Chapter 4

Dinner went a whole lot better than I thought. Shou and Dai asked a few questions to Butch and he answered them. My mom said she would pay Butch to tutor me regularly on Fridays' but he wouldn't accept her money. My mom said she didn't mind if I stayed at Butch's house. She told my dad this and he at first wasn't accepting of it but my mom convinced him.

After Butch left Dai asked me a ton of questions about Butch. I didn't know the answers to all of them. Eventually mom got mad and told him to stop pestering me. Shou on the other hand just watched.

I was home after another day of school. Butch teased me some about last night but for the most part he was detached. He put himself out there for the other girls. Now normally I wouldn't care what so ever but I just started feeling mad when I saw him flirting with them. He noticed this too but did nothing to stop himself. The one thing that I hated about him was how…he could change at any moment. For example he can be nice and sweet to me and any other girl and then in an instant he'll tease me and ignore me. He is so…moody.

But anyway I walked home alone today. I had finished all my homework and didn't know what to do so I got on my computer and logged into chat. Surprisingly Momoko and Miyako were online and in an instant they invited me to join their group chat.

(In the chat)

Momoko: Kaoru! It seems like we haven't talked in like forever!

Kaoru: I know. But I see you guys everyday at lunch

Miyako: ya but we have the Takashima brothers sitting there.

Momoko: speaking of the Takashima brothers… What's going on between you and Butch?

(Oh man I knew this was coming…)

Kaoru: nothing.

Momoko: are you sure? I've heard that you spent the night at his house and slept with him!

Kaoru: where the hell did you hear that?

Momoko: possibly Brick.

(I could have guessed…)

Kaoru: ya but don't go jumping to conclusions. You can't trust the idiot!

Momoko: so you did sleep with him?

Kaoru: I didn't! I spent the night at his house because he helps me with my homework!

Miyako: You know Kaoru; if you needed help you could of asked me.

Kaoru: ya I know but Butch kind of just asked me out of the blue. He was just kind of there… and I didn't know that he was ranked in the top 10 of our class

Miyako: how is that possible! I never see him doing homework or anything! I'm not even in the top ten…

Kaoru: I know it surprised me too.

Momoko: so you slept with him but didn't do anything?

Kaoru: ya… it sounds bad either way you put it though…

Momoko: how are you two not dating!

Kaoru: we don't like each other like that!

Miyako: but you guys spend more time together than Boomer and I do! Let alone I've never been to his house.

Momoko: same with me. I spend a good amount of time Brick and still have never been to his house.

Kaoru: are you guys dating the Brick and Boomer?

(There was a slight pause where they took their sweet time to answer)

Momoko: possibly but why do you care?

Miyako: I'm not sure…

Kaoru: well I think I deserve to know that since you thought Butch and I were together.

Momoko: I hate when you're right. We are going out.

Miyako: Boomer and I are too…

Kaoru: I could have guessed

Momoko: you're not mad? Miyako! That's great!

Kaoru: it doesn't really involve me… so not really.

Momoko: well then if you two aren't dating… what do you think of Butch

Kaoru: my tutor

Momoko: anything else?

Kaoru: what's it to ya?

Momoko: so you do have feelings for him!

(I could imagine her squealing with happiness.)

Miyako: you two would make a good couple.

Kaoru: I don't have feelings for him!

(Being online made it a lot easier to lie about something like that. But I knew Momoko and Miyako too well… they would know that I had some sort of non-hate feelings towards him.)

Momoko: Kaoru spill!

Kaoru: so maybe I have a few little feelings for him

Miyako: oh Kaoru! That's sweet! Does he like you?

Kaoru: well he almost kissed me…twice and he flirts with me a lot.

Momoko and Miyako: KAORU! YOU DIDN'T TELL US THAT YOU GUYS ALMOST KISSED TWICE!

Kaoru: ya but then he teases me and stuff….

Momoko: still! I think he likes you

Miyako: ya!

Momoko: you better find out if he likes you soon!

Kaoru: why do you say that?

Momoko: I can't tell you…

Kaoru: Miyako, do you know?

Miyako: I can't say

Kaoru: you have to tell me!

