Different Games, Similar Tastes
Seagulls cried. Waves are heard beating the white sand. It was summer and school was let out a week ago when the Hyotei tennis team was invited to Atobe’s lavish summer cottage. It sits right beside the ocean and had a great view of the beach.
“As usual Atobe’s cottage is as extravagant as ever,” commented Oshitari.
“It’s really nice of buchou to invite us,” smiled Ohtori.
“Che, after all that hard work he better give us something a break,” snorted Shishido.
“Arn~ you’re lucky enough that I even invited you Shishido, nah Kabaji?”
“Usu”
“Oy Atobe! Do we get to keep our rooms or do we get to switch this time?” asked Gakuto.
“Yes you get to keep your old rooms. Hurry up and get dressed for the beach. Meet me at the main hall when you’re done,” Atobe announced.
~~~
“UWAH! The sand is not as dirty as I thought it would be!” Gakuto jumped excitedly.
“Of course. The servants had to clean up the junk off the sands and plus you’re talking about MY property. Of course it would be perfect,” Atobe said.
“How far does your property line end, Atobe?” the blue haired tensai asked.
“Huh? Why does it matter? If anybody’s near my property, I can just ask one of my servants to tell them off,” Atobe replied as he pulled down his sunglasses.
“Well I hope that you don’t because I see a group of girls playing on a volleyball net that could be on your property line.”
Atobe turned to see where Oshitari was looking. Indeed there was a group of girls playing beach volleyball. They were all wearing the same shirt which implied that they are all from the same school.
Atobe smirked.
“Kabaji, grab my towel. We’re going to say hi to a few trespassers.”
“Usu!”
~~~
“MINE!”
BUMP
“Keiko! Set it up!”
“HAI!”
SMASH
“Yasuo! That was sloppy! Jump a little higher to get a better look at where the opponent is! Yumi! You should have been able to get that!”
“Hai! buchou!”
Atobe’s ear’s perked up as he listened to the girl’s yell at each other and the returning of the volleyball. There were six girls playing and two standing out. They were all wearing shorts and were sweating a lot from the heat. They were obviously athletes for their arms and legs were clearly not thin as sticks.
“Heh… that uniform looks like…”
“Rikkai!”
A girl around Atobe’s height was wearing a black visor with her long black hair tied up, glanced at the new comers through her sunglasses.
“Can I help you gentlemen?” she asked politely but firmly.
Atobe raised an eyebrow and smiled his well known smirk.
“Do you know where you guys are playing?” he asked.
Her face not changing.
Atobe felt annoyed. “You’re standing on MY property.”
Again the girl did not show any signs of emotion.
Atobe twitched. “Do you have ANY idea who I am??”
The girl didn’t move. Then she looked at the other girls.
“Anybody know who this guy is?”
“Nope.” “No idea.” “Who is he?” “He’s kinda cute, but rude towards buchou.” “Smug isn’t he?”
Atobe was shocked. EVERYBODY knew who he was and yet these girls don’t!
“Bwuahahaha! They really don’t know who you are Atobe! This is priceless!” Gakuto laughed.
“Hehe… now this is really worth seeing,” Oshitari chuckled as the rest of the team continued to laugh their heads off.
“Atobe? You’re the Atobe that lives in that huge mansion right?”
Atobe sighed. Finally, some recognition.
“You’re property line actually ends over there around 10 meters away from this volleyball net. So we are NOT on your property line,” said the girl replied while watching the other girls play.
The Hyotei team stopped laughing and looked at Atobe. He was clearly not happy with being responded with such attitude.
“Please excuse us but we have practice,” the girl politely bowed and turned towards the other girls.
Atobe was ready to burst. He couldn’t believe it! First, girls didn’t know who he was. Second, he was completely dismissed and not even given a second look. How is that possible?? He was THE Atobe Keigo. Rich, handsome and VERY well known.
“Oy Atobe, calm down,” Oshitari whispered to the boiling captain.
“Ore-sama will NOT be taken lightly!” Atobe yelled.
