[two shots] my best man
“Kamee!! Hurry up! I have meeting at 2 and this is already the 10th dress~”
The voice of the said girl’s fiancé screaming from outside the changing room startled her. She looked up right into the mirror once again. Somehow, she tried to calm herself down.
‘Gosh, why am I so nervous?’ Kame kept asking herself that question while checking the train of the dress. The 10th dress that she tried was a bit ‘sexy’; revealing most of her milky back. But she likes the classic design in front of it. Plus, the ribbon detail at the back looks elegant. Secretly, she wondered if Tomo, her fiance’; would let her wear this kind of dress. He might be living in overseas for several years, but he is still pretty much a traditional-minded guy.
She really likes the dress. So unfortunate that Tomo would probably say-
“You’ll be the most beautiful bride ever..Kazu…”
Kame breathed deeply. OK. First off, he never called me that. Secondly, why is that voice sound so familiar…?
She slowly turned around to look for the source of the deep, husky voice. And there he was. Standing few feet away from her, Giving the very smile that had make her melt… *ahem* ..few years ago.
“J-jin….Wha- what are you doing here?” Aren’t he supposed to be in LA?
“I came back for my best friend’s wedding.”
Oh crap. She forgot. He’s Tomo’s best friend!
“So…Y-you…are the best..man?”
Stop ogling at this man, Kazuya! You have one waiting for you downstairs!
“Yes. Tomo is getting a little impatient so he asked me to check on you.” And check on her he did, up and down her tight dress. Immediately, her face turned hot.
‘Urgh! This is what happened when your bridesmaid is two-months pregnant with severe morning sickness. Tat-chan should be the one helping me with this thing, not him!’
“I’ll be going down in a minute..you should leave now..” Kame tried her best not to look directly into his eyes. That would be dangerous. She’d fallen head over heels for those incredible eyes before and it didn’t work out; so she’s not going to be fooled for the second time.
“Hey, what’s with the attitude? I thought I am the one who should be giving the cold shoulder, since I am the one being dumped..”
He said that teasingly, and she had enough of this so-called ‘reunion chit-chat’
“You love to bring that up do you? Well fyi, I wouldn’t leave you if you weren’t being such an asshole!” Kame said that furiously. ‘How dare he come to my wedding-dress try-on and said such cynical words?!’
“You never give me the chance to explain myself!”
“What is there to explain anymore? You kissed that bitch so I’m out of your life!” Just remembering that incident with that slut’s body on top of him, urgh.
“Owh, so I’m the bad one? What about you? You are marrying my best friend to get back to me!”
“No I’m not!! I’m marrying Tomo because I love him!!”
Faint footsteps from outside the room left them in silence for a while. The door creaked open and Tomo’s head popped out from outside the room.
“Is everything okay? I heard some noise..”
“Yes! Yes! Absolutely honey…” Kame emphasized on the word “honey” while giving Jin a glare.
“Uh…so…did you pick a dress already? I need to go back to my office now..” Tomo said, barely looking at her while typing something on his BlackBerry. Somehow, this makes Kame sad.
‘How could he care about that stupid phone more than me? I’m his future wife for God’s sake!’
“Yes…I picked one…” She rolled her eyes while slowly breathing “like you care!”; somehow she thought Jin saw her saying that.
“Ok then….off I go! And owh, Kame,dear…would you mind going back home with Jin? I’m already late for the meeting.”
She was going to say, “Yes! I do mind!” but Tomo was as fast as light to leave her with Le’ Bastard. Who smiled like an idiot upon seeing her red face.
Damn it.
***
Silence filled in the atmosphere as Kame kept her wild glance outside; watching lights and random buildings in Tokyo. On the driver seat, Jin was feeling quite uncomfortable with the awkward silence. He tried to get her attention by clearing his throats and coughing few times, but she just totally ignored him.
He sighed. Then turned to look at her.
“…Wow. You’re so quiet today. Usually you’ll be the one with lots of opinions.”
He meant it for a joke to start their conversation. But the way she glared at him and then turned to look away suggested that it only turned into silly remark.
“Very well then. Let’s just listen to the radio.”
Lionel Ritchie’s Hello was on the air, and immediately Jin smiled to himself. It was the very song that he dedicated to her few years back; the day that he would not forget. Kame was in her red mini dress, looking so precious that he couldn’t afford to let her leave the club without him. Jin thought that he sang it pretty well, judging from the crowd’s cheers. But the most unforgettable moment was when he saw the girl-in-red’s sparkling eyes and beautiful smile, directing to him.
“Turn off the radio, please!” Kame’s voice brought him back to reality.
