What If #1:

"What If after the party in Yahiro's house, when Yahiro told Hikari that Kei likes her and when Kei challenged Hikari to tell him what Yahiro told her, she didn't accept the challenge"

"Tell me…" Kei started fiercely. "What Yahiro told you." He added.

Kei and Hikari was at the greenhouse under a shade of a tree. Hikari was sitting and looking up at Kei and Kei was just standing there, waiting for an answer. Hikari gulped.

"Ah..about that..uhmm.." Hikari started nervously, her cheeks getting hot. Kei just looked at her.

"What? Tell me." Kei said, seriously.

"Uhm…" She started. Then she got up, smiled and pose with a peace sign. "It's nothing! I'm completely fine." Hikari smiled.

Kei just looked at her, clearly not convinced by her acting. She just kept her pose but after a while she gave up and walked away.

'What the hell did Yahiro told her?' Kei thought. Looking at Hikari's back.

'How would he expect me to say that thing to him?' Hikari thought. 'And why am I hesitating to tell him anyway?' she thought more.

~Tea Time~

"WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! FOOD!!" Tadashi shouted as he jumped to the table but before he could, a stone hit him in the head.

"It's not for you idiot." Akira said as she smiled to Hikari and gave her some.

"Evil woman." Tadashi whispered but unfortunately Akira heard him and went to him with her dark aura rising.

"I dare you to say it again." Akira said as she stomped on his face.

"My bad, my bad..sorry!" Tadashi pleaded and they continued their fight.

"Oh yeah, Hiiiikaaarriiii!!! I have a to spend the vacation with you!!! Let's go to Europe! Oh, everyone can come." Akira smiled.

"Wow, a trip." Hikari smiled.

"I'm really busy." Kei interrupted. Akira glared at him.

"We don't need you." Akira hissed.

"No!!! We can't go to Europe!! If we're going to have a group trip, it should be in the wild!" Tadashi said, dreaming of his own trip.

"If we're in the wild, it means animals right?" Ryuu interrupted but Jun and Megumi shoved his face away.

"We prefer a trip with no animals!" Jun stated.

"Music and song trip please!" Megumi wrote in her notepad.

"We can sing to Ryuu whenever we like." Jun said, smiling while he and Megumi hugged Ryuu.

"Ahhhh!! What has become of my dream?!" Akira said.

"Wow, they're really taking it seriously." Hikari commented as she looked at the fighting animals, I mean, her classmates. Suddenly, Kei stood up and started to suggest.

"Well, we'll settle this with a shoubu." He said, taking this opportunity for something.

"Shoubu?!" everyone said.

"But if we have a contest, we're sure that you'll win." Tadashi said.

"I don't care where we're going, I hand my authority to decide the place to he runner up." Kei said as he smiled.

Hikari is just as quiet as possible. Kei looked at her and started to commence the start of his plan. He smiled sarcastically, Hikari froze.

"But if I win, YOU are going to answer the question that I asked the last time." Kei stated, Hikari just looked at him.

'Damn, it's a challenge, if I accept, he will know and If I don't, I'll be a loser' Hikari thought, still staring at him. Kei just waited for an answer.

"Don't tell me that you're planning on chickening out?" Kei started, to fire up her mood, but it didn't change, she just kept on thinking.

'What the hell, If I accept, I'll end up losing anyway, so what's the point of accepting.' She thought. Everyone stared at her.

"What? She's thinking twice, and she's awfully quiet." Akira whispered.

"And Kei's just using us to get something out of her." Tadashi pointed out.

"No Way, Hikari will not lose to that monster." Akira smiled.

Then, Hikari looked down. Everyone waited for a voice explosion that says "FINE! I'LL NEVER LOSE TO YOU!" but they were shocked when they heard,

"I…don't accept." Hikari stated clearly. Kei's eyes widened. Everyone gasped.

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"WHAT?! Hikari rejected a challenge!!!" Tadashi shouted and Akira punched him in the head.

"Hikari." Kei whispered, worry written all over his face.

Hikari stood up and started to walk away. Everyone stared at her. Akira got close to her.

"Hey, Hikari, You okay?" Akira said, worry clearly evident in her voice, she held Hikari's shoulder to stop her from going. Hikari smiled weakly, she took Akira's hand off her shoulder.

"Yeah, Im fine." She said and she walked away.

Everyone just stared at her. Her lonely aura remaining inside until..

"KEI!!!! What the hell did you ask her?!?!?!" Akira shouted as she threw all things in sight to Kei [she even threw Tadashi.], but Kei just avoided it all. He was still looking at the place where Hikari rejected his challenge. Everyone felt awkward.

"Kei." Ryuu started, Kei looked at him.

"I know." Kei said and Ryuu smiled, Kei went out the greenhouse to find Hikari. He searched the school, calmly of course, but she was nowhere to be found.

"I guess she went home." Kei said, just then, he heard someone sobbing. He looked around and saw a long hair swaying behind a tree. He moved closer and heard Hikari's voice. He listened.

"What the hell? I just rejected a challenge! And challenges is what I love the most! What's my problem?! Why am I protecting what he said?! Why can't I say it out loud?!" Hikari sobbed. Then a voice in her head answered her.

'Because, you don't want to hear him saying "You know that's not true, I don't love you." You're afraid to get hurt, you're afraid of rejection.' Her thoughts told her. She continued to cry. "WAHHH!! SHUT UP YOU STUPID VOICE!" Hikari shouted, totally talking to herself. "Right, so now I'm going crazy." She added.

Kei listened closely, so close that he was standing beside her. Hikari noticed a shadow and looked beside her, she saw Kei. She quickly stepped back and turned around, wiping her red eyes.

