What did I do this summer?
Fine x Shade & Bright
Summary: Modern-AU. Song fan fiction: How would you describe summer? Would it be the ocean-breeze? The songs of the cicadas? To watch the sunset while sitting next to your crush? Hanging with your friends? Fine wouldn't know, because all she's done is laze her summer away. But maybe the help of two boys can make this her best summer. Fine x Shade & Bright *Summer Romance Contest*
A/N: Please note this is a Fine x Shade & Bright. So if you do not like this pairing choice I am sorry. Please do not dis the couple, but more on the writing. I promise you it's worth the read, if you could ignore the couple. Also, this is set during Modern-AU, meaning our modern world now. And this is a song-fic, which will appear at the last chapter. Meaning next chapter, I was only planning three chapters and epilogue so…
Chapter 2
The sounds of the tracks—click and clack—the whistle of the engine—shoo! And the squawk of the seagulls as the train continues forward. The breeze fell into the cracked open window, with warm air streaming in, but a salty aroma joined. The red meets the blue, reflecting a purple hue; starring at a far off distant as the sky meets sea. Half-hour till the destination, after a nap Fine awoke. The three were the only ones in the last cart; others must have gotten off or is seated in the front carts. She left the two to be, resting up their energy. Fine smiled at them, their childish looks as they turn in their sleeps. Looking back towards the window, as her hair moved by the wind; she never felt so calm before. Fine knew this ride beats all those times lazing around the house, even if it was just a view; it was one she will remember.
After many more minutes pass, she decided to sit back between the boys. Studying the two's facial expression, she could distinguish little things she has never noticed. Like when Shade sleeps, he loses the cringe when he gets mad. When Bright slept, he looked more exhausted, as if he's always busy upholding something. Shade's skin was a little darker, and Bright's hair was a darker tone, but still light in the hair. She reached forward towards the purple hair, fixing the loose strands. She took her moment, never noticing this side of Shade. But it stopped when something heavy fell on her. Fine looked over her shoulder, as Bright has leaned on her. She tried to suppress a giggle, and let the boy sleep, as he uses her as a pillow.
Minutes pass, till finally one of the males woke up; the other waking up soon after. "*Yawn* did we fall asleep?" A softer voice; meaning it belonged to Bright. Turning her head towards the male, he was still groggy and hasn't complete waken up. "Hai, and it seems you two are still sleepy." "Let's see where we are." Shade looked at his time, and around outside. "Right on time, were almost at our stop in 20 more minutes." Shade smiled. "You guys are right, that was a long ride." "Well, that's why we woke up early, so we can get there and have tons of time." Bright interjected. "How long are we staying and where are we staying?" "We are going to stay the night at a hot springs." "Isn't it expensive?" "Actually Bright and I know a person and they let us have a discount." Shade said. "Hmm… well, I always wanted to go to the hot springs. So I guess the surprise was worth it."
Finally the train stopped at the station, and they got off. "Ah, it feels so good! It's not so hot here compared to where we live." The place they stopped at had more nature compared to technology, like a small town. "Wow, maybe I should live here when I grow up and settle down with family." Fine thought out loud. The two boys look at her in shock. "Aren't you thinking too forward?" Shade said quickly. "Ah- we-well it was just a thought." Fine stuttered. The two boys calmed down, before smiling. "Then Fine would make a great mother." Bright said without a thought. Fine looked at him in shock, and felt red tint her cheeks. "Re- really!" Bright nodded. "Only if she can find herself a boyfriend first…" Shade muttered. Fine looked at him in shock. "And she doesn't eat all the food for her children." Bright said. Fine turned at the two boys. "I'LL BE A GREAT MOTHER YOU TWO! JUST WAIT AND SEE!" Fine uttered. Turning away from the boys, and started to stomp away towards the resort. "Hahaha! She's too childish." And they follow after her.
