Chapter Twenty-Nine: Will You Go On A Date With Me?

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Will you go on a Date with me?

-Kuori-

I walked out of my room and left Miyuki in there to sleep. I went out to the kitchen and picked up a cookie and ate it.

“I have no clue what I’m going to do.” I muttered looking around. I went out to the living room and turned on the PS2 and played Final Fantasy X again for a while. “Why did it take her so long to get to sleep?” I muttered to myself.

I felt bad about lying to her so much lately but she’s gotten much worst with insisting that I come with her to capture myself. And I have no clue where that gem went. My mom was going to fricken shoot me if she found out that I’ve lost it. For what she thinks is that I already sealed it and it’s in the basement with everything else. I looked at the palm of my hand. “I don’t get it how I cold just lose the gem. I had it in my hand when I went to sleep.” I muttered to my self then went back to my game.

After playing for a few hours I found a save spot and then turned off the game and laid down on the couch and fell asleep.

I was on one of my normal runs getting another activated object. I couldn’t remember what my mom told me about this object but I knew it had something to do with not having me touch it with my skin. I got into the abandoned building and started looking around. I had no clue what I was looking for. I was wearing my usual clothes. And it was so strange in my dreams I’m usually always myself.

“Hey…” I turned to Miyuki’s voice. “You looking for something?” She asked tossing the chain in the air. It was still glowing.

“You shouldn’t take what isn’t yours you know?” I commented walking towards her.

“Ha you’re one to talk.” She said.

“Well then give me the chain.” I held out my hand.

“Then you have to take it from me.” She pulled it away.

“Fine then, I can play this game.” I wrapped my left arm around her waist so she couldn’t go anywhere. “You should give me the chain Miyuki.” I muttered grabbing her wrist and moving closer to her face.

“And what if I don’t?” She asked.

“Then I’ll do something that you won’t know what to do.” I whispered getting inches away from her lips touching mine. ‘What am I doing?’ I thought.

“You wouldn’t dare.” She said.

I kissed her and managed to slip my hand in hers and I hit the chain with my pointer finger. I flinched a bit as it stung but I kept going and got the chain out of her hand and into mine. I broke away and a smirk formed across my lips. “I got two things that I wanted at the same time.”

“I-I, y-you jerk.” She blushed madly.

“I just stole your first kiss didn’t I?” I winked at her then ran down the hall.

I left the building and went home. I took it out of my pocket and plopped it on the table.

“What happened?” My mom asked.

“I touched the chain with my skin, I’m stuck like this until we can figure a way out of it.” I stated to get you out if it.” She said.

“I’m going to go take a shower.” I grumbled dragging my feet to my room then to the bathroom. When I got out my mom was talking to my dad and I really didn’t pay any attention to what the conversation was about. I just went to my room. I stopped in the doorway when I saw Miyuki sitting on the bed. It looked like she was about to scream so I ran over to her and put my hand over her mouth. “Miyuki calm down and don’t scream, it’s me, Kuori.”

“You’re lying.” She screamed at me and started running out of the room. I grabbed her arm and she pushed me away.

It felt like my heart shattered into a million pieces.

“No matter what you look like you will never win Miyuki’s heart.” I heard Taisuke say and I looked up and he held a gun to my forehead.

“T-Taisuke…”I stuttered.

“It looks like you’re caught Zero.” He smirked.

I closed my eyes and I felt that vertigo feeling like someone took the floor out from under me and I was free falling.

I shot up and looked around. Everything was blurry so I blinked a few times and everything came into focus. I was still in the living room. I got up and ran to the bathroom. I was still myself thankfully. “I hope that I didn’t turn into Zero while I was sleeping.” I muttered and walked out of the bathroom and to my room. I peaked in and Miyuki was still sound asleep. I looked at her and my eyes stopped at her lips. I felt my face heat up and I walked away from my room.

