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One Week part 2
When they arrived in Atobe's mansion, his parents left in a hurry with the excuse of an emergency meeting in Paris, so this left Hikaru and Keigo to share the whole house for the week.
Hikaru was sitting beside Atobe in the limousine and was playing with her PSP when the car stopped and Atobe quickly stepped out without even being the gentleman he should be. He left the car door ajar and Hikaru made her way out of the car with a scowl on her face.
Entering the house, Hikaru made her way through, guided by a maid and a servant who was carrying her luggage. She continued to play on her PSP until they came to a halt in front of a large wooden door.
"Here is your room, Ms. It's directly opposite Keigo-sama's room," the maid said and ushered her in.
"Thanks please put it there," Hikaru said then bade the servants to get out of her room.
"Breakfast is at 9, Hikaru-sama," the maid said and left.
Hikaru sighed and leapt to the bed, dumping her PSP on the bedside table
So…this is my new room for a whole week, man, I wish Kaoru is here…it's boring, she thought while rolling on the bed, thinking of what else to do to pass the time.
Due to absence of mind and boredom, she rolled too far to the left and fell with a loud thud. Just when she was sprawled on the floor, the door shot open to reveal Atobe in his rather crumpled looking blue pajamas.
"What are you doing?" he said, walking into the room and the slamming the door shot behind him.
"Now haven't you heard of the word 'privacy'? And by the way, whatever I do in my room is none of your freaking business," Hikaru scoffed at him, not even showing signs that she wants to get up from the floor.
"Don't enjoy the carpet too much, it's ridiculous, and be thankful that a sorry excuse for a lady like you got to see Ore-sama's beauty at this time of the night," Atobe smirked and sat down on one of the armchairs near the bed.
"Okay, thank you for letting me see the beauty that you are at this time of the night so…will you bastard please get out of my room now? And could you never come back?" Hikaru yelled at him, sitting on the floor with her hands propping her up. "Why are you here anyway?"
Atobe smiled at her like he knows something that Hikaru didn't. And that look on other people really pisses off Hikaru. She glared at him but he does not seem to be bothered by her gaze at all.
"Ore-sama wants to straighten things out between the two of us,"
"What 'things'?"
"The one week deal,"
"What about that? Don't tell me you love me already?" this answer of hers struck Atobe out of his cool stance on the chair and into battle mode. But she was disappointed when he suddenly calmed down and returned to his kingly composure on the chair.
"Ore-sama will never fall for the likes of you! Ore-sama was just about to ask why you are doing this!"
"I seriously don't know what you are talking about, get out now," she walked towards the door to open it for Atobe but she was just a few feet away from it when Atobe asked a rather difficult question.
"Say, did you already fell for Ore-sama's charm, Hikaru?" he asked. Atobe was kind of happy when she suddenly stopped in her tracks but did not look right away back at him. He wants to see the look on her face but restrained himself as he watched her stand frozen on the spot. "You like me don't you? That's why you came to my house. You like having me around, am I correct?"
Hikaru was taken aback by his question. It sure did hit a spot inside of her. Part of her mind says that it was a lie, nothing but another bold comment that was meant to piss her off so she need not take it seriously but another part of her searched herself thoroughly of what she really feels about him. Because of the confusion of what to answer, maybe a 'you bastard is so low nobody's going to fall for you!' or something like that but really, it was just a simple question answerable by 'Yes' or 'No'. It would take a whole eternity for her to say 'Yes' for a question like that, especially if it was Atobe who asked. She'd rather die.
She slowly turned around to face him and she stared at him, her face expressionless. She just stared at him without moving except when she blinks.
"Eh?" Atobe's expression changed from happiness to utter disappointment when he saw the blank expression on her face. It wasn't the kind of reaction he had imagined. Now he blamed himself for half-expecting for her to melt in some way but still, some bits of him was hurt when she took it lightly. She really wasn't that kind of girl, she was really far from those girls screaming their hearts out to him during tennis practice. It seems like there really is a person in the world, or more specifically, a girl in the world who dislikes him so much.
It was annoying. He came there on impulse. It was a growing new habit of his to like seeing Hikaru, though he really hates her, every now and then. He doesn't know why but he always wants to see how she's doing. Maybe if he always manages to see her he could laugh on the spot on every little mistake that she makes. Or maybe…
Atobe shook his head and tried to grasp the situation. Okay, she was looking at him as if she could see through him. She had her arms at her sides and her hair was in tangles. She looks cute…NO! SHE'S UGLY! UGLY! But who knew that looking disheveled would fit her? She looks like a puppy! Cute! NO! She looks stupid! Yes, she also is stupid!
But still…
As he continued to try to return her gaze, a faint blush crept up to Atobe's face that he had a hard time suppressing and at the same time act natural.
What the-? Why is he turning red? Hikaru thought. Her own mind battle was already beginning to wane over and she already knew what she had to do. She had concluded the whole situation: Atobe was just being stupid.
The first time she met him, she thought he was funny. Because he's narcissist she thought it would be fun to tease him. He was one of the few people who could keep her entertained just by being with them. It was one of her goals in life to get rid of boredom. It was just so lucky for her to meet Atobe. There won't be one sad moment. Of all things in the world, she loves to get into fights with people. Having no enemy means she has a peaceful life. Having a peaceful life without any problems with other people means her life is boring. Having a boring life means she'll rather commit suicide.
"What's your problem now?" Atobe said out of the blue. She looked at him more and finally went out of her stupor.
"You know what? Ever since I saw you I want to tell you this really bad," she said in a monotone voice.
"What is it you want to tell me?" there was a newfound excitement in his voice.
