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.|neleenchan:3|.: Thx 4 reviewing my story! NEway, I never noticed I 4got the ages! Or mayB I did remember, but 4got…hmm…well, they r 14-15-16 here! 4 ex: Koko would B 14, Sumire would B 16, so on and so forth. Thx, I hope this story goes well & has lots of reviews! I don't kno how hard it is 2 B heartbroken, I'm only 12, after all :D. But I've read and seen enough romance…more than a 12 yr old kid needs 2 kno. So I kno…But I haven't felt it.

White-Monsoon: Haha, I didn't put the 2nd 1 yet bcuz it would take 4ever then. Also I didn't want Ruka 2 have a longer paragraph. :D. Didn't mean 2 B evil. LOL. I can feel u tellin me I am in ur review. LMAO. Thx 4 favoriting this story!

P.S. Underlined r actual members. Chek out White-Monsoon's story, Possessed. It's rlly interesting. Best of all, it's RUKARU! LOL. I'm sooo obsessed w/ them. Also, chek out Luckystar222's story, Missing. It's rlly good 2. Natsumikan & Rukaru. Gotta admit, though, I go more 4 Rukaru. LOL. I think it's obvious.

Srry 4 the 3 day l8 update. Mom didn't let me 4 the 1st 2 days but yesterday I didn't get enough time…

And there will B Natsume, Koko & Sumire POV in this chap also.

U kno the disclaimer & everything…I DON'T OWN GA! (I own this twisted plot though.)

I finally reached my dorm. Breathless and panting, I inserted a key into the keyhole of my room door, and, opening it, locked the door. I lay against the door, still gasping for air. I had never run so fast in my life. Ever since last week, since I was so distracted with trying not to cry, like other weeks, I stopped using the duck scooter. Heartbreak makes you forget to do things, or act the same, in my case, anyway. Then I realized something and froze. Holy shit, Koko. Why didn't I notice before? Since I hardly worked on my inventions since last week, and almost never paid attention in class, now that I think about it, probably 97% of my mind was focused on how heartbroken I was, making it easy for Koko to accidentally read my mind. I know that Koko wouldn't have meant it, if he had. Truth be told, Koko and I have become good friends. He respects me, and although he is still slightly scared of my inventions and whatnot, he wouldn't have meant to have read my mind-if he did. If…God, I'm actually relying on hope. In addition to becoming emotional, I've also become some kind of hopeful amateur. What the hell. I rolled my eyes unconsciously and walked to my bed, lying on it with my back to the ceiling as I buried my face in one of my pillows. Then I lifted my head and whacked myself repeatedly with the pillow. "Why, why, why, why, why, why…" Each "why" was punctuated with a whack. Who'd ever thought that one day I would do this? Well, certainly not the person herself, I can tell you that. Oh, sure, I'm sort of out of it, in others' eyes, while in mine, I'm completely out of it, but whacking myself on the head…Two words. 'Not' and 'normal'. Then again, that was before I had fallen for Ruka…I'm an idiot. A real, full-fledged idiot. Then I stopped whacking myself abruptly, and staring oddly at the pillow still in my hands said, "what, no tears?" I looked fricking paranoid. If someone had opened the door right now, (of course, if I hadn't locked it,) they would have thought I was talking to the pillow. Hmm…I thought. If I don't see Ruka, most likely stuttering in front of Mikan again, maybe I become less dramatically, stupidly, idiotically emotional. Well, that's good to know…If it's true. I'll have to try harder to avoid him. It's not just ignoring anymore.

"Actually, Ruka, I don't," Natsume said, still smirking, amusedly. "I don't know." The what to say thing is a really big mental note now. I'll get a notebook in Central Town later. "Well…uh…I…um…er…nevermind…" Natsume looked like he was choking back laughter. At what, I don't know. "Dude," he said. "Are you trying to commit suicide?" I looked at him like he was nuts. In this case, maybe he was. "No," I said incredulously. Why the hell would he think that? "It looks like it," he told me.

"I'm not. It's…It's different…"

"From the size of that tree, and how fast it looks like you're going to run, I still say suicide." I twitched as Natsume smirked more smugly.

Inwardly I grinned. I wanted him to confirm something, but I wasn't sure if it would work. Knowing my best friend, it was a 50/50 percent chance. But seeing him slightly twitching and the look on his face, it was a 52/48 percent chance now, maybe more. "Natsume, I'm not insane," Ruka said matter-of-factly, "which means that I'm not trying to commit suicide. Now drop the subject." As Ruka said the last sentence, he sounded…disheartened, like he's actually going to tell me what I want to know. He was also slightly sweating. This will be easy. I just need to give him a little push. So to speak, I decide to make him more nervous than he already was. He's going to admit it soon enough, I can feel it. "So why the hell are you about to run into a tree?" I turned it around on him, instead of saying, 'so why the hell do you look like you're about to run into a tree?' and whatever else, I made it sound like he actually was going to run into the tree. He's so nervous; he doesn't even suspect a thing. "Do you really want me to tell you?" Ruka said with a pleading look on his face. He looked so desperate; he might as well have bent down and said, 'please, do not make me tell you, Natsume-sama!' I'm not joking. "Yup," I replied. I respect my best friend's privacy, but I seriously need this confirmed. "Well…The thing is…I…I was trying to clear my mind…of some thoughts…" That's probably true, but he's avoiding something.

