Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Umi no Hime ❯ A Glimpse of Forever ( Chapter 3 )

“I remember so well

The day that you came into my life

You asked for my name

You had the most beautiful smile…”

- How Did You Know, Gary Valenciano

 

Monday. Lunchtime.

 

“Um, guys, I'm a bit hungry already. I haven't eaten breakfast because my mom was too busy to fix us food. Her duty is at early morning,” Ami broke the silence in our tambayan. Rei and I are playing thumb wrestling, almost to the point of my raven-haired friend tackling me to the ground out of frustration.

 

“Sure, Ami. Let me just pack this,” I gathered up my things and shoved them all at once in my messenger bag.

 

The three of us went to our “school annex,” a mall located a block away from our college. I saw a lot of freshies (that's what we call freshmen in our university) again at the front doors, and instinctively, I looked around for my aquamarine goddess. But luck seemed to be against me, because of all those pesky little kids crowding the mall's entrance, the only person that I was searching for wasn't there. I sighed out of exasperation.

 

We reached the left wing of Robinson's Place, but still my two companions couldn't decide where we would spend our daily allowances. Finally, I stood between them, put my hands over their shoulders and dragged them to the nearest fastfood chain. “Come on, kids. This way,” I grinned mischievously.

 

“Haruka, where are you taking us?” Rei asked incredulously. I didn't answer. I just dragged them all the way. “Haruka!” she shrieked.

 

“There. You sit here, Rei, you on the other side Ami.” I literally carried them over to McDonald's and put them into seats like a father would do to his children. Uhh, I mean like a…erm, nevermind. I asked them what they'd like for lunch and hurried over to the counter.

 

“And what would be your order, sir?” I smiled roguishly at the cute girl in front of me. Using my inborn charm, I said in my most flirtatious voice, “One number four and two number five's please.”

 

The girl flushed. Bingo.

 

She turned to get our orders and when she came back, “Uh. Wo-would you…like to…uhm, add some desserts, sir?”

 

I looked first at my reflection on the metal bar of the counter before whipping back my hair in a very, very sensual manner. I ran my right hand through my short blonde bangs, licked my lips then asked, “Would you like to?” This time, the girl's almost as red as a tomato. “Would you like me to add some desserts, I mean.”

 

“I-I…” she stammered.

 

“Oh, no thanks miss. By the way, please excuse my boyfriend. He's like this whenever he's not with me,” Rei appeared from behind to put her arms on my waist.

 

“I…I'm sorry. Please wait sir, ma'am, I'll just do follow-up on that fish fillet,” the crew disappeared to the kitchen.

 

“Ha. Ha. Nice going Rei.”

 

She grinned wickedly. “You deserve it, Tenoh. For treating us like kids,” she waved off her hand and went back to Ami.

 

After collecting our food from the still-flustered girl on the counter, I carried over two trays full of fries, burgers and coke to our table. “Thanks Dad!” Rei once again had that playful smile on her face.

 

Hmmm…so Raven wants to fight eh? “It's nothing, sweetie. You know I'll do everything just to get you away from those nasty little drugs,” I grinned. My face almost cracked from smiling so broadly.

 

“Why you blonde bimbo,” she then initiated a food fight holding her fries in her chest like they were her most-prized possession.

 

“Hey guys, stop it.” We almost forgot about Ami. She was so engrossed in her book that we didn't think she'd be affected by our little tirade.

 

I tossed a fry towards Rei and it got stuck on her hair. By now, we were giggling madly, howling like monkeys, which I bet is the reason why everyone's eyes were on us.

 

“I said stop it!” Ami forced her palm on the table. We both froze. Rei's eyes were almost wide with panic, and I was gulping in fear. It was a rare occurrence to see our blue-haired friend to be in this frenzy.

 

“Hey miss, you should watch that hand of yours,” A brunette approached us from Rei's side. The girl was apparently a victim of Ami's fury, the latter's fries flying backwards when she hit the table with her hand. “It's quite a good aim,” she chuckled.

 

Ami turned bright red. Rei had this apologetic look on her face. And me? I was just frozen. Why, you ask? Well, the girl that just spoke? She's one of the girls who were with my Medusa when I saw her earlier this morning.

 

The brunette, the girl whom Encephalon referred to as “the one wearing the green blouse” was there in front of us. The one named, “Makoto Kino,” she introduced herself.

 

“Haruka Tenoh,” I took her offered hand. “I'm sorry about the flying `fry'. She didn't mean to hit you,” I gestured towards Ami.

 

“I'm Rei Hino, we're sophomores already. And I assume you're just a freshie, right?” Raven asked Makoto.

 

She seemed a bit surprised. “Ah, yeah. How did you know by the way?”

 

“We saw you this morning in Rizal Hall. Along with-”

 

“Along with your other friends,” I quickly interjected before Rei revealed anything to the stranger before us. Sometimes, she tends to blurt out secrets due to her straight-forward nature.

 

“Oh. Those were my friends from high school.” She glanced at her watch. “Speaking of which, I'm just about to meet them in the library.”

 

I was having an inner debate on whether I'd like to spend my first day of school trapped between hundreds of books in a small room, or to just roam around on my motorcycle. But those old, boring books wouldn't be such bad company. My goddess will be there with them after all.

 

But then again, I could just ask her what their names are. However, I didn't want to labeled as a stalker or something. And besides, if I befriended Kino here, then maybe I can coach her up to introduce me to that aquamarine beauty personally and maybe…even maybe set me up on a date with her.

 

Me. On a date. With her.

 

I was grinning madly at the thought and almost cackled evilly. Rei was giving me one of her `what the hell?' looks. While Ami and Makoto seemed to be on a separate world of their own.

 

Finally, Makoto smiled, then stood up, “I'm a Culinary Arts student, by the way,” and was already at the door, when she abruptly turned back towards us and asked the genius (who was pretending to read a book at that time) across me, “And what would the blue-haired beauty's name be?”

 

Ami dropped her book, “A-Ami…Ami Mizuno,” she looked downwards to hide her blush.

 

“It was nice meeting you all. See `ya at school,” she waved us goodbye. Makoto almost skipped on her way outside. She almost tripped on a wet floor, but still her walk didn't faze a bit.

 

And Ami, dear Ami's eyes were like a deer's caught on a headlight while she stared at the brunette's retreating form.

 

Erm, okay, that was weird.

 

Author's Notes:

Mwahahaha. I know that my editor told me to upload chapters on a weekly basis, but I just couldn't resist. Ehehe. Sorry, ed. Don't kill me, please?

 

References:

Robinson's Place Manila is a mall located at Padre Faura, Taft Ave. Manila.

`How Did You Know' is a single by Mr. Gary Valenciano, one of the prominent artists here in my country.

 

Disclaimer:

Haruka, Michiru, and the rest of the BSSM gang belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I'm just borrowing them for a little while.

While Robinson's Place Manila is owned by Robinson's Malls.

And McDonald's belongs to McDonald's. o.O?