"I hate you so much…could you be my enemy?"
Atobe fell back to his seat and sighed. This girl is really impossible. She doesn't want friends; she wants enemies. It really seemed to him that this one whole week is not even necessary. They could spend an eternity together and a slight inkling of love won't occur to both of them. But why does it seem to bother him to not see her again? Why is he wishing that the week would never end when he solely prays to never see her again? What if it was the other way around that he is the one going to fall for her? Now Ore-sama would never let that happen.
"I'm tired. I've got school tomorrow. Good night," he said then glared at her then left her room.
When she locked the door to ensure that he won't come barging in again, she threw herself to the bed and massaged her forehead. It hurts. He had bombarding her with questions that never occurred to her that she should think about.
On The First Day
Hikaru woke up late the next day and had to rush into the shower to clean up then start the day teasing Atobe. It was already 8:45 when she came down to breakfast. She expected Atobe to be there but much to her dismay, he was not.
"Where's Keigo?" she asked the attending maid. She sat on the table and started to eat a toast.
"He left early, Hikaru-sama. His team is preparing for their match against Seigaku for tomorrow," the maid answered.
"Oh yeah, I forgot,"
She had forgotten that it was the National Tournament season so Atobe must be busy all day. If he's not here all day, what would she do?
"Where is he now?"
"Forest of Arenas where the National tournament is held,"
"I'm going there…I'll be with him all day so don't bother wait for me," Hikaru said, leaving the house and riding a blue scooter she had brought from home. At her age, she's at least allowed a scooter which she could drive.
She put on a helmet and drove to where Atobe is. Maybe Riko is there too since Seigaku is playing today.
When she entered, she can't find Atobe immediately so she had to ask questions. When she found him she got really pissed off.
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"Get out of my way, bitch,"
The girl he said that too was left frozen on the spot. Hikaru's heart went out to that girl. It was incredibly rude of Atobe to just tell that to her even if she was being overly nice in there.
When Atobe turned around the corner where she was hiding in she jumped out and did the impossible.
She slapped him, hard in the face that even his teammates winced at the sound. Atobe, who was taken by surprise, stumbled backwards with his eyes opened wide. There was a red mark on his face where she had slapped him.
"Whoa…" Gakuto murmured, amazed at the sight of an unknown girl suddenly hurting his captain.
"Excuse me miss, but have I seen you before?" Oshitari interluded.
However Hikaru was busy pawning over Atobe, "You surely is a bastard, you really deserve that,"
At that, Atobe went out of his stupor and regained his composure, he glared at Hikaru.
"What the fuck is that for? Huh? Why are you here anyway?" Atobe was about to go all out not had his teammates took a hold of him to restrain him.
"It seems the little bit of respect I had for you had evaporated," Hikaru grinned evilly at him. "But Honey, would you hurt me?" she skidded over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"What's going on here?" Shishido asked.
Atobe stopped struggling and narrowed his eyes at her.
Hikaru knew her teasing was working and he was already at her mercy.
"Honey, you haven't told them yet about us? Oh, you're hurting me…" she pouted and pretended to cry.
"Miss, what's going on between you two?" Oshitari inquired, his teammates hold on Atobe seemed to loosen.
"We're getting married!" she then jumped in joy and clang on Atobe's arm while he was looking around him since his teammates gave him that 'look'.
"Eh? Buchou is getting married and he hasn't even told us he had a girlfriend! I thought we were his friends!" Ootori gasped.
"No! It's a lie! Ore-sama's not going to marry her! Never!" Atobe tried to reason with his teammates.
"Oh really? Why are you so defensive?" Gakuto chided.
Oshitari, Shishido and Hiyoshi were introducing themselves to Hikaru while Atobe explains himself away.
"Mou…Is there ice cream in here?" Hikaru asked, the sun was already getting to her.
Jiroh smiled at her.
"Really? There is? Oh great! Let's!" the two left leaving the others to follow them.
Atobe watched her skip happily towards the ice cream parlor with Jiroh. She seemed happier in his company than she did when he's around. So what? It's not like he cares that his fiancé is being happy with his friends, he shouldn't mind since he hates her so much.
When they were all inside they all took one table and sat around, asking Hikaru all sorts of questions.
"So, how did you get into this engagement thing with buchou, Hikaru-chan?" Gakuto asked then taking a spoonful of chocolate ice cream.
"Well, Atobe forced me into it, I really had no choice because he said he'll kill me if I refuse, then he kidnapped my sister and I was so miserable back then that I had to agree…He even killed my dog!" Hikaru put on her award winning acting that the Hyotei regulars seemed to believe her.
"What? Buchou, is that true? You killed a dog? How could you?" Ootori burst into tears. Shishido patted him in the shoulder to make him feel better.
"You're a liar! Your father thought you were my girlfriend so he got us engaged then you started bawling and then he made me a deal that if I do not fall in love with you, which I'll never do, in one week, the engagement is off!" Atobe fell back to his seat after explaining, rather shouting, to his teammates the predicament they were in.
They all went, "Oh…"
Atobe got so pissed off that Hikaru managed to get his teammates attention so he stood up from his seat and left without a word.
"What's eating him?" Hiyoshi asked.
"Well, I better get going, guys. See ya around," she stood up from her seat.
"Would you watch us play tomorrow?" Jiroh asked.
"Do you want me to?"
"Yes!"
"Okay, I'll bring you something," she waved at them and she ran out.
"You guys, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Gakuto said.
"If you're thinking about Hikaru and Atobe possibly liking each other then yes, we do." Oshitari said.
The others nodded in agreement.
