{44}Scared {Saga/Shou} Chapter 4
“I’m home!” I shouted as I took off my shoes and went to the kitchen to place the plastic bag. I heard giggles coming from under the table and I couldn’t stop the smile from forming on my face. I moved forward to the table and bent over, this was always happening every time I came home, and it was a different hide out place every single time; my smile grew bigger as I raised the table cloth.
And there she was, trying to suppress her laugh with her small hands, but failing. She held out her hands and jumped on me, making us both fell on the floor.
“Oni-chan! You found me!” she screamed, grabbing me by the neck, this time her laugh bouncing off the walls.
“Yes I did, my sweetheart” I said, kissing her cheeks and raising her from the floor, with her hands still grabbing onto my neck
“Hehehe, Oni-chan you are tickling me!” she giggled while I hug her. I kissed her one last time on the forehead before putting her on the table.
“Ne Yuuki-chan, close your eyes, I have a surprise for you” Yuuki nodded in agreement as she put her hands over her eyes, “And no peeking, okay” I warned, facing her and seeing a little glimpse of her brown eye. Yuuki giggled again. I took out the cake from the box and placed it on a clean plate with a spoon by the side.
“Can I open my eyes now Oni-chan?” she asked impatiently, I smiled at her question and went closer to her.
“Yes, you can open your eyes now, Yuuki-chan” Yuuki opened her big brown eyes full of expectation, and when she saw my surprise, her smile grew wide. She took the cake and put it beside her.
“Arigatou, Taka-onichan” she said with a smile as she hugged me again.
“You’re welcome, sweetheart” I replied, kissing her forehead before settling her in one of the kitchen chairs. “Aren’t you going to eat some Taka-onichan?”
“No, gomen, I had already eaten some at the cake shop, but I’m pretty sure that Aki wouldn’t mind having some. By the way, Aki brought you here, right?” I asked, worried, since we weren’t supposed to leave her alone at home.
“Hai, he is in his room” I sighed, relieved. I kept watching her eat her cake, and started smiling at the sight in front of me, the area around her mouth was covered with chocolate frosting and she was blushing slightly, which made her looked really adorable.
“Ne, Yuuki-chan you have to be more careful” Yuuki looked at me, her mouth full of chocolate cake. I took a napkin and went closer to her. “Eh? Oni-chan…”
“You should be more careful when you eat” I said smiling as I wiped face, Yuuki just nodded at this.
“Hai! Takashi-onichan!”
“Did you finish up?” Yuuki nodded in enthusiasm.
“Ok, here we go” I said, lifting her up as she clung onto me, while I put the leftovers of the cake in the refrigerator.
“God, Saga, you spoil her too much” a voice said, coming from the kitchen entrance. I turned around, and saw a teenager a few inches lower than me with brown eyes and brown hair, wearing a high school uniform.
“Aki-kun!” Yuuki exclaimed, smiling at the teenager.
“Konnichiwa, Yuuki-chan” Aki said kissing her head
“Konnichiwa Saga-kun” Aki said, sitting in one of the chairs.
“Konnichiwa Aki. And for the record, I don’t spoil Yuuki that much”
Aki laughed at this, stating “Oh come on Saga, we all know that you spoil her all the time, shall I entertain you with all those ‘spoiling Yuuki-chan’ moments?”
I found myself not responding. He got me there.
“See, I told you it was true”
“Oh, shut up Aki” I said, heading for the living room, noticing that Yuuki was acting a little bit quiet than usual. Yuuki was sleeping and was had her head on my chest
“When did she fall asleep” I thought to myself, “Well, I guess I should take you to your room” I went to her room and laid her on the bed
“Sweet dreams, Yuuki-chan” I covered her with a blanket and kissed her on the forehead before leaving the room.
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“Oi Aki! I‘m going out for a stroll with Chiko!”
Aki waved at me as he continued watching TV in the living room “Chiko!” I whistled and waited, till I felt a weight on my body.
“Oi Chiko! Calm down” I said putting on his leash “Bye Aki” I shouted, opening the door.
“Good bye Ni-san” Aki replied, this time looking at me, as I stepped out of the house.
“Come on Chiko, let’s go for a walk” Chiko began trotting slowly. The sun was almost setting and cherry blossom petals were scattered on the ground. Smiling to myself, it would be a good idea to go to the park to relax a bit and think about the occurrences that took place earlier.
I arrived at the park and took off Chiko’s leash, then took out a ball from my pocket “Ok Chiko, go for it!” I shouted, throwing the red ball. Chiko didn’t stall for time and went chasing after the ball. I saw an empty bench in front of the children playground and went there to sit. A few minutes later Chiko came running towards me with the ball in his mouth.
