The next chapter is going to force me to re-read my manga, but hey. Who said that was a bad thing?
I own nothing.
Right, now that that's out of the way...
What do you people really think of this? Like I mentioned earlier, this is the only one I have that I'm making up as I go along. I now have a basic idea what I'm doing and where I'm going now, but I can't exactly say I'm pleased with the way I'm going about getting there.
As a matter of fact, I really only like the first chapter...
But whatever! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and whatnot.
So... yeah.
Here's chapter three of "My Edward"! I hope you like. Review!
"Hi, Mom – we're home!" Maya called as she and Keiko walked into the house.
"Hi, honey; hi, Keiko," Mrs. Kitijima called from in the kitchen. "How was practice?"
"Good," Keiko answered, slumping onto the couch, her stuff falling to the floor beside her with a loud thud. "Tiring, but good."
"Are those cookies?" Maya wondered aloud, walking into the kitchen. When she returned, there were ten or twelve in her arms. "Want one, Keiko?"
"Sure." The brunette nodded weakly and reached out to take one.
"You're getting better," the raven-haired girl replied, plopping down next to her. "I'm proud of you."
"Thanks. You're really good, too."
"I'm not that good, honestly," Maya answered with a shake of her head, grabbing the remote.
"You're not as dead beat as I am," Keiko argued.
"You're just getting used to it, that's all. Soccer's a lot more running than volleyball."
"True."
Maya settled on a soap opera.
"Can we watch something else?" the other girl asked, almost frantically.
"Huh?" Then it dawned on her. While she had gotten over her heartbreak – more or less because she was determined to win him back, and was determined that this plan of hers would succeed – Keiko was still pretty sensitive about it. Sure, she could function during the daylight hours again, but it was still a raw and burning open wound. "Sure."
Keiko calmed back down a bit as Maya settled on the weather channel.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"Right now, just relax," Keiko answered. "Recover from practice."
Maya nodded in agreement. "Sounds good to me."
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"Do you ever stop thinking about him?"
"No."
After a silence, Keiko asked another question. "Do you think that this is wrong? To be so obsessive?"
Maya rolled over onto her side to look at Keiko. Even in the dark, Keiko could feel her friend's gaze boring into her. "No. I don't think it's wrong. What is wrong is that we were ever near them to begin with. To get our hopes up like that. We don't deserve them."
The brunette sighed. "You're right."
The older girl sighed, too, turning back onto her back. "Everything happens for a reason, though. We just need to have hope. We'll either get them back, or we'll be stronger for it. Just give it time."
"That's what I always said about Yusuke. Give him time, he'll be ready to settle down eventually. And now… look at where we are."
"But everything does happen for a reason. Trust me on this."
Keiko didn't answer.
"Hey, Keiko… I've never told anyone about this before… Do you want to hear about my first real meeting with Shuichi?"
- Kuramastrass -