The girl in the visor didn’t move.
Atobe smirked and tried to keep his cool.
“Hnn. Let’s play.”
The girl looked at the boy.
“Hey -chan. Let’s do it.”
A girl with pink hair, around Shishido’s height, stood beside the black haired girl smiled and looked at Atobe. Atobe knew that his presence was able to make the girls heart melt.
“Yea -buchou. Let’s play them so they can shut up and leave us alone,” a girl with pigtails smiled haughtily.
Atobe twitched. These girls were not interested in him at all.
They all stood behind the girl with the visor. The girl sighed.
“A proper introduction is required, nah Kabaji?”
“Usu.”
“ . Captain of the Rikkai Dai girl’s volleyball team and this is my team. Nice to meet you,” she said frigidly.
“Atobe Keigo. Captain of the Hyotei tennis team and this is my team. Pleasure to meet you, -san,” Atobe smirked.
~~~
“The game is beach volleyball. It’s the same rules as volleyball. The score goes up to 25. Six players are required on the sand court. Players are to score with five serves. After those serves, they are to switch with a player that is off court,” explained a girl with frameless glasses to the Hyotei boys.
“Thanks for explaining it to them Umeko. Alright, everybody’s on except for Michi and I. Don’t take them lightly ladies,” said.
“HAI!”
“Anou Atobe-sempai, is this really a good idea?” Ohtori asked nervously as the others were walking towards the volley ball net.
“Ore-sama does not back down on a challenge. Especially if ore-sama initiated it, nah Kabaji?”
“Usu.”
“Buchou, I don’t want to join this game,” Wakashi muttered.
“Arn~ what happened to that gegokyujyou attitude? You’re going in Wakashi. I will play after the serves since Jirou’s sleeping in the cottage,” Atobe decided.
“HAI!”
“Heads or tails?”
Atobe turned to see the pink haired girl standing behind him. She flipped a coin.
He smirked, “Heads”
The coin landed heads.
“It’s your serve. O-re-sa-ma,” the girl smiled. It wasn’t a friendly smile. It was almost… sadistic.
The Hyotei team sweatdropped. They didn’t know what to expect.
Shishido was up first to serve. He looked at the opposite team. The girls were all set up. Their eyes were concentrating hard on Shishido. They were obviously not going to let them win easily.
Shishido shivered. Then shook it off. He served.
“MINE!”
“Set it!”
SMASH!
The ball was quickly returned, inches away from Shishido’s face. The boys were surprised. It was so quick. They saw the girls already setting themselves up for the next serve. They were serious. They were not like the other girls who cheered and giggled over a point. They looked very determined.
Ohtori and Yuushi were at the front. They were stunned. They quickly turned towards the net to face their opponents. The two girls that were facing them smiled.
“Please go easy on us,” smirked the girl in pig tails.
“Yumi-sempai, there’s no need to provoke them,” sweatdropped another girl with sandy-blonde hair.
“It’s just for fun Yasuo,” Yumi grinned and winked.
Ohtori and Yuushi glanced at each other. There was no way they were going to let these girls win.
~~~
“Michi.”
“Hehe… you want to go up first don’t you, .”
The girl nodded. She was excited. The girls were already beating the Hyotei regulars, but she wanted to really destroy them and rub it into that Atobe guy’s face.
“Michi-sempai, you can go on now,” a girl mumbled.
“Iie Hoshi, buchou’s going up.” the vice-captain replied. She winked at . winked back.
walked up to the court and looked at her fellow teammates. She took her top off signaling that she was serious. The rest of her team mates knew it and immediately took their tops off too. The girls were all wearing different colored bikini tops, Hawaiian colors, flowers and funky designs. More than half of the team had a ring pierced on their toned bellies.
The guys dropped their jaws as the girls threw their shirts off the court. They still had their jaws dropped as the girls returned to their positions.
Atobe was the first to recover. He smirked.
“Heh, I guess we have to take our shirts off too, nah Kabaji?”
