I had met an interesting girl. Kitozawa Miyuki-chan, short brown hair, blue-gray eyes, a bit of a temper. All in all, a very annoying girl. I really don't like her, but she seems to like Kaoru. We only got along once in the history of our… relationship (for lack of a better word) and I still find her quite infuriating. I honestly don't see how that girl, Ikomoto Kuri (medium blonde-brown hair, green eyes), can stand to be around her for so long. But…
I can't help but wonder… does Kaoru like this girl back? That would explain the more-common-than-normal reddening of the face. I have to accept it if it's true. I might just have to get along with my worst enemy, for the sake of my brother.
Chapter 2
Hikaru and Kaoru arrived at school earlier than usual today. Though it seemed, as of recently, nothing was usual.
"Kuri-chan!" Kaoru waved at the girl walking toward them.
"How are you today, Kaoru-kun?" Kuri asked.
"Fine, so far," Kaoru looked around, "Kitozawa-san is not with you?" Hikaru noticed this, he asks about her first.
"I believe I said you could call me Miyuki, Kaoru-kun," Miyuki came up behind Kuri. She was wearing her normal clothing, meaning the boys uniform.
"Of course," Kaoru laughed slightly, "We should get going to class."
"Why?" Kuri asked, "is it time already?"
"No," Miyuki replied, "Kaoru-kun just forgot he was early today" she giggled. "Which reminds me, why are you so early?"
Kaoru turned slightly red and got flustered, "w-well, I was thinking…that…well…"
"It's okay," Miyuki smiled, "you don't have to answer if you don't want to."
Kaoru nodded in thanks.
"By the way, where's Fujioka-chan?" Kuri asked.
"I don't know," Hikaru answered glumly, remembering how he had lost his first love.
"I was really surprised to find out she was a girl," Miyuki said, "but, you know, it kinda makes sense…"
There was an awkward silence and Kuri suggested they sit down on the lawn in front of the school to talk.
None of them remembered actually what they talked about, because they talked about a lot. The four were also confused about how they got from 'their daily lives' to 'weapons of war', especially with 'the types of birds in southern Africa' somewhere in the middle.
When the warning bell rang, the group got up and dusted their clothes off, and started walking to class.
"Wait! Hikaru-san! I need to talk to you!" The three in front of Miyuki stopped and stared at her while Hikaru walked back to her. "You guys go ahead!" she waved, "I just need to talk to Hikaru for a second!"
Kaoru and Kuri took her advice and kept walking ahead. Miyuki started after them and Hikaru watched as well. After a couple of seconds Hikaru turned his attention to Miyuki.
I wonder what she wanted to talk about? Perhaps…at the club yesterday? This had to be the first time he actually looked at her. Her hair frames her face perfectly and her eyes match her personality, he made a face, not that I know much about that. His cheeks tinted pink at his line of thought. Well, I won't deny it, she would be pretty cute, if she wasn't so damn annoying.
"Hikaru? Are you there?" Hikaru shook those thoughts from his head and looked at Miyuki.
"If this is about yesterday, well, lets just pretend it never happened, as far as I know, Kitozawa Miyuki wasn't even there," Hikaru thinking he had covered everything started walking away, back toward Kaoru.
"Wait!" Miyuki grabbed his hand, "this isn't about yesterday!" She pulled him back to her side, "Just let them walk to class together, okay?"
Hikaru looked ahead and saw Kuri and Kaoru talking amiably on their way to class.
"I thought you liked him," Hikaru took his hand back from Miyuki and started walking.
"I do," Hikaru stared at her, "but he likes Kuri-chan." She caught up with him and walked by his side. "I can tell Kuri-chan is developing feelings as well," she looked up at Hikaru, who was only 4 inches taller, "why not push them in the right direction?"
"So you mean Kaoru likes, Ikomoto?"
"Of course, I think everyone knows it, except for Kuri-chan," 'and me' Hikaru added silently.