“Why? Don’t you like-“
“No! Love songs are all lies! Just like you!”
Gosh, here we go again; Jin said to himself.
“Well you never let me explain myself!”
“What is there to explain?! I saw it with my own eyes!”
As much of a playboy that he is (or he was), Jin really didn’t recognize the girl that suddenly hovered above him and kissed him full on the lips that night. He was about to pull from the kiss when he heard a small thud. It was Kame’s handbag. He tried calling her, knocking on her door, and even sends her flowers; but his deeds were to no avail. She decided to break up with him 2 days after the incident.
“What if someone is trying to break us apart? Have you ever considered that?!”
Kame was trying to answer back but she lost her words upon looking at Jin’s angry face. For one moment, she thought; Yeah..what if he’s been set up?
“You never truly believe in me, Kazu..it hurts to know that you don’t trust me as much as I trust you..”
She just looked away again. And the spacious car turned quiet until he dropped her off at her apartment. She muttered a soft “thanks” and walked away, never did she look back at him after that.
***
“Kamenashi-san, there’s a guy at the waiting room. He is looking for you.” Mika, her assistant told her while she was busy with her paperwork.
“Did he tell his name?”
“Um…no…but he’s kind of cute..” A chuckle was heard and immediately Kame knew who the ‘uninvited’ guest was.
“Hey”, was the first word Jin let out upon seeing his Kazu; while pulling out a bouquet of lavender from his back.
Kame loves lavender, that’s the fact. So she couldn’t help but to take the lovely flowers and smile bitterly at him.
“Just dropping by to say hey and giving you your favorite flowers” Jin made sure he emphasizes on the words “favorite” and then continued on, “…Since the lovely fiancé of yours didn’t quite know that you’re allergic to roses and bought a dozen of them..”
Kame was embarrassed; because Jin’s words were true. Tomo forgot, or maybe didn’t even bother to know her favorite flowers. He assumed that all girls like roses, which resulted in her being hospitalized for 3 days.
“Kamenashi Kazuya. Loves strawberry and strawberry cheese cake. She likes purple, but truthfully; I think she look the greatest in red. I love her laugh, the way she tugs in her hair when she’s happy..also the way she puffs her cheek when she’s nervous. Tomo should know all that, since he’s dating the most beautiful girl in the world..” Jin suddenly said.
“No. I don’t puff my cheek!” Unconsciously, Kame did puff her blushing cheek.
“Haha. You just did it….Nervous aren’t you?”
And she cursed Jin inside her mind.
“You know, for lovers…you guys really don’t know much about each other” Jin said, as a matter of factly.
Kame wouldn’t give in to the ‘fight’, thus retorted back “Owh really? Then you’re on the same boat as well..since I clearly told you before that I hate guys that cheat behind my back..”
Kame was about to walk away when Jin held her arms, “You’re making a mistake here, baby..You know too well that he’s not the one for you.”
Her vision went blurry, but of course he didn’t saw that with her back facing him.
Jin let go off her hand, as he watched her leaving the room. He felt defeated, again.
***
“Kamee-chan~”
“….Hurm?”
The brown-haired girl blinked few times at her day-dreamer girlfriend.
“I just asked you three times before; which one would you choose for the table napkin?”
Dumbfounded, Kame took some time to scan at the pile of fabrics in front of her. Maroon, lavender, baby blue, pink, light fuchsia, pale yellow; gah! Getting married is a tough job!
“If you’re still undecided, we’ll just go to the wedding cakes house and try some samples there. I’m hungry. So does the baby~” Tatsuya pouted while rubbing her not-so-obvious baby bump.
“Er…well…yeah…let’s do that..”
The same thing happened when they arrived at the cake house. The owner politely welcomed them with plates of delicious wedding cakes to savor; but Kame just sighed few times and went straight into la-la land inside her mind.
“I think pistachio cake with butter cream would be a great choice! Urm..Kame-chan…?”
Tatsuya rolled her eyes with annoyance. Seriously, what is wrong with her today?
“Do you still wanna get married, my dear Kame? Or should I just call Pi and tell him you’re not interested in becoming Mrs.Yamashita anymore?”
Tatsuya quickly fished out her phone and pretended to dial Pi’s number. Kame shrieked in horror while trying to grab Tatsuya’s phone.
“Don’t!!! Please please please….Tat-chaaan~” She made a puppy-teary-eyes look while pouting at her girlfriend. Moment later, Tatsuya smiled and put her phone on the table.
“So. Tell me, why is Kame-chan; the cheery girl that I know is suddenly switching into her unhappy mode today? Hmm?”
Kame was trying to look tough, but somehow she knew that Tatsuya would know that. They’ve been best friends for almost 10 years now, it’s almost impossible to hide anything from her.
