A/N: Well here's the next chapter to Puppy Love ^~^ I hope you guys enjoy it and let's see what Takuya screws up this time.

Takuya: Whaa-? Excuse me?

You don't belong in my author notes. Get out. -_-

Takuya: -sad face-

Chapter 2

"Orimoto"

The rest of the day Takuya paced in his room, wondering how to win this girl over. Of course, he didn't have much room to pace in considering the mounds of clothes and junk piling the floor. His mother always wanted him to clean his room ever since he was four years old. Ten years later, it still hasn't happened.

The gogglehead couldn't get the image of that girl out of his head, even though the amount of time he actually saw her in History was very limited.

-Flashback-

Takuya dragged himself into History class, already tired and ready to go home. He just came from Gym, where the teacher pretty much tortured the sweat out of students. Not to mention the fact that the teacher let them out the moment the bell rang, rushing the poor boy to change and run out the door simultaneously. His hair was a definite mess, and he wasn't really sure if his shirt was on the right way...

Nevertheless, he still made it to History. Studying the seating chart, he noticed he sat in the far back corner of the room. Turning there, he immediately became awe-struck at the beauty sitting at his table.

Takuya gawked at the girl for what seemed like hours, but were only seconds. He studied her long blonde hair, her sparkling emerald eyes. He was snapped back to reality when Kouji punched him in the arm

"Earth to moron, snap out of it" Kouji smirked, waving his hand in front of Takuya's face

The brunette blushed and realized a horrid truth. He had to sit next to that girl. Next to the prettiest girl he's ever seen...And there he was. Messy hair, shirt most likely backwards, and now his face was red.

He slowly made his way to the seat next to the girl's. She appeared to not notice him, much to Takuya's relief. He hoped deep down that maybe it'll stay that way for the rest of the class period.

But the bell rang, causing the girl to snap back to reality and slowly turn towards his direction.

CRAP.

Takuya's face became flushed with red, and he quickly turned to the other side, opposite of the blonde's. Trying to make it appear casual, he layed his cheek on his hand like he was bored. He felt the girl gaze right at him. But he managed to keep his position that way for the entire period.

-End Flashback-

"Boy, I hope she didn't notice it" he mumbled to himself, while plopping onto his bed. His mind wandered, thinking of that girl. But he snapped back when he realized what he had to do to win that girl. As Kouji advised, he had to make her laugh.

"How am I gonna do that? I can't even make eye contact with her!" he groaned, pulling a pillow above his head. "Ugh...This takes waytoo much thinking!"

Seconds later, Shinya burst into Takuya's room "Why'd you steal my pants?" he accused, glaring at his older brother. Takuya pulled the pillow away from his eyes to see his brother standing in the middle of his room, with only his boxers on.

"Why would I steal your pants? If you couldn't tell, I'm kind of bigger than you." Takuya stated, his voice muffled up by the pillow.

"I don't care if you're booger than me, I want my pants back!" he screamed as he stomped his foot firmly into the floor

The brunette shoved the pillow out of his face "I said I'm bigger than you. Not booger than you, you little booger"

"Huh" Shinya said, scratching his head "Then where are my pants? I have a date in ten minutes...And I need pants!" he wailed

Takuya sat up on his bed, gawking at his brother "You have a date?" Shinya simply nodded his head "How did you get one?"

"Well..." Shinya bragged "I worked some of my Kanbara charm and she fell head over heels for me" he grinned

"Kanbara charm?" Takuya repeated

"Yup. I got to know her, even gave her a nickname. Now she's all over me" Shinya stated proudly

"A nickname, huh?" Takuya grinned, taking a mental note

"Yeah, a nickname. What are you, deaf?"

~.~.~

The next day Takuya was more than excited to try out his new plan. He strolled into History class, brimming with new found confidence.

He didn't want to seem desperate to talk with her, so he stayed silent during class until the teacher instructed the class to talk.