"But," Hikaru asked, "doesn't this make you sad?"
"No," she was lying, "Kuri-chan is really pretty, so a lot of guys want to go out with her. All of them—the guys, I mean—weren't very nice people in general."
"Are you saying my brother isn't nice?!"
"Let me finish! Geez, anywho, Kaoru is the nicest guy I know, and is the only one of her suitors I approve of," do you even get a say in it? "so I'm helping them get together. You can either be with me or against me Hitachiin-san."
"Hey you called me Hikaru earlier," Hikaru fake pouted.
"That was so Kaoru didn't think I was talking to him." They approached the door to their first class.
"Give me you're answer after class."
- - -
Hikaru couldn't pay attention during class. He stared at Kaoru almost the whole time trying to catch some proof that he was actually crushing on this girl Hikaru barely knew.
Apparently, he wasn't being to inconspicuous since he got a note from next to him that read:
Nervous? Or just scared cause your brother likes some one?
Hikaru glared at the note and scribbled his reply.
Shut up.
Miyuki stifled a giggle and responded.
You're so mature. xDI hate you. I hope you know that.
Known it for a while. You don't actually hide your feelings.
Neither do you. It doesn't take that much to tell you like my brother. You must feel pretty stupid since he doesn't like you back.
Miyuki didn't reply to that. She just crumpled up the note and focused on what was left of the lesson.
When they left for lunch, Miyuki left the classroom in a hurry.
"She told me she had something to do," Kuri said as they headed to the cafeteria.
- - -
Half way through she didn't come back. Hikaru, remembering what Kuri said about leaving them alone together, thought this was another one of her plans and opted to go find her.
"You're getting really close to Miyuki-chan, aren't you Hikaru?" Kaoru said, thoughtlessly, "you're becoming pretty good friends."
"What?! No! No way! She's the most annoying girl I've ever met! Why would I be friends with her?!" Hikaru stopped when he saw Kaoru smirk and Kuri giggled. He realized that no matter what he said, they would think what they wanted.
- - -
Hikaru walked down the hallways that were open during lunch and asked people if they knew where Miyuki is. No body really knew anything except for one girl who said she saw her limping towards the nurses' office.
Hikaru stalked to the nurses' office. Why is this girl so troublesome!? He knocked on the white sliding door and it opened to reveal an older woman, probably in her early 40's who was a good deal shorter than Hikaru.
"May I help you?" The woman asked.
"Is Kitozawa Miyuki here?" he looked over her head but still couldn't tell if she was in there or not.
"Oh, yes!" the woman smiled, "she's in here."
They walked around the corner into a small room where Miyuki was sitting on the bed with her foot in a bucket of water.
"I came to get you," Hikaru said, feeling awkward, "I'll be outside." He stood right outside the door, and he heard the nurse start talking.
"Oh, Miyuki-chan!" the nurse squealed, "he's so cute! Is he your boyfriend?"
Miyuki giggled, "no, Kumura-sama, we're just…accomplices, is a good way to put it."
"Oh. That's too bad. You'd look so cute together."
"Thank you, Kumura-sama." The nurse left after that, but not before putting a hand on Hikaru's shoulder and saying 'good luck,' whatever that meant.
Hikaru walked in while Miyuki was putting her sock back on.
"Why can't you just wear the girls uniform?" Hikaru sat down on the bed next to her.
"Are you kidding?!" She looked at him shocked, "Those dresses are horrendous! You'd have to stab me, tie me to a chair and throw me in a well before I'd wear that dress!"
"Yeah, yeah," He said jokingly, "what happened anyway?"
"Oh," she blushed, "stupid me, I tripped down some stairs, Kumura-sama says I'm lucky I just twisted my ankle."
"Stupid is right," Hikaru commented, "who trips down stairs?"
"I'll push you down some if you like," Miyuki said dryly, "why were you the one to come find me anyway?"
