Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Beauty Pop they belong to whom ever claimed the rights before me… 

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Like it was Supposed to Be

"I left my hat with Naru-Naru"

I leaned further back into my lover's arms, not seeing him in a month made me feel strange and it wasn't right. I was sorry I had to leave him in the first place.

"Why?"

"Because he loves me so much"

"I love you more"

"But you have me"

He laughed and turned my head up to his pulling me into a kiss.

"I love you Kiri"

"I love you too"

~*~

She left me her hat.

She had to love me right?

Not Iori, not Billy, not Kazuhiko, but me.

Where was he?

"Hey Kei, have you seen Kazuhiko lately?"

"Num num num. No, he said he had to go somewhere for a while or something. Said he was leaving the country… I think" and fell asleep.

Leaving the country? To see Kiri? Already? It had only been a month. And why wouldn't he tell me about it?

Sighing I began to work on a simpler cut, trying to get my arm working well again without pushing it.

And then I would be the best.

And Kiri would be mine!

HAHAHAH! I burst into flames my passion growing by the second.

And something lower was growing.

I stopped cutting and looked around.

No one here.

But then why would anyone be here?

It was S.P's club room and only Kei was here sleeping on the couch.

I looked down hoping I was um… less excited about seeing Kiri again.

Noticing I had in fact cooled down I left a note for Kei saying when he woke he could have the snacks in the fridge and juts make sure to close the door after him. I would lock it before I left.

I turned off the lights and began to walk home and let my imagination take me away…

~*~

A year later…

I had recently turned 18 and my boyfriend was back from a trip to Japan. Apparently had to tie up some loose ends and he would have to go back again to get the rest of his stuff and make peace with his parents since he wouldn't be seeing them for a while.

We walked up to my mother and dad holding hands.

"Yes?" They looked up expectantly.

"Uh… we want to get married."

"REALLY?!" My mom jumped up and crushed us in a hug.

"Not right now… but we plan on being engaged for a year or so an when we both have made it well enough in the beauty world and no longer need all the help we are getting from you now and we will start our own beauty salon. Together."

"Where?"

"Well mom as you know I am learning English, so it might be here or back in Japan or maybe in England I have always wanted to see it."

"That sounds wonderful sweetheart"

I sounded so sure and I wouldn't have been able if he wasn't there holding my hand.

He looked over and gave me a killer smile pushing his glasses up his nose.

"Now we will be together forever" and he pulled me up for a passionate kiss.

"Oh! Seji-kun! Look how cute they are!!"

I rolled my eyes but never let go.

~*~

"Hey Kazuhiko! Where have you been lately?"

"I um… I am moving Narumi."

"WHAT?! Where?"

"I am moving to the states"

"But why?"

"I have someone there and we plan on getting married."

"Who? And what about Kiri I thought that you weren't over her yet"

"Um…" Did I tell him? Should I lie? No. "I'm not, it's just that yeah…" I blushed looking down at my feet.

"Well how about my and Kei come with you and we can all see Kiri and then we'll leave and you can stay there. But what about your parents?"

"Well it is a consensus with our families. I will stay with her till she finishes Beauty School then we will start a salon together. Whether it will be in the U.S or here in Japan we aren't sure yet. She has been learning English so we might even go to England…"

"Well okay…. But should we still all go together?"

"Sure that is fine, I will be able to bring more stuff then anyways."

"Cool, I will go call Kei"

"But can you take off from school? I need to leave right away and I can't wait to see her again so…"

"Yeah no problem, don't you remember? I own the school since my father was caught participating in illegal facilities."

"Ah… yes"

Hmm, that sounded a lot like Kiri. I smiled and thought about when I would see her next. But I would have to wait. The only decent time to fly out what in four days so…

"Well then, let's go pack, we are leaving in four days" I said with a cheery smile on my face.

And we went to go pack.

I couldn't wait to see her again.

AN: So there's the first half… If you have caught on whom Kiri is with then email me!!