Disclaimer: I do not own Eyeshield 21 or any of its characters. I don't get any money for doing this. Eyeshield 21 belongs to Riichiro Inagaka and Yuusuke Murata. Suzuna's nickname was borrowed from Jill Leonhart, with her permission.
A/N: Suzuna's nickname was used in this chapter and not in last one…Ups, my mistake!! I hope you like it!! Thank you very much to all of you for all those encouraging and wonderful reviews, Faves and Alerts!!! I am very grateful and happy. I thought this story would be unpopular I even thought people wouldn't like it, but now I realize I was wrong. Thank you very much; I owe you the success of this small story so I want to dedicate this chapter to all of you!!! THANK YOU. *hugz*
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CHAPTER 4: ABOUT SECRETS AND DATES.
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"So, are you ready to lose this bet Mamo-nee?" Suzuna cheerfully asked to the older girl; Mamori was indeed surprised by the cheerleader's sudden question.
"I-I'm sorry to say this Suzuna-chan, but… it's my win…" Her voice lacked confidence. She knew she had won the stupid bet, yet she felt sad. Inhaling deeply, Suzuna slowly replied.
"I…I already know that, Mamo-nee"
Wait…
WHAT?!
Err…What on Earth is going on?! Mamori was shocked by the girl's answer. This was totally unexpected! And what does she mean by saying she already knew it?! Mamori wanted an explanation. Now.
Suzuna's expression turned into a cool calm and collected one, her voice was soft yet so full of confidence; Mamori have never ever seen Suzuna acting like this before. A small smile crossed cheerleader's lips.
"It's just that I knew it all along…I knew I would 'lose'…" Now Mamori was utterly speechless and confused. Wasn't she the one who claimed herself the winner just a few moments ago?
"What?! E-excuse me Suzuna-chan…But I don't think I understand what you're saying…" It was the very first time she saw Suzuna acting so calm and confident; her head was filled with unsolved questions. Why did Suzuna made a bet she knew she would lose? Why was she acting like this? Was this some kind of joke or was she is hiding something else? Mamori tried to answer all her questions when Suzuna took control of the situation.
"Well Mamo-nee, I can tell you're confused and you have a lot of questions in your head about the real purpose of this bet. Am I right?" The young cheerleader smiled sweetly to her friend. Mamori just nodded in agreement. To be honest, Mamori suspected Suzuna had done something of the sort, like reading the magazine beforehand, but never in a million years, had she expected her reaction would be like this. Suzuna continued.
"Mamo-nee is a pretty intelligent girl, unlike me. But… you still don't know the real reason behind all of this…Ne?-
"Huh? What are you talking about Suzuna-chan? I feel quite dizzy and I would like you to explain me everything… Is this some kind of joke, Suzuna-chan? What do you want to get out of this?" Mamori's mind was desperately searching for answers, indeed she was smart but the sudden turn of the events made her uneasy and to make things worse, she was still confused about her own feelings towards the infamous Hiruma. However, she couldn't let Suzuna realize about the whole issue, so she continued her speech. Suzuna simply stood there quietly listening to her friend, her smile always plastered on her pretty face.
"You clearly said if I won the bet then you'd stop teasing me with Hiruma-kun, well I think you've read the magazine already, so you should know better that Hiruma-kun hates to disclose his personal information. Not even to his best friends, Kurita or Musashi-kun" She had a good argument at this point; Suzuna's smile turned into a smirk.
"Oh, of course I know that! But like I said before, Mamo-nee is a very smart girl, so if you were so sure about the feelings you both have for each other, were nothing but friendship; Wouldn't have been even easier to state something along the lines of: 'There's no need to read the article when I know for sure he's not interested in me in a romantic way, you can say the article alone is evidence enough to prove it! It's Hiruma-kun we're talking about, for creampuff's sake!!' Don't you think Mamo-nee? And with that simple statement, victory would have been all yours!" Suzuna smiled at Mamori once more time. The young manager was dumbfounded. At that time she didn't know what else to say or do. Mamori felt rather frustrated due to the fact she was unable to read through Suzuna's scheme. Suzuna's smirk grew even bigger.
