7. You and Me One Sunday (1/2)

chapter 7: you and me one sunday

au: the song sono mama de iinda is not mine!

sakamoto maaya owns it!

arika's front steps

kiyota knocked on the door, shinichi opened it

with a big grin on his face. "ohayou nii-chan!" he greeted. kiyota

ruffled the boy's head saying, "ohayou shi-chan" with that he entered

the house.

it was sunday morning. kiyota decided to treat

arika and her

other out. just last tuesday, he passed his chemistry test with

flying colors and he owed it all to arika's effort on tutoring him.

flashback

junta-sensei wide-eyed exclaimed,

"nobunaga kiyota 95%!" kiyota jumped up saying, "yea! that's an

a+ meaning i've passed the test!"

end of flashback

kiyota sat down on the sofa. shinichi sat beside

him saying, "nee-chan is so happy that you'll treat us today nii-chan!"

kiyota grinned and replied, "i'm happy too shi-chan. it's my payment for

your sister's tutoring to me"

"oh i see you're here kiyota" arika

exclaimed coming down the stairs. kiyota turned around and saw arika. he smiled,

arika certainly looked pretty that day. her hair instead of

aiding it was

pulled into a ponytail with a silk white ribbon. she was wearing blue faded

jeans and a lavender blouse.

"sorry if i kept you waiting kiyota"

arika exclaimed. kiyota shook his head and said, "no it's okay, shi-chan

kept me company" arika turned to his little

other who was in jean shorts

and blue shirt and exclaimed, "now shi-chan, behave okay, i don't want to

give kiyota a headache"

shinichi nod his head and exclaimed, "yes

nee-chan" kiyota looked at his watch and exclaimed, "i bet the theme

park is already open now. ready to go?"

arika and shinichi nod their heads and

exclaimed, "hai!"

theme park

shinichi

tugged arika's sleeves crying, "nee-chan, lets ride the carousel,

onegai!" arika smiled and patted her

other on the head and said,

"why sure shinichi" she then turned to kiyota and asked, "is it

okay for you to ride the carousel?"

"yeah

its okay, why?" kiyota asked. arika went red and replied, "anou... i

thought you would think that riding in a carousel are for babies such like

that" kiyota exclaimed, "of course not arika. if shinichi wants to

ride it why not? and besides, i'm treating you guy right? whatever you

want"

with

that kiyota, arika with her

other went over to the carousel. shinichi chose a

black horse to ride on. kiyota helped him to get on the horse which is too big

for shinichi. arika settled for a white pony. kiyota rode on gray horse next to

the white pony. as everyone was settled, the ride started.

"anou

arika, can i ask you something?" kiyota asked. arika looked at him and nod

her head. "where are your parents? no offense, but i noticed that it seems

that its only you and shinichi living in that house"

arika's

head hung low and answered, "you see kiyota, my parents well... they are

already dead. they died two years ago in a plane crash." kiyota was

shocked, he muttered, "gomenasai, i didn't know..."

"it's

okay, its been two years already. if you're going to ask how we are surviving, i

have my aunt giving me the money for shinichi's schooling and stuff. as you see,

i have 100% scholarship ever since i started studying in kainan." arika

replied looking away.

kiyota

exclaimed, "now i can understand why are you so responsible." arika

smiled and said, "i have to be, i mean... i am now the one who'll be taking

care of shinichi"

"hows

shinichi coping up with the lose?" kiyota asked. "he's doing fine,

right now he worries about me" arika replied looking at his

other who is

enjoying the ride.

kiyota

replied, "he should be arika. i mean, according to him, you always go home

crying, you know you should learn to stand up and fight. ria is a just a girl,

she may look tough but i know by the time you fight back, she's one hell of a

coward" arika sighed and said, "common now kiyota, like i can do that.

ever since i was a child, i am always being bullied by bullies. i'm used to

it"

"everyone

has its limits arika. you too, so when things explode, explode. like what they

say enough is enough!" kiyota pointed out. arika looked at kiyota and

asked, "are you really kiyota nobunaga? such meaningful words coming from

you it's like not you"

kiyota

laughed and said, "i know! i usually good around but mind you i can be

really serious" arika laughed and replied, "sou da yo ne"

shinichi

tapped his sister by the arm and said, "nee-chan, nii-chan the ride is

over!" kiyota looked around and sure do they're the only one left. they

were into their topic that they were not able to notice that the carousel ride

ended.

