Okay, so I'm a total idiot…I forgot that Friday was the Fourth of July. So I'm sorry I was a little later than what I predicted, other than it being the Fourth, I was also babysitting this week. So keeping my little cousin entertained is hard work, whew, but at least I got to play video games and kick her little butt!! Haha, just kidding. So anyway, sorry for the wait and thanks so much for reviewing!! It is appreciated like you wouldn't believe!!
Please, Enjoy!!
Chapter 3:
"Living Conditions"
It's been a few days now since incident on the roof. Anna acted almost as if nothing had happened, but I think that's only because she didn't want anyone else to know about it. If Pirika or Tamao found out that Anna tried to jump off the roof, they'd go crazy and keep a careful watch over her until she could be trusted alone. I thought it was a pretty good idea to not tell anyone either. I mean that could lead to someone asking if Anna had cried. And if I let that spill, then I was dead.
Anna talked to me a little more than usual and I felt that everything between us would be fine. I think that finally she was "opening up" or at least a little bit. She may not have been coming up and telling me directly that something was wrong or that something was troubling when something was, but she did come over just to talk to me. Well, she'd always think of an excuse to talk to me. But I knew that her excuse didn't really matter. She finally felt comfortable just talking to me.
"Oi, Yoh!" Hao came over to the front desk where Yoh was working, "We need to talk."
Yoh rolled his eyes and sighed, "'Bout what?"
"'Bout Anna, that's what."
"Why? What happened?" Yoh seemed a little panicked.
"Calm down, it's nothing bad."
"Then what is it?" Yoh asked cluelessly.
"It's a matter of space."
"Space?"
"Yes," Hao leaned his elbow onto the desk, "Anna's in room 107, correct?"
"…yeah…?" Yoh couldn't see where Hao was going with this.
"How long is she going to stay here?"
"For as long as she needs."
"And how long would that be?"
"I don't know!" Yoh hated when Hao took too long to get to the point. It always left Yoh uninterested in the end but since it was Anna they were talking about he figured he'd try.
"See," Hao pointed at Yoh, "Anna's staying in room 107. If you've forgotten, let me remind you: Room 107 is for customers who are staying only for a while, in other words, a renting room."
"So what?" It wasn't clicking in Yoh's head.
"Yoh! Anna can't stay in room 107 if she's staying long-term!"
"Well then we'll move her into one of the long-term rooms."
"But, Yoh," Hao sounded a little frustrated, "That's not fair! We should reserve those rooms for people who actually pay!"
Yoh was stopped there. He thought for a moment, "Hm…"
"Yoh," Hao gave a half-glare to show that he was serious, "You can't have her staying here without paying anymore. If you want to be the owner and keep this place running, then you need to step up. And most importantly, you need money!"
"Alright, alright," Yoh wanted Hao off his back, "I'll think about what we'll do."
"You should help her find a job."
"Yeah, yeah."
"If you don't tell her soon, then I will!" Hao said while walking off and mumbling something like: "You and your stupid crush!"
Yoh sighed and rested his head on his hands, "What should I do?"
He thought about it carefully. Anna was still 17; she wasn't legal…so she couldn't go out on her own. No one would let her rent a room in an apartment or buy a house; not like she had the money to anyway. That was another thing. Money. She probably didn't have a lot and she'd probably need to get a job. She could just work here and pay off her room, but who knows how long she'd stay? And what room would she stay in?
Then an idea struck Yoh. He almost laughed at his idea, and thought that Anna would disagree, but he had to try. If she didn't agree to what he was about to propose, then he'd just have to come up with an idea with her.
After Yoh's first work shift, he headed over to Anna's room and knocked, "Anna? Are you there?"
Anna slid the door open, "Hao said I have to move, is that true?"
Yoh got the shivers; her voice was cold and demanding. Yoh was tempted to say "no," but he knew that he couldn't, "Yeah, its true."
"Fine, then. I guess I'm leaving for real this time," her voice as calm and cool, but you could tell she was a little upset.
"B-but, I have a proposal for you."
"What is it?" It was almost as if Yoh was expecting the words "Speak quickly."
"Well, I live here too, but it's the basement floor. I have an extra room, so if you want, you can stay with me."
"…" Anna thought for a moment, "I wanna check it out."
Yoh nodded and led Anna to the basement level, or B level. It had two floors, B1 (the lowest level) and B2, though B2 wasn't really a floor. B2 was basically Yoh's room and that was it. It was a hallway that had one room, a bathroom, and stairs leading down to the B1 level. On B1 there was a basic house set-up. It had a little kitchen connecting to his living room, and another bathroom. It may have sounded small, it was actually pretty big and if he had enough beds, maybe about 2 more people (not including Yoh and Anna) could stay there. It was a little bigger then an apartment room. There were also other things on the B levels, but they were mainly storage spaces.
When Yoh and Anna arrived at the B2 level, Yoh showed Anan his room, "You can take my room. I can sleep on the couch."
Ann didn't want to argue, it sounded like a good deal, but it was his room, so she asked, "Are you sure?"
"Uh-huh, the couch is a pull-out bed too," Yoh smiled and then led her down the stairs. Anna was a little shocked and Yoh noticed, "What?"
"I wasn't expecting it to be this big."
"Well I have the whole Basement floor to myself, so it would be no problem if you stayed here."
"Alright," Anna shrugged, "I guess I'll stay."
Yoh smiled, "Okay, let's move your stuff in here."
So they started to walk off in the direction of Anna's old room, "Hao tells me that I need to get a job too," Anna said opening her door to get her stuff.
Yoh was a little angry that Hao didn't even wait for Yoh to tell her himself, "Uh, yeah, I can help you find one if you want, or you can work here."
"Well if I'm going to stay here, then I'll work here too. It'll be easier that way."
"Alright," Yoh smiled, "But we can't start you right away. We just got some new people and we need to see where you're needed and where you'll do best at."
"Okay," Anna was done packing her things, since she didn't have much in the first place, "Let me know when you've determined what I'm going to do."
"Will do," he said as he offered to take Anna's bags. She nodded and he picked them up. They walked over towards the front desk to turn in the keys to the room. And then they started to walk to the B levels.
Yoh hoped that living with Anna wouldn't be too hard. He tried to think of it as one of the sleepovers that they used to have as little kids…Though it was a little harder now that they were grown up. Then he tried to think of it as getting a new neighbor, but closer. He never had a roommate before, but he figured there's a first time for everything, right?
