Unexpected Love
Chapter 10
Yuu and Miki were relaxing in the living room when his mum told them about the Wonder Dog theme park.
"Wonder Dog?" Miki exclaimed.
"That's right. The theme park just opened and my company happened to own a restaurant there. As part of their launch, they gave some free tickets. Would you like to go?"
"Oh! I think I've heard of this theme park from my friends! They have all sorts of cool games there that I'd like to try out!" Miki stood up excitedly to take the ticket from Yuu's mum.
His mum gave him a ticket as well. Yuu looked at Miki. She seemed very excited about this place. Actually Yuu wasn't too thrilled about a theme park that is called Wonder Dog. Why would anybody name a theme park with such a ridiculous name? It's no wonder they had to give out free tickets.
But it looks like Miki wants to go there. This seems like a good opportunity for them to go together. "Are you free this Sunday?" Yuu asked Miki.
Miki looked amazed at the question. After a while she answered, "Yes."
"Then it's settled. We can go to the Wonder Dog theme park together on Sunday," and with that, Yuu got up and walked out of the living room, not giving a chance for Miki to object.
Whether Miki wanted to or not, they were going on an unofficial date! Yuu grinned.
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It was finally Sunday. Yuu never thought that he would actually be excited to go to a theme park called Wonder Dog. But he was going with Miki, so that a cause to be excited.
As they walked through the theme park, Yuu took a peek at Miki walking beside him. She was wearing a cute outfit and was all bubbly with excitement.
"Oh, let's try this one!" Miki tugged at Yuu's shirt and pointed excitedly at a gaming centre called Space Battle.
Yuu grinned, "Okay," and headed there with Miki.
They sat next to each other. Miki was having some difficulty shooting at the space ships while Yuu was shooting his way through with much success and beginning to have some fun. Few minutes later, the game was over.
Each of them was given a score sheet. As they walked out of the gaming centre, Miki looked at hers. It had a D ranking. Yuu couldn't help it, he laughed at her. "Miki, you're terrible at this game!"
Miki scrunched up her face and stuck out her tongue at Yuu,"What did you get?" she looked over at his score sheet.
"I got an A ranking, of course!" Yuu proudly exclaimed. Miki turned up her nose at his smug look.
They both continued on, trying to look for something else to try. But after a while of walking, Miki saw something that made her excited again and tugged at Yuu's shirt again. Normally, Yuu would find that irritating when a girl does that to him, but when Miki does it he didn't mind it at all,"Oh, look! That doll looks so cute!"
Yuu turned to look at what Miki was so excited over and saw a machine box containing all sorts of dolls. You were suppose to insert a coin and then manuever the hands of the machine to pick up a doll of your choice.
As they moved closer, Yuu searched for the doll Miki said was cute. She seemed to be pointing at a green ugly looking toad. Yuu puzzled over this, but who was he to figure out what girls liked most of the time.
If that's what Miki liked, then that's what he's going to get for her, "Alright, then. Step aside and let the pro handle this. This is your lucky day because I'm very good at this." Yuu inserted a coin and began to work the hands. After a few expert manueverings, Yuu finally got the doll, "It's in the bag!"
"Really?" Miki tried to look over Yuu's shoulder to see the doll. But when Yuu produced the doll, Miki frowned at it. "That's not the doll I wanted!"
"It's not?" Yuu was relieved to know that Miki didn't actually like the ugly doll but at the same time he was a bit miffed that she didn't appreciate the effort.
"The one I wanted was that cute little brown bear with the red bow-tie!" she looked longingly at the bear still in the machine box.
"Well, do you want me to get it for you?" Yuu was feeling reluctant at first but when he saw her looking so sad, he suddenly wanted to get her the doll just to see her happy again.
"Oh, nevermind. You did get the doll for me. I suppose I could pretend that this doll looks cute. I'll call it Kappa-chan," she looked down miserably at the doll in her hand.
