I WON'T SAY I'M IN LOVE AGAIN!!
AN: song references to "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from the Disney movie, Hercules.
It had been two days since Sunako arrived back home. She beat the crap out of the Dazzling Creatures and they had been hospitalized. Noi felt sorry for her and didn't stop Sunako from beating on Takenaga as well.
Now Noi, Machiko, and Tomao were spending the day at Sunako's aunt's boarding house listening to Sunako's account of what happened. They were a great audience. Once she finished, she waited for them to tell her what they thought.
Noi broke the silence. "The way you describe him makes him sound really hot, Sunako-chan," she stated.
"I don't know about that," Sunako said.
"He seems to be a gentleman of some sort, despite his attire," Tomao said. "I guess any girl would fall in love with him if he saved her from a pervert or porno-scout."
"I'm not in love with him," Sunako clarified, but was unable to convince the girls.
"Oh stuff it, Sunako-chan," Machiko said. "You were gushing then and now you're blushing like crazy. Definite signs of a crush."
"And this guy sounds really manly," Tomao added.
"Manly guy, able to protect a girl, and treat them with respect is definitely a gentleman."
"Yeah, you like him."
"No, I don't," Sunako defended. "I gave up on love a long time ago. I don't want to go through that hell again. I don't think I could handle it again."
"And what if he doesn't treat you like that bastard?" Noi asked. "I think we ought to get in contact with this guy and arrange a date for the two of you!"
Sunako screamed and ran to her room.
"She's totally in love again, isn't she?" Machiko asked.
"That would seem to be the case," Noi said, a mischievous grin on her face. "I hope you're all prepared to venture into Sunako's room. Be aware that she has a lot of scary things—we must venture on the side of caution! We're taking her on a shopping spree!"
The girls pumped their fists and approached Sunako's room warily. When they opened the door, they noticed that Sunako was watching the first of the Leprechaun series. After screaming in terror, the girls stopped the movie, tied and blindfolded Sunako and carried her to Tomao's car where they headed on to the mall to spoil Sunako.
"We should make sure she gets lots of cute Gothic Lolita stuff. She'd look adorable!" Machiko gushed. Sunako struggled against her wrappings and screamed for help all the way.
Once at the mall, they dragged her into a Gothic Lolita store and ended up buying her several dresses and only Kami knows what else. They also got her fresh regular clothes. Once they had finished with the clothes, they went to Tomao's mom's spas and got Sunako all made up then they got her to put on one of the dresses they got her and after a moment, she looked like her beautiful self.
Tomao, Noi, and Machiko began to cry. "Sunako –chan you look totally gorgeous!"
"If guys don't look at you now, then they're nuts!"
"Come on, let go find that guy!"
Sunako shivered.
"Come on, Sunako, don't deny it! You really like this guy!" Noi urged.
"I thought you guys wanted me to be with Kyouhei?" Sunako accused.
"But this guys sound a lot more promising!"
"Though that is very true, I don't see why I should open myself to more heart break."
"Who ever said that that would happen again? For all you know, this guy might like you back!"
"No."
"Just admit it Sunako!"
"NO!"
"Come on!"
"NO MEANS, NO!! It's not worth it. I gave up on love, you know that!"
"What are you talking about? This guy seems like a god, maybe not exactly, but he's more promising than Kyouhei."
"Besides, you're being rather obvious."
"You know you like him."
"I'm not in love; I can't afford to fall in love again. If I did, and I was rejected again…I don't think I can handle that!"
"Then why do you blush whenever you talk about him?"
"Give in Sunako-chan."
"I'm not in love!"
"Are you certain about that?"
Sunako took a seat, sighing. "Fine. But like I said before, I don't want to fall in love again. During the time I thought he'd like me back, I was really happy. But when he called me ugly, you have no idea how much pain I went through after that."
"Look, you can't hide this from us, Sunako. You look like a book right now. That blush is proof of that. So just gather all that strength and go tell him how you feel."
"We just met two…three days ago! I don't even know where to start looking."
"Well, the way I see it, you have two choices. You can both give up and move on, or you can go find him and tell him."
"You really want me to kill myself, don't you? I didn't know you guys hated me that much."
"Come on, just admit it!"
"No! Just drop it, alright?"
The girls gave Sunako a sad look. "That bastard hurt you that bad, huh?"
"Sunako-chan, its okay to be in love. Not all guys you like are scum."
Sunako looked at Tomao and smiled a little. "Just, please, don't say anything about it."
The girls cooed and glomped Sunako. "We love you Sunako-chan!"
"If that guy says anything to hurt you, we'll sic Kyouhei on him!"
"And you'll still have us to cry on."
Sunako smiled broader. "Thanks guys."
Hope you liked chapter 3. I got no crazy comments to give other than that my cats are hyperactive balls of annoying fur and fluff (one's a lot more fluffy than the other, but neither are persians). they're so crazy that they like to play tag, though I worry that it's a little more lethal than the game should be when played by cats...
anyway, thanks for reading!