Soap Opera Blues

by AnimeLuver/Ally

Chapter 14

Mitsuko-chan.. Where's your boyfriend?" Sana asked niavely, looking all around for him. "Ah! Good afternoon Naozumi-kun!"

Naozumi and Mitsuko both looked at each other for a moment before looking back to Sana and locking their hands together with blushes in unision.

"Err... Naozumi-kun is my boyfriend.." Mitsuko said with a sheepish smile crossing her blushing face

Sana gawked at her in a moment of disbelief.

"Brother and sister are going out?!"

Mitsuko and Naozumi both sweatdropped and shook their heads.

"We aren't related, Sana-chan.." Naozumi said with a nervous laugh.

Akito rolled his eyes at Sana and tried not to laugh.

"A lot of foreigners have blue eyes, Sana-chan. Doesn't make them related." Tori said with a blink. He then winked at Naozumi, "Way to go, Kamura-san!"

Naozumi blushed lightly, a sheepish smile creeping onto his face.

"Makes sense why you would keep it secret, though.. People might think he's in your film simply because he's your boyfriend.." Sachiko said seriously, her eyes tracing over Tori, who looked over at her causing her to quickly look else where.

"Exactally.." Mitsuko agreed, her eyes turning to Naozumi affectionatley.

"Can we go now..?" Akito asked impatiently, not interested in the couple one way or the other. All Akito could think about was getting this shopping trip done and over with.

All the guys nodded their agreement at this.

The girls all made faces and sighed. "FIne fine.."

And so the shopping trip began!

"Where should we start?" Aya asked as they went through the doors, into the brightness of the mall. Stores were all around them, food court in the distance, wafting the scent of french fries in their direction.

"Doesn't matter." Sana said happily, glancing into store windows as she walked, her eyes tracing over Sachiko and Tori every so often as if callculating battle tactics that involved them in some way.

Sachiko, who was walking beside Sana, felt a wave of dread wash over her as she realised Sana's continual gaze on her. She looked to her other side, where Tori was walking beside her and felt a pang of longing as she watched him looking through store windows on the side of the mall closest to him.

Sana let out an excited gasp, catching the attention of Sachiko, who turned to look at Sana just in time to get "accidentally" pushed into Tori, as Sana ran over to a store on Tori's side of the mall.

"I want to go in here!" Sana said, running over to a store with long dresses in them, presumably for the upcoming wedding. She stopped and her eyes widdened in mock suprise as she saw Sachiko land on top of Tori in an embarrassing scene for the two of them. "Ohhh! Oops! Sorry, Sachiko-chan!" She tried not to laugh at this as she turned back to the dresses in the window.

Mitsuko and Aya both joined Sana promptly;Naozumi being dragged with Mitsuko. The girls' eyes glittered up at the beautiful dresses.

"Should we go in?" Mitsuko asked, her voice soft out of self-conciousness, although her gaze didn't move from a particular blue velvet gown.

Sachiko blushed heavily as she stared down at Tori, her heart racing so hard that she feared he might be able to hear it.

"Are you all right, Sachiko-chan?" he asked, a light blush of his own covering his face as he forced himself to look nowhere other than her face.

For what seemed like eternity, Sachiko was un-able to respond, she just stared at him incredulously.

He frowned worriedly as he pulled himself to his feet, helping her to her's as well.

"Uh...Y-Yah.. Sorry." she mumbled, lowering her eyes for a moment and then laughing nervously. "Uhm... Oh! Sana-chan, wait up!" she forced herself to jog as quickly over to Sana as she could manage.

"What the..?" Tori muttered.

"She likes you.." Akito said simply, his cold eyes looking into Tori's as if in challenge as he stared at the actor.

Tori quirked a brow, an amused look coming onto his face. "Look.. Hayama-kun, I am not after Sana-chan. You don't need to say such things."

"Actually... I agree with Akito-kun." Tsuyoshi replied, his eyes vacant as he looked over at Sachiko, who was talking animatedly to Sana, and then over at Tori with a blink. "She seems to like you, Soyama-kun.."

Tori smirked at this. "The ladies all love me. I'm sure she isn't serious, though."

Tsuyoshi frowned and shook his head in annoyance. "I wouldn't be so sure."

Tori began to reply when Sana yelled for them all to come over.

"S-Sana-chan...!" Sachiko murmered in exhasperation, sighing audibly as she watched the three guys come over to the store window.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Tori said with a grin, winking over at the girls.

Akito cast Tori a look of annoyance as he made his way over to Sana and grasped her hand, as if to show she was out of bounds.

Sana blushed as she smiled over at Akito, giving his hand a gentle squeeze to let him know that he didn't need to worry about anything.

"We want to go in there." Sana said, motioning to the dress store with her free hand.

The guys' faces all fell, except Naozumi, as he already knew this bit of info, although he still didn't look too pleased with the idea.

"Don't look so sour about it." Sana scolded, rolling her brown eyes at their reaction.

"Why don't the guys go to the arcade while we try on dresses?" Aya suggested, smiling brightly, as usual.

"Sounds good to me." Tori replied with the look of a gleeful child crossing his handsome face.

"A-Aya-chan..?" Sana muttered, pouting slightly at the suggestion.

