Wow...long time. Im sorry...xP

What...WHAT! Trunks! My eyes were wide with shock, a seething Trunks in front of me.

"What did you say? Drown!...What are you talking about!"

"What am I talking about? It's as simple as that. I want you to drown." I stared at him in shock again.Then my eyes narrowed, placing a hand on my hip.

"I know you're mad at me and all, but don't you think that's a bit too harsh?" Trunks quirked an eyebrow.

"What? No, no I want you to pretend that you're drowning, idiot. I think it's best to do it after the sun sets. No one will be around at that time."

"Ah ha ha...and why do I have to do this?" Trunks sighed an rolled his eyes.

"We have to do something to catch Keita's attention! We have done absolutely NOTHING and how many days passed! Are you retarded or something?"

Yes! Fine, I'm retarded. But, you, aren't you being stupid yourself? How can drowning get Keita? Even though I was screaming inside, I tried talking to him in a calm voice and smiled, my eye twitching.

"But...even if I did drown...You know, there's a chance that Keita won't come and rescue me, right?" Trunks shook his head.

"No, he will. To be exact, he'll be the only one available.When the sun sets, everyone will go home. And the only people left on the beach will be the five of us. You, Me, Keita, Yoon (Horse Head), and Min Bo Bae (plump girl). And if I'm correct, Yoon can't swim very well. And Bo Bae wouldn't exactly rush in to save you either. So the only ones left are me and Keita. I surely won't go in to save you so the only one left is Keita, right? Don't worry, Keita swims really well."

I sighed. Trunks, do you have to go this far? It's chilly too...(T.T)

"B-But, Trunks. I know we agreed to do this contract. But don't you think this is kind of far out? It's like a scene from a very bad movie."

"Scene from a movie?"

"Yeah, you know. Like when a girl and a guy bumps into each other, and because of the girl, the guy drop all his books...And then they both try to pick up the books and their hands touch..and then their eyes meet..." Trunks' face turned gloomy, but he smiled brightly and said.

"Oh! That's a good idea! I think we can use that."

(-.-) I shouldn't have said that...So in the end, I couldn't get Trunks to change his mind. I really couldn't. Trunks said that if I wasn't going to do what he said, he would personally tear down my uncle's restaurant. Again, blackmailing me! A few hours later, when the sun set, just like Trunks had said, people on the beach slowly started to depart.

And so the only ones remaining were the five of us.

Everyone was all the way at the end of the beach taking pictures together, Trunks and I stood at the end of the pier thinking of how the plan is going to take place.

"Okay, it's a great time to do it now. You fell in the ocean to retrieve the camera you dropped, okay? I'll bring everyone over here. Oh... You know how to swim right?"

"I can float in the water.." Hesmacked his hands in approvaland got up.

"Okay! Then let's get started."

Trunks grabbed the camera from my hands and threw it in the ocean. Of course, after looking around to see if anyone was looking...I looked down at the camera floating gently in the water.

"If I freeze to death, it'll be your fault."

That was the last thing I said to him...And just to grab Keita's attention, I had to become an actress in a really bad movie. Slowly, I placed my toe in the water. Ugh...such icy water...I felt my clothes wrap around my body closely as the liquid was soaked in, making me feel heavy and uneasy.

What the hell am I doing...

The water wasn't too deep though. I splashed toward the camera...but the camera kept floating away from me. And the water started to splash around me more violently.

Oob!

I opened my mouth and the water went down my throat. I choked on the ever so salty water, the salt burning my whole mouth. I began to sputter as each wave began to become bigger and bigger. Ek.. feels like my body's frozen all over...And the waves were stronger than I expected. My body started to move along with the waves. The water was now up to my neck. I should slowly start screaming now...

Then, suddenly a big wave of water came down on me and force me down. I rolled and twirled around the water, air bubbles floating rapidly past me. I started to panic and kicked my feet to come up for air. A few minutes ago, I could still feel the ground...but, as my legs frantically tried to reach for the sandy floor, I could feel nothing but deep empty frigid water.

But now, I couldn't feel anything. My body started to feel numb.

"Yoon! Bo Bae! Pan fell in the ocean!"

I could hear Trunks' voice. But one thing that bothered me was that he sounded so far away. Like the wind already carried half his voice away. I tried to swim but it was no use. The waves were too strong. I couldn't see anything, the water always lapping on my face. I knew how to float in the water, that was true. But what I didn't tell him was that; I learned to float in middle school...

I struggled to keep my head out of the water. Trunks, I'm drowning! I'm not acting, I'm really drowning! I tried to scream out but even trying to breathe was hard. I started waving my arms around...I was so numb, I couldn't move my body now...

