That love-hate beginning.
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Warning: It's going to be a little emotional at the beginning yeah. But the whole chapter won't be depressing! I promise! :]
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"Just relax. Everything will work out fine Rika." My older twin reassured me as we stood in front of the big doors of the mansion I used to live in.
When I arrived in Tokyo, Sei-niichan and I separated with the others so we can go to his apartment. But once we were there, After I showered and got my clothes on, I lied on the bed for a while but ended up falling into deep sleep. So we're now here in the morning.
"I know. I've been preparing for this, the moment I packed my bags to come home. But my nerves are starting to get to me! What if she doesn't like how I dress? Or what if she hates me after hearing I ran away from home?!" I felt my heart pumping so hard, I swear it would jump out of my mouth!
Sei-Niichan grabbed my shoulder and stared at me with his red and amber eyes. It made me stop for a second because it just looked weird. But now isn't the time for me to ask him about how does it feel to have irregular eyes. "Rika." He said firmly.
I looked at him and finally got my breath in a steady pace. I nodded as he let me go. "I'll be okay now. I'll do my best."
"That's right." He said as he pushed open the door and was helped by one of the house butlers. Once the butler saw it was Akashi and their young mistress who they hadn't seen for years. He announced to the maids and butlers around the hall that "Young Master Seijuro" was home with "Young Mistress Rika" They came rushing to the entrance and greeted the two in two lines beside the door. They bowed in sync as their greeting.
I put my hand around Sei-niichan's elbow as he led me to the fireplace room. I stopped for a few seconds to get myself together one last time and pushed opened the door. I saw my father sitting on one of the single sofas facing the fire place; my mother was sitting beside him, on a wheel chair.
I felt my tears building up at the corners of my eyes. Sei-niichan removed my hand from his elbow and held it firmly. He pulled me softly towards them.
There were two reasons why I was scared; I was scared that my mom wouldn't like how I turned out. Another reason was because my father was right there. My mother looked up at me and she bore no expression.
I froze. 'She hates me.' I repeated in my head. But then while I was doing so, she gave me a soft smile. I saw tears flowing down her delicate cheeks. She spread her thin arms wide open at me. When I couldn't hold in anything anymore, I flew into her warm motherly embrace. I couldn't remember when the last time I hugged her was, but I knew I was really small that time.
"There there my beautiful child, please don't waste your tears on me." She said with a raspy sick voice. It made me break down into tears even more.
"I've missed you so much Mom…" I said in between sobs.
"I've missed you too my little Rika." She said as she patted my head and back softly.
I moved my head up from her shoulder and saw the hollows in her cheeks and the dark circles under her eyes. I wiped away her tears and said "You've lost a lot of weight mom…" I started to remember some things from the past. "I'm so sorr-" She rested a finger on my mouth to stop me from apologizing.
"There is nothing for you to be sorry about Rika. You were still a child after all." She said in a serious tone and then smiled. "I can gain all of my weight back. I'll be all chubby before you know it." She said with a reassuring smile.
She wiped my tears away in return. That and what she said made me smile. Even when she's like this, she never fails to make me smile when she can. At this moment, my father stood up, making me startled and turn my head towards him. At the corner of my eyes, I saw Sei-niichan tense up. But my father turned to leave "Well, I have some work to attend."
"Alright honey, I'll be with the kids." She replied and watched him turn his back towards her and walked out of the room.
I glanced at my brother, while trying not to shake. He looked at me with worry and got on his knees beside me and hugged me and mom.
"Honestly, stop those tears sweetie. " She said with a caring smile and pushed the hair in Rika's face. Me and my twin exchanged looks for a second. Mom doesn't know the reason behind these tears, they're not the same tears I shed when I saw her. And it's better for mom to not know the reason at all.
"Now…Rika, Seichi, stand up and let me see how my children have grown." She said. Me and my twin did as told.
This time, our mother shed tears. She wiped them away and said "Sorry. I'm just so happy to see you two to grow to become so beautiful…and handsome."
We smiled at what she said and I said "Have you eaten mom? I suddenly feel like cooking for you."
"You can cook?" Mom and sei-niichan said in the same time, teasing me. I laughed and nodded.
