.::Blow me away::. -Gokudera Hayato- 2 {The day Tsuna Saved me...}
Chapter 3 : .::Blow me away::. -Gokudera Hayato- {Happy Birthday Shiriko!}
Shiriko's B-Day! Huzzah!
I sat up with a blank look on my face, blinking I looked towards the calendar. I don't know why…but on this day I don't get excited like the other kids, but I don't get depressed either. Just sort of an "Whatever" kind of attitude. I sighed and swung my legs over the sides of the bed. Zoe rustled a bit but settled back into her sleep, he hind leg kicking a bit. I petted her head without waking her and opened my curtains. On this day where I don't get excited as I used to. Where I really don't need the attention. When I really don't want it. My….. Birthday. I looked up to the sky on my way to school, the little 'surprise' my mom and dad gave me when I woke this moment fresh in my mind. "Our little girl is one year older!" My dad said with tears. "They grow up so fast!" "Shi-nii! Shi-nii!" Koyuki giggled reaching his arms out, I picked him up and he gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Happy! Happy!" he said. I laughed and gave him a kiss on his forehead. "Thank you Yuki-kun. But it's not only my birthday," I dug into my pocket and pulled out a ring box. "Happy mothers day!" she opened it and put a hand over her mouth. "Shiriko, it's beautiful!" it was a sterling silver ring topped with a blue topaz jewel. She gave me another hug and smiled. "So how does it feel to me one year older?" she asked, I gave a smile of my own. "To tell you the truth, not that different." They both exchanged glances. "But, it fells good to get a little older." I grinned. They both smiled and my mom clasped her hands together. "I made your favorite Shiriko!" I perked up and my eyes got sparkly. "Sausage, eggs, pancakes and those potato's I like so much?!" "Yup!" "Yay!" I cheered. I sighed again and ran a hand through my hair. "Now I can't wait for school…" "Shiriko!" I turned around to see Tsuna and the others running towards me. "Happy birthday Shiriko!" he said smiling. "Thanks Tsuna." "For the birthday girl you don't sound very excited." Yamamoto said. "I get that a lot, we should get going, we'll be late for school." They all gasped. "What???" "You actually want to go to school?!" Gokudera said surprised. "Shiriko, do you have a fever?" Kyoko asked feeling my forehead. "I'm fine…T_T." "Hey, why don't we skip for today? They're only giving preps." Takeshi offered. "Then we can go celebrate!" "Yeah! C'mon Shiriko!" Tsuna said. I looked to the ground, then back up. "Okay…" they all cheered and dragged me into town, where we got a few crepes, (chocolate for me :D) at the mall, now we were pretty much wandering…how fun -_-; "Maybe we should just go back to school…" I said taking a bite out of my pastry. "We need to get her somewhere fun!" Gokudera said taking my hand and running with the others. "But what should we do?" Tsuna said. "How about there?" Kyoko pointed to a shop where you could dress up and take pictures. "It really doesn't matter to me…" I said. I looked up at the sign. It had "Dress" in red script and a purple arrow pointing up. ""Dress up"? Well that's getting to the point…" we walked inside where we were greeted by a worker. "Hello, and welcome to "Dress up", would you like any help? He said. "It's her birthday." They all said pointing at me. "W-what?!" "LM.C? What about them?" I said frantically. "W-well, we just go a shipment of the outfits they wear and-" I turned and pointed to the guys. "Can you get me three of them please?" "Of course." He snapped his fingers and a group of other workers took them to get fitted. "Hey! Let go of me!" Gokudera yelled at them. "But It's my birthday…" I reminded them, Tsuna sighed. "She's right guys…plus, we dragged her in here." They went along quietly while I gave an evil smirk. "Now this is my kind of birthday…>:D." Kyoko giggled. "So should we find our own?" "Yes! We need to find a super awesome outfit!" **************** "Kyoko, you picked out a good one!" I said smoothing down the dress. "Really? Thank you Shiriko, but I feel bad for not letting you pick." "It's okay, I couldn't decide on one anyway." There was a commotion by the other side of the store and I heard Gokudera yelling. "What did