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- INDEX -
MatchMakeMe.com
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 4.5
Chapter 5
A Day In The Life of Tanaka Reina
Entry #1
Status: Unsent
Dear Erika...Sincerely Maimi
Dear Maimi...Sincerely Erika
One Shots
But It's Better If You Do
Haru Haru
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MatchMakeMe.com
- CHAPTER 1 -
:: Ai's POV ::
“I’ll repeat myself one last time, Kame. NOT. A. CHANCE. IN. HELL. If you’re so into this matchmaking nonsense, why don’t you try it out yourself instead of setting up innocent citizens like me?!”
She did it. That turtle roommate of mine did it. She set me up on a date with a complete stranger tomorrow night. That’s it. Please remind me to either change the locks to our apartment, or to strangle Eri’s neck.
“I’m still testing the waters, Ai-chan. Can you just trust me on this?” Eri pouted and made her puppy-dog face that usually helped her win an argument. Nope. It’s not working this time.
“Trust you? Kame, the last time I trusted you, you almost burned our whole apartment complex down.” Okay. I know I exaggerated a bit, but she did almost burn our apartment down. That day, I learned a valuable lesson in life: Never leave the Turtle Girl with a lighter and Lysol spray if you want to live a few more good years.
Eri giggled as she rolled around the carpet floor. Is something not functioning correctly in her brain? Should I call a psychiatrist? “Hehe, c’mon, I just wanted to try that flame-thrower trick that I saw on YouTube.” I rolled my eyes as Eri drifted off to a different planet, yet again, probably reminiscing on all those times where her curiosity almost killed us. Definitely, those were not moments I’d like to go back to.
I snapped my fingers in front of her face until she came back to the planet Earth. “Anyways…this is different Ai-chan! MatchMakeMe.com is the best, they’re like, the Prime Minister of matchmaking! They have never, and when I say never, I mean a number less than zero, never ever have made a mistake with their matches! Just try it, Ai-chan, just one date, and if you don’t like your match, I promise I’ll never bother you about this again.” Eri held her pinky out to me. Eri only kept a promise if she pinky-sweared it.
I ignored her and made my way to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Any more of this and I think I’ll get a heart attack. And I can’t get a heart attack. I mean…I haven’t even lost my virginity yet! Wait. That’s a secret. You will forget that I said that…NOW. Anyways.
Eri is quite unreliable, but when she made a promise, the Apocalypse would happen before she broke it. I sighed. One date wouldn’t hurt too much. I walked back to the living room and held my pinky out. Eri smiled as we intertwined our pinkies. “Just one date, Kame-chan. After that, you better keep your promise, or I’ll throw you out of the apartment through the balcony.”
“Though I would definitely like to experience flying, I won’t break my promise Ai-chan!” Stupid turtle. I could only smile as Eri jumped around the living room, doing her “Maido Arii” dance.
Now about that date.
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Well…there’s only one person to run to during times like this…
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“Gaki-san!” I yelled from the other side of the mall when I saw my best friend approaching. She smiled and waved at me.
“Well, this is probably the first time you’ve sounded happy to see me,” Gaki-san said as she hugged me. Tonight was my date. Only Risa could help me. Eri…that’s out of the question. She brought me into this mess, so why would I bother asking her for help?
As we walked hand-in-hand along the lines of shops at the mall, I told Risa about what happened. Risa was my best friend of many, many, many, many, many years. Gaki-san…my affectionate…sweet…cute…hot best friend. Huh? Rewind. Did I just say “hot”? Well…Gaki-san is kinda hot…ANYWAYS.
She’s always been there for me. When I’m with her, I was totally different. I was immature. I was whiny. I was not 22 years old when I was with her. I was 12. I was messy, obnoxious…I was myself when I was with Gaki-san.
She wrapped her arm around my shoulder as I continued to complain to her. “Gaki-san, what am I gonna do?”
“I don’t know…just remember to use protection or something…I know I wouldn’t want little Ai-chans or Takahashi-kuns running around all over the place causing havoc into our world.” I stopped in my tracks. The words were slowly registering in my brain. “Pr..pr…pro…tee..cc..tion?” I repeated. Did it become cold here? What is with this mall’s air-conditioning, do they want to create artificial snow or something?! I stared at Risa in doom.
