Hello guys! Here's chapter two for my story "I hate the way I don't hate you".
I want to thank Airashii Yui , j0nsbdaniansRock1 , '-'FreedomFairy'-' , ahvs, jd and puresnowangel! Thank you very much for reading and for leaving a review! You really made me smile :) And thank you for the other readers too! Please don't be shy and leave a review =)
Oh, and puresnowangel, I wasn't going to relate this story to the movie 10 things I hate about you. I watched the film and I loved the line "I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all…" and it inspired me so I used it as the first line of my story :) So if you are writing a story about it, please continue!
Disclaimer: I do not own Daa! Daa! Daa! nor its characters.
I hope you like this chapter! Enjoy!
Love is the closest thing we have to magic...
Chapter 2
After taking a bath, Miyu went to her room. A good hot bath can really make someone very happy and relaxed. I really needed it. She smiled but when she remembered that she had a Math exam to study, that smile disappeared. She dried her hair and entered to the Math world which she really hated. It's not that she hated it, she was just too bad at it...
"Ok! Let's start!" She cheered herself.
30 minutes later...
"I can't understand a thing and it's almost dinner time! Well, actually, dinner time is in 2 hours but at this point, chances of passing the exam is decreasing... Sigh. I really hate Math now... And why am I talking to myself?" Ok... It's official, I'm officially mad. Math can turn a person mad. Just look at me. I was a normal person, then I study Math and next thing you know, I'm talking to myself! Oh, wait! What am I thinking? I'm just distracting myself and wasting my time. Let's go back to work!
Another 30 minutes later...
No use... Still can't understand! What am I gonna do? I don't wanna fail! I never failed! Sigh. How I wish I was intelligent like my parents. I would have understood Math in just 30 minutes and ace tomorrow's exam or maybe I wouldn't even need to study! That would have been great! I would even be top 1 in class and I'd beat Kanata! If that happened, I'd tease him all the time, I would love to see his face. I'm sure he'd be so pissed that... And an idea struck to Miyu's mind. Of course! Kanata! Maybe he can help me out with Math. But now that I think about it, why would I even ask him? I'm sure he'd say no. He'd say that he's too busy and that I should have studied last weekend instead of going out with friends. He would even tell me how stupid I am for not understanding Math. No way. I'm not gonna let him insult me that way! That was a bad idea. A very bad one!! Let's just concentrate and start again.I know I can do this!
But 20 minutes later...
Knock! Knock!
I can't believe I'm doing this... but it can't be helped. I tried to study on my own for more than an hour and I still can't understand a thing. I'm sad to say this but he's my last resort...
"Come in!" the boy with chocolate eyes said.
"Um, Kanata? I've got a problem with Math..."
"Only one?" Kanata smirked.
"Ok, you're being arrogant! I shouldn't have come here to ask for your help in the first place..." She said annoyed and started to walk to her room.
"Hey! It was only a joke! What problems have you got?"
"Really? Are you gonna help me?"
"Only if you invite me to an ice cream" he smiled.
Miyu laughed. "I'll invite you after I pass the exam!"
"Then in that case, let me solve your problems."
Several minutes later...
"Dinner is ready!" Wannya called them.
"Oh good! I was starving." said Miyu as she got up heading to the dining room.
"Me too!" said Kanata following Miyu.
They sat and started to eat. Miyu fed Ruu who was very happy as her adoptive mom gave him food.
"Daa!" said cute little Ruu.
"Woah! I'm so full! Thanks Wannya for the delicious food. You really made me happy!" Miyu smiled.
"I thank you too Wannya!" Kanata said.
"You're welcome! It's my duty as a baby-sitter to take care all of you!" said Wannya satisfied of making them happy.
...
Before going to her room, Miyu went to Kanata's.
"Hey." Miyu said as she entered in his room.
"Still got problems?" Kanata asked
"Oh! No. I just wanted to say thanks for helping me out. You really saved my life, I meant, my grades." She smiled
"Oh. No problem."
"Um, so good night!"
"Uh, Miyu?" Kanata called as she was about to go to her room.
"Yes?"
"It's ok that you don't understand Math, it doesn't mean that your stupid. So don't feel like it whenever you get stuck with Math or any other subject or something. Ok?" Kanata said a little bit surprised of what he just said. He normally doesn't say this kind of stuff to Miyu but he kinda wanted to cheer her up.
Miyu smiled. She was suddenly very happy. Maybe her friendship with Kanata is getting better?
