I Gave You Twelve Roses
I Gave You Twelve Roses.
Sorry for the wait! Enjoy
Chapter 6: Guys Are Like Stars.
"Fifth secret admirer note and he still doesn't reveal himself," Mayu stated, flipping a pancake on a frying pan. "This is sure a mystery."
It was the morning after the boys slept over at the Ayumi's house last night. After cleaning up the living room so it was pillow free except for the couch cushions, Ayumi headed into the kitchen to join her sisters for breakfast and to show them the fifth note she had received from her secret admirer.
Mayu a.k.a the number one cook in the house, was by the stove. She was stirring the pancake batter in a bowl while flipping pancakes on a metal pan. Naomi was sitting at the kitchen table, trying to keep awake. Since she and Satoshi won the "Who Can Stay Awake The Longest Contest," they were extremely exhausted. Who can blame them for staying up until four in the morning?
Ayumi sat across from Naomi, rereading over her newest secret admirer note. Who kept sending her these? Although she found it very romantic, she wished he would reveal himself. Still, it's not every day you find someone that wants you that badly he'd sent cute romantic love quotes.
She still needed a date for the spring formal and, by the looks of it, so does her secret admirer. But how does she find who it is. She couldn't just go around the school and ask guys if they're her secret admirer. All the guys would think she was more of a freak than they thought she was.
Speaking of the spring formal, today, she, Mayu, and Naomi were going to Kisaragi Mall to shop for dresses to wear to the spring formal. They had no time to do it after school next week before Friday because they were supposed to be designed decorations for the gymnasium that night.
Mayu continued. "Wow, this guy must really like you. It seems like he's not giving up trying to win your heart."
"It seems like that," Ayumi said. "He must be anxious to see if I actually like him back."
Mayu turned off the stove and placed a plate, with a stack of pancakes on it, on the table. Ayumi smiled and grabbed her fork and knife in front of her. "Let's eat."
She looked to Naomi who buried her head in her arms on the table. Underneath her arms was a puddle of drool. She was snoring loudly louder than all the boys' snores put together. Mayu looked at her too and sighed. Ayumi coughed to clear her voice.
"Naomi, wake up before you flood the house with your non-stop drooling!"
Automatically, Naomi's had popped back up. She looked at Ayumi with an annoyed expression. Naomi frowned, but started to gather her pancakes.
Kisaragi Mall was not busy in the morning. Usually, the teenagers would go to the mall around noon or in the afternoon. The reason why Ayumi, Mayu, and Naomi went there early was to get the first picks of all the stylish dresses before everyone else, or they would be left with barf worthy ones.
Arm in arm, with Naomi between Ayumi and Mayu so they could keep a firm grip on her as they strolled through the mall, looking for all the dress stores available. As they passed by a tuxedo store, Mayu caught a glimpse of someone familiar in there.
It was Morishige. He was searching through a rack of tuxedos with a perplexed look on his face. Once he spotted Mayu in front of the store, he smiled and waved at her.
"Hey, Mayu!" he called.
She grinned and walked up to him. "What are you doing?"
"Just shopping for a tuxedo for the spring formal," Morishige answered. "But I can't decide if the vest inside should be dark blue with light blue strips or a dark blue checker-patterned one."
"How about I help you?" she asked, anxiously. "I am Kisaragi High's fashionista you know."
Morishige nodded. "Sure."
Mayu squealed. She then turned to Ayumi, who had a firm grip on Naomi's right arm. "You want me to take Naomi with me?"
"Satoshi is in this store as well," Morishige added. "You two can catch up after being a couple of hours away from each other's." He chuckled.
"Well, it's better than dress shopping," Naomi replied, walking into the store.
Ayumi called, "We'll look for your dress later!" Naomi grinned. "For now, I'll look for mine." Ayumi thought for a moment. "And some fashionable accessories."
After Naomi walked deeper into the tuxedo store, Ayumi continued though the mall. She spotted Sears ahead and decided to do a quick peek of the dresses there. She passed through the perfume department, while inhaling the different fragrances. She approached the jewelry display and gasped.
It was Yoshiki. What was he doing looking at jewelry? Curious to know, she hid behind a mirror and listened to Yoshiki's conversation with the salesperson behind the jewelry counter.
"I'm looking for a gift for a girl," Yoshiki stated, clearly.
"A girlfriend?" the salesperson asked.
Yoshiki shook his head. "No, a special girl. I want to give her something that she'll know I was the one that I gave it to her."
The salesperson nodded and examined the inside of the clear glass counter. "Well, I think she'll like this."
Ayumi watched the salesperson show Yoshiki a piece of jewelry. She couldn't see it since she wasn't close enough to see whether it was a ring, pendant, a pair of earrings, or a diamond watch.
"I'll take it," Yoshiki said, reaching into his jeans pocket. "This money could but me a bunch of furniture, but my girl is worth it."
Yoshiki paid the salesperson the money. Once the gift was safely placed in a bag, he took it and walked past the mirror Ayumi was hiding behind and out of the store.
So, did Yoshiki take her advice and was taking it to the next level with the girl he likes. Oh, why couldn't that girl be her!?
Still, she couldn't waste time. She quickly came out of the mirror and hurried past the jewelry display to the dress department. She looked around.
There were lots of dresses on display. From halter-top to strapless ones, there were plenty.
Some blue ones caught Ayumi's eyes that she decided to buy. She walked up to one of the racks and examined the dresses. She found two and debated on which on she should buy.