"So what's the plan?" Hiyoshi asked, finishing his ice cream.
"First we have to know what they really feel about each other, though that could be a given since their doing a public display of hatred but I guess it will work out just fine," Oshitari wiped his glasses then put them back on again.
On the Second day
Hikaru forgot about her promise to Jiroh the next day so she stayed at home and played with her PSP until noon. When the sun went really hot in the afternoon, she went to her room and wore a blue swimsuit she had brought with her.
She reached the pool and took a dive. She just stayed in the water for almost twenty minutes when the butler came out and told her that Atobe had arrived and that he was with his teammates because they'd be staying for dinner.
"Okay, I'll dress up," she was about to get on the ground when Atobe and his friends entered the pool area, they were talking to each other but stopped when they saw Hikaru.
"Hm? What are you staring at?" Atobe asked.
Hikaru fell back into the water and after a few seconds she emerged, laughing hard.
"Ahahahahaha!!! You look more stupid than I thought! What happened to your hair? Ahahahahahaha!!!" she even pointed at him and held her sides, "Oh man, it hurts," but she still kept on laughing.
"Oh, she's cruel," Oshitari whispered though he tried to hide his smile, Atobe's expression was priceless.
"That's it," he whispered then a huge grin formed on his face. They all looked at him and the still laughing Hikaru who can't see what was happening.
"Hoi, Atobe, what are you going to do?" Shishido asked but Atobe did not even bother answering. Instead, he went over to where Hikaru is and pulled her out of the water.
"Hoi! Let me go! Hey!" she can't move her arms since Atobe had his grip on her and he had this mocking grin on his face that she had never seen before.
"Are you-," before she could finish her sentence, Atobe had silenced her with a kiss. She was so shocked she could not even move a muscle though she could have kicked him easily where it hurts the most.
"Whoah…" Gakuto murmured.
All the others gasped when Atobe did not stop kissing her for two whole minutes.
"You…" Hikaru said when Atobe detached from her. He still did not let her hands go since she might start getting violent.
"No, you listen to me! I've had enough of your little games and all your bitching out. From now on, you'll have to follow every order I impose on you, whether you like it or not! And yeah, you're opinion is not really appreciated on this matter so you better shut up!" Atobe declared.
"Whoah…he stopped saying 'Ore-sama'…Sugoi…" Gakuto commented.
Hikaru glared at him and struggled against his grasp until she became free, "Hell no! I'm not going to let you order me around and If you can't take all my bitching out you better start taking it since I won't change solely for the mere fact that you're displeased with my attitude. And if you hate me, I'll hate you back," Hikaru yelled back at him.
"Listen to ore-sama!" he pointed a finger at her.
"I won't!"
"Just obey ore-sama if you want to get out of this week alive, understand?"
"Oohh…so what will little Hikaru get when she does not obey?" but she also got her answer straight away.
Atobe kissed her again, but this time he let her go after a few seconds.
"What the hell are you doing?" Hikaru pushed him back.
"If you don't want that then start obeying ore-sama now," he demanded.
"Don't talk to me as if it was just that simple, you bastard!" before she could muster the energy to hold it in, her tears fell and she ran back into the house.
"I think you shouldn't have done that, Atobe, you better apologize," Oshitari said, patting Atobe on the shoulder.
"Yeah, Hikaru-chan must be sad now," Jiroh looked down on the ground.
"What did ore-sama do?"
"You just said mean things to her that she cried," Shishido sighed, looking at the place where Hikaru ran into.
"It's her problem," Atobe sat on one of the chairs in the garden along with his teammates. He did not know what overcame him, but he already did what he was not supposed to do. Maybe the pain of losing in the Nationals and shaving his head got him when she ridiculed his sacrifice when he lost. But still, she deserved being treated that way, in his opinion.
"Wow…that was like…whoah…" was all Gakuto could say.
"And I thought nothing could make her cry…" Jiroh said.
"Yeah, from the way she acts I thought there is nothing that would scare her…" Choutaro sipped his tea.
Then Atobe suddenly stood up and crossed his arms,"Aha! That's it! Ore-sama would use her greatest fear against her to subdue her! But what is it?"
His teammates shrugged their shoulders because they really have no idea what her fear is.
"Just stop it, Atobe-san, let her be…if you don't want to marry her then leave her alone for the rest of the week, it's just that simple," Choutaro suggested.
"No, Ore-sama can't tolerate her for one whole week,"
"If you really want to get her respect, why don't you try my solution?" Oshitari crossed his arms and grinned at Atobe.
Atobe gulped and sweat trickled down his face, this better be good, and"What is it?"
"Make her fall in love with you, anyway, it's not in the deal that if she fall in love with you'll get married, it's just for your side so I guess no harm done," he shrugged his shoulders and let Atobe think for a moment.
"Shishido-san, is that a good idea?" Choutaro asked his double's partner who was sitting next to him.
"I don't care, it's his problem anyway, it does not require teamwork if he's getting himself a girlfriend," Shishido leaned back on his seat and enjoyed his grape juice.
On The Third Day
Hikaru woke up on the cold floor and her back was hurting. She went into the bathroom and fixed herself. She wore a blue blouse and white shorts. Expecting that Atobe had already left, she started shouting out her joy as she entered the garden only to find Atobe sipping hot chocolate and looking at her.
She looked grudgingly at him then filled her plate with toast and bacon and went back inside. Atobe stopped reading his newspaper and called after her.
"Hoi! Hikaru! About yesterday-,"
"Shut up!"
