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Tohrue's Note: I think it's safe to say that basically everyone is out of school now. I, for one, raise my glass to that. Another school year down. It's amazing how quick everything seems to be going these days. But just the fact that it's July in just a few days, is amazing. Before you know it, people will be back in school in August. Thankfully, I'm not back 'till the 7th of September.
100 Days With Mr.Arrogant
Written byTohrue
June Twenty Fourth, 2006
Cell phones, Tennis, & Presenting.
"Oh Kairi, stop whining."
"I'm not whining! I'm just .. in mental pain."
"Psht, yeah. Staying in a multi million dollar house with four floors, an indoor pool, and a bedroom that's probably about the size of my whole house, I'm sure it's that bad. I mean, yeah, you're staying with probably one of the most horrible people, but you know, you don't ALWAYS have to be around him!"
"Yeah .."
Opening her mouth, Kairi drew out a most dramatic and depressed sigh. Flopping onto her stomach, she placed her hand underneath her chin as she rested her elbow against the face of the mattress. The frame of the canapé bed resting right against a window, it was easy to look out the window if you were sitting the right way upon the bed. From what she could see, the sky was painted a funny shade of deep pink with swipes of indigo across it. A few seagulls flew across the horizon, communicating through the familiar squeaks and squawks. Her eyes followed them until they eventually flew out of view from her window.
Surprisingly, the trip back to the home where she'd be staying when they weren't traveling, had took quite some time. Upon getting out of the airport and into the limo, they were gone within about 2 minutes. Sora, not surprising to her, had taken a separate vehicle. With the impression he'd been leaving, it seemed he wanted nothing to do with her as well. So during the six hour drive, she'd sat there in silence with occasional remark from his driver, Gepetto.
When they'd came to the home, she had to admit she was in absolute awe. Sitting a bit above the ground not too far off from a cliff, an enormous estate drew out. And she had to admit she became even more in love when she noticed that there was a tennis court, something that looked like a horse stable, and a radiant front garden. However, she'd been quickly ushered inside and given a quick tour of the home and then sent off to what would be her bedroom.
"Listen, Kairi. I got to go. Selphie is coming over for a little bit to watch a movie. If you need anything, just call us. .. Oh, and if that jerk tries to lay a hand on you, call me up right away. I'm serious: Dad will be able to have Selphie and I in a helicopter out to get you, within 45 minutes."
"It's alright, Yuffie! But thank you."
Laughing, Kairi shook her head. With a couple more minutes of "I'm serious! I will!" and reassurance, the two girls exchange goodbye and hung up.
After pushing the 'end' button on the cellular phone, she glanced across the room to find the three glowing digits reading '8:45.' How quickly the day had passed. Though she'd basically been locked in her room since about six and had her dinner in here, Sora's secretary had promised that tomorrow would be much more promising and that since there was some construction going on in parts of the house, they didn't want her running around without an escort.
The sky almost completely erased of the pink, the night sky had started to come out. A couple of lamps that she'd left on, she'd gotten out of bed and switched their knobs for the light to go out. The room fell into a rather uncomfortable and unwelcoming darkness. Not always one to love the dark, she'd quickly raced back into her bed and jumped underneath the covers. Pulling them up to her chin, she turned on her side and clenched her eyes shut.
Though a bit tired, thoughts kept darting in and out of her head, making it almost impossible to get some sleep. The teenage girl must have lain there for a good forty minutes before a loud song broke out. Selphie's voice poorly belting out the tune 'My Heart Will Go On,' shakily interrupted the silence. Letting out an annoyed sigh, she'd totally forgot to change the ring tone that Selphie had recorded and left. Moving the covers off of her, she sat up and reached down towards the end of the bed where she'd left her cell phone.
Picking it up, she clicked a button and then held it to her ear. Tiredly, she greeted the person at the other end.
'Hello?"
"Ah, sorry Kairi! Is this a bad time to call you?"
Eyes going slightly wide, she shot even straighter forward up. Suddenly feeling a rather sick churning in her stomach, her surprise was at an utmost high. Her bottom lip quivered for a few seconds before she could finally managed to sputter out something -- anything.
"R-roxas! No! It's fine! I was just .. just sitting here!"
"Oh, good." A warm laugh greeted the other end. "You winning that contest has been all in the papers. I guess according to the news this morning, you just arrived there. How is it?"
"It's .. it's okay." Slightly relaxing, her shoulders became less stiff and that shocking expression on her face softened. Leaning back against the headboard, she rubbed her neck.