"Which one?" she asked herself, holding up two different dresses. "The blue, halter-top style, floor length dress, or the blue, short sleeve, knee-high one?"
"You have any expensive pieces of jewelry?" a voice asked.
Ayumi stopped what she was doing. She recognized that voice! Hanging the two blue dresses back on the rack, she hurried towards the jewelry display and quietly hid behind a long straight, red-haired mannequin wearing a dress and a pair of pink sunglasses. She peered from behind the mannequin.
It was Arnold! He was leaning over the counter, examining different pieces of jewelry. Ayumi listened into his conversation with salesperson.
"Well, sir," the salesperson said. "The most expensive piece of jewelry is this place . . . is right here."
The salesperson pointed at something inside the glass counter that Ayumi couldn't see. Arnold nodded, happily.
"I'll take it," Arnold exclaimed, reaching into his pants pocket and pulling out a wallet.
While he and the salesperson were occupied, Ayumi was thinking. She needed to get out of there, with or without her dress, before Arnold would see her. And she needed to go help her friends with their dress shopping.
Desperate, she looked at the mannequin she was hiding behind. An idea hit her and she smiled at herself.
"Thanks a lot," Arnold said to the salesperson and walked off.
He took a while with the salesperson because he kept asking the guy if the piece of jewelry he bought was the most expensive in the store and it was. Even though he spent some of his college money on it, he didn't mind.
He walked past the mannequin and paused to look at it.
"Wow, that thing looks a lot like Ayumi," he said, and made his way out of the store.
The mannequin jumped off the stand and smirked to herself.
"Wow, I am so smart," Ayumi said. She looked straight ahead and saw her reflection in the mirror.
In the dress, she looked so elegant. The dress was a blue, spaghetti strap, floor-length dress with a long hem at the back. It really showed off the size of her breasts, not that she hated it. She took of her sunglasses and stared at her reflection on the mirror.
She smiled and said to herself, "I'll take it."
It wasn't long until she caught up with Mayu and Naomi outside Claire's. It turned out that Mayu had gone dress shopping already after Morishige and Satoshi left for the food court and picked out one for Naomi. I guess with a fashionista as one of your friends, you don't need help shopping for clothes.
Ayumi didn't want to tell her friends that she saw Yoshiki buying jewelry for the girl he was trying to impress. Mayu and Naomi would both think she was jealous that Yoshiki wasn't interested into their blue-headed friend, and probably end up telling him just that.
She would also not tell them about Arnold buying her the most expensive piece of jewelry. She just, well, didn't want to. It was kind of weird when she thought about it. Buying her a piece of jewelry hoping for her to date him even though she hated him? It was awkward.
They finally reached Claire's, where they were going to buy accessories to go with their dresses. According to Mayu, this was a great place to find anything to match your dress whether it was a feather boa or shiny bangles.
Naomi wasn't really experienced with shopping, which is why Mayu, once again, had to shop for her. While she dragged her friend to the back of the store to look for a tiara or something, Ayumi walked over to the earring section of the store to look for earrings (Obvious XD).
The earring section was in the front of the store, by the store windows showing the mall. Ayumi kept herself occupied, examining the different styles and types of earrings.
She picked up a pair of sliver dangling earring s with three navy-blue gems on each, placed along the earring with the smallest near the top, then the middle, and the large one near the bottom. She placed them near her ear and looked at her reflection in a nearby mirror.
She smiled to herself. "Perfect."
Her thoughts were interrupted by someone giggling outside the store. She peered through the window behind a display of hats and spotted a sight beyond belief.
Princess was looking into Yoshiki's eyes, with her arms around his neck. He wasn't touching her back. He just stood there, looking down at her. She had a large grin on her face. In Yoshiki's hand was a plastic bag, which was probably the jewelry he bought at Sears.
"So, the gift is for a special girl, huh?" Princess asked, flirtatiously.
"Uh, yeah," Yoshiki answered.
"Well, why don't you give it to her now?" Princess asked again.
"Because it isn't the right time yet," Yoshiki replied, taking her arms off him. "Look, it was nice seeing you here, but I have to go."
Ayumi watched Yoshiki exit out the mall doors. Princess watched him go, before heading off to another store.
Ayumi thought for a moment. He's going to give the jewelry to girl when the time is right? Well, when's the perfect time coming up? The spring formal! He might ask the girl – maybe Princess – to be his girlfriend at the formal! Wow, that's so romantic! He's taking it to the next level! He took Ayumi's advice! But the girl wasn't her.
Now, she regretted giving him the advice.
"Ayumi!" Mayu called. "I got everything! If you're done looking for your accessory, let's pay for all of ours and go home."
It was about noon when the girls arrived back at Ayumi's home. Mayu ran into the house, eager to hang her dress in her closet and started admiring it. Naomi walked in and plopped down on the couch to watch TV.
Ayumi decided to check the mailbox to make sure she brought in all the mail that morning. She reached inside and, sure enough, there was a folded up piece of paper. She unfolded it.
It said:
Guys are like stars. There are millions out there, but only one can make your dream come true – to have someone that truly cares about you and will love you forever.
And that one guy is me.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
Sorry for the wait. I wrote my whole story in my notebook – bad idea. I lost my notebook, around when I posted chapter 5, I redid chapter 6, 7, and 8, which I finished. Then when I was about to type it in, my notebook decides to show up, I quickly typed it in and now you have chapter 6.
Now, about the story, who do you think Yoshiki is trying to impress? And who do you think Arnold is trying to impress? R&R
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