She disappeared out of his view and he sat back down. "Geez, women…"
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When she was sure that Atobe is out of the house she went to the door near the kitchen and tapped on it gently. Soon, a maid appeared wearing a smile and asked her what she wants. They had gotten used to her doing that because she doesn't want to enter the kitchen. And everyone understands why.
"Maria, could you make lots of bento for me? I'm bringing some lunch to Hyotei,"
"Feel free, Hikaru-sama," the maid helping her answered.
"Thanks…"
"Are these for Atobe-bocchama, Hikaru-sama?"
"Secret…"
She finished what she was doing and hopped onto the car waiting in the front of the house.
"Hyotei..." she told the driver and off they went.
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It was almost lunch time and Jiroh still ran some laps around the courts. Was it his fault that he overslept and was late for practice?
"I'm hungry…" but still he continued to run, there are still five more laps to finish.
"Jiroh!"
"Huh?" he looked around and saw Hikaru running to him, carrying something in her arms.
"Hikaru-chan?" he stopped running his laps and approached her. "What are you doing here?"
She grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the cafeteria, "I brought you lunch…"
"Wait! I'm still not finished with my laps! Buchou would punish me!" he struggled against her grasps.
"I'll answer to him, and besides, who the heck enjoys running while the sun is at the highest…and I brought lunch for you…" she took a seat on one of the tables near the windows.
"But why?" Jiroh sat down and looked at the food Hikaru was serving before him, in his opinion; it was so much for even his teammates to eat.
Hikaru sat down facing him and opened one of the bento boxes to eat with him.
"Hadn't I told you that I would be going to your match against Seigaku?"
Jiroh took a bite of omelet and murmured, "You didn't come,"
"And this is my sorry, forgiven?"
"Yes, it's great anyways…"
"What's going on here?" Gakuto showed up behind Hikaru, surprising her. Oshitari was behind her too, looking at the food laden table.
"Whoah…did you make all of these? Looks good, could I?" Gakuto said.
"Serve yourself, you too, Oshitari-kun…where are the others?"
Oshitari took a seat beside her and pointed towards the entrance of the hall, Kabaji, Ootori, Shishido, Hiyoshi, and much to her dismay, Atobe.
Since Atobe was looking away, she smiled and called the other regulars over, though she did mention his name.
"Oh, they already made up," Ootori said to Shishido.
"These are too much, what's going on?" he asked Hikaru when he saw all the food.
"Her apology when she did not cheer for us in our match against Seigaku though she said she would," Jiroh answered for her.
"Hoi, Atobe, aren't you going to eat?"
"No, Ore-sama might be poisoned,"
"But it's great…" Hiyoshi said taking a bento in his hands.
"Hn…ore-sama does not eat commoners' food,"
"So what do you eat? Wasabi? It must have caused you to look constipated as always…" Hikaru stood up and faced him.
"Yet, there are some girls here who think they could easily impress me with food…"
"That's it…I'm leaving…" she hurriedly stood up and gave him a kick in the knees and dashed to the way out.
She was already a few feet away from the door when she retraced her steps to read again what she had glimpsed while running. It was a poster about the upcoming Hyotei dance party next week where all students are permitted to go…and it is required to have a date….
Hikaru processed the whole thing in her mind and grinned. She turned back towards the Hyotei regulars and smirked.
"JIROH-KUN! IT'S OKAY! I'LL GO WITH YOU TO THE HYOTEI DANCE PARTY!!! I'LL MEET YOU HERE AT SEVEN PM ON SUNDAY! WAIT FOR ME! JA NE!" she yelled from across the hall so everybody could hear her then made a run for it.
When she was gone, Atobe looked at Jiroh with a questioning look and so does his teammates.
"What just happened?" Jiroh asked them, throwing them a confused look.
"Did you ask her to go with you?" said Atobe, his face almost remorseful.
"No, I did not even know about this dance party she suddenly invited me to…"
"She's lying again…" Atobe smirked.
"So…what am I going to do?" Jiroh asked them.
"Go with her, I'll play along…" with that, Atobe left the hall.
"Whoah…" Gakuto said and sipped on his drink.
On the Fourth Day
"I'm leaving…" she said and the car went out of the Atobe family estate.
Atobe had just had his breakfast and was about to leave for school when he saw Hikaru on the car as she left.
"Where's she going today?" he asked the maid who bade Hikaru goodbye as he boarded his own car.
"Someone called her early today and then she told us that she's going to Rikkai Dai, Atobe-sama…that was what she only told us…" the maid excused herself and went back inside to tend to some more duties.
"Rikkai Dai, huh…" Atobe bade the driver that he was going to school and he took out his phone and made some calls.
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"Hoi, Atobe, why are we here again?" Gakuto asked his captain who was leading them as they wander at the school grounds of Rikkai.
"Ore-sama wants to show other schools the power of his beauty and grace so they would have a break from their dull lives, ne, Kabaji?" he grinned and continued looking around, indeed, they attracting too much attention, especially that of girls
"Usu,"
Oshitari adjusted his glasses and smirked, "And what is that other reason?"
"What made you think there is another reason other than that?" Atobe looked at Oshitari.
"So there really is another reason!" Gakuto said.
"Is it okay to skip classes like this, Shishido-san?" Ootori inquired.
"I hope so…" he answered.
Soon they came near the tennis courts where the regulars of Rikkai were practicing. Since Atobe and his teammates were standing in a place slightly hidden by trees, they sat down first because it was getting hot that the sun was already up.
"Marui-kun!" Jiroh seemed more lively than usual when he saw his idol, Marui Bunta; sitting under a tree eating cake with…is that Hikaru? "Hikaru-chan?"
Since there is a tennis court in between them, they couldn't really see what they're doing clearly.
