Bad Girls

Chapter 12

FROWNING deeply, Utau stood pressed against a wall in a grand hall dressed in a purple cocktail dress hating her life as all around her women chattered animatedly and giggled amongst themselves. She couldn't believe it—she was actually at this damn thing. Rima had dragged both her and Yaya to this dumb bridal party and she couldn't stand it at all. Sighing, she brushed her bangs out of her face and casted her gaze out into the distance before she pouted and poured her drink into a potted plant. She wanted to go home—this was dumb and the only people having any sort of fun were the ones who were making fun of everyone else at the party.

"Utau!"

At the sound of her name being shouted, her frown returned and soon Yaya was standing beside her, a look of discomfort on her tan face. "What is it Yaya?" The blonde model probed staring at her fingers and the redhead bit her lip. "Are you having any fun?" She asked and Utau shot her a look that answered the question and laughing awkwardly, Yaya stepped back and fiddled with the bottom of her pink strapless teacup length dress. She was quiet and it was really disturbing the hell out of Utau.

"What?!" She exclaimed and Yaya looked up into her eyes before biting her lip again.

"Huh? What's the matter Utau-chan?" She probed and Utau sighed as she plopped down in a cushiony collapsible chair and massaged her aching temples.

"You're too quiet and you have that guilty look of yours on—what the hell did you do Yaya?" She demanded and the redhead couldn't hide it anymore.

Looking about frantically, Yaya plopped down beside Utau and turned to face her. The guilty look was still playing on her face before she leaned forward so that she could whisper into the older girl's ear what was bothering her. "Okay please, please, please don't get mad at me but…I was so bored that I went for a walk and ended up in the sleeping chamber where they're keeping all of Amu's bridal presents and—" she stopped and Utau leaned forward fearing that the redhead had done something totally and completely stupid—like usual.

"And? What did you do Yaya?"

The said girl's shoulder's slumped forward as she sat back and stared down into her lap. "I ended up finding Amu's engagement ring. It was just so pretty that I just had to try it on but then I heard someone coming and…the…rest is…history?" Her voice was uncertain as she opened her small palm and revealed the large diamond ring. Utau was in a state of disbelief. "The hell Yaya! How did you even manage to get this? I thought Amu should have been wearing it—okay, this isn't so bad we'll just go and return it before she notices it's gone." Utau decided as she rose to her feet quickly and Yaya stared up at her soberly. "Should we get Rima first?" She asked but Utau shook her head. "No, I think she has enough to deal with—she doesn't need to know about this." That said she grabbed hold of Yaya's hand and pulled her to her feet before the two ducked out of the lodge hall and bolted up the steps.

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Cringing, Rima searched for Amu over the crowds of people as she stuffed something random off the snack table into her mouth. Chewing for a bit, her face became contorted and gasping, she spat out whatever she was eating into her hand and glared at the platter. "Escargot, you have got to be kidding me." She mumbled as she threw the chewed snail and it landed in the shrimp sauce and eyes widening, she whipped around and grabbed a glass of white wine off a tray a random waitress held.

Chugging the liquid down, she sighed in contentment before she bit her lower lip. Where the hell had Utau and Yaya ran off to? She hadn't seen them since they arrived at this shindig and boy did she have to admit that this party sucked. Where was Amu? She hadn't even seen the bride-to-be since she had arrived. Cautious this time, she picked up a scone and popped it into her mouth just as a party guest dipped a shrimp in the shrimp bowl. Guiltily, Rima moved away from the snack table and after grabbing another glass of wine she settled down in a collapsible chair and watched as girls danced about on the dance floor and she realized just how lonely she was. Was this how she was going to live forever? Chasing after someone who was obviously not interested? Was she never going to be happy anymore? Was she really going to continue going about making Amu's life a living hell all for the chance to get Tadase back? Better yet, what if he didn't want her back at the end of it all? This would all have been done completely in vain. Pushing that thought far out of her mind, she sunk forward in her seat and stared down at the full glass in front of her. She didn't know what she wanted at that moment and it was eating her from the inside out.

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Utau followed behind Yaya as the redhead led them down the luxurious hallway and soon arriving at a set of glass French doors, she pushed them open and stepped inside. It was a large bedroom with a large King-sized bed and millions and millions of presents littering the floor. "Okay, where did you find the ring?" Utau asked putting her hands on her hips and Yaya pointed to the nightstand by the bed. "It was over there," she moved to put it back as Utau moved towards the presents and began picking up boxes and shook them, listening as they jangled.

"What the hell—sounds like everyone bought her the same present." She pointed out as she dropped the boxes roughly back on the ground one after the other and Yaya nodded.

"Hey Utau-chan will you buy me something grand at my bridal party?" Yaya asked and Utau shrugged nonchalantly, throwing another box aside and picking up another.

"Yea, sure. I'll get you something grand alright—how about your very own soccer field?!" She joked and Yaya frowned and was just about to shoot a nasty reply back when they both heard footsteps growing closer.

Becoming frantic, Utau dropped the box in her hands and whipped around to face Yaya. "Drop the damn ring quick!" She shouted and obeying, Yaya dropped the ring on the nightstand and darted across the room and towards Utau. The blonde grabbed Yaya by the hand and they both ducked behind the mound of presents just as the door opened. Peeking up from behind the trillions of presents their eyes nearly fell out of their heads. Their in the sleeping chamber was Amu but she was with some unfamiliar guy—and they were locked in a very heated lip-lock. Yaya gasped and Utau smashed her hand quickly over the younger girl's mouth. "Damn it," she muttered as she looked away not wanting to see what was going on with Amu and the guy.