“Um..Ai-chan? Why are you shivering?” Risa waved her hand in front of my face.
“Gaaaakkkii-ssaaaann!!! Oignrkmgvklfmvklfml499485#$#@#!!! What if my date is a rapist??!!! How do I tell a rapist to use protection? Do I say ‘um..Mr. Rapist, sir, could you use some protection before you rape me then chop me to shreds?..’?”
Gaki-san had her thinking face on. “Well. That could work.”
“Uso, uso, USO!!!” I yelled as I ran around frantically in small circles at, yup, the center of the mall. People were beginning to stare and point at me, but what do I care??!!! They’re not getting raped tonight!!!
Gaki-san was on the floor laughing. Seriously. She was kneeling on the ground, holding her stomach, as she laughed at me, while I was still running around. So what did we look like now? I’m surprised no one called the cops on us. Better yet, I’m glad Eri isn’t here.
After a while, Gaki-san regained her composure, and grabbed my wrist, stopping me from my running. She had tears in her eyes and was still wearing a big smile. “Hora, monkey, that’s my line! And no one’s gonna rape you.”
“How could you be so sure?” I was still nervous.
“Because I’ll protect you. I’m your firefighter right? When the alarm goes off, I’ll be there to save you.” Risa raised her arms to show off her non-existent muscles. I poked her in the stomach, and she went into a fit of giggles.
“Riight. My firefighter, who would probably get knocked out by a poke in the stomach.” I smiled at Gaki-san. Though I would never admit it to her, what she said was really sweet, and made me feel a lot better.
She stopped after a while and held my hand again. “Well, at least, you’re smiling.”
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“Ai-…chan…date…waiting…an…hour…now!” Eri was pulling me, quite unsuccessfully, out of the taxi.
So I tried all the excuses I could think of to get out of this date at the last minute. But apparently, Kame-chan remembered to wear her brain today, so none of my excuses worked…they would’ve worked on a normal day. I even tried playing dead. But Kame-chan apparently has a skill in checking pulses, so she knew I was still alive. Well, maybe next time.
I clinged on to the taxi driver’s seat with all my strength. He was quite amused with our bickering earlier. But he’s beginning to look annoyed. Well, he’s not getting raped tonight, so I’ll cling here till Eri gets tired.
“Ai-chan, don’t make me do this the hard way.” The hard way? I scoffed. Was Eri trying to threaten me?
“Do it the hard way then!” Maybe if I kick her she’ll stop.
“Fine then.” Eri let go off me and I was beginning to relax when she attacked me. Her hands were tickling me all over the place, even places that weren’t um..tickle-able to my knowledge. Okay, she was winning.
“FINE!” I slapped at Eri’s hands and gave in. I paid the taxi driver after a million bows and followed Eri into the restaurant.
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“I have a reservation for two.” Eri is totally trying to sound sophisticated. I smiled to myself as I kept staring at the ground. I decided earlier on that I would make my date hate me by staring at the vast space called carpet all night. I think I can pull it off, it’s not like I haven’t analyzed all the atoms on the floor before.
“Under what name, Miss?” the waiter said as he looked at the Reservation Book.
“Nii--, I mean, Takahashi Ai.” I noticed Eri turn around a bit.
Eri grabbed my wrist as the waiter led us to the table where my date was already waiting.
The carpet is a nice shade of red. Or is it maroon? Hmm…I think this kind of carpet would look good in our apartment…
Eri sat me down and I saw her bow to the person who was sitting across from me as she said sorry. “Ai-chan…I’ll…um…leave..now.”
“Fine.”
“I think it’d be a good idea if you looked at your date…because…she’s kinda hot.” Eri was kneeling on the floor as she tried to get my attention.
“You stupid turtle you got me into this mess…I will not look at a rapist.” I said matter-of-factly.
“Don’t worry, I’ll use protection.” Huh? I slowly raised my head up to look at the person who owned that familiar voice.
When I finally raised my head up, I think my jaw detached itself from my face and fell to the floor.
“GAKI-SAN?!”
- END CHAPTER 1 -