"If you're hungry, I can cook you breakfast." I suggested.
My mother laughed lightly and said "We'll you're lucky cause I haven't eaten yet. How about you Seichi?" She asked my brother who moved behind her wheel chair and started to push her towards the door. I held one of her hands and we went to the dining room, where I separated away from them to go to the kitchen.
After 30 minutes, we were eating at the dining table, "Wow…I'm amazed Rika. You've grown to become such a splendid woman! I'm so proud of you two for growing up to be so strong." My mother praised me and my twin brother.
Then I heard the door open, I turned my head back and saw one of our oldest maids here. "Minako-san! You still work here?!" I asked, happy she was still here. She had been the one to take care of me since I was a baby, but I hadn't seen her since I left the mansion. She gave me a sad smile. I knew what she was thinking. She felt bad for not being there that moment before I left the mansion for good. I gave her a smile, hoping she would get that I was fine with everything.
"Of course I am still here! I'm now in charge of taking care of Mistress Aiede(Pronounced A-e-Dae)" She said, her voice sounding much more older now compared to the last time I saw her. Among all the maids we have, Minako-san is like family. Like the slightly young grandmother we never had. She put her hands onto my mother's shoulders. "Now, Mistress Aiede, your bath is ready."
My mother smiled and nodded. "I have to go now my children. I need to rest after my bath as well." I smiled and hugged her before she left.
"Well…I have to go to collage…" Sei-niichan stated. I looked at him, if he's going to leave…then I might be alone where father comes back…
"You can come with me. Apply right away." He said, probably hearing my thought telepathically. I don't know.
"Ugh…school right away?" I made a face to him. Which he chuckled at.
"College. I already have the stuff you need to apply. The only thing you need to fill in is the stuff like which school you went to and what have you been doing there." He stated. "You can fill it in the car."
"Well, you're pretty ready to bring me back to college after leaving my previous school just yesterday." I stated with a small smile.
"…F…Father…told me to do so…" He said hesitantly. I turned serious at the mention of that guy. Our father. "Never mind him. Lets go. I'm going to be late."
I nodded and left with him.
KISE'S POV
"Hey guys…Kise is here." "Whoa~ Speak of the devil." "oh its Kise." "Kise-kun is here!" Was all the mumbles I heard from the crown of people around me. I sighed. I don't like this. Not even one bit.
I walked away from my car right away, dashing through the crowds ignoring everything. I walked with my bag hanging on my shoulder and my art book on my left hand against my side. I heard some girly sniffles when I got into the building. I saw Kimiko-chan with Akari and Yumi chan…Crap. I sense drama coming my way. "KISE-KUN!" One of them yelled at me. They marched towards me, pushing me against the glass window beside the door. "You've been dating with us three at the same time?!" Yumi chan said angrily.
I watched how they shot words at me like machine guns. Not long after that, I noticed Ana-chan walking towards me with some other girls I recognized behind her. I gave up leaning my back against the window. I sighed and closed my eyes. This is my punishment for playing with that many women. Who were once girls…until they met him.
"KISE-KUN! HOW COULD YOU! I GAVE YOU MY EVERYTHING!" She yelled once she reached me. The other girls looked at Wakana and back at me. "I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE YOU SLEPT WITH?!" One of them yelled. After that, everything just felt like they were shooting bazookas through their mouths to me. I didn't know what to do.
I saw how others were whispering as they watched everything. I sighed at the sight of these women screaming at me and thought of one way to get out of this... I am so going to get more anti-fans from this. I checked my watch and I had 8 more minutes to hand in my assignment. I looked at the crown of women once more before I pushed my way through and got ready with what I was going to do. I put on a serious face and turned to them "Right in time. I was glad that news came up. I'm tired of all you shitty dramas." I stated. To make them know I was being serious (even though I didn't want to), I looked at Ana-chan who was wearing my beanie. I snatched it away and said "I'll need this back." I turned away and walked away. As if on cue, I heard them bawling their eyes out. "KISE-KUN! Come back! I didn't mean what I said!" "Kise-Kun! I'm sorry! Don't leave me!"
But I didn't turn to even glance at them. I turned a corner and bit my lip. 'I FEEL SO BAD!' I thought as I sobbed and thought that I should stick with this.
