Rumi: Hello all of you!
Cookie: Time for a bedtime story… or just a regular story depending where you are! XD
Baby Cracker: Yes! I wove bedtime stowy! XD -jumps up and down-
Baby Ryouma: Then sit down! -pulls Cracker down-
Baby Cracker: Hmph… -sits down-
Rumi: It's your guy's favorite, On the Other Side of the Mirror!
Baby Ryouma: YES! -jumps up-
Baby Cracker: Hey! -glares-
Cookie: -laughs and picks up Cracker- Please review and fave for more of your favorite story!
Meanwhile..
Rumi: -spoiling baby Ryouma- You're so adorable! -hugs baby Ryouma-
Cookie: -puts sleeping Cracker and his toy in the crib- We don't have time! Put Ryouma to sleep and get on with the story!
Rumi: -pouts- Aw okay. You're no fun! D: XD
Rumi's POV
"Okay, wait for me to get dressed then Rumi." Cookie says. She scans my outfit then smirks, looking at me with a playfully suspicious look. "Seems you're already ready with those clothes on." I blush then playfully punch her in the arm.
"Then, wait for us too. You're pretty much the only one who's ready right now." Cracker adds.
"Kay~ you guys better come down faster than Cookie or I'll start thinking you're girly in ways." I respond. We all laugh and I watch them walk upstairs to change. I walk to the couch and, obviously, sit on it. I take out my phone and find out I got a text.
I opened my phone and looked at the message. It said, "Hey Rumi! I'm back in town. I'll be staying for a week or two so wanna hang out today? It's been a while since we saw each other. Didja get taller? Haha just kidding. I'm sure you did. Anyway, I can't wait to see you again. I might just hug and kiss you when I see you! Well, see ya soon! ~Ryuichi P.S. Meet me at the usual park at 5. See ya" Shoot... He came back now of all times?! Suddenly, my phone's taken by Ryouma and he reads the text. He looks at me with an unreadable expression. "Who's Ryuichi?" he asks.
"Er, he's a f-friend of mine," I answer. Technically I wasn't lying but we have more history than that...
Apparently, Ryouma can read thoughts since he says, "Is he your ex?" I blush slightly which Ryouma notices. I swear he's too freaking sharp. Maybe he has a sixth sense?!
"Go meet him. I'll tell Cracker and Cookie. Besides," he leans super close to my face and smirks. "I'll just make you pay for it later." I feel the heat flow to my face. I look at the clock and notice it's already4:55.
I stand up and panickly say, "T-then I'm going to go now! I'm going to be late." I scurry past Ryouma when suddenly, he grabs my wrist. I turn my head and find that he's looking at me with a serious expression on his face.
"If he does anything bad to you, call me immediately." he says. Then he lets go of my hand. I smile softly and kiss his cheek.
"Don't worry, I will." I wave goodbye and go to the mirror room. Taking a deep breath, I step through carefully as to not hurt myself. Ryouma seems a bit worried... I'll be extra cautious just in case. I run downstairs, put on some shoes that go with my outfit, run out the door, and toward the park. I check my watch. Shoot, it's 5:10 now. Argh, I'm late! I take a sharp right and bump into someone, causing me to fall onto my butt. (I'm very straightforward about that, saying butt XD) "Oh Rumi! Are you okay?" an oh-so familiar voice asks. I look up to see Ryuichi holding his hand out. I take it and he helps me up. I brush myself off and shyly smile at him. "Long time no see.." I say.
He pulls me into a hug saying, "Yup! Loong time no see. You've gotten taller." I somewhat playfully glare at him and lightly punch his arm. "Ah sorry~ But you have. Like about... 2-3 inches taller?" he teases on.
"Oh shut up or I'm leaving." I tease back. "Noo~~ Stay longer! I bought movie tickets to that movie you've been talking about. Said you wanted to go watch it." he says, pulling out two small rectangles of paper. Ugh the guilt.
"Er, I already watched it with someone else." I spill. After realizing what I just said, I curse myself for saying it and hope that he didn't notice. Which, thankfully, he didn't.