“Usu”
As the guys took their tops off, the girls were in position and waiting patiently. Umeko, the girl with the glasses yawned while the girl in pig tails, Kimiko, twirled her hair.
The next person to serve was Ohtori. He smiled nervously. He felt shy around so many girls and with his top off.
“You can do it!”
Ohtori blushed. glanced at Yasuo, who also blushed and pretended to tie her sandy-blonde hair up.
“Heh… Choutarou, that girl’s interested,” teased Gakuto.
“Shut up man. We’re losing so badly!” Shishido growled.
“It’s not our fault you guys suck!” Kimiko replied as she flipped her pink hair.
Shishido glared at her.
Ohtori served. His serve was almost like his scud serve, sharp and fast. The guys gained that point.
looked at the spot where Ohtori had served. She looked at the girl with glasses.
“Umeko.”
The girl took out her clip-on sunglasses.
Ohtori served again. This time, Umeko managed to receive the ball. volleyed it, then Kimiko spiked it.
Shishido was ready for the spike and caught up to the ball by sliding on the sand. Wakashi volleyed it but tripped on Shishido causing the ball to go flying backwards, away from the net.
“Go Kabaji!” Atobe commanded.
“Usu!”
Kabaji ran and smashed the ball on the other side.
The guys gained another point. was surprised. The whole team was surprised. The guys were getting the hang of the game and were determined to beat them.
“Yumi. Yasuo. Set it up.”
The two girls glanced at each other. Their buchou was getting pumped.
“Hai buchou!”
Ohtori served. Yasuo bumped it towards the net. Yumi volleyed it to the centre. jumped.
Atobe could see that the ball was coming towards him. He bent his knees, preparing to return it.
WHAM
The ball disappeared. Atobe, confused, looked at Yuushi. Yuushi stared back.
“Ahh… A-Atobe… the ball…” Gakuto stammered and pointed behind Atobe.
Atobe turned around to see the ball barely seen. It dug right into the sand. This was not good.
~~~
“Ahhh… where is everybody?”
Jirou woke up seeing that he was alone in the main hall.
“They went to go and play beach volleyball, Jirou-sama,” the butler replied.
“Eh? Mmm… I guess I should go look for them,” Jirou yawned.
“Hai. Here is your towel. Have a good game, Jirou-sama.”
~~~
“Eh?! What are you guys doing?” Jirou’s eyes widened. He arrived to see his team mates sweaty and ready to pass out.
“Ji… Jirou-sempai… you’re up,” Ohtori panted.
“Want to… switch with… me??” Gakuto gasped.
Jirou sweatdropped as Gakuto started to crawl towards him.
“Eh?! Isn’t that Jirou-kun?”
“HEY! Jirou-sempai!”
Jirou turned to see the Rikkai girls. His eyes lit up.
“Uwah! What are you guys doing here?” he asked cheerfully. He started to jog towards them and the Hyotei team stared in confusion.
“How the hell do they know him and they don’t know who I am?!” Atobe thought jealously as the girls hugged Jirou. Even was smiling after seeing Jirou.
“A-ku-ta-ga-wa-KUN!!!”
“AH! Keiko-chan!!!”
The two hugged and laughed. The two were of equal height and looked cute together. The girls laughed while the rest of the Hyotei team stood with amazement.
“Since when did Jirou get a girlfriend?!” Gakuto shrieked.
“I guess it makes sense since he always goes to Rikkai to see Marui play,” Yuushi concluded.
Jirou looked at his teammates. Then looked at the girls.
“You guys are playing a game?!” Jirou exclaimed.
nodded. Jirou looked scared. He looked at his team mates.
“I’m not gonna play!”
“EH?!?”
“Oy Jirou. We need a new player on. Gakuto’s already at his limit,” Atobe said.
“No way! Not if THOSE three are playing!” Jirou pointed at , Kimiko and Yumi.
It was true. The three were the ones who seem to be controlling the game. Atobe noticed it.
“Arn~ sounds like they’re the three queens of Rikkai. Familiar, nah Kabaji?”
