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Tenshi sighed as she gazed around the room. Neko-chan had told her to hang out and enjoy the dance while she ran to the washroom, but really, without Neko-chan, Tenshi couldn't find anything to enjoy about it. This is why she didn't usually go to dances.
She leaned against a wall and scanned the crowd looking for any familiar faces. She saw some of the members of the pole vault team hanging out by the punch, some with dates, some without. Random people with whom she had class were scattered among the crowd. She saw Rika dancing with some brunette guy from their Advanced English class.
She sighed again and looked around for Neko-chan. She hoped she'd come back soon. Now that introductions were all done with, Tenshi really wanted to dance with her. Maybe she should just go check on her.
She started in the direction of the washroom, when suddenly a voice behind her said, "Hey, baby! What does it take to get a dance with such a hot woman?"
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Kou had seen her earlier in the dance, but he had lost sight of her later on when someone had pulled her out of his view. He thought this tall blond in the tux was very beautiful, and she surely had to be a challenge. But not too hard for him, obviously.
Naturally, he had known instantly that she was female, although he could see how less knowledgeable people might be confused.
He continued to hit on her, using his natural charm to win her over.
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Tenshi was quite amused that this guy kept hitting on her. At first she had been intrigued by the fact that he knew instantly that she was female (usually people didn't know when she had done her hair this way and was in men's clothing), but it got tiring really fast. She wished Neko-chan would come back and dance with her.
Her wish came true. "Kou-kun!"
She turned to see her date standing there, hands on her hips, looking angrily at the guy Tenshi'd been talking to.
"This is Kou-san?" It explained so much. Tenshi tried hard to keep from laughing.
"I see my reputation precedes me."
"What are you doing with my date?"
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Kou smirked. He wondered if Neko-chan (he thought it was Neko-chan at least; who could keep the two straight?) knew that her date was female. Oh well, he had no time to worry about Neko-chan's feelings right now.
"I was just about to ask her for a dance, as a matter of fact."
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Tenshi didn't miss a beat. "Oh, well, that's going to be a problem for me. You see, Kou-san, I only dance with women."
She saw the frown disappear from Neko-chan's face as she realized the game.
"Ara, but Tenshi-kun, it's easy to see how he was confused. Kou-kun is a lesbian also."
"Oh, is that true?" she teased him.
"No! Uh, I mean-" Neko-chan giggled at his discomfort.
"Besides, I promised the next dance to Neko-chan. Speaking of which," she said as the song changed, "shall we?"
She was overjoyed when Neko-chan took her outstretched hand and said, "I thought you'd never ask."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Jian-wa felt betrayed. Not really jealous, but betrayed.
We told you so. All that those Senshi brats are good at is betraying people. Look at what they did to your father.
*But I thought she was better than that. That she might be different. She always seemed nice.*
But if she's been lying to you from the beginning�?
*Hai, true*
We tried to tell you. She's worse than the others.
Jian-wa looked over at where Mi-chan was talking with that Jones guy.
Told you so.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Finally, Mi-chan was able to escape from Isaac-kun. He was nice and all, but she liked Jian-kun better. And she was ready to dance with him!
She had seen Neko-chan make her way to the dance-floor with Tenshi-san. She sent her a mental message to make sure that he didn't step on her toes. Neko-chan sent her one back saying that after having practiced dancing with both Mi-chan and Jian-kun, she was more worried about his toes than hers. *Hey!*
She watched them dance. They were great. It was as if they rehearsed specifically to this song. She wanted to tease Neko-chan about it, but she could sense that interrupting was not a valid choice.
She sighed, a little jealous as Tenshi-san twirled Neko-chan around. Neko-chan's dress was perfect for twirling in. Somehow he had managed it so that he didn't have to twirl her in the opposite direction without twisting either of their arms in the process.
Mi-chan watched them for a couple more songs. The two of them were so kawaii. They seemed to dance well together for both fast songs and slow songs. They were practically in sync. How did they get that close so fast?
She sighed again. She'd been working on Jian-kun for a month. If only he hadn't originally still been hung up on Neko-chan�. Oh well, no reason to think about such things now. Now she really wanted to dance!
"Jian-kun, want to dance? Jian-kun?"
It was obvious that Jian-kun's thoughts were elsewhere, but he covered it well.
"Oh sorry. I was just thinking about how good that dress looked on you. Um, sure I'd love to dance."
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