Soon they got tot the B level and dropped Anna's things off in Yoh's old room. He started to clear things out while Anna checked out the rest of the B1 level.
Yoh did as much as he could with his room. He couldn't move everything out, but he certainly did make it more condensed. He put his stuff in a couple of boxes and then carried them down stairs to the living room, where his new "bed" would be.
"Oh, Anna," Yoh said while putting the boxes down, "There's one little problem."
"What?" Anna was still examining the "house".
"Miss Julie Anderson…" he said slowly.
"Who's that? It sounds like a foreigner."
"She is…" Yoh explained, "She's from America and she's not quite used to this place. Especially since it's a traditional Japanese inn and onsen."
"So she needs a lot of help?" Anna faced him.
"Yeah, and she has a lot of questions so I told her it would be all right if she came at any time for my help."
"And how would this affect me?"
"Well, she has trouble sleeping at night," Yoh hoped that Anna wouldn't get mad, "So sometimes she might come in the middle of the night for help. So if she does…"
"I'll be the first one to hear her knock, right?" Anna crossed her arms.
"Right, sorry," Yoh looked down a bit.
Anna sighed, "You tricked me. I knew this was too easy. How often does she ask for help?"
"Well, she's been staying here since a few days before you came…" Yoh trailed off as he thought, "I think she might be used to it by now. But she might still need help. But I don't think she'll be coming over every night."
Anna sighed again and uncrossed her arms, "I guess I can live with that."
"Great!" Yoh smiled, "Well, I have to go to work, so make yourself at home, okay?"
"Wait," Anna stopped him from going up stairs, "Didn't you already go to work this morning?"
"Yeah, but I'm going back for a little bit," Yoh gave a sheepish smile.
"Why?"
"Well, I got news this morning that the person who was supposed to work the desk can't make it today. So me and Horo-Horo are splitting the shift."
"You have to be stricter on your workers," Anna pointed a finger at Yoh, "You can't just have them suddenly canceling on you, that's not fair!"
"Well it's not that long, and it's not a big deal," Yoh smiled as he walked up the stairs, "Now I have to go before I'm late! Make yourself at home!" And with that Yoh left.
Anna tried her best to make herself at home, but it was kind of awkward. She was here all alone. She had already examined the whole floor, what should she do now? She sat on the couch and turned the television on. She started to think about her life now. Now that she was living with Yoh. She could think of it like sleeping over Yoh's house. But this wasn't a one time thing; this was until she felt the need to leave. And besides, they were no longer kids. Yoh had grown up. Anna gave a slight smile; he wasn't a little boy with little boyish features. He was tall…maybe about 6 feet now. He had muscles and he no longer had the childish-boyish smile. Girls were probably all over him. But he didn't have a girlfriend, that is, not to Anna's knowledge. Though he'd tell her if he did, wouldn't he?
Anna shook her head. Why was she thinking such silly things? Yoh may look older, but she could tell he was still childish at heart. She turned her attention back to the television. She flipped through the channels to see what was on.
Yoh came back to see Anna sitting on the couch watching the television, "Tadaima," he said while walking down the stairs and unbuttoning his shirt.
"That was longer than expected," Anna said not turning her attention from the television.
"Is that your way of saying you missed me?" Yoh gave a slight laugh as he walked towards the couch.
"I got bored," she didn't exactly answer his question. Yoh smiled and sat next to Anna.
Yoh frowned when he looked at the T.V. it seemed she was watching some kind of soap opera. His hand was on the remote.
"Don't you dare change it," she said without looking at him, but Yoh could feel the glare.
"I didn't know you liked shows like this," Yoh put the remote down.
"I didn't think so either, but I just got so bored," Anna picked up the remote, "I started watching it and now I want to know what happens."
Yoh inwardly sighed. He knew that if Anna heard him sigh, she'd probably send a death glare, or worse, smack him. So he decided to hold onto his life and keep his mouth shut. He started to watch the program and tried hard not to laugh or sigh. He rolled his eyes and turned to look at Anna. He noticed that she was sitting quite stiffly, like she was afraid to get comfortable.
"You can sit however you want," Yoh spoke somewhat out of the blue and made Anna jump just a bit, "I don't care if you put your feet on the couch or if you lay down. You're gunna be here a while, right? Might as well get comfortable."
Anna didn't say anything but she relaxed a bit. She moved a little bit and got more comfortable. Yoh got the hint that she didn't want to "get comfortable" in front of him, so he said, "I'm gunna make some popcorn, 'kay?"
"Alright," her attention was on the T.V.
Yoh left to make the popcorn and returned to find that Anna was now more comfortable. She was sitting on her legs and her elbow was on the armrest as she leaned her head on her hand.
Yoh smiled, "Here's some popcorn."
"Thanks," she said as she took some.
"So Anna, you really like this kind of stuff?" He asked referring to the program on T.V.
"Well, at first I didn't. Some of the stuff they do on this show is really lame," she popped a corn into her mouth, "But nothing else was on so I just started to watch it. It's not that good, but it's somehow addicting to watch."
"That's a soap opera for you," Yoh ate some popcorn as he sat down next to Anna, "It may not be good but you somehow get attached."
"Well, it looks like we found a new addiction."
"Whadda'ya mean, we?" Yoh said eating some more popcorn, "It's just you."
"Oh, just you wait and see Asakura Yoh," she looked over to him, "You'll be watching this with me too."
"You wish."
"Just wait, when you have work and you won't be able to watch it, this soap opera will be nagging you in the back of your mind."
"Tch. Hey, I'm only watching this now because I'm bored and you won't let me change the channel."
"I'm bored too, and here I am watching it. And I'm going to watch tomorrow's episode too. At least I'm not afraid to admit that I'm interested in this show."
"Trust me, Anna," Yoh popped some corn in his mouth, "I'm not addicted and I'm not going to get addicted."
"Okay…" Anna said disbelievingly.
Yoh opened his mouth to speak but Anna shushed him. The show was ending and she wanted to see the last bit of it. Not to mention, she wanted Yoh to see it too. They both knew that it would end in a cliffhanger and that's exactly what Anna wanted Yoh to see.
"Oh, no, Nakata can't be dead! He just can't!! Doctor Oguni, please, please tell me that he's alive!!"
"Chiko…"
"Doctor, tell me!"
Then there was a close up on the Doctor's face and the screen went black. Then the announcer said, "Stay tuned for scenes from the next episode!"
Yoh rolled his eyes. Both Anna and Yoh knew that the scenes would not show what happened to Nakata, "I knew it. They always end these kind of shows like to keep you watching."
