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CLARIFICATION/ LAST TIME:
I returned my glare to the bald boy beside me. (A/N: I was referring to Mochiage. He also has a raven colored hair right? :-s)
"Who are you?" I asked. I raised my eyebrows at his arrogant stance.
"Who am I?!?" he asked with disbelief. He seems to be slapped by my question.
CHAPTER 05
"Yeah! Who are you?!" I retorted back.
"I should be the one asking you that!" The semi baldhead guy said.
"I'm Mikan Sakura. So who the hell are you?!?" I said.
"Oh," he said "I'm Mochiage from the band Still Fire." He said with arrogance in every word.
"Well, I never heard of it." I said and I tried to close my door. But this damn semi bald guy pushed the door open.
"You never heard of us huh? Well, we heard you playing, or should I say making noise." He said with a demonic laugh. UGH! The nerve of this ugly guy! "Anyway. Natsume's ears got hurt when he heard you."
"Who the hell is Natsume?" I asked in a not so friendly manner. He pointed to the guy with the messy raven hair and crimson eyes. He is still staring, or rather glaring, at me. "So you think you're all that huh?" I asked him rudely, ready to spit on him.
"I haven't even heard of your band before." I said snobbishly. "Like I heard yours before." He spoke for the first time. "You're probably just some potential talent. And I'm guessing that you won't pass the management's judgment." He said as he started to walk towards the right hallway. "Lets go Ruka." He said to the blond boy.
The blond boy just looked at me and followed that Natsume. The ugly semi bald guy followed them. UGH! THE NERVE! And I just stared at the two boys who looked like each other. They were still smiling at me. I just stared at them. Minutes have passed and we're just staring at each other.
"WHAT?" I finally asked with annoyance.
"Hi!" They cried in unison. "What the-…" and they came barging in my unit.
"I'm Kitsuneme!" said the guy with fox-like eyes. "And this one here is Kokoro Yome!" he said as he slapped the back of his companion. "You can use Koko." The boy with wide-open brown eyes said.
"Aren't you gonna insult me like those guys?" I asked confused. After all, a band does involve friendship, right?
"Yeah well, you rock for a chick." Koko said. "Chick?" I raised my eyebrow for the negative connotation. "Well, can't say lady since you're not the formal one type." He replied. Should I be insulted? Well, it's true anyway.
He smiled at me and he smiled back.
"Well, is that supposed to be an insult?" I asked casually. "Nah." Both of them answered in unison.
"So are you from Japan?" Kitsuneme asked while sitting himself on my sofa.
"Yeah. I just arrived today." I said as I took the armchair and Koko sat himself beside Kitsuneme.
"Cool! You know what, we're Japanese too! But we've been here in America since birth." Kitsuneme said with a shrug.
"Are you guys, like, twins?"
"Nah. We're half siblings." Koko said.
"Half?"
"Let's just say that father likes womanizing." Kitsuneme said with a laugh and without warning he grabbed my Epiphone, which I have been playing earlier. He started to play a death metal tone.
"HEY! Is your genre screamo?" I said in amazement. I can actually appreciate all genres of music.
"Yeah. Actually." Koko said and he was banging his head in time with Kitsuneme's playing. And soon, I was starting to join them.
"Hey Mikan! Let's be friends!" Kitsuneme suddenly said out of the blue.
"Sure!" I said delightedly,
"Yay!" Koko said and he rushed over and hugged me. "We've got a rockin' chick friend."
Well, atleast I've got two new friends?
We've played the guitar, roughhouse, and other crazy games. Finally, Kitsuneme's cellphone rang. "HELLO!" he said with a cheery voice. He was snickering at what the other guy was saying over the phone.
"It's 7 already!?!... But we're having fun with Mikan!… The girl from awhile ago!... Yeah right… Fine, fine, we'll go there!" Kitsuneme said as he hang up abruptly.
