Chapter 2

Tension

Kuwabara stared at Yusuke, his mouth speaking no words. "Did he just say 'I love you'?" he thought. Nothing could have prepared him for this moment. "Well?" Yusuke muttered.

"Well…what?"

"What do you feel?"

"…" Did he even feel anything? He had been fighting Yusuke for so long that he never really knew. Did he feel love, hate, or something in between? Not knowing what to say, he grabbed Yusuke's hand and said, "Urameshi, I like you, but…not in that way. I'm sorry." He let go of Yusuke's hand and walked out the door.

Yusuke's heart sank. His emotions shattered inside him. He remained frozen for a while, but then lay down on his bed. "I should've expected this," he thought to himself, as a single tear rolled down from his eye.

It had been a week since anyone had seen Yusuke at all. No one found him at school, not even on the roof. Even Kuwabara started to worry about him. Ever since he darted out of the house he wondered about what he really did feel. When he left from school, Keiko came up to him. She asked, "Have you seen Yusuke?"

"No; haven't seen him for a week."

"Me either. I hope he's okay…"

'Uh…Keiko?"

"Yes?"

"Do you know?"

"Know what, Kuwabara?"

"You know…do you know…"

"Oh! Yes, I know. And I'm guessing that you do too. Look, Kuwabara, Yusuke's serious about you. Running away doesn't solve anything. I'd say that you need to sort out your feelings and tell him, one way or another, about how you really feel."

Keiko walked off, leaving Kuwabara speechless. "Is she telepathic?" he thought. Thinking over what she said, he realized that he needed to sort this out. He needed to get his feelings straight an tell Yusuke what he really felt. He ran off towards Yusuke's house, sorting his feelings off one by one. He reached the house; he tried turning the doorknob. Locked. He kicked the door open and ran to where Yusuke's room was. His door was locked as well, but this time Kuwabara just banged on the door, yelling, "Urameshi! You in there?" He was about to bang on the door again, but he heard a *click* from the doorknob. The door opened, and the sight destroyed Kuwabara's emotions.

Yusuke's whole appearance would have made even tha happiest person feel depressed. His hair was very messy instead of the usual slicked back style. His face was tear-streaked from days of crying. He was in the same clothes he was in a week ago. The emotionless face stared for a moment, until is muttered out silently, "Hey, Kuwabara."

"What happened to you, Urameshi?"

"Oh, you know, just in seclusion for a week after my heart was broken."

"Urameshi…I didn't mean to…"

"Well, I'm sure that you have better things to do than make sure that I'm okay, so you can just-"

"No! I came to tell you that I…I…"

What will Kuwabara say? Find out next time on the next chapter of "The Fighter's Love"!

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