"And you don't want to watch it?" Anna looked at him.
"Nope, besides, I have work around this time tomorrow."
"So you don't want to know if Nakata is dead or not?"
"He's dead," Yoh said simply.
"How can you be that sure? I've only seen one episode, but I already know that Nakata is a main character. I think it'd be a bad move to kill off one of the main characters."
"But then why didn't the Doctor just tell Chiko that Nakata was alive?" Yoh turned towards Anna, "If he was alive, then why would he hesitate to tell her?"
"I don't know. We'll just have to find out, won't we?"
"Tch. I don't care; I'm not going to see it anyway."
"It'll nag you," she said in a sing-song tone, "You'll get addicted."
"Nuh-uh," Yoh shook his head and ate some popcorn.
"Whatever," Anna handed Yoh the remote, "Your turn."
Yoh graciously took the remote and changed it to some sports channel. It was Anna's turn to roll her eyes. She didn't even try to hide her dislike.
"Ugh, sports?"
"Yeah, sorry," Yoh smiled, "Me 'n Horo-Horo make bets on which team is going to win."
"Since when are you into sports?" Anna seemed bored.
"In high school I ran for track."
"You? Track?" Anna turned towards Yoh, "You're too much of a slacker to do that."
"Well, I was when we were little, but I found that running relaxes me," Yoh laughed, "I know it seems unbelievable, but I did indeed do it."
"Come to think of it, you were always faster then any of us when we were little," Anna looked at Yoh, "Were you faster than everyone in high school?"
"When I first started off, no," Yoh thought back, "Well, I was fast, but I wasn't where I wanted to be."
"And where did you want to be?"
"I'm not sure…well what I mean is, it's hard to explain. I just had to keep pushing myself. It wasn't about winning or losing with me. I just wanted to surpass my limits."
"Did you?"
"I did, but I don't know where I am now," he looked a little sad, "After high school, its hard to keep up."
"You said you didn't care about winning, but did you ever win?"
"Uh-huh," Yoh smiled, "Lots."
"So you got medals, right?"
"Yup."
"Can I see them?" Anna sat up.
"Yeah, they're over here," Yoh got up and Anna followed him. He walked over to a cabinet and opened it. There was a little box filled with medals.
"Asakura Yoh: First Place," Anna picked one up and read it, then she went through his medals, "They all say first place!"
"Nuh-uh," Yoh picked up a sliver medal, "I got second place in 9th grade."
"Oh, wow, one second place," she said sarcastically, "You'd think you'd get a scholarship…"
"…Y-yeah…"
"Yoh…don't tell me you got one but you turned it down…"
"Well, I did get one," Yoh looked a little sad, "In one of the meets my senior year, I was injured. It was about mid-season and someone heard about my reputation. They got too competitive and while I was working out, the pushed me and my leg was injured."
"So you didn't win one race, big deal," Anna looked at all his medals.
"Well, actually, the injury was so serious that I couldn't participate in the rest of the season."
"It was that bad?"
"Yeah, they pushed me onto something, I can't remember what though," Yoh scratched his head, "I had a broken leg, and running on it ever since has been weird."
"But you can still run, right?"
"Yeah, I'm a lot slower then I used to be, but I'll get there eventually."
"What made you want to run away?" Anan continued to examine his medals, "And why didn't you mention this earlier when we were 'catching up' before I was going to leave?"
"Well I guess it slipped my mind, sorry. But I run because it gives me time to think, time to myself, and I can sort things that are troubling me out."
"Y'know, if you get good like you were before," she said while putting on a medal, "You could go pro."
"Eh…I don't know. I really like running this inn. And I don't know if I could ever get that fast again. Since that accident, my legs have been weak. I can't run as long as I used to." He somewhat chuckled at Anna wearing his medal.
"You're always talking about the inn. Yoh, you have a chance to win more of these," she said taking the medal off, "Wouldn't you like that more then this inn?"
Yoh laughed a bit, "I like both…remember it wasn't about winning or losing with me. I just enjoy running and wanna surpass my limits."
"I can become your trainer if you want," Anna put her hands on her hips.
"As tempting as that sounds, I think I'll decline for now. I have my own training, and I think that works for now. I can't go too hard on my leg yet."
"Hmph," Anna crossed her arms, "When do you run?"
"Usually in the mornings," Yoh shrugged, "But sometimes I don't have time in the mornings, so whenever I have time."
"I see, so you run everyday?"
"I try," He smiled as Anna handed him the medal she was holding.
Anna gave a slight smile, "Well, I'm going to read in my new room."
"What?" Yoh asked, "You're not going to stay and watch T.V. with me?"
"Nope," Anna shook her head, "I saw what I wanted to see."
"But I watched your show with you!"
"Yeah," she said while walking up the stairs, "But did I ask you to? You watched it yourself. I didn't make you." And with that Anna walked up the stairs to her new room.
Yoh sighed as he watched her walked up the stairs. Then he turned and flopped onto the couch to watch T.V. Living with her wouldn't be so hard if she was just going to go up to her room and read whenever she got bored. Or maybe that's what was going to make living with her hard. If she got bored and just went up to her room, what kind of fun would they have?
The rest of the evening was uneventful as the only thing that really happened was dinner. Anna received some teasing from Hao, but they only backfired. He'd say things like "Be Good," or "y'know, Anna, if you get bored with Yoh, you can always move in with me." And she'd fire-back saying sarcastically, "Oh, you sure the other girlfriends you bring home wouldn't mind?" And then he'd shut up. Other then that, it was a quiet evening that soon turned into night-time.
"Anna?" Yoh knocked on her bedroom door, "I'm gunna get up a little early, so I'm going to bed now, okay?"
Anna slightly opened the door and responded, "Alright. Goodnight then."'
"G'night," Yoh smiled, "Remember, if you need anything, just ask."
"Okay," she said as gave a slight nod and closed the door.
Yoh made his way down the staircase and prepared the pull-out bed. Anna in the meanwhile decided that she'd get some sleep too. She didn't know what she could do and she was bored of reading, so going to bed was her best option. She quickly changed and got into bed. His bed was nice and fluffy and it smelled like him. She couldn't quite target what he smelt like, but it was definitely different. He had his own unique smell and she liked it, whatever it was.
As hours went by, the two of them were sleeping soundly until there was a knock at the door. Anna groggily got up and looked at the clock. 3:45, "If that's Yoh with some lame-ass excuse making me get up this early, I'm slap him so hard—" there was another knock.