"Anyway Mikan, we need to go to our band practice. We'll visit you again later okay?" Kitsuneme said as he stood up pushing Koko out of the door.
"Bye!" he shouted and closed the door of my unit. And there were loud 'whoop's and 'woo's heard through out the hallway.
Exausted, I just left my guitar lying on my sofa and ran to my new bedroom (the one with an iMac seems to be the master's bedroom) and lunged for the bed.
When I hit the bed, I can't help but smile at how the soft feel of the mattress seems to be swallowing me.
Next thing I knew, someone pushed me off my bed.
"OW! What the- … how'd you-!..." I stammered to see my band mates gathered in my room. "We were worried! We've been knocking on your door for an hour, that was when we called Tono!" Nobara said presenting me with a spare key. "And we had no choice but to enter. We're just relieved to see you sleeping." Nonoko said with a giggle. "Anyway, hurry up Mikan! It's already 6:30!" Anna said as she pushed me to the bathroom.
I took my morning ceremonies and after that, I decided to wear denim shorts, white tank top and a zip-up t-shirt hoodie. I slipped on my Vans Fourty Four Hi that is black that has some gold lining.
When I stepped out, I saw my band mates singing songs with Anna playing the guitar. "Lets go guys!" I said. And we all went down to the lobby.
While waiting for the elevator, I saw Kitsuneme and Koko down the hallway.
"KOKO! KITSUNEME!" I said as I left my band mates and ran to them with arms wide open. "MIKAN!!!" they cried in unison. They met me halfway and we were in a group hug.
"Where are you going?" I asked as I walked with them towards the elevator. "Gonna grab some breakfast. How 'bout you?" Koko said with a huge smile on his face. "We're to meet up with Tono. Do you-" I can't help but stop my sentence for their faces suddenly turned into shock. I glanced at the direction they were gawking at and I saw my band mates.
"Guys? Are you okay?" I asked worriedly. "What's wrong?"
Kitsuneme pointed to my band mates with his jaw hanging. "They're my band mates. I'll introduce you!" I said as I dragged them near the elevator's door.
"GUYS!!! I'm going to introduce you to someone!" I cried to my band mates."Anna, Nonoko, Nobara, this is Kitsuneme and Koko, from the band (what was it again?) Acid Fire. Kitsuneme, Koko, this is Anna, Nonoko, Nobara, my band mates.
Nonoko and Anna blushed when they shock hands with Kitsuneme and Koko and vice versa. While Nobara, couldn't care less at all, since she has this dislike for boys.
The elevator door opened and we all hoped in. "Where to?" I asked the boys. "To the lobby!" Kitsuneme said, finally getting over the shock and getting back to his whacky self. Then, the two boys and Anna and Nonoko were now chatting happily.
We then reached the lobby, and saw Tono waiting for us on the waiting lounge.
"Well, I guess we'll see you around?" Anna told Kitsuneme. "Aw men! Can't we have breakfast together?" Kitsuneme said with a playful disappointment in his face. "Well… We're having breakfast with Tono-" Anna started to say but then Kitsuneme turned his attention to Tono.
"Hey old man! Can we have breakfast with them?" Kitsuneme asked as he walked towards Tono.
"Well…" Tono said with a hint of deliberation on his voice. "We're to have a band meeting." His face had a worried face. "Eh… But what the heck! Sure! The more the merrier!" Tono said with a party mode aura. We then again rode on the elevator going up to the second floor.
"Okay guys, this is where the restaurant located." Tono said as he led us to the right hallway where we entered a glass door.
The restaurant was just like those in the TV's, elegant and cozy. The chairs at the side were couches and the ones in the middle were steel with very cozy looking cushions. At the back of the room were the booths.
"Good morning, tables for how many?" a girl asked us. She was dressed in a light blue mini spaghetti-strapped dress (but still looks like a uniform).
