Forever
Chapter 13: Be My Girlfriend
A fanfiction by Kyo
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Yahiko was getting desperate. This
was the fifth time they were playing, and this was the fifth time he was
loosing. And he didn't like that. He was sure about something, though. Chess
was not his game. Definitely not.
Tsubame was another story. She
liked the game, more because it was something she was really good at than
anything else. Nonetheless, she felt a little bad for Yahiko who just couldn't
get anything in the game right. He was much like Sano that way. Her sister's
boyfriend was just as bad in the game as the boy, even worse. Yahiko was so bad
at it that at first she actually thought he was doing it on purpose to let her
win. Later she discovered that was not the case. He was actually loosing.
Pretty badly, too.
Tsubame moved her queen two spaces
to the front, hoping that Yahiko would see that she had left her king completely
open. He didn't notice though, and he moved his horse exactly where she could
take him out with the queen or whatever other piece she liked. Tsubame sighed
for tenth time in ten minutes. He was hopeless in this game.
Tsubame made as if she was leaning
over the table to get a better look and toppled over all the pieces. Better put
the boy out of his misery and stop this game.
"Oh Yahiko-chan! I'm so sorry!" Tsubame
said in a bad-actor voice, hoping that Yahiko wouldn't see over the strategy to
save the last bit of his honor by not loosing a fifth time.
That's when Kaoru burst out of the
room.
Nor Yahiko nor Tsubame had heard
anything on the other room, and Kaoru seemed more angry than sad. She looked
frustrated, Yahiko decided.
Seconds afterwards, Kenshin stepped
into the room with hesitant steps, looking as Kaoru stepped into the garden.
After a few seconds of looking at Kaoru's retreating form, Kenshin turned to
look at the two teenagers. Tsubame was still leaning over the table after she
had toppled all the pieces and their faces were really close together. Kenshin
sported a little sad smiled at this, almost as if he was longing for something,
or he was jealous of them.
Kenshin took another step inside
the room. He didn't know what he had done. He had not said anything, in fact,
not a word. He had hoped she would say anything, anything to lift the tension,
but she had just looked at him, waiting for him to talk. When he had not said
anything, she had left the room. He was still wondering why.
His life was just too messed up for
comfort. He sighed for nth time that day. He felt a hand on his shoulder, a
very big hand that could only belong to his shishou.
"Baka deshi, you really need to talk to her." Hiko
said lightly.
"I- I know, Shishou." Kenshin said softly, bowing his
head. His blood red bangs fell over his eyes, effectively concealing his
expression.
Hiko saw as the young girl practically ran into the
garden, immediately flling into the arms of her best friend, no matter she
would get soaked too.
Kenshin sighed. "But not today . . ."
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The tournament came and went. Everybody got a prize to
bring home but the tension between Kenshin and Kaoru was driving everybody nuts.
The were extremely polite to each other, like they were not best friends, like
they didn't like each other, like they were complete strangers.
They avoided each other the most they could to the
point where if one of them entered one room, the other would step out of it. It
seemed they really did not want to talk about it, and they were doing
everything that were in their hands not to talk to each other.
Megumi and Misao tried to talk about it with Kaoru,
but she refused to do so, saying that there was nothing wrong, that she was
okay. And if Kaoru did not want to talk, there was nothing Misao and Megumi
could do about it, so they let her be, hoping they would somehow fix the mess.
Sano, being Kenshin's best friend, tried to talk to
him, giving him sarcastic comments and crass words about the deal, but Kenshin
just ignored him, closing himself.
Even Tomoe tried to talk to Kenshin, seeing that there
had been many days to the thing, but Kenshin just smiled innocently and said
nothing. She tried to talk to Kaoru, but she got the same results, they just
didn't want to talk, confused and afraid as they were.
It was almost ironic the way they were behaving. They
were afraid of each other, the only person that would never harm them on
purpose, when they weren't afraid of the toughest opponents they had faced in
the tournament and before that. It just seemed ridiculous. But there was
nothing they could do.
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The wedding had been a real success. Misao was all
tears in the shoulder of her boyfriend when Tomoe said "I do" and Megumi was
jumping with excitement in a very out-of-character display of her emotions.
