This made me sniffle. It's very short, I'm sorry.

Kyoko looked up at the ceiling and blinked out the tear in her eye.

"Stupid water, get out of my eyes!" she told it though made no move to wipe the tear away. She took in a shaky breath.

She got through another day.

Isn't that just great?

All she had to do was get through one more day, then another, then another and keep going until she didn't need him anymore.

"I can live without him." Kyoko thought. "Most everyone else does. So can I!" she let another tear fall from her eye.

Surely her dear friend Tsuruga Ren could live without her.

This brought a new batch of tears that Kyoko let fall from her face.

"If I could just be around him, I would be so very happy. To see his face, whether sad or happy or.. Or anything really. I'm happy again when I'm with him."

Kyoko started sobbing.

"No. No it can't be. I can't love him. I can't, I can't. I won't let me." she held her legs close to herself. "But I do. Oh Ren, I love you. I wish you could hear me. I wish you knew. Do you think of me at all when we're not together? Am I just a troublesome kouhai to you? I wish you could love me because, I love you."

The next morning Kyoko was smiling and skipping to the LoveMe section, acting as if nothing was wrong. It was probably her best performance ever. She had been using it for a long time. She looked over.

"Tsuruga-San! Yashiro-San!" she ran over and bowed to them. "Good morning. Let's work hard today!" she said.

"Good morning," the two men responded.

"Kyoko-chan," Yashiro said "You look happy this morning."

"I'm always happy." Kyoko responded and looked at Ren. "Every day I come to LME." she smiled. "Goodbye for now." she sang and skipped away. Every step she took away from Ren was a stab in her heart. Why couldn't she just become invisible so she could be with him everywhere, but no one would see?

"Ren," Yashiro said. "You have that look on your face again."

"What face?"

"If any other girl sees you looking like that, they'll melt."

Ren looked back at Kyoko happily skipping away greeting everyone.

"But she'll never see it." he said.

Ok here's the deal, if I get 15 requests for more to this story, I'll write one... maybe two. So if you want more, then ask.