“Usu.”
Oshitari stared. Yumi glanced at him, then looked away. Kimiko scowled at Shishido, who also scowled back. just stood there watching Atobe.
“Ahh… sempai-tachi…” Ohtori trying to break the tension.
“Mou, there’s no need to be so uptight buchou…” Yasuo said following Ohtori’s plea.
They looked at each other and blushed again.
“Are we going to finish the game or what?” Shishido sighed.
“We’re short one player if you haven’t noticed. Gakuto’s passed out,” Oshitari pointed towards his doubles partner.
Umeko took her clip on sunglasses off and went to get a drink in the cooler that the girls brought and tried to make Gakuto drink it. Gakuto was half conscious and took the drink from the girl.
“So I guess we win?” grinned Kimiko.
“No way!” Shishido yelled.
“But you guys don’t have enough players! And we’re still good to go!” Kimiko whined.
Shishido paused. It was cute to see Kimiko whine and shaking her pink hair around.
sighed. “Ladies! Into the water, now!”
“Hai!”
The girls took off squealing and laughing as they jumped into ocean.
looked at the Hyotei team.
“It’s been a pleasure to play with all of you,” bowed. “Let’s go Michi.”
Michi glanced back at the boys, smiled and bowed as she followed towards the water.
“Heh… those are some interesting girls,” Oshitari said.
Atobe couldn’t agree more.
~~~
“Yumi-chan!!! You’re it!”
“Kimiko! That wasn’t fair!”
“Hoshi! Come on and play!”
The girls were running on the edge of the water and diving into the water. was lying on the beach with Keiko and Jirou beside her.
“Here Aku-kun! Eat this!”
“No you eat it Keiko-chan!”
twitched. Hearing them baby talk to each other was getting to her. Small doses were alright but if they’ve been doing it for the last half hour, one could go nuts.
Michi saw getting annoyed.
“ . Go for a walk before you make the whole team run laps,” Michi said.
sighed. She got up and took a drink from the cooler and started walking off.
~~~
“Atobe-sama, you’re drink.”
“Gakuto-sama, here’s a towel and an energy drink for you to replenish.”
The boys were back at Atobe’s cottage and were relaxing at the back porch facing the ocean.
“Damnit. Those girls annoy me. Especially the one in the visor,” Atobe grumbled.
“Mah mah Atobe. They don’t seem so bad. The girl with the pig-tails had nice legs,” Oshitari commented as he took a sip of his ice tea.
“Che. Those girls think they’re all that,” Shishido said.
“Ah Shishido-sempai. That’s not nice,” said Ohtori.
“You’re just saying that because that blonde chick likes you,” Gakuto said.
“Heh? He’s not the only on Gakuto. The girl with the glasses was pretty friendly towards you,” Oshitari teased.
Both boys blushed and continued to drink their beverage.
Atobe was irritated. He stood up and took his cell phone.
“I’m gonna go for a walk. Stay here Kabaji.”
“Usu.”
As Atobe left the cottage, Wakashi looked around.
“Where’s Jirou-sempai?”
~~~
was looking at a few shops that stood beside the beach. There were many swim suit shops and beach accessories stores. She went into a store that sold sea shell necklaces and bracelets. She tried on a couple, and then left the store only to bump into Atobe.
“Excuse me.”
“Hnn? Not even going to say my name? I thought we already got acquainted?”
gave Atobe a cold stare.
“My apologies! O great ore-sama! I’m SO sorry! Please forgive me Atobe!,” she said sarcastically.
Atobe chuckled. “I didn’t know you had a sense of humor.”
smiled. She didn’t know what made her joke around Atobe, but it was nice.
Atobe smirked. “You should smile more. Suits you better. You can’t pull off the cold and hard captain look like Sanada.”
laughed. She always thought that Sanada was a great vice-captain if only he smiled and relaxed once in a while. She looked up to him. His face demanded respect and she wanted that from her team.
“Neh, . I’m holding a little beach party at my cottage. It’s two days from now. Get your whole team to come. Unless you guys are too busy picking on other guys on the beach.”
