Sakura no Kiss

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†Chapter 3†


*at the airport*

"Hey what took you so long?" Rayne asked, obviously impatient.

"Well sorry! If only I already knew that we were going on a vacation, I probably be earlier than you!" Hikari answered in an angry voice.

"Looks like somebody didn't get enough sleep" Rayne teased as he noticed the deep dark circles below Hikari's eyes. "Have you been thinking of me?" He chuckled when Hikari blushed.

"I wasn't thinking of you I stayed up all night packing my things!" said Hikari.

"Well, whatever. C'mon lets go get something to eat" Rayne said walking ahead.

"Why do I have to go with you? I'm not hungry." Hikari planted her feet on the ground.

"You're not, but I am! Besides I've been here for almost an hour since you came. The least you can do is to go with me and buy some food." Rayne said smugly because he knows that Hikari wouldn't be able to refuse it.

At first Hikari hesitated to answer but just as Rayne thought, Hikari couldn't refuse. "Okay, fine. Just make sure that we will be right back here before the plane leaves" she sighed.

They were heading towards the food stand when Rayne said "The plane left an hour ago…"

"WHAT!" Hikari shouted as she halt into a stop.

"Relax! My family has 2 private plane, our parents decided to take the first one because you were so slow" He told her.

"Ah," she sighed and thought of something. "So why didn't you go with them?" Hikari wondered.

Rayne thought about that for a minute, probably looking for the right words, then said "I guess I wanted to wait for you… so we could go together…" For a split second, Hikari's heart skipped a beat and she flushed red from the gaze Rayne gave. Then Rayne noticed the awed look on Hikari's eyes so he added, "Besides if I go with them alone it will be boring, all they talk about is what's best for the company and I bet you would be lost here if I didn't wait for you" he assured.

Hikari shook his head, "what are you talking about? I know this place!" Hikari said confidently.

"Is that so?" Rayne smiled darkly. "Then can you tell me where the food stand is?" He asked testing if Hikari really knows the place.

Hikari looked around; she saw a person came out of a hall carrying a soda. 'Ah, that place must be the food court' she thought. She pointed at the hall and said "There, that's where the food court is" she said triumphantly.

"Hahahaha!" Rayne burst into laughter. "What's so funny?" Hikari asked. Rayne pointed his thumb towards the same hall. Hikari followed his thumb and saw another man with a tissue on his hand then followed by a boy with a tissue on his foot. That was the moment when Hikari realized that that wasn't the food court. She heard another laughter from Rayne.

"So do you want to buy something from the food court?" he teased.

Hikari was embarrassed so she went away. 'Curse that man, why the heck did he came out of the bathroom carrying a soda?' she thought. She continued walking, hoping to calm herself. Then she looked around and noticed that the place was unfamiliar to her. 'Oh, no! Where am I?' she thought. She tried to retrace her steps, but it seems like she was going in circles.

She went to the main hall and when she opened the door, she saw what the people there are reading. 'Whoa, all of them are reading the same magazine.' She was curious so she went to the waiting lounge and browsed the magazine. To her surprise the picture of her and Rayne's family was on the front cover. She gasped and dropped the magazine. Some of the people sitting on the other side noticed Hikari.

"Excuse me, are you Hikari Fukiyama?" a man wearing a goofy hat asked.

"Ah – hai!" Hikari answered. She turned around and saw other people, mostly guys were approaching her.

"Hey miss Hikari can I have a photo with you? – Can you sign my cap? –Can get your number?" the people there surrounded her. She felt claustrophobic and wanted to get these people out of here but she can't find a way to escape.

Then someone from the crowd placed his hand around her waist. She gasped and looked up, 'Oh! Thank god.' It was Rayne. 'Good thing he found me'

"I'm sorry but we are in a hurry so please let us pass" Rayne asked politely.

"Are you Rayne Takeshima?" a man carrying a notepad asked.

"Yes that is me." Rayne replied.

"Ah can we ask you a few questions?" a man asked. Then it was followed by another "Are you two dating?" "Are you two a couple?" "Were you two going somewhere?"

