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Megumi stood there staring at her reflection. With only an hour left for the party, she began touching up on her makeup. She lifted the face brush to apply blush on her cheeks and applied clear lip gloss over her peach chanel rouge lipstick.
The designer gown Rin had bought from Paris hugged her body beautifully. The lavender ruffles went lower from the back and had silver gems on the net. She had her hair tied up with loose curls falling out.
"One last thing." Megumi turned to her mother's voice. She clasped an amethyst necklace around her daughter's neck. "We wouldn't want your neck to look bare now, would we?" She gave a light laugh and smiled causing Megumi to smile as well. "You look beautiful darling."
Megumi had a million thoughts running through her head, namely how her mom's friend's son, Yoshiro, was going to be like.
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At the party…..
"I knew I should have helped Megumi get ready. Why isn't she hear yet?"
"Relax Akira," Hikari stated gesturing her to take a deep breath, "Megumi texted us saying she will be here in five minutes. She'll do fine on her own."
"Better than fine I'd say," Key added, though his eyes were looking a complete different direction. When they turned to see what he was looking at...
"Whoa.." Ryu and Tadashi couldn't seem to grasp the fact that that was the same cute little friend they hung out with.
"Megumi! Finally you're here!" Akira yelled in relief. "You look so beautiful!" She added, giving her a hug.
"R-really? Thanks Akira-chan." She felt shy getting complimented.
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Tadashi, being the curious one, commented, "By the way, why don't you have your erase board with you Megumi?"
"Oh its because mom said it would be strange to come to a fancy party holding a board so I will be using my voice for tonight"
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"Jun kun I'm here!" Sakura yelled grabbing several guest's attention.
"Wouldn't be a party without her," Fin sarcastically commented.
Her boyfriend complimented. "Sakura you look great." Sakura was wearing a sapphire blue dress reaching her knees with a diamond necklace set to compliment it. The color did match well with her pink hair. "Where's Yahiro?"
"He had some work to do, but said he would try to make it."
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Megumi, though not wanting to, felt a bit upset hearing this.
That figures. Why would he want to come in the first place?
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"Megumi come come," Rin, sounding a bit rushed, gestured her daughter to follow her. "They're here"
Seeing the nervousness in her best friend's face, Hikari held her hands whispering "Good luck."
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She nodded a thanks and told the gang she would meet them later today.
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I can do this. I wont be nervous. I won't be shy.
She thought to her self while trailing her mom facing down. Before she knew it..."Megumi this is Yoshiro. You guys get to know each other and I'll meet with your mother." She gave them both a smile and waved goodbye.
Megumi was playing with her fingers not knowing what to say. Her self talk didn't seem to have much effect in action.
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"Yea I'm not used to doing all this either, but your mom said that you were a great girl and from the looks of it, it seems that she's right."
Megumi looked up, shocked by the sudden comment.
"I can finally see your face properly" he said teasingly, "and might I add, you're very beautiful."
Megumi blushed hearing that. He smiled.
"Um.. do you want to sit over there" she said, pointing at a table near the punch bowl.
"Sure lets go." He held his arm out in a gentleman manner to which she smiled and accepted.
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What should I talk about. Common interests?..."I heard that you are also interested into music like me."
"Yea I play the guitar a little but I'm not as serious about it as you. I heard that you don't use your voice for singing. That's quite admirable."
"Thanks. I try restraining from it but today is an exception."
He doesn't seem like a bad guy. It's not that hard talking to him.
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Meanwhile, Megumi's two best girl friends didn't fail to notice how her date was going. "Hey Akira it looks like Megumi and that guy are getting along pretty well right" Hikari placed a hand on one side of her face as if it were some sort of secret.
"Yea.. they are," she said solemnly. Being the protective one of the group, she wanted to make sure Megumi ended up with the right guy.
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"Well well well. Look who showed up." Key, keen as always, was first to notice a certain somebody made it to the party after all.
"Huh? Who?" Hikari, not understanding, looked around. When she spotted him, she waved hard till he could see them.
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After passing through the crowd and greeting a few people that recognized him, he finally made it to their table.
"So Yahiro, your work is done?" Ryu questioned, "When I checked with your dad, it sounded like it would take you at least the whole day to finish."
"Yea I told him I would finish the rest later and he agreed"
Tadashi gave a friendly slap in the back. "Well forget work and come sit with us"
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"Yahiro! I'm so glad you could come! See Jun I told you it was him." Sakura announced, "I could spot him from a mile away. Plus not everyone can afford that suit. Trust me, I would know."
Yahiro rolled his eyes waiting for her to get to the point. "Anyway, I heard that there's going to be a dance session in a bit and there's a lot of single girls here so you should dance with one of them. I, of course, will be dancing with Jun-kun," she said hugging his arm.
"I'm not interested in doing that kind of thing"
Speaking of available girls... he looked around but still couldn't see Megumi.
Finding an excuse to walk around Yahiro announced, "Actually my throat feels dry so I'm going to go drink something." He spotted the punch bowl and headed toward that direction.
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At almost the same time...
Yoshiro laughed at Megumi's story."Wow really? How is that even possible? That's way too funny.. Hey do you want some punch?"
Megumi nodded. "Sure"
"ill be right back." He said with a wink.
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At the punch bowl…
Yahiro stood there deciding if he should actually get the drink or not. He figured why not. As he turned to walk back, he saw Megumi gracefully sitting alone at a table.
He didn't know why but his heart suddenly started beating faster. Is that Megumi? Sure she was always cute but today she looks...beautiful. He carefully observed, taking a sip, and could see that she was obviously waiting for someone.
What is she up to now?
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"uhh excuse me." Yahiro realized he was still blocking the punch bowl and stepped aside. He noticed the guy fill two cups and concluded that he had a date.
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Hmm, lets see what she's wondering about.
He found himself walking towards Megumi, but soon noted the punch bowl guy walking towards there too. After stopping his step, he put the pieces together. The second cup was for Megumi and Megumi was sitting there waiting for this guy to come.
Megumi has a date? Not that she's not pretty enough but I never thought she would be bold enough to go find one.
He then thought of when she went around looking for a fake boyfriend and also how she boldly confessed to a guy like him.
He smiled. Then again... that girl should never be underestimated.
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"Yahiro what took you so long?" Sakura asked when he finally returned to the table.
"The punch line was pretty long," he replied plainly.
"Or did something catch your attention?" Key inquired deciding it to be the perfect opportunity to embarrass him. He received a glare from Yahiro in response, which showed to him that he indeed succeeded.
"Anyways, so what I was saying was that when I was a prince for my country at that time, we were going through this certain path-"
"on an elephant?!"
"we have cars there too Ryuu… yea so there was a strange old lady that stopped us and she wanted to show me something and she said she wouldn't show anyone else….."
Everyone was now interested in Finn's story when an announcement was made through the mike ceasing all noise.
"I hope everyone's having fun time right now" A roar of applause was given by the audience.
"I know I am" Yoshiro commented raising his glass to Megumi. She giggled and lifted her glass to receive the cheers.
"For our next segment we will put the music on for the dance floor so get your dancing feet ready and your partner. For those who don't have a partner, the nights still young. Try to find someone special right here and now."
Everyone shifted to the next room as the new segment began...
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