"so

shi-chan, were do you want to ride next?" kiyota asked. shinichi pointed to

a ride with two huge loops. it was a roller coaster. arika went white upon

seeing it and exclaimed, "no way i'm riding that!" kiyota held her

hand and said, "common now arika, there's nothing be afraid of!"

arika

looked at kiyota. he was holding her hand. "don't worry, i'm here

remember?" kiyota replied. arika blushed and said, "h-hai!"

"yay!

nee-chan is going to ride with us!" shinichi cried. he then grabbed kiyota

by the arm saying, "common nii-chan, nee-chan!"

after

the roller coaster (bench)

she

was never been so embarrassed. she has to puke two times in the trash can to get

her dizziness over. "i hate roller coasters!" she cursed in her

mind. kiyota handed arika bottled water asking, "daijoubu?"

arika

took the bottled water and drink from it. "hai... gomen ne... i didn't mean

to" she replied after drinking. kiyota shook his head and said, "nah

it's okay! i perfectly understand!"

"nee

nii-chan, lets go over there!" shinichi replied pointing over the shooting

range that was infront of them. kiyota smiled and said, "okay

shi-chan" with that he winked at arika. arika blushed. kiyota stood up and

lead shinichi over the shooting range.

after

30 minutes

kiyota

went back to the bench carrying a cute plushie toy of a dog. "here for you,

i got it for shooting 13 ducks" he replied grinning at her. arika took it

with a blushing face and replied, "arigato kiyota"

shinichi

then handed her another plushie toy, it was a cat and exclaimed, "here's

mine! i also shot 13 ducks, of course with a little help from nii-chan"

akira giggled as she took the toy and said, "arigato shinichi" with

that she hugged her little

other.

"hey!

no hug for me?" kiyota asked looking at arika teasingly. arika looked at

kiyota and smiled. kiyota smiled back and said, "nah, a smile is

enough"

shinichi

then pointed something saying, "nee-chan! nee-chan! look! karaoke!"

arika turned around and sure do, there was a karaoke booth. "nee-chan,

common, you love to sing right? common!" shinichi exclaimed as he tugged

arika to the karaoke booth.

"you

sing arika?" kiyota asked. arika nod her head and said, "um yeah but

believe me, my voice is not that beautiful" shinichi dropped a token on the

booth, and said, "choose a song nee-chan" arika chose the song number

13.

sono

mama de iinda by sakamoto maaya flashed on the screen and the intro music

blared on the speakers. arika then started to sing...

"sono

mama de iinda

sonna

yasashii kotoba o

iwareta no

sono

mama de iinda

kokoro

no sukima sotto

umeru you ni"

kiyota's

jaw dropped. "my voice is not that beautiful? she got to be kidding

me!" he thought. arika has the voice, she may not look like a singer

but she has the voice! that's definitely the fact!

"kanashii

koto ga atte mo

tsumasaki

ni oshi ko meru you ni suniikaa

ki tsuku mu sunda"

"nee-chan

is really good" shinichi exclaimed "right nii-chan?" kiyota

smiled and answered, "right shi-chan"

"dare

kano maegami mane shitari

mienai

mirai ni obie nagara

nani

mo kamo shitteru

to

nikki

ni kaita

dakedo

sono mama de iinda"

"why

is this so familiar to me?" kiyota wondered "this

scene..."

"sono

mama de iinda

fui

o tsukarete toki

ga tachi

domaru

sono

mama de iinda

afureru

itami sotto tsutsumu

you ni"

kiyota

noticed that arika was drawing attention from passers-by. "wow, such a