Chapter XVI: The town of twilight part II
Oralee laughed as Nozomi told her about a funny story that involved her and a toaster. They were having a conversation, as Riku was deep in thought which gave them plenty of time to bond.
Oralee a tear in her eye from her laughter then said aloud, "So you're saying you can't cook at all?"
Nozomi giggling herself then responded trying to recover her composure, "well not anything hot! I can make cold food but… don't ever ask me for anything warm, you will regret it."
Quiet for a few moments that they both smiled at each other Nozomi then continued speaking, "but you know, you must be so lucky to be a princess! I mean, I bet you achieve everything that you want to do right?"
At this then Oralee then became quiet becoming a little discomforted, Cait Sith in her arms responded to this as he saddened himself and was about to complain to Nozomi. But then he felt his princesses hands tighten around his middle making him stop suddenly as she then spoke, "well… I can't say I haven't achieved too much but there are still things that I am lacking in that I want to achieve well in…"
Nozomi then curious asked further, "what else do you want to achieve?"
Oralee then said then answered her eyes closed; "I want to be truly strong and courageous so that one day I may meet him again…"
As Nozomi watched as Oralee answered she felt that this 'he' was someone very special for a very gentle smile was on Oralee's features. Quiet as Nozomi was surprised by this expression then asked her, "who's he?"
Cait sith stared at her as she then spoke with a loving gaze, "my knight…he's all I live to achieve for… because without him I wouldn't be living on now."
Nozomi was truly now impressed by this confession as she couldn't think of anything else to say.
So instead Oralee took the initiative, "so what do you live for?"
Nozomi was startled at this question, "what do I-" she asked as she pointed to herself with her right hand.
Oralee nodded.
Nozomi was silent as she then tried to think, "I live for…"
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"Errrr…" Nozomi breathed out as she finally woke up from her flashback as she sat up on the sofa.
"Wow, I feel better after that nap…" she spoke as she blinked slightly as she then rubbed one of her eyes trying to get rid of the sleepy dust.
But as she did blink she noticed some odd shadows around her, she was disorientated.
"Hey! I think she's awake now," someone called out.
"Huh?" Nozomi asked.
"Well it's about time!" Somebody else spoke in an annoyed tone.
Nozomi though only yawned more as she then swung her legs off the sofa from the lying position she was in to that of a sitting one.
"Well I'm sure she didn't mean to come in here," someone else spoke.
Nozomi finally getting her focus back looked at who was speaking, she saw a boy with spiked black hair with a headband with a big red top on that read "Dog Street." He also wore blue trouser and trainers.
Then beside him sitting on a box was a girl with brown hair which was kind of spike with a couple of tresses coming down at the side of her face. She wore an orange top with white shorts and yellow shoes and orange trainers.
Then Nozomi's focus was drawn to someone who then walked over to her looking very annoyed as he had his hands on his hips as he looked at her critically, he had blonde hair that was spiked blonde hair and brown eyes. He wore a green waistcoat and a black top and a cross necklace. He also wore camouflage coloured short with white trainers.
After looking at them all Nozomi finally spoke, "who're you guys?" She asked still a little tired.
At this the blonde guy looked more annoyed as he then said to her, "I think that should be our question! What the heck are you doin here and getting yerself all over our couch!"
Nozomi blinked again as she then yawned again a few more tears appearing as she then wiped her eyes to get rid of them, "well it was just here and I just helped myself, I was just tired and so it was just a simple cause and reaction." She replied not really paying much attention to the annoyed tone that was being spoken to her.
The blonde was once again more annoyed as he then said to her, "and ya didn't even care to think that this couch belonged to someone!"
Looking back up at him Nozomi just replied honestly as she shook her head, "no not really."
At this the guy was really ticked off as he was about to say something more when suddenly the girl intervened before a riot ensued, "Hayner that's enough! I mean you've got her end in some form besides she hasn't done any real damage anyway… so why don't you just lay off her?"
The boy Hayner looked at her as he then turned back to Nozomi and then just walked away in a huff as he sat on the floor where some paper lay.
Nozomi now awake properly took a good look at her surroundings as she saw that she was in back storeroom of some kind with loads of boxes around her. She also saw that there was a dartboard on one side of the wall along with some other leisurely things. She then saw the way she had come in and saw it was open to the street.
Then suddenly her attention was diverted as then the girl who had spoken to Hayner came over to her, "you'll have to excuse him, he's just a bit annoyed that you took all the sofa, cause he usually likes to study and work here."