"What, did you already forget?" Miyuki stared blankly at him, "We want them to be together right? Besides I felt like a third wheel."
"Hikaru-kun!" Miyuki squealed, hugging Hikaru's arm, "does that mean your helping me!?"
"Yes, now get off!" Hikaru yelled.
"You don't have to be embarrassed Hikaru-kun," Miyuki teased, "I just hugged your arm."
"I'm not embarrassed!"
"Okay, whatever."
Hikaru sighed, there was no getting through to anybody! "It was weird, 'cause usually I would think the other person was the third wheel and should leave, but I felt I should leave…"
"Aw!" Miyuki clung to his arm again, "Little Hikaru is growing up!"
"Shut up! Get off of me!"
Miyuki let go and patted his head, "I'm so proud of you Hikaru, you're becoming mature!"
He grabbed her hand, "Stop that!" then suddenly he blushed, "why have you been calling me Hikaru?!"
"Have I?" Miyuki tilted her head, "Oh well, it's nothing to blush about Hitachiin-san."
"I'm not blushing!" Hikaru shook his head, "and what, after calling me 'Hikaru' for a whole 2 minutes you're going back to 'Hitachiin-san'?"
"I'm sorry," she didn't sound it though, "should I call you Hikaru?"
"Yes, now get your shoe on," he waited until she slipped it on, then grabbed her hand, "let's head back."
They didn't get three feet before Miyuki tripped.
"Oops, sorry Hikaru-kun," she smiled sheepishly up at him, "It seems I can't walk."
"Are you just saying that so we'll take longer to get back?"
"No," she replied dryly, "I really can't walk."
She stood up shakily and grasped the wall for support. They made their way—albeit slowly—back to the lunchroom. One-third the way there, Hikaru lost his patience.
"Can you please hurry up?!" He glared at the hobbling teen.
"Of course I can!" she glared back, "I've only been going this slow cause you're so fun to walk with!"
Hikaru turned away, then turned back.
"What!?" Miyuki exclaimed, "stop staring at me!"
Hikaru walked over to her and grabbed her around the waist.
"W-what are you doing?" Miyuki near shrieked.
"Shut up," and with that he lift her up and threw her over his shoulder. They walked like that back to the classroom (since lunch was almost over) with occasional 'put me down Hikaru! I can walk for myself!'
Upon entering the classroom, Hikaru sat her down on top of the desk they both shared. She glared up at him.
"Can I help you?" he asked, amused.
"You're such a loser," she pouted.
"Thank you," he smiled at her, then instantly it vanished, "you could be at least a little nice. I carried you most of the way here, and your not exactly light." That earned him a smack.
"I never asked you to carry me!" she pointed a finger at him.
"yea," he grabbed her extended hand, pulling her off the desk causing her to land on her bad foot and collapse into him, "but we didn't really have a choice now, did we?"
"That was really low," she picked herself up and hopped back up on the desk, "you're an annoying bastard, really."
"Nice to know you think so highly of me."
Miyuki was about to retort but the end-of-lunch bell rang signaling to the students to head back to class. Miyuki limped around the desk and sat on her side while Hikaru sat on his. The rest of the class entered slowly, including Kaoru and Kuri.
"Is this where you guys were that whole time?" Kaoru and Kuri sat down and turned around to face the two behind them, it was almost as if they practiced it.
"You guys are becoming awfully close," Kuri shot a look at Kaoru.
"Yeah, you guys are always hanging out together," Kaoru caught on quickly.
"Don't be stupid, guys," Miyuki looked at them, bored, "we're enemies,"
"An we intend to stay that way!" Hikaru added.
"Now, you're finishing each others sentences?" Kaoru teased, "Not good if you plan on staying enemies."
Hikaru and Miyuki looked at each other. They realized that attempting to explain was a lost cause. Both of them knew they were spending more time together than usual and didn't exactly like it, but they were doing it for someone important to them, so they would bear it a little longer.
End Chapter 2