She stiffened. “I don’t know. We have a lot of practicing to do. I’ll talk to them about it. Ja ne.”
Atobe watched as walked away from him. He smiled. She’s not as bad as he thought her to be. He had to think of a way to convince her to go to the party.
“This calls for some back up.” Atobe chuckled.
~~~
“Eh?! Really?! He invited us to his party?!” Keiko squealed.
“Heh. Sounds interesting. All of them going to be there right?” Yumi asked.
nodded. The girls were sitting in a circle in their small rented cottage.
“Hmmm… this may interrupt our training schedule buchou,” Umeko said adjusting her glasses.
“That’s what I was debating about. I want to know if you guys want to go.”
Michi looked at . The captain always asked for the team’s opinion before doing something. She is not as mean as she is portrayed to be.
The doorbell rang.
The girls looked at each other.
“Did you order something without telling us again Keiko?”
“Nu uh!” the smaller girl replied.
Yumi got up to open the door. Oshitari, Ohtori and Jirou stood outside.
“Good afternoon ladies,” greeted the blue-haired tensai.
“Ah! Konichiwa mina!” Ohtori said with a hand behind his head.
“Hey everybody! AH! Keiko-chan!!” Jirou waved at the girl and ran in.
“Oy oy Jirou come back here. We’re on official business,” Oshitari looked apologetically at Yumi. Yumi’s cheeks tuned slightly pink.
“Anou, -Sempai… We were sent by Atobe-sempai to force—ooompff!” Ohtori held his stomach as Oshitari elbowed him.
The girls sweatdropped. Yasuo stood up and walked to Ohtori and helped him to a seat.
“Thank you” Ohtori gasped.
“No problem,” Yasuo flushed.
“Is this about his lame-o party?” Yumi asked as she turned back to Oshitari.
Oshitari raised an eyebrow.
“You’ve haven’t lived life if you haven’t been to one of Atobe’s parties.”
“Is that so? Do we have to bring dates?” Yumi smirked.
“That could be arranged,” winked Oshitari.
“Uwah! Your hair so soft today Keiko-chan!”
“Nu uh! Yours is softer Aku-kun!”
twitched. Michi sighed. With all the flirting going around their small cabin, both and Michi were getting headaches.
“Oy! Is that guy with the hat going to be there?” Kimiko groaned.
“Shishido-sempai? Yea he’ll be there,” Ohtori managed to say, still holding his stomach.
“Here. Take this.” Yasuo said, handing over a bottle of ice tea.
“Che. I need to finish our little argument,” Kimiko said as she flipped her hair.
Michi almost swore that she saw ’s ears steaming.
“ … calm down…” Michi trying to cool the captain down.
Oshitari saw that was getting frustrated.
“I think that we have extended our stay. Please consider attending the party. Atobe can be VERY persuasive,” Oshitari bowed.
“I hope you can come,” Ohtori smiled at Yasuo as he stood up leaving.
“See you guys later! I’ll come back later Keiko-chan!” Jirou waved.
sighed. She got up to get a drink when the doorbell rang again. This time Kimiko opened the door to see Shishido and Gakuto. It was Kimiko’s turn to twitch.
“Yo” Shishido greeted.
“What do YOU want?” Kimiko asked.
Shishido scowled. Gakuto laughed.
“Ah, I see that you have recovered,” Umeko said.
“O! You! Thanks again for the drink. It helped a lot,” Gakuto smiled.
Umeko looked away and fixed her glasses.
“We SO won that game!”
“No you didn’t! We didn’t forfeit or anything so it doesn’t mean you won!”
Yasuo stood between the two and tried to calm each of them down.
Yumi and Michi watched the two argue while Umeko was trying to busy herself with her glasses. Gakuto was obviously acting shy around her.
“Hey… buchou’s face is turning to a weird color…” Hoshi, who is quietest one out of everyone, pointed at .
Shishido and Kimiko stopped arguing and looked at . They both stared in fear. Gakuto and Umeko snapped out of their quiet flirting.
