"I better hurry!!!", said Kaoru as she ran to the bus stop at the end of her block.

As she entered the cramped space inside the bus, she was pretty much ignored by everyone on the bus. She simply sat in the last seat located in the far end of the bus. Her iPod rang straight into her eardrums with the song "Ohio is for Lovers". It was the last day of school and this thought comforted Kaoru, for she looked forward for the next day knowing she wasn't going to have wake up early just to catch the bus.

Kaoru had long dark hair that was always pulled up in a high pony-tail. Her Sapphire blue eyes made her most radiant in the sunlight. She didn't like to show off her skin tone in front of others even though she had a good skin tone. Behind the black that she always wore their was a fun loving girl hidden deep within her. She felt like something was missing in her life but she didnt know what it was. She was just your average seventeen-year old who was looking for a way to find what she was missing.

She stared out the window and soon began to think about her best friend Sano. He spent most of his time with his girlfriend Megumi and barely had time to talk to her. This thought made her lonely. She had known him since they were in Elementary and he was her first and best friend.

The bus halted in front of the school and her thoughts were interrupted as the other students got off and went to their cliques and groupies. Kaoru grabbed all her belongings and stepped off onto the cement sidewalk. Her music still blared out to everyone causing others to gawk and stare at her. She payed no heed to them for all she wanted to do was escape to her favorite secluded spot blocked off from the rest of the world.

As she progressed to the far end of the schoolyard, she was seen by Sano. Sano watched her with intense curiosity since she didn't even seem to notice the effect she had on people. A whole lot of guys had just looked Kaoru up and down and she didnt even once glance up to meet their stares. He doubted that she even knew they were looking. This made him chuckle to himself for his best friend was sometimes clueless.

Kaoru made it to her destination at last. She sighed as she weightlessly sat down on the bench. A soft warm breeze touched her face so softly that it barely tickled her eyelashes. Her music had switched to David Archuletto,"Crush". Kaoru had never really had a crush until she had met Enishi who made her blush each time he looked at her with a smile. Kaoru began argue with herself:

'Dont think of him, he's gone now, so get on with your life.

i really like him though

Kaoru you baka he moved to some other town and most likely has girlfriend.

But i still miss him

NOOOO you BAKA!!! He doesn't like you anymore!!!'

As these thoughts crossed her mind , causing a lot of emotions to cross upon her face, she was surprised to see Sano with his arm around Megumi's shoulders coming towards her. She let out a very soft sigh so as not to alert the two love birds that their presence was unwanted. She slyly slid her Ipod into her jackets bottom pocket.

Sano greeted Kaoru with a warm smile as he said,"Hey, Missy. Why you here by yourself? Where is Misao?"

"Well, I don't actually know but I figure she's with Aoshii. She might get here later, but then she might not show up at all." Kaoru thought to herself quietly,

'everyone knows she has a history of skipping school!'

Sano was a tall guy with brown spiky hair that somehow made him attractive. He was well built and you could easily see it in his arms, and when you saw the way his shirts hugged his abbs. He was no poser and everyone practically got along with him except Yahiko who was barely a freshman. He was the one person that Kaoru could depend on.

Megumi was all prepp and knew that she made others feel insecure about themselves. She would look at others like she was better then them. That quality made Kaoru uneasy around her and made her avoid her at all cost. This girl deceived people when she covered her face with makeup to hide any flaw that she may have had on her face. Kaoru had seen her once wihout makeup and she actually looked like an average ordinary girl.

Kaoru felt very tense under the girl's presence so she forced a smile at her. The girl had a shocked expression, but she quickly recovered and forced a smile back at Kaoru. Then just as Kaoru felt that she couldnt stand looking up at the girl, voices rang across the schoolyard and made them look away. Kaoru felt relief as she saw Misao along with Aoshii coming towards her.

Misao was a petite girl with raven hair that went to her shoulders and was usually in braid. Her bangs made a perfect frame around her angelic face which made her face seem child like . This feature matched her personality which was totally not like any others. She was strong willed and always seemed to look at the bright side of things in life. Kaoru met her a year ago and it felt like she had known her since childhood.

Aosii was the complete opposite of Misao. He was extremely tall, well built, good looking, but thing that stood out was his distance from others. It was rare when he even spoke a couple of sentences in front of others. Kaoru had met him through Misao so she didn't know much about him. He had been attracted to Misao's bubbly personality as soon as she had came to the school.

Kaoru didn't understand him very well, but she could tell that he truly cared for Misao. She often saw him hold Misao's hand down the hallway, and the way his eye twinkled when he looked up at petite girl as if she was the only thing that made him complete. Kaoru wished that she could have that with Enishi, but it wasn't likely that he was would walk back into her life since he basically moved to Japan and said he would never come back.

Kaoru decided that now was not the time to dwell on the past so she forced herself back into the present. As Misao and Aoshii became clearer, Kaoru knew right away that they had been arguing. Misao had a dark look upon her face and Aoshii looked like he had been slapped in the face. Kaoru wanted so badly to ask Misao what happened but she didn't have to since Misao practically blurted out that Aoshii didn't have enough money for two tickets to Hawaii so Misao had to ask her parents.

The two argued while Kaoru glanced away, she kept thinking about her dad, Misao had mentioned parents and Kaoru hadn't thought of him since the funeral. That tragedy effected Kaoru even though three years had passed. Her eyes began to tear up and she tried to hide the pain from Sano, but he had already seen.

Sano looked up at Kaoru and saw her tear brimmed eyes looking away from everyone. He gently placed his hand on her back and told her it would be alright.

Kaoru was somewhat comforted by his action, and soon her eyes weren't so glassy. Misao and Aoshii had stopped arguing and were now hugging one another.

How remarkable it was to see them two work out a problem in a short time. Then the bell rang and everybody went to there own way.

The day went by so fast since knowone did anything but talk. Kaoru had listened to her Ipod most of the day and the battery was slowly fading as she walked home. She had missed the bus as she had said goodby to Misao and Aoshi. Sano had offered a ride but Kaoru didn' t want be in the same car as Megumi.

The walk took longer then she expected and by the time she got home she was totally exhausted. She dragged her heavy feet up the stairs and into her room. Then she basically dropped everything she had carried and plopped down onto the bed. Kaoru didn't even bother taking off her shoes for her bed seemed most inviting. She thought of Enishi as her mind began to succumbed to sleep.

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Author's Notes: Im sort of sleepy so I wrote as much as I could! Please be patient with me I will have another chapter up tomorrow! Dont worry, Im no Enishi fan so there is a strong posibility that she wont end up with him in the end! Also I like happy endings!!! ^^