My Not-So-Lucky Love Charm Chapter 4
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…
Ring
At the sound of the ending school bell everyone began packing up and started leaving. I stayed behind to copy the notes on the board that I hadn’t written down yet. By the time I finished writing and began packing up everyone else was already gone.
“Ayamono-san?” said sensei as I was putting my books into my bag.
“Yes sensei?” I asked turning to her.
“Can I ask you to do something for me?”
“Sure sensei. What do you need?”
“Well today I was outside collecting some leafs for tomorrow’s lesson by the science lab in that area where there are a bunch of trees and bushes. I think I dropped my keys there. I was hoping you could go and find them for me. I would go myself but there is a faculty meeting today.” She said.
“Okay I’ll go and find them.”
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I was glad that everyone had already gone home so that no one could see me crawling on my hands and knees on the ground through the bushes like a crazy person. As I crawled near a bush that was closest to the building I noticed something shiny out of the corner of my eye. I had found sensei’s keys!
I picked them up and smiled triumphantly. I was about to stand up when I heard footsteps nearing. I peeked through the bushes and saw Yamada and some pretty girl standing face to face by the building that was only about fifteen feet away from me. I could’ve got up and just walked away but something inside me made me stay.
“You wanted to speak with me?” said Yamada. I was surprised to hear his voice. Right now it was cold, cool and calm just like the old Yamada. I had already gotten used to his nervous voice.
“Um… yes… I… I like you! Please go out with me!” said the girl. I studied the girl through the bushes. She looked like Yamada’s type, beautiful.
“I’m sorry I can’t-” he said.
Before Yamada could finish his sentence the girl burst into tears. “NO! I will not be rejected by Yamada!” she yelled and threw herself at him and wrapped her arms around him. Yamada stood straight and didn’t do anything.
“I’m sorry I just don’t have any feelings for you and I already like someone else.” He said.
After a moment the girl let go of him. Her tears had made her make up run. She looked like a crying raccoon. “Fine,” she said bitterly, “but I won’t accept my rejection unless you tell me who you like.”
“I like Ayamono Kari.”
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After Yamada and that girl had left I stayed in the bushes for who knows how long. I think I went into some sort of shock. Eventually I snapped out of it, I took sensei’s keys and put them on her desk and then I ran all the way home.
Now I was on my bed trying to figure everything out. The most reasonable explanation I could find was that Yamada was lying to the girl and he only used me to drive the girl away. But there were so many flaws with that theory. Why did he use me? What other reason would he have for turning down that girl? Why the sudden stop of bullying? Why was he being nice to me these days? Why was he always nervous around me? Why did his face look so… sincere..?
I shook my head, I felt like there was something I was forgetting. Something important… As I looked around my room trying to think of what I was forgetting my eyes landed on the charm I had taken from the shrine. It was sitting on my desk, I hadn’t even touched it ever since I had gotten back. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
THE CHARM! I got up and grabbed it. I stared at it, it was still closed. I had never opened it to see the name written inside. It can’t be… Yeah of course it can’t! I’m just going to open it to prove myself wrong! I undid the string, closed my eyes and unrolled the small paper. I slowly opened my eyes. I stared at the paper and read the name a million times just to make sure I was really reading it right.
Yamada
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I checked for the billionth time to make sure that I had dialed the right number for the shrine and eventually called. After about the 3rd ring someone picked up.
“Hello, this is Koboku shrine, home of the famous tree of love. How may I help you?” I was glad to hear the familiar voice of the old shrine lady.
“Um hi… you may not remember me but I’m the girl who visited the shrine about a week ago.” I said.
“Child, many girls come here. I’m afraid you’ll have to be a bit more specific.” She said.
“Um… well… I took down a charm…” I said.
“Oh yes! The foolish child who would not listen to my warnings. Now why in the world would you be calling?” she said in a smug voice.
“I wanted to ask you something. Um… do you know a band called Hey! Say! JUMP?” I felt stupid for asking an old lady whether she knew a teen boy band.
