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Chapter 6
Slap!
A delicate hand landed on the cheek of a brown haired student with a loud Smash. Every head in the Café turned to where the sound was coming from. They found a girl, who pointed her index finger at a very confused looking boy with wide eyes and mouth slightly open.
„That was fort the hug, that you have got yourself.", she started, still pointing at the boy with the orange headphones. Her face full of anger. „Such a boy as you, are not uncommon here. Unfortunately, you have chosen the wrong girl. Never forget who Anna Kyoyama is. I can hire hundreds of boys like you are as a servant. Next time, if you intend to do such a disgusting thing again, think about the slap you received from Kyoyama Anna.", Anna said slowly with narrowed eyes, before standing tall. "Come on girls, let´s go!", she said to the two girls behind her without looking away from his confused face.
When she turned around to leave the Café, Horo rushed to his friend, who were still sitting on the chair looking at the blonde leaving the Café. „Dude! Everything alright?!"
Yoh rose from the chair and rushed outside. „Wait!"
Anna stopped in her track, she really didn´t know why she would listen to what the idiot has to say, but curiosity caught her. So, she turned around to face the boy. Yoh walked slowly to the blond, who crossed her arms in front of her chest.
His facial expression emotionless, as he approached the girl. „Thank you Miss Kyoyama", he said calm. „The slap, was a lesson for me. Thank you very much."
Anna seem to be unefected by his words, her eyes never leaving his.
„This is the first time something like this happened to me. I did not know the rules of this game. I did not know... that you have to disclose the bank accounts before the first rendevous. Pity... because if I had known that before, I would have called my last name. I am Yoh Asakura, my father is one of the richest industrial in our country and if he wants, he can hire your father a thousand times.", Yoh said, then smiled with warm eyes at her. "I was so naive to think, that all of this is not important. All I knew was, that I saw a pretty girl that I liked most and that I wanted to know her. And I thought that would be enough to arrange to meet. Pretty silly of me, right? But now I have understood, I won't receive a slap again... Thanks again, Miss Kyoyama.", Yoh smiled one last time at her before he turned around and walked back to the Café.
Anna watched him leave and pressed her lips together. "Anna, let´s just leave.", a friend of her called and tore her out of the thoughts. And they walked away.
As Yoh entered in the Café, Horo apprached him with a huge grin and patted him on the back. "Well done! You have left her speechless.", then he placed a hand on Yoh´s schoulder and said" I did not know, that my friend has a rich father." Horo smiled and Yoh looked at him. "What do you think? If my father was so rich would I be friends to a Waiter?", Yoh stated ironical. Horo snapped his hand back and glared at Yoh. "That mean... that means what?", Horo asked with narrowed eyes. "My father is a bank employee.", Yoh said laughing and walked passed Horo and seated himself at the counter.
"What?! But...then... what was the meaning of that?", Horo called and sat next to Yoh. "I had to put the daughter of a rich man quiet. I presented myself richer... goals achieved. Simple, huh?", Yoh said like it was a normal thing to do. "I do not believe it... you are evil... I can learn a lot from you!", Horo said laughing. "I am evil?! She slapped me two times! And I am the evil one, alright. But explain me one thing.", Yoh asked and placed an arm around Horos shoulders. "Are all pretty girls so upstage?"
"Huh... if they are really pretty, then they are also a bid vain.", Horo replied and looked through the window.
"Is your Tamao like this too?", Yoh asked and Horo snapped back quite offended. "Hey! What are you talking about? She is nothing like that.", the blue haired boy crossed his arms over his chest and looked outside. "She is not vain at all.", he continues and bid his bottom lip to suppressed a smile. "Hm...", Yoh rose from the chair at the counter and walked next to Horo, leaned to him and said "I see... then she must be ugly.", then he run off. "Hey!", Horo took of his hat and run after Yoh. "Hey, that was your theory!", Yoh called over his shoulder, while Horo chased after him.
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„The first time I saw Jeanne was here at the train station. She was just married. That was the only moment I truly saw her happy. But sadly, her husband has to leave in the same night."
Ren sat next to the old guard oft he train station. He just can´t get over Jeanne and her sad face, he has to know more about her and the best way is to talk to people who know her. Like the guard at the train station.
„He worked as a pilot in the army. He had to leave the young bride alone behind. Duty had called. Since that day she comes here again and again. Guided by the hope that, her husband will get off the train and suddenly stands in front of her again. But everyone knew that this is impossible. Because two years ago we received the message that two planes were missing. I think Jeanne understood herself, that her husband never will return. Nevertheless, she does not give up hope and will continue to come here, for her father-in-law. Liam Diethel, a former army officer and a very influential man in this city. He refuses to believe that his son is dead, as long as he doesn´t see the corpse of his son. And he insists that she still has to fulfill all the duties of a daughter-in-law. Her Mother- in-law, Jane Diethel is the only one who understands Jeanne. Jane loves Jeanne like a daughter and wants to see her happy again. They also adopted two children Redseb and Seyram Munzer. Their father, who was a good friend of Liam, died in the war, so they took the children. They are like light in Jeannes dark life. Especially Redseb, he makes her laugh and he makes her cry, play with her and fight with her. Seyram is shy and quiet, since her father died, poor child. But when Jeanne is with them, she forgets her grief and worries and become a child once again. But who can blame, she is still a child, she married Lyserk when she was only seventeen, due to the war. Hopefully, someday she'll get the happiness that she deserves."