"Let's leave…" Atobe declared, his face devoid of emotion so his teammates could only guess that he was really pissed at what he had seen.
"What? Why leave now?" Gakuto asked.
"If you want to stay, then Ore-sama will leave you behind, ne, Kabaji?"
"Usu…"
And off the two marched.
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It was early that morning that Kaoru called Hikaru on the phone to ask her to come to Rikkai Dai with her. Hikaru, knowing her twin would be nervous since there are a lot of new people in Rikkai, agreed to go since it's not much because Kaoru just wanted to give Marui a cake their baker had helped Kaoru make.
So when Kaoru chanced upon Marui, she left them to wander on her own around the campus. Because she brought her cap with her, she really did not mind the heat from the sun and also, she had her hair in two ponytails. She even brought a sundae cone and ate it on one of the benches near the Rikkai garden park. It was while she was eating her sundae like a child when Atobe passed by her without even as much as acknowledging her existence.
She was about to ask him what was eating him when she saw the rest of his teammates huddled in a circle near where she was sitting.
She stood up and approached them, draping one of her arms on Jiroh's shoulder causing all of them to notice her.
"Yo, what's up?" she smiled then licked her sundae.
"What are you doing here?" Gakuto asked, taking back his steps as if trying to figure out if he had seen her over there. His eyes widened then smirked.
"I couldn't believe it but buchou was jealous…" he said to his teammates.
"What is it? Who's Atobe jealous with?"
"It seems Hikaru that he forgot about you having a twin…" Oshitari pointed out.
"Eh, how come? He's jealous of the attention I'm giving my twin?" she seemed clueless.
"It would be no use explaining to you…" Oshitari looked away, "And this charade of you and our buchou is getting pretty annoying…" he looked at her in a cruel way, a look that signals that he doesn't want her there anymore.
Hikaru looked angry at him but did not say anything but just said goodbye and skipped away from them.
"What's with the sudden attitude?" Shishido asked.
"I want to get this show off the road so I generated a plan that will work out just fine…just follow my orders and we don't have to risk Atobe going insane," Oshitari smirked and looked at Hikaru's twin who was still with Marui.
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Marui volunteered to take Kaoru back home so Hikaru went back to Atobe's house a little earlier. She saw Atobe in the pool area, drying himself down with a towel.
"I'm home…" she said to him, thinking that she should be polite just this once since she could tell that he was still angry at something even though she had no idea what it is.
"How's your date with Marui Bunta, Hikaru?" he said when she was about to leave him alone.
"What date? And would you stop talking like that?!! You don't sound like you would normally do…it makes me think you went crazy"
"Really? How would you know who the real ore-sama is?"
"Because I know you…"
"How could you tell that you know ore-sama?"
"That's it,"
On The Fifth Day
"So…you say…Hikaru punched you?" Oshitari reassured. That day, Atobe had gone to the beach wearing dark sunglasses that made him look almost like a bug.
"PANDA! PANDA! PANDA!" Jiroh and Gakuto teased, looking at Atobe's black eye.
"Ah…this place is so good!" Hikaru ran once more along the shore of the beach they were in. All the Hyotei regulars were there because it was one Atobe's sudden ideas after all. It was a mystery to her as to how come he managed to invite her when she had done him something so wrong yesterday. But putting that aside for now since he was generous, anyway, she had apologized and he accepted so they're okay now.
Atobe looked at Hikaru as she played in the water. She seemed so happy and more carefree than usual that day. She smiled a lot at him and did not seem to be bothered by his presence anymore. Even though he find it hard to grasp, he really is beginning to lighten up to Hikaru. He could even mistake it to liking her all of a sudden but still…there are still points in her that he does not like at all.
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"Geez…that guy just doesn't want to give up...ARGHHHHH!!!" Hikaru stomped on the beach, still fuming from her most recent fight with Atobe. It was just a simple thing with spark plugs and they ended up in a full throttle battle, she can't even remember how their discussion went from spark plugs to salami.
That was why she dashed out of the house even though it was nearly eight in the evening. Since it was a private resort, she walked around the beach carelessly, not expecting to see any other people on the beach. She saw a sea shell and got pissed at it that she kicked it back into the water.
Soon she saw a tree trunk on the sand and she sat down on it and admired the night sky.
"Kirei…" she murmured, seeing stars littered on the sky.
She was so preoccupied with her hobby that she did not notice three shadows creep up behind her.
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Atobe was reading a book on the front porch overlooking the beach. About a few hours ago, Hikaru ran out of the house and he still did not bother to go and find her. His teammates had taken turns asking him if they were going out to find Hikaru since their worried but Atobe stubbornly said that she would come back after her temper had gone down. But it was already three hours that she had not gone back and even though he continued to read, he was really worried about what had taken her so long. Even though it was his private resort, he still wasn't sure if it really is off-limits to strangers
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"It's been three hours and he's not yet moving…what are we going to do?" Gakuto stretched his arms on the kitchen table and looked at Oshitari.
"Just wait…he'll snap out of it in no time…Ootori go check if he has moved yet…"
Ootori stood up and went to where Atobe was once seating. He smiled. Atobe was gone.
"See? I told you…" Oshitari walked through the door and into the beach shore below. "Time to start the show…" he said.
"Hai!" his teammates got out of the house and followed him closely behind Atobe nowhere to be found.
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Hikaru woke up and her head ached badly. She can't hear anything because silence floated to wherever she was in now. It was dark everywhere except the place she was in, a lone light shone above her.
She narrowed her eyes to improve her vision and make out anything in the shadows, so far, she could only see barrels and sacks of whatever thing she could imagine.
