A/N: Okay. I have finally started on the third chapter. I figured the second was pretty long so I procrastinated. Okay, so the last statement is a lie. Oh, and by the way, THANK YOU TO: CharmedAnimeGirl, Shizune, Otaku Nayami, eternalalchemist, Catwomanswrath, BlackMoonTiger, HeavenlyTantei, Lei14 Blue-Straw, Zenbon Zakura, Colombiansoccerchick, and God's Angel Hope you're enjoying my story. Now, let us see what Ochiai is doing…..
On a different note. Has anyone noticed ALL my stories end will a question mark? I was looking at my stories and noticed this. I thought it was hilarious, if not a bit strange….
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Beauty Pop
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Do you ever wonder?
Chapter 3: Train Ride, Oh joy
Meanwhile: Ochiai's POV
"Where are they?" I couldn't help but to scream. "We only have fifthteen minutes to board!" I check my watch again.
"Well all passengers heading to Honshu please start boarding. We will be leaving in ten minutes. Thank you. Have a nice day." Boomed a female voice over the intercom.
Okay. Make that TEN minutes. Where can they be! Narumi that idiot! I knew he wouldn't have been able to get up. Sighing, I place my hand on my temple to calm down.
"Oi! Occhi? Where could they be? Ki-chan went to get Naru-naru twenty minutes ago. You think they got lost?" innocently asked Kei.
Occhi? Why does he keep calling me that? "I don't know Kei."
"Don't you think we should start boarding?"
"What?!" exclaimed Taro. "Shouldn't we wait for them?"
"I don't think we can." I sigh. "Seki-san. Would you be so kind as to help me with the bags?"
"Ah! S-sorry!" mumbled Seki. Grabbing the bags from my hands, he made his way toward the train.
Five minutes later and everyone's bags were loaded. Glancing at my watch again, I shake my head. Where could they be? Are they held up in traffic? Maybe a car crash? Or they could have stopped some where to eat. Could they have had a flat?
"Oi! Occhi? Are you coming?"
Snapping out of my thoughts I turn to Kei. We can't wait for them forever. I rub my temples again. We could always take another train. Or maybe they can meet us once we get off the train. But we would be way behind on schedule. Narumi would have another temper tantrum. All hell would break loose. I look around for any cars. None. Sigh. Not to mention I stayed up half the night looking for restaurants and bakeries Kiri-Kouhai might like. Jeez.
"Oi! Occhi? Did you hear me? You coming?"
"In a minute Kei! You all go ahead. I'll wait a little longer!"
"Suit yourself." Saying this Kei ran onto the train without a care in the world. Damn. How come I can't do that?
"All passenger heading to Honshu, we will be leaving in five minutes. Please board if you haven't already," Informed the woman on the intercom.
Looking in the direction of the train I give my last sigh of defeat. Great.
Beep beep.
Beep beep.
"Hm?" glancing at around I realize it's my phone. Oh please be them, please be them.
"Hello?"
"A-ano. Ochiai-senpai?"
"Ah! Aoyama-kouhai?"
"Hai."
"Where are you? We're leaving now."
"W-we're in front of the t-train station. Iori-kun and I are putting the bags on the train."
"You are? I don't see you anywhere. What side are you coming from?"
"W-we're on the south side of the train. Near the entrance."
"Ah. I am near the exit. And what of Narumi and Koshiba?"
"W-well, ah, they're asleep…"
"What?"
"You see Narumi-senpai and Ki-chan fell asleep. A-and…. w-well. I couldn't just wake them. Because they just seemed so peaceful and ah…..they're still in the cab. But don't worry! I'll get them as soon as I'm finished with this!" finished Kanako.
Great. They're still in the cab. "No need Aoyama-Kouhai. I will get them."
"N-nani? No! I-it's okay! I'll get them-" But before she could finish her statement I had already hung up.
Checking my watch I took off like a maniac. There is no way we're going to make it now. Reaching the end of the hall I glance franticly around. Spotting a bright green cab I run towards it. There they are! Once I get there I take one look inside and instantly feel jealousy. I claw open the door to get a better look. I see Narumi, sleeping on Kiri-Kouhai. They look peaceful, but this is the last thing on my mind. I notice how Narumi actually cuddled with her.
NAURIM!! I scream in my head.
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Narumi's POV
"Narumi," calls a not to friendly voice.
Ignoring the voice the quite rudely awoke me, I say nothing in response. No, I just go back to sleep. Ha! Take that from the genius Narumi.
"Narumi," the same voice calls. Said voice sounds a bit harsher then before.
"Go away," I reply weakly. Can't a guy get some sleep?
"GET UP!!" shouts the voice.
