Chapter 12: Hi! Meet me!
"So... Now what?" asked Hikaru as taking a seat at the edge of the pool. Kyoya looked puzzled and sat next to her. "I don't know." he answered and changed his gaze to the water.
"I'm not paying attention." she suddenly said. He looked questioningly like he didn't understand what she was talking about. "I don't pay attention. That's what I... do with my pain. You said you wanna know what I do when I'm depressed. It doesn't worth to cry. And... I don't cry too often. I don't anyone about my birthday. I have totally no ear for music and I am airy in the deepest part of my heart. I love eating. And I don't wake up very early. I have newspapers and magazines which I keep in a box in my bathroom. I don't wear shoes with heels. I cannot keep myself in balance. I always fall when I try to wear shoes with heels. I don't support shades on my eyes. I hate nail polish. I love breaking rules. I think love is a very big mistake that people do in their lives. But people still do it even if they know it is wrong. I also think that Juliet is a bitch if she fell in love with a man she cannot have."
Kyoya didn't understand why Hikaru told him all those things but listened and paid very much attention to what she said.
"I listen to Korean singers because I love how they sing... I like Korean. It is a nice language. I like more red wine than white wine. I have a dartboard. I always throw with darts. It calms me down. I never hit the 100 point bull. My best record is the eighty point band. I hate raspberry as a fruit. I like Rock Princess by Vera Wang. It's a good perfume. I read Madoka's journal. I don't have a journal, but I like reading other's thoughts. Hyoma bought me an expansive ring and an expansive necklace but I never wore any of them when we were together. When I take baths, I need two or three hours and I don't dry my hair after I wash it. I don't like when someone is calling me 'cute'. I hate going shopping. I think it's hypocritical to congratulate somebody for defeating you. I don't believe in love at the first sight. I vomit when people are talking about celebrities. I often have no idea who they are. I like when someone kisses my forehead. Or when someone strokes my cheek. I know to dance in pairs, but I hate this kind of dance. Nothing hurts for me. Pain is a sign of weakness. I need freedom. I'd never marry. I'd have a long-term relationship, but I'd never marry because I think it's more beautiful when you're not married. When I say this word... 'marriage'... I always think at two people arguing one with each other. Or at two people who supported each other 60 years... Man... By the way... I'd never have kids. I'd get mad with kids. And I hate babies."
"Me too. I'd never have kids. I also hate babies and little children. They are so annoying..." he added at her opinion.
They kept quiet a lot after that. He talked the first:
"Hikaru... You said you hate dancing in pairings?" She looked questioningly at him and nodded. He smirked and stood up. Then he stared at the sky and sighed. "Um... I also danced with a girl one time. I know... I don't look like I'd dance. And that's true. I don't dance." She seemed to be surprised but didn't ask anything. "And..." he continued, "It was... funny. Somehow. And... I also don't tell people about my birthday. I also have totally no ear for music. I also like red wine more than white wine. I also don't believe in love at first sight. Nothing hurts for me. Pain is a sign of weakness. I also think is hypocritical to congratulate someone for defeating you. I also throw with darts. I do almost all the things you do. So... I wanna ask you..."
She looked puzzled at him and didn't know what to expect at. "I wanna ask you this freaking question... This freaking, freaking question which I never asked before... You are the first! And I'll not be a gentleman!" He changed his gaze to her and that made her startle. "Wanna... Wanna dance with me, Hikaru?"
"What? Now? Are you crazy? No, you're drunk!" He chuckled at that and looked back at the sky. "Why?" he asked, "I wanna see how clumsily you are dancing. I have this skill of causing pain... or any other negative feeling or stare of mind." She stood up at that.
"Oh, really?" she replied, "What if I tell you that sometimes I dress up in latex and I like to subjugate men and cause pain?" Kyoya didn't look to be very impressed by her words. "Mr... Wanna subjugate me too? You'd look cute with a devil fork..."
Hikaru sighed. Then she pouted and put her hands on his shoulders. "Fine. I dance." She pulled his arm somewhere to be far from that pool because she was afraid he can get his revenge and push her again in the water. "Look... It's just like this... Place your right hand on my back..." Kyoya was a bit confused but just obeyed. "Good... Now is my turn." She placed her left hand on his back. "Okay..." She took a deep breath. "Now... Turn your feet slightly at the right... At my right..." He also obeyed this time and she did the same thing after seeing he obeyed. "Good... Now... Hold my right hand with your left hand. In a V-shaped position."