'I can't let him see me like this, he'll say that I'm such a loser.' Hikari thought, but her tears wont stop. Kei looked at her back and tapped her shoulder.

"Why are you crying?" He asked. "And why are you talking to yourself?" he added.

"I'M NOT CRYING!" Hikari shouted, still not looking at Kei. "and I'm not crazy!" she added.

"Really? If you're not crying, then why can't you face me?" Kei said.

"Because! Your face is annoying!" Hikari reasoned out. Kei snorted.

"Is what Yahiro told you really that important that you'll even reject a challenge?" Kei said, seriously.

"uh…that.." Hikari started, trying to find her words.

Kei held her shoulders and turned her to face him, he saw her puffed eyes, he felt sad. Tears were still falling from her eyes as she refused to look at him straight in the eye.

"Sorry, I'm really sorry for bothering you about what he said. It's okay if you don't want to say it. Just be back to your normal self, okay?" Kei said, looking in her eyes.

Hikari can't keep it anymore, she lunged forward and hugged Kei with all her might. She hugged him as though her life depended on him. Kei was shocked but nevertheless, hugged her back. She continued to cry in his chest, they were now lying in the grass with Hikari on top of Kei while Kei was hugging her.

"I…*sob* don't…know *sob*….how to deal…*sob* with these things..*sob*" Hikari told Kei. Kei sat up, still hugging Hikari, Hikari broke off and looked at her lap.

"It's just that…. *sob* Yahiro told me that…*sob*" she started. Kei just waited.

"He…he…*sob* He told me that you..*sob*" she continued.

"Me? What about me?" Kei asked.

"You…you…that you might be in love with me!" Hikari said, her cheeks turning red. Kei's eyes widened. Hikari still didn't look up. Kei looked at her, he held her chin and made her look up at him.

"Why didn't you want to tell me?" Kei asked. Hikari avoided eye contact, she looked the other way.

"Because, I know that when I tell you, you'll say that it's not true, so what's the point of saying it in the 1st place?" Hikari looked at him and forced a smile.

Kei knew that she was faking it so he decided to tell the truth.

"Then, what If I tell you it's true? Would you believe me?" Kei asked as he held Hikari's hand.

"True?? Wha-? That'll be impossible, you have high standards." Hikari forced to laugh as she snatched her arm away. Then, Kei did the unpredictable, [or maybe predictable]. He slowly went forward and kissed her lips. Hikari was shocked but after a while, she gave in. They shared a sweet kiss for a moment then broke off. Hikari was blushing, as well as Kei. He looked back at her.

"So, do you believe me now?" Kei asked. Hikari looked at him, teary eyed.

"But, how?, you are Takishima! You should have high standards in picking girls!" Hikari said, still blushing. Kei sighed.

"You are the highest leveled girl I've ever met." Kei said as he stroked her cheeks. Hikari smiled. Kei motioned her to sit on his lap and she did as she was told. He hugged her and she leaned her back on him.

"So, you were afraid because you thought I might reject you?" Kei teased.

"You have a very high self-confidence." Hikari said as she shoved his face away.

"Haha, but it really took a while for you to realize your feelings, I've been showing my affection to you since we've been together in elementary." Kei said.

"Really? How come I didn't realize?" Hikari sweatdropped.

"Because you're dense, everyone in S.A. knows about this too." Kei said.

"Really?! Aww. Haha." Hikari laughed. Kei buried his head on her hair and whispered.

"I love you." He whispered. Hikari's heartbeat was about to explode but it didn't. She smiled and kissed Kei on the lips.

"I love you too." She said and they stood up and walked back to the greenhouse together.

While walking, they heard an annoying voice.

"HANAZONO-SAN!!!!!" the president shouted.

"Huh?" Hikari looked around and saw the president running towards her and stopped in front of her.

"What is it?" Hikari asked. Kei just looked at them.

"Would you like to join class A for a tea?" the president asked.

"She doesn't want to." Kei answered for her, his dark aura/evil alter-ego coming up. Hikari sweat dropped. The president was frightened but still he waited for an answer from Hikari. Hikari just smiled at the president.

"Yeah, what he said." Hikari smiled, the president was shocked.

"What?! You're taking orders from your rival, Ms. Hanazono!" the president pointed out.

Hikari smiled at the president and held Kei's hand, Kei looked at her and Hikari looked back, smiling.

"Yeah, I take orders from my rival, he's my boyfriend after all." Hikari smiled at the president. Kei looked at her, shocked at what she said. The president's world was shattered at what he heard.

"Are you serious?" Kei whispered.

"B-b-b-oyf-f-r-ri-end-d-d?!" the president shouted.

"Yup!" Hikari smiled cheerfully at both of them.

"You heard her, now get out of here." Kei said calmly as he looked evilly at the president.

"Ah! Gomen, gomen Takishima-san! I'm going!" the president said as he ran away.

Hikari laughed at Kei. Kei looked at her, confused.

"Why are you laughing?" Kei asked, holding hands with her.

"Nothing, it's just that you look cute when you're jealous!" Hikari said.

"Well, it's because of you." Kei said, blushing. Hikari smiled.

"You don't have to be jealous. I'm yours all the time, Kei." Hikari said, emphasizing his name. Kei looked at her.

"Wow, it's the 1st time you've said my name." Kei said.

"Yup, and I'll be calling you Kei from now on. I was afraid to call you that before because my feelings of love will overflow, but now it's okay." Hikari smiled. They walked back to the greenhouse together, hand in hand.

*A/N: see, everything can change when you use your imagination. Sorry, it's just a little bit "fast-forwarded" because I just love Hikari and Kei ending up together. Kinda boring. That's for "What If? #1!' look out for the next ones!