Yuu smiled at the name. Miki put Kappa-chan into her bag and they walked on. Soon, they came upon the Hall of Illusions. It was a place filled with mirrors and you were suppose to go through the maze to find your way out.
Miki tugged at Yuu's shirt again,"Let's go in there!" but this time without waiting for Yuu, Miki rushed into the Hall of Illusions. Yuu chuckled. Miki doesn't seem to look as if she'll ever be tired. He moved to follow her but before he could take a step, somebody grabbed his arm from behind.
"Yuu, it's been a while."
Yuu turned to look behind him and saw somebody he didn't think he'd see again. It was Suzuki Arimi, his former girlfriend back in his old school. What tough luck that he should meet with Arimi on his first date with Miki, "Hi, Arimi," Yuu looked at where Miki had gone in. She would be wondering soon where he had gone. But it would be impolite to excuse himself from Arimi without at least talking for a little bit.
"It's funny, but the last time we went out, it was at an amusement park as well," Arimi laughed. She was a pretty girl. Many guys in his old school had been dying to go out with her.
"Yeah," Yuu cleared his throat, not wanting to bring back old and unpleasant memories especially their break-up, he changed the subject,"I'm here with someone. Her name is Miki," Yuu pointed to the Hall of Illusions where Miki had gone in.
Arimi glanced over his shoulders at the place. "Oh, you mean that sweet looking girl that you were with just now?" there was an odd quality to her statement just then, "Is she your new girlfriend?"
As much as Yuu would like to say yes, he didn't, "Well, actually, she's my new stepsister. It's kinda complicated," Yuu shrugged.
Arimi suddenly smiled as if she was pleased about something, "Oh? Do tell. I have all the time in the world."
Seeing as Arimi wasn't in the same school with them, Yuu didn't see anything wrong with telling her the whole story. When he came to the part that they were staying together in the same house however, Arimi seemed too stunned to speak.
"Yuu!"
Yuu turned at the call and saw Miki waving at him from the exit of the Hall of Illusions. "Miki, come over here. I'd like to introduce you to somebody."
Miki hesitated but then ran over to where they were standing. "Miki, this is Suzuki Arimi. She's my old schoolmate," Yuu looked carefully at Miki's expression. Miki had seen the photo of them together. Yuu wondered what Miki was thinking now, seeing them together again. Could she be jealous?
Miki reached out and shook hands with Arimi, "Nice to meet you," she smiled uncertainly.
"Likewise," Arimi answered but with more confidence. She turned back to Yuu, "By the way, could you give me your new address and phone number?" she placed a hand on his arm in inquiry.
Yuu felt uncomfortable at the intimate touch and in front of Miki no doubt. "Er, sure. Where should I write it?" Arimi produced her address book for him to write in. When he was finished, he passed it back to her. At the same time he caught a flicker of irritation passed on Miki's face. Yuu wondered what Miki was irritated about.
"Arimi!" a shout came from up the clock tower next to them. It was a guy Yuu had never seen before but Arimi seemed to recognise and answered back with a wave of her hand.
"I'll be right there!"
"Are you dating again? That's good to hear," indeed Yuu was reliefed that Arimi was not hung over by their break up.
But his relief fled when Arimi suddenly moved closer and placed her hand intimately on his arm again, "Oh, he's just okay. I only went out with him because he's been bothering me with invitations to go out. But you were always the one I liked the most," she whispered but from Miki's shocked expression, it seemed that she whispered too loudly.
Arimi grinned cheekily up at him and walked towards her current and apparently brief date up on the tower. She waved back at Yuu and smiled. And then she was gone.
"Looks like she never changed," Yuu muttered to himself. Yuu turned from Arimi's departing figure and glanced back at Miki.
A host of expressions flickered on her face. He couldn't tell whether she was confused or upset. "Er, Yuu? What did she mean by that? About you being the one she liked most?" her fingers were busy twisting the strap of her back as she asked the question.