Hikaru already knew that no one was in the room except for her and the kidnappers must be guarding her outside. She stood up since she was not tied anyway…amateurs, she thought. This must have been what? The third or fourth time she was kidnapped and about to be ransomed for one million dollars?
She said amateurs because she was not even tied or gagged. She was free to roam around and shot for help to her heart's content. Maybe this place is too far from civilization so nobody would hear her anyway or there are no way out except that door on the other side of the room. So she went to it and started shouting for anybody.
"HEY! SOMEBODY LET ME OUT OF HERE!"
She heard nobody answer but she is sure that someone was at the other side of the door. Someone banged their fist into the door to stop her from shouting.
"Okay…no need to get violent over here…shutting up," she walked away from the door and went to the center of the room where there is light. She sat down in the middle and began to think. If there is no other way out except that door, then there is no chance of her escaping like she did for the last three times she was kidnapped. Though those took her a lot of effort but this time, she could do all she wanted.
She sat there for what she deemed must be an hour before she jerked up and quickly stood up. There was water on the floor! And she trailed it with her eyes and it was not coming from the door. It was coming from a little space between two rafters that seemed to be poorly nailed to the wall. She examined it and saw that it was covering a window that is wide enough that she could escape from it.
"Thank God!" she smiled to herself and mustered all her strength and started kicking the wood down. It still wouldn't budge so she pulled at it with her bare hands. "Come on! I have no time for you!"
Though not enough, the wood was broken in half but there is still little space for her to go through. Then she realized that it was raining hard outside. She was so determined to get out as fast as she can so she started pulling on the edges of the wood that her palm was pierced until it bled. She winced in pain but did not let go, the wood was about to come off the nails then she could just kick it.
"Finish!" she had made a space wide enough for her to climb out but then she was surprised to hear some voices and heavy footsteps gathering pace. I must hurry! She thought and started climbing out. She almost got out when the door burst open and there were lots of shouting but she couldn't budge. Her shoes were stuck on the sharp edges of the rafters. Shit, not now!
Due to her own fear that if her kidnappers were to catch they are going to kill her, she gathered up all her remaining strength and nudged her foot her stucked shoes. But without dire consequences. Because she did not properly took it out, her leg now had a gash from the knee down to her ankles. It had struck another sharp edge when she pulled it out. She stumbled down on the wet grass below and she yelped in pain. Blood was spewing out of her hands and left foot.
"Ittai…" she winced just by looking at the long gash on her leg. Father would kill me when he sees this.
A large hand grabbed her from the way she came out and she yelled in fear. It was trying to prevent her from running.
"No! Let me go!" she shouted then bit the hand that grasped her own. It withdrew and she made a run for it. She ran into the wet and dark forest because it seemed to be the only safe place on Earth to her at the moment.
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"HIKARU! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Atobe shouted. He had been running around the forest for quite a while now since he couldn't find her near the shores. And he seemed to be more worried for her now more than ever. HE thought that, even if he don't love her, he could at least just bring her back to her father safe and unscathed to show even a little bit of respect. But no, here the girl he was worried about, getting lost on her own accord, in a place she is not familiar with.
It was raining now harder as it looks like it would become a thunderstorm and he should hurry now. He's in the forest for Pete's sake and lightning could strike a tree and he'll be dead before he finds her.
Speaking of lightning struck in a not so far point from him and struck something that immediately caught fire. What made him stay in his place was the shrill cry that followed the flames.
He quickly ran nearer to the fire and saw, to his shock, Hikaru lying in the center of the flames, unconscious.
On The Sixth Day
"What's happening?" Hikaru asked her hysteric mother when she suddenly rushed into their room in the middle of the night. Kaoru rubbed her eyes so she could grasp the situation. Their mother was panting heavily on the floor, recuperating her strength. She had just broken down the door in her hurry to get into the twin's room.
"Linette! Rinette! Come here! We're leaving!" she grabbed the twins' arms and dragged them out of bed, still in their pajamas and gave no time for explanations. Just before they came out of the door, fire suddenly ran past them like lightning and their exit was blocked.
The twins hid behind their mother as she looked at the fire.
Their mother tightened her grasps on them that it almost hurt them. She pulled back into the room and they came close to the window. The flames were already eating their way as they stepped back further into the room.
Just then, a loud creaking noise was heard and they didn't have the chance to know what it was before they were pushed down by their own mother out the second floor window of their bedroom and luckily into the bushes and piles of leaves below.
"MOMMY!" Hikaru shouted. Kaoru had fainted from fear when they fell down. If only she had known what she would see when she looked up, she wished she had not woken up at all.
She almost went insane that day.
Hikaru woke up with a start. Sweat trickled from her forehead as she breathed hard and clasped her head in pain, trying to bury a memory she wished she hadn't made. The sight of her mother hanging from their bedroom window, flames eating her up slowly. The thought that everything she knows had just been lost. The fear of having nobody. The strain it put on a four year old girl's life.
The sun was already up but the room she was in was dimly lit because of the thick curtains adorning the window.. She noticed the IV drips attached to her hand as well as bandages up her leg and her hands.
She could feel someone looking at her, "Atobe?"
"Indeed. It is ore-sama. Now don't exert effort trying to gaze upon ore-sama's beauty, you need rest,"
"No, I'm okay…how did I get in here anyway?" she sat up in bed and propped the pillows on her back.
Atobe had given up on trying to get her to submit to his prowess so he went to turn on the lights in the room so they could talk properly.
"Ore-sama found you in the forest unconscious so I immediately sent for an ambulance after getting you back to the villa."