Roxas .. What was there to say about Roxas? Probably one of the most sought after boys in her school, girls yearned to be in his presence. Ever since the boy had moved there in 7th grade, girls had been under his charm ever since. Though she'd always thought he was absolutely gorgeous, Kairi'd never fallen for him like every other girl. It wasn't until this year that the two had really started talking, as their lockers had been right next to each other. Over the year of school, the two had became rather good friends. She was just surprised that he actually remembered her now that they were out of school.
"Well, I was going to call you about going to the movies sometime or something, but I guess you're now kind of filled up for the summer." Him laughing again, it only made Kairi frown.
"Oh, I would have loved to .. It wasn't my fault that I got involved in this. If anyone's to blame, feel free to hit Selphie and Yuffie."
"Ha ha, yeah, I thought it was strange that you would have entered this contest considering the person you are. But since you put it that way, you owe me some sort of a date before the end of summer. And don't think you can forget just because you'll be super famous after this," he teasingly added.
"Roxas, come on. It's only a '15 seconds of fame' sort of thing. And yes, I will gladly accept that offer. If that was even an offer and not a demand."
"Well, it was both. But I probably should let you go since you're more than likely having the time of your life. I'll call you sometime, okay? And you better do the same!"
"I promise." Smiling to herself, she could feel her day had gotten better. "I'll talk to you later, Roxas. Bye."
"Bye Kairi."
Flipping the phone back closed, she rested it on the side table beneath her. For a few minutes, she remained in her position, thinking with a smile upon her face. Finally, however, she slunk back onto her side and pulled the covers to her chin. This time though, she fell asleep almost immediately.
So tennis was his way of getting friendly, huh? Considering you didn't do that much of an amount of talking in the sport, she had to admit she felt a little offended. Sitting at the edge of her bed, she slipped on the pair of tennis shoes that had been provided for her. Tying the knots rather slowly, she was quite honest in saying that she wasn't having a total ball about going to have to play tennis with the boy. And the outfit: she was guessing he picked that out, too?
A light cashmere sweater with a matching mini skirt, she was surprised the top was a sweater and not a bra. Though skirts were common for women to wear in tennis, so were normal long shorts. Not wanting to cause a problem, she said nothing when his secretary had brought her attire earlier that morning.
Moving off of the bed and towards the full length mirror that sat opposite of her ward robe, she examined herself carefully. With a sweatband around the upper part of her forehead, she took off a binder from her wrist and messily pulled her hair up into a high pony tail. Shrugging, she decided it would have to do. Giving herself a 'peace' sign in the mirror, she smiled almost painfully, before she moved away and out of the room.
"Ever played tennis?"
"Mm. I made the varsity team in my freshmen year."
"Wow, you must be really good then."
"If that's how you put it.
With the tennis ball wrapped in her head, she suddenly threw it down with a hard amount of force. The second it rebounded off of the floor's surface, she flung her tennis racket forward from behind. The ball, as she had expected, went flying across the net with a threatening speed. Catching Sora by surprise, he quickly moved out of the way as it hid the wall behind him. Either Kairi tended to have a fairly hard hit or she was angered.
"Wow, nice job!"
"I try."
Taking the ball that she'd hit across the court, he bounced it softly a couple of times once he had it in his possession. He continued to bounce it innocently as he continued on talking.
"You know, by the way you've been talking to me, I don't think you like me very much."
"Oh really?"
"Yes, oh really."
The tennis ball bounced once more and then he drew back his arm and hit it. Quickly yet softly, it moved across the court and across the net. Bouncing once on Kairi's side, she soon hit it back to him. Surprisingly, he managed to get it this time, and send it back to her.
"Why is that?"
"Why is what?"
"Why don't you like me?"
"Well," she paused to hit the ball that came flying towards her. "You threw water in somebody's face, you have a terribly rude reputation, you sued your father, you're constantly with a new woman or so it shows in the tabloids, and you do nothing with your money other than spend it selfishly on yourself."
"Ah, you're quite mistaken there." Shaking his head, he swung the racket at the ball. However, he missed as it continued over and then hit the wall once more. "I did not sue my father. I had to go to court because of him, because apparently he was drawing my earned money out of my bank. Basically all of those women are either managers I work with, mini publicists, heads of newspapers and magazines, or my trainers. Why all women, you might ask? Well, I think girls are a lot more trustworthy then men. And as for that 'selfish money spending thing' .."
The ball back in his position, he simply threw it across the court, indicating it was her serve.