Rayne got annoyed with their questions so he decided to answer them. He slid his arm away from Hikari's waist and instead he placed it on her shoulder. He flashed a fake smile at Hiakri, who was totally wondering what Rayne was doing, and winked. Then he looked back at the paparazzi with a serious look and answered their questions "Yeah, she's my girlfriend and we're currently dating, so can you please let us pass?" He said harshly.

"Wha-?" Hikari tried to talk but Rayne silenced her by kissing her mouth.

Hikari was overwhelmed with emotions. First, she was angry because that was her first kiss and she wants her kiss to be perfect. Second, she was embarrassed because she was kissed in public and everybody saw it. And third she was shocked because she didn't expect that she was going to be kissed! But despite all of those emotions, a small part of her wanted it.

She cringe and this made Rayne pulled back. He looked at Hikari carefully in the eyes but she looked away. Rayne grabbed Hikari's hand and dragged her out of that place. She didn't bother to object because she knows that it will humiliate her more.

They headed for the luxurious dining place where there are only few people inside. Hikari pulled back her hand and whispered "Why did you do that?"

Rayne sighed before answering and sat on one of the table "I only said those words because those paparazzi won't stop until they hear what they want to hear!"

She sat on the other chair and for some reason Hikari's anger went away. "When we first met, you thought I was a reporter, is that why you acted stubbornly?" she wondered, remembering their first meeting.

"Yeah, but I didn't act that way because I thought you were a reporter. I act that way because you interrupted me when I'm sleeping and you crashed your bike to my sakura tree" Rayne clarified.

Hikari's only reply was a nod. Then there was silence between them. Hikari was looking down at the table while Rayne was looking at her. Then she remembered the happenings a while ago so she blushed and shook her head to erase the memory. 'Sheesh, that's gonna take a while to forget' Hikari thought. Obviously she didn't know that Rayne was looking at her and saw the blushing and the shaking.

Rayne grinned and asked, "So…" he leaned on the table. Hikari looked up and creased her forehead. "How was my precious kiss…Did you like it?" Rayne raised one eyebrow; he was still wearing that grin on his face.

Hikari flushed even more and she looked away. "Let's go, we might be late for the flight." She changed the subject. They stood up and took another way because they don't want to bump onto the paparazzi again.

Rayne sighed, "Well it's obvious, you liked it." Rayne teased.

"Hmp. What makes you so sure?"she asked.

"Well you might say no but your eyes say yes" Rayne confidently said.

Hikari was about to reply but when she faced Rayne he was heading to a manga store so she just followed him. Inside the store Rayne browsed the manga's placed on the window. He asked the shop keeper "Excuse me, do you have the latest issue of 'High School of the Dead'?

"Yes, sir. It arrived this morning." the sales woman answered.

"I'll buy one" Rayne said as he checks his pocket for his wallet.

While he was paying the flight attendant entered the store. "MADEMOISELLE Hikari et Monsieur Rayne l'avion part" the French flight attendant said.

"ah approuver. juste une seconde" Rayne replied fluently. Meanwhile Hikari was wondering what the flight attendant said. She didn't study French so she didn't know the language.

When they exit the store Hikari asked something. "How long will it take until we reached the place?"

Rayne thought about that for a moment then answered, "Maybe an hour or 2…"

"Ah" she replied. She was so sleepy that she felt like all those sleepless night were pouring down on her now.

They were climbing the stairs of the plane and Hikari was about to take the last step when she tripped and accidentally grabbed Rayne's shirt. Rayne looked back at Hikari and said " Would you please be careful!"

"Sorry." Hikari muttered.

Hikari sat on the window side opposite to Rayne and yawned. "You should sleep I'll wake you up when we reached the place " Rayne said. Hikari's reply was just a nod. When Hikari received the pillow that she asked the flight attendant she laid her head side wards and closed her eyes. Rayne was reading the manga he bought and after a second he noticed Hikari's uneasiness. He stood up and moved towards Hikari. "Move over" Rayne said.

"Uhm, why?" Hikari asked half awake.

"If you don't move over you'll strain your neck" Rayne said.