"Aw oh well. I'll just give it to a nice looking couple. Like... them!" He walks to two people near us, and then I realize, it's Cookie and Cracker! Frustrated, I mouth to them, "What are you doing here?!" All Cookie does is wink. I see Ryuichi talk to them and give them the tickets. I'm pretty sure Cracker looked a bit mad and surprised when he did but... Oh well. "They took it~ You wanna go to the mall? I'll buy you something in replacement of the movie!" he suggests. Oh man I really wanna go to the mall but the other side of the mirror has better stuff... Oh well, he's probably going to pay for it so, WHO CARES?!
"Sure! Leet's go!" I chirp. We laugh and walk to his car. It's fancy looking. D-did he get rich or something...?
He opens the door and says, "After you my love." Slightly blushing, I step into the luxurious car.
Er, timeskip diff. destination ~ mall In a very girly store...
"Hey, I just noticed but, why are you wearing guy clothing?" Ryuichi asks.
I stutter back, "I-it's be-because I g-got more t-tomboyish when y-you were gone!"
He blinks then chuckles. "Okay. Do you like this?" he says, holding something up to me. My eyes slightly widen up when I see that it's very similar to the bear Ryouma got me, except the colors are light pink and magenta. "Y-yeah. It's cute." I somewhat lie. I mean, it is cute but I already have one exactly like it.. "Okay, go outside and wait for me. I'll be right back." Confused, I walk out of the store and sit on a bench. Disinctly, I think I saw light brown hair out of the corner of my eye but when I did a double take, nothing was there. I raise an eyebrow when suddenly, all I see is black. "Close your eyes~" Ryuichi chirps. I close my eyes and he lets go of my face. He does something and I feel something cold on my neck. "Okay, open it~" he sings. I open my eyes and find a necklace on me. IT WAS THE SAME FREAKING ONE RYOUMA GOT ME. I NOW DEEM THIS BOY CREEPY.
"W-wow thanks Ryuchi! It's pretty." I again somewhat lie. He sits down next to me and puts his arm around my shoulders. "I chose it for you. I got the bear too. It's in your lap." I look down to find the pink bear staring up at a guilty me. W-what should I do... I can't just tell him I'm dating Ryouma.. He still thinks we're dating!
Suddenly, I find that he's leaning closer to me. Frustrated and surprised about the situation, I just close my eyes. Then, he kisses me, and suddenly, pulls away. I open my eyes to find Ryouma holding Ryuichi by the top of his shirt. My eyes widen. Ryouma. Was. Furious.
"Rumi! WHAT HAPPENED?!" I hear Cracker yell. I turn my head to the left and see Cracker and Cookie running toward us. Everyone around us were also watching the situation.
"What were you doing to my girlfriend?!" Ryouma snaps.
"Whoa man, your girlfriend. Last thing I knew, she was my girlfriend."
"Ryouma stop it! He doesn't know anything yet!" Cracker yells, trying to grab his hand to let Ryuichi down.
"Rumi are you okay? Did he do anything to you?" Cookie asks me. I nod quickly and stand up to stop Ryouma.
"R-Ryouma! Don't do anything, he doesn't know about us yet!" I plead. He ignores me and kind of shoves Cracker away from them. Things go down and they start fighting. Ryuichi leaves off a sort of small opening so Ryouma goes for there. Wanting all of this to stop, I get in the way, receiving much impact. I fall to the floor, face hurting.
"R-Rumi! Oh my gosh I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Are you bleeding?" Ryouma immediately asks. I weakly nod and see that Ryuichi was about to kick him when he was off guard. Seriously wanting all of this to stop, I get in the way again, I earn a kick to the head. I hear a ringing in my right ear and something flowing down the side of my head. I fall to the floor, barely conscious.
"RUMI! Oh gosh, oooh gosh. Wh- how-" I hear Ryuichi panic.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" I hear Ryouma yell.
