Early Mornings chapter 4 AoixUruha
Title: Early Mornings
Author: mxtrxofsomer
Chapters: 4/5
Genre: Fluff
Rating: PG-R
Pairings: AoixUruha
Warnings: Unbeta-ed again.
Disclaimer: Not mine I just wish.
Synopsis: At 9:35, not always exactly but around that time, the person staying in the room opposite the building where I was living would open his curtain.
Comments: Here’s the fourth chapter. I’d like to apologize for the delay. Hope this one makes up for that.
Chapter 3 Chapter 5
-Told in Uruha’s POV-
I did not know why I was awake this early. Today was a holiday so I did not have work. I planned to sleep until about ten because I got a little hangover from drinking last night. I even turned off my alarm clock for that. But as much as I hated it, I was fully awake. Just thank goodness I wasn’t having a bad headache.
Sometimes, this abnormal sleeping arrangement of mine could really be annoying. When I needed to wake up early for my work, it was very hard and although there was an alarm, I had to force myself. But when there was no need to hurry and I had all the time, I would wake up earlier than my desired time. I really hated my body clock. There must be something wrong with it, or maybe, just a hunch, this thing today had to do with what happened yesterday.
I still couldn’t believe that the night would come to an end like that. There were too many surprises for me for one day and I could say that I had a surprise overload. I was even surprised that I hadn’t died of heart attack yet and that surprise counted. The biggest shock for me would be, after all this time of trying to figure out Aoi, there was one thing or more correctly, a person that linked us together. Was fate playing games with me?
Then again, as I thought about it thoroughly, knowing that Reita knew Aoi would not make that much difference. So yeah, we both knew Reita but what could actually come out of that? I for one would not go and pester him to introduce Aoi to me. Come on, how could I say something like, “Hey Reita, you know your friend Aoi? We’re neighbors. I find him interesting so could you arrange a date for us to meet so we could you know, get to know each other?” Okay, maybe I overdid that line a little but that was the idea. I couldn’t ask him to introduce Aoi to me like it came out of nowhere either. How would Reita react to that? Even if my sempai knew about my craziness, I wouldn’t dare do that to embarrass myself to him.
It probably would be the same for Aoi. I did not even know if he liked me enough to care or ask Reita about me. It could have been only me who was obsessing about this whole thing. And although he showed some kind of interest last night, I could never be sure. We were neighbors, maybe he just wanted a simple chat with me. And that invitation to come to the bar? I think nothing would come out of that too. I had a fair number of reasons why.
Reason number 1, that invitation was not for us to become friends. It was his way of promoting his own band. Look at it this way, if I dragged people to go with me, and those people found out that they play good, they’d gain popularity right? Reason number 2, I would be watching him the whole time he was going to perform and there would be no time for us to talk seriously. Of course he would be on stage and I would be on one of the tables as an audience. Could we even exchange a few words in that kind of situation? Reason number 3 (and the last), I would only come and see him once a week so how about the other six days? Was that enough to know a person? By standards, apparently no so friendship with him was still far away.
Now I didn’t know if meeting him there did me a good thing or not. Yesterday morning, I already decided on giving up but here I was again, having the tiniest hope. The truth was, I did not want to expect, it could only lead to another disappointment.
What should I do with this non-existent relationship? And why was it troubling me so much?
I sighed, stretching my arms up as I looked at the clock on my bedside table. 9:04. Darn, I really was up early. And yeah, how should I make use of all my free hours by the way? I didn’t get a chance to organize anything because of last night. Well, if I would go out, I shouldn’t do something too extreme because I wasn’t prepared. Maybe I should phone Kai and ask him to watch a movie with me? There was this movie that I wanted to watch I just did not know when and today seemed to be the perfect time for that.
I reached out for my phone laid beside the digital watch, careful not to knock any of the things that cluttered the desk. I should get over with my laziness to clean that sometime, it was already full of stuff, important, not so important and some trash.
I snatched the device by the cord of the charger which was still somehow attached to it. I forgot to unplug it again and therefore had abused the battery once more. Removing the charger and letting it fall on the floor with the promise that I’d pick it up later, I dialed for Kai, waiting for him to answer. He was a morning person so he should be awake by now.
“Morning Uru,” his chirpy voice greeted at the other end. That was what I liked about him, his sunny mood always cheered me up. “You’re early for a holiday.”
“Yeah, I forgot to turn off my alarm clock last night,” I joked.
“You’re that forgetful now?” he laughed. “So why is it that you’re calling this early?”
“I was wondering if you have something planned today,” I asked.
“Hmm... It depends. I might be available but I might be not.”
Was I too late in asking him? “How about we watch a movie?” I still tried without the confidence that he would say yes.