Kaoru had this huge smile on her face while she clapped lightly. All in all,
the three females were pretty excited with the wedding, especially after seeing
and meeting the groom. "A real hunk." Megumi had said in appreciation once
Tomoe, Misao, Kaoru and her were alone. All of them had nodded in agreement and
Tomoe smiled from ear to ear, something they had never really seen her do.
Hiko looked gorgeous in his suit when he delivered her
daughter, and after barking a warning to the groom that he would treat her well
or else, he let Tomoe go. She had glared at him a bit, but Hiko was not a man
to be unfazed easily. He grumbled and left the aisle where Kenshin was too busy
glaring at Akira to really pay attention to his father.
Poor Akira gulped upon receiving the glares, but at
the gentle squeeze in his hand by his bride, he had forgotten about everything
else.
After the religious ceremony, the guests had gathered
at the party place. The whole place was completely gorgeous and the four
females were very satisfied by the arrangements, since all four of them had
helped with it.
The table closest to where Tomoe and her new husband
were seated was where the Kenshin-gumi sat. Kaoru was seated between Misao and
Kenshin. To Misao's left were Aoshi, then Hiko and his date. To Kenshin's right
were Sano, Megumi and then Tsubame and Yahiko and Soujiro. Even though, Kaoru
was Kenshin's date for the evening, she had tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid
him. No matter what she had tried to do, she ended up next to him, or worse,
alone with him, courtesy of her friends, and his friends. She knew she was
being sort of childish with all of this, but she couldn't do anything about it.
She was too afraid.
All of them had drunk to the bride and groom's health,
even Yahiko and Tsubame, though they were underage (in Mexico, sometimes
underage children –under 18- are allowed to take a sip or two of alcoholic
beverages during these celebrations).
Yahiko really could not hold his alcohol and after the
toast he was kind of tipsy, saying incoherencies and stuff. He felt dizzy and
the world danced erratically before his eyes. He also felt his tongue loosen
and his sense of embarrassment go away. He did something he might not had
wanted to do.
Tsubame
watched to boy with watery eyes. She could not believe he was tipsy after only
one cup. I mean she was not tipsy, and she had drunk exactly the same
amount. Anyways, it was fun to watch him.
Soujiro watched the kid wearily. He knew he was about
to do something stupid and not too good for his health. But since there was not
really any visible danger around, he decided to watch the scene. It might prove
to be interesting.
Yahiko's head swam from place to place, and his sight
was blurry. He was sure he was seeing the most beautiful girl in the world
right in front of him though.
With hesitant steps, Yahiko stepped toward Tsubame,
who watched him with a small smirk on her face, trying hard not to giggle.
After blinking dazedly for a few minutes, Yahiko
finally spoke. "Tsubame-chan!" He screamed, loud enough for the next five
tables to hear him clearly. "Be my girlfriend!!!" He yelled, stepping forward
for a hug, his arms wide open. Tsubame was so surprised by the request she
almost toppled over thanks to Yahiko's extra weight and her own surprise. She
lowered both of them to the floor, while she heard giggles from the continuous
tables, everyone with their eyes on them.
"Okay . . ." Tsubame uttered.
Yahiko beamed and leaned over her for a kiss on her
lips. But lost his balance and ended kissing her on the cheek. There were more
giggles, but none of them noticed.
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Long before the Yahiko-Tsubame scene, Kaoru had
decided to go outside to take fresh air. The night air was cool against her
skin. It was actually very late, she noticed after taking a glance at the clock
outside. The street was empty of people, though it was crowded with the cars of
the guests. Just in front of her was Kenshin's car, she noticed.
She sighed. The thought of Kenshin seemed to follow
her everywhere, and se couldn't do anything to stop. She wondered how things
became such a shambles. It was actually pretty simple, wasn't it? She liked
Kenshin very, very much. And She knew he liked her too, so what was the big
deal. She sighed again. She was afraid to loose heir friendship. But she was
loosing it already, avoiding him so childishly all the time.
She heard a light step behind her followed by a click
of metal against wood. Startled, she turned around only to see the dark figure
of a man step towards her. Something in his hand glinted under the streetlight
and his eyes were concealed by dark glasses.
Kaoru narrowed her eyes and cocked her head, wondering
who this man could be. He stared at her for a moment more, but before she could
open her mouth to ask who he was, he spoke.
"Kamiya Kaoru, Battousai's lover. Jinchuu is not over
till I take your life away."
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I know this is another cliffhanger, and I know it is
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