Aki: I thought that it would be fun to do this 'one sentence' challenge from livejournal with Yahiro and Megumi as the subject so I joined the community and claimed this pairing for the challenge. XD So seeing that I'm stuck in a scene on my other fic, I decided to do this. Also, I wanted to try using present tense in writing a fic. I placed this under Copper Rose because 'Copper Rose' is the only title I can think of for the pair. O.o
NOTE: This contains spoilers. Theme Set: Epsilon
.Copper Rose I.
01 - Motion
He can perfectly remember how her long brown hair fluttered along with the wind as she sang that song that made his tear fall; he doubts it would ever move away from his memory.
02 - Cool
The young heir of the Saiga always manages to keep his cool no matter how painful or how aggravating things are; but when he is around stupid people like Yamamoto Megumi, he finds that keeping the usual mask on his face rather difficult.
03 - Young
He grabs her by the wrist and drags her away from the group of hoodlums (in his perspective, those high school youngsters look like hoodlums) who tried to ask her for a date while she was alone, and she can't help but gape openly when she sees a brawling three year old girl being dragged by her father the same way Yahiro is doing to her.
04 - Last
She doesn't know how it happened (what with her bad body coordination and weak reflexes), but she was able to catch the happiness stone by the last second of the year and give it to him.
05 - Wrong
This girl is so stupid; can't she see that she is making a big mistake by telling him that she loves him?
06 - Gentle
Just when she decides that he is the most annoying brat the world has ever had, he gives her a gentle smile and indirectly tells her that he would be helping her by acting as her boyfriend.
07 - One
He wants to tell her that she isn't the one meant for him, but whenever he tries to, not even a single word escapes his lips.
08 - Thousand
"With that eraser board," he says to her as he sees the piles of used sketchbooks on a corner of the greenhouse, "you can probably save a thousand trees."
09 - King
Yahiro blinks in disbelief, confusion and later on, in amusement, when Megumi points to the theater where an old animated film entitled 'King Pero Pero' is being shown; he cannot help but think that this girl really has weird preferences after watching the movie with her.
10 - Learn
Thanks to her love for Akira and Tadashi, she learns that Yahiro isn't just an annoying brat.
11 - Blur
He took her to several dates that seemed special in her eyes, held her hand as if he was not about to let go, and gave her genuine smiles that he rarely showed to others; with that kind of treatment, she cannot help it but wonder: really, what is she for him?
12 - Wait
He honestly tells her that it will probably take time before he can forget his feelings for Akira; she looks at his eyes and though she is hurt by what he said, she hears herself tell him, 'I will wait.'
13 - Change
He notices how her usually pale skin turns into a shade of red as he sits down besides her on the bench.
14 - Command
Akira tells him to stay away from her Megumi-chan, but among all her wishes, it is the only one he cannot seem to fulfill.
15 - Hold
He has no idea how difficult it is for a kinesthetic person like her to stop herself from hugging her loved ones.
16 - Need
He mentally panics and runs from store to store in search of an eraser board; how stupid is she to throw her sketch pad just to follow his whims?
17 - Vision
He can imagine a million of fans rooting for her when she reaches her dream, and for some weird reasons, he can also imagine himself giving his most radiant smile (which usually means trouble to the receiver) to the males who will give her perverted looks.
18 - Attention
Even though she never utters a word, the silly brunette seems to always make him avert his gaze and attention towards her; he blames it on the weird expressions that are always attached to her face.
19 - Soul
He has no plan to tell anybody (not even a single soul) that his relationship with her is nothing but a lie.
20 - Picture
Yahiro pulls her wallet from her bag and smiles mischievously to himself as he places a wallet-sized picture of him on one of the packets of her wallet.
21 - Fool
The moment he sees the words 'I love you' written on her sketchpad and her rather contrasting expression during her sudden visit to his house, he thinks, 'this girl is taking me for a fool' and gives her an amused smirk.
22 - Mad
She and the others find themselves surprised as the usually composed Yahiro barges in towards Akira's house in total fury as he shouts her whole name.
23 - Child
He thinks that it would be interesting to see a child who has innocent features like her but possesses a rather brilliant and clever mind like him.
24 - Now
During all the times that he mingled and bothered her small group of friends in the past, she never imagined that he would be important to her as he is right now.
25 - Shadow
She thinks that Yahiro is like a stealthy ninja who's able to hide his presence when he wants to; what with his ability to eavesdrop on others without being caught, follow them without noticing, getting vital information that others try to hide, and appears when someone (like her) is in need of help.
