Summary: TK and Kari are pretty much 'the perfect couple' in their sophomore class and two of the most popular kids in high school. But when someone from Kari's not so long ago past moves to Odiaba, will "the perfect couple" stay "the perfect couple" or will everything come to a crashing end?
You Save Me
'Keep Your Hands To Yourself'
(don't own The Calling either)
"Who the hell is that hottie with Kari Kamiya?" Jessica Garcia asked to her personal entourage of girls.
"I don't know but he is reallyhott!" Answered one of the girls.
"I don't get it. How does Kari Kamiya get all the hott guys? She stole TK from me last year and immediately befriends the new hott guy this year! It's not fair!" Jessica complained as she continued to stare at them from across the outdoor courtyard.
"She seems to be awfully friendly with him..." another girl observed, watching them laugh and flirt.
"Maybe she'll leave TK for him and then you can have TK again," said another girl.
"I don't care which one she chooses, I just want one of them," replied Jessica.
"Who was that?" Cody asked curiously.
"Her ex-boyfriend," TK coldly answered.
"Her ex-boyfriend?" Davis asked, shocked.
"No Davis, that's her long lost brother," TK said sarcastically.
"Wait..." Davis replied, "I'm confused."
"YES, that's her ex-boyfriend!" TK exclaimed, clearly aggravated.
"They seem very... friendly." Cody said, searching for the right words.
"You don't think she'd leave you for him...do you?" Yolie asked, "you know, since they use to date and all?"
"I don't know..." answered TK worriedly. 'I don't want to think about it!'
The rest of the day, Kari spent her free time with Willis. She gave him a personal tour of the school while they caught up on everything they missed while living on opposite ends of the world.
"So do ya have a boyfriend?" Willis finally asked.
"Yeah, I do." Kari answered. She saw his smile turn to an instant frown. "I'm sorry Willis."
"No, no it's alright," replied Willis as he gave her a fake smile. "As long as you're happy."
"No it's not ok. I know you too well. I can see right through that fake smile," said Kari. "You still love me, don't you?"
"More than ya will ever know," he sadly replied.
"I love you too Willis but..." paused Kari.
"But what?" Willis impatiently asked, waiting for to continue.
"I can't love you. I love someone else now. And he loves me so much, I could never break his heart." Kari answered, "but we're still friends right?"
"Yeah," Willis answered and nodded his head. "We're still friends."
Around 7:00 o'clock that night, TK got ready for his movie night with Kari. He was looking forward to getting away from all the wedding planning for several hours and spend some quality time with his girlfriend. He left his apartment a little early to make sure he got to spend as much time with her as possible. When he got to Kari's apartment and he let himself in.
"Hey TK," said Kari, popping up from the couch and greeted him with a smile.
"Hey Kari," TK smiled but suddenly frowned when he saw Willis sitting next to her on the couch. He walked directly into the kitchen and Kari joined him. "No offense to him but I thought it was gonna be JUST us."
"I'm sorry, it's just the first time we've seen each other since I moved," explained Kari. "I hope you don't mind."
TK did mind but for this one occasion, he could tolerate a guest on their movie night. Willis got up from the couch and joined them in the kitchen. He figured he better get to know the guy who was dating his ex-girlfriend.
"Hi, I'm Willis" he introduced himself in broken Japanese and held out his hand. "You must TK. Kari told me so much about ya."
"Hi," replied TK, ignoring the outreached hand in front of him. Willis awkwardly drew back his hand and scratched the back of his head, as if he never offered his hand in the first place.
"Well, I hope it's alright with you guys but I really want to see Anchorman 2," said Kari. She could feel the tension in the kitchen and needed to distract to the two boys. She picked up the rental DVD on the counter and walked over to the DVD player.
"Ya know I love that movie Kari," added Willis as he followed her into the living room. TK reluctantly followed and sat down on the couch, sitting as far away as possible from Willis. While the previews played, Kari went into the kitchen to prepare the popcorn and drinks. She came back a couple minutes later and set the snacks on the coffee table and reluctantly took her seat between the two boys on the couch. As soon as she sat down, both TK and Willis tried to put their arm around her. Kari could feel the tension rise and immediately knew inviting Willis was a bad idea.
"Dude, Kari is MY girlfriend. I'd appreciate it, if you keep your hands to yourself!" TK said defensively and held Kari tighter, trying to get her to closer to him and as far away from Willis as possible.
"I'm sorry TK, old habit I guess," apologized Willis, sort of. "Ya know what they say about them, old habits are hard to break."
"Well this is one habit you will learn to break or I will break it for you!" TK threatened and gave him a deep, cold stare.
"Guys, guys, guys...just cool, it alright?" Kari tried to calm the boys down, "how about we watch the movie now?"
"Fine with me, I wasn't the one who started this," said Willis as he slumped down into the couch and crossed his arms.
"I never started this, you did! If you would have kept your hands to yourself, we wouldn't be in this argument!" TK replied back defensively.
"Will you two just SHUT UP!" Kari jumped in, trying to play peacemaker between the two. "I will make you both leave if you two don't quit this! You guys are acting like little kids!"
Nobody said a word after that. It was complete and utter silence the rest of the night. Kari had never felt more uncomfortable between two boys in her entire life than she did right now. She could feel the tension building up and hoped the movie ended soon, even though she knew they were only a few minutes into it. When the movie had finally ended, Kari was the first one to literally jump off the couch. TK and Willis just sat there, waiting for other to get up first and leave.
"Well it's late guys, maybe you guys should go home." Kari suggested and finally Willis got up from the couch and TK followed. Willis walked over to Kari who was already standing by the door.
"Thanks for inviting me Kari. I had a great time. I'll see ya tomorrow!" Willis said before walking out the door.
"Finally, I get you ALL to myself," TK said as he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Kari giggled as she turned around to face him and wrap her arms around his neck.
"I'm so sorry TK," apologized Kari. "I didn't know it was going to be like that."
"It's ok Hika. He's gone now," TK replied and kissed her passionately on the lips. They started moving over to the couch and TK carefully laid Kari down. Without breaking their kiss, he laid his body on top of her slender body and continued to make out in her living room couch. Kari could feel the excitement in her body starting to rise and at the same time, she couldn't help but think of Willis. Before they could go any farther, Kari broke their kiss and lightly pushed him off her.
"What's wrong?"
"You should probably go too, before my parents come home." Kari suggested while looking away from him. TK could tell something was wrong but hesitantly got up from the couch and grabbed his stuff. He looked over at her one last time before he left, but she avoided his stare. TK let himself out and for the first time in their relationship, he was afraid of losing her to someone else.