Anna got up and opened her door roughly. There was no one at her door. The knock was coming from the main door, "It must be that Anderson lady." Anna mumbled as she reached the main door. She opened it to see a lady about her height (so about 5'4", 5'5" or so) with straight, nicely groomed blonde hair and blue eyes standing in front of Anna. Yes, it was Julie Anderson.
The woman was startled for a bit seeing someone other than Yoh answer the door. Maybe it wasn't a good idea for Anna to answer the door in her pajamas, considering her pajama was just an over-size T-shirt, "Um…uh…Did I come at a bad time?"
"Well it's 3:45 in the morning," Anna said bluntly while leaning against the door frame.
"Well, um…I'm Julie Anderson…I moved here not too long ago. I'm still not used to the time change," she could tell that Anna was bored, "Is Yoh here?"
"Yeah, hold on," Anna slide the door closed just a bit, "Excuse me."
She went down stairs and headed for the couch. Yoh was asleep on his side; his back was towards her. She sat down on the side of his bed, "Yoh?"
There was no response so she repeated, "Yoh?"
"Mmm…what?" He moaned as he sat up a little bit.
"That Anderson lady is here," she yawned, "She wants your help or something."
Yoh rubbed his eyes as he sat up fully. He yawned as he looked at Anna. Her hair was a little messy, and he noticed that she was only wearing on over-sized T-shirt…no nothing else (well, yes underwear, but that's beside the point), "You answered the door in that?"
"You expect me to get fully dressed just to answer the door when it will only take a second?"
"Well, no, but…uh…couldn't you at least put some pants on? Or where some other type of pajama to bed?"
"Well excuse me. This is my only pajamas," She put her hands on her hips, "I don't have enough money to buy any pajama pants! And you sleep in boxers and a T-shirt!"
"Yeah, but at least you can mistake mine for actual clothes!"
"I always used to sleep in an over-sized T-shirt; it never seemed to bother you before!"
"That's because we were little! It was cute back then, but now we're older and it's shorter!"
"It's not that short!"
"Yeah it is!"
Anna rolled her eyes, "You wanna sit here and argue and make that lady wait? Fine, I hope you know that I never lose an argu—"
"Ah! Julie!" Yoh jumped up and hurriedly slipped on some pants.
"That's what I thought," Anna crossed his arms as he hurried up the staircase, "Oh, Yoh? It's not that short."
Yoh laughed as he made his way up, "Fine whatever you say, Anna."
Yoh finally reached the top, walked down the hallway, and opened the door all the way, "Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Um, it's okay," she gave a slight blush, "Sorry to…interrupt."
"Interrupt?" Then Yoh thought back to how Anna answered the door, "Oh!! No, no, no, no, no! She's my roommate. Her room is up here now and she was the first to answer the door."
"Oh, I see," she said slowly.
"So, what did you need help with?"
After Yoh had helped Julie out, he returned downstairs only to find Anna sleeping on his bed. She was curled up and sleeping sideways on the bed with no blankets on her. She was probably too tired to return to her own room and just fell asleep there. Normally Yoh wouldn't mind it and he'd go back to his own room for tonight, but he had to get up early. If Anna had slept there, he'd probably wake her up while he was getting ready, especially since he moved most of his stuff into this room.
"Anna," he almost felt bad, but he had to wake her up. He also had to brace himself for a slap. He still remembered that Anna did not like to be disturbed while she was sleeping. When she did not wake up, he once again called out her name, "Anna, wake up. You need to go to your own bed."
She did nothing up breathe heavily. Her mouth was open ever so slightly and her chest was moving up and down as a result of steady breathing. It became apparent that she was not going to get up. Anna had never been good at waking up and she'd always get into some kind of deep sleep. It was like she became sensitive when she slept.
Yoh sighed; he knew what he had to do. He'd have to carry her up to her room, because she wouldn't do that herself. Usually, he'd pick her up piggyback-style, but in the position she was in, bridal-style was easier. He just hoped that she wouldn't wake up and freak-out.
He gently picked up her and smiled when he felt that she wasn't heavy. Not that he thought she would be, but it just brought back so many memories. As she headed toward the stairs he heard her mumble something.
"What?" Yoh's eyes widened, she couldn't be talking in her sleep, could she?
"No." she said, her eyes were closed.
"No…what?"
"No!" she started to struggle. She tired to wiggle her legs and move her arms, making it hard for Yoh to carry her, "Anna, stop!"
"No! You stop!!" Even though she was talking in her sleep, she was tough as ever, "Can't you hear me? I said NO!"
"But, Anna I need to—"
"No! I don't want to hear it! I said no!"
"'No' to what?"
"You know exactly what!! I won't let you do this to me!"
"Do what?" Yoh asked, "Anna, who do you think I am?"
"Quit playing stupid, Kyosuke!"
Yoh's eyes widened, "Kyosuke? Anna, trust me, I'm won't do anything to you, I'm Yoh, not Kyosuke!"
"That's what you said last time!" Anna continued to struggle, "You're a damned liar!"
"No, Anna, it's me Yoh!"
"Stop it! Just stop it!" She seemed frustrated, "Quit mocking me! I know damn well that you're not Yoh! You can't even begin to compare to him you filthy pig!" And then she slapped "Kyosuke," but it was actually Yoh she slapped.
My cheeked burned. I didn't deserve it, but I'm sure Kyosuke did. I couldn't help but feel that this nightmare she's having had actually happened once. It made me mad to even think that Kyosuke would do such a thing. And did he really pretend that he was me? Would he do that to Anna? Would he say that he was me just to mock Anna or to get her relaxed? When we were little Kyosuke, who was about 5 years (maybe 4 years) older would make fun of our closeness. So I'm guess that Kyosuke would say something along the lines of, "C'mon, Anna, it's me, Yoh, come play with me," because that's what he used to do when he teased us when we were little. It got me mad. I hated Kyosuke.
After the whole slapping incident, Anna calmed down a little and mumbled some harsh words while Yoh tried to make it up the stairs. When he made it, he slid the door open with his foot and made his way to the bed. Then he gently laid her down. Once he did though, Anna went crazy and started to kick and move her arms around, screaming: "No! No! No! Stop it! I won't let you!"
"Anna, Anna!" He tired to calm her down, any louder and the people on the floor above them might get the wrong idea. She tired to slap him again, but he gently grabbed a hold of her wrists.
"No! Stop!" She cried out again. Her breathing got heavy; any more excitement and she might wake up. Her chest heaved up and down heavily. It seemed like, like she was…scared.