“I don’t know…I’m not in a mood to do anything related to ‘wedding’ today..”
Tatsuya breathe deeply; but kept her sweet smile plastered. She knew right from the start on the source of this ‘problem’.
“...Is this because of a certain guy that I happened to know few years ago? Um..probably with initial A.J-“
Kame sighed. And slowly she nodded.
“Ah. No wonder. You know…I could do something evil to chase him away from you..” With mischievous look on her face, Tatsuya raised her eyebrows few times.
“No! Gosh! Please don’t do anything to him! And for a pregnant woman, you’re way too creepy! I should warn Ryo about you!”
“Aw~ I’m just trying to help. You’ve been spacing out lately since that guy came back.”
Kame could not argue with her bestie this time. She did dreamed a lot lately. Be it night or day. All because of that stupid guy named Jin. And his stupid stupid flower, which now reside on her bedside table.
“Can I finish your cake? Since you’re not in the mood and I’m eating for two~” Tatsuya said while sticking out her tongue.
“Go ahead...I know you too much. Even when you’re not pregnant, you’re still eating for two!”
The girls chuckled. Time seems to fly so fast. Kazuya remembered the day she adjusted her friend’s school uniform’s bow, the time they ran to the park to celebrate her first job offer; and just a few months ago, she held her bestie’s cold hand while trying to convince her she’s doing the right thing by marrying Ryo, a guy that Tatsuya knew in just a short period of time. Somehow, she needs that kind of assurance, too.
“You know…I’ll always be with you..” Tatsuya suddenly spoke.
“Huh?”
“Whatever your decision is, I’ll stand by you…” She smiled at Kazuya knowingly, while inserting spoonful of cake into her mouth.
“…Choose the best one..Kame-chan…”
Hands intertwined from below the lacey table, as Kazuya felt the warmness and support from the other. She felt safe; and certain at the same time.
-TBC-
p/s: I'm listening to Jin's A Page and Kame's Aishiteru Kara and my akame fangirl's instincts are telling me that Jin is getting Kame's approval to go to LA this time..lol (eg: the line, "will you bless me please; expanding my territories" in A Page & "even if I lost you tonight, I won't ever forget, because I love you" in Aishiteru Kara...plus Kame looks kinda happier than the previous LA incident...ok ignore this delusional rant =.=;
The voice of the said girl’s fiancé screaming from outside the changing room startled her. She looked up right into the mirror once again. Somehow, she tried to calm herself down.
‘Gosh, why am I so nervous?’ Kame kept asking herself that question while checking the train of the dress. The 10th dress that she tried was a bit ‘sexy’; revealing most of her milky back. But she likes the classic design in front of it. Plus, the ribbon detail at the back looks elegant. Secretly, she wondered if Tomo, her fiance’; would let her wear this kind of dress. He might be living in overseas for several years, but he is still pretty much a traditional-minded guy.
She really likes the dress. So unfortunate that Tomo would probably say-
“You’ll be the most beautiful bride ever..Kazu…”
Kame breathed deeply. OK. First off, he never called me that. Secondly, why is that voice sound so familiar…?
She slowly turned around to look for the source of the deep, husky voice. And there he was. Standing few feet away from her, Giving the very smile that had make her melt… *ahem* ..few years ago.
“J-jin….Wha- what are you doing here?” Aren’t he supposed to be in LA?
“I came back for my best friend’s wedding.”
Oh crap. She forgot. He’s Tomo’s best friend!
“So…Y-you…are the best..man?”
Stop ogling at this man, Kazuya! You have one waiting for you downstairs!
“Yes. Tomo is getting a little impatient so he asked me to check on you.” And check on her he did, up and down her tight dress. Immediately, her face turned hot.
‘Urgh! This is what happened when your bridesmaid is two-months pregnant with severe morning sickness. Tat-chan should be the one helping me with this thing, not him!’
“I’ll be going down in a minute..you should leave now..” Kame tried her best not to look directly into his eyes. That would be dangerous. She’d fallen head over heels for those incredible eyes before and it didn’t work out; so she’s not going to be fooled for the second time.
“Hey, what’s with the attitude? I thought I am the one who should be giving the cold shoulder, since I am the one being dumped..”
He said that teasingly, and she had enough of this so-called ‘reunion chit-chat’
“You love to bring that up do you? Well fyi, I wouldn’t leave you if you weren’t being such an asshole!” Kame said that furiously. ‘How dare he come to my wedding-dress try-on and said such cynical words?!’
“You never give me the chance to explain myself!”
