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Maria could have huffed.
Nobody believed her when she said, she had met a guy that looked like Kuu-san a couple of days ago, just by looking at the eyes of those around her, made her realise that despite being 15 year's old, people still thought of her as that small adorable little child from years ago, an image that would probably plague her even in Adulthood.
To gather proof that proved she wasn't making stuff up, she had taken to walking up and down the same street she had met the guy on, wondering if she would meet the guy again, hopefully she could get a picture or drag the guy to LME with her.
Little did she know, that a certain black haired teen dressed in a disguise was watching her in amusement across the street, Remco was extremely amused to see Maria looking so frustrated obviously looking for him.
But he had been raised too well to allow this to go on and crossed the street just when Maria looked like she was about to go back home.
"What are looking for Maria-chan?" He asked.
He noted that, Maria jumped so high.
Ch 2: Let's have fun.
Maria almost had a heart attack and it took her a while to calm down her beating heart while Remco, tore off his disguise with a worried look on his face, clearly he didn't think he would scare her that badly.
"Don't ever do that again!" Maria said, finally calmed down as Remco went to sit next to her on the bench.
"I'm sorry, I really couldn't help it" Remco said, before bursting out laughing. "It's just so funny seeing you walk up and down every day!"
Maria eyes, widened.
SHE HAD BEEN CAUGHT!
Her rage boiled and she yelled. "YOU SAW ME AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!"
Remco rose his hands in an apologetic way at Maria glare and said. "Well I'm sorry, you were just too cute when you were so flustered"
He received a light smack on his head by a fuming Maria who lost the battle in trying to stop herself from blushing.
"So why were you looking for me?" Remco asked, he already know but he wanted to get it from the girl first.
Maria suddenly remembered why she was even here in the first place and looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Come with me"
"And why should I follow a complete stranger?" Remco asked, amused as Maria flushed at the blunt truth, they were defiantly strangers to one another and he really didn't have a reason to follow her.
He's right…Maria cursed, she couldn't think of one good reason why he should follow her.
"Well, since were strangers to each other, why don't we do something to get to know each other. After all strangers are just people you've never met" Remco said, as Maria eyed him suspiciously, her being a girl who had no experience with boys around her age, had only her dad's words on how all boys were the route of all evil, she was understandable wearily.
"Come on" Remco said, "It's not like you got anything better to do right?" his eyes suddenly light up. "Let's do something fun, like go to an amusement park!"
Maria had to sweat drop at the older guy childish attitude, you could tell he really wanted to go to an amusement park, before she know what was happening, she had agreed.
But she did warn him that she was rather 'famous' around her and he seemed to understand that and they went into a store, who were forced to swear secrecy once she revealed her identity and helped disguise her, she now had drawn on freckles and her hair was done in a bun.
Remco found himself being put into a disguise also despite his protest's that he didn't need one but Maria was determined because having a much younger looking Kuu Hizuri with blue eyes beside her, made it certain that they would attract attention so Remco also had drawn on freckles on his face and wore fake glasses and a hat.
Maria had to guide him to the nearest amusement park since he did not know the area well, the park was about a 45 minute walk from where they were, it could have been shorter if Remco didn't stop at every shop to check out some 'cool' Japanese souvenirs, while she sweat dropped at his energy.
They hadn't even stepped one foot into the park when they were blasted with the sounds of people screaming, shouting and just having fun.
"I didn't know Japanese Amusement Parks could be so big" Remco said before he spotted the very first ride he wanted to go on. "Maria let's go on that ride first"
He was pointing to Japanese biggest Roller Coaster.
Maria saw her life flash before her very eyes.
Huh!? Maria couldn't help but think as she heard the pure screams of terror and amusement coming from the ride as people dropped from a height that guaranteed to lose your lunch. "Can't we go on something else?" looking for something harmless looking.