"Things got ugly for you in a flash." I heard a sudden voice out of no where. I looked to my right and saw Kurokocchi. I jumped away, shocked at his sudden appearance.
"AH! Don't do that to my poor pure broken heart Kurokocchi!" I continued to walk with his with my hand against my chest.
"Pure my ass!" I heard, I turned my head and saw Kagamicchi walking towards me and the short blue-haired fellow beside me.
"I AM PURE! What are you saying~" I insisted.
"Doesn't sound like you're as innocent as you say you are in the news…"Kurokocchi said. I frowned and tried to look angry. But I couldn't help but smirk.
"Haaah~~ My fun time is over~" I stated. The two looked at eachother and shook their heads.
"Don't you feel bad for them?" Kagamicchi asked. I sighed and nodded.
"I do actually, but I didn't think I'd get caught in the most complicating way. My anti-fans would just build up because of this…" We stopped in front of my lecture room. "We'll this is where we part ways."
I walked in and saw my black-haired teacher sitting on her table with her face dug into her arms which was resting on the table. I walked to her slowly. 'She is so going to give me low marks…' I sweat dropped.
My lecture mates watched me enter the room and watched my everymove.
"Marie-sen…sei?" I approached. She raised her head and frowned after seeing my face. I handed her my assignment.
She snatched it. She slammed the table as she got up. "SIT." She demanded and pointed to her chair. I was confused and did as told. She leaned down to me and started to point to my face saying stuff like "I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU PREFERRED OLDER WOMEN LIKE ME! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU ACCEPTED ME!" I was alarmed and looked at my lecture mates. They looked shocked.
"OI OI! NOT OUR SENSEI TOO! I mean, I know she's young and hot and all…BUT THAT'S SO UNFAIR." The men said.
"I'M GOING TO EXPOSE TO THE PRINCIPAL THAT YOU HAVE A TATTOO ON THE BACK OF YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER!"
I had my hands up in front of my chest in defence, my palms facing her way. "Sensei…we're still in class…and people are watching."
That made her realize what she just did. She wasn't thinking straight. She gasped and look at her student. She laughed nervously "A-and that's how those girls from before should treat him for doing that to them! They have to be angry at him." She lied. No one bought it though since she was so obvious. But at least she thought they bought it. She told me to go to my seat in a forced nice tone.
Yes. I even screwed my (hot and young) teacher. Well simply cause she asked for it. She was the one who approached me in the first place.
I turned to take a seat when I saw my red-headed classmate. He walked up to his seat beside mine. I dragged my feet to the said seat and lied my head on the table. I felt like sobbing.
"I heard from the wave of people I met in the hallway that you got into serious trouble." He said with his usual cold expression.
"Thanks for reminding Akashicchi." I said sarcastically to the serious red-head. "You're later than usual by the way. You're usually the first to arrive in class."
"Mind your own business." He said coldly. I felt cold air brush past us.
"You're so cold." I sulked. Today is such a bad day! It's so bad, nothing worse than this could happen.
Rika's POV:
"Ding dong ding dong~~~" The school bell chimed loudly indicating it was 12'Oclock. I was told that most classes would end at this time, If not more in the afternoon or night.
I was done being toured around the school for the whole morning. So far, this school is weird and interesting. It was sort of weird yet funny to find a group of girls bawling their eyes out saying sorry to no one is general. Maybe it was a daily thing. I heard some murmurs around the school which I didn't care to listen to since it wasn't significant information for me if they were just gossips.
When I sent Sei-niichan off to his lecture room, we heard a woman yelling something like she was the only woman in I don't know whose life and all. "I didn't know you majored in theoretical arts…"
But he told me "I don't." and got inside after saying he'll see me after 12. I peeked before the door was fully closed. I saw a lecturer (judging from her business looking outfit) bending down, yelling stuff to someone sitting on her chair. I couldn't see the person though since she was blocking. Not like I cared. Seconds after that, I heard a teacher approach me from behind telling me he was going to be the one to tour me around.
Now, I'm just sitting at the bench near the college's beautiful garden, waiting for Sei-niichan.
