..::Reita::.. - })i({ Butterfly Kisses })i({ - +the GazettE+ - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Its Today
The beautiful acoustic strums of Aoi's guitar began, and the whole crowd was silent. I seemed to be the only one in the arena. Ruki's beautiful voice reverberated in my head as I lip-synced the words to the beautiful song, not so much as daring to let any sound escape my lips. Reita was looking at me, smiling gently down. The crowd suddenly parted, and he floated down from the stage. I blushed as he took my hand, and helped me on stage with him and the others. We gazed into each other's eyes, our bodies getting closer and closer together until our lips were mere millimeters apart . . .
"Aki-chan~! Wake up!" A voice shook me awake from my most wonderful dream. Oh wait...voices cant shake a person physically, can they?
I opened my eyes and Kimiko's face hovered into view, albeit shaking still. I blinked a few times before sitting up, causing her to nearly fall off my bed backwards. I yawned and stretched my arms, scratching the back of my head. "Haaaaah...what time is it?"
Kimiko began hopping up and down on my bed energetically. "It's time for sleepy head to wake up! It's today!" She said, hugging me around my neck, nearly strangling me. I withstood the rough affection and turned my head to my alarm clock across the room. The blurry numbers came into focus slowly and it read 10:30a.m.
The realization of what today was finally hit me like a meteor crashing into a small planet. I hugged Kimiko to me, giggling excitedly. Soon Amuru had jumped up onto the bed, carefully dancing around us, barking happily. Seemingly out of nowhere, a pillow hit my face. Pulling it away, still smiling, I saw a rather disgruntled looking Ayame standing in my doorway.
"Would you please keep it to a dull roar?" she said grumpily. Kimiko and I jumped off my bed and ran over to her, jumping around in circles.
"It's today! It's today!" we sang. Surprisingly, Ayame didn't get mad, but eventually joined in and we made our way down the hall to Tsuyuko's room. I opened the door, and our little circle of joy entered, causing Tsuyuko to wake up and look around wildly. I couldn't help myself and burst out laughing at her reaction, nearly falling on the floor. Kimiko and Ayame stopped as well, all of us sitting on the floor and laughing merrily. Tsuyuko still looked rather confused by her wake-up call.
"What's going on?" she asked groggily.
"It's today!!!" the three of us said at the same time. Tsuyuko's face was still blank for a few seconds before a huge smile became plastered on her face. We all laughed again. I got up and told them all I was going to be taking Amuru for his walk before I got ready. They all nodded their heads as they went to their rooms.
I grabbed my jogging clothes and changed into them before grabbing Amuru's leash and attaching it to his collar. I grabbed a bottle of water and we headed out. We barely lasted ten minutes before deciding to turn back. It had gotten even more humid than it was yesterday, and it would only be getting worse as the day wore on. I just wished it would hurry up and rain so it wouldnt be so yucky outside... When we got back to the house, I grabbed some ice cubes and put them in Amuru's water bowl and heard him munching away at them. I wiped the sweat from my forehead and grabbed two towels from the linen closet and went in the bathroom to take my shower.
When I got out, it was about 12:30. I picked out a black wife beater with a rabbit-zombie head on the front and a pair of khaki cargo capris. I put on the key necklace I wore yesterday, plus I put on a black wristband with a Gothic looking butterfly emblazoned on it. I went into the kitchen and made myself some instant ramen. While I was waiting for the noodles to boil, I got Amuru his food. Kimiko and Tsuyuko came in and sat at the table with me as I ate.
"I'm glad we don't have to go back to work until Wednesday, otherwise we probably would have had to tell the guys no." Tsuyuko said, leaning back in her chair. I nodded in agreement.
"Where do you guys work?" Kimiko asked, snatching the fork from me and shoving a mouthful of noodles into her mouth.
"Well, we all work at the same place part time. It's a nice little clothing and accessory store. It sells clothes similar to h.NAOTO and Sexy Dynamite London. You need to come in sometime and we'll show you some awesome clothes." I said, eating another mouthful of noodles.
"Wah! Cool!!!" Kimiko exclaimed. Tsuyuko and I smiled at the younger girl.
"Do you work, Kimi-chan?" Tsuyuko asked.
"Yeah...but only on Wednesdays through Saturdays. I work at a place that sells CDs and stuff. If you come in and see me one day, I can give you a card that says you're a friend of an employee and you get a pretty decent 30% off anything you buy." She said, smiling.
