Hello my lovlies~ Here we are with another chappie. Sad to say that we haven't gotten to the fight between Crow and Hummingbird yet, but I can assure you it will be in either the next one or the one after. :) So without further interruption, chappie five of Peacock! Remember don't be a reader and not a reviewer! Reviews are life I tell you~
After my visit to the doctor, I bid her ado and set out to find Senji. Stomping through the halls I saw Ganta coming out of his room and he looked at me happily, face of joy and eyes free from all worry. "Mai! You made it! I watched the whole thing, good thing Senji was there huh?" Giving off a goofy grin, he gave me a hug around my waist while I placed a hand on top of his head and ruffled his hair slightly.
"Speaking of Senji, you don't know where he is do you? I kind of had to get my shoulder bandaged up from that stupid arrow." I said, letting him go. He brought a finger to his chin for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.
"Last I saw, he was heading back to your room. He should still be there unless he went to work out or something." I gave him a smile and patted his head once more. "Thanks Ganta. We should get together tonight to watch his match! Here, tell Shiro I saved it just for her." Tossing him the small bean bun, I made my way to our room. Yes I was finally learning my way around; it was the best feeling ever!
As I made my way to the door I opened it up, ready to give him a piece of my mind. Sadly for me, he was in the shower and my rehearsed yelling would have to wait. So sad for me. "Oh you just wait until you are out of that shower!" Plopping myself down on the bed, I grabbed the remote and started flipping through the channels bordly.
After around fifteen minutes the door to the bathroom opened and then it was on. People I didn't even turn off the tv. Instead I grabbed a pillow and before he could even take the towel from around his shoulder, flung it at him and hit him right in the face!
"W-What the! Mai what was that-" I silenced him with the other pillow, flinging it at him as well. He stood there stunned from my strange actions and therefore wasn't able to really do anything.
"Why's you do that! You could have died Senji! Y-You could have been impaled by those stupid spikes!" I yelled. He stared at me slack jawed and eyebrows arched for a few seconds before bursting out into laughter.
"You have to toughen up Mai! I'm fine see!" Walking past me, he went to the dresser to get his coat and I on the other hand picked up one of the pillows and began to repeatedly hit him on the back with it.
"That's not the point you...you stupid! You had me worried sick!" I hit him a few more times, finally getting out all my pent up frustration, and threw the pillow to the side. He turned around after slipping on his coat and had a face that I couldn't really read. It wasn't angry or sad, it wasn't happy or confused. It just...blank.
"I had you worried sick? Funny, I've never had anyone really worry about me before." His small moment of disbelief turned into that of a fit. "You see what this is? This is pay back for teasing me earlier. The tables have turned on you Mai. You know, I'm starting to think that you like me now."
Crimson red, flashed onto my cheeks quickly, giving him the perfect opportunity to call me out on it. "What's the matter Mai? I'm not embarrassing you am I?" Oh this man... he even went so far as to flip me on the end of my nose. Not like that was going to help me on anything.
"Y-You...I...I'm going shopping." I made my way to the door, opening it up. Not before hearing him laugh and throw a pillow at me though. As I made my way to the cast point store of G-block, I tried desperately to control the rising color to my face.
"Oh please, what am I even getting worked up over?" As I rounded a corner, I accidently bumped into someone. "Oh excuse me, I'm sorry." I said quickly, hoping that these deadman would have a heart and not go berserk on me.
"Mai! Ganta gave me the bean bun! It was so yummy!" She lunged forward and wrapped her arms around my waist, giving me a hug. It made me forget about my previous problem, thank goodness. "Hey Shiro, want to help me out with something?"
"Yea sure. What do you need?" She clapped her hands together and began to bounce up and down on her tippy toes. Such an easily excited girl she was. But I swear I remember her from somewhere. I'll have to ask Ganta about it later, maybe he'll remember.
"I need to get a few things from the cast point store. Clothes, maybe an extra bed, you know. Since me and Senji are having to share a room and all I mean."
"Shopping with Mai! Oh it's going to be so much fun! Come on, we better get started before his match tonight!" She grabbed my hand and drug me the rest of the way to the store. As we entered I saw a few faces that kind of looked familiar and a lot that didn't.