"Come Maria, you're not scared are you?" Remco teased and before Maria even realised what she was doing, she had been waiting in the cue and was now boarding the rollercoaster.
She went several shades whiter as she tried to think of a way out of the situation she had gotten herself into, she did not like how steep looking the Roller Coaster looked as the monster began to move and Remco had a look of pure boredom on his face.
"Are you okay?" He asked, suddenly noticing Maria expression.
"Y-Yes, I'm fine" Maria cursed herself for stuttering, never had she been this high.
"You know, you're a terrible liar." Remco said, before he held his hand out receiving a confused look from Maria. "I heard that if you face your fears with somebody by your side, it helps take some of the fear away."
Maria looked at the hand cautiously wondering if by taking it, Remco would turn into a wolf and try to devour her like she had been told but her decision was quickly made for her when they reached the peak and she grabbed his hand.
She let out a huge scream like some many others at the speed of the drop, while Remco just laughed, his hand never left hers and in a way Maria was very thankful for that as her stomach was forced to do backward flips and when she thought it was over, the Roller-coaster started moving backwards.
"It's okay" Remco said, beside her as Maria clung to his hand like a baby clinging to her mother.
It didn't stop the feeling of being pulled from behind but his hand kept her from breaking down into tears.
Until at last it was over and she was back on unmoving ground.
She realised it wasn't that bad.
"Maria-chan, are you okay?" Remco asked, he had hoped his hand had worked.
"Again!" Maria said, the adrenaline kicking in.
"Maybe later" Remco said, worried about her state. "Let's get some photos first and go on other small a rides for a bit"
Maria didn't like it but she agreed and followed the guy to the nearby photo booth, they waited for the picture to come up and she couldn't help but laugh at how funny her picture was.
Her hair was all over the place, her eyes were shut and she looked like she was screaming at the top of her lungs while Remco was just laughing and looked to be the much better of the two.
Hopefully Remco won't get…
"I like to have number 15, please" Remco said as Maria screamed in her mind, of all pictures!
Remco got out his wallet and Maria was surprised by how full it looked, showing Remco may not be an average person after all.
"Hey Maria-chan, do you want a T-shirt?" Remco asked, getting one for himself that said 'I survived Japanese tallest Roller-coaster'.
Maria thought about it, her dad would probably be mad at her if she came home with that kind of T-shirt and he wasn't involved but on the other hand, she could use to it to make people think she had a life outside of her usual group of celebrities and it would draw attention to who she's been hanging out with.
"I'll take one" Maria said, as she said her size and five minutes later, she had her own custom mad T-shirt which she wore proudly over her frilly top.
"Let's go on a smaller ride" Remco said, wearing his shirt proudly too. "This time I'm open for anything you feel safe on"
Maria mind was telling her to pick another big ride, show Remco how brave she was but what came out of her mouth was. "Let's go on the Marry-Go Round" she wanted to face palm at her words.
"Well if you say so" Remco said, taking hold of Maria right hand and leading her to the ride.
Unfortunately the operator thought they were a couple and before they could split up, all the horses were already taken so Remco and Maria were forced to share a horse.
Maria was suddenly made a lot more conscious when Remco arms came around her to hold onto the pole and his body was pressed against hers and she could feel his body heat next to her own along with his toned chest, she felt face heat up and she hoped that Remco didn't know the effect he was having on her.
Remco couldn't help but smirk when he saw her red face but didn't say anything, as much as he wanted to tease her, he didn't think it would do any good if Maria decided to go home and leave him stranded, calling his father to pick him up.
The ride was over and Maria got her face under control and they want for something to eat.
Of course Remco paid for everything, he was too much of a gentleman to allow Maria to pay for her own food and Maria was made to try out an Ice cream that was three times the size of what she was used to having, of course she couldn't finish it but she tried her best while he tried a huge sized jelly donut and Maria realised Remco had a bottomless stomach.
He just kept on eating and eating and she couldn't help but wonder were all that food was going.
