Que Sera Seramyu

by Amidala

Please refer to disclaimer and notes in part 1.

Part 8 - Mind Games

     Ryuji returned to his room after the disastrous, at least for him, 
rehearsal.  He was able to cover most of his script ignorance with humor and 
prat falls, but he was sure most of his co-stars realized that he was 
bluffing.  He really didn't know all of his lines.  What really got to him 
was that Nao knew more than he did and she had more lines.
	He picked up his script that he had retrieved from Nao's room and noticed 
the item that he had taken from Nao.  Surely she would be missing it soon.
	Curiosity got the better of him and he started to flip through the book 
only glancing at each entry.  He noticed a few names appearing over and 
over.  Sara, Hikari, and then Yuhka.  In the later entries, Hikari and Yuhka 
were mentioned quite a lot.  He stopped and began to read an entry that 
featured Yuhka.
	Closing the book, Ryuji took a deep breath.  He had no idea that Nao felt 
that way.  He had always figured it to be a 'Haruka' thing.  He had an idea 
of why Hikari was mentioned over and over, but respected her privacy enough 
not to read any more.
	Suspecting that Nao would somehow find her way back into his room looking 
for the diary, Ryuji hid in his bag of dirty laundry, making it a point to 
place it underneath his sweaty socks and undershirts with hi dirty 
underpants on top.
	After a quick shower, Ryuji got dressed and headed down to have dinner with 
the others.

	Nao and Yuhka entered the restaurant wearing matching outfits.  They were 
shown to the banquet table in the back of the restaurant where everybody was 
seated. Marina was just settling into her seat next to Hikari who was seated 
opposite Ryuji.  The two open seats were between Tae and Ryuji.
	Spotting Nao and Yuhka arrive, Tae gestured for Nao to sit next to her.  
Nao pulled the chair out for Yuhka and she smiled as she sat down.  Ryuji 
grinned at Nao who gave him a nervous glance.
	Ryuji then glanced over at Hikari.  Nao tripped over Yuhka's chair as she 
took her own seat.
	"Nao, are you okay?" Yuhka asked.
	"Yes.  I'm fine." Nao replied trying not to let her nervousness show.  Why 
was Ryuji looking at Hikari like that? He had been reading her diary, she 
just knew it.  Nao took her seat.
	Ryuji smiled at Yuhka.  "You danced wonderfully during the rehearsal this 
afternoon." He replied flirtatiously.
	"Thank you." Yuhka responded not knowing if he was being serious.  Surely 
the man was suspicious of her motives or he had to know by now what her true 
intentions had been.
	A waitress came and gave them all glasses of water.  Upon hearing Ryuji's 
comment to Yuhka, Nao accidently tipped over her glass spilling the ice cold 
water all over herself.
	Nao leaped up and screamed as she bashed her knee on the underside of the 
table.
	Hikari looked at Nao.  "Hey, you all right, hon?"


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