Ren listen carefully to every word the guard told him about Jeanne. And he was taken aback, because she was so young and has already endured so much in her short life. She has her whole life ahead of her and her marriage starts with such a lost. She is way too young to be this hurt.
Ren was determined, she should finally be happy again. I'll do anything for it. I promise.
xXx
The next day,early in the morning, was Marco Lasso standing outside near the lake. He hold his hands in front of his chest in a prayer pose, eyes shut, while he faced the morning sun and felt its warmth on his face. He was dressed in a white yukata and a dark scarf over his shoulder. It was nice and quiet, outside except for birds chirping in the background. Marco opened his eyes and looked directly into the light of the sun, which makes his eyes radiant. After some time he decided to go back inside. So, he turned to his right only to meet a blond haired man also dressed in a white Yukata. His arms were spread to his sides, his palms faced the sun and his eyes were shut, while a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
"Good morning, Mister Faust.", Marco greeted him with a neutral voice, while he placed his hands behind his back.
"Good morning, sir!", Faust replied with a grin, while he opened one eyes to look at the director, but shut it after a glance.
"What are you doing?", Marco asked.
"The same as you sir.", he said, still in his position.
"I bow to the sun.", the director said with a hard voice. Whereupon Faust abandoned his position to face the director. „I also bow to the sun. I do it my way, while you do it your way. But basically we do the same", the music teacher replied, still smiling politely.
„Hmpf.", with that Marco walked pass Faust to the school building, obviously not pleased with Faust ruining his morning quietness.
But Faust had something on his mind to crawl into the lion's lair. "Excuse me sir!", he called out and walked beside Marco. "I wanted to ask you something else. Why do you bow to the sun?"
"I like it when I can see directly in the sun, without blinking my eyes.", the director answered slowly without looking at Faust. "Then I feel as strong as the sun. I like that. And why are you doing this?"
"Ehm... I don´t have a reason, I just do it. I do not want to compete with the sun. I am just enjoy her rays in the morning cold.", Faust said and finally the director looked at him. And the music teacher took the opportunity to ask his actual question. "Excuse me, I wanted to ask you something.", he waited for Marco to say something.
"Yea, and what?", Marco asked, stopped in his track and faced Faust.
"Today is a street festival in the city, and at the end of the night there will be a huge firework and I wanted to celebrate it with the students, but they told me that they are not allowed to visit any of those festivals. And...", Faust explained but was cut off by Marco.
"The students didn´t celebrate it not because they aren´t allowed, but they never asked me.", Marco stated.
"Maybe nobody ever asked you, because they are afraid of you, sir.", the teacher said and laughed lightly.
Marco eyed him emotionless and said: "You aren´t afraid?"
Faust then put on a serious face expression and said in a very firm voice: "No, sir. I have never been afraid of doing the right thing. As long as I'm convinced that what I ask for is the right thing, then I'm not afraid." They remained eye contact the whole time.
"The students of this college have never been to one of these street festivals, but if the students want to celebrate, then they can do so, but I want everyone back as fast as possible after the firework ended.", Marco accepted.
"Thank you very much, sir!", Faust smiled happy. And Marco just turned around and walked to the school building.
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"I can´t get over it! Marco Lasso really allowed us students to visit the festival!", Horohoro grinned happily.
The roommates were in town, where the street festival takes places. It was afternoon and it was just getting dark, because it was fall after all. They wore Yukatas. Horo was dressed in an ice blue Yukata and wore a matching blue bandana to keep his hair in place. Ren wore a black one with a yellow belt, while Yoh was dressed in a dark blue one with a orange belt, which matched his orange head phones, which were placed around his neck. He is leaving his hair swaying lose in the afternoon air. The place was very colorful, with garlands illuminate the street and trees decorated with fairy lights. Along the street were many stalls with all kinds of things, from food stalls to fish catching stalls.
Suddenly they heard motorcycles behind them. When they turned around they saw a Pink haired girl dressed in a Yukata with flowers on it climbed from the motorcycles, accompanied with a messy brown haired guy, who took his helm off.
She approached Horo after seeing him. Ren and Yoh saw how the two tried to talk, but were disturbed by her boyfriend. Ren and Yoh looked at each other, obviously they have the same idea, and they nodded to each other and walked to the scene in front of them. They pretended a fight and spilled the coffee in Ren´s hand all over the so called boyfriend.