Yuu decided to just be truthful with her. Better to let her know now than later, "Arimi was my girlfriend back in my old school. We were dating for 3 months."
"Oh," came Miki's silent reply. Miki definitely looked dissapointed at the answer. Yuu couldn't be happier because it showed she cared somehow. He couldn't help teasing her to confirm this.
"Yeah, we did everything a couple was suppose to do in those 3 months," Yuu continued, knowing how it sounded to Miki and waited eagerly for the response.
"Wh...what? Everything?" now Miki looked thoroughly scandalised. She gasped, and suddenly she didn't know what to do with her hands except to cover her mouth, which had fallen open in shock.
Yuu was enjoying this. "Well, yeah, you know we went out during Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's Day that sort of thing," Yuu finished, trying not to grin.
Miki let out a sigh of relief, which she didn't hide very well.
"What did you think we did, Miki?" Yuu decided to torture her some more.
"Er, nothing! I was just er...er," Miki flustered. Clearly she had thought that he and Arimi went beyond the norm.
"Hmm, looks like you were thinking dirty thoughts about the two of us," Yuu openly grinned this time.
"No, I wasn't!" Miki tried to defend herself but failed miserably. She was an open book.
"Do you want to know if we kissed?"
"Certainly not!" Miki huffed but she looked as if she would like to know.
Yuu decided to have mercy on her. As much as he was amused by her strong reaction to his brief affair with Arimi, at that moment he wanted to assure Miki that his feelings for Arimi was over.
"We didn't kiss."
Miki paused. She looked hesitantly back at Yuu. "Really?"
"Yes, we didn't," Yuu suddenly wondered if he could take the chance and confess to Miki of his feelings. "In fact, my first kiss was with you, Miki," Yuu looked intently at Miki's stunned look. "You were awake then, weren't you?"
Miki was at a loss for words, "You...you knew?" she blushed.
"I could tell when your body moved while we were kissing," the memories warmed Yuu until now. He'd never forget the sweet kiss they shared.
"Why did you do it?" she asked silently. Miki looked serious at the moment and so unlike her, that Yuu didn't know how to respond to it.
Yuu not wanting to get into details with the reason for his behavior, decided to take a different approach to her question, "Well, the devil made me do it, I guess."
Miki took offence to that immediately and went at him with raised fists, pelting him with them. Yuu laughed at her attempts and blocked them easily, "Ok, ok, I was just joking. Obviously it was because I liked you, Miki."
But it looks like his answer came too late. Miki was having none of that and she promptly slapped him across his face. The blow left Yuu speechless.
"You're always teasing me! Why don't you take me seriously when I ask you a straight question?" an angry Miki glared at him.
Yuu felt ashamed at his behaviour. His moment with Miki to confess his feelings turned out differently than he expected. He called out to Miki to try to make amends, "Miki, wait!"
But Miki was already striding away angrily, "Forget it! I don't want to hear it!" and she continued to march away, most probably to their home.
"Looks like I made her angry again," but this was different somehow. If he had been honest with her from the beginning, this day could have been the day to remember. Yuu felt like kicking himself for his stupidity.
He had taken Miki's feelings for granted. He didn't think that Miki would be hurt by his careless behavior in never taking things seriously with her. He had always been teasing her, never showing her what he truly meant. And now it would seem as though Miki would never believe his words even if he meant them.
Unless he change that from now on. Yuu rubbed at the spot where she slapped him. Miki wasn't like the other girls who could just take in whatever he said. They were already in love with him from the beginning so they can forgive him anything.
But Miki is just beginning to like him. And that's not easy to do when their parents had just switched partners and that he had supported that arrangement. At that point, he had become her enemy in her cause to bring her parents back together again. But things had been starting to go well between the two of them. And he had to go and spoil it.
Well, he's not going to make the same mistake again. He'd thread carefully this time.
And with that, Yuu followed behind Miki's departing figure.