"…Because?" I urged. Ruka sighed heavily. Oh, he's going to tell me alright.

"Because…Because Imai's ignoring me," he said finally. Still something missing, but we're getting there.

"…And that would bother you…why?" I said slowly. Ruka took a deep breath.

"Because…" He started over. "I'm trying to find out why she's ignoring me because…" He took another breath. This is it. "Because…The truth is…I…I l-love her." Bingo. I grinned.

"Knew it."

"WHAT?!" Ruka's nervous and embarrassed expression turned disbelieving. Nice reaction. If I was Imai, I would have taken a picture. Hey, even if he was confessing to her, Imai still would have taken a picture of his obviously blushing face.

Well, that's what I thought, anyway.

But I didn't know she would have had a different reaction.

I heard a knock on my door. I got up and going to the door, said, "Who is it?" Apparently, ever since last week, I stopped being lazy. I mean, I didn't ask my robots to open the door anymore. "It's Sumire and Koko," the muffled voice of Sumire said. I think I already know what this is about. Crap. I opened the door halfway. "What?" I asked. Sumire had also become a good friend of mine. Koko and Sumire were two of the people I could really trust. "Look, we know what's up," Koko said. Oh, how typical of the guy.

"I think I figured that out already, the fact that it was possible that you had read my mind, I mean, around the time I whacked myself repeated with a pillow, saying, 'why' punctuated with a whack each time I said it." They looked at me weirdly. "You…whacked yourself with a pillow," Koko repeated slowly. I nodded, sighing. I know what's going to happen. Wait for it…

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He started laughing uncontrollably. So, so typical. Sumire had to hold Koko. He was close to falling from laughing so hard. Even though she kept a straight face, I could tell that Sumire was holding back laughter. "You gotta be kidding me!" Koko managed as he laughed. "Hotaru Imai, whack-" I shoved them both into my room before he could continue, bolting the door up again. Hey, people were staring at my idiotic jackass of a friend. I have a reason for calling him a jackass at the moment. "–herself with a pillow!" he continued, gasping for air as he clutched his sides. "That's hilarious! I never thought I would hear it, especially from the person herself!" Finally, Sumire collapsed in giggles. "Get up, you idiot," I told Koko in mock stern.

"I can't help it! It's so unlike you!"

"No, seriously, get up."

"Why?"

"Because if you don't, I'll hit you with the Baka Bazooka 2000."

"Fine, fine, wait…" Koko laughed for about seven more minutes, then got up, still laughing in his mind I bet. His face is so damn red. "Ok, so…now what?" I asked him.

"Let's start over," Sumire suggested.

"Ok, but take the pillow part out," Koko said. His face became redder. I bet he's holding the laughter in.

"Koko," I said matter-of-factly. Koko held up his hands.

"Ok, ok! No need to hit me with the Baka Bazooka!"

"I wasn't going to."

"Oh."

"So that's all you can say." I sighed. "Tell me why you're here."

"But you already know."

"Yeah, sure, then you end up laughing like some deranged maniac." Koko scratched his head sheepishly.

"Well…We know that-" He cleared his throat. "You're…ahem…suffering from…eh…heartbreak." He looked disturbed. "Your point is…?"

"Well…we wanted to help you in some way," Sumire voiced.

"That's all very good, but how? Face it; Ru-Nogi still likes Mikan. I have to accept it."

Sumire and Koko looked at each other.

What the hell?! I knew she loved him, and I knew he loved her back, but are you kidding me?!?! Hotaru, you oblivious ninny-butt, Ruka was over Mikan by the time he turned thirteen! THIRTEEN! He was fricking over her before he was damn thirteen! What the hell have you been doing the past three years?! We knew love was not your thing, but to not know at least that he was over Mikan!!! You have to fricking pay attention! He liked her for only two years, and then you came along to save him from loneliness! GEEZ!!! I thought. Sumire was thinking the same thing. "What do you mean?" we said.

"Oh, like you two haven't noticed that Nogi keeps stuttering in front of Mikan; blushing and flirting and whatnot."

I can't believe how oblivious you are, Sumire thought. I silently agreed with her.

"Flirting?" Sumire said dubiously. Hotaru rolled her eyes.

"Duh. Are you telling me you two haven't noticed?"

He's not flirting with Mikan! He's so in love with you that his mind makes him think every girl he sees is you! With you ignoring him, it only makes him hallucinate more! I wanted to shout. Sadly I didn't It would have been a good wake up call. I inwardly sighed. An oblivious genius. How ironic.