"Freaking awesome!" I said, passing Kimiko the rest of my ramen since I was feeling full. She accepted them happily and began slurping them down. I found it rather impressive that she fit in so well with us, the original three musketeers. It's like she should have been the fourth person so long ago, but wasn't. I got up and drank a glass of water before going into my room and packing some clothes for the next day and some pajamas in a small backpack, and my bathroom items in an overnight bag. I sat on my bed and tried to think if there was anything else I needed to bring. Not thinking of anything, I grabbed Amuru's carrier and put his favorite blanket and a can of food in the little pouch on the side. He would probably end up grabbing Piyoko before we took off, so I didn't worry about it. For the remaining few hours the four of us watched TV.
As it got closer to five o'clock, we started to get antsy. Since we had pretty much killed all of our fangirl energy this morning, we didn't have to worry about freaking the band out when they came to get us. Soon our anxiousness was rewarded by a knock on the door. We all sat bolt upright and looked at each other with excitement gleaming in our eyes. Poking Tsuyuko to get up and answer the door, we all got up and stood away from the door as she opened it. I made sure that Amuru sat beside me and didn't move towards the door.
"Hello! Holy shi!" she was cut off by the tall and beautiful Uruha, who had hugged her around the middle and lifted her up in the air, laughing. We stared at the two in shock for a while before a voice from outside was heard.
"Uru-kun, put the poor girl down before you break her in half!" A young man with black hair and a lip piercing poked his head in the house, smiling at us, and waving. I could feel a distinct energy coming from Ayame when Aoi smiled at us. Uruha did what the older band member said and gently put Tsuyuko down.
"Hello there!" he said, smiling first at her, then at us. Tsuyuko was blushing horribly and looked rather flustered. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear and tried to talk.
"P-please, c-come in." she slightly mumbled, stepping out of the path of feet. Uruha was followed by Aoi, then a rather eager looking Ruki, and then Reita, looking surprisingly calm. I looked at them, a little confused.
"Pardon my asking, but where is Kai-san?" I asked, the question not really aimed at any one person.
"Oh, he wanted us to just come and get you guys while he finished cleaning the house and fixing supper...it's weird, you'd think he didn't want us to be in the house or something..." Aoi said. Uruha rolled his eyes.
"Well, I would kick us out, too...we weren't really helping him any..." he said the last part kind of sheepishly. I tutted at them before we offered them seats.
"Ah, actually, we should just get going. I'm sure Kai won't want us returning late for supper." Ruki said, looking at a rather shiny wrist watch. The four of us girls each grabbed our things for the night and brought them to the door. Each of the boys took a set of luggage and deposited it in the trunk of the van they had driven here. I made a last check of the house and turned any of the remaining lights off and locked the door as I headed back out to the van.
"Hm...we didn't really think about how much room there would be for all eight of us to fit in here...I think there will be a lap seating arrangement..." Aoi said, looking at the others. Ayame volunteered, being so small. Ruki drove, while Kimiko called shot gun right away. Behind them sat Uruha and Tsuyuko, and in the farthest back seat I sat in the middle while Ayame sat on my lap, with Reita and Aoi on either side of us. I had put Amuru in his carrier, and he was on the floor between Uruha and Tsuyuko's seats.
I couldn't help but notice that Aoi was looking a little disappointed that Ayame was sitting on my lap. I got the distinct feeling he had wanted her to sit on his lap...but Ayame and I really wanted to mess with the guys. We had sick minds like that. I laughed evilly to myself as Ruki pulled out of our driveway. The four in the front seats had started conversations with each other, while the four of us sitting in the way back remained relatively silent...that is until Ayame leaned back against my chest.
"Oh Aki-chan! You're boobs are so soft! They're like little pillows!" She said, with a slight coo to her voice. I had to work hard not to show the laughter that I was holding in. The boys' faces were simply priceless. "Well...not really that little, I guess..." XD
"Aw! Thank you, Aya-chan! You're ass is soft, too!" I said cheerily, patting her thigh. Now both Aoi and Reita were beet red, yet still staring at us incredulously. I could feel Ayame shaking, and guessed it was probably why I was; this was too much fun. We attempted giggling cutely at each other, and luckily neither of us lost control. Finally, both boys looked the other way, still blushing terribly hard.