"AHH!! WHAT THE??" shooting up I bump my head with a painful 'WAM!' What in the world? Why in hell did my head just WAM? Opening my eyes I see nothing for a bit. After giving my eyes the time to adjust I look up to see a glaring Kazuhiko.
"Uh, hi?" what's going on again? Hm. Taking a minute to remember I scratch my head.
"Ah. So noisy," commented an annoying voice.
"WHAT THE HELL!!" I nearly jumped out of my skin! Again. What the hell was I doing laying on Mussy-head? I think back. Let's see. Competition. Waking up late. Mussy-head. I shudder. Shirtless. This time I wince. Car. Sleep. Mussy-head. Wake up. Mussy head. "ARG!!" Scooting as far away from her as I can, I scramble out of the cab.
"Narumi, we have, if even, two minutes to get on that train before we're left behind!" Kazuhiko says. Wow, he sounds angry. He sounds really angry.
"Ah." Says a particular voice I'd rather not hear right now. I chance one look in her direction. All she does is yawn. And, I swear, a slowly as humanly possible, she gets out if the cab. "Where's our bags?" she asks oh so nonchalant.
Suddenly Kazuhiko's demeanor lights up. "Ah, we've already taken care of this. So lets go." Wow, Kazuhiko looks nice now. THIS IS MY CAHNCE TO SAY SORRY!!
"Oi, Kazuhiko I'm sor-" before I could even finish my statement Kazuhiko shoots me a dirty look. If looks could kill! I'd be six feet under! I saw his eyes flicker with a demonic aura. Okay. So maybe right now isn't the right time…
"Shall we go then?" Kazuhiko questioned.
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Normal POV
The gang made it to the train just in time. Of course I'm going to spare you the details of their run to the train. With both Ochiai and Narumi huffing for breathe, Kiri could do nothing but stand there and wait to be told were she sat. After a while of hearing nothing but huffs, Ochiai finally managed, "Ah…..gomenasai……le-let's see where we sit." She can run.
Strolling over to an attendant, Ochiai causally asked her where their seats were. The young attendant, as expected, was struck by his handsome looks. Blushing, she could only nod and wave her hands. Each time her mouth opened to say something Kazuhiko seemed to slump. A few minutes later he came back to Narumi and Kiri, looking defeated.
"They gave our seats away because they thought we weren't coming." He mumbled.
"THEY DID WHAT?!" exclaimed Narumi.
Yawning, Kiri shrugged. "Now what do we do?" she asked.
Narumi stared at her with pure annoyance. "ARG! HOW CAN YOU JUST STAND THERE SO CALM?! WE HAVE NO WHERE TO SIT BECAUSE OF YOU!" taking a second to calm down, Narumi looked in her general direction and waited for a response. So maybe it wasn't her fault, but she still bugs the hell out of me!
Blinking a few times, Kiri looks directly at Narumi. "Hm? Did you say something Naru-naru?"
"ARG! WHY YOU-"
"Excuse me," interrupts a feminine voice from behind. "I'm sorry for the mix up. We can't get you your original seats, but I have fond an alternative."
"ALTERNATIVE?! WHAT? I AM NARUMI SHOGO! A genius! I don't take alternatives! You hear me? I shou-" cut off by a welcoming hand, the attendant sighs.
"Thank you. That would be lovely," came Ochiai's reply.
Turning on her heels, the attendant motioned for the group to follow.
"This way please."
Instantly Kiri and Ochiai followed. Narumi huffed and dragged along reluctantly. All the way mumbling little what not's such as 'stupid Mussy-head' and 'I want our first seats!'
When they finally arrived to the destination the attendant flew back around. Pointing at a small sliding door, she smiled. "I know it's small. But you'll have to make due. It's all we have."
Opening the door, Narumi looked around. Simple enough. It was a small area with four seats. The old American fashion if you will. There was a small window about three feet across and four feet tall. Their seats were fine oak wood with cotton cushions. Plain white, with nothing but a dark green strip doing down the middle of the seats. Above the seats there hid small compartments to put there extra belongings.
Though not as glamorous as our prince Narumi had expected, it would have to do. Stepping in, he plopped on one of the window seats.
Kiri and Ochiai, both satisfied with their surroundings, did the same. Kiri sat on the other window seat. Just in front of Narumi. While Ochiai settled next to Kiri. Why sit next to an agitated Narumi when he could sit next to an apathetic Kiri?
Smiling at the passengers comfort, the attendant cleared her voice. "I'm glad you all are satisfied with the arrangements."
"Hn," was her only reply from the genius himself.
"Yes, well," continued the woman. "Due to special circumstances, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to not leave these seats unattended with out myself or another attendant."
Cocking an eyebrow Ochiai shot his head in her attendant. "Why not?" questioned the teen.