He raised an eyebrow but just did what she said. 'Interesting...' he said to himself. "I think the palms must connect with fingers and thumbs closed? That's what I read." she searched in her memories. "And..." She went one step closer to him. "The left half of my upper body must... How the heck wrote there? The left half of lady's upper body must... Oh, yeah... The left half of lady's upper body must touch the right half of man's upper body." She went a bit closer to him so their bodies could touch. "Good... Now... The steps... Right... Then right... Then left... 1... 2... 3... 4... Okay. I'm ready."
Hikaru found herself in a bright room when she opened her eyes. She noticed she was lain on a bed. She peered around a bit then sat up. She had a big headache and her waist and her legs were very numb. She put her hand at her head and moaned. "I feel like my head exploded... Kyoya's nightingales are nothing compared with what I feel now. Seems like everyone has a strange part in his brain... That bartender was right when he said I'll regret. Ah, damn. And Kyoya thinks I'm beautiful! Perfect... I'm a bitch. A pervert bitch. I like how it sounds... You pervert bitch! Mrr... Hikaru, you are a pervert bitch!" She got up from the bed and peered around again. "Okay... This is not my dirty bedroom cause it is kinda clean... Neither that damned pool... Neither the bar..."
Then someone suddenly opened the door. Hikaru looked there to see a woman. "Oh, hi... You woke up?" the woman asked and Hikaru nodded as an answer. She was still very confused and looked at the woman with the same confused eyes. The woman didn't really understand why she was staring so fixedly at her until she realize. "Oh... Yeah... I think you are a bit perplexed. My husband brought you here last night. You were very drunk. I heard you drank very much last night. My husband told me. He's bartender at the bar you got drunk." It took some moments for Hikaru to realize what the woman was talking about because she was dizzy.
"Oh... Thanks for... bringing me back." Then she remembered about something."Do you know anything about my friend?" asked Hikaru, waiting for an answer. She was a bit worried for Kyoya. Bartender's wife looked puzzled to her, so Hikaru decided to draw a portrait of Kyoya:
"Well... He's a boy about 16 with teal hair, blue eyes, chocolate skin and has some scars under his eyes. He's dressed like a gangster. Well, not really. He has a khaki coat and a black shirt and... He had some brown fingerless gloves and he was wearing a gray necklace and..." Then she stopped as remembering about his necklace. 'Ah, let it drop now.' she said to herself and continued: "And you can see his navel, I mean his t-shirt was... Ah, how can I explain? How's that word? Navy? Nah, navy is dark green or... dark blue? Ah... My brain is playing and shaking the words and combinations of words and... Damn! Anyway, he had some beige..."
The woman finally realized what she was talking before she could finish her sentence: "Oh... You talk about your boyfriend who got drunk with you!" Hikaru raised an eyebrow.
"My boyfriend? No! What was your first clue?" The woman looked surprised and pouted. "I don't know. I was just thinking you were matching and anyway... He's downstairs, in the kitchen. I think so. I think you had fun... My husband said you let pretty much money at his bar. Anyway, go there and eat something with him."
Hikaru just obeyed and went to the kitchen. Kyoya was sitting on a chair at the table. Well, he wasn't eating.
"Hi, bro. What's up?" saluted Hikaru and took a seat next to him. Kyoya looked indifferently. "Hey, listen here, Sleeping Beauty... You said the tattoo hurt you!" he suddenly said, letting Hikaru a bit confused. Then she startled and shrugged with nonchalance. "Well, I lied. It didn't hurt so much. It was more like pinching. And what?"
'Um... If you wanna look tough when I'm with you this means you know why... Right? Nice move, babe. I need a psychiatrist. And some morphine. I swear I will never drink like this... again. AGAIN! Nice. And I swear I'll kill Keichiro next time I meet him. I'm gonna be the darkest nightmare he ever had! He'll remember my name in his nightmares pretty often! Ah, damn.'
"But... Good news. We leave tomorrow. I bought tickets and tomorrow we wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning and leave. Sorry for the hour. And... Hey... Wait, wait, you are changed! Your chicken pox is better! Nice. With tequila, whisky, beer, wine and vodka and with pool party, dancing... What the heck we danced? I don't know. Anyway, dancing, running... falling... sprinkling... and it was cold outside and you were wet and... You rock! And you fell asleep on that bench..."
Hikaru looked to be happy at hearing they leave, even if the fact with 5 o'clock annoyed her, but she grinned to Kyoya, but her grin slowly disappeared because that reminded her about something. 'Wait... Tomorrow? And what about the mercury? Ahh... DAMN!'