There's a heated argument between the two while, I can tell, Cookie tends to me. "Rumi, can you hear well?" she asks. I shakily point to my ear and I guess she sees the line of crimson. "Ryouma! STOP YOUR CHILDISH ARGUING AND GET OVER HERE!" Cookie snaps. Ryouma stops and kneel down next to me.
"Don't worry... I can fix the blood and the ringing should fade away in a few minutes." he says. He works on my gash and stops the bleeding. As he said, the ringing went away but my head still hurt. "Here, drink this.. The pain should go away if you do.." Ryouma says. He helps me sit up then he gives me a pain reliever pill. I drink it and, after like, 10 minutes, the pain's barely there. Just throbbing. "I'm so sorry..." Ryouma says, carefully pulling me into a hug. I see Ryuichi, guilt struck. I glare at him with worry also in my eyes.
My expression sternly says, "Don't. Do. That. Again." I hug Ryouma and I feel him shaking. I stroke his hair and comfort him. Cookie and Cracker join the hug while Ryuichi just stands there, looking like the culprit. Which he kinda was but meh.
Ryouma pulls his head back. "I-I'm sorry.. Y-you looked really hurt a-and he kissed you. A-and I guess I w-was really jealous so I f-followed you here. I guess so did C-Cookie and Cracker... I'm just glad you're okay.." I hug him again and once more stroke his hair. He cries a bit more into my shoulder and calms down a bit. We all break hugs and I stand up and look at Ryuichi.
"R-Rumi... I'm sor-" Ryuichi starts.
I interrupt him by walking to him and slapping him with all of my strength. Sure my hand stings but he deserves it. "I'll never forgive you for this." I hiss. I throw the bear down and take off the necklace. "I already have one of these. This one's useless." I say, letting it slide out of my hand and letting clatter on the ground. I glare at him. He hurriedly picks up the items and runs away. I sigh and help Ryouma up. I hold his hand and smile. "Time to repay you for the lost time together." I kind of drag him out of the mall and into my car.
Of course, Ryouma starts, "Can I-" which I interrupt with, "No. Besides, you don't even know where we're going. Just rest for now." I start the car and start driving. I take us almost out of town, which is all hills, trees, and flowers. I park at a very familiar parking lot and wake Ryouma up.
"Mm? Oh.. we're here..." he says, sleepy.
I wake him up by yelling in his ear. "G-gosh! I'm awake I'm awake!" I laugh at him and he gets out. I take his hand once more and lead him into the woods. Don't worry, it's still bright outside. I maneuver us through the trees and under branches. Trees start to disappear and are replaced by flowers. The trees then disappear completely and we're on a hill. I suddenly stop, maknig Ryouma bump into me. I smile as I take a happy breath. "We're in time for the sunset." Ryouma stands up next to me.
"What's so special? I mean, yeah it's nice but we've already seen it together."
I simply smile at him saying, "You'll see." I sit down at the edge of the small cliff, dangling my legs down. Ryouma sits down next to me and I put my head on his shoulder. The sky started to turn orange. "It's time.." I whisper.
"Hmm? Did you sa-" I interrupt Ryouma by kissing him. He kisses back which deepens the kiss a bit. I open my eye and see that the rumor is true. I gently pull back and lean my head against his shoulder again. "Isn't it beautiful?" I ask him. The sky was a mix of orange, yellow, blue, and purple. The sun was separating the yellow from the blue and the orange & purple clouds.
"Yeah... So.. Beautiful."
"They say that if a couple kisses right when the sun starts to set and stops here, their red string of fate will never be cut." I softly explain. I look up at him smiling, seeing that he's smiling gently too.
"Our string will never be cut. Even without this." he says. And, he kisses me once more as the colors mix and fade into night. (R: D'AWWWWWWWWWWW ISN'T THAT SO ADORABLE? :DDDDDD)
Cookie's POV
Me and Cracker leave Rumi and Ryouma so that they could have some alone time. We head towards the exit.
"Oh, before we go, can we go to the food court?" he asks me with puppy dog eyes.
