Opposites Attract

The snow fell heavily outside the window. Kiri sighed and lay her head down on her desk, staring at the breathtaking scene. The windows were slowly beginning to coat in ice. For those listening to the teacher drone on and on about calculus, they couldn't hear the tiny cracking sound the freezing window made, the same way Kiri heard it. Finally there was the magical sound, the only one that got you out of class, other than the fire alarm. The bell rang loud throughout the hallways signaling the end of school. Kiri sighed. Now all that was left was to brave the Christmas holidays. She began to tidy up her books and slowly trudged on to her locker. By the time she had reached this faraway destination everyone had basically already left. She stuffed her books in and slammed the door closed, locked it, and began the long journey to the other side of the school where the exit was. She placed her hand on the freezing metal handle when she heard someone call her name. " Koshiba-san!" she turned around to see Ochiai jogging up to her. " Hm?" she simply mumbled, keeping a bored expression on her face.

He frowned, she could have at least shown some expression on her face, " We're having an S.P meeting."

It was her turn to frown, " Now?" she complained in an irritated tone.

" Yes now!" he said, and began to walk back to the S.P meeting room before she could retort.

Kiri sighed, not having a choice in the matter. She walked considerably slower than Ochiai and therefore arrived much later than he did. Of course this tardiness was met with a series of shouts from Narumi. " WHAT THE HELL! OCHIAI ARRIVED TEN MINUTES BEFORE YOU AND HE WENT TO GO GET YOU! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WAITING?"

Kiri rolled her eyes, " Ten minutes?"

Narumi hated that sort of attitude from her, so he exploded, " YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART! THEN WHY THE HELL COULDN'T YOU HAVE WALKED FASTER?" he fumed when he saw that she had just walked past him and sat down in a random chair. " I WAS TALKING TO YOU! AND THAT'S MY CHAIR!"

She looked up boredly at him and went to go sit at the opposite side of the table. " THAT'S MY CHAIR TOO!" and so it went on until Kiri ran out of chairs to sit in. She ended up standing by the wall, nodding off while Narumi glared at her from his seat as head of the table. Reluctantly, the rest of the club sat down at the table of the crazed boy.

The rest of the meeting went smoothly; or as smoothly as things could have gone. Other than the shouting, the yelling, the sarcastic remarks, and the "looks", everything was fine.

It was hours later before the meeting was finally over. They all finally sighed as Narumi finally quieted down. Peace at long last. But this peace was short lived when they discovered they were locked inside the school. " WWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAATTTTTTT???" roared Narumi.

" You're so loud…" Kiri complained.

Narumi turned swiftly, " WELL WHAT IF I WANT TO BE LOUD?"

Kiri snorted, " Knock yourself out…" she sighed. " Literally…" she mumbled just loud enough for him to hear.

Narumi opened his mouth to shout again once more when Kiri interrupted him, " Oh shut up." And she turned and walked off.

Narumi was boiling mad, " WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?"

Kiri sighed and rolled her eyes, " To find a way out Mr. Genius." and walked around a corner and out of sight.

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A few hours later the team slumped in their meeting room in defeat. " Damn…" Narumi mumbled. " Damn… damn…damn…damn…" he repeated over and over again. Kiri rubbed some sleep out of her eyes and walked to the door.

" Where are you going?" Narumi demanded.

She simply walked out the door and down the hallway.

He leapt out of his seat and began to follow her. " I SAID, where are you going?"

Kiri turned and glared at him, " To go get a drink." And she walked off once more.

Narumi followed her, " Why don't you just take one of Kei's drinks?"

She let out an exaggerated sigh, " I need to go to the washroom too! Or are you going to follow me there too?" with that she walked off.

Narumi frowned and walked back to the S.P meeting room and slammed the door behind himself. He mumbled something under his breath and slumped in a nearby chair. Ochiai sighed, " Well I'll go see if there's a way out, Aoyama, you coming?" the shy little girl could only nod and follow. Narumi grumbled. It was just him and Kei left. They couldn't get a hold of Iori before he left, so they didn't bother tracking him down.

Narumi was definitely the impatient type. " Damn it where is everyone?" Kei only shrugged and opened a new bag of chips. After FIVE WHOLE MINUTES Narumi couldn't contain himself any longer and stormed over to the door. He flung it open and bumped into Kiri, sending them both flying back.

" What…the…hell…" Kiri mumbled, rubbing her sore back that hit the ground, Narumi doing similarly. It wasn't until his head stopped ringing that he heard Kei giggling. " WHAT?" he roared, already in a bad mood.

Kiri cleared her throat, " Yeah… don't look up."

" What…?" Narumi said, puzzled, and looked up. There, hanging from the top bar of the doorframe, between him and Kiri, was a mistletoe. " HELL NO!" he hollered and leapt up from the spot, only to discover Kiri was already gone.

