Chapter 4 : But I’m A Girl!
Author’s note : this was
inspired by one Duo Maxwell Quote I once saw on the ‘net. I think someone
mistook him for a girl and he (whined?) said “But I’m a boy!” Poor Duo, I know
just how he feels. There are times that I’m mistaken for a Guy! Eh, who cares ne?
Elicuanan
*****
“We’re here!” said Yuuki as she hopped
off the Van. She smiled at the small clearing in front of the front doors of
the Hotel. The wind blew through the trees that surrounded the clearing.
“Yuuki!” called Jericah
from the back of the Van. “You better help with your luggage!”
“Or what?” responded Yuuki. She crossed
her arms and pouted regally (or so she thinks) “I’m a sun princess, I am not
meant to do menial work such as that. You commoners can do it, but I won’t”
There was no response for a few seconds and Yuuki
grew nervous as her joke fell flat. She turned around and said, “Ne?”
The “Sun Princess” soon received Jeri’s response. Later on, as
they were piling into the lobby, Andrea nodded towards the direction of Yuuki’s luggage and said, “Ne,
aren’t we gonna help her?”
“She’s the sun princess.” Said Jeri with a snort; “She can use
her ‘powers’ for that.”
And from underneath the pile of baggage came a soft whimper,
sounding a bit like a squashed Yuuki, “Ne…Jeri, it was just a joke…”
*****
Fixing her
dark blue shirt, she approached the desk with no small amount of trepidation.
She knew she should have called in advance but she didn’t know the number of
this Hotel. And now she wasn’t so sure if they would allow her and her friends
to stay in exchange for Cliff and co.
“May I help
you?” said the young woman sitting in the desk.
Jeri smiled
and said, “Uh yes, I am here to request for the transfer of rooms…?”
“Are you J.
Helios and company?” she suddenly interjected.
“Why…yeah. How do you…?” stuttered Jeri
suddenly.
The woman
smiled at her and said, “Mr. Cliff called ahead and told me of your arrival.
It’s all set.”
Jeri
breathed a sigh of relief, no more problems there…
“But there
is one problem we didn’t anticipate.” She said.
: Whoops. A
little too early for that: she thought. “Uhm, what
problem would that be?”
“We didn’t
anticipate that there would be females, Sir.” She said.
:What the fuck is this girl talking
about?: thought Jeri : females…but I’m a girl…but…wait…sir?...oh no, not
another one.: Jeri rolled her eyes as the realization dawned on her.
“We would
like to ask you if you would like a separate room for you and your female guests sir?” she finished smiling up to her innocently.
:why me? I’m a girl dammit!: she murmured mentally.
*****
Yuuki reclined on the waiting couch as she watched Jeri from afar. Erika
was reading something and Andrea tapped her fingers rather impatiently on the
couch.
Meg looked up from checking her bags to look and see if Jeri was
done yet. From her viewpoint, the usually casual girl seemed pretty tense. :What could be so bad that she could be so darn tense?:
*****
“Sir?” prodded the receptionist when Jeri didn’t
give a response.
“Oh no” said Jeri said finally. “My friends and I would prefer
the original plan of keeping to one room.”
She gave her a rather odd look before saying, “As you wish sir.”
“Uh Miss?” Jeri asked as she gave her the keys to their rooms.
“yes?”
“Who told you that I was a guy?” asked Jeri casually.
“Mr. Cliff sir, when he called.” Smiled the
receptionist.
“Ah thank you…” she flashed the receptionist the best smile she
could come up with. : Cliff, You will be a piece of
dead meat when I get my hands on you. Oh you will be sorry for this joke. :
*** Owari ***