Disclaimer: Kimi to Boku does not belong to me.

You, Me, and Change

Chapter 1:

It was different. Even though the shower of pink petals looked the same, it was different. This time last year, he was walking with four others. He was walking nonchalantly with his identical image. There was a boy, who was most often mistaken as a female, trying to ease the anger of the class president towards a happy-go-lucky blonde. But, they weren't here.

Asaba Yuki was in college now. He was taking part in the first year of university life. In fact, it was his third week of school. If one did not know him quite well, the person might believe that life was the same for Yuki. Though, he knew that he did not like being alone. Of course, it was nice the first week especially when Yuta was not nagging him to pick up after himself- if any human walked into their room at the present moment, the floor would appear to be missing. Within the middle of the second week, Yuki truly detested his loneliness.

"Asaba?"

Yuki turned to the voice, oddly sounding familiar, that called him. He stared at the girl walking towards him.

"Ah… it's you."

She was his age, in his class actually. The girl was never physically in his class. She was probably in Yuta and Kaname's class during their last year in high school. He never really paid attention.

Her name was Yamada Maki. Chizuru-mostly Chizuru-, Shun, and Yuki were not quite fond of Maki. She and Kaname went to cram school together in order to prepare for post-secondary education. He also had class president duties on top of studying. This meant that Kaname did not spend a lot of time with them since there was barely enough time for him to sleep. Whenever Maki was hanging out with the gang, they, mostly Chizuru and at times Yuki, never failed to mention how irksome it was for her to spend time with them.

Yamada Maki looked different now, slightly older. Her style of dress- a pair of skinny jeans and an oversized t-shirt- was different. Maybe it was because she wasn't in a high school uniform. Her short black, almost blue hair was long now. Maki probably hadn't cut it since the middle of their third year in high school. Her crystal blue eyes still hid behind a pair of black-rimmed glass. That was nice. At least there was something that was the same.

Maki glared at him. "Could you be a little nicer Asaba? I haven't seen you since Zuru-kun's graduation party."

Yuki continued to walk when Maki caught up to him.

"Where are you heading?" She asked him.

"School."

She gasped. "Were you held back?"

There was no answer. Maki knew that he didn't chose to answer or that he didn't enjoy her sarcastic remark. Yuki probably didn't hear her or was taking his time to answer. He was probably thinking.

"So how's Hara-chan? I've haven't talked to him besides a few emails…."

Hara-chan. It didn't necessarily bother him, but Yuki remembered that Chizuru didn't appreciate that Kaname was the only one with a cute nickname. He said that she was too close to Kaname and was probably going to take him away from the group. Chizuru always complained until Maki eventually became close to the five.

"… or Chizuru-kun or Asaba-kun?"

Again. It was quiet.

"Oh right. Chizuru-kun went back overseas. I think Germany? And then Asaba-kun and Shun-kun go to the same school about three hours away. Hara-chan must be commuting on the train right now…."

"Yeah… That's right," Yuki finally answered.

"And you go to K University too right?" She pointed at him.

Yuki nodded. "You also?"

"Yeah…" Maki was finally at ease that he answered, but their usual conversations were different. It was hard to tell since they didn't talk very much. "Asaba… you're more quiet than usual."

"Maki!" She turned away from Yuki to find her new friends. Maki waved to them.

"I'll see you later Asaba. Bye." She proceeded towards them. "Maybe I'll see you at school."

"Oo… see you."

...

He looked away from Maki. "They told me that they were going to get manga."

She couldn't help but laugh at him. She still couldn't believe that Yuki came to a gokon. The guys probably needed one more and Yuki was the nearest one there. It was a wonder why they would bring Yuki since he was so attractive. They probably didn't think of the consequences. The other boys didn't have any girls talking to them except Maki. But, they didn't want Maki. They wanted most of the girls that swarmed Yuki. The other boys were happy that Yuki was nausea from the girls. The smell of their makeup and perfume made him run.

And here he was with Maki outside the building. She was trying to rub his back as he held a trash bag under his chin. Her fits of laughter were preventing her from doing a better job of caring for him.

"Manga? You still read that? We're already in our first year of college."

Yuki was prepared to vomit again, but he wondered how he could stand Maki beside him. He looked over to her. Maki was not wearing any perfume and the only trace of makeup on her was lipgloss.

"Should I call Hara-chan?" Maki flipped open her cell phone. "I don't think he has school tomorrow unlike us." She hesitated. "But then he would lecture me for going out on a school night."

"Why are you out on a school night Yamada-san?"

"Why are you at a gokon?"

"They said they were getting manga…" He was still wanted some.

She couldn't help but smile. The guy was still pretty childish. "It's college, Asaba. People tend to lose interest in those."

"Have you?"

Maki was surprised by the question. "Ehh… Yeah. I guess I have."

Yuki turned away from the girl. True, there were some people who might not have time to read manga anymore. But, Yuki had time so he could read it. Maki shouldn't tell him to stop.

He pulled out his cell phone. Maki listened as he punched in some numbers. There were only a few so it was must have been speed dial. Who would he have called on speed dial at this hour? His parents probably were asleep by now.

"Kaname-kun."

"EH?" Maki screamed.

