,
"Don't jump Toki-chan on the street dear. There are people everywhere. Restrain yourself! Bye." Looking to the world like she said, have a nice day! With a smile!
Fuuko instantly turned bright red, 'I knew it! Mom saved the most embarrassing comment for last. Grrr… Kami must be out of his mind when he created my mom.'
Mikagami, witnessing all of this, could only laugh! Yes people! LAUGH!
When Fuuko heard his laugh, she turned even redder. They continued walking while Mikagami was still laughing.
'Great! Now he thinks it's all funny! God really hates me or maybe making fun of me.'
She dared steal a glimpse of a laughing Mi-chan. After all, when will you see a laughing Mi-chan, right?
As she looked at the laughing Mikagami, embarrassment subsided and only amazement remained. He was even more handsome when he's laughing like that. Eyes closed and all trace of stress gone. His laugh was melodious.
'Good Heavens, he could melt someone with a laugh like that.'
She realized that even she was not at all immune by his laugh and was in fact walking with wobbling knees. It made her think that the embarrassment she incurred was worth it. She allowed him a few seconds more and grumbled,
"You try being her son for one day, and let's see if you're gonna be laughing like that again." Making a face, Fuuko looked at him pouting.
"Is she always like that?" Tokiya inquired, wiping unseen tears in his eyes.
"Unfortunately yes. She teases me non-stop. And she really loves it when there's audience." She complained but there was a spark in her eyes and a smile forming on her lips.
Mikagami saw this and can't help commenting,
"Yeah, but I think you still love her for that."
That comment made her think…
"Darn right, Mi-chan. Even if she teases me all the time, I still love her."
Silence prevailed for a few minutes as they continue to walk.
"I think I like her." Mikagami said, almost an afterthought. He never experienced growing up with a mother and his sister, well, his sister did her best to provide a mother figure to him. Plus, Fuuko's mom can totally kick her ass.
Fuuko looked up at Tokiya. "Well, I think she likes you too. She always wanted to have a son. Haha!" she laughed at what she said.
"But don't complain if she starts teasing you too. You witness what she can do with simple words." Warned the smiling Fuuko.
"Hmm." He almost forgot about her breakfast. He looked at a paper bag on his left hand and handed it to Fuuko.
"Here. Take this."
Fuuko took it and opened the bag. She looked at the content and then looked at Mikagami again, as if asking for an explanation.
"It's sandwich. I take it you did not have your breakfast?" Fuuko shook her head and then smiled at him.
"Thank you for being so kind, Mi-chan!" she then started eating the sandwich and found that it tasted quite good.
"Mi-chan, I didn't know you make wonderful sandwiches. You know, you could sell this and make lots of money." She commented while munching the sandwich.
'She never stops talking! Amazing! She's the only person I know that can come up with lines like that and make it sound so normal.' He smirked.
As they neared the school, dark clouds started gathering at the horizon.
"Looks like rain." He commented, looking at the dark clouds.
"Nah! It won't rain today." She tossed the paper bag in the trashcan.
"Explain." Tokiya found it interesting to listen to this odd but very charming girl.
"Simple. It's not gonna rain because I didn't bring my umbrella." She finished with a grin plastered on her face.
Before another word was spoken, Mikagami looked at the school clock and immediately took Fuuko's hand and hurriedly walked inside the gate.
"What the --!" she was surprised but was cut off by Mikagami's remark.
"We're going to be late."
Students kept throwing weird glances in their direction. A silver-haired bishounen dragging a boyish-looking but kawaii girl was not an everyday occurrence in their school.
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ringgetsu here…
finally, I've updated..
heeheh..hope this chapter is ok…same drill, guys. Let me know if this sucks or full of weirdness..i warned you about the weirdness of it all. Ehehee.
Thanks to those people who reviewed.
Sorry if my grammar sucked… I am forever confused with the tenses.eheheh..
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