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Kylie drops onto the bench beside Jo, glancing over at the television and making a face at the gore shown on the screen.
"What are you watching, Jo?"
"A movie," is the only reply she gets as the silvery-white haired girl dips another French fry in the ketchup and eats it.
Kylie rolls her eyes, "Like I couldn't figure that."
Jo finally turns her red eyes on the other girl's green ones, "You know it calms me down, Kyle."
"Yeah, yeah," Kylie mocks, leaning her back against Jo and pulling her knee to her chest, picking at a scar that was there.
"Leave that alone," Jo says not looking at what she was doing.
"It's bothering me," Kylie says, still picking at the scar.
Jo turns towards the girl again, "You're going to cut it open again," Jo says placing her hand on the other girls, stopping the picking.
"Why are you being so mean today?" Kylie asks softly, "You didn't even say two words to me today when you woke up."
"I'm sorry about that. My mind has been everywhere lately. I'm not trying to ignore you."
"Don't put so much on yourself, Jo. I can shoulder some of the work around here, you know," Kylie says resting her chin on her shoulder and placing a soft kiss on Jo's lips.
Jo leans her head against Kylie's, "I know, Kyle, but I don't want to see you get hurt."
"And you think I want you to get hurt?" Kylie asks turning her head away from Jo's.
"Kyle, it's different with you. You're not used to this combat lifestyle."
"I won't break, Jo," Kylie says standing and leaving the kitchen.
Jo looks after her, "Kyle," she rolls her eyes before turning back to the television, "Damn brat," she mutters picking up another fry.
Kyohei watches the exchange, drying dishes, "You were a little…"
"Say another word and I'll kill you," Jo says angrily.
Kyohei quickly turns back to the sink. Jo turns her head to look after Kylie again before standing quickly and following Kylie's trail through the car-mobile.
Sei turns towards Kylie as she walks outside, "Are you okay?"
"I hate her," Kylie says kicking the stairs.
"Jo?" Sei asks nodding, "What did she do now?"
Kylie shakes her head, "Nothing. I'm just being stupid."
Sei smiles to herself before walking over to Kylie and placing her arms on either side of Kylie's shoulders, leaning her forehead against the younger teens, "Jo cares for you. She just has a hard way of showing it. Don't think too much into it. She wants to protect you. Which means she cares."
"But she goes out of her way to protect you three also. Especially Megumi."
"Her and Meg have been friends for a while though. But her feelings for Meg aren't the same as what she feels for you."
Sei kisses her forehead and smiles when she sees Jo leaning against the door, narrowing her eyes at the two, "Ask her yourself, dear," Sei says nodding to Jo.
Kylie turns quickly and crosses her arms when she spots Jo, "What?"
"Let's talk," Jo says not taking her eyes from Kylies.
"I don't want to, Jo. I'm tired, right now. Let's talk tomorrow."
Jo narrows her eyes before walking down the stairs and roughly grabbing Kylie's wrist and pulling her back into the car-mobile.
"Ow," Kylie says trying to pull her arm away from the angry girl, "Jo will you stop?"
Jo opens her door and pushes Kylie inside before walking inside herself and closing the door, "Stop being stubborn," Jo says still facing the door, "I know that I have been distant these last couple of weeks and I'm sorry about that, but that doesn't change the fact that if you go out there and try to fight then something is going to happen to you and I don't want to see that happen, Kyle."
Kylie sighs, still angry, but also feeling a little guilty, "But you let Meg go with you."
"Meg… Will you get off my freaking back about Meg? Damn it, Kyle. You know what the extent of Meg and my relationship is," Jo says turning quickly and pinning Kylie to the wall, "Why do you always have to go and try to make it into something more? Damn, you're so aggravating. I love Meg, but I'm not in love with her. I'm tired of trying to convince you of that fact. If you don't want to be with me, because you're afraid that I'm going to go to Meg, than tell me now, because I don't want to waste anymore of my time."
"Is that what I am? A waste of your time?"
Jo punches the wall beside Kylie, "I never said that, Kyle. Stop twisting around my words to make it something that you want to hear."
"Why in the hell would I want to hear that? Stop being stupid, Jo."
"You better tall me what you want Kyle, because this going around the merry-go-round routine that we have going on is getting old."
Kylie shifts her eyes away from Jo's.
"Look at me," Jo commands grabbing her chin and pulling her face up to look into her eyes, "Do you love me? I want to know."
"What about you?"
"What about me, Kyle?"
Kylie pushes Jo away from her, startling Jo, as Kylie had never pushed Jo before, but the teen recovers her footing quickly and stops by the bed.
"What do you feel for me, Jo? Because you know, you're always asking what I feel for you and I have told you, but you have never said anything to me. I know that you're like this macho woman and everything, but that does NOT matter to me. I don't care about how well you can fight or any of that stuff. I love you, Jo, but if you don't return those feelings then why are we bothering with this relationship. I need to know how you feel about me, Jo. Because you're right, you know, this merry-go-round routine is getting old."
"That's the first time that you've ever told me that you love me," Jo says searching Kylie's eyes for truth.
"I do," Kylie says, running a hand through her brown hair and sighing, "I'm done, Jo. I'm tired of putting everything I have into making you happy and you not caring."
"I do care," Jo says gripping Kylie's arms, "I just have a hard time showing that I care."
Jo leans her head against Kylie's before kissing her. Kylie moans into the kiss before realizing that she was still mad and pulling away quickly. Jo sighs loudly and looks up at the ceiling, trying not to get too angry at Kylie, "What do you want me to do, Kylie."
"Nothing," she purses her lips, "Maybe we should take a break from each other. Just long enough to clear our heads. And figure out what we really want."
Kylie was speaking softly barely over a whisper, but every word felt like a knife to the heart, "Why do you think we need this break?"
"Because I need it," Kylie says taking a step forward and kissing Jo on the forehead, "I'm sorry."
Jo watches as Kylie goes to the door, opening it and letting three people fall into the room. Jo narrows her eyes at Meg, Amy, and Kyohei, "You know that eavesdropping is rude, don't you."
Kylie looks back at Jo once more before stepping over the bodies sprawled on the floor and going to her room, locking the door before falling to the floor, letting the tears that she had been holding in fall from her eyes. Meg sits up and looks at Jo, while Kyohei and Amy still try to untangle themselves.
"Are you okay, Jo?"
"I'm fine," she says scrunching up her nose before stepping over the bodies also.
"Where are you going?" Meg calls after her.
Jo doesn't even turn around, just puts her coat on, "Out."
Hello, another story, Burst Angel this time. Yeah, but anyways. I really like this idea and hopefully I can carry it out the way that I want it to be carried out. If you like Death Note, then check out Death Note: The Musical, coming soon to a fanfiction page near you. Love to all my readers and reviewers.