In a way, you are the kindest and cruelest person I know.

If your intention was to make me fall in love with you, and then go and fall in love with someone else, it's the cruelest thing you could have done.

And yet, your saving me was the kindest deed I've ever experienced. Maybe that's why I can bring myself to forgive you. No, I can't help but forgive you.

I'm even happy for you.

No matter what, I want you to be as happy as I have been ever since the day you took me in. You deserve all of that and more. You deserve everything…

Waka.

Pulling long strands of wavy, golden hair into a high ponytail, Tetsuya hummed a tuneless song to himself under his breath. He yawned a bit before busying his hands with putting in his contacts. On this morning, too, he couldn't help but smile. Something about the air or the weather just got to him, and his lips curled up at the corners.

Life was good.

To tell the truth, the first few weeks of Tetsuya's new life here were tinged with worry and regret for him. Feelings that permeated his heart and brought upon him an overwhelming sense of guilt. He felt undeserving of this kindness and feared becoming spoiled in such an easy lifestyle.

Before long, though, these feeling he carried now began to develop, and Tetsuya devoted himself to simply repaying the debt he owed in whatever was he could. This debt was a serious one. As scary as it was for him to admit it, if Tetsuya had not been rescued when he was, he probably would not have lasted much longer.

That being the case, the debt that Tetsuya now owed was his very life.

Presently there were calls from the dojo behind him, and the very one to whom he owed so much burst forth from its doors. His hair was wild in color and style, and his face stern and expressive.

"Good morning, Waka," Tetsuya said pleasantly, smiling as he saw his savior's expression soften a bit.

"Morning." There was a pause, and then, "What are you doing here?" It was easy to tell by the lack of force in his voice that this query wasn't meant to be rude; his tone suggested mere curiosity.

"I thought I'd sweep the walk-ways," Tetsuya said lightly.

"Uh—ah, right. Is that all."

Tetsuya suppressed a laugh as he watched the man before him make that awkward expression and rub at the back of his neck. There was something endearing about those gauche moments Kasanoda had. Tetsuya just couldn't tell what, exactly.

"Are you going somewhere today?" It was a Sunday, but Kasanoda had his schoolbag slung over his shoulder.

"Nowhere in particular."

"Really?" Tetsuya raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, really. Why?" There was only the slightest hint of irritation in his voice.

This time, Tetsuya allowed himself to laugh—just a small chuckle, and he pointed with one slender finger to Kasanoda's schoolbag.

"Oh, this?" Some color spread into his cheeks. "I… I guess I grabbed it by habit." He coughed a bit.

Tetsuya smiled good-naturedly. "Ah, so I see." Inside, though, he felt a pang in his heart. I love it when you blush like that when you're looking at me.

These were the feelings that Tetsuya struggled to control. The feelings that were unbearably deep and strong, but that he knew he must keep to himself. Desperate to force them away at this very moment, he looked into Kasanoda's eyes and beamed.

"I'm thinking about going to the supermarket today. Do you need me to get anything?"

Kasanoda's eyes wandered off somewhere, as if thinking, but the answer that inevitably came was,

"Nothing in particular."

"Alright." It was no matter. He had been cooking for Kasanoda long enough to know what he liked to eat.

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Author's Notes(because I'm a dork): So ahhhh.. yes! That's what I have polished so far! Was it okay? Uhmm yeah... I made Tetsuya a megane-bishie, sort of(contacts). XD I thought it was cute... but hey, I'm the one who thinks that kind of thing is cute, right? Oh, it was weird to write as Tetsuya's inner thoughts. For the sake of this being fanfiction, I really intensified his feelings. Kasanoda, for contrast, I made to be very clueless and not really helpful in the progression of these two as a couple. Eventually I'm going to have to write him being at least a little lovey-dovey, which I'm kind of scared of, really. XD I don't have a clue how I'm going to do that. Therefore, for now, Tetsuya is going to be all alone in trying to make this into a decent love fic. Ganbatte, Ohime-sama!
To come in future parts of the story: I took Jaime and Allan's ideas for the food that Kasanoda likes to eat. So directly after this part Tetsuya will take a trip to the supermarket to get ingredients for curry, steak, and fried noodles. Somehow I'm starting to get the idea that Kasanoda's like a little kid when he eats... I don't mean that he's messy, but that he probably wouldn't like to eat really exotic things and would stick to a few favorite foods and want to eat them all the time. XDD I also want to talk about Tetsuya being a good chef, write a scene in which Tetsuya has his hair down(I don't know what kind of scene that would be, but I've always wondered what it would look like!), show a few more recognizable Ouran characters, and... gulp do some sort of a romantic or at least tense scene. How am I planning to pull that off? O.o
Err yeah, I have a sinking feeling that these comments were longer than the story itself. Forgive me? ;
Please let me know of your requests for the story... Who should Tetsuya meet up with at the grocery store? Do you think Kasanoda and Tetsuya should eat in a Japanese-styled room or a western-styled one? Any other requests? Let me know!