* bem * (just an excerpt)

I could remember another unforgettable
moment that happened before the S.O’s
arrival. I was sitting on the ledge,
alone, on the rooftop when somebody
came. It was the first time Yukito and I
met on the first top. The first and the
last.
“Do you stay here all the time?” he
asked when he sat down beside me.
“Uhm, just sometimes. When I just want
to or when I want to think things over.
You?” I replied.
“Just the same with you.”
“I wonder why we just met today? I mean,
here?” I asked.
“In all those times that we spent here,
we never met? Ha! Coincidence, maybe!
But I guess, it’s fate. We are destined
to meet here today.” He said, smiling,
his eyes twinkling.
“Do you believe in destiny?”
“Yes I do. Uhm, not entirely.”
“Luck?”
“Nah, luck doesn’t always win. Believing
in one’s capacity does.”
There was a pause where we gathered our
thoughts. This guy beside me is really a
weirdo, I say!
“I like this place,” he said as he
disheveled his hair.
“It’s peaceful.” I replied, nodding.
“The way the wind blows, the excellent
atmosphere, a good place of thinking…
it’s a perfect place. I don’t just like
it, I love it!”
“Haha! You know, a few people know this
place. Maybe less than a dozen?”
“I hope so.”
We grew quiet again. He took his bag and
got something inside it. He showed it to
me. A pen radio with lights and recorder.
“Wanna play?” he asked, placing the pen
radio down on the ledge.
“Play what?”
”Truth or dare.”
Before I could answer, he drew the pen
around and waited for it to stop. We
both waited, betting on who would go
first. At last, it gave a final twist,
the pointed end pointed at him.
“Truth or dare?”
“Truth! No personal questions please!”
“Ok.” I nodded. “Er, uh… are you a nerd?”
“Hell no! I don’t study much! Mostly are
stocked knowledge… hey, do you study
every night?”
“Duh no. To tell you the truth, I just
study when there are exams.”
“When I receive my books during the
summer, I get used of reading my books
in advance, only when there are
interesting topics. During school days?
I shake my brain to remember the bit
that I studied. Shake here, shake there!”
We laughed, and he drew the pen around
again. It got me.
“Gotcha!” he exclaimed. “Truth or dare?”
“Dare.”
“Dare? Take a leap down! Joke, really!
Ok, er, take your tie from your hair.”
“Why?” I asked, quite hesitant to follow
his command.
“I like to look at you that way, you
know, when your hair is down.” He said
truthfully, looking at me in the eye. I
took my tie and allowed my hair down
with Yukito looking at me as I did. He
smiled, satisfied, and drew the pen
around for the third time.
“Dare.” The pen had pointed at him.
“Ruki, you better give me something fun.”
“Ok.” I searched my bag for idea. I
groped inside and got Kinichi’s make-up
kit, which she gave to me during break
for safekeeping for a while.
“What’s this?” he asked curiously,
taking the kit, “A make-up kit? Is this
yours?”
“It’s not mine. It’s Kinichi’s.”
“oh. So what are you going to…?”
I gave him a clue with a mischievous
look on my face. He read my expression
and drew a horrified look, his brows
raised. “M-me?”
“Uhuh.”
“0h-oh…”
“You said dare. So this it. Wait for my
instructions, ok? Just stay put.” I
commanded as I opened the kit and began
choosing the colors. I began applying
the colors. Honestly, I don’t know much
about make-ups. But I know how to
combine and balance the colors.
I began applying the colors on his face.
He didn’t complain, in fact, he sat
still like what I commanded him to do.
After several confusing minutes, I gave
his face a final touch, placing a fake
pimple on his nose.
“Bull’s-eye!” I said happily, enjoying
the effects of the make-up. I gave the
mirror to him, “Take a look.”
He took the mirror and gasped as he
watched his face in mild horror. I had
tied his hair into two, applied
blush-on, lip gloss, mascara, eyeliner
and a few more. He looked cute with his
hair! He touched his face, horrified at
his transfiguration. I burst into
laughter as he looked appalled and said,
“What did you do??”
”Pretty, isn’t it?” I said, “now here’s
what you’re going to do: do not ever
erase that make-up on your face. Wear
that for an hour and kindly go there,” I
pointed down a tree that was visible in
our view, “and get me three leaves.
That’s it.”
“W-what?? Down there?? Ruki, there’s
gotta be loads of people who’d see me!”
“You’ve got the guts, Mr. Perfect! And
besides, you’re beautiful, they won’t
spot the difference!”
“Can you change the dare?? Ruki, I’m not
confident with this thing on!”
“Oh c’mon, Kits! Don’t be a killjoy!
Don’t worry coz in our next truth or
dare, we won’t do this. And in this
consequence, you can show me that you’re
worth the president, I mean, you’re a
one of a kind officer in spite the
obstacles on your way. Aaaand… maybe
your future girlfriend might do this to
you; you should be ready for it. Now if
you choose to give up, just tell me and
we’ll start the game all over again.”
He faltered, thinking on what to do. “No
way! I’ll do this dare!”
“That’s the boy!”
He squared his shoulders, climbed down
the ledge, and strutted toward the door
and to the stairs. I waited for his
appearance eagerly below. A minute
later, he appeared, walking towards the
tree. The students who passed by laughed
and asked him (maybe) why he appeared
that way. He answered (I dunno what he
said; it can’t be heard from where I am
sitting. It’s so far away.). The
students left with funny grins on their
faces. “What did he say?” I thought. He
took, instead, three flowers beside the
tree and headed back to the rooftop.
“here you go. For you.” He said, handing
me the flowers, when he arrived.
“Hey, I told you to get three leaves,
remember? Not three flowers!”
“I know. Take a look at their stems.
Each flower has one leaf. See? I picked
the flowers for you.” He said, looking
at me in the eyes. I flushed when he
said, “Put one on your ear. It’ll make
you look more beautiful.”
I picked the best flower and, without
hesitation, placed it on my ear. He
smiled, his eyes sparkling with
happiness and satisfaction. I felt like
melting with his gaze and at the same
time I twinged. (Shame on you Ruki! What
have you done to him?! He’s been a joke
because of you! Ruki, shape him up!)
“You can erase the make-up now.” I said
in a small voice. “Forget the deal.”
“No, I’ll do this dare.” He repeated.
“Yukito, I’m sorry for—for putting you
into shame—”
“Shame? No, Ruki, we have this game for
fun. Nothing to worry about.” He said,
but added when he saw me looking
troubled, “It’s all right, ok? I’ve got
the guts, right? You said it so
yourself. And I have.”
He patted my back assuringly. I sighed.
I thought he’d gotten angry! But thank
God he’ isn’t. he smiled again, and
both of us looked straight ahead,
savoring the soft breeze.
“Do you know what I told them?” he said.
I turned to him and answered,
“No.”
“Of course you don’t. You can’t hear it
from here.”
He paused, inhaled and exhaled deeply,
and then he said, now looking at me full
in the eye,
“I told them that I do these things for
you.”

-excerpt (3rd ntbk.)-
the two perfects
written by Blaise