NERVOUS VENUS  Chapter 6
        (by WASEDA Chie, originally published in Amie July'97)


        "14 years old...when I thought everything was mine..."
        "I can't go out with you cause I love Kan-Chan", Seki begins.
Then striking a pose, he adds, "Forbidden Love!"  Everybody, including
the girl who asked him out, bursts out laughing.  Some other girls say,
"Are you serious?  You're crazy!"  "Give up, Mitchan!  There's nothing
you can do about him!"  Just then, Kanda appears and tells Seki to go to
practice.  Seki grabs his arm tightly and says, "Natsuki!  I'm not
letting you go home tonight!  Let's do it until we pass out!"  Kanda
screams, "Shut up!  Don't call me by my first name!"  Smiling at the
girls, (and still clutching Kanda's arm, Seki says, "Bye" to the girls.
 Kanda just walks away, thinking to himself, "He used me as an excuse to
dump another girl..."

        In the bathroom: "It's so stupid!" Seki says.  "That's the first
time I ever saw that girl.  She's never even talked to me!  What's she
talkin' about, she "loves" me!?"  Kanda grins at him, "It's your fault
for being born cute."  Seki frowns slightly, "It disgusts me.  They're
always gettin' all excited...my face, my body, I was _born_ with 'em.  I
don't even get interested when someone says somethin' like that."
Patting Seki's head, Kanda replies, "Don't worry about it...it's that
naiveness that makes me so hot for you.  Of course, you're face and body
too..."  Seki looks shocked, then embraces Kanda, "Natsukiiii!  You're
virginity is mine!"  Kanda growls, "Don't call me 'Natsuki'!!"  Just
then, a guy walks in.  They try to convince him they're joking, but he
runs out screaming for his mama.

        Seki spikes a volleyball and gets hi-fives from some of the
guys.  Some girls watching him say amongst themselves, "Hey, dont'cha
think Seki's just soooo cool?"  "Yeah...he's crazy, but he's the best by
far!  Seein' him close up, he's, like...in a whole 'nother league!"
(Meanwhile, an upperclassman yells at Seki, "That's your team over
there!  Don't just spike the ball wherever you feel like it!")
"Ohh...he's soooo handsome!"

        (Seki thinks:  "Shuddup....")

        "And so...", the teacher begins, "With the national mock exams
coming, look over the handouts closely.  The application deadlines are
coming soon, so all hopefuls should apply..."  The teacher points to
Kanda and Seki, "Especially you, Seki and Kanda.  Why don't you try to
get in somewhere once in a while?"  Seki leans over and says to Kanda,
"D'you hear that?  He called us by name...that's cruel!"  Then,
appearing decked out as delinquents, the shout, "We're gonna graduation
lynch ya!"  "Before that, will you get into high school?" the teacher
asks blandly.

        After class, Seki walks when he hears Sakura's voice, "You-Chan!
 Wanna ride?  I'm just on my way to your house."  Seki says irritatedly,
"Hey, hey...what's with this 'You-Chan'?"  Sakura replies, "Rei-Chan and
You-Chan...you're twins, right?  Come on, get in boys!  I'll take your
friend home."  Seki turns to Kanda and says flatly, "This's my older
brother's lady and my tutor, 'old bag'."  "Oh my..." is all Kanda
manages to say, while Sakura shouts, "I am _not_ an old bag!" from the
front seat.

        They depart, and Sakura throws two cans of Coke into the back
seat.  "Drink 'em...my treat!" Sakura says roughly.  "Don't throw 'em,
you old bag!"  Seki shouts.  Kanda thinks to himself, "Hey, this's your
older sister-in-law here!"  As they take their first sip, Sakura says,
"Pay me back 5 years from now...with your body!"  They immediately
turn bright red and spit out their Coke.  Seki yells, "What kinda woman
are you!?"  Kanda stammers, "B...but even then we'll be underage!"  Seki
goes on, "Women who make dirty jokes with guys are the worst!!"
Sakura replies. "Your no fun!  I have no use for kids with no sense of
humor...so get outta this family!"  Just then the stereo starts playing
the theme from "The Godfather".  "Why 'The Godfather'", Seki whispers to
Kanda.  Kanda whispers back, "Did she used to be a Kansai Yankee?"
(Note: 'Kansai' = a district of Western Japan, around the Oosaka area;
'Yankee' refers to a female juvenile delinquent)

    Seki sighs and gazes at her, thinking to himself, "Don't know
what it is, but there's something about her that I like...am I stupid?
The old bag's _pregnant_!  And why'd I puke that time anyway?" (Refering
to the end of June's chapter, where he threw up) Oh well..."  As Sakura
pulls in to park, she smacks into the curb (?), making a lot of noise.
Then she announces that she's actually a "paper driver" (one who has a
license but doesn't drive.)

        Back at his house, Seki yells, "Due to whiplash, today's
tutoring session is cancelled!  That is all!"  Sakura pounds punches
him, shouting, "We're gonna do it all right!"  Reeling from the blow,
Seki adds, "And besides, I'm so clever, I don't need a tutor!"  Sakura
counters, "At least on the Jr. High level...let's not get conceited!"