Chapter 10
Yuu and Miki were relaxing in the living room when his mum told them about the Wonder Dog theme park.
"Wonder Dog?" Miki exclaimed.
"That's right. The theme park just opened and my company happened to own a restaurant there. As part of their launch, they gave some free tickets. Would you like to go?"
"Oh! I think I've heard of this theme park from my friends! They have all sorts of cool games there that I'd like to try out!" Miki stood up excitedly to take the ticket from Yuu's mum.
His mum gave him a ticket as well. Yuu looked at Miki. She seemed very excited about this place. Actually Yuu wasn't too thrilled about a theme park that is called Wonder Dog. Why would anybody name a theme park with such a ridiculous name? It's no wonder they had to give out free tickets.
But it looks like Miki wants to go there. This seems like a good opportunity for them to go together. "Are you free this Sunday?" Yuu asked Miki.
Miki looked amazed at the question. After a while she answered, "Yes."
"Then it's settled. We can go to the Wonder Dog theme park together on Sunday," and with that, Yuu got up and walked out of the living room, not giving a chance for Miki to object.
Whether Miki wanted to or not, they were going on an unofficial date! Yuu grinned.
----
It was finally Sunday. Yuu never thought that he would actually be excited to go to a theme park called Wonder Dog. But he was going with Miki, so that a cause to be excited.
As they walked through the theme park, Yuu took a peek at Miki walking beside him. She was wearing a cute outfit and was all bubbly with excitement.
"Oh, let's try this one!" Miki tugged at Yuu's shirt and pointed excitedly at a gaming centre called Space Battle.
Yuu grinned, "Okay," and headed there with Miki.
They sat next to each other. Miki was having some difficulty shooting at the space ships while Yuu was shooting his way through with much success and beginning to have some fun. Few minutes later, the game was over.
Each of them was given a score sheet. As they walked out of the gaming centre, Miki looked at hers. It had a D ranking. Yuu couldn't help it, he laughed at her. "Miki, you're terrible at this game!"
Miki scrunched up her face and stuck out her tongue at Yuu,"What did you get?" she looked over at his score sheet.
"I got an A ranking, of course!" Yuu proudly exclaimed. Miki turned up her nose at his smug look.
They both continued on, trying to look for something else to try. But after a while of walking, Miki saw something that made her excited again and tugged at Yuu's shirt again. Normally, Yuu would find that irritating when a girl does that to him, but when Miki does it he didn't mind it at all,"Oh, look! That doll looks so cute!"
Yuu turned to look at what Miki was so excited over and saw a machine box containing all sorts of dolls. You were suppose to insert a coin and then manuever the hands of the machine to pick up a doll of your choice.
As they moved closer, Yuu searched for the doll Miki said was cute. She seemed to be pointing at a green ugly looking toad. Yuu puzzled over this, but who was he to figure out what girls liked most of the time.
If that's what Miki liked, then that's what he's going to get for her, "Alright, then. Step aside and let the pro handle this. This is your lucky day because I'm very good at this." Yuu inserted a coin and began to work the hands. After a few expert manueverings, Yuu finally got the doll, "It's in the bag!"
"Really?" Miki tried to look over Yuu's shoulder to see the doll. But when Yuu produced the doll, Miki frowned at it. "That's not the doll I wanted!"
"It's not?" Yuu was relieved to know that Miki didn't actually like the ugly doll but at the same time he was a bit miffed that she didn't appreciate the effort.
"The one I wanted was that cute little brown bear with the red bow-tie!" she looked longingly at the bear still in the machine box.
"Well, do you want me to get it for you?" Yuu was feeling reluctant at first but when he saw her looking so sad, he suddenly wanted to get her the doll just to see her happy again.
"Oh, nevermind. You did get the doll for me. I suppose I could pretend that this doll looks cute. I'll call it Kappa-chan," she looked down miserably at the doll in her hand.