A pink haired girl walked with a group of people with her towards the basketball section, since there was a sign which said so. This college was that big that they needed signs everywhere.
"Ohooo~ A pretty lady! She seems new." A guy said as he walked past where I was sitting. I furrowed my eyebrows at him. How the hell would he know I was new?! 'Mind your own business stranger!' I thought. But I just stayed quiet I didn't want to start any fights cause I knew I wouldn't back down.
But after he said that, more people took notice of me and the stupid men just looked at me like I was a piece of meat. Gosh…It was so tempting to claw their eyes out.
"Oh? Aren't you…" I heard a feminine voice. I followed where it came from and saw a pretty pink-haired girl. "I know you!" She said with a grin.
She sat next to me with a smile and stared at me with huge curious eyes. After a few seconds she grinned once more. "I knew it! It is you! Riki-chan?"
"It's Rika…Do I know you you?" I asked, feeling weirded out that she knew me.
"Oh darn. Almost got it right~" She laughed and said "I'm Momoi! We went to the same Junior high! Teiko? We were in the same English class!"
OH HER! "I remember now. You're that girl who sat behind me right?" I asked to confirm.
"Bingo~!" She said and clearly was happy and was giggling to herself about something. "Did you just transfer here?"
"Yeah. Just today." I said with a soft smile.
"Wow…It seriously must be fate." She said with a giggle. I raised an eyebrow. She was clearly not telling me something I should know.
"What are you saying?"
"I mean you were together before as well~!" She said. What in the world is this woman talking about? Together? I didn't know she knew about my past relationships…Is she a stalker? Or do people just know that much about me?
She looked at me and knew I was confused "I'm guessing you don't know?" She giggled once more and let out a happy sigh. "K-" Just when she was about to tell me, this familiar looking blue haired guy appeared out of no where.
I jumped at his sudden appearance. 'Where the heck did he come from?! I didn't see him coming!' I thought.
"Momoi-san. Everyone is asking for you at the court…" He said monotonously.
I swear her eyes were sparkling the moment she saw him. "Tetsu-kun!" She jumped out of her seat and hugged him.
He on the other hand had no change in expression. He looked at me and went "Oh. It's her."
Momoi looked at what he was referring to, me. She giggled and said "Yep~ She doesn't know yet. She'll find out about that troublemaker soon anyways~" She let go of the boy and they invited me to join their stroll to the basketball area.
I thought for a while but I guess I can tell Sei-niichan that I'm gonna be there. So I took up their invitation. I texted my twin right away who shortly replied back that he was supposed to be there anyways.
Once I reached the basketball area, I was amazed by the size of space it took. There were about six basketball courts. I saw some more familiar faces at court 1(according to the sign at the grand stand).
"Oh there you are Momoi. Where were you?" A tanned man said lazily. He was on a bench with other players with different basketball jerseys. I heard from the teacher who toured me around that basketball was the school's main sport. As in, this college was famous for the basketball teams they had. But with so much people joining it, the best players had separated it into six teams to lead their own teams.
I looked at their jerseys; each of them really did come from different teams like he said. They must be the guys he referred to as the best players. The blue haired guy from Seirin, the tanned guy fromToo, a green haired guy from Shutoku and a purple haired guy who's stuffing himself with a bag of chips from Yosen . I looked over to the other team members of the different teams and saw Kaijo which I assume the best player wasn't here yet.
Then I saw Rakuzan, that's the team Sei-niichan is in…nii-chan is probably the best player judging from how they treat him like a leader. I looked away before I catch their attention.
"Oh I was on my way…But stopped half way when I met this transfer student!" She said introducing me to the group. I snapped my mind back to the group I was currently with.
They turned their heads to look at me and paused. The tanned guy laughed when he saw me, as if he found something interesting. "That's some crazy shit right there." He said. I looked at him with furrowed eyebrows, offended. Did he just call me 'crazy shit'? I was about to retort but he asked Momoi "Does she know?"
"Nope!" She said with a grin. She then sat next to the blue haired guy.
"Okay. What is it that you're not telling me Momoi-san?" I asked her. But she just kept her mouth zipped.
Just then I heard a few girls squealing. But I didn't bother to look at them since I wanted to know what they weren't telling me. I had feeling I wasn't going to like it.