Momoko: find out if he likes you!

Miyako: Momoko want to go shopping?

Momoko: Ya! Let's go!

Momoko logged off

Kaoru: thanks for distracting her

Miyako: no problem. But I'm going to buy you something and expect you to wear it!

Kaoru: ok…

Miyako and Kaoru logged off.

Thoughts: Why didn't Momoko and Miyako tell me they were dating the Takashima brothers? They usually tell me everything… I guess I can understand though. We don't have classes together and we all have quite a bit more homework than last year. They can't have been going out with them for that long…

Well I guess I have something to do… but how?

The next day at school

Butch was just sitting at his desk getting all the attention because his brothers were taken. How long has this been? But when I walked in he noticed me.

"Hey Matsubara," he said smirking

I saw the girls disappointed that his attention was now to me and not to them.

"Takashima, you didn't tell me your brothers were dating my friends."

"What?"

"Don't do that to me! You know that Brick is with Momoko and Boomer is with Miyako." I said as I put my hands on my hips.

"Oh that. Well you never asked so I assumed that they told you."

"How long have they been going out?"

"Two months I think."

"WHAT?" my eyes widened.

"You jealous?" he asked giving me his playful smirk.

"No." I said.

My voiced shook a bit and he picked up on it. Before he could do anything the bell rang, thank god.

"Ok hello class. Today we are going to watch a movie. It will take a few days but I expect you to pay good attention because we are going to have a test over it sooner or later," She said as she passed out the notes, "you can all thank me later. These notes are already completed but that means you have to study. The test will be slightly harder than the Mr. Co's class."

She started the movie.

"Matsubara," I looked over to find Butch handing me a folded piece of paper.

I opened it.

So did you seriously not know about my brothers and your friends?

I didn't. I wrote back and passed it back to him.

Wow… my brothers have been making fun of me ever since you spent the night at my house.

My friends have been forcing me to ask if you like me. I wrote back and handed the note to him quickly t. Then right as he started to open it I realized what I had wrote. I couldn't get it back; he was already reading it. He looked over at me then back down and wrote something.

Say I do like you. Would that be a problem for you?

I looked at him and saw him smirking.

No. That was all I could write. I couldn't see his face but I knew there was something different about it. I thought he was going to crumple the note up or something but he wrote back.

Well do you like me?

I felt my face start to blush. I didn't look over at him.

Possibly… I wrote and handed it back to him. I can't believe I just basically admitted to liking him! I don't like him… not like that at least… I think… but he makes me feel weird when I'm around him but he teases me, and not always in a flirty way. UG he makes me so confused. I actually stared at the movie and watched it for a bit then turned to Butch. The note was crumpled in his hand and he was staring off into space. I poked him in the shoulder and he turned to me.

"What?" he mouthed.

"What are you thinking about?" I mouthed back.

Just as he was about to answer the bell rang.

"Class study part one notes! There might be a small pop quiz tomorrow!" she yelled at the class as they were leaving.

I caught up with Butch.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Um stuff," he said, obviously recalling what I had told him the other day.

I rolled my eyes and headed off to the next class wondering what he was thinking about.

Lunch

Butch wasn't at lunch today, which was kind of weird because his favorite time of the day was lunch.

"Where's Butch?" I asked as I sat down at my usual spot.

"Um he didn't finish up a test," replied Boomer.

"He was done with that test before me."

"Well he just said he had to finish up something. I don't really remember if it was a test or not."

"Kaoru, that's sweet that you care about him!" Momoko cooed.

"I never said that. I just asked where he was."

"But it was implied," Brick said smirking at me.

Just like Butch would do… holy crap! Why am I thinking about him!

"Say if I did care. What would you say?" I asked challenging him.

He looked up at me and smiled, "I'd say that Butch likes you too and am gonna tell him about this," he said then continued to eat looking away from me.

Momoko and Miyako were slightly giggling.

"Sorry I'm late. So what did I miss?" I heard a familiar voice call out from behind.

(Thank you for comments! I really appreciate it! Sorry I've been having writer's block… lol. But I think its almost gone… cause I started chapter 5 so ya. Thanks for reading!)