“Hm… the name sounds familiar… Oh yes! The band with many boys and a few girls right?”
“um… they’re all boys actually….”
“Oh! Well some of them were very pretty. But yes I do remember them. Hey! Say!... HOP visited the shrine about a month ago, said they were in town for a photo shoot. “
“It’s Hey! Say! JUMP. Did any of them hang any charms?” I asked
“Yes some did.”
My heart sank. “Do you remember if a short boy with brown hair hung a charm up?” I asked.
“I don’t know child! They all looked the same to me. Hm… why are you asking this…?” by the sound of her voice I could tell she was smiling now.
“Ok yes lady, you were right. The shrine is ‘magical’ or whatever and I took a charm and now the guy is in love with me. How do I reverse it?” I asked. Oh please don’t let it be some sort of idiotic Disney curse where I have to kiss him or something.
“You must return the charm here, child, and hang it back onto the tree of love.” She said.
“That’s it?” I asked, relieved.
“That’s it. But are you sure you want to?” she asked as she chuckled.
“Yes. I do.”
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No! No! No! No! This was not happening to me! I screamed, pushed away from my computer and flopped onto my bed facedown. There was no available transportation to Okinawa for at least two weeks. Everything in my budget range was all booked! Even if I did manage some sort of transportation to Okinawa all the hotels were booked as well.
At first I thought it was the tree playing some sort of sick joke on me by making a whole bunch of random people go to Okinawa all at once but then I found out that the real reason everything was booked was because there was an Arashi concert being held there. This would explain why Chinen-san has been absent.
So, I was stuck with Yamada being in love with me for two weeks. Maybe I could get through it… Or maybe it’ll rain pigs tomorrow.
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I walked down the hallway, head up, eyes forward and back straight. Everyone was staring at me. I smiled. My plan was foolproof.
Today I decided to use a little make-up to make myself look a little prettier. And by a little I mean globs full and by prettier I mean like a panda clown. This was all part of my plan.
My plan was simple. Make myself look so repelling that not even tree magic would make Yamada fall in love with me. As I turned and began walking down another hallway I saw just the boy I wanted to see, his back was turned so he hadn’t seen me yet. I merrily skipped up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. “Hi Yamada!”
I could see his body tense up at the sound of my voice and then he turned around. “Hi Ka- WHOA!” His facial expression was priceless. “W-What happened to you?”
“I decided to use a little make up today.” I said as I smiled. “What do you think?”
“Uh… I think…” before he could finish his sentence a male teacher marched up to us.
“Ayamono Kari! You are in violation of the dress code! The dress code states that although use of make-up is allowed, it must be used in moderation and it must be appropriate. Your great use of make-up is a distraction to your peers! Remove it at once!” said the teacher.
“But I-“
“No buts! Go to the infirmary and use the supplies there to wash it off. Yamada, why don’t you go and help her.”
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Yamada and I were completely alone in the infirmary. We had successfully washed all my make up off. “Um… why did you use so much make-up?” he asked as I was wiping my face with a towel.
Because I want you to find me hideous just like you used to. I considered saying this but I chose not to. Instead I sighed, looked down and said, “I… uh… just wanted to be a little prettier… I guess…”
He walked up to me, lifted my head and wiped a drop of water off my cheek with his thumb. He stared me in the eyes and said, “You are already beautiful.” And then closed his eyes and began to lean forward.
Oh no! I-Is he going to k-kiss me!? I panicked but suddenly I remembered the tube of lipstick in my pocket. I quickly took it out, opened it and then ran it across his upper lip. He opened his eyes looking pretty surprised.
I laughed nervously, “Ha ha… you have a red moustache…”
He looked over my shoulder into the mirror behind me. “AH! What have you done to my beautiful face!” he said half jokingly and ran to the sink to wash it off.
I was so relieved I was able to avert that crisis. But deep down in my heart there was a twinge of regret for stopping him. What was wrong with me?
