"You like him, don't you." Rei's comment was no question, it was a statement. But how could she understand? She was dating one of them, one of the group, the most popular group, I may add. Jun was the fiery – tempered person Rei needed, like how Ami was with Soichiro, Mako – chan with Nobuyuki, Mina - chan with Kazuya, and Usa – chan was with Mamoru. Even my own sister, Dong Yi, was dating Daisuke, and Hota – chan was dating Usagi's twin brother Hiroaki, aka Prince Cameron of the Moon. Chiba Mamoru, Sakuraza Soichiro, Yamamoto Jun, Takashi Nobuyuki, Hinote Kazuya, Hayashi Keitaro and Nakamura Daisuke made up the popular boy group, just like how Hecate, Usha, Lilith, Shiva, Dolores, Circe and Zilla made up the popular girl group. Both groups were either handsome, or beautiful, and they had to be accepted by the leader; aka Keitaro and Hecate.
I do not like Keitaro, but Minako says I do, but it's so hard to accept it. But then again, she is the goddess of love, Sailor Venus, reincarnation of Aphrodite. I just don't like men. I mean, you would not, if your father ditched your mother and married a Terran woman, and then betrayed the Earth Kingdom by becoming evil. I mean, seriously!
Anyhow, this conversation started barely five minutes ago, when Rei caught me spacing out again for the fifth time that day. At least the teachers don't complain when I space in class. After all, I'm the top of my class, get full marks in all my exams, hand in homework on time every time, the bookworm, who's not very sociable. Keitaro is my total opposite, we just won't work. He's the captain of the football team, and everyone expects him to date Hecate, who is Cheer Captain. Add in that his parents are really rich, and my parents were though well – off and could afford anything are now dead, died in a car crash, well.
This conversation also started because the Valentine's Day Ball is coming soon, and everyone is hoping Keitaro will ask them to the ball and the Valentine's Party, which will last the whole day, because they gave up on the others since they have girlfriends and will rebuff any girl. Keitaro, however, is single, and goes to the ball with a different girl every year. Talk about a flirt. I'm not going again this year – nobody asks me anyway. I'm going to surf the whole day then stay at the temple the whole night.
The girls are going with the "Populars", of course. Besides, I don't dare accept any invitations from boys nowadays, but who wouldn't, if you were invited by a boy then be stood up while your date went to the ball with another girl four years ago? Besides, I've got to practice for my surfing invitational in Malibu in two months. If you ask why I'm living at the temple, it's because my parents stated in their will that if they died when we were too young to live on our own, we would live with Rei.