"I like that idea!" Sachiko quickly put in, clapping her hands together as if to finalize the decision. "Have fun, guys!"

"Should we wait for you there?" Akito asked Sana, his voice rather low as he looked at her with eyes that were filled with longing, as if the idea of leaving her was going to destroy him.

Sana brightened up and nodded vigorously. "Yeah. We won't be long.... Let's goooo!" she said, her free hand punching into the air, kind of like an army general commanding troops.

A hint of a smile crossed Akito's face before he released her hand and then lead the guys towards the arcade.

Sana turned to lead the girls into the dress shop and then sweatdropped, realising that they had already gone in without her.

"Wait up, guys!" she called, running after them and nearly running right into Sachiko again.

Sachiko whirled around, her eyebrow twitching in annoyance. "S-Sana-chan! what were you thinking back there?"

Sana blinked in confusion and then giggled nervously. "Oh... Nothing.."

"You are match-making, aren't you?" Sachiko asked, sighing in exhasperation. "Don't bother. Soyama-kun isn't interested in me that way. I can tell."

"I think Tori-kun is interested in anything with breasts." Mitsuko said, her face flushed lightly as she giggled to herself, much to the surprise of the other girls.

"He doesn't want a girlfirend, though." Sachiko said certainly, blushing at all the attention coming her way.

"How do you know...?" Aya asked, tilting her head to the side curiously.

"Well...I..."

"She doesn't." Sana said with a hearty laugh. "And if anyone can put them together, it's me!"

"S-Sana-chan...?" Sachiko tried to interrupt.

"I will think of something. But first, I want to try on something for the wedding!" Sana said, darting off into the store in search of a dress..

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"I think I will ask Mama to get me that one." Sana said matter of factorly as the girls all walked towards the arcade.

"I really want to buy that blue dress..." Mitsuko murmered, her lips pursed thoughtfully. "I wonder if I should get it.. I don't know if I am invited to the wedding, though.."

"Daijoubu!" Sana said, patting her on the shoulder repeatedly. "Of course you are!"

Mitsuko blushed shyly and nodded slowly. "I will probably buy it then.."

"You guys are so lucky to have the money for that.." Aya said jealously.

As they reached the arcade, they all fell silent, looking around for the boys, the noise of the many video games filling their ears.

"Where do we start?" Mitsuko asked, blinking in confusion.

Sana silently glanced around and then led them to the shooting games, where they found Akito, Tsuyoshi and Naozumi all playing against each other.

"Boo!" Sana and Sachiko yelled, Sana grabbing onto Akito's shoulders.

"Gack!" Naozumi and Akito both jumped, while Tsuyoshi just chuckled as he finished the two guys' characters off easily.

"You didn't buy anything." Akito stated simply, looking at Sana with an embarrassed blush on his face.

"Not yet. I am going to bring Mama to see a dress I found, though."

"Where is Soyama-kun?" Aya asked, looking around as she noticed the red-head wasn't anywhere near them.

"Playing DDR." Naozumi said with a laugh. "He's really good."

"Is that so.." Sana said thoughtfully. She grabbed onto Sachiko and dragged her over to the DDR game place.

Tori was playing agaisnt a black haired bishounen, who was getting his ass kicked by Tori so badly it wasn't funny.

"I bet I could take him.." Sachiko whispered, more to herself, although a bit too loud, as Sana heard her.

"Really? Well then...." Sana walked over to Tori as the black haired boy got off the dance pad. "Tori-kun, Sahciko-chan thinks she can beat you at DDR."

Tori blinked, quirking a brow with a laugh. "Oh really?"

Sachiko walked up behind Sana and nodded. "Sure. I'm great at DDR."

Tori smirked arrogantly and held out his hand to her. "Next challenger, eh?" he motioned with his thumb for her to get onto the other dance pad. "Step right up."

Sachiko smirked as well and got up on the dance pad next to Tori.

"Hey, how about we make it interesting." Sana said, an idea popping into her head.

"What's going on?" Akito asked, walking up behind Sana with a look of confusion on his face.

Sana held up a hand to him, a smirk growing on her own face as she watched Tori nod his head.

"Sure." he said with a shrug.

"How about.. If Sachiko-chan beats you, you kiss her."

Sachiko went bright red and started to say no, however, Tori replied: "Okay. But if I win, she buys me lunch."

"Sure." Sana replied.

"Hey! Wa--ii...tt..." Sachiko started to reply but Tori nodded to Sana.

"It's a deal." Tori turned to Sachiko, a suave grin on his face. "I won't go easy on you."

She narrowed her eyes and hmphed. "Fine. Let's do this. Be prepared to lose!"

~*Chapter 14*~

A/N: AH! I started this chapter like 3-4 months ago but stupid school kept taking up my time.. Sorry this took so long, if anyone is still watching for it! XD I was going to wait until Christmas break to start working on it again, but figured that I would do another chapter for the few people I know are still waiting. Anyways... Who will win this dance match? Will Sachiko and Tori go out? Will you have to wait 3 more months for the next chapter?! LOL! Just kidding, I will try to get the next chapter out soon. Once my projects or done I should be able to work on it. Anyways, enjoy! Please R&R! I want to be sure people are still reading =P

~*Ally