"Come on Mai! The clothes are this way!" We walked over to the women's section of the clothes and Shiro immediately pulled out a cute little dress, holding it in front of me to see how it would look. "Oh Mai that's so cute!" She said.
Indeed it was rather cute, even if it was a light pastel pink. It was a spaghetti strap and flowed out around the bottom. Around the waist was a small belt and in the middle of the belt was an emerald green jewel. "So are you going to try it on?" She asked quickly, eyes already sparkling with joy and excitement.
"Sure, might as well. Pants can be so bothersome at times you know?" Taking the dress, I made my way over to the small fitting room and tried it on. Actually, I was quite pleased with it. It was loose around the bottom and hugged me in all the right places. Not to mention it was really comfortable. Walking out from the tent I noticed a few things. One, Shiro looked like she was about to faint from sheer happiness. Two, Ganta had appeared and also seemed pleased because of the smile on his face. And three, Mr. Tamaki had apparently decided to drop in and was now staring at me like a love sick puppy.
"I must say you clean up nice Peacock. Even with that hideous eye patch you're still ravishing." Before I could give him a snappy comeback and a good chunk of what I thought, he turned on his heel and left laughing.
"He is so strange." I muttered out. "So Ganta, what do you think?" I asked, giving a small twirl also, just so he could get the full effect. He and Shiro had taken refuge on a small red couch in front of the fitting room. "I think it looks good on you Mai. You should get it if it's not too much."
"Shoot! I didn't even think about that!" Looking down, I grabbed various pieces of the dress, searching for the price tag or something. "It says that it's a thousand cast points. I guess that's not to awful bad." Turning around, I went and put my regular clothes back on. Once exiting the room I turned to Shiro.
"Hey Shiro, you wouldn't mind holding this for a few minutes would you. I'm going to grab a basket or something a pick up a few things. I promise it won't take long."
"Okay! Me and Ganta can pick you out some more clothes for when you get back!" I couldn't help but let a smile be etched onto my face. She was such a high spirited girl. I don't even think that I've seen her without a smile of a certain twinkle in her eyes.
"Thanks guys. I promise that it won't take long." Making my way back to the entrance, I grabbed a small basket and went over to the grandest part of this store. Women's underwear! Oh even the name sounds amazing!
"Finally. As soon as I get back to the room, I'm changing out of these nasty things and throwing them away forever!" Entering the section I began to browse around before my shoulders was suddenly grasped, making me jump slightly from the sudden contact.
"Shopping around for some lingerie are we? Wonder how Crow would feel about something like this?" Tamaki had decided to come over and annoy me again. He grabbed on of the more revealing bras and threw it into my basket.
"What are you doing! I can pick out my own underwear you know. And it's not for him! Besides he'd have a heart attack now will you just leave me alone!" Grabbing the revealing thing I flung it at his face before going off to another section, hoping he would get the picture. But did he? I'm afraid not. Instead he followed me around while I search for my personal clothes.
"Oh, you thought about it then. Naughty thing considering you'll have to go back to that room. Now all this is going to be swimming around in your head and you'll be nothing but a pile of putty around hi-" He stopped his talking in an instant and instead his eyes followed the thin stream on blood back to my index finger.
"You'll be a pile of putty if you don't leave me alone. Senji and I are friends, and you and I are nothing. Now go away." He gave me a glare and walked away for the second time today. At least he was out of my hair for now and I can get back to my shopping. "Finally, now I can hurry and get back to Shiro.
I wondered around for a few minutes, grabbing all the appropriate items, including a few sports bras to sleep in, and made my way back to the couch in front of the fitting room. What I found though will forever be imprinted in my brain though. Clothes were stacked to the ceiling and Shiro was running around the store, throwing another piece on as she went by.
"Mai! Look what me and Ganta found for you!" She looked around for said person but he was nowhere to be found.
"Umm, Shiro, where's Ganta at?" I looked all around the store, including in the fitting room in case he was trying something on, but I found nothing. She placed a mitted hand to her chin and looked thoughtful. "I was handing him all these clothes to hold but he must have run off somewhere. I wonder where he could be." She said, glancing around the store, just as I did only moment ago.