From a far distance I heard a loud splash. And I could feel something heading towards me. I couldn't think straight, but I could tell that someone was coming to save me. And then I felt a warm arm wrap around my hips. My body pressed against the solid body.

Please.. Please let it be Keita...Ha ha, even though I was drowning, I'm still thinking about the bet, rather than my life. I couldn't move anymore. I closed my eyes, my conscious slipping away in the darkness. I felt heavy and lost, relaxing my body as the person slowly dragged me toward shore.

"Stand back! Let me lay her down, move!"

Shizuke. Keita.

No doubt about it, it was Keita's voice. Keita gently laid me down on the sand. He touched my head gently and tilted my head making my body lean back. I was still in shock and frightened, the icy waves suddenly gone and now wind carressing my moist skin, making my body tremble with shrilling chills. Panting hard, I grabbed his hand tightly, closed my eyes and tried to forget about everything.

Huk. Huk.

It was still hard for me to breathe. My head was pounding because I had drunk so much sea water.

"Pan! Are you okay!"

Keita yelled and lightly slapped my pale cheeks and I fluttered opened my eyes, dimly. My vision was obscure. For a minute there, I thought I saw a glance of lavender hair, but as I blinked a couple of times, the hair and deep blue eyes changed into a warm silky brown. Water droplets fell down from Keita's hair and rolled down on my pale cold face.

"Uck..."

"Do you think you can sit up?"

I coughed violently and some of the water came spitting out. Keita held my back and slowly lifted me up to a sitting position. The horse head's face was white..Bo Bae looked green...but Trunks looked normal. Like nothing happened. I clenched my fist in the sand. He thought I was still acting! That jerk, I wasn't acting!

"Why did you jump in the water!"

The horse head finally shouted. Those words seeme to revolve around my head for a minute, before the quesiton fully got my attention. Then, I remembered what my response was suppose to be.

"My camera... It fell in... I tried to grab it..."

"You should have been more careful! You could have died!"

This is all because of that son of a bitch. I glanced up at Keita that was still crouched next to me, dripping wet. My eyes softened as he looked at me with such concern and care.

"Keita...thank you."

"You don't have to thank me. But it feels like I've aged 10 years."

"I'm sorry..."

"Stop it already. Just don't do this kind of reckless behavior again, okay?" I nodded my head.

"You must be cold."

The horse head took off his jacket and wrapped it around me. (T.T)! I'm sorry for calling you horse head. From now on, I promise I'll call you Yoon. Trunks took off his sweater and threw it at me.

"The jacket's going to get wet. Dry yourself off with that."

That loser... at least he has a heart. Hehehe, its really cold too. He must be freezing in that short sleeved shirt! But he deserves it. Horse head...I mean, Yoon stood up and rubbed his hands together.

"We should return before someone catches a cold. The van's rent time was up so I had to return it. Luckily, Keita and Trunks brought their cars. Who wants to take Pan back home?"

"My car heater's broken." Trunks replied quickly.

"Really?...Then Keita will take Bo Bae and Pan home. And Trunks will take me...okay? Keita, you think you can drive home safely?"

"Of course."

Keita is an angel...He must be really cold too...But to my relief, Keita had taken off his jacket before diving in the ocean, so his jacket was dry. Soon everyone collected their things and started walking towards the parking lot. I ran towards Trunks' car to give him back his sweater.

"Here. Thank you ever so much." I said sarcastically.

"I was really amazed at your acting skills." I leaned on his car and faced the ground with a solemn face.

"I wasn't acting you know..."

Trunks looked at me for a long moment andI felt awkward in this solemn serious pause. Suddenly, he started to wrap his sweater around my hips. Hm?

"You're wearing white pants."

... O.O... White pants? WHITE PANTS. Oh gosh...I just can't get a break can I! With a tearful face, I walked towards Keita's car and climbed in the front seat. Luckily, Bo Bae was sitting in the back...I told Keita my address... and in less than 5 minutes I fell asleep.

And then I dreamt the strangest dream.

The sky was blue...Keita and I were standing, facing each other. Both of us didn't say a word. We just stood there for some time. After a while, Keita opened his mouth, but shut it. And he started to cry silently. His tears rolled slowly down his cheeks, looking very sad at me. They looked like tiny pearls...I bit my lips and turned my head. Keita's face became hazy and soon...Keita disappeared into thin air. I looked around searching for Keita, but soon discovered someone else was standing behind me.

It was Trunks.

His face looked ashy and his expression looked dark. His mouth slowly opened and I heard his familiar voice.

"Your crazy."

He looked at me solemnly. Somehow hearing him say that, it made me sad and my throat became dry.

