Well this is my first fanfic about Kaleido star and I hope you guys will like it, and I don't own Kaleido star..,
By the way..,
I'll be replacing Denise with Dennis from now on..,
But he's still the same character from the last chapter
*Dennis POV*
"Hey, Layla, what was that something that you remembered back when we were in high school?" I asked.
"Oh, that I just remembered that…" She trailed of and then looked at the garden for a while, she looks like she was reminiscing something so I just had to ask again.
"Remembered that?" I asked again
"Well, do you remember the reason why there are some guys before that'll talk to me for a while then after that day they'll act as if they've never even talked to me the day before?" she asked.
I just cleared my throat for a while then drank some water. I practically remembered the reason why those guys have never talked to her again.
"So do you remember the reason why?" she asked again.,
"Well, uhmm, I, hahaha…."I nervously chuckled a little then sighed when I saw her smiling at me "you really want me to say it don't you?" I asked smiling nervously
"So do you have an idea to what was happened before?" she asked again.
"*sigh* fine I'll say it, * I sighed again* I'm the reason why those guys stopped talking to you" I said looking down then I heard her chuckling a little so I looked at her then asked " what's funny?" she looked at me.
"Just as I thought it was really you." She said looking at me.
"You knew?" I asked
"Well, you can say that I'm aware" she said
"H-how did you know? I mean what do you know?" I asked
"Well that's because I saw those guys talking to a guy who has brown hair and hazel colored eyes and he was wearing a black necklace with a silver cross as its pendant who said *stay away from Layla or you'll never see the next sunrise*in a very very intimidating manner" she said smiling at me
All I could do was to clear my throat and look away from her. I can feel the fact that I'm blushing like mad right now and that if I look at her directly in her eyes I'll…, I'll melt from embarrassment. I'm really embarrassed right now since I didn't have an idea that she was aware of the reason to why some of those boys before somehow avoids her after talking to her, but then I remembered something so I just had to ask.
"Hey, is that the reason to why you avoided some of the guys as well?" I asked
"Hmmm? Well, I didn't want my boyfriend to get in to trouble because of me so, I avoided them instead. There's no problem with that right?" she said
"Well, then can you answer this question next then" I said smiling at her
"Okay, go on" she said
"Can you tell me the reason why girls started avoiding me the day after they've talked to me? Sounds familiar?" I said chuckling a little. I saw her blush a little so I chuckled a little more.
"You knew?" she said a little surprised
"Well, let's just say some girls talked to me in the morning and then by lunch time or when class is over I'll see them heading over the rooftop, I didn't care 'bout that before but every time a girl talks to me then goes to the rooftop she'll eventually avoid or ignores me after that so I secretly followed one of them then I checked out what was happening in that place. There I saw a pretty girl with long blonde hair and deep blue eyes talking to those girls who were talking to me that morning who said *stop those flirtatious acts towards MY boyfriend. Can't you even tell that he's annoyed by it? So if I were you I'd stay away from him* she was saying that in a very serious tone" I said smiling at her
I saw her looked down and blushed a little. I was just chuckling a little then I said "it was my favorite reason why I avoided those flirty girls" I said still chuckling a little.
"So you WERE avoiding them, I should've known that you were aware about me and those girls" she said
"Well, let's just say that I don't want my girlfriend to be caught up into something bad" I said smiling at her then I looked at her "hmmm, I think we should do this again" I said smiling at her
"Do what? Embarrass each other again?" she said smiling a little
"Not really, this, I mean you, me, dinner, together. Sounds good right? " I said smiling at her
"When?" she asked
"Tomorrow night?" I asked
"Sure, why not?" she said.
*ring ring, ring ring*
"Oh, sorry it's my phone, gimme a sec" I said looking at her. I flipped my phone open to check who was calling and as I thought work's written all over her name "Hey, Mitch what's up?..., huh tomorrow night? I can't, I've got plans tomorrow night…., what? Meeting with a partner?..,, can't we reschedule? No?...,, ohh.., I see, I see, I'll be there tomorrow.., yea., thanks for the call" I flipped the phone to close it then I looked at Layla "I guess we'll have to postpone how 'bout the day after tomorrow? Sunday night?" I said smiling.
"Sunday night it is then." She said while sipping some cider.
"Awrighty then, I'll cook up some good food on Sunday again then" I said smiling at her.,
"I'll be looking forward to that then and by the way thanks for making this much effort tonight, the food was delicious and I had fun" she said smiling a little while looking at me.
"No prob, I'd be happy to cook for you again on Sunday" I said smiling at her
"I appreciate it and Dennis?" she said looking at me
"Yea? Is something wrong?" I asked
"Nothing, I just wanted to well, thank you for everything, I mean you're well aware that I don't want to rely on anyone but even knowing that you've never left me alone, you're always there to give me an extra push if ever I needed one, and even with all the help you've given me you've never expected anything in return. I think that's your attitude that I like the most" she said as she blushed a little then she looked at me to smile.