‘What is wrong with me? She’s my best friend…besides she likes Taisuke anyways.’ I thought walking into the kitchen. I got out some ingredients to make pizza. It was around that time for lunch. I decided to make it from scratch so I got out the mixer and made the crust. The noise didn’t seem to wake Miyuki up like it would me, which was a good thing she looked exhausted when she came over. After putting the pizza completely together and I stuck it in the heated oven I went into the living room and picked up my playbook and started reading act two scene two in Romeo and Juliet. It was obvious that we were going to be doing that part so that was one of the major things that I had to memorize.

“Oh geeze, I have a lot of lines.” I muttered to myself flipping through the book. ‘Oh well. If I memorize a whole bunch of codes to deactivate a lock I can memorize lines for a play.’ I thought and sighed out loud.

“What are you sighing about?” I jumped when I heard a voice.

“Oh you’re up. I didn’t hear you come out here.” I smiled at Miyuki.

“I didn’t think so, you seemed to be really concentrating on the play.” She answered and sat down in the recliner. “It smells like you’re making pizza.”

“I am making pizza. It just has Cheese and pepperoni on top.” I told her and went back to reading the play. “Do you have your book with you?” I asked.

“Yea I brought it with me because I thought you were going to be sleeping when I got here.” She said and went into the hall and came back with her book. “Where are you?”

“I’m in Act one Scene five.” I answered and flipped back to the page I was on.

“So are we just going to practice our lines from this scene?” She asked slowly reading through the scene.

“Yea I don’t think that we don’t have any parts together until this scene.” I commented flipping through the pages really quick and I was right.

“Alright then it looks like you start.” She said and went to the center of the room I sighed and got up from my spot on the couch.

“If I profane with my unworthiness hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” I said standing in my spot and I looked up at her to see a bit of a blush form on across her cheeks it was only slight but it was still there.

“Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion show in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.” She read making slight motions with her free hand.

“Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?” I smirked taking a couple of steps around the coffee table and stopping at the end of it.

“Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.” She smiled a little.

“O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do! They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.” I slowly walked towards her.

“Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.” Miyuki read.

“Then move not while my prayers’ effect I take.” I got inches away from her. She looked up from her book and noticed how close I was. I lowered my book. “Thus from my lips, by thine my sin…” I brushed my hand against her cheek and felt the heat coming off of it. “…is…” I got my face closer to hers “…purg’d.” My lips were centimeters away from hers and then the timer for the pizza went off.

I backed away from her “I should go and get that out of the oven.” I laughed sheepishly and tossed my book on the coffee table and jogged out to the kitchen. I checked to make sure that the crust was a golden brown and it was so I got the pizza out of the oven and cut it up into the normal eight slices. “The pizza’s done.” I yelled to Miyuki and she came out.

She kept her face down and I couldn’t help but snicker even though I tried not to I just couldn’t help it. “Shut up.” She said and her face was beat red.

“I’m sorry Miyuki.” I laughed “You know that we’re going to have to do it a few times in this play And to be honest I think that the stove had pretty good timing.” I pointed to the stove behind me.

“Yeah, yeah, I know.” She muttered the blush just didn’t want to go away from her face apparently.

“Are you over it?” I asked.

“Of course.” She answered and took a bit from her pizza.

“If you’re over it then why is your face still red?” I smirked.

“Shut up.” She laughed a little and turned away from me.

“Alright I’m done.” I waved and grabbed a piece of pizza from the tray and ate it.

She ate two pieces and I ate three then we put the rest in a zip lock bag and I put it in the fridge.

“So what do you want to do?” I asked.

“I don’t want to practice that scene again for a while.” She answered.

“Okay we won’t practice that scene again. How about we play a game?” I offered as I got a couple of glasses down from the cupboard and got her a glass of ice water and handed it to her. Then I started filling my glass with ice.

“What kind of game did you have in mind?” She questioned.

“Well I was wondering if you had a game in particular that you wanted to play.” I said.

“Um…” She thought and I grabbed an ice cube from my glass before I filled it with water. I set it down on the counter and acted like I had to go to the table to get something “How about…” I put the ice cub down her shirt. “Ahhhh! Kuori you jerk!” She shouted.

I ran out of the room. “I’m going to kill you.” She laughed and I heard her following me.

“That is if you can catch me.” I commented and ran into my bedroom.