they do now?" we made our way through the crowd to see the boys surrounded by girls taking pictures. "I said get the hell away!" Gokudera yelled, I placed my fingers on my lips and whistled, quieting everyone down. "Now, if everyone could please-" before I could finish, I was interrupted by some guys taking pictures of Kyoko and me. "SO CUTE!" he yelled. "Everyone , please, our costumers need to finish their orders!" the worker said through a blow horn. The crowd groaned and filed out the door, but they still stood outside the glass. "Girls, you're up first." Said a woman. "Just stand behind this background, and hold these." She handed Kyoko and me an egg with a small yellow flower sprouting from it. "Okay…one…two…three…say cheese!" http://photobucket.com/image/two anime girls/Inari_Sushi/Anime Girls/toggle.jpg?o=45 (Kyoko's on the left, and I'm on the right. Follow the link because it doesn't want to show.) "Wow…so kawaii!" she said looking at the picture. "Do you mind if we hang them up??" she said eagerly. "Um…sure…" "Don't worry, you'll get your copy too, now the boys are up." The girls behind us let out a scream. "Oy…" the guys took their positions and the camera gave off with a flash. "You guys look awesome!" I said, "And look, Reborn's in it too!" "But he disappeared right after…" Tsuna said. "Still, this was cool. Thank you guys." I said smiling. This made the guys outside yell out again. "Let's change out of these clothes now, before we get kidnapped." "Finally!" Gokudera said. "Oh please, you all look hot in the picture." I said making them blush. "XD Aw, look Kyoko, they're flattered!" ******************** "Wow, that was so much fun!" I said, "I can't believe I wanted to go to school." I shuddered. "Luckily you have us though right?" Yamamoto said putting an arm over my shoulder. "Thank goodness! So where should we go now?" they all looked at each other. "Well, Gokudera has something to give you, right?" Tsuna said with a nervous smile. "Yeah!" Yamamoto added in. "It's at his house, right man?" "Yes…" "Well, go on with him Shiriko, and we'll meet you at your house later okay?" Tsuna said quickly before running of. "Well that was weird…T_T, almost…suspicious…" I said like Blue from "Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends." Gokudera sighed and took my hand. "Follow me." While we were walking I looked up into the sky. "Now that I think about it, I've never been to your house." "I live alone, so it's not all that special." (Me: I don't really know if he does, so I'm just making it up.) "Alone? But don't you get lonely?" "Sometimes, but thanks to the boss, I don't really spend a lot of time there." He stopped in front of a small two story house. "Lucky…" I grumbled while he opened the door, and it was surprisingly clean O.o. "What's with that face?" he said. "It's just that…everything's so organized…" I said looking around in awe. "You don't have to seem so fascinated." "But it's rare!" I grinned. He shook his head then opened a door leading down into the basement. Down stairs was a beautifully made Grand piano. He took my hand again and led me to the seat. "Is it okay if I play you a song as your present?" I smiled recognizing the song, Darkness of White you can (Credit to Sentrovasi for putting in the lyrics, and check out his version, it's really good! =3 Here's his link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mDUIhkPXQ#d4vR-o0cYIo) When he finished the song, he looked over to me to see I was crying. "Sorry," I sniffed. "That was beautiful Hayato, you have a lot of talent." "Thanks, it means a lot coming from you…" I smiled. "That better not have been sarcasm." "Don't worry, it wasn't." he laughed. "Hayato…everyone's planning a surprise party aren't they?" I said playing a key. "W-What? No! What makes you think that??" I took his face and looked him dead in the eye. "I knew it," I said releasing him. "Gokudera, you're a horrible liar." "Damn…" he cursed under his breath. "Worry not, I shall act surprised for them." "Thanks, they were planning this for weeks." "Really?