Chapter 1

Olivia yawned quietly as the break time school bell rang. She moved her long brown hair out of her emerald eyes and looked out the window that was right next to her, while she drifted away in her thoughts. Suddenly she felt her desk move and looked up to see Hikaru halfway sitting on her desk and smirking at her. Regretfully she asked,

"Can I help you?"

Hikaru smiled and said,

"You seem grouchier this morning."

Olivia gave an annoyed look,

"If you're going state the obvious then you can just leave."

Hikaru turned around, put his hands on her desk, and put his face close to hers,

"And what if I don't want to?"

Olivia sighed and looked out the window. Hikaru gave a quick smile and sat backwards on the chair that was in front of her desk.

"So what happened last night that made you so tired?"

"I was just helping my mom, nothing too exciting."

Hikaru then noticed something on Olivia's lower shoulder and reached out and slightly pulled down the yellow sleeve revealing a bruise. Olivia quickly pulled the sleeve back up while Hikaru's serious face said,

"You know better than to lie to me."

Olivia looked down and got up from her seat saying,

"We should go meet up with Kaoru and Yvette."

Hikaru also got up and frowned a little and with a sarcastic voice said,

"Ya, wouldn't want to keep my brother and your best friend waiting, after all they're all the way next door."

Olivia tried to hide her giggle but Hikaru heard it and smiled as he followed her down the hallway and into the next room. They were soon greeted with a debate about what kind of cake was better. Olivia and Hikaru had the teardrops running down the back of their heads and after a minute, the cake debaters realized Olivia and Hikaru were finally there. Kaoru came running and hid behind them yelling,

"Get me away from this mad lady who thinks chocolate cake is better than vanilla!"

Yvette stomped up to all three of them and pointed to Kaoru that was hiding and said, with her "Yvette" voice,

"Chocolate is not plain like vanilla is."

Olivia laughed and said,

"Nice to see you too guys."

Kaoru hugged Olivia from behind and Olivia gave a small smile and said,

"Hey Kaoru."

Yvette suddenly grabbed Olivia's hand and asked the twins if she and Olivia could talk privately for a minute. The twins looked at each other and shrugged while Yvette took Olivia to another part of the classroom. With a curious face, Yvette asked,

"Soooo?"

"So what?" Olivia asked looking at her.

"How was the date that I set up with you and Kaoru on Sunday yesterday?"

" Oh well um.."

Suddenly Yvette interrupted her,

"Ahhh! I finally got you guys together! It was hard but worth it! Im so proud!"

Her sparkled eyes soon returned to normal and she continued again with her question,

"So anyways Olivia, how was it?"

Olivia faked a smile and said, "It was good."

Yvette started cheering to herself everywhere. While the cheering took place, Olivia looked back to Kaoru and gave a slow shake of the head. Kaoru became serious and gave a small nod. Hikaru was noticing all these small gestures and got irritated and with an annoyed face, walked out of the classroom. Kaoru shouted,

"Hikaru!" and then followed him.

After a couple feet down the hallway, Hikaru stopped and Kaoru soon stopped behind him. Kaoru suddenly asked,

"What's wrong Hikaru?"

Still showing his back, Hikaru looked down and muttered,

"What's going on?"

He then turned around and yelled,

"Why are you and Ol-"

The "return to class" bell rang and Hikaru whispered,

"Nevermind."

He started to walk off when Kaoru said with a worried look,

"I'll explain everything at home."

Hikaru heard then walked back to class.