Standing there I looked at the clothes, hoping that maybe they would give me some kind of sign...and they did. "Ganta! Oh my gosh! Ganta! Are you in there!" Frantically, I began throwing clothes every which way. Poor little guy must be swallowed in there somewhere! Shiro, finally seeing what I was doing, helped me and before we knew it, Ganta burst forth from the mountain and took a much needed breath.
"S-Shiro...I think that's enough for now. Please stop giving me clothes." He said while falling back into the pile and breathing heavily. Poor guy, actually if you want to get real, poor me! I have to either try on all these clothes or talk my way out of it!
"So Mai what do you think of all the clothes!" She asked giddily. What did I think of all these clothes? I thought it was a big problem! That's what I thought.
"I think it was a very sweet notion Shiro. Thanks for, uh, picking them all out for me. I'll choose a few to get okay?" Rummaging through various pieces I found a few that I liked, aside from my dress. I found a few pairs of jean shorts, I know they came to my middle thighs but Senji will just have to learn to live with it. A few tank tops of various colors, some pajamas and a better costume for my Carnival Corpses.
The outfit I liked very much. A pair of white shorts, they also came to my middle thigh, and a flaming red shirt that was a tank top. It covered up the areas that counted and split right under my chest, flaring out in the front to my knees. As for shoes, I shall have none! Shoes would do nothing but irritate me during the fight and I would not have that happening. So there you are my new outfit for the carnival corpse.
"Thanks for helping me put back all those clothes guys. I'm going to go pay for these and head back to the room; I need Senji to help me with something. I plan on getting another bed so either of us doesn't have to sleep on the couch. Oh and we should get together tonight to watch his match." I told them, grabbing my basket and heading to the check out.
"Sure thing Mai! We should get some popcorn too!" Shiro screamed, waving her hand at me while Ganta gave her a sideways grin. Oh that girl.
"Is this all miss?" Placing my basket on the counter, she began to go through it, scanning the items and waiting for my reply.
"No I'm afraid not. How much would a twin mattress, sheets, comforter, and frame cost?" I asked her. There was no way a repeat of last night was happening. It was awkward enough. "I'm sorry miss but I don't know. It would depend on the quality of all the things you want. If you like you can come back and I'll have someone help you load it all up." She scanned the last of the items and placed them all in a bag.
"Thanks but that's alright. I have someone who can help." Pulling out my cast card I glanced at the total. "I suppose it's not that bad. Fifteen thousand points gives me eighty-five thousand left for everything. Oh yea, I need to get some candy too." Handing her the card she swiped it and thanked me for coming to the Cast Store.
"Thanks." I said while grabbing my stuff, and putting my card back into my pocket. I exited the store and made my way back to the room. As I opened the door I saw Senji on the bed watching some tv and munching on what I believed to be a candy bar. Actually I don't know what it was, but he was making it look darn good.
"Man, what all did you buy?" He said, finishing the last of whatever he was eating and looking through all my stuff, but immediatly shoving it all back with a red face. Of course the first thing he grabbed would be a set of lacy underwear.
"That's what you get for snooping silly. Actually I need your help real quick. I'm going to buy a mattress and a frame so we don't have to share. Think you can help me carry it back and maybe put it together?" I asked while opening up the dresser, an empty drawer, and putting all my new clothes in. They filled it to the brim, underwear and all! Throwing the bags into the trash I turned and looked at him.
"Yea I can do that. Besides, we got a little time before the match starts; it's a good way to kill the time." He said heading for the door. But wait! A though just occurred; I now have fresher clothes and fresh underwear! What am I doing! I can shower!
"Wait, before we go I really want to change out these clothes and take a shower. So sit tight for about fifteen minutes and I'll be right out!" I opened up the drawer once more and pulled out some of my shorts and a tank top, as well as some new under garments.
Heading into the shower, I finished as fast as I could. Senjis match would start at nightfall, or about nine. It was five now and lord only knows how long it would take us to put together a frame.