"Anna," Yoh said in the calmest, gentlest voice he had, "It's me, Yoh. I'm here and I won't let Kyosuke get you."
"Yoh?" She calmed down, and her struggles began to stop.
"Yes, Yoh."
"No, you're lying," she sounded sad.
"No, I'm not," he gently let go of her wrists, "I won't lie to you. It's really me."
"But, Kyosuke—"
"I'm not Kyosuke, and I'm not going to hurt you," he said while grabbing the blanket to put over her.
"Then…you saved me?"
"Saved you?"
"From Haijime and Kyosuke…" her voice seemed softer and it seemed that her talking will soon stop.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that," he put the blanket over her and tucked her in. He leaned over her to make sure she was covered.
Then Anna did something that shocked Yoh. While he was leaning over her, she wrapped her arms tightly around Yoh's neck. She was hugging him.
"A-Anna?" He looked at her, she was still asleep.
"I…" she started and then pulled him down towards her. Yoh blushed as his face was right next to hers. She pulled him closer and then his head was just above her shoulder.
…Strawberries and Champagne…
She whispered to him, "I missed you."
"M-Me too," he stammered because of their closeness.
"Promise me," her breath tickled his ears, "That you will never hurt me. Not like they did."
"Never," Yoh smiled, "I would never hurt you like they did."
"Don't leave me," her voice started to drift and her embrace loosened, "Don't give up on me…"
Her embrace was broken and she didn't speak anymore. She just started to breathe like a normal person sleeping. Yoh lifted his head and smiled, "I wouldn't do that, Anna."
Yoh got up and walked towards the door her turned to her sleeping figure, "Good Night, Anna." He was only answered by her soft breathing. He smiled and walked out the door.
As Yoh made his way down the stairs, he thought back to when they were little. Of course this wasn't the first time Anna had talked in her sleep; he was actually a little bit used to it. And she only talked in her sleep when she had nightmares.
He contemplated on whether to tell her about her nightmare, but then he shook his head. Anna didn't like it when he told her about them. She hated when she heard about how sensitive she was and she hated being reminded of her nightmares. Also, Yoh thought as he made his way to his bed, if he told Anna how she hugged him, he might get a hand print on his face. He somewhat laughed at that thought as he crawled into bed and slowly, but surely, drifted off to sleep.
The next day, Yoh woke up early. It was about 5:30 and it was time for his daily run. He got ready as quietly as possible, but then realized that he felt his weights in his old room. He silently cursed at himself and headed up the stairs. It was absolutely necessary for him to run with weights on or else he might never get faster. He quietly opened up the room. Anna was tangled in the sheets and he tried not to look at her, for her position was a little revealing. He quickly retrieved the weights that were in the bottom drawer, and he quietly, but swiftly, left for his run.
Once Yoh closed the main door, Anna opened her eyes. She lifted her head and started at the door. She sat up and threw the blankets off of her. She ran a hand through her hair and got up to grab her beige jacket. She wanted to see Yoh run. She threw the jacket on and left the room; she didn't even care that she was barefoot.
She didn't bother buttoning up her jacket, she just closed it tightly. It was about up to her knees anyway. She made it to the lobby and looked out the window. She saw Yoh stretching a bit and then put his head phones on his ears and started to run; a smile was plastered on his face.
"He loves running," she whispered. Once Yoh was out of sight, she backed away from the window. She sighed as she put her hands on her hips. What was she going to do now? She seemed wide awake. She looked over at the front desk to see Horo-Horo leaning his head on the desk. He seemed to be sleeping.
"Hmph," she walked over to the desk and slammed her hand hard on it, causing a big "THUMP".
"WAH!" Horo-Horo's head shot up, "Geez, Anna! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Aren't you supposed to be working?" she lifted a brow.
"I am working!"
"No. You were sleeping."
"But there're no customers and it's really boring."
"Well what if I was a customer? If I saw you sleeping I'd get a bad impression on this place." Anna gave a little glare. Yoh passed right through here, and he didn't even wake Horo-Horo up! Yoh was too much of a softie.
"Ugh," Horo-Horo moaned, "You're right, I have to work hard. This place means a lot to Yoh."
"He works the most, right?"
"Yup."
"Speaking of which, do you have the working schedules?"
"Yeah, but I don't think—" he stopped when he saw Anna's glare.
"Show them to me," she demanded and poor Horo-Horo could do nothing but hand them over. She read them over carefully. She must've had something up her sleeve.
Horo-Horo had a bored expression on his face while she read them over. He looked down, "Oi, Anna, why are you barefoot?"
"I just got up," she threw the schedules back at Horo-Horo as she left, "And I just might go back to bed. Oh, and don't tell Yoh I was here, got it?"
"Y-yes ma'am!" Horo-Horo pretended to salute.
Anna headed back to her "home". She contemplated on what she should do today. She could go hang out with Tamao and Pirika, but she felt tired and decided that lounging around was a better idea.
Anna took off her beige jacket and threw it in her room. She continued to walk down stairs. She reached the couch and sat on it with her legs folded underneath her and her head leaning on her fist which was propped up on the armrest on the couch. She ruffled her hair and thought about the strange dream she had last night. Well, it wasn't a dream it was a nightmare. She wondered if she had talked in her sleep, and if she did, did Yoh hear her? She sighed because her nightmare was roughly based on true events. Kyosuke would in fact sneak into her room at night, and if she struggled, he'd carry her off.
Anna closed her eyes, "But that's over with now." She gave a slight smile when she thought back to when, in her dream, she was rescued by Yoh.
She couldn't remember all of her dream, but out of what she remembered it started off with Kyosuke coming for her. She refused to go with him so he picked her up and carried her off. She struggled and struggled but he wouldn't listen. He started to mock her saying that he was her precious Yoh. He said something along the lines of, "C'mon it's me, Yoh. I won't do anything to you." She struggled her hardest, she even slapped him, but he paid no mind and continued to carry her off. He put her on his bed and she continued to struggle. She had no idea how it happened, but the figure was no longer Kyosuke. Yoh was there holding onto her gently, protecting her. She questioned him, and he was indeed Yoh. He saved her from Kyosuke.
She gave a slight blush as she ruffled her hair again. In her dream she had also "hugged" Yoh and whispered things to him. It wasn't like she didn't enjoy the hug or didn't want to tell him that she missed him. It was just a dream and besides, it was just…embarrassing. She hated to feel embarrassed.