"Shit!", Nichrom called out and glanced angry at Ren and Yoh. "Sorry man.", the boys apologized at once and tried to look innocent.
"I cannot show myself that way!", Nichrom said annoyed and turned to Tamao. "I am going home and change.", then he looked at Horo. "Your name was Boroboro, right?"
"My name is Horokeu!", he replied and tried to keep his angry voice down while he narrowed his eyes and baled his fists.
"Whatever. Just keep an eye on Tamao, till I am back, alright?!", he said unimpressed and turned around to leave.
Tamao was quite sad about the fact that her boyfriend's appearance is more important than to spend time with her, but she was happy that she could be with Horo alone, like old times.
Yoh and Ren looked at each other victorious. Then at Horo and his childhood friend. Ren smiled while he crossed his arms above his chest and Yoh grinning, happy for his friend. Then they left the two of them alone by themselves.
The boys strolled through the street till Rens eyes catches a certain silver haired girl dressed in a simple violet Yukata, accompanied by two children with light brown hair. The boy was caring the girl on his back.
Ren apologizes to his friend before he approached the girl with the two children.
"Hi.", he greeted her.
"Hello.", she replied back politely.
"You remember me? From the hospital, you have bandaged my wounds two times.", he explained and tried to play cool.
Jeanne smiled "How can I just forget a boy who got himself injured two times in the same spot."
Ren smiled back. "If I remember correctly, we haven´t introduced ourselves yet. So, my name is Ren.", he stretched his right hand out.
"And I am Jeanne, nice to finally meet you.", she introduced herself and blushed slightly at the sight of his handsome smile. She reached out and took his hand.
Ren glanced down at the two children. "Why are you carrying her on your back?"
Redseb looked at Ren and tried to explain:"Because she would keep daydreaming and we would lose her."
"Let me carry her, so you can enjoy the Festival and don´t have to worry about her.", the yellow eyed boy offered.
"Are you sure?", Jeanne asked surprised at the offer.
"Of course I am.", he said and smiled at her. Ren took Seyram and placed her on his shoulders. Her eyes lit up as she saw the lights of the garlands and fairy lights at the new height.
"Thanks, mister!", Redseb said and stretched his back.
"You can call me Ren.", Ren looked down and winks at him. "Now tell me where do you want to go first?", Ren asked the boy.
From far away Yoh watched them and smiled. They look like a family, he thought as he watched them leave. Then he glanced at his watch, half an hour to go, he told himself. He made his way to his destination as he passed a stall full of key rings. There he watched as a girl negotiates with the seller about the price of a skeleton keychain. She won and got the keychain ridiculously cheap. Then she put her purchase in her red hand bag which matched the red belt of her white Yukata. It had pattern of cherry blossoms at the bottom and ends of her sleeves.
Yoh smiled at the blond haired girl when she turned around. "You!", she shouted and pointed a finger at him. But Yoh´s smile remained. She got annoyed and put her hands on her waist. "What do you want?", she asked in a bored tone. "I just walked by and saw you here...", he started but was cut off.
"And you thought to come along an annoy me with your stupid grin?", she said and raised an eyebrow.
"No, I just wanted to say hi. So... Hi!", he called and raised a hand to wave at her.
Anna opened her mouth to say something, but shut it. "Why are you all by yourself tonight?", he asked surprised while raising an eyebrow.
"I could ask you the same.", she replied and crossed her arms. He laughed and said: "My friends are here, but busy and I don´t want to disturb their times with their girls."
"And why don´t you have a date?", she asked surprised, you are quite handsome to walk here by yourself, she thought and wanted to slap herself for thinking that way.
"Because I am thinking about you", he murmured to himself.
"What?", she asked.
"Eh, I said because... you know college and stuff.", he said with a nervous laugh.
"Aha..", Anna looked at her watch and then back up to him. He noticed that she was tapping with her foot. "Are you waiting for something?", he asked.
"Yes. The performance of Awaya Ringo will be broadcast live on the large screen at the end of the street in fifth-teen minutes!", she snapped.
"Oh yes! And also Soul Bob´s performance! Wait... you are a fan of the creepy looking women?", he asked surprised with wide eyes.
"She is not creepy! And Bob´s the weird looking guy, huh?", she replied.
"He is not weird!", he defended his favorite singer then sighed. "Since we both want to go there and we are both alone... why not go together?", Yoh asked carefully and secretly hoping she would agree.
She thought about it for several seconds before agreeing. "But if you annoy me, you are history!"
He shuddered but grinned and they walked off. They spend most of the time in silence, but in a comfortable silence.
Faust, who watched the three couples walking their path, smiled and whispered „Love will find their path, you will see, my dear Eliza.", and he felt how a slender hand took his and he squeezed back.
xxxSo Reader, I hope you liked the new chapter! Please let me know if you like the Story and if you want me to continue! And I am sorry for any language errors, i am from Germany :) But, I am trying my best! stay tuned!xxx
