After Mrs. Pei's math class approaching the Crown was like approaching the pearly white gates of heaven. After walking through the glass doors, I did what I always do, try find a table that is somewhat secluded and plop my books down. The Crown is usually bustling with people after school and is a pretty popular hangout spot for teenagers who had a few yen to burn, those who had a craving for the best fruit smoothie in town or those who would rather go anywhere but home.
The air is filled with the scent of strawberries and kiwi; it infiltrates my nostrils and assaults my empty stomach. It lets loose an angry gargle. See, I would feed myself if my mom actually gave me lunch money consistently. But that's okay…who the hell needs food? Maybe I can just pretend I'm a goat and eat paper. That way when Mrs. Pei asks for my assignment and I reply I don't have it, I can correct her for a change.
"So you don't have your homework again, Ms. Aino? What excuse do you have for us this time? Dog ate it?"
"Actually, no, Wrinkles, I ate it…and it was delicious."
Apparently trying to distract myself isn't working. My growling stomach is beginning to sound like a feral animal. Maybe I could borrow some change off of Ami again or Lita. Usagi is probably going to donate to the Temple of Sailor V, our beloved arcade machine. There was always the possibility I could ask Rei…but I don't want her to think of me as some sort of pauper. That and I don't think I could manage to mumble it audibly.
I'm the Goddess of Love, I am Venus, I am Aphrodite. Men used to throw themselves at my feet; they used to pray for hours for my blessing, they used to kill in the name of me. That was men. Suddenly one girl, one embodiment of all things desirable to me, decided to prance on into my life and turn the master of love into a bumbling slave.
I used to consider myself invulnerable…then suddenly, one day without warning, along came Rei. She glanced from underneath thick lashes and spearheaded me with those amethyst eyes. Combine that with a playful toss of that silken black hair and that lithe, untouched body … my reign as unapproachable goddess collapsed like a pile of bricks. Jenga!
I became mortal…and with that mortality comes great vulnerability. That is really the quiddity of mortality isn't it?
Navigating developmental processes all while jumping through academic hurdles, and somewhere along the line, becoming a young adult. By this time you are developing self- awareness and are painfully conscious that you're breakable, you're imperfect… but despite that fact you must find a way to muster the courage to reveal your heart in a world that can and probably will treat it like a clay pigeon.
This is where I step in. I'm lucky enough to be occupying this period in my life. At the juncture where I'm secretly lusting after my best friend, all while marinating like some pheromone- soaked rump roast that miraculously has the ability to feel terrified of rejection.
So, essentially I've gone from anthropomorphic personification of eroticism to shivering butt meat.
What can I say? Fortune favors me.
It's almost 4:30, where the hell is everyone…where the hell is Rei? I wonder if the penguin sisters are detaining her somehow. Rei attends the TA Catholic School for Girls. No guess here what the TA stands for. I just find it funny that it's a religious establishment and it's sounds like a lesbian bar.
TA School for Girls: We lick girls into shape.
I couldn't help but smirk, when outside the window I catch a glimpse of raven hair and a skirt only she could work. I can feel my pulse beginning to race. I can feel my lips instinctively begin to form an idiotic smile. Mars has landed.