Yay another update! This is to make up for the super long gap where I didn't update ^^
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…
Ring
At the sound of the ending school bell everyone began packing up and started leaving. I stayed behind to copy the notes on the board that I hadn’t written down yet. By the time I finished writing and began packing up everyone else was already gone.
“Ayamono-san?” said sensei as I was putting my books into my bag.
“Yes sensei?” I asked turning to her.
“Can I ask you to do something for me?”
“Sure sensei. What do you need?”
“Well today I was outside collecting some leafs for tomorrow’s lesson by the science lab in that area where there are a bunch of trees and bushes. I think I dropped my keys there. I was hoping you could go and find them for me. I would go myself but there is a faculty meeting today.” She said.
“Okay I’ll go and find them.”
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I was glad that everyone had already gone home so that no one could see me crawling on my hands and knees on the ground through the bushes like a crazy person. As I crawled near a bush that was closest to the building I noticed something shiny out of the corner of my eye. I had found sensei’s keys!
I picked them up and smiled triumphantly. I was about to stand up when I heard footsteps nearing. I peeked through the bushes and saw Yamada and some pretty girl standing face to face by the building that was only about fifteen feet away from me. I could’ve got up and just walked away but something inside me made me stay.
“You wanted to speak with me?” said Yamada. I was surprised to hear his voice. Right now it was cold, cool and calm just like the old Yamada. I had already gotten used to his nervous voice.
“Um… yes… I… I like you! Please go out with me!” said the girl. I studied the girl through the bushes. She looked like Yamada’s type, beautiful.
“I’m sorry I can’t-” he said.
Before Yamada could finish his sentence the girl burst into tears. “NO! I will not be rejected by Yamada!” she yelled and threw herself at him and wrapped her arms around him. Yamada stood straight and didn’t do anything.
“I’m sorry I just don’t have any feelings for you and I already like someone else.” He said.
After a moment the girl let go of him. Her tears had made her make up run. She looked like a crying raccoon. “Fine,” she said bitterly, “but I won’t accept my rejection unless you tell me who you like.”
“I like Ayamono Kari.”
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After Yamada and that girl had left I stayed in the bushes for who knows how long. I think I went into some sort of shock. Eventually I snapped out of it, I took sensei’s keys and put them on her desk and then I ran all the way home.
Now I was on my bed trying to figure everything out. The most reasonable explanation I could find was that Yamada was lying to the girl and he only used me to drive the girl away. But there were so many flaws with that theory. Why did he use me? What other reason would he have for turning down that girl? Why the sudden stop of bullying? Why was he being nice to me these days? Why was he always nervous around me? Why did his face look so… sincere..?
I shook my head, I felt like there was something I was forgetting. Something important… As I looked around my room trying to think of what I was forgetting my eyes landed on the charm I had taken from the shrine. It was sitting on my desk, I hadn’t even touched it ever since I had gotten back. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
THE CHARM! I got up and grabbed it. I stared at it, it was still closed. I had never opened it to see the name written inside. It can’t be… Yeah of course it can’t! I’m just going to open it to prove myself wrong! I undid the string, closed my eyes and unrolled the small paper. I slowly opened my eyes. I stared at the paper and read the name a million times just to make sure I was really reading it right.
Yamada
_____________________________________
I checked for the billionth time to make sure that I had dialed the right number for the shrine and eventually called. After about the 3rd ring someone picked up.
“Hello, this is Koboku shrine, home of the famous tree of love. How may I help you?” I was glad to hear the familiar voice of the old shrine lady.
“Um hi… you may not remember me but I’m the girl who visited the shrine about a week ago.” I said.
“Child, many girls come here. I’m afraid you’ll have to be a bit more specific.” She said.
“Um… well… I took down a charm…” I said.
“Oh yes! The foolish child who would not listen to my warnings. Now why in the world would you be calling?” she said in a smug voice.
“I wanted to ask you something. Um… do you know a band called Hey! Say! JUMP?” I felt stupid for asking an old lady whether she knew a teen boy band.