“What is there to explain anymore? You kissed that bitch so I’m out of your life!” Just remembering that incident with that slut’s body on top of him, urgh.
“Owh, so I’m the bad one? What about you? You are marrying my best friend to get back to me!”
“No I’m not!! I’m marrying Tomo because I love him!!”
Faint footsteps from outside the room left them in silence for a while. The door creaked open and Tomo’s head popped out from outside the room.
“Is everything okay? I heard some noise..”
“Yes! Yes! Absolutely honey…” Kame emphasized on the word “honey” while giving Jin a glare.
“Uh…so…did you pick a dress already? I need to go back to my office now..” Tomo said, barely looking at her while typing something on his BlackBerry. Somehow, this makes Kame sad.
‘How could he care about that stupid phone more than me? I’m his future wife for God’s sake!’
“Yes…I picked one…” She rolled her eyes while slowly breathing “like you care!”; somehow she thought Jin saw her saying that.
“Ok then….off I go! And owh, Kame,dear…would you mind going back home with Jin? I’m already late for the meeting.”
She was going to say, “Yes! I do mind!” but Tomo was as fast as light to leave her with Le’ Bastard. Who smiled like an idiot upon seeing her red face.
Damn it.
***
Silence filled in the atmosphere as Kame kept her wild glance outside; watching lights and random buildings in Tokyo. On the driver seat, Jin was feeling quite uncomfortable with the awkward silence. He tried to get her attention by clearing his throats and coughing few times, but she just totally ignored him.
He sighed. Then turned to look at her.
“…Wow. You’re so quiet today. Usually you’ll be the one with lots of opinions.”
He meant it for a joke to start their conversation. But the way she glared at him and then turned to look away suggested that it only turned into silly remark.
“Very well then. Let’s just listen to the radio.”
Lionel Ritchie’s Hello was on the air, and immediately Jin smiled to himself. It was the very song that he dedicated to her few years back; the day that he would not forget. Kame was in her red mini dress, looking so precious that he couldn’t afford to let her leave the club without him. Jin thought that he sang it pretty well, judging from the crowd’s cheers. But the most unforgettable moment was when he saw the girl-in-red’s sparkling eyes and beautiful smile, directing to him.
“Turn off the radio, please!” Kame’s voice brought him back to reality.
“Why? Don’t you like-“
“No! Love songs are all lies! Just like you!”
Gosh, here we go again; Jin said to himself.
“Well you never let me explain myself!”
“What is there to explain?! I saw it with my own eyes!”
As much of a playboy that he is (or he was), Jin really didn’t recognize the girl that suddenly hovered above him and kissed him full on the lips that night. He was about to pull from the kiss when he heard a small thud. It was Kame’s handbag. He tried calling her, knocking on her door, and even sends her flowers; but his deeds were to no avail. She decided to break up with him 2 days after the incident.
“What if someone is trying to break us apart? Have you ever considered that?!”
Kame was trying to answer back but she lost her words upon looking at Jin’s angry face. For one moment, she thought; Yeah..what if he’s been set up?
“You never truly believe in me, Kazu..it hurts to know that you don’t trust me as much as I trust you..”
She just looked away again. And the spacious car turned quiet until he dropped her off at her apartment. She muttered a soft “thanks” and walked away, never did she look back at him after that.
***
“Kamenashi-san, there’s a guy at the waiting room. He is looking for you.” Mika, her assistant told her while she was busy with her paperwork.
“Did he tell his name?”
“Um…no…but he’s kind of cute..” A chuckle was heard and immediately Kame knew who the ‘uninvited’ guest was.
“Hey”, was the first word Jin let out upon seeing his Kazu; while pulling out a bouquet of lavender from his back.
Kame loves lavender, that’s the fact. So she couldn’t help but to take the lovely flowers and smile bitterly at him.
“Just dropping by to say hey and giving you your favorite flowers” Jin made sure he emphasizes on the words “favorite” and then continued on, “…Since the lovely fiancé of yours didn’t quite know that you’re allergic to roses and bought a dozen of them..”
Kame was embarrassed; because Jin’s words were true. Tomo forgot, or maybe didn’t even bother to know her favorite flowers. He assumed that all girls like roses, which resulted in her being hospitalized for 3 days.
“Kamenashi Kazuya. Loves strawberry and strawberry cheese cake. She likes purple, but truthfully; I think she look the greatest in red. I love her laugh, the way she tugs in her hair when she’s happy..also the way she puffs her cheek when she’s nervous. Tomo should know all that, since he’s dating the most beautiful girl in the world..” Jin suddenly said.
“No. I don’t puff my cheek!” Unconsciously, Kame did puff her blushing cheek.