OOO

The next day…

"Good morning everyone!" Narumi said cheerfully. Well, at least he's wearing something normal. Hey, you can't blame me. Sometimes his outfits are way too extreme. "Good morning," a few people replied. He looked happier than normal. Well, I think so. "I have great news!" He continued in the same cheerful tone. Some people listened, but there were others who talked, or did their own things. I swear he's going to dance. "Which is…?" Someone prodded. "The School Festival is coming soon!" Suddenly, the people who were talking changed the topic of their conversation to the Festival. I suddenly had an idea. "Sumire," I whispered urgently. She immediately turned to me. "What, Koko?" She asked me. I grinned mischievously at her with a twinkle in my eyes. The thought of it made me want to laugh like an evil scientist. "I have a plan," I said to her, my grin getting slightly wider every second. "About what?" She asked. She probably knew who I was talking about, but decided to ask anyway to confirm what she was thinking. I bet you that she was thinking about the two people I was thinking about. "Ruka and Hotaru." Slowly, I grinned back at him. I think I'm going to like this… She thought. "You will, Sumire, you will." Then I heard a thought from a certain fire-caster, who was thinking, I seriously need Ruka to confess to Hotaru. I grinned wider. "Hey, Natsume!" Natsume turned to me, closing his manga and putting in on his desk.

"What?" He said. My mind was bursting with ideas.

"Meet me after class," was all I said to him. He nodded and resumed reading his manga. "Sumire, come with me after class, okay?" She nodded. "I think Natsume can help us. But I don't think we should tell him Hotaru's feelings yet…" Sumire looked at me inquiringly. "It will make things a whole lot more interesting." She nodded again, like she had just realized something.

After class, with Ruka…

I walked nowhere in particular, Usagi on my shoulder. I was stumped. Why? Here's a list…

1. The girl I love is ignoring me.

2. I can't figure out a reason-that would make sense-why she would ignore me.

3. Somehow, I didn't have the courage to talk to her.

4. Every time I had the courage to go up to her, she would run away or hide.

5. Every time I had a chance to talk to her, she would search my eyes before running away, making me more miserable as I looked in her eyes.

6. It seems like she has disappeared from some of her friends, since now she has two groups: The group who could talk to without them giving her away, and the group that wouldn't see her except in class. Some of her friends are trying to get her to talk to me, you see.

That's why, but I swear I could put more reasons. I wonder what would happen if I tried to tell her I love her. I sighed…again. This was so confusing, and trust me, Hotaru Imai is way more confusing than any other girl. Some times I was grateful for that-like the fact that she isn't a fan girl. Because if she was, I'd hate to think of what would have happened. Other times I wasn't-like when she blackmails me. But that was before. Then I was okay with it, because then I could see her and spend time with her...Even if sometimes it consisted of me in a towel…I blushed. Now, I would give anything for her to blackmail me. I wanted her to talk to me. I sighed again. I'm a fricking hopeless case. Damn it.

Then I heard voices. Voices that were familiar to me. I looked up. I saw Natsume, Koko and Sumire talking. I walked up to them. They know about my problem. Besides, I need something to distract me from thoughts of Imai. "Hi," I whispered glumly. They whipped around to face me. "Oh! Ruka-kun, hi!" Sumire said, greeting me with a smile. Koko gave me a nod with his trademark smile on. "Hey," he said, giving me a small wave. I gave him a nod back. "Hello. So what are you guys talking about?" I asked, attempting to lighten the awkward situation. They all looked at each other, with something hidden beneath their eyes, something that I couldn't make out. "Oh," Koko said. "We were just talking about how to get Kitsuneme and Yuu together with Anna and Nonoko." I nodded, understanding. "Oh," I replied. Then I realized something. Why would Natsume be in this? This isn't a Natsume thing to do, if you know what I mean. I cocked an eyebrow. "So…Why is Natsume in this?" I asked curiously. They looked at each other again. "Well…" Koko started nervously. He looked hopefully at Sumire, probably by way of asking for help. "You see…" Sumire continued uncertainly. Natsume just stood there, looking confident. All of a sudden, he said, "we can't really tell you why, Ruka. There's something else included in this." Natsume looked at them, and I could swear that I heard the other two sigh in relief. I shrugged it off. Coincidence, maybe? "Ok," I gave them a nod. Suddenly finding the situation awkward again, I said, "well, um, bye you guys." I walked away. This thing is starting to effect me too much again, like at night when no one knows how hard I've been thinking of this.

I flopped down on my bed, exhausted but excited. I wonder if everything will go according to plan…or just enough of it…Because if this doesn't work, I'd hate to think of what would happen. My happiness faded a bit at that thought. What if…Oh no.

So, that's chap 2! I personally love this chapter. Hehe. Hotaru's so oblivious. Hope you lyk this chap as much as I do. Keep the reviews coming, ppl! :D Praise, encouragements, comments, questions and suggestions would help and are greatly appreciated. But plz don't flame! Thx!