        Sakura says, "Ah!  There's a bug on you!"  Seki says, "Yeah,
what kind?  Get it off 'old bag'!"  Sakura replies, "It's looks like a
little inchworm."  Seki's eyes bug out and he starts screaming, "Get it
off!!  GET IT OFF!!!!  Oneesama, get it off!!!"  (Note: 'Oneesama is an
extremely respectful way to address her in this context.)  Seki cries
frantically, "Worms're the one thing I can't stand...ever since I saw
that movie "Sasuperia" when I was a kid, it was terrible!  Get it
o~ff!!!  (Author's note: "Sasuperia" is a lovely horror movie in which
lots of worms come out of the water pipes.)  "Awright, gimme your head!"
 Sakura says brusquely.  As she runs her hands through his hair looking
for it, Seki's face grows redder and redder.  Throwing the inchworm out
the window, Sakura straightens up his hair and says, "There there!  All
nice and clean!"  She looks at him, he doesn't say anything.  So she
slaps him on the back, saying, "Hey it wasn't all that big!  You're
pretty delicate..."  Without thinking, Seki grabs her hand.  Momentarily
stunned, he blushes, then thinks, "What the HELL am I doing!?.  Then
just as Sakura asks, "What're you doing?", he abruptly gets up, yells,
"Bathroom!", and runs out.  Sakura just looks puzzled.

        Running water...Seki's thrown up again.  Heart pounding, he
thinks, "What'm I doing?  What the hell'm I doing!?"  A door opens, and
a blushing Reiji comes out from the toliet, shouting, "It's hard to go
with you there You-Chan!"

        (Seki's thoughts: "This ain't funny!")

        Seki pulls Reiji's cheeks hard, saying, "So don't go then, for
the rest of your life!!"

        (Seki's thoughts: "This's no joke...this ain't funny!!)

        Tooru is walking Sakura out.  He says, "No way, you drove!?"  "I
smashed up the car!" is Sakura's laughing reply.  Seki watches her, his
heart pounding, thinking, "This's real bad...she's my _brothers'_!
There's no way to make a move...")

        "You-Chan!", Reiji calls out, holding a lunck box.  "I brought
your lunch!  You forgot it!"  Seki yanks it away from him and promptly
eats it, during class, which causes much laughter.  Walking over to
Reiji, Kanda asks him, "He's been on edge lately, huh?  Something
happen?"  Reiji's smile fades, "I kinda felt something, but..."  Kanda
asks, "Twin's intuition?"  Reiji blushes and waves his arms, "N...no!
It's nothing amazing like that...just kinda, you know..."  Kanda thinks
to himself, "He's like a gradeschool kid!"  Reiji calms, and continues,
"It's not that You-Chan's been acting _that_ way...so I don't know,
but...I think it's best to leave him alone for awhile."  Then smiling,
he adds, "But I'm the 'dumb' brother, so..."  Kanda smiles back and
says, "Forget it, let's just forget it!"  "Bye", Reiji calls out, waving
as he runs away.

        Seki is eating and looking at Sakura's earrings.  "You're always
wearing those", he says.  Sakura growls, "What're you tryin'a say?  You 
one of these guys whose picky about everyhting, hunh!?"  "I'm not!"  
Seki grunts back.  "I was just thinking...the red looks kinda nice."  
Sakura's eyes widen, then she says, "Well, you see, Tooru gave me these 
for Christmas last year.  They cost a lot, and I figured he really 
couldn't afford 'em...so I'm kinda nervous wearing 'em, but..."
"That's not what I meant either,"  Seki interrupts.  Sakura freezes for 
a moment, then changes the subject, "Hey you, are you gonna take your 
test seriously this time!?"

        (Seki's thought:  I can't do it!)

        Seki stands up abruptly in class and walks out, slamming the
door after him.  Kanda watches him go.  Seki's eyes catch a flyer which 
reads, "National Mock Exams".  He goes outside and lies on the grass, 
thinking, "If getting her pregnant'd make her mine, I'd take her by 
force!  But that's not it...'they've been together a long time...since 
University, that's 7~8 years!'...that's not all it is with them!"  

        "...Seki-Kun?"  Nakanishi (Seki's music teacher) calls, "Class
is starting!"  "Awright, awright", Seki replies.  (He thinks: "Oh 
shuddup!  I'm REALLY sick of it all!").  Nakanishi kneels beside him and 
smiles; he doesn't smile back.  "Your hair's so light," she says.  "I'll 
bet a lotta people think you made it that way yourself."

        (Seki thinks: What's with her!?)
        "My dad made me write up a 'certification that I won't dye my
hair' my first year.  And now, I really don't..."  Nakanishi begins 
playing with his bangs, saying "Your hair sure is pretty...".  Seki 
musses up his hair and scowls at her, "Don't you touch me like that!"

        Back in the classroom, a girl calls, "Seki-Kun!
Nakanashi-Sensei's calling you!  She needs someone to help straighten 
out the handouts."  Seki growls, "Why me!?  I've got practice!"  The 
girl replies, "She told me to, 'Get _Seki-Kun or_ somebody to 
come...someone tall.'"  Seki thinks, "Where's Kan-Chan?  He's the same 
height as me...something's fishy..."

        Seki opens the door to find Nakanishi waiting.  She says,
"Ah...so you really came!  Just a gamble..."  Reaching around him, she 
locks the door.
        (Stupid woman!  Drop Dead!)

        Leaning in towards him, she sighs, "You're so pretty..."

(Seki remember's Sakura's fingers running through his hair...and thinks, 
"It's so stupid...what difference does it make...my love is 
meaningless..."



End of Chapter 6.

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