My Not-So-Lucky Love Charm Chapter 8
Title: My Not-So-Lucky Love Charm
Pairing: Yamada/OC
Type: Chaptered
Rating: PG-13 (just being super safe)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Summary: Ayamono Kari gets rejected by her crush and to make matters worse Yamada Ryosuke publicly humiliates her about her rejection. She takes a short trip to Okinawa to get away from it all. She ends up stumbling across a shrine dedicated to love. At that shrine there is a sacred tree where it is said that if you hang a piece of paper on the tree with your name on it you will definitely meet your true love but if a girl tears down a girls paper than the girl on the paper will never meet her true love. Being so sick of love Kari tears a piece of paper down to make herself feel better thinking that it’s a girl’s so she doesn’t have to be the only one who suffers. But it turns out that if you tear a guy’s name down than that guy will definitely fall in love with you. She goes back home feeling refreshed but Yamada Ryosuke is starting to act a bit strange around her…
I was packing up the stuff on my desk since school had just ended when Yuto came up to talk to me.
“Hi Kari! Doing anything today?” he asked casually.
“Hey… and no not really.” I said. As I continued to pack up my stuff I saw Yuto do some sort of hand signal out of the corner of my eye and after a second or two Yamada popped up beside him, he had a wide grin on his face. Oh no.
“Hey Kari! Do you want to come watch me do my photo shoot today?” Yamada asked eagerly.
“Um… I…”
“You said you had nothing to do today!” Yuto cut in excitedly. I can’t believe I just got cornered by two idiots.
“I don’t really want to…” Yuto’s looked concerned and confused, Yamada looked confused and hurt. “…pass up an opportunity like this… woohoo…” I said unenthusiastically. Despite my lack of enthusiasm they were both smiling widely.
“Yay!” said Yamada.
“So… will I meet all the other JUMP members?” I asked.
“Oh, no you won’t. It’s Yamada’s solo photo shoot,” said Yuto.
“Yea! It’ll be just you and me,” said Yamada as he giggled like a little girl.
Great. Just great.
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The photo studio wasn’t that big of a deal. To me it just looked like a warehouse with a bunch of fancy camera stuff. I wasn’t star struck like most people would’ve been. I guess that’s what going to a school with idols does to you.
I sat down and watched the staff bustle around. Yamada was still changing into his outfit. When he finally appeared I was stunned by his outfit. Or better yet a lack thereof. Yamada had changed his pants but was totally shirtless and his hair was dripping wet.
When our eyes met I blushed and looked away. What in the world am I doing? Was I seriously acting like a love struck girl just because Yamada took his shirt off and has sexy wet dripping hair!?
I quickly turned my head back to him and looked him straight in the eye. He smiled at me. I felt my face go hot as we stared at each other from across the room when all of a sudden the photographer came up to talk to him and broke our stare.
I was relieved our stare had been broken. My face had been getting so hot that I was thinking of reaching for the cup of water I had been given and throwing it all on my face.
When the photographer stopped talking to him I was afraid he would come up and talk to me but his photo shoot began. He did many types of poses, all of which made my stupid heart beat. It was probably because I had never seen him like this before. Before the stupid charm he was the always angry bully Yamada and after the stupid charm he was love struck ditzy Yamada and now he was the cool idol Yamada, a side of which I had never seen.
Whenever I was watching Hey! Say! JUMP or looking at them in magazines all I had ever paid attention to was Yuto, and now seeing Yamada like this was confusing my heart.
After the photo shoot ended he turned my way and began walking. Ok brain, it’s just Yamada looking a little sexier than usual, don’t make me say anything stupid.
“So what’d you think?” he asked.
“Good, cool. Hair. You should dry it… because it’s wet… and its cold and you might catch a cold because its cold and your hair is wet.” Wow. Thanks brain.
He gave me a funny smile, “Ok… I’ll go and do that and I’ll go change.”
“Um… ok… I think I’m going to go out and get something to drink while you change,” I said.
He looked at me worriedly, “Just wait for me, it’s dangerous for a girl to go out alone at this time of night.”
“I’ll be fine.”
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I slowly backed up against the wall away from the guy. He had hit on me and I ignored him but then he grabbed my wrist, I shook it off but he now had me cornered up against the wall in an alley with nowhere to run.
“Come on little girl, it’ll be fun. Real fun.” He said as he smiled wickedly at me.
“Get away from me you ugly piece of garbage,” I said with a surprisingly firm voice.
“What’d you say? All I wanted was to let you have some fun. You should’ve just said yes.” He said as he raised his hand and was about to slap me.
Something took over my body. It was real fear. In all my life I had never felt so afraid and alone. My parents weren’t here to protect me. I had no one. Or maybe I did have someone…
As the man was about to slap me I yelled. “Yamada!” I shut my eyes for a brief second preparing myself for impact and when it didn’t come I opened my eyes. The man was on the floor and Yamada was in front of me. He grabbed my hand and ran, weaving me through the crowds of people and eventually into the safety of the studio.
We were both gasping for air but for different reasons. Yamada was gasping for air because of the running we just did. I was gasping for air because I was sobbing. When he noticed I was crying he hugged me.
I hugged him back and cried into his shoulder. Fear still had control of my body. My whole body was shaking. “I was so scared!” I cried like a child.
“It’s ok. It’s ok. I’m here.” He said, trying to calm me down. “I promise that as long as you call my name, no matter what, I’ll come.”
“You promise!?” I pleaded.
“Yes, I promise.” I hugged him tighter but then the fear left me and I realized what I was doing. I also realized that Yamada’s promise meant nothing. After I return the charm he will return to normal and he will not come and save me when I call.
I let the hug last just a little longer before I put my hand on his chest and gently pushed him away. “Sorry I’m acting like a child… I was just overwhelmed by fear but I’m ok now…” I said as I wiped my eyes.
He looked at me worriedly. “Ok… I’m just going to get my stuff quickly and then I’ll walk you home ok?”
I nodded. After he was gone I put my hand over my heart. “This is all fake. His love is not real.” I whispered harshly. But just because his love wasn’t real didn’t mean mine was.
Next chapter should be the last one and I plan on writing it soon if not today.