Then she looked at the couch, "I could've sworn I fell asleep here…but I woke up on my bed." Then her eyes widened. There were only two ways that she could've made to her own bed: 1. she either slept walked back or 2. Yoh carried her. Her eyes widened; if it was the latter of the two, then she must've thought that Yoh was Kyosuke!
Anna felt her face flush. She hoped that that was not the case. She wanted to know, yet she didn't. If she asked him and his answer was negative, then she'd be relieved. But if she asked him and his answer was positive, then she didn't know how she'd face him. She'd probably blame it on him, and tell him not to disturb her sleep.
Anna ruffled her hair one last time, "I'm not asking." She then turned her attention to the T.V., "And if he's smart, he won't bring it up."
A couple of hours later, Yoh came home, "Tadaima!" He said while coming down the stairs.
Anna was now lying on the couch, "Finally."
"What, you missed me?" Yoh smiled.
"I woke up and you were gone," Anna sat up slightly, noticing that he was a bit sweaty, "What? You can't even tell your roommate that you're leaving?"
Once again she didn't really answer, but Yoh walked to the kitchen to grab water and replied, "Sorry about that, but you were asleep."
"Do you work today? Or were you working right now?" She pretending she didn't know.
"No I wasn't working right now," he headed over to the couch, "But I do work today and I'd like to take a bath before that. Are you going to get dressed today?"
"I declared today as my lazy day," she said as she knew what he was thinking, "Quit staring, it's not that short!"
"It's a T-shirt! Of course it's short!" He exclaimed as he leaned his head on top of the couch from the back.
"Just think of it as that black dress I used to wear."
"Anna," Yoh pouted at her, "It's a T-shirt, its waaaay shorter than a dress that you wear."
"It is not," she crossed her arms at looked up at him, "Besides, if it bothers you so much, then why don't you do something about it and buy me pajama pants?"
Either way this went, Anna had won. If he declined, then she'd just exclaim that it wasn't that big of a deal then. And if Yoh agreed, then she'd win a new pair of pants, "Maybe I will." He laughed. Then, now that they were in the light, he caught a glimpse of her legs. They were a little scarred up, "Anna, those scars…"
She pulled her T-shirt down and tried her best to cover her legs up, but then she let go, "I don't care anymore. They'll go away eventually."
Yoh hesitated as he didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth and expected something to come out automatically, but when nothing did, Anna spoke up, "Shouldn't you be taking a bath? Time's a'wastin'."
"Y-yeah," Yoh gathered up a few things and then headed up the stairs, "Ja ne!"
Once Yoh left, Anna looked at her legs and traced a few scars, "They'll go away…eventually." She sighed, maybe she should get dressed.
Yoh took his bath and when he returned he found Anna lying on the couch, asleep. He smiled; she was dressed. He had to hold in his laughter as he looked at what she was wearing. She was wearing a black dress that was practically identical to the one she used to wear when she was little. The dress wasn't longer then the T-shirt by much.
He quietly continued to get ready for work and then left without her waking up. Soon afterwards, though, Anna had woken up to find that Yoh was gone and that she was just in time for her soap opera. She gave a smirk, "Yoh's gunna miss it."
Yoh sat at his front desk working on the schedule for next month and tired to add Anna in it. Something itched on the back of his mind and he looked up to see the time. He laughed to himself, "Anna's show's on."
He looked back down and continued to work on the schedules and stock orders when suddenly a thought popped into his mind: "Is Nakata dead?" Yoh shook his head, he didn't care……right?
Soon my mind started to think of what would happen if Nakata was dead. I tired hard not to think about it and try to concentrate on my work. But then I started to think what would happen if Nakata was alive. And the more I tried to concentrate, the more questions popped into my mind. And it started to nag at the back of my mind. If Anna could see me struggle, then she'd have that evil smirk of hers graced upon her lips. I was starting to think that Anna had cursed me. If she would've said nothing about the about the show, I would've had no problem not thinking about it. But because she said that it would nag me, it was. I know it was only mental, but the more I tired to forget, the more I started to wonder. I hated it. Anna was always right.
When Yoh was done with work, it was about dinner time. It took him longer than he thought because that stupid program kept distracting him. Usually he wouldn't care if Anna knew he wanted to know what happened in the show, but since he made such a big deal about not caring, he didn't want to give Anna that pleasure of making fun of him.
"Tadaima," he said rather unenthusiastically while unbuttoning his shirt like he usually does.
"You worked late," she said, still sitting on the couch, but this time reading a book.
"I had to work out a schedule," he made his way to the couch.
"Did you add me in it?"
"Yup," he smiled.
"Good," she said without turning her attention from her book.
Yoh leaned on the back of the couch and looked down at Anna, "What do you say we get something to eat?"
Anna looked up, "Sure."
They left to the inn's community kitchen. It was Tamao's turn to cook dinner and everyone was excited because she was by far the best cook. They got their food and sat down at a table. Yoh hated to admit it, but Anna's soap opera was still haunting him in the back of his mind. He secretly hoped that Anna would bring it up, but deep down he knew she wouldn't.
She just sat there eating while Yoh fidgeted with his food. Maybe if he asked her about the show and then she asks why, he'd just say that he was trying to start up a conversation, "So…did you watch your soap opera today?"
Anna lifted a brow and gave a slight smirk, "Yes I did."
Then there was silence. She said that and only that. Nothing more. Yoh sighed; he knew it wouldn't work. He opened his mouth and said, almost forcibly and regrettably, "What happened to Nakata?"
"I thought you didn't care," Anna gave an evil smiled.
Yoh knew she'd play this game, "I didn't, but since you 'cursed' me, I thought about all during work." Yoh should've just waved a white flag.
Anna still had her evil smile on her face, "Well, that was my plan."
"You're evil, Anna," Yoh gave a playful glare.
"Not evil; just smart," she pointed her chopsticks at him, "There's a difference."
"But there's a thin line between the two," he almost sighed, "So is he alive or not?"
"He's in a coma," she turned her attention back to her food, "They're not sure if he'll wake up or not."
"Ugh," Yoh sighed, "Now they're gunna make us watch it until we know if Nakata wakes up or not!"
"They'll already have a new plot by then," Anna answered, "Face it, Yoh, you're stuck with it."
"Bah!" Yoh cried in frustration, "You truly are the evil, smart-type, I always thought you were."
Anna gave a pleasurable smirk, "See, I haven't changed at all."
"That's for sure," Yoh gave a slight smile.
There was a slight pause of silence until Anna asked, "So what did that 'Miss Anderson' lady want?"