“Movie? Sure. But as I told you, it depends. What time?”
“The time you’re free of course.”
He didn’t answer right away and instead, I heard some shuffling noises on the background.
“Are you okay with six?” he said, sounding unsure and sorry.
“Of course that would be fine,” I assured him. “Let’s have dinner too.”
“Okay, that sounds nice to me.”
“See you later.”
I hung up, shoving my phone under the pillow. That wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for. Six o’clock was already late. I really should have made an appointment with him earlier. But right, it was better than nothing. Kai even did his best to include me in his schedule.
I flipped the blanket off me, rolling to my stomach and glanced again at the clock. Only five minutes had passed. Argh. This wasn’t right, I should get up.
I pushed myself up from the bed, sitting on my legs. I took a look around, surveying my room in search for something that I did not actually know. But I was glad I did because I found one thing. Maybe it wasn’t so bad. For once after years, I could brew coffee for myself and then I could start tidying up my place. When was the last time I did a major cleaning?
Remembering the charger that I left on the floor, I picked it up and placed it back on the table then got out of the bed. Before I do anything, there should be coffee.
As I walked towards my small kitchen, I had in mind the will to hold myself back from checking the scene outside my window. I was still trying to kill my hopes. And right at this time, I wouldn’t be able to see him awake anyway.
Okay, I said that I was abstaining from taking a peek right? Yeah, you could kill me now because I did it again. I did not know how that happened but my head unconsciously shifted to the clear glass and what I saw made me freeze.
The curtains were already drawn and Aoi was up playing his guitar. He seemed to be awake earlier than me because he was already dressed up casually. On his larger window, there was something posted that drove me insane.
A huge and when I said huge, an almost banner-sized note was stuck on the glass with big bold letters that said:
Dear neighbor who is Reita’s kouhai,
Would you like to have breakfast with me?
-Your neighbor who happens to be Reita’s high school friend
I drew closer to my window, blinking hard and waiting for that note to disappear, but it stayed there unmoving. I had to poke my cheeks at least ten times, assuming that I would wake up from the dream if I did. The poking did nothing though, I was already awake.
What the hell?
Reita’s kouhai would most likely be me and since that was posted on his window and he knew Reita, the high school friend would have to be him, even though he failed to mention that to me last night. But it wasn’t only that. He was inviting me to breakfast!
What should I do? Should I say yes? Of course I should say yes! Wasn’t this something that I’ve wanted? But how would I tell him? Geesh, that guy is stupid, I could swear that. I did not have his number, maybe I could ask Reita but how would Reita take that? No, that was a bad idea. I should think of another... Wait, was I panicking? Darn, I should stop myself if I was. And it was just for breakfast for all humanity’s sake!
Okay Uruha, calm down!
Taking a deep breath, I spun around to relax a little and clear my thoughts. That seemed to have a good effect because something obvious finally occurred to me. Sometimes, I really was stupid.
I took the coat that I didn’t bother to hang last night from the chair beside my desk and slipped it on. I raked my fingers over my hair a few times, checking my appearance on the mirror for a second then got out.
Cold wind greeted me as I stepped outside. Good thing I thought of wearing a coat. Aoi was still busy with his guitar but I knew what to do. Making sure he would notice me on that spot, I leaned on the iron railing, cupping my chin with one hand and watched him intently as I waited.
It didn’t take that long and in fact it only took a few seconds when caught me standing there. Even though I was more prepared now, I still blushed.
He gave me his usual smile that I totally liked now and I did manage to stretch out a shy grin in reply. He carefully put aside his guitar on the bed then stood up, unlocking his smaller window and sliding it open.
“Hey, neighbor who happens to be Reita’s high school friend!” I shouted. Man, I just realized how long that was. I could admire his patience writing that. “You’ll treat me to breakfast?”
“Sure!” he yelled back.
“I eat a lot!” I answered.
“If I say that it ’s not a problem would you say yes?”
Was he kidding me? Who would say no to that? “I haven’t had any decent breakfast these days,” I told him.
“I’ll wait for you outside your building then.”
“Would you like to wait here instead?” I asked before he could close his window. That would be better than letting him wait outside. It was really cold.
“There?” he looked surprised. “That would be great!”
“One thing though,” I warned, pointing at the banner note. “Get that thing off. Reita wouldn’t appreciate that.”
He briefly scanned the post that he did then grinned at me.“You won’t tell so he wouldn’t know.”
Endnotes: So here is the fourth chapter... what should I say this time? Hmm... I’m so enjoying writing this fic and I’m so happy with all your comments... *hugs and hearts you all* Thanks so much... The last one will be up tomorrow. Am I rushing this too much??? Anyway you know that your comments are the best. ^^
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