"Thanks Kanata." and she showed him a big adorable smile.
"But can you do me favor?"
"Anything you want" she smiled.
"Can you please clean my desk for me? It's all full of long blond and dirty hair. I guess it's true what they say, when a small brain thinks hard, the one who owns it loses hair..."
"That comment was totally UNNECESSARY! Bye Kanata! May you have sweet nightmares!" she said as she went to her room stomping the floor.
At least I said please. He laughed as he went to sleep.
The next day...
"Why don't we go to the mall to celebrate of how well our exams went?" Nanami asked excitedly.
"I don't know.... I think I'm not in the mood."
"Why?" Aya asked a little bit worried.
"Well, I don't know how it went for me... I was very confused and besides, my brain is burning. I think I need some 'brain' rest."
"That's why you need some shopping! You know how well you'll feel after shopping new beautiful clothes!" Nanami tried to convinced her.
"Yeah, Nanami is right. After all, shopping is the best medicine for sadness! Well, after chocolate I mean..." Aya smiled.
"Sigh. I hate it when I can't say no to you guys!" Miyu smiled widely.
Aya and Nanami laughed at how easily they convince Miyu.
"Please Kanata! We have to check out the new store in the mall! They say it has magical stuff! And someone told me that they were selling flying carpets, brooms, magical balls, you know, the one that tells you the future... They sell magic wands too, and magical jewelries..."
"Do you really believe in that stuff? You know that all those things they sell are fake and it's a way of making money dishonestly! " Kanata interrupted him.
"Well, one thing to know if they are fake or not is going! Please go with me!!" Santa pleaded.
"I'm really not interested but I don't really have to do anything this afternoon so I'm going with you."
"Thanks!" Santa said as he jumped of joy.
...
"Whoa!! Have you seen this very cute dress?!" Nanami asked really excited.
"Yup I've seen it. And I've seen its price too!" Aya said.
"How can it be that expensive!" Miyu said a little too surprised.
"Sigh. If I hadn't bought the expensive shoes, I would be able to buy it.... Sigh." Nanami said in a depressed tone.
"We better go now before she gets more depressed!" Aya said.
"Good idea!"
The three friends started their way home when they spotted a new store which catches everyone's attention. There was something in that unusual store that made everyone stare at it curious.
"The magical pumpkin store? They could have chosen a better name for their store, don't you think?" Nanami chuckled.
"Yeah, but I kinda like it. It's magical." Miyu laughed as she remembered that pumpkin was Kanata's favorite dish. She still can't believe how he loves it. She thinks that pumpkin and Kanata were incompatible. She laughed even harder.
"Let's just enter! I want to see it inside!" Aya said as she pulled her best friends inside the store. It seems really packed but that didn't stop the friends to enter.
"Hey Kanata! Have you seen this wand! It says that it is made of Oak!" Santa told him.
"Oak? Hn."
"It's so cool and look at this carpet! It says it can fly I wonder if it really flies... Maybe I should buy it, if it doesn't work then I will use it as a normal carpet and it matches with the furniture in my room or maybe I can buy another one for my living room..." Santa kept on talking but Kanata stopped listening to him as he spotted a certain blond with her friends.
"Isn't this cute? It says that when you wear this ring all your fear vanishes. I think I'm gonna buy it! It's really cute and it matches with the outfit I just bought!" Nanami said happily, she was getting excited again.
"Shopping really makes her a little bit crazy... Right Miyu?" Aya said. But Miyu didn't hear her as she saw a stone that caught her attention. It was a peculiar stone. She felt as if the stone was calling her and she felt weird. She took the stone in her hands and looked at it somehow amazed. It was round and very shiny but Miyu couldn't tell its color, it was silver but it was crimson at the same time. Miyu found it really odd, she never saw a stone like it before and it made her comfortable, somehow.
"It's a pretty stone. Isn't it?" A slim tall man told Miyu. She looked at him and she realized that he was a salesclerk. "You know, its different from the other stones." He smiled creepily. "It can grant a wish." Miyu looked at him as if he was fooling her. But he wasn't, he was very serious as he talked to her. And with a smile, a very weird one, he left.
"That guy sure was creepy." Nanami said as she shivered.
"I find him funny. He tells Miyu that the stone is different from the others and leaves without even convincing her to buy it as other clerks would have done. Let me see it." Aya said as she took the stone from Miyu. "It's really interesting. But its useless, although you can use it as a paperweight."
"You're not gonna buy it aren't you?" Kanata asked Miyu.