…. Wow…" "What, are you shocked or something?" he said closing the lid, covering the lids. "Well, yeah. I mean don’t get me wrong, they've given me parties before but, I've just never known so many people!" "Hey, can I ask you something?" "Yeah?" "How was it like when you were a yanki?" "Oh my…that's a recurring question…well there's a lot what exactly do you want to know?" "How about things that you did?" "Let's see…to start off, I really didn't do anything different, I got into fights, bleached my hair, and at times wore those long coats with the kanji "Cold Flame" on the back in dark blue letters. I got a bit of a reputation and that's where Kojima, Ichigo and Kumiko come in. Remember the day I first came back?" he smiled. "Yeah, I thought you were another crazy girl." "I am one, but that's beside the point -_-, the girls knew about me when I was a punk and I ran into them on the way home." I grinned. "They even challenged me." "Did you win?" "I didn't fight if that's what you mean, I told them to find someone they could look up to, you know? But they chose me as their 'someone', those girls are something alright…" I said shaking my head. "You said you left the gang you were in right?" I nodded. "But don't they beat the one who tries to leave?" I smiled and rubbed the back of my head. "They beat the crap outta me!" "How can you say something like that so lightly?!" "I dunno ^_^, it did take me a few days to recover though, I thought I was gonna die!" he sighed, "I'll never understand you…" "Damn straight! But do you know the first thing I did when I got back home?" "What?" he said playing with a strand of my hair. "I hugged my parents- the Yagami's- for the first time…and it was pretty weird for awhile, getting used to the whole family thing and all, even at school too! The teachers were in tears at my sudden change for the better. And don't get me started on the students! They wouldn't get anywhere near me, especially when someone harassed Tsuna. If you think I was bad now, you should've seen me back then." Suddenly his phone rang, he flipped it open and read the text. "They say they've already set everything up. Ready to go?" "Yeah, let's get this over with." I put on a fake surprise face. ""Wow! A party?! Oh my gosh guys!"" I rehearsed. "I don't know weather I should be impressed…or afraid at your acting…" "Pretty good right? I've got talent!" then I thought of something while we were going up the stairs, and out the door. ******* I took in a breath before putting a hand on the door. "Okay, I'm ready!" I turned the knob, greeted by a dark room. "Hey, where is everybody?" I asked looking around. Suddenly the lights went on and everybody jumped out of their hiding places, shooting those little confetti poppers. "Happy Birthday Shiriko!" they all said. I gasped. "You guys! A surprise party?! You shouldn't have!" I said giving them all a hug. "Gokudera, you lied to me!" I said in fake anger. "Since it's my birthday I'll let you off the hook, but watch it next time buddy." "I'll remember that." He said rolling his eyes. I smiled and wrapped him up in a hug. "You need to work on your acting skills." I whispered in his ear, then ran off to join the others for cake. I hope it's chocolate for me!
through the sadness take your flight.
And become the wings that pierce the veil
Spreading strong and true tonight...
Brought into the light at last
by the cold exposing sun:
I was granted freedom, tamed,
to become the chosen one.
Through the mirror, night reflected
Miraculous to see:
My soul threw away the mask that hides the deeper me...
Light of a harbored hope:
Shining softly in the air...
Hides behind the crumbling walls of old
Behind a mask of deep despair.
Know the words held in your heart;
Come to terms with what's within...
In this empty space, find the will to chase
The prologue which greets the end...
Slicing winds of winter blow
In this unforgiving world;
Many things I must protect
With the power that I hold.
Every trial along this journey
A pain I must endure
Discover the self I know
To be a truth so pure...
Lay to rest the fake light.
Bring to life the true light:
Within these hands...
Breaking the dark of night,
Piercing through the painted white
Cut it all away from yesterday:
Till a new era's in sight.
Unlock the heart within:
Let it spread its wings and soar.
Rising up in flight: through the night of white,
and fly on forever more...
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