"Huh?"I said surprised at what she just said
"Did I say something wrong?" she said slightly concerned about what she just said
"Yea, I mean no! Nothing's wrong about what you said. It's just, are you okay? Are you sick or something? This isn't the usual you, you know, it's not that I'm not happy about what you've said it's just that I'm not used to you being like this, I mean look, the Layla I know would never confess like this. She'd rather keep everything to herself than to confess something like this. She won't even tell me what she feels, so I don't know how to react right now" I said a little flustered and surprised at the same time
"Wait, confess? Who said anything about confessing? I just told you what I was thinking, just like how we usually talk right?" she said calmly.
"The way… we usually… talk?... Right! Of course! What was I thinking! S-sorry! I was just a little carried away.., hahaha…."I nervously chuckled a little while trying to hide the blush that was creeping on my cheeks. "well, anyways putting that thought aside, what do you plan on doing after this? I mean dinner's done, do you have plans after this or something?" I asked
"Well nothing really, I was thinking about getting to bed early so we can start practice early tomorrow and end early since you have a meeting tomorrow evening, correct?" she asked
"I guess that's the least we can do right now, and as for me, I'll just head to the practice room later for some post meal stretching, anyways shall we? I mean I'll walk you to your room before I head to the practice room" I said smiling at her
"Okay then, thank you" she said
We walked through the halls of her home until we reached her room
"Well, so this is it, I'll see you tomorrow" I said smiling at her again
"Your smile really lightens up the mood sometimes, anyways thanks for that very nice dinner tonight and goodnight I'll see you tomorrow" she said as she enters her room.
"Yea, see you tomorrow" I said to her as I watch her enter her room.
*sigh*"And now that that's done, I should head over to the practice room to practice some of our stunts for the circus festival" I thought.
*30 minutes has passed while I was training in the practice room*
"*sigh* I guess that will do for now, I've been practicing here for a while now" I said as I swing myself on to the podium and climbed down the ladder next to it and walked to the bench to take my towel and wipe my sweat away.
"That was some nice post meal exercise" I said smiling to myself then I thought "it would've been a lot more better if Layla was here practicing with me" I sighed then I walked back to my room to take another shower but when I was already in front of my door I couldn't stop myself in checking out Layla's door hoping she'd walked out of her room just to check up on me. I unconsciously started walking towards her room then I stopped just outside of her door staring at it. "Damn, what am I doing here? It's not like she'll open her door saying "I've been waiting for you, I've missed you so much I have no idea how I'll react when you're around" *sigh* that is not Layla, *sigh* I just wish she can somehow tell me what she feels towards me, we've been dating for some time now but she have never told me how she feels not even once *sigh* well I'm perfectly aware that she is not the type of person who'll openly state that she likes or loves someone, gah! No more! I'm just thinking too much! I'm just tired and I'm getting all delusional about things that can never happen! Grrr.., *sigh* I'll just head back to my room, take a shower, and sleep. I'm just tired that's all" I sighed again then walked back to my room.
"hmmm, was that Dennis?" Layla said from a corner near her room watching Dennis head back to his room.
*the next day after eating breakfast*
"So! Shall we get going? You did said last night that we will start early today" I said smiling at her
"alright then, but did you pack your bag already?" she asked
"Yep, done, I fixed my things earlier this morning" I said still smiling at her.
"I see, well then, I'll just fetch my bag in my room then lets head out" she said
"alright then, I'll wait for you in my car then" I said as I started heading out.
*after 5 minutes*
"sorry for the wait" she said as I watched her walking towards my car
"no prob. Just get in and let's head out" I said as I start the engine of my car.
*after 30 minutes we arrived at the stage then we prepared for our practice that morning then we went to the practice room*
"let start where we left off yesterday then, we're almost finished with this stunt so let's try to finish it or better yet perfect it today" Layla said to me as she walked towards the ladder by the podium.
"alright then, let's try perfecting this today then" I said cheerfully as I climbed up the ladder.
I swung at the swing then positioned myself upside down hanging my legs at the trapeze bar as I await Layla's golden phoenix.
"ready?" she asked.
"yep, no problem here" I answered.
"you better catch me then" she said smiling a little
"no need to remind me. I'll always catch you no matter what happens and I'll never let you fall" I said as I watch her grab the trapeze and swung from it.
"Then let me fly towards you, knowing you'll always catch me!" she said as she started to turn the trapeze and she elegantly flew from her trapeze bar towards me completing the golden phoenix stunt.
"Perfect! We were really in sync there!" I said as I pulled myself and Layla to sit on the trapeze bar that I was hanging on.