"I guess I can't help it…but…thanks for everything,"
Atobe looked at her with eyes full of concern. The same feeling of worry coming back to him like yesterday. I won't let you out of my sight again, that is, until this week is over that I withdraw all my responsibilities on you.
"What were you dreaming of? You seem to be upset," Atobe took his seat on the chair beside her bed.
"It's nothing…just a nightmare…nothing serious, really," she did not even look at him when she spoke, instead, she drew invisible lines on the white sheets with her fingers.
"Okay then…Ore-sama is going home to get some sleep, your sister said she'll drop in later…ja ne…" he said and left.
Hikaru just watched as the door closed signifying that she was all alone now…I would have told you to stay, you idiot.
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"So you say, you're still going tomorrow?" Kaoru tilted her head in disbelief when Hikaru told her the plans for tomorrow. Apparently, wounds are not a hindrance to Hikaru into attending the Hyotei dance party which is held tomorrow night. And we all know what tomorrow is. It's the last day. "Why do you want to go? You won't look pretty with bandages on your legs."
"That's easy…I already told Jiroh that I'll go with him…and I doubt he have a spare date to take to the party…might as well save him the trouble of finding a last minute partner," Hikaru smiled, confident at her plan at the party. After all, she could just wear a long gown and gloves so she could hide her hands and left leg.
"And yeah, before I forget, your kidnappers were caught just this morning in a checkpoint in Chiba…they have guns in their car and confessed that they had a frustrated kidnapping or some other crimes…stupid people…"
"Good…I've been itching to lay my hands on them…where are they?" she cracked her knuckles as a sly grin appeared on her face.
Kaoru laid back on her seat and closed her eyes, "Already taken care of, don't worry…you should better think about what you'll do tomorrow…do you really want it to end this way?"
Hikaru plopped back to her pillows and pouted, "I'm afraid I couldn't care…"
(let's skip to the seventh day…it already is along long chapter anyway…no need to elaborate on my OC's day since Atobe went home to get some sleep and Hikaru would be out of the hospital tomorrow.)
THESE ARE MY CONFESSIONS
"Hoi, are you sure you don't want to go together?" Hikaru asked for about the twentieth time that night.
"No…go on without me," was all the answer she got…and he did not even show his face…it was as if she was asking the damn door if it would like to come with her to the party…but no, the boy behind this door is really begging to be hurt.
"Why do you want to be late anyway? And what's taking you so long in there? Geez, you took longer than I expected, say…are you really a girl?" she knocked again, waiting for an answer.
"Because ore-sama is the greatest and ore-sama's beauty must not be seen until the party…be awed by my beauty at the party!"
"Mou…I'm going now…see you later…" she tapped the door for one last time and left him there alone. Jiroh must be waiting for her at Hyotei already.
She passed by a huge mirror while going down the stairs and she tried to asses herself. Midnight blue long gown that fitted her perfectly, white jewel encrusted gloves so she could cover her hands, light make-up, hair in a ponytail…okay. It's not like she knows how to fix herself anyways.
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"Ne, Hikaru-chan, lookin' good tonight," Jiroh greeted her as she got out of the car.
"Thanks…"
"Where's buchou?" Oshitari asked.
"It's a boy's thing…" she winked at him and laughed.
"Oh…then let's go inside…" they escorted her inside the hall where the party was about to start. It was so noisy and the place was so nicely decorated.
"What time are we allowed to go home?" she asked, sitting in a table where she saw Gakuto and Hiyoshi talking. Like they explained, their dates were somewhere out there, chatting with their girl friends about God knows whatever it was.
"Around twelve, I think…" Gakuto sipped on his drink as he looked around the noisy hall, trying to find something amazing through all the boredom, in his hands, there was a videocam.
"Everyone, please go to your seats because the opening program would begin now," a voice said over the loudspeaker.
They all complied and sat down and stopped all talking. The music stopped and suddenly the lights went out.
"Here he goes…" Hikaru murmured and counted under her breath.
The lights went back only to be a spotlight on the stage…a spot where Atobe now stood holding red rose in his hands.
Every girl in the room started swooning and cheering when they saw Atobe looking so…hmm….on the stage.
"Show off…" Hikaru said but she smiled nonetheless.
With a snap of his hand, Hyotei's emperor had the whole hall in silence and clinging to his every word.
"Let the Hyotei Dance Party, begin!" he ordered and all the lights in the room went on and the music played. He stepped down from the stage and approached his teammates.
He ran his hands through his hair and smirked at his teammates, "Be awed by the sight of my beauty!"
Hikaru looked at him with her mouth open and nodded her head slowly, "Okay…" she narrowed her eyes and looked as bored as possible.
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She watched him as he danced gracefully…with other girls. As she sipped on her iced tea, she did not even notice that she was the only one left on the table. Everyone had gone dancing…except for her.
"Anou…would you like to-,"
"No,"
Anyway…before the distraction, she had seen Atobe dancing with a girl wearing a pink dress…why is it now a girl wearing a blue dress? And their faces are so fucking close what do they think their doing in public!?! Haha…she tripped! HAhahaha! HOI! Don't help her stand up quickly, Keigo! I'm having fun here! Hey, your faces are getting closer! That's disgusting! Hahahaha…he ditched her…oh wait there's another one! Damn it! Why do they keep on appearing! Is there a plague or what? What the? She's taking advantage of that idiot and he didn't even know! STOP GETTING CLOSER TO EACH OTHER WHEN YOU"RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE, YOU MAGGOTS!!!!
Her train of thoughts stopped when she noticed that her drinking glass was empty. Might as well get more.