"Oh? Julie?"
"Yeah, whatever, her, what did 'Julie' need help at that had to be done at 3:45 in the morning?"
"Taking a bath."
"What?" Anna dropped her chopsticks onto her plate making a 'clinking' sound.
Yoh then realized what he said came out totally wrong, "No, wait, that's not what I meant!"
"What did you mean?"
"Well, see, she was having trouble adjusting to the time change, so she wanted to take a bath to help relax her," Yoh explained, "But she didn't know that after a certain time, the water heater is turned off to conserve it. So I warmed up the water the old fashioned way."
"I see," Anna said a little skeptically, "That was very kind of you."
"Well, she didn't know how to do it, so I helped her out," Yoh said, unsure of what Anna was thinking.
"Such a gentleman…" she said slowly.
"I was. I didn't peek or anything."
"Sure I believe you," but something in her voice sounded like she didn't, "I mean a pretty young American woman just asked a young man to give her a bath—"
"Hey," Yoh interrupted, "All I did was warm up the bath, nothing else!"
"Hm…"
Yoh sighed; why wouldn't Anna believe him? She should know he wasn't the type to do that. He respected girls in every way.
They finished their dinner quietly and then returned to their "home". They watched T.V. for a bit, but Yoh was interrupted a couple of times to help others. He helped the other workers that were having trouble or helping other inners who had trouble all together. Ultimately though, Yoh ended up working pretty late.
"Do you ever stop?" Anna asked as Yoh walked into the room, "You look exhausted."
"Don't worry, I'm done," Yoh said as he sat on the couch, "Sorry, Anna, but I work the early shift so I gotta go to bed."
Anna rolled her eyes, "You work too much."
"I just want to keep this inn going."
"So get someone else other then you to work. That's what you have workers for! Quit being so nice all the time! It's annoying!"
Yoh gave a sheepish laugh, "Sorry?"
Anna once again rolled her eyes. He never had any time for himself and he was always busy. He needed a break, but Yoh wouldn't take that offer, "Fine. Good Night, Yoh."
"Good Night, Anna," he said as she made her way to the stairs and he prepared to make his bed. He lay in his bed and sighed. He couldn't wait to fall asleep. He had a long day and he had to get up early tomorrow. Boy, did sleep sound good.
It seemed like just as Yoh got his eyes closed, he had to open them. But he didn't want to, he resisted. Anna was at his bedside trying to wake him up. She remembered from when they were little that when he was really tried he'd resist and wouldn't want to wake up. But she was determined o wake him up , "Yoh? Yoh. Wake up."
Nothing.
"Yoh, wake up!" she said more forcefully and shaking him a bit.
"Mmm…no," he said turning away from her, "I'm tired."
"I want to take a bath."
"Uh…then do it," he was drifting in and out between sleep and awake.
"I can't, the water heater's not on."
"Look," he said while propping himself up on his elbows and turning towards her, "If it's about Julie…"
"You'd do it for her," she said almost immediately.
"She's a foreigner, remember? She doesn't know how it do it."
"I don't either," she crossed her arms.
"Anna," Yoh got up, "It's 4 in the morning…who takes a shower a 4 in the morning?!"
"Apparently that Julia-lady does."
"Her name's Julie, and as I've said before, it's because she's a foreigner!"
"Hm…I see," Anna narrowed her eyes, "If you don't want to do it then fine, I'll just get Hao to—"
"Wait!" Yoh sat up fully, "Fine I'll do it!"
Yoh got up knowing that Hao could not handle this situation properly especially if Anna was the one taking a bath. If he wanted this done respectively, he'll have to do it himself. He didn't have to bother to put pants on over his boxers. He didn't feel embarrassed in front of Anna, and apparently she didn't either.
They headed up the stairs and Yoh was trying to get the sleep out of his eyes, "Why, Anna? Why now of all times?"
"Well, I didn't want to use the public one, I don't need my scars to be the topic of gossip, and the private one's always got a line. I didn't feel like waiting this time."
"But you know I have to wake up early," Yoh was somewhat grumpy, "Really, who takes a shower at 4 in the morning?"
"I take a shower whenever I want," Anna walked ahead with her stuff in her hand, "Quit complaining, besides you're already up and half-way there."
They walked quietly after that to the baths until Yoh caught sight of Anna's stuff, "You still use Strawberries and Champagne, huh?"
"Yes, it's my favorite," she took out a bottle of pink body wash, "It's evolved too. It's not just a lotion, but a body wash. I'll let you borrow it sometime."
"Ha ha, very funny," Yoh half-laughed while getting the wood for the fire.
"What, you don't want to smell like a girl anymore?" Anna said playfully.
"No, I prefer that scent on you much more."
Anna didn't know what to say to that. She wasn't expecting him to say such a thing, and she didn't know how to take it either. So instead she just said, "Well, I'm getting in now. No peeking."
Yoh rolled his eyes as he started the fire to warm up the water, "As if. I don't do that."
Anna got in and closed the door. Yoh heard a little splash and asked, "Is it hot yet?"
"Yeah," he heard through the door.
"You want it hotter?"
"Just a little."
Yoh sighed, "Just a little" was hard to do, but apparently he was right because she didn't say anything after that. Yoh sat with his back against the wooden sliding doors. He sighed, he was so tired. He wanted to sleep but every now and then he'd heard a "splash" and it would wake him up. Once again he sighed, by the time Anna was done, he'd probably only have a half-hour's sleep left.
Then while sitting there, he heard a lovely noise. He smiled, Anna was humming. It was very soothing; he closed his eyes and smiled. He loved every moment of Anna's humming. Anna always hid her beautiful voice and she probably thought that he couldn't hear her. But he could and he was happy. She used to hum when she was in a good mood when they were little and it always made Yoh happy.
I always loved her voice. It was always so relaxing to listen to when she let her voice be gentle. She always used to hum when her mother was alive and sometimes if I was lucky I would hear her sing. That's when we decided that we were going to make a band, she was going to be the singer, I was going to play guitar and Hao as to play bass guitar. As for a drummer, was still had yet to determine. But that dream shattered a long time ago, but that was okay, as long as Anna still hummed. That was good enough for me.
Anna's humming seemed to lull Yoh into a peaceful and gentle sleep. Too bad for him he was leaning on the door. He didn't realize that Anna was done. She finished tying her robe up when she opened the door. He fell back on her, and the poor boy didn't wake up!