"Yea, we did that perfectly, now I want you to just stand here and wait for me, let me catch this bar on my own then you'll just help me stand on it" she said as she looked seriously at me.
"what? We're gonna alter the stunt now? We only have one week to perfect this" I said looking at her
"I know, but you catching me will lower the difficulty of this stunt, but if you let me catch the bar on my own, then that will make the difficulty higher, and we will have a higher chance of winning this festival" she said
"but you do know what might happen right? There are no nets in that competition and elevation is just too high! If ever something happened and you didn't catch the bar on time, you do know that, that will end your career in this stage right?" I told her that in a very serious tone as I looked at her in the eye
"and if ever those things does happen you'll always be there to catch me right? And you have my complete faith and trust, that's why I know you'll do what should be done if something does happen" she said still looking at me straight in the eye. "So what do you think?" she asked
"I'm still undecided about this" I said to her as I looked away
"Look! Dennis! I we lose here then we don't have a place to go back to! But if we win we will be the best star in this stage! Don't you want have that title as well?" she asked me as she held my face to look at her.
"I know! but still I don't want to take any risks on stunts that might hurt you or endanger your career here!" I said to her with furrowed brows.
"I know you're only concerned about what might happen, but still Dennis! This is the only thing we can add on this stunt! If we don't add this who knows what might happen right? And don't you trust me on this? Do you think that I won't be able do this?" she asked
"It's not that I don't trust you or the fact that you might not be able to do this, I know that you can do this and I trust your skills, it's just that..," I trailed off as I looked away from her.
"Dennis, if you trust my skills and you're aware that I can do this, then what's holding you back? And I really want to add this in this stunt" she said as she jumped off the bar and landed on the net beneath us then she started walking towards the ladder of the podium.
"*sigh* fine fine! Let's do this, but if something bad does happen while we're practicing here, then we're doing this stunt MY way, okay?" I said firmly as I can as I watched her positioning herself on the podium.
"and did you ever thought about the fact that I might fail in this stunt?" she asked
"sorry, but I have never thought about that, especially the part where your name, difficult stunts and failing were in one sentence together" I said to her as I positioned myself on the trapeze. I was standing on the trapeze this time compared to how I was positioned earlier.
"Then how about this, I will NEVER fail in perfecting a difficult stunt! My name, difficult stunt and failing were in one sentence right?" she said teasingly
"*Sigh* fine, why do you always win in this kind of arguments?" I said as I watch her spin the trapeze then she made her move to do the golden phoenix. She let her bar go and flew to the trapeze where I was standing and she had no troubles in catching it. "You practiced this already didn't you?" I asked.
"you noticed?" she asked as I pulled her up the trapeze so she's standing right beside me.
"Yeah, a little, you looked like you knew what you were doing so I'm guessing you've practiced this already" I said looking at her." So did you? And is that one of the reasons why you want to alter our stunt?"
"well, somewhat, I already practiced this at home, and I just need a little more practice then I'll be able to perfect it already" she said plainly but excitement can be felt through her words
"alright then, let's just practice until we both perfect our parts on this stunt, I still have a meeting to attend to later so…"i trailed off a little as I looked at the clock above the door of the practice room
"so we'll have to stop earlier so you can prepare for that meeting? Dinner meeting correct?" she finished what I was saying as she looked at me.
"yea, it's a dinner meeting *sigh* I really don't want to go there but, *Sigh* I don't have a choice" I said looking down
"Do I need to answer that?" she said jumping off the trapeze bar.
"no need I'm already aware of your answer, if ever that was a question. Anyways let's practice already so we can stop early" I said smiling at her
*time passed as we both tried to perfect our stunts it was 5:30 already*
"Dennis! Layla! I need to talk to you both right now" a man said beside the door
"Kalos! What's up?" I asked as I pulled Layla up the trapeze.
"I just wanted to tell you both that you two will be staring on the next production of this stage. I want you to play Romeo and Juliet with the Golden phoenix as its highlight, so you two can't lose on the festival got it?" he said as he looked at Layla and me.
"Don't worry Kalos, we will bring home the trophy" Layla said confidently
"Too confident aren't we? I like that, anyways I'll leave you two now so you guys can continue practicing" he said as he walked out of the practice room
"Well, as for us, it's 5:30 already so let's pack up?" I asked Layla as I watch her shift from holding the rope of the trapeze to reaching out for my hand and held it. " Is something wrong?" I asked
"Nothing I just wanted to hold your hand, is that wrong?" she asked
"No, not really, you just don't usually do this kind of stuff, anyways let's pack up, we still have a couple of things to do" I said to her as I swung the swing til we reach the podium. Layla climbed down the ladder first then I followed her down.