Kitting her brows she sigh. "Well. This area of the train was to be strictly reserved for a passenger and his friends. He paid quite a lot of money. When we had no were else to put you guys, we had to ask him to consider letting you guys stay here. He said he wouldn't mind, just so long as you didn't disturb him. So, you can't leave your seats."
Lips forming an 'Oh' Ochiai mentally sigh. So I'm stuck here until we reach Honshu. Great. Sighing aloud this time, the teen nodded. "Okay, we won't leave our seats without permission. Right Narumi?"
Grunting in acknowledgement, Narumi waved his hands. "Yeah yeah." Narumi was to caught up at looking out the window to see the scenery. Probably not even hearing a thing going on in the real world.
Shaking her head in agreement, the attendant added, "Thanks for the understanding! I need to go now. If any of you has any questions, just ask for Jen. That's me by the way!" Closing the sliding doors, that was the last of Jen.
Rubbing his eyes, Ochiai thought over the events leading to now. Ugh. Today was just not his day. During Jen's final speech, Kiri had taken up doing the exact same thing as Narumi. Glaring out the window. Both seemed to be pretty caught up in the window, they forgot about Ochiai. Frowning, he simply sat there, a considerate look on his face.
Moments of monotones silence followed. After what felt like five years Ochiai realized something. Silence was a horrible thing really. So use to Kei's munching or Narumi's yelling, right now was his first time to really experience silence. It was tortuous. Nothing but the small pitter patting of the trains wheels could be heard. That, and the quite breathing of everyone in the small shoe box of a room. Tapping his finger on his knee, Ochiai resisted the erge to scream. No longer able to handle the awkward silence, he turned his attention to Kiri.
Maybe I should start a conversation! I'm going insane! How in the world can these two just sit here in the silence?
"So…" he bravely began. "Kiri…" getting bolder saying her first name, "-Kohai…" he's not in a race. Patience.
"Hai."
"I-I was just wondering…" stopping, Ochiai waited for her to look at him.
Noticing the lack of conversation, Kiri looked directly at Ochiai. "………"
Suddenly losing all his audacity, Ochiai found his fingers to be rather interesting. He even began to fiddle with them. Crap! What can I say? Play it smooth, ask something relevant to the situation.
"Did you remember to pack everything you need?" Ah yes. That was soo smooth. Pack everything? What the hell am I thinking?
There was a snort from Narumi; showing the fact that he heard this lame question. Not having anything else to do Ochiai glared at him. Having enough of glaring at Narumi, he focused his attention back to Kiri.
"Kiri-Kohai?" he questioned.
During Ochiai's glare off, Kiri had taken to gawking at nothing unparticular. Her eyes were wide with realization, and her mouth was slightly a jar.
"Kiri-Kohai?" came a worried voice.
Nodding out of her trance she stood up. "I need to go."
"W-what? Why? What's wrong?"
Moving towards the door in a frenzy Kiri nearly tripped over Narumi's foot. This event, of course started a chain reaction.
"What? WATCH WERE YOU'RE GOING!" Narumi screamed.
Kiri, not paying any mind, grabbed the handle to the sliding doors.
Startled by Kiri's actions, Ochiai stepped in front of her. "I'm sorry, Kiri-Kohai. We are not allowed to leave our room with out and escort. What is wrong?"
Frowning at Ochiai's formality Kiri took a step back. "I need to get something from my bag."
Her voice held such authority Ochiai paused. Seizing the moment, Kiri slid past him out to the hall.
Blinking momentarily, Ochiai sigh. When a grunt was heard in the corner, Ochiai turn towards Narumi.
"What was her problem?"
Ochiai frowned. "I don't know. But don't you think we should find out?"
Narumi snorted. "Ha! Who cares? It's her fault if she gets in trouble." Folding his arms, Narumi pouted.
Ochiai almost slapped his forehead. "Baka, if she gets in trouble, we get in trouble."
Narumi jolted. "WHAT? WHY?"
"We're a team. And we are responsible for each others actions."
Narumi nearly exploded. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS EARLIER?"
Before Ochiai could respond, Narumi was out of the room just as fast as Kiri.
"Wait! Don't you think we should think this though?"
But it was futile. Narumi was gone. Kiri was gone. And Ochiai was alone. In silence, nonetheless.
This is just great.
Today just wasn't Kazuhiko Ochiai's day.
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A/N: ALRIGHT!! I FINALLY got started on my third chapter. Sorry, traffic was a bitch. Any who. I know, I know. The chapter must piss you off. Too bad! I'm lazy and don't feel like writing any more. It's ONE O'CLOCK IN THE FLIPING MORNING. Good night my peeps. I think the chapter is kinda wicked. Peace.
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