"Crazy..."

His voice started to echo throughout the room. My heart was bursting with grief. But I felt relieved at the same time. It was the strangest feeling.

...And then, I woke up.

Feeling that something was wrong I opened my eyes slightly and noticed that the car had stopped. And... Huk! Keita had a handkerchief in his hand and was gently wiping my lips with it! What the...what the hell is going on? I thought that my dream was strange, but being awake is weird too. What is he wiping from my lips...O.O Is...is this...drool running down my chin! I opened my eyes wide from this alert and Keita jumped back slightly at my sudden movement.

I quickly turned my head to the window, my face red. Man, every freaking time I try to seem appealing, I go on and do something to ruin that chance. Game over Pan, he'll definitely think you're too unladylike now.

"You should've woken me up if I was drooling all over myself!" I grunted, my face still puffed and red from embarrasment.

"But...you were sleeping so well."

I looked outside and found out why he had parked his car. We were in front of my apartment complex. AndBo Bae was nowhere to be found inside the car.

"I'll return you your handkerchief after I wash it."

"It's okay, I'll just take it."

"No, I'll wash it for you."

"Okay then. You should go inside now. It looks like you're itchy."

Actually my body was itching all over. My clothes were clinging onto me like a second skin. My butt and my back felt like they'd turned into prunes...I wanted to scratch my back like crazy, but since Keita was sitting next to me...Wait... How did he know that? Is he itchy too?

"Haha, How did you know I was itchy?"

"Ah...You kept scratching yourself while you were sleeping."

Great...juuuust great. I give up. Hmmm maybe this is what my dream meant. This is probably why Trunks told me I was crazy in my dream! Keita, I'm not really like this! This is all a big misunderstanding!...Or it could have meant something else, but this is all I could think of.

"Um, Keita, I was wondering..."

... I was wondering if we could go out for dinner sometime...That was what I was going to finish saying before Keita's cell phone started ringing.

"Hello? Oh, Kyoko. Yea...uh huh..."

It didn't seem like the phone call was going to end anytime soon. And Keita looked at me like he wanted me out of his car. So I sighed and stepped out of the car. Keita waved his hand 'goodbye' and his car disappeared out of the parking lot. I quietly said to myself. Pan, you can't. You don't even have a chance. You can't win over Kyoko. I dragged my battered body to my house and was greeted by my little brother's obnoxious voice.

"Pan, I love you! I love you! I love you more than the moon or the sun!"

That was my brother...Have you finally cracked under the pressure from schoolwork? Then he started make kissing noises. That little bastard what the hell is he doing! I ran full speed towards his room and kicked it open. Sometimes when my uncle isn't home, I take out all my stress on Yui.

"Son Yui, you crazy or something?" Yuilooked at me with his big eyes.

"What the hell! Can't I have some privacy in my own room?"

"Never mind that! What did you just say to me a minute ago? Have you gone mad?" Yui looked at me dumbfounded andbursted outlaughing.

"What the heck are you talking about! I was on the phone!"

"...What...?"

"I was on the phone! I was talking to my girlfriend, Pam!" Pam. Not Pan. Dumbstruck. Humiliation.

"R..really?"

"Yes! Why the hell would I ever say things like that to YOU! And she'sKurusaki Pam, not Son Pan! You don't even come close! Do you know how pretty she is! She's witty and charming and cute and sweet and..."

"Why you little! Are you making fun of me?" I glared and him and turned around to step outside, but now I was curious.

"Yui. Am I... really that ugly?" I asked quietly, twiddling my fingers.

"Huh?"

"Ugly! I'm asking you if I look ugly!" Geez...is he deaf! Yui blinked his eyes and smirked.

"Do you want the truth?"

"I want the 100 truth."

"In one word, you're dynamite." (Dynamite is used to describe a really ugly person. Plain as that. keke.)

"...O.O..." He couldn't just say I was ugly; he had to call me dynamite! And I thought I looked a lot better after fixing myself up little!

"Wh... Why am I a dynamite!"

"Go take a good look in the mirror! Plus, you should know how your personality is like right? Guys don't like girls like you. You're far from being courteous or charming or cute or even kind!..."

Ahhhhhhh... Son Yui, Are you really my brother? It was a big mistake asking for the truth.

"But sis,...why are you so wet? Is it raining outside?"

"Shut up, you jerk."

"Keke! Your hair looks like an mini-afro, haha!"

Huk! I ran to my room and looked at my mirror. Yes it was true! My hair did look like a small afro. Turnks, you should've at least told me! There is no way you're ever going to getKeita now.

Son Pan, you lose. You're impossible.

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