After checking in, they dropped off their stuff. The paper door slid, and inside was a small room, but neatly arranged. Fine wasn't able keep in her excitement. "SUGOI! This play is amazing you two!" She stepped onto the tatami mat, and ran towards the window. "There's even a view!" She smiled; looking out towards the mountains. "Wow, she really hooked us up." Shade muttered, starring at the room. "Un…" Bright agreed. "The lady said dinner will be served around 8, so we have 11 hours to do what we want." "Don't forget, were going to go in the bath house before dinner, so we should come back around 7." They looked up at Fine, who was too busy exploring the room. They sweat dropped. "She's not listening." "OI, FINE! Did you get that?" Shade called. She finally whipped around and looked at the two. "Eh… what did you say?" It was going to be a long day.
"Since we just started and rested, how about we somewhere and eat lunch your mother packed." Bright suggested, noticing it was around 11: 30. Fine's face lit up at the thought of lunch and food. "OKAY! Let's have a picnic, and on the way, I might pick up souvenirs or something." Fine smiled, hurrying towards the door. "Oi, oi. We don't have to rush." Shade called, but Fine was already down the hall with lunch in her hand. (Don't worry, they refrigerated it) "Really, that girl can only think of food." Shade sighed. "Haha, but that makes her Fine." The two ran after her.
"This town is amazing." It wasn't crowded and it had a home-like feeling to it. There were small children, clinging to their mother or grandparents. "Look, there's a sweets shop." Fine ran into the store at high speed. "Oh, look, that store's really cute!" She ran again, entering a store with charms and etc. "Oh, look at that!" But by the time they hit the 5th store, they were sweating. "Fine *pant* sure is *pant* energetic." Shade panted. Bright couldn't utter a word, too tired out to even talk. Fine exited the store with a small bag, and other smaller bags in hand from the other stores. "Eh, what's wrong with you two?" She questioned. She stared at their panting forms. "Oh, you two, the nice lady inside said there was this great spot to have our picnic." She walked towards a direction the lady pointed at. 'Would she give us a break?!'
Finally they walked, and followed the direction Fine was told. "The lady said if we turn up from here, we could see a clearing of flowers." "Flowers?" Shade questioned. "Yep, AH- There it is." The two looked up and stared in astonishment. It was definitely a field of flowers, there was a vibrant shade of orange surrounding them as they walk down the dirt road. The place was fenced up, with flowers rows and rows; going on for a mile. And there far off, they could see mountains. "This place is amazing." Bright smiled. "If we continue forward, we would see a separate dirt path on our right, and from there we can have our picnic." And true to Fine's words, they found a path on their right. Entered in, and there was a dirt spot just for them to set out their red striped blanket. "Time for lunch~" Fine cheered, as she propped the basket next to her. "Let's see what mother packed." Fine opened up the case.
Fluffy light tan, with thin colored food between them; there were tons of half-cut sandwiches. She drooled at the food, there were different colored bread; indicating there was white, wheat and even French bread. And there was sandwiches filled with different fillings. "Wow, your mother went all out." Shade commented; starring in awe at the big portion and choices to choose from. "Since your mother's cooking yesterday was delicious. We should expect it to taste good." Bright smiled. Fine reached in a grabbed one at random; and she bit into it with one big bite. "Oishi!" The flavors danced on her tongue, the crispy and soft fresh lettuce, seasoned mayo conducting of salt, pepper and many other seasoning. The ham was finely settled in between the white bread, as the cheese was still good. She soon found herself stuffing her face with more; two sandwiches in hand. "Don't eat it all." Shade reached in and grabbed one; filled with turkey on wheat, Swiss cheese and other fresh vegetables. Bright grabbed his, and inside was egg salad.
"This one's really good." Fine smiled, biting into the sandwich again, just smaller bites. "What type is it?" Shade asked; thinking on wanting to taste that flavor next. Fine looked at her sandwich, before lifting up her hand towards Shade. "Then, have a bite." Fine smiled. Shade felt his face heat up and quickly hid his face away from Fine. "Eh? What's wrong Shade?" Fine asked, tilting her head to the side. 'So many things, Fine. So many things…' Shade thought, taking a peek at Fine; he felt his heart skip a beat as she starred at him. "A- arigato." Shade mumbled, before quickly reaching in for a bite out of the sandwich. Shade did his best at covering his face, embarrassed. "Oishi?" Fine asked. Making him burst red. "Ah… yeah…" He starred away. 'What's wrong with Shade?' Fine thought, but she too had red tint her cheeks.