26 - Goodbye
They had never exchanged words of farewell, not when they headed for their own homes, not when he rejected her, and certainly not when they parted ways to reach their own dreams; because both of them know that their path will always cross each other.
27 - Hide
Feeling that someone is following her, Megumi turns her head to look on the road behind her; Yahiro rolls his eyes as he hides himself behind a tree and wonders why on earth he is following a girl who is stupid enough to walk around the park during night time.
28 - Fortune
He wonders if it was fated for his first love to be committed on a relationship first before he's able to find out that there is a girl silly enough to become his true love.
29 - Safe
He places the so-called 'stone of happiness' inside his electronic safe, telling himself that he is keeping the stone inside a highly-secured vault so that none other than himself (and Megumi, and perhaps Kei and Hikari) knows that he possesses such a stupid stone.
30 - Ghost
Yahiro cringes as he feels an immense pain throbbing on his eardrums; he knew that it wasn't a good idea to ride the Horror Train with Megumi.
31 - Book
He isn't sure whether to be amused or be embarrassed when he sees her reading '99 Steps towards a Successful Love Life' a few weeks after she confessed to him.
32 – Eye
Megumi notices how Yahiro always casts his eyes downwards whenever he lies and whenever he feels embarrassed.
33 - Never
He never thought that there would be a girl other than Akira who will occupy majority of his daily thoughts.
34 - Sing
Though he knows how much singing is to her, he has half the mind to be the villain of her dreams and stop her from being popular just because he doesn't want some other unimportant individuals to hear her precious voice.
35 - Sudden
His eyes widen as he reads the words 'I like Yahiro so much' and feels a sharp intake in his chest; is that girl trying to give him a heart attack??
36 - Stop
She cannot stop her tears from falling as she runs away from Yahiro after that unexpected confession; she also finds that she cannot stop the pain throbbing inside her as well.
37 - Time
He thought that their first (and supposedly last) date will lead him to boredom; but as he watches the amusing expression that flashes one by one on her face, he thinks that maybe his precious time is worth spending with her.
38 - Wash
As she watches him lie to himself and to the rest of their friends about his feelings for Akira, she feels the pain that he tries to hide when he casts his eyes to the ground; not knowing how to help him wash away his sadness when she feels the urge to give him happiness, the tears begin to brim her eyes, and soon, she finds herself crying in his place.
39 - Torn
He has no idea neither what to do nor what to feel when he sees her face covered with sadness and pain as teardrops falls from her grief-stricken eyes.
40 - History
He loved Akira, he really did; and now, he realizes that that feeling is already but a part of his past as he acknowledges the special feelings he harbors for a certain brunette.
41 - Power
As Saiga Yahiro, he has the power to do what he wants and how he wants things to be done (which is why he was able to do such despicable stuffs without a problem); however, he learns that that capability is just no much to the silly brunette.
42 - Bother
The annoying smirk on his face always bothers her to the point that she finds herself boiling in anger when she sees him with that expression; unknown to her (or anyone else in that matter), the innocent smiles she would usually give him bothers him to such extent that he catches himself thinking about her more frequently than he thinks of Akira.
43 - God
She prays to God for Yahiro to find happiness; and she silently wishes as well for her to be that happiness.
44 - Wall
He had made a wall between himself and the world by making up all the lies just so he can protect Akira's happiness; he does not know how, but somehow, the stupid brunette manages to find a way and gets past that wall.
45 - Naked
Yahiro slaps himself hard on the face as his imagination runs down towards the X-rated path; his hand hits his forehead (forcefully) again as he asks himself: how could he imagine her (of all people) in such a perverted way??
46 - Drive
She never imagined, that out of all the people in the world, he is the one to motivate her and bring her confidence in reaching her dream.
47 - Harm
Can't she see that with his lies, he'd only cause her pain?
48 - Precious
Her value for her precious voice is so much that it compels him, Saiga Yahiro, to run around the town in search of something that can replace her sketch pad.
49 - Hunger
Her tears fall as she fails to control her emotions; she wants him to return her love for him so much that it begins to hurt.
50 - Believe
Somehow, he knows that whatever happens, her feelings for him will not fade away; at least, that's what he wants to believe in.
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Aki: In number 35, I think that the expression Yahiro had in that scene appeared as if he was going to have a heart attack. O.o Anyway, reviews…?