Theme: Teen (16+)
Type: Drama
I was planning on getting this out this weekend.
But I've decided to give it out earlier then that. xD
Feel special! xDD
Anyway, god I'm tired. It's almost 1:30 AM D:
I worked all night on this xD
My bestie helped too. So I owe her a lot or else this wouldn't be out.
I'm not gonna spoil anything.
But there is DRAMA.
Drrraammmmaaa.
Uhm. Yar. I'm normal now xD
7:30 am and the stereo was blazing My Girl's Ex-boyfriend by Relent K. Hikari sung along at the top of her lungs, jumping on the couch and head banging like a fool. She dramatically played air guitar on the guitar solos. "I owe it all to my girl's ex-boyfriend!"
Itachi slowly emerged from the bedroom, wearing his usual black suit and tie. His hair slicked back into a low ponytail. "Hikari." His voice was automatically drowned out by the music. He tried clearing his throat. No response. She was way too out of it, jumping from the couch to the coffee table. "He's someone I would hate to be!"
"HIKARI!" He hollered; which gave the poor girl a fright as she pathetically toppled off the glass coffee table and hit the carpeted floor with a thump. Itachi stared as she climbed onto the couch and stared right back at him with a face like 'I almost died!'
Clearing his throat, he spoke. "I'm heading out now. I've got an early business arrangement."
With lightening fast relaxes, Hikari bounded over the back of the couch and flung herself into Itachi's arms. Itachi blinked indifferently as she snuggling wrapped her arms around his slender waist and buried her nose in his chest. Itachi took it as she was still overjoyed about the events of last night. The pup, to his slight dismay, was still asleep in their bed.
"I'll be back around lunch time. We can spend it together." He smiled a bit as Hikari stepped away from his body, her hands still placed on his waist. Itachi leaned his head down to press his lips softly against Hikari's. She eased up onto her tip-toes to deepen the kiss, but Itachi pulled back quickly. Almost teasing the eager girl. "I have to go."
With a pout, she released him. "I love you." She giggled as he patted her tenderly on the head. "I love you too." With that, he grabbed up his briefcase and briskly left the apartment.
After a few minutes; Hikari decided on calling Ren. A few rings and a groggy voice picked up. "Hello?"
"Wakey, wakey. Eggs and bakey!" Hikari giggled.
"Morning." She could hear Ren yawn.
"Itachi just left for an early appointment. I'm bored!" Hikari leaned against the wall, sliding down it into a sitting position.
"Jebus. It's only 7:30 ish." Ren yawned again.
"Say, lets go jogging with the pups!" She squeaked in Ren's ear.
"Jogging so early in the morning? You must be crazy."
"Don't be so lazy! I'll meet you at Central Park!" With that she hung up the phone and dashed into the bedroom to get ready.
After changing into a faint pink jogging suit with black lines around the waist and going down the sides; Hikari grabbed up the matching leash for Sheila, and headed out.
Central Park wasn't that far away from the complex apartments, so the two were there in no time at all. Hikari hovered around a large oak tree, bending down to pet Sheila as praise for not barking at the passerby. Within moments a hand lightly patted her on the back, scaring the crap out of her. "Why do people keep sneaking up on me?!" Hikari whined.
"Because you're easy prey." Rentaro murmured, rubbing the sleepy from her dark eyes.
Baxter seemed just as sleepy as his owner as he sat on the grass. Sheila on the other hand, kept nipping at his ears. "Come on! No time to waste!" Hikari spoke in a commander sort of way as she grabbed Ren's arm and dragged her down a path near the river.
They walked down the concrete walk way by the dirty brown river. Talking about nothing in particular. Rentaro mostly rambled on about Deidara's newest installment to his romance collection. How he still wasn't willing to get any of his books published. Afraid of rejection and that bull. Hikari had a rather fond spot for Deidara's writing. She was always asking when his next one would be coming out, and she thought he did an excellent job on each one.
"Hikari? Rentaro?" A timid voice interrupted them. They both looked over their shoulders to see two woman about their age.
"Kazumi! Hachiko!" Hikari squealed, turning to face them.
Kazumi, the purple long haired one with bright blue eyes, smiled tenderly. "It's been awhile. How are you two?"
"We're doing alright. Yourself?" Rentaro answered for her friend.
It was Hachiko's turn to answer. "Same ol'. Same ol'." She said in a dismissive shrug.
Hikari took a moment to look her two old friends over. Kazumi had grown her short purple hair out to a flowing longer version. She was dressed in a light blue wool turtle neck with the sleeves covering her hands. She also had on a long light brown ruffled skirt that stopped above her ankles; along with two inch heeled white boots. Hachiko has her very long midnight hair pulled up into a high pony tail. She wore a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and black snug fitting jeans. Around her neck was a black choker with a silver cross dangling from the middle.
As Hikari's eyes wandered back to Kazumi, she couldn't help but notice the 'baby bump.' Kazumi noticed her eyes on her stomach and smiled. "Two months."
"So it's true then? You and Gaara are expecting…" Rentaro trailed off, almost in disbelief. "Twins." Hachiko grinned. "I'll be the God-mother, of course."
"I'm so happy for you!" Hikari squealed, hugging Kazumi tightly.
"Why don't you girls come shopping with us?" Hachiko offered with a pleasant grin.
Hikari looked to Ren, almost like a child wanting to hang out with friends at the park. Ren took the time to yawn before nodding dazedly. "Sure."
"But first we have to go back and change. I'm not walking around in a jogging suit." She muttered quickly, turning and heading towards the apartments.
"'Kay. We'll meet you at the Plaza." Kazumi waved as Hikari ran to catch up to Rentaro.