Again,Michi tried to try to settle the irritated girl. This was a signal for Gakuto and Shishido to leave.
“Atobe just wanted to tell you guys to come or else!” Gakuto yelled out as he and Shishido took off.
cooled down and grabbed a juice box out of the fridge when the doorbell rang again. gripped her juice box causing it to explode.
Hoshi opened the door and this time to see Wakashi and Kabaji.
“Gegokyujyou.”
Hoshi raised an eyebrow.
“Martial arts?” she asked.
Wakashi was taken back.
“Yes.”
They both stood in silence.
“Did Atobe-san send you guys too?” Michi finally breaking the silence.
“Usu.”
was ready to kick Atobe’s butt for sending his minions to get them to go to his party. Yasuo was cleaning the juice that had spilt and it was Keiko’s turn to try to calm her down.
Michi sighed. This Atobe guy was so troublesome.
“Please tell him that we will definitely reconsider his offer,” Michi replied politely.
“Usu.”
Michi closed the door and smiled.
“Neh . Atobe’s really persuasive. I think he has a thing for you,” Kimiko teased.
glared at her.
“Everybody! 30 laps now!”
~~~
Atobe was quite pleased to hear that had accepted his invitation. She called next day and started to sermon him about forcing his team mates to do his dirty work. But in the end she agreed to come to the party.
“You’re really going all out on her,” Oshitari chuckled.
“Hnn~ I always get what I want. Besides, I’m doing you all a favor. Her team’s coming too.”
“But you actually asked around to see where they were staying,” Ohshitari pointed out, “Not that I mind of course. I wouldn’t mind seeing Yumi-chan again.”
“Eh?? The one with the pigtails, right?” Gakuto asked.
“Yumi-chan fits you, Yuushi,” Jirou smiled
Oshitari smirked, “And the girl you want to see is the one with the glasses right? What was her name?”
“She’s Umeko!” Jirou piped in.
Gakuto turned red.
“Che. I haven’t finished arguing with that stupid pink-head,” Shishido grunted.
“Kimiko-chan? I think you two like to argue with each other,” Jirou teased.
“Shut up!”
“Mou Shishido-sempai, calm down. I’m sure Kimiko-san also likes arguing with you,” Ohtori said. He suddenly realized what he just said and his face paled.
“Choutarou! Get back here!”
“Chouta, Yasuo-chan’s personality is the same as you. She’s really nice!” Jirou informed his kohai.
“EH?!”
Jirou seemed to have lost interest in his sleep as he listened to his teammates talk about the girls.
Atobe had a good feeling about this party. He phoned the caterer to discuss the menu while Shishido tried to hide his blush as he chased Ohtori.
~~~
The party was in full swing. Atobe out did himself again. His cottage looked fantastic. The food looks amazing as the waiters offered them to the guests. The guests included many of Atobe’s rich friends who were also vacationing around the area. The dress code was semi-formal so nobody was allowed to wear jeans or running shoes.
Atobe frowned.
His guests of honor have not arrived yet.
He looked at his silver rolex watch to see that it has been half an hour and they have not yet appeared.
He wore a red dress shirt with the top two buttons unbuttoned. Over the shirt was a black blazer, unbuttoned. His khakis were freshly ironed and his brown leather shoes were polished.
“Where are they?” Gakuto whined. He fidgeted in his stripped grey shirt and tucked in part of it in his black pants.
“It isn’t like Rikkai students to be late,” Oshitari commented. He wore a black collared shirt with two buttons opened paired with white dress pants.
“Che. I bet you they’re lost,” Shishido said as he coolly put both his hands on his head. He didn’t have his hat on and was wearing a dark purple polo shirt also with white dress pants.
“I hope not Shishido-sempai,” Ohtori said with a worried face. He wore a baby blue collared shirt with khakis.
“They shouldn’t be! I brought Keiko-chan here once so she should know where they’re going!” Jirou grinned. He wore a green striped dress shirt and black dress pants along with it.