Yuu smiled at the name. Miki put Kappa-chan into her bag and they walked on. Soon, they came upon the Hall of Illusions. It was a place filled with mirrors and you were suppose to go through the maze to find your way out.
Miki tugged at Yuu's shirt again,"Let's go in there!" but this time without waiting for Yuu, Miki rushed into the Hall of Illusions. Yuu chuckled. Miki doesn't seem to look as if she'll ever be tired. He moved to follow her but before he could take a step, somebody grabbed his arm from behind.
"Yuu, it's been a while."
Yuu turned to look behind him and saw somebody he didn't think he'd see again. It was Suzuki Arimi, his former girlfriend back in his old school. What tough luck that he should meet with Arimi on his first date with Miki, "Hi, Arimi," Yuu looked at where Miki had gone in. She would be wondering soon where he had gone. But it would be impolite to excuse himself from Arimi without at least talking for a little bit.
"It's funny, but the last time we went out, it was at an amusement park as well," Arimi laughed. She was a pretty girl. Many guys in his old school had been dying to go out with her.
"Yeah," Yuu cleared his throat, not wanting to bring back old and unpleasant memories especially their break-up, he changed the subject,"I'm here with someone. Her name is Miki," Yuu pointed to the Hall of Illusions where Miki had gone in.
Arimi glanced over his shoulders at the place. "Oh, you mean that sweet looking girl that you were with just now?" there was an odd quality to her statement just then, "Is she your new girlfriend?"
As much as Yuu would like to say yes, he didn't, "Well, actually, she's my new stepsister. It's kinda complicated," Yuu shrugged.
Arimi suddenly smiled as if she was pleased about something, "Oh? Do tell. I have all the time in the world."
Seeing as Arimi wasn't in the same school with them, Yuu didn't see anything wrong with telling her the whole story. When he came to the part that they were staying together in the same house however, Arimi seemed too stunned to speak.
"Yuu!"
Yuu turned at the call and saw Miki waving at him from the exit of the Hall of Illusions. "Miki, come over here. I'd like to introduce you to somebody."
Miki hesitated but then ran over to where they were standing. "Miki, this is Suzuki Arimi. She's my old schoolmate," Yuu looked carefully at Miki's expression. Miki had seen the photo of them together. Yuu wondered what Miki was thinking now, seeing them together again. Could she be jealous?
Miki reached out and shook hands with Arimi, "Nice to meet you," she smiled uncertainly.
"Likewise," Arimi answered but with more confidence. She turned back to Yuu, "By the way, could you give me your new address and phone number?" she placed a hand on his arm in inquiry.
Yuu felt uncomfortable at the intimate touch and in front of Miki no doubt. "Er, sure. Where should I write it?" Arimi produced her address book for him to write in. When he was finished, he passed it back to her. At the same time he caught a flicker of irritation passed on Miki's face. Yuu wondered what Miki was irritated about.
"Arimi!" a shout came from up the clock tower next to them. It was a guy Yuu had never seen before but Arimi seemed to recognise and answered back with a wave of her hand.
"I'll be right there!"
"Are you dating again? That's good to hear," indeed Yuu was reliefed that Arimi was not hung over by their break up.
But his relief fled when Arimi suddenly moved closer and placed her hand intimately on his arm again, "Oh, he's just okay. I only went out with him because he's been bothering me with invitations to go out. But you were always the one I liked the most," she whispered but from Miki's shocked expression, it seemed that she whispered too loudly.
Arimi grinned cheekily up at him and walked towards her current and apparently brief date up on the tower. She waved back at Yuu and smiled. And then she was gone.
"Looks like she never changed," Yuu muttered to himself. Yuu turned from Arimi's departing figure and glanced back at Miki.
A host of expressions flickered on her face. He couldn't tell whether she was confused or upset. "Er, Yuu? What did she mean by that? About you being the one she liked most?" her fingers were busy twisting the strap of her back as she asked the question.