"Seems like he had fans who don't give up on him." The green haired guy said. What? What is he saying?
"He looks happy after seeing those girls still supporting him." This time the glutton spoke up. What in the world are they talking about. But it was then I noticed they weren't looking at me but behind me. Where the crowd of squealing girls were at.
I turned my head to look at what the fuss was all about and spotted by twin. Then when I saw who he was walking with…I lost the grip of the cellphone I was holding. It dropped on the hard floor.
"Oh here it comes. " The tanned man said.
"Where's the popcorn when you need it?" The purple haired guy said.
I glared at the blonde idiot beside my twin, trying to drill holes through his skull with my eyes. 'WHY...IS...HE...HERE?!'
As if he sensed my glare, he looked my way and locked eye contact with me.
5...4...3...2...1…
Narrator's POV:
It only took five seconds of peacefulness before the hurricane started.
"AAAHHHHHH!" Kise shouted pointing an accusing finger at Rika. "BUNNY UNDERWEAR!"
Aparrently that nickname was made after Kise accidentally saw Rika with underwear with retarded looking rabbits, imprinted on them.
Rika blushed at the nickname "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"
"Aaand so it starts~" Momoi stated as she giggled at the childish fight which was about to start. She didn't think they'd still be like this after so long. So did the others.
"BUNNY UNDERWEAR!" Kise yelled back as the two stomped their way towards eachother where they stopped in the middle.
"DON'T YOU CALL ME THAT YOU SELFISH BLOND IDIOT!" She fought back.
"SELFISH?! IDIOT?! I'M NOT SELFISH AND IM NOT AN IDIOT! I GET STRAIGHT A'S! (No he doesn't)" He lied which everyone except Rika knew. He doesn't get straight A's but he would get a few A's and the others would be B's. Nonetheless, he's not stupid.
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. STOP POINTING TO MY FACE! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" Rika said as she swatted the accusing finger away. But then she noticed how Kise was wearing the Kaijo jersey. The blood drained from her face. She figured out he studies here. 'Crap. Not this shit again!' She thought angrily. She looked at her brother.
"Whyyyy did you not tell me about him?!" She asked her twin brother who just patted her head. "Seijuro Akashi. Why didn't you tell me about him?!" Calling him by his full name indicated that she was dead serious.
Akashi looked at his twin sister and said "I didn't know you'd still be like this with him. I thought you made peace with him before you left."
"How in the world would I make peace with his idiot?"
" I'M NOT AN IDIOT ! BUNNY UNDERWEAR! BOB-HAIR! BOWL!" He was referring to her old bowl hair cut when they were in junior high.
"See? That's why you're an idiot. I GOT RID OF THAT STUPID UNDERWEAR LONG TIME AGO AND I DON'T HAVE A BOWL HAIR CUT ANYMORE." She retorted. Kise was getting annoyed now.
"Oh~ But you still have some valid nick names. Like shorty. Selfish red-head. Ojou. Smelly Rika." He listed them out.
Rika felt her veins pop out. "I AM. NOT. SMELLY. I'M WEARING PERFUME, MAYBE YOUR NOSTRILS ARE THAT DAMAGED YOU CAN'T SMELL IT."
"WELL YOUR PERFUME SMELLS!" He retorted back.
Rika was taken aback "It's a high-class perfume which you wouldn't know off since you don't know what high-class is."
"I don't like it. Change it."
"Why do I have to listen to you?!"
"Cause I'm telling the truth!"
"NO."
"Change it! I don't like it!"
"NO!"
And so the fight went on. Momoi giggled at their fight, their fight always end up being pointless. And somehow, a lot of people think their fight in the end sounds like a lover's quarrel. Even way back when they were in junior high.
She found it so cute, call her weird but she had always been a fan of the two. She thought they'd be the most perfect couple. She didn't get a chance to get the two together last time. She might get the chance this time!
Akashi sighed at the sighed "I really didn't think they'd still be like this after so long."
"Tell me about it." The other said as they watched the two quarrel with eachother.
"Well~ This year seems like it's going to be an interesting year." Momoi said.
A/N: There! They finally meet! Hahha yep, things are still pretty bad between the two hahha.
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