"Good morning too, Ms. Beautiful, I have a reservation under the name Akira Tonouchi." Tono said with a wink. "Oh." The girl said blushing as she searched for the name. Snickering sounds were heard from Kitsuneme and Koko. "Right here sir." She said as she finally led us to a booth.
The booth is big enough to accommodate ten people. I noticed that the seemingly wall that divides the booth from the restaurant was actually a one-way glass divider. We can see the people who come and go but they can't see us. Just like the rest of the building, the restaurant was marvelous.
The couch was in a broken letter –U shape which opens just by the entrance.
I was seated beside the entrance and on my other side was Nobara, to her right was Tono. On the other side of the couch, which was by the wall, sat Anna and Kitsuneme. And across me were Nonoko and Koko. The other couch near the entrance was left unoccupied.
As soon as we settled down, a waiter came to get our orders.
"So, I'll give you a tour around the two buildings today. And tomorrow, you need to practice, is that all right? And the day after that is judgment day." Tono said with a smile.
My face fell and nervousness took over my body. "It's going to be cool Mikan!" Koko said with a smile. "But I suck! Your band mates thought so too." I said sulkily. "Let's just say they're not really happy hearing posers." Kitsuneme said as he scratched his cheek. "SO I AM A POSER?!?" I practically wailed at them.
"No! No! No!" They cried in unison. "It's just that, we've seen people who are said to be 'potential talents' and they just ended up being sent back. Natsume's ears are really sharp and he thinks that it's a disgrace in the name of music if one is off-tune or one makes mistakes." Koko said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"And speak of the devil." Kitsuneme said with a laugh while looking at the entrance. And sure enough, there he was with the blonde boy with blue eyes, and the arrogant semi-bald guy, just casually passing by the girl who leads people at their seats.
"Hey Natsume! Ruka! Mochu!" Koko greeted them while running out of our booth, since it was easier for him than Kitsuneme who was stuck in the middle of the couch.
"What are you doing there? Where's Kitsuneme? Why aren't you in our usual couch?" Mochu asked Koko. "Well, we met some hot chicks." Koko said. Oh! So that explains why they're sticking up with Anna and Nonoko. Well, they're a cute couple, that, I've got to admit. But really, could he tone down? We can hear him from here.
"WHERE?!?" Mochu asked, with his eyes wide with excitement. He searched around the room.
"There, come on, why don't you guys have breakfast with us." Koko said as he dragged Mochu to our booth.
I didn't realize the situation until the figure of that scary looking guy with red eyes came to tower above me. I stared at him (and I can feel my jaw hanging open) and he glared at me.
"Wow, we're having breakfast with the tone-deaf girl." Natsume said. "Ooh, I wonder, who's this guy calling tone-deaf." I said as I faced the other side. "The ugly creature talking now." He said grumpily. HMPH!
"Who are you calling ugly?" I can't think of anything to shot back. "Why did you answer? Feeling guilty eh?" He replied smartly.
"Well, I… Who…. What the…" So, I ran out of words to say. Dammit.
Mochu helped himself into seating beside Koko. Leaving the sofa facing the wall the only place to seat.
"Natsume, are we gonna have breakfast with them?" The blond boy asked. After "Whatever." He said. "Let's have it with them." The blond said.
Natsume then went to the corner of the couch facing the wall, to my horror. And beside him, the blond boy sat. I can't help but stare at the blond boy with blue eyes. He seems nice, why is he with that cranky Natsume.
"Hello!" I said as I smiled at him. "I'm Mikan Sakura." I said to him as I held out my hand to shake. He stared at my hand, then, stared at the mean guy beside him, then back at my hand, then at the mean guy beside him.
"Don't take it Ruka, you'll get infected by her tone-deafness."
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT NATSUME GUY SAYING?!?!
"WHATEVER! What the hell is wrong with-" I said.
"Here're your orders!" A cheerful waitress interrupted my tantrum by serving us our food, I'm so famished that when my food came, I quickly pigged on it. And it was delicious. I didn't even care if the other three already ordered their food, oh but what the heck, I'm hungry!