“Haha. You just did it….Nervous aren’t you?”
And she cursed Jin inside her mind.
“You know, for lovers…you guys really don’t know much about each other” Jin said, as a matter of factly.
Kame wouldn’t give in to the ‘fight’, thus retorted back “Owh really? Then you’re on the same boat as well..since I clearly told you before that I hate guys that cheat behind my back..”
Kame was about to walk away when Jin held her arms, “You’re making a mistake here, baby..You know too well that he’s not the one for you.”
Her vision went blurry, but of course he didn’t saw that with her back facing him.
Jin let go off her hand, as he watched her leaving the room. He felt defeated, again.
***
“Kamee-chan~”
“….Hurm?”
The brown-haired girl blinked few times at her day-dreamer girlfriend.
“I just asked you three times before; which one would you choose for the table napkin?”
Dumbfounded, Kame took some time to scan at the pile of fabrics in front of her. Maroon, lavender, baby blue, pink, light fuchsia, pale yellow; gah! Getting married is a tough job!
“If you’re still undecided, we’ll just go to the wedding cakes house and try some samples there. I’m hungry. So does the baby~” Tatsuya pouted while rubbing her not-so-obvious baby bump.
“Er…well…yeah…let’s do that..”
The same thing happened when they arrived at the cake house. The owner politely welcomed them with plates of delicious wedding cakes to savor; but Kame just sighed few times and went straight into la-la land inside her mind.
“I think pistachio cake with butter cream would be a great choice! Urm..Kame-chan…?”
Tatsuya rolled her eyes with annoyance. Seriously, what is wrong with her today?
“Do you still wanna get married, my dear Kame? Or should I just call Pi and tell him you’re not interested in becoming Mrs.Yamashita anymore?”
Tatsuya quickly fished out her phone and pretended to dial Pi’s number. Kame shrieked in horror while trying to grab Tatsuya’s phone.
“Don’t!!! Please please please….Tat-chaaan~” She made a puppy-teary-eyes look while pouting at her girlfriend. Moment later, Tatsuya smiled and put her phone on the table.
“So. Tell me, why is Kame-chan; the cheery girl that I know is suddenly switching into her unhappy mode today? Hmm?”
Kame was trying to look tough, but somehow she knew that Tatsuya would know that. They’ve been best friends for almost 10 years now, it’s almost impossible to hide anything from her.
“I don’t know…I’m not in a mood to do anything related to ‘wedding’ today..”
Tatsuya breathe deeply; but kept her sweet smile plastered. She knew right from the start on the source of this ‘problem’.
“...Is this because of a certain guy that I happened to know few years ago? Um..probably with initial A.J-“
Kame sighed. And slowly she nodded.
“Ah. No wonder. You know…I could do something evil to chase him away from you..” With mischievous look on her face, Tatsuya raised her eyebrows few times.
“No! Gosh! Please don’t do anything to him! And for a pregnant woman, you’re way too creepy! I should warn Ryo about you!”
“Aw~ I’m just trying to help. You’ve been spacing out lately since that guy came back.”
Kame could not argue with her bestie this time. She did dreamed a lot lately. Be it night or day. All because of that stupid guy named Jin. And his stupid stupid flower, which now reside on her bedside table.
“Can I finish your cake? Since you’re not in the mood and I’m eating for two~” Tatsuya said while sticking out her tongue.
“Go ahead...I know you too much. Even when you’re not pregnant, you’re still eating for two!”
The girls chuckled. Time seems to fly so fast. Kazuya remembered the day she adjusted her friend’s school uniform’s bow, the time they ran to the park to celebrate her first job offer; and just a few months ago, she held her bestie’s cold hand while trying to convince her she’s doing the right thing by marrying Ryo, a guy that Tatsuya knew in just a short period of time. Somehow, she needs that kind of assurance, too.
“You know…I’ll always be with you..” Tatsuya suddenly spoke.
“Huh?”
“Whatever your decision is, I’ll stand by you…” She smiled at Kazuya knowingly, while inserting spoonful of cake into her mouth.
“…Choose the best one..Kame-chan…”
Hands intertwined from below the lacey table, as Kazuya felt the warmness and support from the other. She felt safe; and certain at the same time.
-TBC-
p/s: I'm listening to Jin's A Page and Kame's Aishiteru Kara and my akame fangirl's instincts are telling me that Jin is getting Kame's approval to go to LA this time..lol (eg: the line, "will you bless me please; expanding my territories" in A Page & "even if I lost you tonight, I won't ever forget, because I love you" in Aishiteru Kara...plus Kame looks kinda happier than the previous LA incident...ok ignore this delusional rant =.=;