"Uhm...y-you guys aren't...well, you know...lesbians...are you? I mean! Th-there's n-nothing wrong with th-that, i-it's just..." Aoi stuttered, still avoiding looking at us. That was it...we couldn't hold it in anymore; both Ayame and I burst out laughing. Tears of mirth were streaming down my face, and I knew my face was turning red from laughing so hard. Ayame was the first to venture to speak, though I could hardly understand anything she said because we were laughing so hard.
"Hahahahaah! No, no...heheheheh We just...we just wanted to mess with you guys! Ahahahahaah!" Both boys looked relieved at this, and our laughter was attracting the attention of the people sitting in front of us.
"What's so funny back there?" I heard Ruki say. Ayame looked back at me deviously.
"Oh, Aki-chan and I are just raping each other, no big deal." she said.
"It's not rape if you yell surprise!" I said, loud enough for the whole van to hear.
"Oh! Right! Surprise!" Ayame said. Laughter erupted from the entire back seat this time since both Aoi and Reita were in on the joke. I knew Tsuyuko was laughing at us, too; she was usually the victim of Ayame's "molestations".
After a few more minutes of catching breath from laughing so hard...
Ruki pulled into the driveway of a rather large house surrounded by a black cast iron fence. The boys grabbed our things, and I grabbed Amuru and we headed up the pathway to the front door. Ruki opened it and we all filed into the house, taking our shoes off carefully at the entryway. The guys set our things down in a spare room on one side of the hallway, and they led us into the living room.
I looked around at the large house; it was like a typical Western-style house, huge and high-ceilinged. There were two couches and two large armchairs around the TV, which had several different gaming console boxes stacked neatly beside it. The dining room wasn't too far from the living room, and I could see the drummer of the GazettE moving around in the kitchen behind a counter with bar stools lining it. The whole house looked immaculate. He eventually looked up and noticed us; his hair was fairly sweaty, some of it plastered to his forehead. A smile immediately spread across his face, and he came over to where we all stood.
"Well, hi there!" He said, still smiling. A surge of affection welled up in me, and I rushed forward and hugged him. He kind of stiffened a little bit before relaxing and lightly hugging me back. I pulled away from Kai and bowed to him.
"Thank you so much for going through all this trouble just for us...you really didn't have to." I said, straightening up. The other three girls followed suit and thanked him as well. Color rose in his dimpled cheeks and he rubbed the back of his head with a hand.
"Ah, no, I insist! You don't want to see what this place looked like before I cleaned it...it was a pig sty!" He said. "Um...I don't think we've all introduced ourselves formally yet...I am Yutaka Tanabe, but I prefer being called Kai. I'm pretty sure that's what you know me as anyways." He said, smiling. Aoi popped up on one side of us, and Uruha on the other.
"Oh oh! Me first! I'm Shiroyama Yuu, but you can call me Aoi!"
"And I'm Takahima Kouyou, or Uruha. It's very nice to meet you."
They were both smiling at us before turning to Ruki and Reita with encouraging looks and gestures. Both of them were blushing slightly before they finally stepped forward.
"Matsumoto Takanori...But just call me Ruki."
"The name's Suzuki Akira, though Reita is more suitable."
All four of us smiled at them. Some of the excitement I thought I had gotten rid of was returning, I could feel it.
"My name is Tatsuhiro, Aki, and it's very nice to meet all of you. Oh! And this is my little prince, Amuru!" I said, picking up my fluffy little baby, who began licking my face enthusiastically.
"I'm Mitsura, Tsuyuko, it's a great pleasure to meet you, and thank you for allowing us to enter your home!" She blushed and bowed, all in a fluster.
"Sayoka, Ayame. I hope we won't be too bothersome as the night goes on." She was grinning deviously after she said the last part, and was looking especially at Aoi...
"Hello! I'm Mikichiro, Kimiko! I'm so happy to be able to meet you all!" She bounced up and down, giggling softly.
There was a large exchange of greetings and 'nice to meet you's before Kai cleared his throat. "Erm, now that we've all been acquainted better, supper will be done in a little bit. You four," he indicated his bandmates, "can show these charming ladies around the house while I finish up." he said, rolling the sleeves of his black shirt up and went back to slaving over the stove. I really wanted to help him, but I was dragged away by an excited Uruha and Aoi.
"C'mon! We'll show you around!" Aoi said, grinning broadly. I didn't even bother resisting since it would have been futile to do so.
Whee~!!!

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