MoonUnit - chapter 6

Chibi-chan

An Asian girl with long dark hair streaked with neon pink burst into the room first. “Konichi wa Usagi-san!” she shouted her voice high pitched and croaky. She wore an extremely lacy lolita style yellow dress. The boy who followed her ruffled it gleefully as he went past, much to the girls annoyance. The boy himself had espresso brown hair and intense grey eyes. His black suit was slightly Victorian in style and it showed of his muscular frame. "Sup Rabbit" he smiled flopping into a chair. Selbie recognized them both immediately. They were Sakura Kamijou and Vince Decova, lead singer and guitarist of MoonUnit.

"Who is this delightful individual?" Vince asked gesturing towards Selbie without even looking at her. Sakura - seeming to notice Selbie for the first time - squealed with pleasure, "She’s cute. Just like a chibi!" Sakura held out her white gloved hand and winked, "Konichi wa, Chibi-chan". Selbie smiled weakly and mumbled a quiet greeting back. Rabbit really was smiling now, the arrival of his band mates had cheered him slightly. "Selbie is here to see Olly" he said raising his eyebrows at his band mates.

Instantly Vince and Sakura exchanged knowing glances and Vince sighed, "On the rebound already eh? Gotta respect that guy; he’s got class". For the first time Vince properly looked with interest at Selbie, "She’s a bit young though. No more than fourteen at least". Vince reached over and cupped Selbie’s chin with his hand. He was so close to Selbie’s face she could taste his breath; hot and minty. "Pretty aren’t you" he whispered seductively. A rush of warm breath tickled the back of Selbies’ throat and she choked. It was a rhetorical question and Vince seemed to take great pleasure in watching Selbie coughing with embarrassment. It reminded Selbie of a cat teasing a mouse; all for his own amusement.

All eyes in the room turned as Olly sauntered in. His shirt Selbie noticed was slightly to big for him, it made him look a lot less than his seventeen years. Vince’s hand recoiled from Selbie’s face like she was red hot and he slumped back in the chair acting casual. Guilty. Olly disappeared in a cloud of yellow lace as Sakura tackled him in a fierce hug. "Olly-kun" she giggled pulling him onto the sofa and sitting on his lap, "your girlfriend is so kawaii!". Olly looked confused.
"my what?" he asked puzzled. He noticed Selbie.

Emotions that Selbie didn’t recognize stirred in Olly’s features. He stared at Selbie for a long time, like he couldn’t believe she was actually there. Selbie shifted in her seat, suddenly uncomfortable. Olly spoke, a slow quiet whisper, "So, my suicidal mystery girl returns". Suicidal? Everyone else seemed to be as puzzled as Selbie was. "She jumped out of my car" Olly explained, "while it was still moving". Selbie felt a surge of blood to her face, taking blushing to the next level. Sakura and Rabbit both gasped, while Vince just burst into hysteric laughter. "Nothing says "I love you" like a jump from a moving vehicle!" he smaned. Olly ignored him and continued to stare blankly at Selbie, "Why are you here?" he demanded, a sudden sharpness tainting his voice. Selbie tried to talk but her throat was too tight, for the first time she realised she was on the verge of embarassed tears.

Rabbit Rowlands - who was a good judge of social situations - took control. He explained about Selbie’s phone in his quiet, yet authoritive, voice. Without breaking eye contact Olly reached into his pocket and brought out the phone. "Here, miss suicidal" he said coldly, "now please leave". The atmosphere had changed, something unspoken and cruel hung in the air. "Olly-kun, is that the way to treat a lady?" Sakura held his chin in her petit hands, forcing him to look at her. "It’s okay, I was leaving anyway" Selbie whispered, her voice cracking slightly. Don’t cry Selbie, don’t cry! What’s his problem anyway? Tears of confusion trickled from Selbie`s eyes as she rushed from the room. Rabbit made a move to follow her but thought better of it. All Selbie wanted to do was get as far away from those people as possible. Gripping her stupid phone tightly she slammed the door on her way out.

"Baka!" shouted Sakura angrily, "look what you did". Vince lay back his the chair; shrewd china blue eyes regarded his Olly closely, "she’ll be back" he smiled to himself, "of course she will".