She followed me in and she thought that she trapped me by my wall on the other side of my bed but I jumped on my bed and got over her and ran out of the room I went into the living room and I tried jumping over the coffee table but she grabbed my foot once I got over and I got stuck in a half tumble roll because she had my foot. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t feel the ice cube that she stuck down my shirt.

After we settled down and she got a cramp from running after just eating we watched the Dark Knight and she sighed ever time that Keth Ledger came on the screen. I just thought it was cool because he was probably the best Joker there ever was. Once the movie was over I heard the door open and I got up to see who it was.

“Oh hey Taisuke, how was work?” I asked.

“It was fine, and my parents called me when I was just getting out and told me that they were in town and that their starting to move into their new house and it’s fine for me to go and live with them.” He answered.

“Oh…do you want any help?” I asked.

“I think that my parents would probably appreciate it if you did come and help because they’ll make us do all the heavy lifting.” Tai stated.

“Alright.” I smiled.

“Well I should be getting home.” Miyuki said taking coming out into the hall.

“You don’t have to go Mi.” I mentioned.

“Yea my mom wants to take mw shopping.” She rolled her eyes and got on her shoes.

“Alright then I’ll write mom and dad a note and tell him what’s going on.” I said and went and got a piece of paper and quickly wrote them a note. “So where is your house Tai?” I asked walking back into the hall.

“Actually it’s three houses down from Miyuki’s.” He answered.

“That’s cool so I don’t have to far to visit both of you.” I said and we left the house.

We walked Miyuki home and then went to where the moving truck was. I helped get most of the heavy stuff into the house with Taisuke then it started getting dark and his parents called mine and all of us went out to eat.

“Thank you again for letting Taisuke stay with you while we were finishing packing up.” Aunt Aia smiled and hugged my mom.

“Rashi you keep Kuori out of trouble man.” Uncle Tereya told my dad and messed up my hair.

“I’m 18, I can take care of my self.” I said even thought I still had to look up at him a bit.

“But you’re not done growing. “ He commented.

My mom and dad laughed.

“Hey I’ll see you around.” Tai said holding out his hand.

I high fived his him. “You know it.” I stated then we left and when back to our house.

By the look of it when we passed Miyuki and her mother were home from shopping. I figured that she wouldn’t want to talk about it so I didn’t bother texting her. We got home and my parents were so tired that they went right to bed and I went to my room and laid down in my bed.

‘That’s interesting how red she got when I got that close to her…I wonder if I can get that close to her as Zero.’ I sat up in bed and went through my closet and got on a different change of clothes something that Miyuki hasn’t seen me wear in a while and put it on. ‘She wants to catch the all famous thief.’ I changed into Zero and shut off my light then opened my window and jumped out but left my window open. “Then why don’t I give her what she wants.” A smirk spread across my lips and I snuck over to her house. I jumped up to her window with ease and landed on the window ceil. I was glad that it was open and I could just slip in. ‘hua, that wasn’t there before.’ I thought as I examined the small fire symbol that was on my hand. ‘I don’t remember doing a spell to get this.’ I touched it and it was like a black tattoo is all it was. ‘Whatever I’m not to worried about it.’ I dropped my hand to my lap and looked around her room to see if I could figure out what she go from the mall but I didn’t see anything so it was probably all down stairs still.

I was right about her being asleep so I sat down on the window ceil and brushed some hair out of my face so I could see a bit better. She must have had a bad dream or something because she shot up off her pillow. She looked around.

“Well hello sleeping beauty.” I said startling her.

She went to scream but I got over to her fast enough to cover her mouth. “You might not want to do unless you want your precious Taisuke to come running over here and sweep you off your feet.” I smirked.

“W-What are you doing here?” She stuttered.

“I have an offer that you probably shouldn’t refuse.” I stated.

“I’m going to call the police.” She said.

“Then do it.” I challenged.

“Why are you here; get out of my house.” She ordered.

“I thought that you were going to call the police.” I mentioned.

“I-I…” She looked away.

I put my hands on both sides of her legs and got pretty close to her face. “Go on a date with me.”

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