“Hm… the name sounds familiar… Oh yes! The band with many boys and a few girls right?”
“um… they’re all boys actually….”
“Oh! Well some of them were very pretty. But yes I do remember them. Hey! Say!... HOP visited the shrine about a month ago, said they were in town for a photo shoot. “
“It’s Hey! Say! JUMP. Did any of them hang any charms?” I asked
“Yes some did.”
My heart sank. “Do you remember if a short boy with brown hair hung a charm up?” I asked.
“I don’t know child! They all looked the same to me. Hm… why are you asking this…?” by the sound of her voice I could tell she was smiling now.
“Ok yes lady, you were right. The shrine is ‘magical’ or whatever and I took a charm and now the guy is in love with me. How do I reverse it?” I asked. Oh please don’t let it be some sort of idiotic Disney curse where I have to kiss him or something.
“You must return the charm here, child, and hang it back onto the tree of love.” She said.
“That’s it?” I asked, relieved.
“That’s it. But are you sure you want to?” she asked as she chuckled.
“Yes. I do.”
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No! No! No! No! This was not happening to me! I screamed, pushed away from my computer and flopped onto my bed facedown. There was no available transportation to Okinawa for at least two weeks. Everything in my budget range was all booked! Even if I did manage some sort of transportation to Okinawa all the hotels were booked as well.
At first I thought it was the tree playing some sort of sick joke on me by making a whole bunch of random people go to Okinawa all at once but then I found out that the real reason everything was booked was because there was an Arashi concert being held there. This would explain why Chinen-san has been absent.
So, I was stuck with Yamada being in love with me for two weeks. Maybe I could get through it… Or maybe it’ll rain pigs tomorrow.
_____________________________________
I walked down the hallway, head up, eyes forward and back straight. Everyone was staring at me. I smiled. My plan was foolproof.
Today I decided to use a little make-up to make myself look a little prettier. And by a little I mean globs full and by prettier I mean like a panda clown. This was all part of my plan.
My plan was simple. Make myself look so repelling that not even tree magic would make Yamada fall in love with me. As I turned and began walking down another hallway I saw just the boy I wanted to see, his back was turned so he hadn’t seen me yet. I merrily skipped up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. “Hi Yamada!”
I could see his body tense up at the sound of my voice and then he turned around. “Hi Ka- WHOA!” His facial expression was priceless. “W-What happened to you?”
“I decided to use a little make up today.” I said as I smiled. “What do you think?”
“Uh… I think…” before he could finish his sentence a male teacher marched up to us.
“Ayamono Kari! You are in violation of the dress code! The dress code states that although use of make-up is allowed, it must be used in moderation and it must be appropriate. Your great use of make-up is a distraction to your peers! Remove it at once!” said the teacher.
“But I-“
“No buts! Go to the infirmary and use the supplies there to wash it off. Yamada, why don’t you go and help her.”
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Yamada and I were completely alone in the infirmary. We had successfully washed all my make up off. “Um… why did you use so much make-up?” he asked as I was wiping my face with a towel.
Because I want you to find me hideous just like you used to. I considered saying this but I chose not to. Instead I sighed, looked down and said, “I… uh… just wanted to be a little prettier… I guess…”
He walked up to me, lifted my head and wiped a drop of water off my cheek with his thumb. He stared me in the eyes and said, “You are already beautiful.” And then closed his eyes and began to lean forward.
Oh no! I-Is he going to k-kiss me!? I panicked but suddenly I remembered the tube of lipstick in my pocket. I quickly took it out, opened it and then ran it across his upper lip. He opened his eyes looking pretty surprised.
I laughed nervously, “Ha ha… you have a red moustache…”
He looked over my shoulder into the mirror behind me. “AH! What have you done to my beautiful face!” he said half jokingly and ran to the sink to wash it off.
I was so relieved I was able to avert that crisis. But deep down in my heart there was a twinge of regret for stopping him. What was wrong with me?
Yay another update! This is to make up for the super long gap where I didn't update ^^