"Alright students, if you haven't noticed I partnered you all up with someone who came from a different middle school than you. I want you to spend a few minutes to get to know your partner. Tell them your name, interests, and anything about yourself you feel comfortable sharing" Ms. W explained, "You have a couple minutes, have fun!" she grinned, going to her desk. She loved activities like these, it kept the kids busy and gave her more free time.

So far, things were going surprisingly well for his plan. He turned to the girl and smiled "Hi, I'm Takuya"

The girl smiled shyly "I'm Zoe, nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too" Takuya grinned. Now he had to tell her something interesting about him. "Uh, I have a pet dog. He's a golden retriever"

Zoe giggled "I love dogs, I think they're really cute" she smiled, tucking some blonde hair behind her ear. Takuya smiled back at her, he just made her giggle. He didn't even say anything funny yet, but he still made her giggle. SCORE.

Now for the funny part, what could he say? He blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"During Halloween, we dressed him as a hot dog" Random, but it seemed to work. He got a small chuckle from her. And a chuckle is a form of laughter.

The brunette was about to say something else when Ms. W interrupted the class. "Alright kids, now we have to actually start learning" she sighed and started passing out worksheets "This worksheet is an All About Me page. Fill in all the questions and this is due no later than tomorrow."

Zoe and Takuya got their worksheets and started filling out their names. Takuya peered over Zoe's shoulder to see her write her name. Zoe Orimoto.

"Orimoto, huh? I guess I'll call you Orimoto then" he grinned. It wasn't much of a nickname, but in his soccer team they always called everyone by their last name. So he thought it was probably good enough.

Zoe turned to him with an annoyed look on her face "I don't want to be called Orimoto"

The brunette laughed "What's wrong? It's just your last name. You can call me by my last name" he said playfully. Zoe rolled her eyes, and went back to filling out the handout. He stared at her for a moment, smirking to himself. She looked really cute when she was annoyed.

Correction, she looked too cute when she was annoyed. Not to mention, annoying her would definitely grab her attention. Takuya decided to roll with it, and was looking at her paper.

Question 1: What is your ethnicity? Italian

"So you're italian, huh?" he whispered, a smile playing on his lips

Zoe looked back and started glaring at Takuya "Yeah I am. Now shush" she whispered back harshly

Takuya couldn't help bugging her though, it was too much fun on his part. "What was that? Should I talk LOUDER?" he teased. Zoe looked around the classroom, it was dead silent. A few kids looked back at them, and the teacher was giving a warning look at the two.

"Oh my goodness, can you shut up?" Zoe whispered furiously, squinting her eyes at him

He couldn't help but smirk at her. He leaned back on his chair, placing his hands behind his head "Whatever you say, Orimoto."

"Do NOT call me Orimoto!"

~.~.~

Zoe slammed her tray down on the lunch table, earning surprised stares from everyone at the table. "So Zoe...Having a good day?" Takato asked apprehensively

"Don't get me started" The blonde grumbled, now rubbing her temples "That Takuya idiot was bugging me all during History. It's like he doesn't know what the term 'shut up' means"

"Ohh Takuya, huh?" Jeri grinned, all of a sudden interested in the conversation "Did you two hit it off?"

Rika sent a warning glare at Jeri "Does it look like they hit it off?"

"...No?"

"Bingo."

"Oh I love that song!" Jeri smiled and clapped her hands "B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-ohh!" she sang

The blonde rolled her eyes "Anyway, he was the complete opposite of what he was like yesterday. I wish he went back to ignoring me" She sighed, sinking down into her seat.

"Speak of the devil, there he is" J.P mumbled in between chews, motioning over to Takuya who just got his lunch. The brunette was heading over to the table in front of Zoe's, where he sat yesterday.

Zoe turned her head to the side "Please don't see me...Please don't see me..." she prayed

"Hey Orimoto!" Takuya yelled, waving at the girl. He was holding back a laugh when he saw her trying to avoid him and sneered at the face she was giving him now.