"Fine…" She turned her head to her left, where Bright sat. He smiled at her, before reaching out his hand. "Want to try mine?" Fine starred at him, feeling her cheeks tinted a bit. "Okay." She said. Reaching in to take a bite, she couldn't help but feel strange with Bright starring at her, first Shade and now Bright. "Oishi!" Fine smiled. After lunch was complete, they all looked full. "That was good." Bright commented. All three were sitting on their backs, resting up. "It was totally delicious." Fine smiled; patting her stomach. "Says the person who ate the most…" Shade commented. "Oh, that reminds me." Fine got up and reached for her bag of bought stuff. "We still have dessert." "You're still hungry?!" They questioned. "Girls have separate stomachs for food and sweets."
After so, the three returned to the town, and continued to shop a bit for souvenirs and any other sweets Fine wanted to buy. Bright and Shade were looking around the shops, but they stopped when they noticed Fine looking thorough the store's window. "Fine?" "WAH! Don't scare me!" Fine said, shaking a bit. "Gomen, but what are you doing?" Bright asked. Fine blushed and looked away. "No-nothing, just window shopping." Fine mumbled. Shade and Bright gave Fine a questioned look, and tried to take a peek in the window. "Oh would you look at the time, it's time to return. Let's go!" Fine grabbed both of their arms, and dragged them away from the store.
By the time they were done and went back to the resort, it was 7. "Look, we made it on time." Fine smiled. She set her things on the floor, and put her sweets into the mini-fridge. (Guys, I am pretending there is a fridge, because it hotels they do that. And I thought it would be fun. Plus, I've never been to a hot springs before, which I want to go so bad!) "Well Fine, were going to go ahead." Bright said, as the two already had their change of clothes and etc. "Ah, okay. I'm going to continue unpacking my sweets." Fine called out, they slid the door close leaving Fine. Soon after she finished and went down the hall to enter the female section of the bath.
Fine slowly dressed out, taking her time. "I wonder if there is anyone else enjoying the springs?" Fine asked herself, wrapping a towel around her. She thought this because she didn't have any other female companions to go with; being she was the only girl out of the three. She slid the glass frame open, and a hot steam covered her vision; she could feel the temperature rise. Then she entered, she looked around; the only other person happened to be a young adult female. "Excuse me…" Fine murmured, entering the warm water; easily relaxed. "Wah, kimochi…" Fine sink in the bath, till it was only quarter and half of her head peeking out. A faint chuckle was heard, and Fine looked over at the other female.
Fine stared at her, confused from her sudden chuckle. She was fairly young, around her 20s maybe. Her hair was a darker purple compared to Shade's; tied up with a black clip. She had skin that looked flawless, and eyes that are jewels. Fine continued to stare at her in awe. "Nani?" The woman said with a small smile. Fine stared away, feeling embarrassed; red tinting her cheeks. "You're… really pretty." Fine murmured; trying to hide in the bath water. "Arigato, that's very kind. You're really cute, reminds me of my younger days." 'Cute?' Fine compared herself in her mind. 'Am I cute?' Fine wondered; not used to being called, "Cute". "Younger days, how old are you then?" The lady thought about it. "I'm in my 30s now, almost 40s." Fine spurted water, and starred at her shock. "Eh! But you look so young!" She laughed at Fine. "Could your name possibly be Fine?" Without thinking, Fine inched closer towards the woman she just met. "How did you know that?!" Fine said in astonishment. "I was right. That means you're that charming girl, Bright and Shade brought. They never stopped talking about you."