'Wow, he cares about me' Hikari thought as she moves over and Rayne sat next to her. Without a word Rayne slowly laid her head on his shoulder. Then Rayne continued to read his manga. Hikari blushed and her heart beat accelerated. She managed to sleep and dreamed about what happened with the reporters.

While Rayne was reading the manga she felt Hikari flinched beside him but he ignored it. Then Rayne leaned his cheek on Hikari's hair and he heard Hikari muttered. He sat up straight because he thought that Hikari woke up. When he peeked at her face her eyes are still closed. Rayne sighed and then he remembered the first time they met.

'Ding-dong-ding' Passengers please put on your seat belts, we're about to land," The pilot said.

Rayne looked at Hikari and saw that she drooled on his shirt. 'Ugh! This girl is gross' Rayne thought. "Hey sleepy head! Wake up, we're here," he poked her head until she wakes up. Hikari slowly lift her head up, flexed her neck and looked outside the window. Suddenly Rayne remembered that Hikari mentioned his name while sleeping. "So what was your mouth watering dream?" Rayne raised a brow and grinned.

"Huh?" Hikari wondered.

Then Rayne pointed his finger on his shoulder. Hikari saw that Rayne's clothes were wet because of her saliva. As expected, Hikari blushed because she was embarrassed because she knew that her dream was about kissing Rayne. Immediately she thought of a good explanation. "Ah, m-my dream was about…food! Yeah lots and lots of food," Hikari said nervously. Hikari was a bad liar but Rayne let it pass.

Rayne stood up and talked to the flight attendant. Hikari sighed and then Rayne said, "I told the flight attendant to prepare out luggage and a car to go to the resort." He looked at Hikari and creased his forehead "Are you ready to go?" he asked.

Hikari inhaled and smiled "Hai."


They arrived at the resort in New Caledonia; they entered the enormous beach house owned by the Takeshima family. An old small woman opened the door. "Hello young master, it's nice to see you again," House keeper Celie.

"It's nice to see you too, Aunt Celie. How's the place?" Rayne asked.

"It's still in good shape young master." Aunt Celie replied.

"That is good," Rayne replied. They entered the beach house and Hikari was amazed to what she saw, "wow" she muttered.

Rayne looked at Hikari "Not what you expected?" He asked.

Hikari shook her head and Rayne snickered because of the expression on Hikari's face. The house was so open; there is almost no wall because of the glass windows. At the back you could see that there would be a clear view of the sun set.

"Aunt Celie, please show Hikari her room," Rayne said.

Hikari followed her as she head towards the door on the right corner. She opened it and said, "Here is your room Miss Hikari."

"Thanks," she replied. Hikari entered the room and she saw an over sized princess like bed on the center of the room. She explored a small hallway on the corner of the room and discovered that it was leading to the huge closet which already has some clothes in it. On the other side of the room was another hallway leading to the bathroom. She returned and with a sigh, she lies down on the bed.

A few minutes passed then there was a knock on the door. She immediately sat up and saw that it was Rayne. "Oi, here is your other luggage," Rayne said as he placed it on the corner. "Thanks," Hikari replied. Rayne was about to leave when he remembered something "By the way, your closet was full of clothes cause your mom already got them for you and we are going to meet them later," then he left.

Since Hikari had a long and exhausting day, she decided to take a bubble bath so she gathered her toiletries and went to the bathroom. She opened the faucet and added her favorite 'jonalon' liquid soap, its famous for its sweet scent and moisturizing texture. She climbed in the tub and relaxed.

A few minutes later, "thud-thud" somebody knocked on the door. Hikari gasped, she didn't realize that she was falling asleep in the tub. "Who is it?" she asked.

"It's me"-Rayne's voice "hurry up and get dressed, we're going to meet up with our parents later," he said.


Uh-oh! what will happen next? O.o Wanna find out? --- go to next Chapter :p [pauline]

Duh! of course they will read the next chapter! dweeb! XDDD *victory!* They should read it!

And don't forget to leave a review for this chapter, readers! Where the heck is samita? [patriz]

-dun-dun! *watching her favorite show* Don't disturb! [samita]