"Fine," I sigh. We walk to the food court, when we arrive we look at the places we could eat. There was Wendy's, Subway, Chick-fil-a, Taco Bell, Dairy Queen, and a sushi shop that its name was in Japanese.
"Where do want to eat?" Cracker asks me.
"Hm, I feel like having some Chick-fil-a!" I suggest. We walk over to the line that was pretty short. When it was our turn, I ordered the chicken sandwich, fries, and Dr. Pepper. Cracker ordered the chicken nuggets, fries, and Pepsi. It took us 5 minutes to find an available table. We sat down and was deciding who was going to pick up the food. "I decided which place to eat, it's YOUR turn," I command.
"But!" I gave him a death glare. "Ugh, fine!" Cracker says in defeat. He walks over to Chick-fil-a and gets our food. He set the tray down and says, "Yes! I'm starving!"
"You really are a fatty!" I laugh and poke at his stomach.
"Stop it!" he swats my hand away from his stomach. "So where do you want to go after we finish?" he asks me.
"Well, I haven't been to some place that I was suppos- Oh my goodness! I just remembered that I forgot to visit my parents!" I panic.
"Can you call them?" he suggests. I nod. I pull out my phone and dial their number. I couldn't hear the ringing so I told Cracker that would be right outside the food court. He smiles and gives me a thumbs up. I walk away from the table and my mom picks up.
Cracker's POV
"Wow, I haven't realized that she had other things to do. Well I guess since I'm the opposite of her and I'm always free should have been a big clue," I think to myself. "Oh, I know! I'll give her some alone time to finish everything up," I smile at my plan. I grab a napkin and a pen from Cookie's purse. I scribble on "Heard there's an awesome arcade here, going to check it out! I'll call you when I'm done." Then I walk from our table, and head to a gaming store.
Cookie's POV
" `Kay, bye!" I smile. They said I could just visit them another time. I walk back to our table to tell Cracker what they said, but he left! "Seriously, Cracker? Oh, wait, there's a note," I pick up the napkin. When I finished reading it, I threw it away and sighed. He really knows how to treat a girl. Guess I have free time on me, I think to myself. I decide to go to one of my favorite cafes and relax there. I couldn't stop myself from thinking of Cracker and Nicole on the way there. (C: I guess that's now a habit of mine? XD)Maybe if I were like Nicole, a tomboy who could play video games, he would've taken me, I think sadly. I mentally slap myself for thinking that. No! Remember what Cracker said! I would never be a replacement and I would never be replaced! I nod and feel better. I get lost in my thoughts about this and don't pay attention to my surroundings. I accidentally bump into someone. "Oh, sorry!" I apologize.
"It's OK, I'm fine," A voice says. I look at the person, it's a dude! He looks some-what familiar.
"I really am sorry! My name's Cookie," I extend my hand towards him.
"Cookie...Oh my gosh! Cookie!" he yells.
"Yes, that's my name," I slowly nod my head.
"No! I mean, you don't remember me? It's me, Brandon!" He smiles.
"Oh my goodness, seriously?!" I widen my eyes in surprise.
"One and only!" He laughs.
"But you moved! Why are you here?" I ask, confused.
"That's the thing, I'm moving back!" he tells me, excitedly.
"We have so much to catch up on!" I exclaim. We head over to the cafe. I order a strawberry smoothie and Brandon orders a Latte. "So how have you been?" I ask.
"I'm doing good! I actually wanted to ask you something," he pulls out a case. It was a small, velvet red case. I open it, there's a ring in it.
"You do realize, we're both still 16?" I stare at the small object.
He laughs and says, "You forgot? Our school says if you ask a girl to the dance, you have to give her one of the school's rings, so that people know that she's already going with someone."
"Our? Oh, you're going to my highschool! That means you live in campus!" I exclaim, "Wait, the dance is...?" I ask.
"Three days from now, you didn't get the call?" he asks me, confused.
"What call?" I ask.
"I'm guessing that's a no. There was a call over winter break..." he answers.