Rentaro and Hikari met Kazumi and Hachiko at the Plaza around nine. They were waiting just inside the doors; sitting on a bench.
"So where to first?" Hikari grinned enthusiastically. "Baby gap!" Hachi suddenly cheered. Rentaro's right eye twitched, "Sometimes I think you're the father."
Kazumi giggled, "She says she never wants kids. But she's already behaving like a mother-to-be."
"Maybe she is?" Hikari blinked thoughtfully.
"You guys… I'm standing right here. Stop ignoring me." Hachi glared.
Kazumi giggled, "Sorry, Hachi."
"Alright! Lets go!" Hikari thrust her arm into the air with a little too much excitement.
From Baby Gap to Borders to Victoria Secret. The foursome went everywhere, a shopping spree at Hachi's husband's expense. Boy was Orochimaru gonna be mad when he discovered the credit card's monthly bill.
"Hey, you guys wanna go get some lunch?" Rentaro inquired with a motion to the food court. It was then that it hit Hikari, "What time is it?"
"Almost twelve. Why?" Hachi blinked absently.
"Crap! I've got a lunch date with Itachi." Hikari squealed; her mind in a swirl.
"Run Hikari! Run! Master Itachi will be SO furious!" Ren taunted with a smirk, only to earn a swat on the back of the head from Kazumi. She was the closest to do it.
"Go on." Kazumi smiled sweetly towards Hikari. "Thanks, guys. I had fun! See you around." She stuck her tongue out at Ren before making a mad dash out of the mall. Which earned some stares from onlookers.
"Itachi! I'm sorry I'm late!" Hikari hollered as she opened the front door.
Silence.
Everything was so quiet. Everything was as she left it.
"Itachi?" She called in a much softer tone.
No answer.
"Guess he's running late too." She sighed, dropping the shopping bags by the couch in the living room.
There weren't any messages on the answering machine. So the very bored girl sat beside the phone, flipping on the TV and watching Cheaters on G4.
For two hours, she sat there; watching Cheaters and staring uselessly at the phone beside her.
"Why isn't he calling?!" She growled. Her patience had run out an hour ago. She picked up the phone, dialed his number quickly, and waited. It went straight to his voicemail, which meant he had turned his phone off. Typical of the workaholic.
"Fine! I'll just spend the remainder of lunch with Ren!" She hollered at the phone; as if expecting it to say 'sorry'.
It was then she realized that it was after two pm. Lunch was out of the question. She sighed and picked up the phone anyway, "I'll just call to hang out."
Deidara picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey, Dei? Is Rentaro there?"
"No. She hasn't come in yet. Aren't you with her?"
"I left early. I HAD an appointment with Itachi."
Just the sound of her voice made Deidara cringe. "I'm not sure where she'd be."
"Yeah. Thanks." She mumbled, hanging up on the poor man before he could say anything else.
The weather had taken a turn for the chilly side as Hikari walked down the sidewalk. Deciding to go out to her favorite café, Starbucks, would hopefully clear her mind and calm her impending anger down a degree.
Feeling both confused and angry wasn't a good combination for the temper happy female. She stuffed her cold hands deeper into her jacket pockets. Today had started out so cheerful, now it was turning into a real downer. She gazed from the sidewalk to the people at the crosswalk up ahead. A familiar face caught her attention.
Rentaro was standing, slightly away from the crossing group, and gawking across the street. The unique look of shock, fear, and enragement perked Hikari's interest. As she neared Ren, she opened her mouth to call her friend's name out, but snapped it shut. Her eyes fell to where Ren was staring.
Itachi was bent over a table at the little café, lips locked with a busty blonde. Her arms wrapped passionately around his neck. It was obviously Maria.
Hikari's heart seemed to fall out of her chest and slam against the frozen concrete below. She was only a few feet away from Ren by now. It took Ren a few minutes to spot her devastated friend, and when she did; panic set in.
"Hikari!" She gasped, reaching out to her. In a split second, Hikari was out of reach and running as far away from the horrible scene as she could. "Hikari!" Rentaro screamed in a blur of grief. The name caused Itachi to break away from the kiss and look towards the direction the shouting was coming from. Though, Itachi didn't run after her.
Rentaro had finally caught up to Hikari in the park. She had stopped running, bent over with her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath. "Hika…" She mumbled, also huffing. "Why?" Hikari tried not to cry, her heart aching in her chest.
"I don't know…" Ren bit her bottom lip, confused as hell. "But we'll figure this all out… So don't fret."
"This doesn't make any sense!" She lashed out. "Why would he do this? I thought he loved me, Ren!" She spun around to face her friend, her vision blurred with tears.
Ren knew she couldn't say he did or he didn't. She didn't know what the hell was going through Itachi's mind. But all she knew, is that she had to be there for Hikari. Reaching out her hand, she placed it softly atop Hikari's head. "It'll be alright." She tried to sound as reassuring as she could muster.
Just then, Hikari's cellphone went off. She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled it out to look at the callerID. Though, she recognized the ringtone as Itachi's. Biting her bottom lip, she looked to Ren for advice. Ren stared back helplessly.
With that; Hikari snapped the phone shut and flipped it off before stuffing it back into her pocket.
There was a tense silence between them for the next five minutes.
Hikari finally spoke first. "I… Don't want to go back to the apartment. Not yet." Rentaro understood perfectly, "You'll stay with me and Dei."
"Thank you." Hikari stared at the ground.
Slowly, Ren reached her hand out once more, her palm facing Hikari in a warm manner. "Thank you." Hikari repeated as she took her friend's hand in her own. They left the stilled park behind.