Author's Notes: Welllll, chapter four is up. I've given it a lot of thought and I have to say I dont think thi story will be very long. Just about 7 chapters or so, then again I could have more bursts of inspiration and make it longer. You never know. Well, read, review, and most of all REVIEW-err...I mean...ENJOY! ;
Kiki
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Chapter 4
Everywhere
"You keep staring and I'm going to seal your eyes shut."
I pressed my lips together in a vain attempt to keep from laughing and nodded, looking away from Hotaru. Anna and Nonoko weren't even trying to hide their mirth and were openly laughing now. I bit my lip again as the corners of my mouth started to twitch up but it was hopeless and the next second that my eyes strayed to the bunny suit clad Hotaru my laugh joined Anna and Nonoko's.
Hotaru scowled.
"Shut up."
"I-I'm..s-s-sorryy…" I choked out, trying to stop my laughter long enough to breath. "Y-You…just look..so…..cute…."
Anna and Nonoko's laughter rose behind me once more.
But it was indeed true. I had waited impatiently for Hotaru to emerge from the dark room with the red door, almost afraid of what, exactly, was happening to her in there.
And then, to my great shock, Hotaru had walked out perfectly unharmed and calm looking. And clad in a bunny suit.
The suit was almost skin tight but appeared furry on the outside. It was a light pink suit that extended from the bunny ears on the hood on top of Hotaru's head to her feet. And it was pink.
I had never, ever, well since I had lost my memories ever, seen Hotaru wear pink. And something told me that even before it would have been hell to find her in pink. Judging from the scowl on her face I could tell she was pissed off, but I didn't know if it was from the suit or from it being pink. Or both.
After getting over the shock of Hotaru coming out of the room in a bunny suit I had readily listened as Nonoko explained how the game really worked and what the room had to do with it. Apparently if a person playing Truth, Dare or Beware picked truth and the others believed that the person had lied they would be subjected to the punishment of going into the room and having to wear something inside or having to do what ever was laid out in there. The same is to be said for the dare part, if you are for some reason unable to deal with the dare assigned to you then you'd have to go in the room.
"Come on Hotaru, it's your turn-"
"….fine."
Me, Anna and Nonoko blinked in surprise, not expecting Hotaru to give in so quickly, and I smiled nevously at the evil glint in her eye's. The violet eyed girl leaned forward and spun the black arrow and once again we all watched as it spun, and spun and spun until finally….it landed on Anna. Hotaru smirked and the pink haired girl gulped.
"Is it true….you once had a crush on my older brother?"
I blinked, Nonoko gasped, Anna look like she was about to faint. Hotaru waited patiently.
"I-well..uhh…y-yes….?"
"No way!" Nonoko chortled and Hotaru smirked when Anna turned frightened eyes her way.
"You won't…tell him, right?"
"Why not, you don't like him anymore right?" I put in, totally clueless as to what was going or what the big deal was.
"I..uh…err…uh…"
Nonoko's laughter rose.
"Okay that's enough of that!" Anna scurried over to the game and quickly slipped it back in it's box before the awful contraption could cause anymore damage to her reputation.
"Okay….so what now?" I asked and Nonoko let out a few more giggles before finally controlling her laughter.
"Well, we can watch tv and talk 'til we fall asleep or listen to music."
"Let's watch the romance movie I brought."
I watched as Nonoko's face lit up at Anna's words and Hotaru rolled her eyes when the pink haired girl popped in the dvd into the dvd/vcr player by Nonoko's big tv.
"Umm, is it ok if I just listen to some music?" I asked, not really feeling like watching a movie at the moment and Nonoko nodded, pointing behind me at a large shelf full of cd cases and several cd players.
I crawled over to it and sat up on my knees to see more of the cd cases. Ryan Cabrera, Michele Branch, Movie sountracks….I smiled wrily and stopped reading them, realizing that I probably wouldn't recognize any of the names since I didn't have my memories. Something inside me twisted painfully and I winced, quickly pushing the feeling aside as I cleared my mind and randomly picked one of the cds.
I grabbed a cd player and sat down on the crowd of pillows and blankets that we had bunched up together on the floor and pulled the cd I had picked out of its case, Michelle Branch, as the sounds of the movie starting rang out behind me.
Quietly, I slipped the earphones over my ears and popped the cd in, then pressed play. Leaning back against the blankets and pillows I closed my eyes, letting everything else fade around me as the first song started to play.
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
And when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
I smiled softly, relaxing as the beat of the song rang in my ears, distracting me from the lonely feelings that had risen inside me once more . For some reason my mind started to wander as the song continued and I blinked in surprise when an image of a raven haired boy flashed through my mind.
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
you're never there
And every time I sleep
you're always there
I tried to push the image away from my mind but to no avail, and ,slowly, a blush crept unto my cheeks. The woman singing was obviously singing about a man she was in loved with so why was I suddenly thinking of Natsume?
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I tried to ignore the memory of the first time I had seen him, the tingling feeling that had run up my spine when he had taken my hand is his. The familiarity of his eyes. The memory would not leave my mind.
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
you might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I am not alone
Whoa, oh, oooh, oh
"What's your name?"
He stared at me unwaveringly and I felt my smile widened when he answered and took my hand in his. His hand wrapped around my smaller one in a hand shake though neither of us did shake. I just continued to stare into his dark red eyes as a shiver crept up my spine.
"Natsume."
And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so
His ruby red eyes stared at me from my mind's eyes and I smiled softly as my eyes started to weigh down with sleep. My heartbeat slowed down to normal as the image of him smiled in my mind and warmth enveloped me as I slipped into the darkness, the song continuing to play through the headphones.
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me?
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Well, that's it! I tried reaaaallly hard on this one and I think it came out pretty good. Review and tell me if you think so too, or what you think is missing OR what you think I should add on. I'm all ears!
Kiki