Kouji, who was sitting next to Takuya, looked at him "You know her?" he smiled

"Oh that's Orimoto, my best friend" Takuya grinned

Zoe was gritting her teeth like crazy at this point, doubting why she ever thought he was even remotely cute. She saw Takuya's smirk-like grin, he was torturing her and enjoying every moment of it. Glaring back at him, she made a mental note to herself.

Next time, sit facing AWAY from Takuya.

~.~.~

Takuya crumbled up his paper and shot it in the recycling bin. It was about the tenth doodle he made this class period. He had Study Hall for his last class of the day, giving him ample time to do his homework. But he, like many teenagers, could care less about homework. He pulled out another piece of paper and started drawing again.

Davis was sitting next to Takuya and eyed him "What's going on between you and Zoe during lunch?"

"Nothing much, I'm just playing with her is all" Takuya shrugged as if it was no big deal

Davis laughed "Just playing? I think someone's crushing on Zoe. And I don't blame you, she is pretty cute" he stated almost too dreamily

"Back off" Takuya warned, sending a death glare to Davis who let out a loud laugh. "Shhh!" The librarian yelled from her office. Takuya sighed and picked up his paper, stuffing it in Davis' mouth. "Yeesh Davis, we're in a library"

"Mrffummmph Uhmmmph"

"What?"

The gogglehead took the paper out of his own mouth "I said...Uhm...I forgot" he smiled, scratching his head. Takuya just sighed at the boy.

Davis was about to throw away the paper when he saw some writing in it "Oh la la, what's this?" he smirked, opening up the doodle. From the corner of his eye he saw Takuya's face redden.

"Zoe Kanbara, Zoe Orimoto Kanbara, Mrs. Zoe Kanbara, Mr. Takuya Kanbara & Mrs. Zoe Kanbara..." Davis read, a large smile spreading on his face. Takuya attempted grabbing the paper from Davis, only to fail. Davis had longer arms and was holding the paper as high as he could.

"So this is what you were doing this entire time? Aww man, wait 'till I show the guys!"

"...Hey is that Kari over there?"

Davis gasped, forgetting all about the paper he started turning his head violently around the library in search of Kari. That moment, Takuya snatched the paper and tore it to shreds. Satisfied, he crossed his arms and chuckled in delight.

"It's payback time Kanbara" Davis smirked, eyeing a certain blonde that was making her way into the Library. He stood up from his chair and walked to the recycling bin, picking up one of Takuya's crumpled doodles. "Oh Zoe!" he called, running to the front of the Library.

Takuya turned around in his chair, wondering what Davis was doing, and saw the boy rushing towards Zoe with one of Takuya's doodles in hand. The brunette just sighed though, and watched everything play out.

"Hey Zoe" Davis grinned "You know Takuya, right?"

"Sadly, yeah"

The boy smirked and unraveled the piece of paper "Well get a load of this" he beamed

The reaction Zoe gave was off of what Davis expected, he saw her glancing at him and back at the page, laughing. "What's so funny?" He asked, turning the papaer his direction.

His blood boiled at the sight of the drawing. It was a crude depiction of him sobbing while Kari was holding hands with T.K. He looked at Zoe who was covering her mouth, attempting to hold in her laughter. And his eyes darted back at Takuya, who was smirking at him from afar.

"TAKUYAA!"

A/N: I tried to make this chapter a bit longer to compensate for the fact that I won't be updating this next week :( But as hard as I tried, the chapter wasn't as long as I hoped it would be T.T

But anyway, I hope you guys still liked it! I'll be off in vacation mode until next Friday or Saturday...Maybe Thursday if I get home early. So yeah, don't expect an update next week but the week after that I'll definitely have a new chapter up ^~^

Takuya: -breaks into author's notes- SUCCESS!

o_O