Chapter 2: A Special Night
(A/N: It was about…10pm here…)
Than night, Ruka was seen lying down on the elementary dorm's roof, looking at the moon.
Both Natsume and Ruka knew that a certain brunette was liked by each other. He was thinking about what would happen if he told her already…
Then a purple-eyed girl in her uniform saw him there, so went up to him.
"Hey, why are you here?" Hotaru asked.
Ruka was started by her voice, and was a little surprised to know someone saw him there. But, even so, he answered.
"I should be the one asking you that."
"Anyway, where's Natsume?" Hotaru said, sitting down beside him.
"Busy, I think…"
They both stared at the moon for a while. Then Hotaru broke the silence.
"Thinking about her again, huh?"
"Wh-what are you saying..!?" Ruka said, slightly blushing.
"I'm talking about Mikan, baka."
"I know that…"
"Why not just confess to her?"
There was short silence.
"Nat--" Hotaru cut his words.
" 'Natsume likes her.' Yes, I know that."
"Demo…" Ruka said, feeling a little nervous.
"Baka, you're just a plain coward, aren't you? The Last Dance is about to come."
"Demo…Sakura likes him better…Unlike me, Natsume is able to make her feel better, away from her problems…"
"You're one pathetic idiot, you know? Once you tell her how you feel, she'll just make her own choice, and it wouldn't be too hard keeping everything you feel inside anymore."
Ruka didn't react from what she had said.
They stared at each other for a while, until Hotaru was looking at the moon.
"You know, I like the moon…" she smiled a small and rare smile not likely for many to see, but Ruka saw it.
"It's just so bright…and amazing…"
"No wonder you admire such things." Ruka said, giggling a little.
Hotaru then stood up.
"I'm going now, it's getting late."
"Wait--"
Ruka suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"…just tell me…why you're here…"
Unlikely for Hotaru to say, but even so, she whispered,
"…because I'm concerned…" she said with her head bowed down, her bangs covering her eyes.
She thought it had been a long time since she said something like that, but never yet to a boy.
She whispered it soft, but Ruka still heard it.
His eyes grew wide. He was startled with what the girl next to him just said.
"Imai, you…" he whispered, clearly seeing the shock in his voice.
"So you heard me." she said, turning to his direction.
"Go to bed now, it's late. You might not even wake early tomorrow." she added.
Hotaru then got down and went to her room, leaving Ruka alone there.
Ruka was really shocked with what she just said.
He recalled other things Hotaru told him for his own happiness, even though she was having a lot of fun blackmailing him.
After a while, he noticed he was blushing over some blackmailer whom he never noticed all the while.
'Darn, Ruka, don't tell me..!' he thought to himself.
Then he went down and went straight to his room.
After changing, he went to bed.
He couldn't sleep, he was thinking too much about what the girl, who has always blackmailed him, had said.
A/N: Hehe, so what'dya think? Sorry if the chapter's kinda short, compared to other fics. Anyways, on to the next chapter! (And don't forget to review!)