Wakashi stood there in silence with his navy collared shirt and blue dress pants.
Kabaji was standing beside him with an orange golf shirt and khakis.
Atobe raised an eyebrow. “You showed her around here once? That doesn’t mean she’ll memorize the way.”
Oshitari sighed.
“Atobe we should send out a small search party.”
Atobe agreed.
“Yuushi, Gakuto and Shishido. Take the limo and drive around the block. If Keiko sort of knows where she is going, then they should be somewhere near the area.”
~~~
“Keiko you idiot! You said that you know where we’re going!” Kimiko yelled at the little girl.
Kimiko was frustrated as she had been walking on her pink stiletto heels and her red tube dress was feeling tighter as they walked around the block. Her hair was tied up into a neat bun and a fresh hibiscus flower wrapped around it.
“Gomen gomen. I think we should go… this way! Ahhh… I wasn’t really paying attention coz Aku-kun was being cute!!!” Keiko giggled.
She wasn’t really complaining because she wasn’t wearing as high of a heel. She didn’t want to be too tall for Jirou. She was wearing a baby blue spaghetti strapped dress which ended at above her knees. Her hair was in a French braid.
“We should have just went on the beach and walked from there. We already know that his house is near the volleyball court,” Yumi said.
She was wearing a long purple dress with one shoulder strap. It had a long cut on both sides of the dress revealing her slender legs. Her hair was half up and half down instead of her usual pigtails.
“The volleyball court was around south-east of where Atobe’s cottage. So we should turn… here! I think…” Umeko guessed. The team sweatdropped.
Her simple flowered dress was not bothering her. It was light and breezy, very manageable. She was wearing decorated flip-flops which didn’t cause any difficulty for her to walk for long distances.
“Michi-sempai, didn’t we pass this house before?” Hoshi suddenly spoke up.
Her yellow mini skirt was giving her a hard time and her wooden sandals were not helping either.
“Ah crap… we DID pass this way you guys…” Michi sweatdropped.
She was wearing a green off-shoulder dress with yellow rounded heels. Her hair was curled and held back by two hair pins.
“Sempai-tachi, maybe we should call Atobe-san and ask for directions,” Yasuo suggested.
She was wearing a satin turquoise halter dress that ended below her knees and white pointed heels. Her hair was tied in an elaborate bun with tiny blue flower hairpins stuck in it.
sighed.
She wore a white laced halter skirt that also ended just below her knees. Her hair was let loose and brushed to one side and was held with pink orchids. Her white stilettos accentuated her legs making her look elegant.
BEEP BEEP!
The girls turned to see a limo driving beside them. The window rolled down.
“Need a lift?” Oshitari smirked.
“If you want us to make it to the party,” replied Yumi with a smile.
“I wouldn’t let such lovely ladies be left on the streets when they’re the guests of honor,” Oshitari winked at the girls.
“Yuushi! Let them in already!” Gakuto yelled at his doubles partner.
“Dude, you’re way too excited,” Shishido told Gakuto.
~~~
The girls were greeted by the bright lights of Atobe’s cottage. The guests of honor have finally arrived.
Oshitari has already claimed Yumi and took her to get a drink.
Shishido was already arguing with Kimiko and was obviously enjoying it.
Gakuto was listening intently to what Umeko saying.
The other girls were left to chat with themselves.
“Hey! You guys made it!” Jirou exclaimed.
“Uwah! Aku-kun! You looks SO cute!” Keiko squealed.
“Nu uh! You look ADORABLE Keiko-chan!” Jirou replied.
, Michi, Yasuo and Hoshi sweatdropped and slowly moved away from the couple.
“Ah Yasuo-chan! I’m glad you made it,” Ohtori said with a tint of pink on his cheeks. He bowed to the other girls and offered an arm to Yasuo, who shyly took it.
Wakashi suddenly appeared in front of , Michi and Hoshi.
He bowed to and Michi and then stared at Hoshi. The two looked at each other.
“I’m gonna go and get something to drink,” Michi abruptly said to