What the hell? Amu was cheating on Tadase with some guy she had never seen be—wait a minute. Looking up again, Utau stared at the man with the rosette and her jaw slackened as she stared at his sexily lean body. The hair—the blue hair it gave it away. Amu was having a secret affair with Utau's older brother! The man she was kissing passionately was Ikuto Tsukiyomi! Well, that cleared up a lot of things—okay, no it didn't but hell, at least now Rima stood a chance of getting Tadase back. The two sat hidden behind the presents for a few minutes before Utau decided that she couldn't take it any longer and she needed to get out of there.

Pulling out her phone, she held it up and shutting her eyes tightly, she pressed down and a bright flash lit up the whole room. Yaya's eyes widened and even Amu and Ikuto stopped what they were doing and glanced over towards the presents. "What are you doing?" Yaya asked frantically pulling on Utau's arm. "Getting us the hell out of here!" Utau hissed and yanking on Yaya's arm, she pulled the girl up with her. They were now completely exposed and at the sight of them Ikuto only quirked a brow but Amu's entire face morphed into a look of pure dread. This wasn't supposed to happen—if they knew then that meant that Rima would know and so would Tadase!

"We're sorry—we'll just be leaving you guys now." Utau stated before she bolted out of the room leaving Amu screaming at them to get back.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Utau exclaimed the whole time she ran down the stairs dragging Yaya along behind her. The two of them didn't even look back as they got to the bottom of the staircase and merged into the crowds of females. Eyes scanning the crowd—searching for Rima, Utau pulled Yaya along before they spotted the petite blonde slumped over in her seat drinking a glass of wine and talking to someone seated beside her. "What are we going to do?" Yaya asked as she stared at Utau with furrowed brows. "Tell Rima of course," she stated and without another thought, she took off towards Rima.

"Rima?" She called and the said girl turned to face her friends. Offering a small smile, she waved off the girl who was chatting animatedly to her and looking offended, the girl scurried away as both Utau and Yaya squeezed into the chair beside Rima. "Hey guys, what's up? Isn't this party just wonderful?!" She asked sarcastically and Utau frowned as her gaze drifted up to the staircase before she bit her lip.

"Look Rima, we need to go before Amu gets her ass down here." She stated and Rima shot her a suspicious look.

"Why would Amu be looking for you two—wait, don't tell me that you guys did something wrong." Rima sighed as she brushed back her bangs and Yaya bit her lip.

"You won't ever believe this Rima-tan but—Amu's cheating on Tadase-kun with Ikuto!" The younger redhead exclaimed and Rima's eyes widened and her jaw hung open.

"No fucking way—Ikuto? Utau's older brother?!" She exclaimed loudly and Yaya nodded while Utau smashed her hand over her mouth.

"Would you keep quiet?" Utau hissed and Rima laughed apologetically.

"Sorry," she mumbled and at that moment Utau's eyes flickered towards the staircase and she spotted Amu coming down it in a sort of rush before she frowned.

"Shit, we gotta go." She deadpanned and the other two girls stared skeptically at her.

"Why?"

"Because Amu's looking for us."

All three of their gazes wandered towards the staircase and they stared at Amu. She was chatting with someone quickly and uncomfortably before she caught their gazes and dismissed the person she was talking to. "Oh shit," Rima mumbled and Utau popped up to her feet. "Let's get out of here." Not wasting any time, the trio popped up and began weaving their way through the crowd. Bumping and knocking people over the whole time as Amu shouted at them and urged people to stop them.

Ducking into the kitchen, they danced around the chefs and the pots and pans before Rima burst out of the exit followed by the other two and they all fell out in a heap on the hard cemented floor. Groaning, Rima tried wiggling free but she was trapped under her friends. "Would you guys please get off of me!" She exclaimed and within seconds they were off and running down the side of the lodge and back towards the parking lot, their shoes clanking loudly and quickly. Loading into the car, they were panting and Utau was staring out of the windshield, her fingers curled around the steering wheel. No one said a word—that was mostly because they were all too busy trying to regulate their breathing to even think of speaking.

"Are we going to get out of here?" Yaya asked and nodding, Utau started up the car and reversed out of the parking lot. Out of the blue as they drove down the street, Rima began laughing rather loudly.

Quirking a brow, Utau glanced over at her as if she was crazy and even Yaya was giving her odd looks. "Are you okay Rima-tan?" She asked and trying to control her laughter, she wiped away her tears and stared at her friends with dancing gold eyes. "I'm fine…just great. So you're saying that she was with your brother upstairs?" She asked and Utau nodded slowly keeping her eyes on the road the whole time. "I don't even get it—why didn't Ikuto tell me about the affair? I just told him you were trying to get Tadase back from Amu, why didn't he tell me that Amu wasn't even being faithful?" The model murmured as she pulled to a stop at a red light and placed her head on the steering wheel.

"Who cares! Amu's cheating on Tadase that's all that matters—that's all that I care about. This means that I can get him back!" Rima was grinning from ear to eat now and sighing, Yaya sat back on the back seat and placed her hands in her lap. "So does this mean that you're going to tell Tadase-kun?" Yaya asked and Rima nodded.

"He has a right to know don't you think?." She replied and frowning, Yaya glanced up at the small blonde in the passenger seat.

"How?" The question caught Rima off-guard and she just stared straight ahead. How was she going to tell Tadase? She couldn't just go to him and tell him—he'd insist that she never talk to him again—but if someone else—someone closer and who Tadase trusted told him he'd listen and Rima knew just who.