Nozomi hearing this then suddenly realised how terribly rude she had been as she then spoke, "Oh! Oh…. Sorry, oh man! I didn't mean to sorry! It's just, I was really exhausted and well my brain wasn't really turned on and stuff so…" She was really feeling stupid now knowing what trouble she caused as she then bowed her head and shuffled her hands.
At this the girl was amused at Nozomi's behaviour as she then told her, "it's okay."
Nozomi looked up at he a little surprised at her reaction as then suddenly the other guys with spiky black hair came over, "well we can't really blame you for just wanderin in here cause this place is rather exposed and anyway who wouldn't resist a sofa!" He laughed.
Nozomi blinked, as she looked him laugh and then smiled a little embarrassed herself as she then spoke scratching her head slightly with her right arm, "yeah… I guess."
She was silent again as she then moved her arm away from her head and decided to get rid of this awkwardness in the atmosphere, after all it wasn't her.
"Well I better do the right courtesy and introduce myself," she spoke as she then got off the sofa and then turned to the girl and the dark haired guy as she then spoke, "my name's Nozomi!" She said aloud as she then directed her hand to the girl first.
Seeing Nozomi's enthusiastic introduction she smiled as she then took the offer shaking it with her own hand as she then spoke, "my name's Olette."
Nozomi nodded smiling as she let hand be shake a couple of times before she and Olette detached and turned over to the other guy.
He then quickly took it himself saying, "my name's Pence," he spoke with a grin.
"Cool to meet you all!" Nozomi spoke clearly happy.
Then after detaching from Pence she then looked over at the Hayner guy as she walked over to him, she could see he was firmly fixed on the papers that were in front of him, as he didn't turn to meet Nozomi. So seeing this she then walked around him to face him, as he was sat down Nozomi kneeled herself as she then spoke to him extending her hand.
"Hi!" she spoke.
Hayner though ignored her as he continued to look at his papers, Nozomi seeing this reaction then blinked a little confused as she then spoke again, "hello?" She asked as she turned to look at him closer puzzled.
It was then that Hayner looked at her cross, "just because everyone else has given you a welcome doesn't mean I'm going to give you one!" He said as he then turned to his papers again rudely.
Nozomi blinked at this and then furred her eyebrows slightly wondering what the heck his problem was. She got up as she then walked over to Pence and Olette as she then asked them, "What's eating him up?"
The two of them looking at Hayner then turned and looked at Nozomi again as they then made their explanation.
Olette spoke first, "well he's late in finishing his work for this week… and the teacher if he doesn't get it done by tomorrow he's gonna have to make-up tests this weekend."
It was then Pence continued, "and you see we made plans to go to the beach this weekend and so…"
Nozomi hearing this information then understood a little bit more why he was miffed as she then asked, "well what's the report?"
Olette then answered, "well it's a maths one and that's why he's struggling so badly…"
Hearing this Nozomi then pricked her ears as she then said with a smile, "well if it's just that then it's no problem, I can you rescue out of this one if you want!"
It was then that Hayner turned his around to look at her as he then said to her sarcastically unbelieving, "you can do maths?"
Nozomi then turned around and looked at him a little annoyed at his tone but shook it off as she then replied," you bet I can! I'm the number one in class!"
Hayner then laughed a little at this still unbelieving, "I bet you are!"
Seeing this Nozomi then decided to really prove it, "all right then let's make a bet then!" She spoke.
Hayner stared at her, "a bet?"
She nodded as she then spoke, "yeah that's right! If I can finish that report in under half an hour then you can show me around the sights!"
"And if you lose?" Hayner asked further.
At this Nozomi suddenly haulted as she couldn't think for a moment but then she heard a clink and looked down at her neck as she saw her crescent moon necklace. She paused for a moment at this trying to make her decision, she was confident she could do it but… well in this situation there couldn't be no buts!
"Then I'll give you guys this!" Nozomi spoke as she then took off her necklace and showed it off to everyone showing the golden crest moon with the silver and gold beads on it. It was obvious it was precious from looking at it.
Hayner looking at the necklace as did Olette and Pence all of them surprised at the offer and how pretty the necklace was. He was silent for a moment as he then smiled again as he then shook his head slightly as he then spoke again, "alright then it's a deal!"
Nozomi nodded seeing she had at least got some acceptance from Hayner as she then passed the necklace over to Pence, she then turned to Hayner again as she then replied, "right!"
Then she walked over to Hayner as she sat herself down and took the papers from her and he passed her his pencil, "let's see what you've got then!" He said smiling further.
Olette and Pence walked over as they went over to see if Nozomi could really win the wager.