Kei could only continue giggling…

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Kei was drinking his pop when it accidentally slipped from his hands and spilled all over the floor. " Oops." Narumi only threw him a look and got up. " Come on, let's go get a mop." And with that the two boys made their way to the custodian's closet. Narumi opened the door and reached for a mop, he was surprised by a puddle and tripped over, landing face first onto the floor. " Smooth." He heard Kiri, who happened to be passing by, say. He could only growl. Kei backed up and had a mischievous grin on his face. Kiri rolled her eyes and walked over to him and offered a hand. Reluctantly he took it, but was soon back on the ground as Kei pushed Kiri into him, and quickly closed the door. Somewhat instinctively he wrapped his arms around Kiri protectively as they fell, crashing into a wall. " Ow…" he mumbled. The two of them could hear Kei laughing and walking off. " I'LL KILL YOU KEI!"

He turned to glare at Kiri to find her eyes widened in shock. " What?" she simply stared at the door. " What, WHAT?!" he shouted at her. She gulped. " I just remembered… the custodian's door locks from the outside…"

Narumi's eyes widened in horror, "WWWHHHHHAAAATTTT???!!!" he grabbed the door handle and turned it, only to find it was, indeed, locked. He banged on the door, shouting for help as Kiri slumped down against a wall. " NOOOO!!!" he cried out in defeat after about fifteen minutes. He too slumped down and gazed at her, only to find her already asleep. It definitely didn't help that the closet was only a meter on each side. Well half a meter on one side since the supplies took up room. For some reason his heart was pounding in his chest. Was he turning claustrophobic, or was it the fact that he was so close to Kiri?

The two sat facing each other for some time before Kiri woke up. " Hm…" she mumbled.

He sighed. It was an awkward silence. A few minutes later Kiri fell asleep again. He grumbled. She slept too much for her own good. Then she seemed to shift and sat beside Narumi. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest. He tried not to look at her, but she looked so peaceful… he slapped himself mentally for having such thoughts. But those thoughts came rushing back when she rested her head on his shoulder. His heart's pounding rang in his head. Suddenly Kiri jolted away,

"Woah, what's that sound?" she mumbled, and yawned. As she yawned she happened to look up, then quickly snapped her head to look at the wall. Curious, Narumi too looked up. "What the hell…" he growled. Mistletoes seemed to be everywhere.

They sat there uncomfortably, each one aware of the mistletoe dangling above their head, urging them to throw caution to the wind. There was a really awkward silence before, of course, Kiri fell asleep. Narumi sighed, " I swear that girl does nothing but sleep and eat…" he mumbled, and tensed as he felt her relax and slowly slide towards him. His heart skipped a beat, then raced faster than ever, seemingly making up for the skipped beats in his life as Kiri's head touched down onto his shoulder.

He couldn't help it, the feeling of being hopelessly lost dawned on him, and he found himself staring at Kiri. Not exactly sure what possessed him, he brought a hand up and brushed a few strands of hair from her face.

At the moment of contact, Kiri's eyes drifted open slowly, only to find Narumi's face inches from hers. Her face grew bright red. Narumi's face too became red when he noticed she was awake. Neither one moved. The gap between them seemed to close, but at the last moment someone turned the handle on the door and flung it open. They quickly sat up straight. Kei giggled, " Oops, I didn't know I was interrupting something!" and began to close the door. " KEI!" Narumi roared, and caught the door in time, " I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" and chased Kei down the hallway.

Kiri caught the door before it closed and got out. The last moment was… well normally she'd say awkward but it was somewhat… nice. It sent a tingle traveling through her body as she thought about it.

Narumi raced after Kei, who took refuge in the S.P clubroom. He arrived to see that Ochiai and Aoyama had already returned.

Ochiai looked up from his laptop, " Where were you? And where's Kiri?"

Narumi threw a look at the giggling Kei, " HE," he said, jabbing a finger at Kei, " locked me and Kiri in the janitor's closet!" Kei burst out laughing. Narumi frowned and sighed in defeat, " Whatever… say, where's Kiri?" he said, getting up.

Ochiai and looked suspiciously at Narumi. Since when did he call her Kiri? Narumi opened the door an, as before, bumped into Kiri who just HAPPENED to be walking in at the exact same time. She flew back, and Narumi caught her by the wrist just in time. " Oooo!!" He heard Kei coo. It was then that everyone's attention was drawn to the mistletoe above Narumi and Kiri. " Oh, what the heck." Narumi muttered, and pulled her in. He wrapped his arms around her and smashed his lips onto hers. Her eyes flew wide open, but as realization dawned on her of the current situation, she closed her eyes and let her thoughts and lips be consumed by Narumi.

Meanwhile, Kei sat in his corner and grinned evilly.

Author's Note: okay for those of you from my Naruto series I'm sorry but I had to put this story down before I forgot it :3 right now I'm having a writer's block with the Naruto story… so mssg me if u have any suggestions! Anyways on with Beauty Pop… btw if u want to read Beauty Pop they have it on up to volume 7 in English :3