"Eh…" Fine was startled. "The two were talking about me?" The woman nodded. "They said so many things, it's hard to keep track. But what I heard, you're a very sweet and charming girl." Those red eyes continued to stare, thoughts of many replaying in her mind. 'The two have been talking about me. And it seems to be nice compliments.' She never felt so embarrassed compared to this. "Ah, right. How do you know Bright and Shade?" "I'm the one who gave them a discount and room here." "You're the one Bright and Shade told me about." Fine trailed. "Their families take trips here all the time. And always stay at this inn, soon after they acquainted themselves and practically come every summer or so." "…arigato. For doing this, I don't want you to get in trouble." The lady nodded her head no. "It's perfectly okay. Everyone here is familiar with the two and their families, so when we heard it was just them and a girl; we were surprised. And we figured you must have been pretty special to them. So we wanted to give you the best stay." Fine felt her heard pound, 'Special…' Soon after the two got out of the bath, and Fine was in the lobby.
"That was nice." The lady came out after her. "Well, it was nice meeting you. Time to get back to work…" "Ah, mante… I didn't catch your name." Fine grabbed her sleeve. "Oh, that's right. My name is Sumire Hana, I'm the manager here. My family also owns this place." Then she left. "What a nice person." Fine smiled. "Oi, Fine." A deep voice called, she turned around to see who called her. "Shade, Bright." Fine stared, they were both in robes; Shade wearing a darker colored one, compared to Bright who wore white. "Did you feel relax?" Bright asked. "Hai! And I met Sumire-san." "You did?" Fine nodded. "She told me stories of you and Bright when your family visited here. Like that time you two got locked into the bath." Two blushed. "Oi, she said she wouldn't tell anyone." Shade mumbled. "Haha, she also mentioned you told her about me." Shade and Bright stopped sulking, but more embarrassed. "Ah-sou… yeah. We did say some things." Bright stuttered. "What did you guys' say- Oh, look at the time, let go eat dinner guys. The food should be already set and ready in the room." Shade interrupted. "FOOD!" And Fine ran off towards the room. "*Phew* she didn't find out." Bright and Shade slumped over. "Yeah, I can't believe Sumire-san almost rattled us out."
Inside the two male entered, already to see Fine gobbling up some food. "You two have to try this, it's really good." The two sweats dropped. "Couldn't you have waited till we entered the room?" Shade said, sitting in front of Fine. "Eh, but I've been waiting all day to try this food." Fine pouted. "But you had all these sweets already." Bright said. He sat next to Fine. "I told you two that food and sweets have separate stomachs." "Whatever." Shade and Bright reached in to get a taste of the food. After eating the three still had time to play around. "That's right, you two…" Bright said; rummaging through his bag. "What Bright?" There he pulled out a multi-colored sheet. "Tomorrow they are having a festival. Do you guys want to go?" Bright asked. "That's right; it's the time of the year huh?" Shade mumbled, starring at the sheet. "Time of the year?" Fine questioned. "Every summer, around this time there is a festival; to celebrate the legend of this town." "Legend?" "I don't really know the details, since it was so long ago when we went to the festival. So I can't really say." Bright sheepishly said. "Same here, but maybe you can ask Sumire-san when you see her." Fine nodded. "Yeah, let's go to the festival you two."
A/N: Review, follow and favorite, and most of all, I hoped you enjoyed it. I'm sorry I haven't been updating, but I hope you like this. This is the entry for the Summer Romance Contest by dark lil'angel2be. Sorry if I becomes cheesy. The song would come in till the last chapter, which is the next chapter. Please vote! Also, PLEASE! PLEASE DO NOT! DIS THE PAIRING! Okay guys, I love Rein and Fine. And I'm a fan of all couples. But I'm a bigger fan of Fine since forever, so I'm sorry if you hate the pairing. But please don't hate this fan fiction because of the pairings. You NEVER DIS SOMEONES PAIRING! And yes, I'm a Fine x Shade and Fine x Bright. And I thought, why not combine the two together. So I did this, dis everything else if you want, JUST NOT THE PAIRING!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigiboshi no Futahohime, all I own is the plot line. Entry for the Summer Romance Contest held by dark lil'angel2be. Please excuse any minor problems I have done.