"Bull. I do donate my money to organizations and fund raisers. I just do it privately. I don't like to get all the publicity for it, making it seem like I'm just doing it on purpose for the attention. And the reason for the water thing .. That was all a mistake; too long of a story. And my rude reputation?" He began to laugh. "My mother made me take manner lessons when I was little. When I got older, she took me to other places that were a lot more unfortunate than the Islands. I think I know when I am being rude and I am hardly ever that, except for maybe placing my elbows on the table or occasionally burping here and there."
Feeling a bit .. Well, embarrassed, she tried to hide the pink flush across her cheeks. Serving the ball, she did it a lot more calmly this time. Though she couldn't help but to sort of believe him, she felt like he was trying to pull her finger.
"Listen. I don't expect you to believe me right away or anything, but since you're going to be living with me for a little bit, I don't want us to be on bad terms."
Once again, he missed the ball but it seemed to be on purpose this time. Walking forward, he went directly in front of his side of the net. A bit confused, she watched him from where he was standing.
"So let's just try to be friends?"
Sticking out his hand above the net, it was apparently apparent that he wanted her to shake it in agreeing terms. A part of her was going .. Yeah! Be friends! This will be an awesome, experience then! Maybe you'll get some good stuff out of this! While another was screaming, .. No! What the bloody hell are you thinking? He's just trying to screw you over so he can get great publicity! Don't do it, stupid! .. And though she didn't really like the fact of befriending a guy that she'd loathed up until about five minutes ago, this would have been a really hard experience if they were on bad terms.
So, she wasn't too much in shock with herself when she found herself walking forward towards him. Coming up to him, she reluctantly grabbed his hand. With a slow shake, he grinned in satisfaction.
"Awesome! I knew that pretty face had a pretty personality, too!"
"W-wh--"
"Ha ha, just kidding. You're face isn't that great looking." Sticking out his tongue, he dropped his racket. Turning around, the latch of their hands broke and he began to head towards the gate of the fence that outlined the court.
"What did you say about my face?"
Feeling a rush of heat come to her face, now she felt flatly and stupidly embarrassed. Though it appeared that he seemed to be really nice and polite, apparently it hadn't been all true of what he was leading on. Biting down on her bottom lip, she too, dropped her racket. However, she couldn't admit that was exactly offended by what he said. .. Actually, she wasn't offended at all so she didn't see why she was having a hot flash in her face. Picking up her legs, she quickly began to follow after.
"Hurry up, it's time for lunch." Turning around, he grinned at her. She stopped in her steps, now taken back even more. She tried to find something to say, but before she could make up her mind, he was already heading back.
"Wow, I love this sandwich!
"Pretty good, huh?"
"Mhm!"
Good thing she couldn't see how she looked then because she must have looked rather foolish as she was piling in the veggie sandwich into her mouth. Sora, who sat across the table, seemed to be watched her inquisitively while he only took a bit every minute or so.
"Wow, I didn't know our cook's sandwiches were that impressive. I guess if you think those are so great, wait till you taste the food at the Cosmo's."
Immediately, Kairi began to cough out and gag the sandwich. A surprised and yet confused look immediately set upon her features. It was a couple of minutes before she had finished choking and swallowing, that she could actually spit out something to say.
"What did you say?"
"Yeah, the Cosmo's. Great food." Blankly looking at her, he shrugged as if he was talking about some school bakery. "Have the best food before and after the ceremony. World renown chefs all join together and make the best banquet of food. If you think that veggie sandwich is so great, then you'll love the whole table of vegetarian crap they have there. I wouldn't try the egg salad stuff, though. Last year, one of the actresses got food poisoning from it."
"Wait. You mean the Cosmo's as in .."
"Yeah, big actor/actress award show with music performances, lots of celebrities. Blah blah blah. Same stuff every year. I mean, I guess it's interesting to see what everyone wears, but being a guy, I just dress in some tux every year. For you though, I suppose you'll have to go out shopping with Aerith. You'll need a dress for the red carpet, the actual show, when you present, and the after party. .. Wow, now that I think about it, that's kind of expensive, I mean .."
As Sora started talking to himself, she contemplated what he'd just said. Red carpet, the actual show, when you present, and the after party .. Sitting up, an immediate panic filled her. "Wait! What? Present what? What do you mean? I mean, wow, I'm enough shock as it that I sounds like I'm going, but what do you mean 'present?'"
"Present as go on stage and announce an award. Of course, you'll present with someone else and they'll have you rehearse a small skit of what you're to say .."
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