"Yoh!" Anna yelled. His head was on her stomach, "Get up right now!" She was about to slap him, but she saw his peaceful face and she couldn't, she didn't know why, she just couldn't. She stared at him for a while. She studied his face; it was different from what she remembered. Well, of course it would be. He grew up since then. His face was the same yet different. His face had matured and he was no longer "cute", but handsome. More so then she'd like to admit. But his hair was still the same, just a bit longer and he still had the expression on his face when he slept. Anna smiled. The last time she studied his sleeping face was when she run away to his house:
She tapped on the window and Yoh sleepily let her in. They didn't even have to speak to each other; they were used to it for now. Yoh yawned as he headed into the bed; he lifted the covers for Anna to slip in. He was too tired while he whispered, "Good Night, Anna." Anna was wide awake; too afraid to fall asleep. But for some reason, Yoh's sleeping face relaxed Anna. He was facing her and she was facing him. She had nothing to do but stare at him while he slept. She laughed at her own thoughts…for some reason, staring at his face made her want to pinch his cheeks.
Anna smiled once again; she couldn't see herself pinching his cheeks now. Well, actually that's just what she might do if he didn't get up soon. Her stomach was not a pillow and she didn't want to say here for much longer. Her wet hair started to drip on him and he started to flinch. She smirked as she took her hair to one side and wrung it out over his face.
"Puh! What the…!" Yoh started to cough as he woke up. He leaned forward as he wiped his face on his shirt. He leaned back and realized that his head hit something soft, not hard like wood. He looked up and saw Anna's glaring eyes, "What—Ouch!" She pinched his cheeks.
"How dare you use my stomach as a pillow!" She let go of his cheek, "Why were next to the door? Did you sneak a peek?"
"Of course not!"
"Get off!!" He didn't even realize that he was still on her stomach. He quickly got off and turned to face her with his hand on his red cheek, "You realize you're giving me reason to believe you peeked?"
"I…I swear I didn't! I was leaning against the door! I fell asleep," he didn't want to say this, but he had to, "I heard your humming and it relaxed me enough to fall asleep!"
"I…I wasn't humming!" It was an obvious lie, "You must be hearing things. C'mon, let's go."
"O-okay," Yoh slowly got up and followed her out, "Why'd you have to pinch me so hard?"
"You wouldn't wake up," she said, "How else was I going to get you off?"
"Uh…I'm sorry," Yoh sheepishly apologized, "I don't know how I did it, but I'm sorry I fell asleep on your stomach."
"Just don't do it again," she said walking forward.
"Anna?"
"Hm?"
"Can you promise me something?"
"What?"
"Can you keep on humming?"
"Why would I make a stupid promise like that?" She turned towards him.
"Well I mean you don't have to hum all the time, I just mean, everyone once and while, when you feel like it, hum. I don't care if you hum around the house. Don't be embarrassed, I like it when you hum. You have a beautiful voice."
"Are you tone deaf?"
"I'm not kidding! Remember you were going to be our lead singer in our band!"
Anna rolled her eyes, "We were stupid little kids to ever say that."
"No, we were just normal."
"Yeah," Anna coldly laughed and said sarcastically, "Every 10 year old gets the crap beat out of them. I guess it's the "coming of age"."
"Anna," Yoh frowned, "That's not what I meant. I mean it's normal for kids to dream about their future. Please Anna, don't stop humming."
Anna didn't respond quickly, but slowly and surely, almost reluctantly, she whispered, "Fine."
Yoh smiled as they reached the B-level. Yoh was smiling until he got in and saw the clock, "Ugh! I have to get up in a half-hour! What's the point of even going to sleep? But I'm so tired!"
"Yoh," Anna said walking down the stairs with Yoh, "You work too much."
"But I wanna keep this inn going,"
"That doesn't mean you work until you can't any more," she said as she now on at the end of the stairs, "You don't have to work when you're not getting paid."
"It's called kindness," he walked over to her, "Helping others shouldn't be a burden."
"But it is sometimes," Anna crossed her arms as she watched him walk over to his bed, "Helping yourself comes first."
"I disagree, Anna," Yoh said with a smile as he looked toward her.
"You do, do you?" Anna lifted a brow, as she walked towards him.
Yoh gulped, disagreeing with Anna is dangerous and it's something he should know not to do. Anna picked up Yoh's pillow, "Then allow me to help you." Then she pushed him so that he would fall on the bed.
"Ow," Yoh landed and then Anna threw the pillow at him.
Anna gave a hard glare and leaned close to him, "Now you better not get up until you've had a full night's rest. Got it?"
"B-but Anna my shift!"
"There are your favorite words again!" Anna threw a blanket at him this time, "I'll find someone else to do it! Now get to sleep!"
"Y-yes, ma'am!" Yoh was now scared and quickly laid down.
"Now if I see you up and about before you're rested, I swear you're going to regret it."
"A-alright…"
Anna turned around and made her way to the staircase.
"Oh, Anna?"
"What?"
"Thank you."
Anna smiled as she walked up the stairs, "Idiot. You need this break."
She disappeared to the upper level of the basement floor and Yoh smiled. He could faintly hear Anna's soft humming. He'd have no problem going to sleep now.
I closed my eyes trying to fall asleep fast so Anna wouldn't kick my ass. I smiled; it wouldn't be that hard if I just kept her humming voice in my head. I understood. She woke me up at 4 so I would be late. She didn't want me to work. She wanted me to get a break and I'm truly grateful. If I was someone else rooming with Anna, I'd probably think that she was crazy, but no, I knew how her mind worked. I'd have to say that she was perfectly in the right mind.
Um, okay. This was as long as the prologue. I'm sorry, but then again, you guys said you preferred longer chapters, so I hope this was okay. And I'm very sorry if there was grammar mistakes…I was tired when I was proof-reading from the babysitting. So please, excuse me.
Oh, and thanks so much, Smart Angel, for giving me an idea! I think I will do it. It might take me a while, but please look out for it. It would most likely be a oneshot. Hmm, I gotta make sure I make it good…I think I might write it from before she meets Yoh at the inn, and she's thinking back on her life, and then maybe a little of chapter 1 in there. Does that sound good?
So please, review. I take all your comments into consideration. And encouraging me does really work. : ) Otherwise, a 30 page chapter would not be written in like 2 weeks!
PREDICTION FOR THE NEXT UPDATE: Okay, I dunno if I'm babysitting again. But the next chapter shouldn't be as long. So to be safe, I'd say a week and a half…or maybe just a week, we'll see. But definitely no longer than 2 weeks!
Thanks so much for reading!! Until next time: Ja ne!!