“Good boy Chiko! Good boy!” I praised, patting him, then took out the ball from his mouth and threw it even further.
I started observing the whole park, there were still a few kids playing on the playground and some teenagers passing by; the sun was almost sinking and I started thinking about my encounter with Shou at the cake shop. I didn’t think that I would have met him there again, since I went there to buy a cake for Yuuki, which in the end would be finished by Aki or myself; it was kind of an interesting encounter, since I noticed that Shou was acting a bit too curious which I didn’t mind at all, and he kept blushing all the time, especially every time I smiled. Which I still doesn’t understand the reasons to it. I wasn’t doing something bad, I was just being kind to him. Then a thought came to my mind. Shou’s offer. It was a good idea to form a band with them, but I was still unsecure, I knew that they were good musicians but I still didn’t know them that much, in fact I had only talked to Shou a few times, and I just knew Tora by word of mouth.
I noticed that Chiko hadn’t returned, I was starting to worry, so I went searching for him around the park. “Oh God, this isn’t good” I thought to myself as I kept looking for him.
“Chiko! Chiko!” I screamed as I began to run, encircling the entire park. Dusk was settling in, and if I didn’t hurry up, I wouldn’t be able to find him. I was close to giving up when I spotted him, relieved, I headed to where he was
“Chiko!” I whistle and he turned his head to face me, then he ran towards me. I took out his leash and put it back.
“Chiko, don’t you ever do that again ok!” I said as I bent over and caressed his fur. Chiko just licked my face.
“Oi! Chiko stop that!!” I laughed at his action, scratching his ears.
“You’re his owner right?” a voice near us suddenly said. I lifted my gaze to see the figure, and noticed that there was a man standing with a Starbucks cup in his hands and a smile on his face. He looked like Winnie the Pooh, he even had the blond hair and a red T-Shirt on, which made the similarities even bigger. He just needed the little bear ears to look just like a Winnie the Pooh cosplayer.
“Yes, I’m sorry about the inconvenience Chiko had caused you” I apologized, standing up.
“Don’t worry, it was kind of fun to be around him” The pooh-resembling- guy said.
“I’m Nao by the way, and you are?” he asked me before taking a sip of his coffee.
“Saga, pleased to meet you”
Nao stopped drinking his coffee and looked at me in surprise, and I was almost sure that he was about to throw his beverage. Nao began turning red and started choking, so I went closer to him and patted him on the back until his coughs cleared. Chiko started to bark, which didn’t help at all.
Nao spoke again, after he had regained his breathing “Saga from Delta Ark?” Nao asked, really excited, which sincerely freaked me out. Was he a fan boy?, I just nodded my head, hoping that he wasn’t one.
“Oh my God! I can’t believe I finally met you!” I sighed heavily, in the end he was a fan boy.
“It’s just that I wanted to ask you something” Nao said with a smile, what would he want?
“I wanted to know if you would like to be in a band with me” Nao asked as he took a drink from his coffee again.
“What?!” was the only thing that I could muster. This is just great, I thought to myself. Note: Sarcasm. Now I had two bands offering me an opening, what the heck should I do now
“ I would like to form a band with you” Nao repeated “I heard the rumors and I wanted to ask you about it, but I couldn’t seem to locate you” he continued. He looked like he was enjoying his coffee completely, and all my thoughts of him being a fan boy faded away.
“Oh, I see” I said, this being the only words I could come up with.
“Hey, why don’t we go somewhere to talk about this?”He suggested and I agreed, following him to wherever he was taking me.
On the way to the place Nao was taking us, we started talking and found out that we had a lot of things common. Such that, we both belonged to the rhythm section of a band. He was a drummer and I was a bassist, and that we both liked food. A lot. It was an entertaining conversation and I was enjoying it, feeling that I had already made a new friend.
We arrived to a Starbucks stand; I left Chiko outside and tied him to a lamp post. Nao and I went in and sat on a free table where we could spot Chiko.
“So what do you think about my offer?” Nao asked me seriously
“I can’t say anything yet, Nao. I had already been asked by another person to form a band with him”
“Oh, I see, and did you accept his offer?” he asked playing with a straw.
“I still haven’t give him an answer yet” I said, looking at him and noticed a little hope in his eyes
“So there’s still hope, right?”
“Yeah you could say that, since they haven’t disbanded” I said drinking my cappuccino latte that I bought when I entered the stand.
“So since they haven’t disband, why don’t you join me, since I had already disband”
What he said made sense. Shou hadn’t confirmed me on our earlier encounter that they were going to disband, that it was just an uncertain position. Now I have another offer, which was most likely coming true.