"Kanata! What are you doing here?" Miyu asked surprised as he suddenly appeared.
"What? Everyone can hang out in the mall right? Or am I not allowed?" said Kanata.
"Oh hi guys! Isn't this store cool?" Santa asked.
"Hmmm... Kinda." Aya said.
"I find it interesting... They sell very weird stuff... Oh! Look at the magic ball!" Nanami said as she went to where the magic ball was. Aya and Santa followed her leaving Miyu and Kanata alone.
"You haven't answered my question. Are you buying that useless stone?"
"It's not useless you know. The clerk said that it grants you a wish."
"And you believe him?"
"Well..."
Kanata smirked. "Don't be fooled. Magic doesn't exist. Such things can't happen..."
"How can you be sure about that? Maybe it does exist!"
"Whatever... You know, sometimes you act like a kid..."
"Jerk..." Miyu whispered angrily.
"Hey guys, it's getting late now. We gotta go." Aya told them.
"Um, ok!" said Miyu. "I'm just gonna buy this stone."
"Are you really buying it?" Kanata asked
"Well, yeah! I find it pretty and even if it doesn't grant a wish, I can still use it as a paperweight..."
"Miss, that will be 10 dollars." said the clerk.
"Ok!" Miyu said as she took her wallet and gave him the money.
"You should know, to grant a wish you just have to take it with both hands, close your eyes and say your wish loud. But I must warn you, you have to say the right words... That wish stone can be tricky..." The clerk said a little too serious that all of them were frightened at his words.
"Hmm... Thank you!" Man, that guy is really creepy... Miyu thought
After saying goodbye to each other, Miyu and Kanata went to their house. Climbing up the stairs of the Saionji Temple, Kanata told Miyu:
"What a waste of money. You could have saved the money for my ice cream!"
"It's not a waste, I told you, it can be used as a paperweight in that way it can be useful..."
"What wish would you ask anyway?" Kanata asked.
"I still don't know yet..."
"If you're thinking about making a wish like "I wanna be likable or I wanna be hotter" Forget about it, that's simply impossible." Kanata smiled maliciously.
"Kanata!! You're such a jerk!! I wasn't gonna wish that!!! And besides, I'm happy the way I am!" Miyu said proudly.
"Well, by the way you say it, all I can hear is disappointment..."
"Ugh! You despicable creature!"
"I'm amazed... Despicable... A new word for your vocabulary? Did you use thesaurus so that you won't use the same insults over and over again? I'm proud of you, Miyu" Kanata said patting her head.
"I didn't use thesaurus! I already knew that word long time ago! And I wouldn't use the dictionary just to find new insults... And especially not for you as you're not worth it!" And with that Miyu left Kanata angrily.
She left Kanata a little bit hurt but he deserves it and he knows that...
....
He's such a jerk... Miyu thought as she sighed. Such a jerk! She took the stone from the shopping bags and looked at it. It really seems different from the others. I wonder if it really works. What should I wish for? Hmmm....
" I wish there was some kind of magic that made Kanata change!! But change for good! If that happened then I would be the happiest girl in the world! "
Where did that thought come from? Oh! I remember, I wished that yesterday after I went to the groceries... hahaha... Maybe I should wish for that... As I thought, if that happened then I would be the happiest girl... But that was exaggerated, anyway... What did the clerk say?
"You should know, to grant a wish you just have to take it with both hands, close your eyes and say your wish loud. But I must warn you, you have to say the right words... That wish stone can be tricky..."
This stone can be tricky? How can that be? Anyway, let's do it. I hope it really works... Miyu giggled. She took the stone tightly with both hands, she closed her eyes and started to say "I wish..." Wait, the clerk said that I have to say the right words... Hmm... What does he mean by right words? How can I know which are the right words? Sigh. So, I really have to think hard about the wish huh? Hmm... Let's see... I think that Kanata hates me for a reason, if he forgets that reason then he'll treat me more gently... So, I guess that's it. "I wish Kanata forgets the reason why he hates me." As she made her wish, the stone gleamed and turned into a pinkish bright color dazzling Miyu, and after a while it turned back to normal. Well, that was weird...
Knock! Knock!
"Come in!"
"Um, Miyu?"
Oh! It's Kanata! Maybe he wants to apologize for being mean to me! Maybe my wish actually worked!
"Oh hi Kanata! What do you want?" Miyu smiled.
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To know what happens next, stay tuned for the next chapter!
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Alexiia