"I don't really remember... How did I fall asleep on a bench?" she tried to hide the fact she was nervous with that question. Well, it was true she didn't remember why she fell asleep. He chuckled slightly but didn't answer her question. That made her be more interested in knowing what happened. "Tell me!"
He still didn't want to answer her question. "No matter now." he lied in a playful and teasing way. She sneered and crossed her arms, then looked away from him. He sighed. "Fine... Do you remember what happened after we danced that silly dance? I mean, after you fell down."
Hikaru looked questioningly at him and nodded. "Well... Then you know that I remembered that I forgot something at the bar..." She nodded at that, so he continued. "So I told you I'm gonna go back inside and take what I forgot..." She thought a bit until she realized.
"Oh, My God... And then I took a seat on a bench and I fell asleep! Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Oh, yeah... but the problem is that when I went back at the bar..." He hesitated a bit which made her want to know what happened. "I drank a bit... I couldn't help drinking... Just a bit. A bit more..." he confessed himself, tittering.
Hikaru sweat dropped but swallowed her anger, so Kyoya could continue. "And... Then, when I saw... that you were asleep... it reminded me about my grandpa... who was drinking a lot and then he was falling asleep immediately and then I... started to... lose my balance and then I suddenly fell down. And I failed when I tried to stand up, so I remained there until I also fell asleep and... the bartender found us then." She stood up and she could swear she wanted to beat him. "Whaaaaaaaaaat? Oh, you're a dead man!" Kyoya also stood up and seemed to be afraid and retreated with a step.
"Tell me we're not repeating everything... Please, Hikaru..."
Hikaru smirked.
"You little mischief! You can run but you cannot hide! You had the intention to lift me up in your arms or maybe to kiss me perhaps?" yelled Hikaru as chasing Kyoya. She was often hitting people while running and him, too. "You should learn what respect means!" she reproved to him.
Kyoya chuckled loudly while running and panting. "I don't know what respect is. I never met the respect!"
"Oh, really?" replied Hikaru, "I'll get you two acquainted pretty soon!"
You just called the ending, Kyoya! Just wait! Do you think I forgot that you threw me in the pool last night? And if you think that I forgot that you chased me and then... sprinkled me with beer... I smelled just like a beer! Well, I already smelled like a grass of tequila. Maybe like more glasses. And you smelled like a thousand glasses of gin. And now I'm... I need a shower! But not before l catch you! Alright! I'm a rude girl, man. I'm a pervert bitch who was left but I'm fast enough to catch a boy! And... I'm Hikaru and I love this! You think you know me, Kyoya? What I told you was just a sample! I am another person... You have no idea... I'm a big hypocrite... I'm a virgin slut... I pretend that I'm a good girl, but in the reality, I'm a bad one! A very bad one... Again: Hello... You need some tea! You are sick! You keep telling us that you are a virgin... WE KNOW, man, we aren't some idiots! Excepting Gingka and Madoka, we aren't idiots! Ah, what am I talking about? Hyoma is an idiot as well, but he's gone so just those two and Benkei. And maybe Kyoya. (she thinks a bit about it) Seriously... Is he an idiot? Um... He can drink six or seven kinds of alcoholic drinks in one night and he can chase me even if he's very wet and... he can wake up early and... But he didn't notice that his necklace is at me? One point for Kyoya is an idiot! Who gives two points? Two points, two points... No one...? Again, who gives two points? Maybe three? Fine. Roar.
"Tell me, Hikaru, are you... are you ever going to catch me? Do not chase me if you're not going to catch me, cause I'm getting tired. Ah, let it drop. You are evil. And you are the Sleeping Beauty. And you are still drunk. And The Charming Prince left you!"
Hikaru raised an eyebrow. She didn't really understand why he was calling her 'Sleeping Beauty' so she asked him about it while chasing him. Kyoya laughed.
"You said you aren't waking up early. Today you also didn't wake up early. The Charming Prince left you and you need a prince to kiss and rescue you. But the way to your palace is full of obstacles, like The Charming Prince's ghost which remained in your mind so deep. So you need a boy which is brave enough to choose a girl which hard to reach. That's why you are Sleeping Beauty. And this will probably have a tragic ending." Kyoya explained while running.
She rolled her eyes at that even if she was very pissed-off by his imagination. 'What a big mistake I did when I met you.' she reproved to herself. "Ah, alright, keep running! Nothing hurts for me! Pain is a sign of weakness." she repeated to herself to get trust.