"Ok, let me explain it to you Mamo-nee…As you are now wondering if this was a setup for you, then I must agree… Sorry, but you fell into my little trap! Ya~! So, I'll just move on and explain the reason why you lost" Mamori felt inwardly relieved to hear those words, she was so tired of that silly game, plus she was curious about what Suzuna had to say.
"I lost? Alright Suzuna-chan, let's do it your way then…" Mamori said defeated, she was so exhausted.
"Ya~! My pleasure! For I, Suzuna the Matchmaker from Hell, has discovered your dirty little secret!" Mamori silently waited for Suzuna's explanation. The cheerleader inhaled deeply, she was so excited!
"You lost the bet quite easily, I might add. At first, I thought it wouldn't work! But, you agreed to do it. And from that moment on, my victory was already decided. You may ask why…Well, because your real purpose was to find out if You-nii really liked you. Despite you're constantly surrounded by boys, you don't know too much about the flirting-dating world. Probably one or two parts of the article reminded you of him and when you got to the last part you felt sad. I can tell because of your eyes, Mamo-nee."
When Mamori heard those words, her heart ached as if it was being stabbed over and over again. Her expression remained the same, calm and bored. Suzuna stared at her friend for a few seconds before continuing.
"Mamo-nee, You never wondered why did I always teased you when we were alone? Yes, I'm afraid of You-nii as much as everyone else, but the true reason behind all of it was to make you confess!"
"Confess?!" Mamori said out loud in astonishment.
"Yup. This ordeal was planned just for that unique purpose: unravel the secret feelings that, not You-nii, but you have! Mamo-nee… you like him don't you?" Mamori's eyes widen in surprise. Her deepest, forbidden secret was now exposed; and there was barely anything she could do to deceive Suzuna. How pathetic. Her pride didn't allow her to admit it out loud. Slowly, Mamori lowered her head; her bangs gracefully covered her sapphire hues. She nodded slightly and mumbled a barely audible 'Yes'. Silence fell over the two girls, Suzuna was surprised. It worked!
"YA~! Mamo-nee!! I knew it! I always knew it!" Suzuna became her happy-go-lucky usual self; the young cheerleader threw her arms around her friend into a tight embrace.
It was Suzuna's happiest day ever! "Su-Suzuna-chan I-I can't breathe!"
"Mamo-nee you're so mean! You never told me anything, so I had to force you to tell me! Uh…By the way I'm sorry…" The older girl turned to face Suzuna, and smiled.
"It's ok. You don't need to apologize. Actually…I'm kind of…relieved…" Indeed, Mamori felt lighter, it felt good to be able to express what was confined to your heart. She felt so confused and now thanks to Suzuna's scheme she was able to realize about her true feelings.
"Well, I can trust you, right? You WON'T tell anyone…But more importantly" Mamori was cut off by Suzuna, who gave her a huge cute smile. "Ya~! Don't you worry Mamo-nee! But remember, a bet is a bet. So you're going to have a date!!" Suzuna was bouncing up and down happily.
"W-what?" The young manager froze. Oh dear! Please not HIM!
"Ah, well Suzuna-chan I don't think he'll-"
"Oh! You have nothing to worry about Mamo-nee! It's not You-nii…I'm not suicidal you know?" Suzuna gave a small chuckle. Mamori felt just a little disappointed. A really tiny little part of her really wanted to date the devilish quarterback though…Yeah, even if it sounded scary. Then Mamori got curious. Who could be...?
"Then…Who am I going to date Suzuna-chan?" A devilish smirk spread through the cheerleader's lips.
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"I'M GOING TO DATE MAMORI-SWAAAAAAAN!! HAPPY MAAAX!!!
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A/N: Boy, this doesn't look good at all!! O.o Poor Mamo-nee!! ^3^ Thank you everyone for reading!! *hugz*
P.S. Hmm…Maybe I will check this chapter later…just to change some little mistakes…I'm sorry! ^_^0 I really wanted to post this chapter ASAP :P Thank you!!