Peach Girl Fan Fiction ❯ Why I'm Cool -and- You're Not ❯ Bruised But Not Beaten ( Chapter 5 )

Why I'm Cool -and- You're Not

© Fuu Hououji

Chapter Five: Bruised But Not Beaten

Disclaimer: This is simply a PeachGirl fan fiction. PeachGirl is the creation of © Miwa Udea and all other subsequent parties. *Bows* Arigatou!

Notes: Wow, long time no post. -Deep sigh- the homework made me do it!!! >.< ….Am I the queen of poor lies or what? I only just realized how very un-Sae like she was in the last chapter, but I was trying to show Sae's character from the human side out and not the opposite. Hope I didn't over due it. Oh, and is it just me or does Goro look a hell of a lot like Toji? -Snickers- But with long hair and brains?

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The fan blew air into his face sending his hair in all directions as he posed for the camera. The solemn expression plastered on his face had the girls working at the studio falling over there feet. He shifted, running a hand through his hair with a seductive glint in his blue eyes. Gorgeous. A man that thousands of girls loved for his looks cast his personality aside. He was simply a spectacle to them. Today he was doing a photo shoot for another magazine.

After the excruciatingly boring shoot he had an interview with the makers of the dull teen magazine. Keeping a solemn face he gave the two writers acceptable answers until they released him. "Have a nice day, Goro!" some girls called as he exited the building with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

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Sae stared into the mirror as though in a trance like state. There was a large bruise on her face, of an unpleasantly obvious dark color against the pail skin of her right cheek. Her eyes glinted with the moisture that gathered there. Pulling out make up she covered the blemish to her beautiful face. How she loathed her parents. They both had their normal happy family act down but at home it all turned into aggression in an almost abusive fashion.

Her reflection smirked in the mirror at the thought of her childhood. She had been fine with bothering people out of there wits even as a child, but her mother knew all her tricks and her father was practically immune to any kind of façade she could pull. They were the kind of parents that worked absurd hours and took long trips whenever possible. Instead of be concerned for their child's welfare they bought her love and called it parenting. Now all she could do was sneer at the aspect of it, love… it reeked of deceit.

The door slammed and Sae froze in position. Every bone in her body stilled until she heard her mother yell, "Don't you dare leave without me!" the engine her parents car began to vibrate. Sae sighed as she abandoned the bathroom and glanced at the clock, which read 6:30. Reaching out she gripped her book bag's strap and slung it over her shoulder. She would have to eat at school. Flipping the light switch off she locked the door and walked down the driveway.

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The bell rang and students moved to their assigned seats. From the corner of her eye Sae studied Kairi's expression. Her own face was expressionless as she watched him and took no heed of the fact that another boy in her class was trying to hit on her. `Of cores he would be smiling.' She drawled. She wondered if he could do anything besides smile and flaunt the next girl. `Probably not.' She decided flipping her English book open and turning to the page that her homeroom sensei had written on the board…

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Silently Sae was dying in her seat. It wasn't that class was getting to her so much as it was hard to focus when Momo and Toji were only a few chairs away holding hands, happily holding hands. It kind of pissed her off that after all her hard work Momo had in fact won. It only added to her shame since she couldn't help but glance at Okayasu Kairi who was quietly passing notes to the girl sitting in front of him. This time her eyes stopped. What was it about him? Her heartbeat increased rapidly when his brown eyes caught her gaze.

Instantaneously her eyes were on her paper and she tried her very best to act calm. `Damn! Why did I have to do that? Does he know?' suddenly she was furious with her self conscious `what is there to know!' these thought only added to her frustration. Not only was Okayasu a playboy he…she was starting to find him attractive. It wasn't as though Sae had no previous experience with guys. It was just that all the members of the opposite sex she had ever been involved with had melted into mush at her feet. Of cores that was what she had liked about men up until recently.

"How dare you say that!? You don't know anything about Kairi!" Momo shouted in a rage, her hand colliding with Saes' face.

A cold chill swept through Sae's body at the memory. `Me? Concerned with him? That's so absurd!' another voice in her mind yelled. It was true that she had thought little more of him than of the blonde bimbos he hung out with, but from the get-go she had to give him credit. Not only for being scum, but also for befriending the one creature she had hated more than anything else. `Way to put a dampener on any friendship we could have had.' She smirked at her own sarcasm.

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The bell struck and students let out yells of glee as they picked up their book bags and scurried out of their homerooms. Waiting at the door was the lord to scum himself. She ignored him and tried to pass by without a word, but he blocked her way. "Move…" she hissed, pressing him to keep his distance. He grabbed her hand and tugged her out the door. As they got to the doors leading outside she ripped her arm away from him. "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!?!?!?!" she yelled, red in the face and angry as hell.

"You were staring at me." He replied, "practically all day." Sae tried her best to fight out the blush that threatened to color her cheeks. "Could it be…" he circled the girl but this only caused her to put up her guard. He couldn't help but smile at how high and mighty she passed herself off to be. Even now, he was only teasing her and she acted like he was chastising her. "In love… with me?"

Sae was so shocked that all she could do is sputter for a come back. But it was already too late, Kairi didn't wait for a reply instead he pushed her up against the white wall behind them and pressed his lips against hers…

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A/N: Well, another chapter bites the dust. I'm really happy! PeachGirl has been coming out really fast lately! But I'm also kind of sad…'cause I want Mars 9 to come out soooo badly!! There's this huge cliffhanger! -Growls- it's just not fair!