Oh, that's when we went over to Cracker and Ryouma's world! I think to myself. He can't know that! Plus, I really wanted to ask Cracker to the dance!
Cracker's POV (so much switching! XD)
Maybe I should have just told her the plan? I think to myself, actually playing at an arcade. I was playing Pac-man and lost. The Wa-wa-wa sound made me feel worse. I'm going to tell her! I decided. I call Cookie.
She picks up, "Hello?''
"Hey, I'm done," I say blankly.
"Who's that?" I hear a voice ask. It sounded suspiciously like a guy.
"Shh! Okay, I'll be there," Cookie assures me. Before I could ask who was with her, she hung up.
This is suspicious, I think to myself. Whatever, I trust her.
Cookie's POV
I sigh, "Well this is going to be awkward."
"Who was that?" Brandon asks me.
"Um, my boyfriend..." I answer quietly.
"Oh..." he replied, looking hurt.
"I..." That was all I could say, not knowing what to say.
"Have you guys went on a date?" he suddenly asks.
I don't mind the question, so I answer, "Yeah..."
"What about kissing?" he asks a little quieter.
"Yep..." He looked really upset, it made me feel guilty.
"So I guess that makes you guys an official couple..." he said while rubbing his arm.
"Not really, he didn't ask me to be his girl-" I started off, but got interrupted, "So I've a chance!" He assumed. "No that's not what I-" I got interrupted me again, but it was Cracker this time.
"Hey! I didn't want to wait forever, so I found you!" he put a protective hand across my waist, and glared at Brandon. Brandon glared back.
"I knew this would be awkward!" I sigh.
"I think it's time I go home! I'll see you later, Cookie!" Brandon says that and leaves.
Cracker waits until Brandon left, then asks, "Who was that?"
"That was...Brandon," I state.
"But I thought you said he moved?" Cracker asks, confused.
"Apparently he's moving back," I reply.
"What he did say?" Cracker asks, this time with concern.
"He," I take breath, "asked me to the dance..." I state. I watch Cracker's concern face turn into a angered one. "It's OK," I assure him.
"Fine, anyways while on that topic," Cracker starts off and extends out his hand, "Will you go with me?"
"Of course!" I smile. Well, now I have to tell Brandon, but that's fine with me! I think to myself.
I watch Cracker open the cafe door and say, "After you, Princess."
"Thank you very much!" I smile even more. He takes me to go shopping.
"So where do you want to go?" He asks me.
"Hm, there!" I point to American Eagle. "Come on!" I pull on Cracker's arm. After that shop, we go to another, then another. When we decide to leave, the sun was setting.
"Oh there's one more store we need to go to!" Cracker points to a jewelry store.
"Serious? I'm exhausted!" I complain. He pouts and gives me the puppy dog eyes. "Fine!" I give in. When we walk in, Cracker runs somewhere. "Well I guess I can just wait here," I shrug. Then I laugh, realizing our positions should be switched. When he comes back, he wouldn't let me see what he got.
"It's a surprise!" He exclaims. "I'll show you after we buy it, promise!" He put his hand on his chest. After the short line of customers, it was our turn. He quickly gave the object to the employee, and paid. I tried to peek inside the bag, but Cracker stopped me. "Not until we reach your car!" He tells me. I pout. When we get into my car, I look at him with wide eyes. "Fine!" He rolls his eyes. He takes the object out and opens it. It was a pink ruby ring. "I heard the little tradition thing for your dance," He smiles.
"I love you!" I hug him.
"I love you too!" He hugs me back.
End
Cookie: Ah~ So the love triangle begins~ XD
Cracker: And if he ever shows up, I'll beat the crap out of him! :D
Cookie: You will do no such thing! -smacks his head-
Cracker: I was kidding! Kidding!
Cookie: -kisses his head- I'm sorry, I appreciate the thought though :)
Brandon: Hey guys!
The C couple: HOW DID YOU GET HERE?!
Brandon: Secret! :P Please review and fave!
The R couple: WAIT! DON'T END YET! DON'T FORGET ABOUT US! DX