Yuu decided to just be truthful with her. Better to let her know now than later, "Arimi was my girlfriend back in my old school. We were dating for 3 months."
"Oh," came Miki's silent reply. Miki definitely looked dissapointed at the answer. Yuu couldn't be happier because it showed she cared somehow. He couldn't help teasing her to confirm this.
"Yeah, we did everything a couple was suppose to do in those 3 months," Yuu continued, knowing how it sounded to Miki and waited eagerly for the response.
"Wh...what? Everything?" now Miki looked thoroughly scandalised. She gasped, and suddenly she didn't know what to do with her hands except to cover her mouth, which had fallen open in shock.
Yuu was enjoying this. "Well, yeah, you know we went out during Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's Day that sort of thing," Yuu finished, trying not to grin.
Miki let out a sigh of relief, which she didn't hide very well.
"What did you think we did, Miki?" Yuu decided to torture her some more.
"Er, nothing! I was just er...er," Miki flustered. Clearly she had thought that he and Arimi went beyond the norm.
"Hmm, looks like you were thinking dirty thoughts about the two of us," Yuu openly grinned this time.
"No, I wasn't!" Miki tried to defend herself but failed miserably. She was an open book.
"Do you want to know if we kissed?"
"Certainly not!" Miki huffed but she looked as if she would like to know.
Yuu decided to have mercy on her. As much as he was amused by her strong reaction to his brief affair with Arimi, at that moment he wanted to assure Miki that his feelings for Arimi was over.
"We didn't kiss."
Miki paused. She looked hesitantly back at Yuu. "Really?"
"Yes, we didn't," Yuu suddenly wondered if he could take the chance and confess to Miki of his feelings. "In fact, my first kiss was with you, Miki," Yuu looked intently at Miki's stunned look. "You were awake then, weren't you?"
Miki was at a loss for words, "You...you knew?" she blushed.
"I could tell when your body moved while we were kissing," the memories warmed Yuu until now. He'd never forget the sweet kiss they shared.
"Why did you do it?" she asked silently. Miki looked serious at the moment and so unlike her, that Yuu didn't know how to respond to it.
Yuu not wanting to get into details with the reason for his behavior, decided to take a different approach to her question, "Well, the devil made me do it, I guess."
Miki took offence to that immediately and went at him with raised fists, pelting him with them. Yuu laughed at her attempts and blocked them easily, "Ok, ok, I was just joking. Obviously it was because I liked you, Miki."
But it looks like his answer came too late. Miki was having none of that and she promptly slapped him across his face. The blow left Yuu speechless.
"You're always teasing me! Why don't you take me seriously when I ask you a straight question?" an angry Miki glared at him.
Yuu felt ashamed at his behaviour. His moment with Miki to confess his feelings turned out differently than he expected. He called out to Miki to try to make amends, "Miki, wait!"
But Miki was already striding away angrily, "Forget it! I don't want to hear it!" and she continued to march away, most probably to their home.
"Looks like I made her angry again," but this was different somehow. If he had been honest with her from the beginning, this day could have been the day to remember. Yuu felt like kicking himself for his stupidity.
He had taken Miki's feelings for granted. He didn't think that Miki would be hurt by his careless behavior in never taking things seriously with her. He had always been teasing her, never showing her what he truly meant. And now it would seem as though Miki would never believe his words even if he meant them.
Unless he change that from now on. Yuu rubbed at the spot where she slapped him. Miki wasn't like the other girls who could just take in whatever he said. They were already in love with him from the beginning so they can forgive him anything.
But Miki is just beginning to like him. And that's not easy to do when their parents had just switched partners and that he had supported that arrangement. At that point, he had become her enemy in her cause to bring her parents back together again. But things had been starting to go well between the two of them. And he had to go and spoil it.
Well, he's not going to make the same mistake again. He'd thread carefully this time.
And with that, Yuu followed behind Miki's departing figure.