Everyone was done when I finished eating. And I realized that I ate 5 plates worth of food. And everyone was staring at me as I gulped down the last spoon of my sundae.
"Whoa Mikan! You ate all of it!" Koko said with amazement. "I'm really hungry. I slept for twelve hours last night." I said embarrassed.
"What a pig. Lets go Ruka." Natsume said as he and his friend rose up to get out. On half way before exiting, his friend looked back. "Good luck Sakura." He said to me. All I did was stare at his retreating back. After a few while, I decided to shrug it off.
After breakfast, we had so much fun exploring the left building (which is called Tower A.). Turns out that most functions like offices, recording studio, tv studio, and a lot more, was located there, though of course, on the right building (called Tower B) it is the condominium, and contains other condominium features.
"Don't forget 1 pm tomorrow okay?" Tono said, as I was about to close my condominium door. "Yes sir!" I replied with my smile as I entered my unit. I glanced at my mini grandfather clock; it was already 7 pm. Whoa! It took us 12 hrs to explore every floor of the twin towers! Well, exclude the one-hour lunch, and the one-hour morning snack, and one-hour afternoon snack, and the dinner we just had this hour. So that sums up to 4 hours of our day.
I decided to go online, and use the iMac on my bedroom. I e-mailed my mom and told her how America was and all about today's adventure.
And I also e-mailed Hotaru. I told her of the place we're staying and I asked for her contact number so we can at least meet sometime before I leave… in case that we don't… MUST THINK POSSITIVE.
After that, I decided to play some online games. I glanced at the clock of the iMac, and I saw that it was already pass 12 midnight. Whoa! Time flies, I'd better get to sleep.
I woke up at around 8 AM. I did some stretching then I took a bath and took time to relax on the bathtub. It was about 10:30 when I got out from the tub. I played dress up since I still had so much time. I tried on everything I want and finally settled for a red pleated plaid skirt (which used to be our school uniform) and a black shirt. Not really summer-y, but its friggin' cold here in the condo!
I decided to kill time by playing the guitar (which I realized, has been plugged all these time).
Right now you're the only reason
I'm not letting go, oh…
And I'm out if everyone's worth pleasing
You'll trigger a landslide
To kill off their finite state of mind
It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
No, we don't want your headlines
We just want…--
I was, yet again, interrupted by furious banging's on my door. "Who is it?" I sighed as I dropped my guitar, yet again, to open my door.
"MIKAN!" a squealing Anna and Nonoko (who hugged me the instant I opened the door), a laughing Koko and Kitsuneme and an annoyed Nobara with… Mochu(?!?) greeted me when I opened the door.
"Hello! I was just-"
"Lets have lunch!!!" Anna said as she grabbed me and dragged me. We were running so fast that I can't see the one in front of us. "Hey Anna slow-" and then… I don't know how, or when or why… but…
I bumped on the last person I wanted to make contact with, Natsume. I still stumbled forward when I saw him. I tried to stop my legs but friction didn't work on time. Next thing I knew, I was face flat on the ground.
"WATCH IT POLKA-DOTS!" He said, and I bet there's anger in—
Whoa. Polka dots? Did my… I'm sure I'm wearing my fave… OH NO!
"ACK!!! PERVERT!" I said as I sat up straight and can't help but place a hand on my skirt.
"WHAT?!? YOU SHOWED IT TO ME!"
"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK! YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO!"
Good thing the others were still far away. I looked at those who saw the scene. There was Anna, standing about a meter or two away from me with a shocked expression painted on her face, a very red, Natsume's blond friend. And I guess no one else saw IT.
"Mikan! Are you alright?" Nobara said with a worried expression on her face and concern on her voice. "Y-yes." I said. I don't want to repeat the scene of this humiliation story.
"Wow, enough evidence that we should have breakfast huh?" Nonoko said.
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