"It is a bit far from your place. We can walk to the convenience store on the way towards your house," Yuki spoke into the phone. It was a little difficult to maneuver away from Maki since she was aiming for the phone. She reached for it while he pushed her away. "Kaname-kun can buy us ice cream too." He waited for his response. "Yamada-san is with me." Yuki motioned the phone away since Kaname was yelling out Maki's name. "Hai… We'll see you there."

"What'd you do that for?"

"You wanted to see Kaname." He started heading towards the convenience store.

Maki trailed behind him. "But I didn't want to get lectured by him."

"So you still like him?"

Maki's eyes widened. Before she knew it, her head felt light and there was a tingling sensation on her neck. It was a good thing it was late at night since her face was probably red. Her cheeks were extremely warm. Though, Yuki could only see it with the lights passing by.

"Shut up!" She screamed.

"Yamada-san, you'll wake up the spirits."

"Don't say that!" She tackled him.

When they walked in, Maki was grateful that it wasn't as quiet. At least it wouldn't be awkward when Yuki headed towards the magazine section grabbing the newest issue for manga. Maki sighed as she walked towards the freezer. Kaname wasn't there yet. He was probably looking for a jacket and taking his time. She could get ice cream and pay for it. That would probably prevent Kaname from getting madder. He'd probably fight with Yuki for ice cream. Kaname might forget about her and focus his anger on Yuki if she didn't buy any. That won't happen since Kaname was most likely worried.

"Oi! Yuki! What kind of ice cream do you want?" She called over to him.

Yuki walked with the magazine at hand with a blank stare. He evaluated the ice cream that the convenience store had. His eyes traveled along every selection. He had laid his eyes on a cone. It was the kind that had chocolate at the bottom tip, the best part after eating the frozen delicacy. There was only one left. Yuki was about to point at it, but Maki pulled it up.

"I want that one," he said.

"Did you just whine? I can't tell since you're always so monotone." She held the ice cream cone package in triumph. "Heh heh I'm paying so its mine."

"I want the chocolate at the tip," Yuki pointed at her ice cream cone.

"Too bad! Pick another ice cream."

Yuki looked down at the selection, again.

There was a chime signaling that a customer just walked in. They both looked to see Kaname in a jacket and his pajama bottoms. After a remark from Yuki and a hit the back of his head from Kaname, Maki offered ice cream. Kaname and Yuki took their pick and Maki paid. Both boys were surprised that Maki didn't have a purse for her small wallet.

On the way to Kaname's house, Maki received her lecture. He yelled at her for staying out late and going to a gokon on a school night. It was surprising that Kaname didn't offer to walk her home though. Since Yuki insisted on staying over at Kaname's for the night, the megane student offered Maki to stay as well.

"It's almost 2:30 in the morning, Maki-chan."

Maki laughed. "No! No! I'll just walk myself."

"Are you stupid? It's late." Kaname said. "Anyways, my parents aren't home."

"This is dangerous Kaname. I think its safer for you to walk Yamada-san home. Who knows what you'll do," Yuki said after a bite of his sea salt ice cream. This earned him another blow to the back of his head.

Kaname arranged for Maki to sleep in his room while he and Yuki would sleep in his living room. It wasn't a problem since there was only a coffee table to move in order to make room for the mats.

Before it was time for bed, Maki sat on the couch between Kaname and Yuki watching movies. She slowly ate her ice cream cone but watched Kaname's hands. Maki wanted to hold them. She felt a little disappointed in herself. She still had a crush on Kaname after high school.

"How's Tokyo University?" She whispered to him.

"I'm not fond of the commute but it's a great school."

She sighed. "I wish I went."

Kaname looked at her. "You passed. You're smart enough for Tokyo University. You just didn't have the money for it. That's understandable since you also have a brother in college too."

She nodded.

"There's alot of boys that you'd like though."

Before Maki could say anything, Yuki took a hold of her wrist. He pulled the end of the ice cream cone towards him and took a bite of it.

"YUKI!" Kaname yelled.

"The chocolate," he replied. Yuki ate the remainder of the cone much to the other two's surprise. There were drips on ice cream on Maki's index finger and thumb left. Then, Yuki licked away the drops of vanilla ice cream.

"Aaaahh… I better head to bed. Night guys." Maki ran towards Kaname's room.

"I should brush my teeth."

Kaname glared at him. "Hey! Yuki!"

Yuki walked towards the bathroom, but stopped in the hallway. Maki leaned out of Kaname's room.

"I'm using the bathroom after you so don't take long." She said. Maki waited for his nod to speak again. "Thanks Asaba… I was probably gonna say something stupid."

"I wanted the ice cream cone." He just replied.

"Yeah?" Maki hid her hand behind her back. She could still feel his grasp on her wrist and worse of all the warmth of his tongue on her fingertips. She still felt the soft bumps of his taste buds on her silky fingers.

When Yuki got into the mat, he held his blanket hoping that he wouldn't feel Maki's skin anymore. There was the invisible touch of Maki's fingers against the corner of his lips from the first moment he bit into the cone.

"Yuki, that was out of character for you." Kaname said after a long period of silence.

Yuki turned to his side away from Kaname. "Yamada-chan's out of character. She's out on a school night."

"True. She's changed," Kaname sighed. "But we all will eventually."

Yuki didn't like that. He didn't want that.

A/N: Thank you for reading my fanfic! It is much appreciated :D There will be bi-monthly updates.