"Hey, Layla, you still have to change right?" I asked
"Yea, I still have to get changed, anyways are you staying at my place tonight?" she asked as she arranged her things in her bag
"I can't, I have to go home tonight since father wanted to check out my clients proposal" I said as I wore a shirt over my head.
"Oh, I see so you'll just drop me off at my place later then you'll head off to your place, correct?" she asked again as we both started to walk out of the room
"yea, I was planning on dropping you off then I'll head out so I can still spare a couple of minutes to catch a breather before going to that meeting" I said as we turn at a corner then I stopped outside as she went inside the girls washroom "then that means I'll wait for you here" I said smiling at her
"thanks, I'll be out in a minute" she said
*a couple of minutes passed then she went out of the washroom wearing her casual clothes*
"hey!" I said smiling at her
"thanks for waiting" she said smiling a little at me
"no prob, so shall we?" I said as I took her bag from her hand and put it over my shoulder
"alright then, let's go" she answered
*we went into the parking lot and as she entered the car I fixed our things at the compartment of my car, when I was finished I entered the car then drove us to the Hamilton manor. It was roughly a 45 minute drive to the manor since traffic got in the way. It was 6:30 when we arrived at the manor*
"So, I'll see you tomorrow then" she said
"tomorrow?" I asked
"don't tell me you forgot" she said
"wait, tomorrow?" I said as I stopped just right infront of the manor's front door. Layla went off the car took her bag then walked towards the driver's seat door.
"you forgot?" she asked
"well…." I nervously chuckled a little "hmmmm.., tomorrow,. Tomorrow,. Tomorrow,. I got it! Dinner date? Correct?" I said smiling at her "and I'll be cooking again right?" I smiled
"I thought you forgot, good thing you didn't since I'm looking forward to it" she said as she walked towards the manor then when she was halfway through she looked back at me " take care alright, drive safely and I'll see you tomorrow" she said smiling at me
"no prob! I'll see you tomorrow! I love you!" I said cheerfully
"thank you, and I'll be waiting for you tomorrow so don't be late" she said but I know that she was a little surprised at what I said
"Don't worry I won't be late tomorrow I promise!" I said as I started my car again then drove off to my place.
I got home around 7:30 but I still had to take a shower and dress up formally since our dinner meeting was set around 8:20 it's a good thing the restaurant she picked wasn't that far from my place, so once I got in my room I quickly took a shower then I wore my black formal attire consisting of black coat with a white shirt underneath it, black pants and shoes. I walked towards my desk to take my phone and checked it's time.
"Damn! It's already 8:05 I better hurry!" I said as I mentally reprimanded myself.
I drove off towards the restaurant as soon as I can and when I arrived there. The restaurant was beautiful everything was neatly placed where it should've been placed and there were flowers at every corner of the room and in one of those tables someone caught my attention. This girl she looks familiar, blonde long hair wearing corporate attire, "there's only one person in this place that wears those kind of clothes, but hey who knows someone might be trying her style of clothes "I thought but then I saw him, Yuri was there as well, "what could he be doing here" I asked myself anyways I don't really care if he's here or not so I scanned the room for that person who asked me to have a dinner meeting with her and then there just right after Yuri's table with this mysterious girl, I saw her so I started walking towards their table as I took one glass with wine from the waiters that were walking around.
*normal POV*
As Dennis was getting nearer to Yuri and his companions table he started to overhear part of their conversation
"Why did you bring me here Yuri?" the girl asked but hearing her voice Dennis was already aware of the identity of this girl.
"I just wanted to tell you something or rather to put it simply I wanted to confess something to you" Yuri said smiling at her
"What is it then?" the girl asked
*Dennis POV*
"Layla, I love you, do you love me too?" Yuri asked. I was really shocked at this confession but knowing Layla she'll never answer back to that kind of bold statement, I was really confident about that thought but something made me think otherwise I walked a couple more of steps but then I heard Layla answer
"Yuri.., I love you too, but.." crash something just broke just somewhere from behind they both looked at me with a very shocked expression yes, it was me, the wine glass that I was holding slipped from my hands I didn't wanted to hear what she said or what else she wanted to say so I ignored them and walked towards my client.
"Ms. Walker" I said
"Mr. McKnight I thought you will never come" she said
"I'm sorry but can we reschedule this meeting? Something came up and I have a feeling that you won't be able to talk to me clearly tonight. I'm sorry for making you wait and don't worry I'll talk to my secretary about this. Again I apologize for making you wait for naught" I said as I walked away from her table
"Dennis wait!" Layla said from behind
"what?" I said icily
"Let me explain" she plead
"You don't have to explain anything to me Ms. Hamilton. I still have work to do so I must go. Goodbye" I said plainly
And CUT!
I'm really sorry for the long wait
A lot of things happened so I couldn't focus on doing my fic
Again I'm really sorry
And I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter!
Rpgmaster25