She stood up and walked to the buffet. Seeing the long line in the refreshment section, she looked around to see if there is another juice section in the room…and fortunately, there is! She saw one in the far left most corner of the room, and there was no line on it! So long, suckers.
She immediately ran towards it before somebody goes first.
It was at the back most corner of the room and no one was around her within a ten meter radius. Good, I could stay here.
There was an empty table beside the refilling station so she sat there while enjoying the view of the dance floor. She could see Oshitari looking like a pervert as he glanced about every girl's legs while dancing. Gakuto was doing something…weird…that he seemed to be attracting too much attention…and girls were surrounding Atobe, waiting for their turn to dance with him.
She refilled her glass again when she noticed that the taste of the iced tea was better than better…it even tasted like grapes but much sweeter as she drank glass after glass after glass.
After she finished her tenth glass, she looked up to the shrieks of girls yelling, "MAYA! MAYA!"
"Who the fuck is Maya?" she wondered, refilling her glass once more. As she watched the swarm of girls around Atobe chant the name, she knew who Maya is…obviously the most beautiful girl in Hyotei and the captain of the girl's tennis team and the president of the Atobe-sama fans' club and the most hateful thing besides Atobe that she had seen…Hatori Maya, third year.
Hikaru continued her drinking session as she watched Atobe dance with Maya the bitch, as she named her.
Watching them dance, she felt light headed…as though a big burden had been lifted from her, her problems vanishing with it. She wondered when she last got this happy…she don't know. It gave her joy minute by minute as she watched them dance, almost as if they were floating above the ground.
But then Maya kissed Atobe on the lips as they danced, much to the joy of the whole school. And Atobe did not seem to be fazed at all by the gesture. They just continued dancing, now closer…but Hikaru isn't happy at all.
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Then a shrill cry was heard across the hall. Everyone stopped what they're doing to see the real cause. There were three people left in the center when the crowd parted to reveal who caused the commotion.
It seems like Hikaru, approached Atobe and Maya and poured wine on the top of Maya's head…wine?
"Ha! So much for wearing a bloody white dress, you slut!" she said and smashed the glass she had in her hands to the floor.
"You! Look what you've done, you bitch! You ruined me!" Maya shouted at Hikaru, grabbing her by the arms.
"Get away from me, you whore…I might get STD from those hands of yours!"
Maya immediately let go of Hikaru.
"Oh? So you do have STD! Eww…" she smirked.
"Arghhhhh!!!!!!!" Maya ran to the powder room and locked herself inside.
"Coward…" she murmured, turning around to go back to her seat, forgetting about the people in there, watching her very move.
"Don't you dare move now…Hikaru Shinohara…" she felt Atobe's face just inches away from hers, she could feel him just behind her.
She turned around to face him but what she got nearly sobered her up.
He slapped her…right in front of everybody.
She fell to the floor clasping her red cheeks. She could not believe what he did…her cheeks throbbed in pain from the impact that she winced. Her eyes wide in disbelief, she looked up at him and saw what she dreaded in his eyes.
It was neither compassion nor hatred…it was indifference.
She got so hurt by his expression that she did not notice Hiyoshi and Jiroh help her stand up.
"Ore-sama does not know your reason but there's a limit to his patience…" he turned around started walking away from her when Hikaru escaped Hiyoshi and Jiroh's grasp and ran in front of him.
"Thank you," she said and punched him in the face as hard as she could.
Atobe fell on the floor and she followed him, sitting on top of him, her hands snaking around his neck, bit by bit, her grip tightened causing him to struggle against her but she won't budge from her position.
"LISTEN TO ME, YOU IDIOT! She took a deep breath and caught his gaze, "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE! ARE YOU BLIND OR STUPID OR NUMB? HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THROUGH ME YET? I WENT ON THIS ONE WEEK CRAP JUST TO HAVE FUN WITH YOU, I LET YOU LIVE THOUGH I HATE YOU TO THE FULLEST, I TRIED TO BE POLITE TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE ANGRY ONE DAY BUT ALL YOU DID WAS ACCUSE ME THAT I WENT ON A DATE WITH MARUI! I EVEN BROUGHT YOU LUNCH BUT YOU REFUSED TO EAT IT! I LOVE YOU! BAKA! HAVEN'T YOU GUESSED YET? AND HERE YOU ARE, FLIRTING WITH ALL THE GIRLS AROUND AND YOU WEREN'T EVEN FAZED WHEN THAT BITCH KISSED YOU! RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! YOU BASTARD, I HATE YOU!" tears went down her eyes as she shouted her whole heart out right in front of everybody.
Atobe smirked at her then sat up and pulled her into a hug.
"It seems that ore-sama's charm never failed after all…"
If Hikaru stayed awake for a few more seconds and heard him…she might get angry again.
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"Why are you so nice to me today? Are you nuts?" Hikaru said to him when he handed her a pint of strawberry ice cream, her favorite. Earlier that day, she had this killer headache she can't remember how the hell she got it, and he gave her medicine. She threw up afterwards but he stayed until she felt better. He did not say any mean things to her all day and so does she. And now he's giving her ice cream just because she said it was so hot.
"Isn't this a wonderful day, ne?" Atobe sat down beside her…
"Yeah…I guess it is a wonderful day because I'm leaving you now…but Atobe…"
"Hn?"
"Would you like me to leave?"
"Could you stay?"
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Mou…I still can't get enough of this pairing…might as well do another one soon…anyway…It took me long to update because this is a long chapter….and I'm glad you read it until the end…
Next up: Fujiko-chan is missing!
-Akari gets into trouble because of her clumsiness and Fuji comes to the rescue!