“So what do you think?” Nao asked patiently
“I had already promised him that I would join his band, but you got a point there, since I don’t even know the future state of his band. So I will just go with the safest offer” I said calmly as I finished my latte
“And what is that?” Nao asked a little nervous.
“I am accepting your offer”
I watched as Nao smiled widely “Really! Are you serious?” I nodded and waited for his action, which I didn’t have to wait for so long to appear.
“YAY!!!!!” Nao screamed, jumping up from his seat, making a passer by lost his balance, and making them both fall on the floor.
I was laughing so hard that my stomach was starting to hurt, and tears were in my eyes. Nao was still on the floor apologizing constantly to the other guy, and bowing his head forward with every apology he said. “Gomennasai!!!” Nao kept saying profusely, the other guy stood up and left, saying something to Nao that I didn’t manage to hear due to my insane laughter.
“Oi Saga! Stop laughing!! That wasn’t funny at all” Nao said, sitting down.
“Sorry - Nao, - I’m really - sorry, but I - can’t - stop” I wheezed between laughs. A few seconds later Nao too was laughing along. A few minutes passed until our laughs died down and we could regain our composure.
“Well I’m glad that we are now band mates, Saga” Nao said, taking out his cell phone.
“Yeah me too, Nao”
“Oi, by the way Saga, what’s your cell phone number?” Nao asked, ready to key in the number.
“Oh right, my number, wait a sec” I said, taking out my cell phone.
“Key in your number in mine and I’ll do to yours” I said as we exchanged our cell phones. I noticed that his wallpaper was a series of symbols that made an emoticon. After I keyed in my number I gave it back to him, a few seconds later Nao gave me my phone back.
We continued talking about pointless things until I received a message. “Excuse me” I said as I took out my phone; it was a message from Aki.
Aki
8:19pm 04-04
Taka, Yuuki woke up and is asking for you, Mom and Dad are also here
Saga
8:22 pm 04-04
I’m on the way home. Tell them that I might bring a friend
“Who was it?” Nao asked after I finished writing the message.
“It was my younger brother, and I would have to leave now because someone is asking for me” I said, smiling. “Would you like to follow me?” I asked him.
“Wouldn’t that be weird?” he asked me as we left the stand and untied Chiko.
“No at all, and besides we are band member now, we have to spend some time together to get to know each other, don’t you think?” I asked him with a smile, Nao thought about it for a moment and then nodded “Ok, let’s go then” I said, heading to my house.
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I opened the door to my house for the second time today. “Come in Nao” I invited him as I entered the house, taking off my shoes and Chiko’s leash. Nao followed suit.
“Let’s go” I beckoned him, heading for the kitchen with Nao behind me. When I reached the kitchen I saw my Mom, Dad, Aki and Yuuki eating there.
“Tadaima Okasan, Otousan, this is my friend Nao” I said pushing Nao a little further.
“Hajimemashite, I’m Nao” he said bowing his head slightly to my family.
“Oni-chan!!!” I heard Yuuki screamed and came to me. I bent over and carried her up, she immediately hugged me and hid her face in my neck.
“Yoroshiku onegai shimasu, Nao-san, come and sit with us” my mom invited with a kind smile showing us two free spot, one belonging to Yuuki
“But there are only two spots and there are three of us” Nao said pointing at us, then a little laugh was heard on the room, and we turned our gaze to where Aki was.
“You don’t have to worry about that, I’m pretty sure that Yuuki-chan would be clinging onto Saga for a long time” he said still laughing. I just sighed at Aki’s comment because he was right; Yuuki wouldn’t leave me in a long time. We sat on the free spots; me beside Aki and Nao in front of me.
“By the way, I’m Aki, Saga’s younger brother, and she” Aki said pointing to Yuuki “Is the baby of the house, Yuuki -chan” Aki said, waiting for Nao’s response
“I’m pleased to meet you all” Nao said bowing his head again.
“And what is your relationship with Saga?” my dad asked for the first time.
“I’m Saga’s new band member” Nao said eating some of the rice that was on his plate, and I could feel how Yuuki was gripping me stronger.
“Wow, Saga-kun, you already have a new band. Congratulations, we have to celebrate this!” my mom said and everyone started congratulating us and wishing us the best
“Congratulations Oni-chan” I heard Yuuki whispered in my ear “but please don’t leave me” Yuuki whispered again and I felt a drop of tear on my cheek.
“Don’t worry Yuuki-chan, I would never leave you” I said in her ear as I kissed her head and hugged her stronger.
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Author Note:
Please your hands those who wants to be Yuuki in these Chapter, or that are slightly jelaous of Yuuki XD *Angie raised boths of her hands*
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