After Remco had stopped eating, finally, they want on bumper cars and Remco insisted on driving and drove life a maniac while Maria was keeping herself from screaming at the crazy speed the guy was going while bumping hard into others.
They got the picture for that, which Maria couldn't help but smile at, Remco looked so determined while she looked like she was barely hanging on, she was starting to loosen up and have fun.
Remco pointed them towards a Water ride which they cued up for half an hour and it only had a bar to stop them from falling out of the boat while it spun around, Maria instantly clung to Remco who was enjoying himself a bit too much and they got the picture for that.
Once the world stopped spinning around Maria, they tried some carnival games, Maria aim was terrible which left her flustered at how she was missing the bottles and was about to give up when Remco decided to help her out and adjusted the position of her body correctly before throwing the ball.
The ball hit dead in the centre and Maria want to hug Remco as she chose her prize which was a huge stuffed Panda teddy bear.
Maria carried the bear proudly everywhere she went much to Remco amusement.
Their next stop was the Photo booth where she was more than happy to be taken silly photos with Remco and laugh when she set her eyes on her own copy of the photo slip.
She hadn't had this much fun in what felt like forever.
They went on the battle ships next and Maria and Remco got hit with a gallon of water while trying to defend their ship, they were absolutely soaked but an automatic dryer was nearby.
As promised their finally ride for the day was Japan's Biggest Rollercoaster and this time she didn't even need Remco hand and enjoyed it all the way.
"I know there was something fun to do in Japan" Remco said, "It's no fun always being around adults who don't know when to loosen up and are too serious for their own good"
Maria couldn't help but think back to all the parties she had attended up to now and couldn't help but sweat drop at the ridiculous shows her grandpa would put on but he was the life of the party, although over the top, without him it would be a boring A list party, full of adults mingling and she hated to think it but her friends were usually the one's not so lively and always so formal, that's why it was a nice change being around someone around her age and could understand her more.
"Maria-chan, let's do this again someday" Remco said, as they walked back to the street they met on but before he could leave, he suddenly found his arm being grabbed and he looked back to find a flustered Maria.
"…You know, my birthday is coming up on the 24th and I was hoping if you would attend" Maria said, shyly.
"Birthday?" Remco said, before going into thought. "Is it one of those, really formal one's where most of the guests are really rich adults?"
Yes. Maria couldn't help but think, suddenly aware of the the clear lack of friends around her age, something must have shown on her face because Remco suddenly smirked mysteriously.
"I don't know." Remco said, "I'm not really fond of uptight parties and I don't want to stand out because of being the only teenager there…." He trailed off.
"I'm not promising you anything. I may come or I may not come" he said, he just loved teasing her. "It really depends on my mood"
Maria gave a huff in annoyance.
He better come.
#The next day#
Everyone was surprised when Maria showed up at LME wearing an 'I rode Japans biggest Rollercoaster' t-shirt.
"Maria can I sit here" Kyoko, or 'Miss Hizuri' as she had been going by for three years now, asked, noticing her shirt.
"Sure" Maria said.
"Maria, you didn't tell me your dad took you to ride 'The Everest'." Kyoko said, finding it odd that she wasn't immediately told about this like usual. "Maybe later, we can go out for some Ice cream?" she said.
Maria faced was the perfect definition of calm and collected but inwardly she was cackling silently and said "I'm sorry but I have to meet a friend today. We went to the amusement park yesterday and we kind of made plans to go Ice skating today, so maybe next time?"
She got up and left, leaving a very stunned Kyoko and room in her wake.
Maria allowed herself to smile.
And scene!
I'm so glad this is over! Next chapter is Maria birthday party! Will Remco come or not? Only time will tell and if he does show up, what is everyone reaction to seeing a seemly much younger version of Kuu appearing out of the blue wishing Maria a happy birthday? And most importantly what is Kuu reaction to seeing Remco? Review/Fav and follow!