Kukai just about threw himself against the wall. His best friend wasn't making any sense at all, and he was pretty sure Nagi seemed to be able to make his intentions clear without even trying. Deceitful his friend may be, a liar he was not (well, to him at least). That's why the brunette found it hard to believe that was so.

Sighing, Kukai tried to keep his mind on the Wii game he was currently playing and not on a lovestruck teen. There was more to Nagihiko just liking Rima, it didn't seem like suck a crush to him anymore. Some people knew love at the blink of an eye, and he was sure Nagi was one of those people. Now it just took a little speaking to and Rima could finally realize how perfect they were.

Not that Kukai would know how Rima truly was. All he knew was the basic info, Mashiro Rima, junior, blonde, brown eyes, short, member of the newspaper club and was Nagihiko's first and so far, only crush. That was all he knew, and it seemed stupid to bet a relationship coming out when that was all there was to her.

In all honesty, Kukai believed in their relationship (or a future relationship) because Nagihiko was just that hard to resist! Yes, yes, the dude was everything he wanted to be. Caring, loving, smooth with the words and quite the gentleman. He danced, he cooked and he pretty much would slave for that one lucky girl, in this case Rima. If only Kukai could learned to be as devoted as he was.

The phone rang, breaking his train of thought and he paused the game before picking up.

"Kukai..." And how could Souma Kukai forget. "I want to apologize. I didn't mean to... I panicked and didn't know what to say so I just went with it and somehow involved... I mean, ah! I'll make it up to you I promise!"

His best friend was such a worry-wart.

Rima could feel her heart beating so loudly she was sure everyone around her could hear it. Not that she thought anyone could blame her, she was about to spend the night with someone who she just happened to have had a crush on (for who knows how long). Talk about nervous, she could feel her palms getting sweaty with each second, it was a miracle she could still mantain the well built poker face she had going on or she was screwed!

Not only was Nagihiko extremely popular with his gazillion friends (one, which to remind you, had hit her with a soccer ball on the head this afternoon) he had an extremely secretive and stealthy organization that adored him for reasons unknown even to her. Goes to show a girl in love is a girl in love.

Leaning slightly against the wall, Rima's eyes flicked closed as she took in deep breaths. She needed to calm down. Freaking out in front of Nagihiko would do her no good, she was sure of it. It'd only make her embarrass herself in front of him and that was the last thing she had on her mind. Her fingers curled into the silk of her cardigan and she mentally cursed herself. She didn't throw in an attempt to look nice for him just for her to wrinkle it all up before he even got to see her!

"I'm turning into such a... such a..." Rima's eyes narrowed at nothing in particular. "A girl."

"Aren't you really?"

Spinning around, the sight of him took her breath away. So... beautiful. How could a guy be so beautiful? Long lashes, dark eyes that made you think you were looking into forever, seeing a soul so beautiful it was illegal to be on earth. Lips, pink... and smooth. A voice so soothing it sounded like angels to her. His sense of style betrayed no idea of his perfect-like quality, and his hair... gosh, there were no words to describe it.

'... That sounded creepy, even to my own head.'

"Course I am." She replied haughtily, an immediate reaction to being surprised and... drifting off to her 'ogle-at-Nagihiko-land!'. It was a defense mechanism of hers to immediately throw her embarrassment in for anger and just shock the nearest person senseless. But since Nagihiko wasn't even normal, so why should he react to her like the others did?

Of course he didn't though, he just laughed... yes, laughed at her before stuffing his hands into his pockets and shrugging his shoulders as if to say they had to go. "You hungry?"

Kukai sighed and tossed the soccer ball between his feet. After his conversation with Nagihiko he just had to get out of the house. His best friend had asked him for a favor, and like with any other favor, he agreed to do so as long as he was able. He'd usually be able to grant said favor in the blink of an eye. Turns out now was not one of those times.

"Get close to Rima, get to know her, help me win her over. I know I'm that desperate but please!" He kicked the ball into the net, finishing his quite murmuring. There was something in Nagihiko's voice that made him want to mock him, but he didn't mean to do that. He just couldn't understand.

Fujisaki Nagihiko. The man of every woman's dream, was having trouble courting a girl he's liked since second grade! Pandemonium was to ensue for sure! "If the fan girls got a whiff of this, that would send Rima into big trouble."

Course Nagihiko also had a point there... God this was just so hard! Kukai wasn't used to being the one to help people around! That was the very reason he wasn't too close to anyone but Nagi!

Closing his eyes and counting to ten, Kukai calmed himself and decided to give things a shot. He wished she was here, so that she could help him out. She always did know what to say when things like this came up.

'I miss you...'

AN: Ohoho! Sorry bout the late update! I know I said this was supposed to follow "Sanguine" but school got in the way. Anyways, DRAMA is here! So far so good I could say. Seems like everything's all settled in, but I do wonder if anyone could guess who this "she" Kukai is referring to. And no, it's not the same person as Nagihiko's "she". Oh wait, did I just make sense?

Thanks to those who reviewed; HaibaraAiFan, Emerald Tide, Made2352, HopeWithinDarkness, SandraStar66, and Yannami.

#Emerald Tide: Lol, I guess yeah! I did make it quite obvious, sorry bout that! I fail with hiding my intentions. Things will get complicated from here on out though. XD

#SandraStar66: All will make sense soon enough! I hope you stick to find out.

#Yannami: Oh come on dear, us Filipino writers gotta stick together! You write pretty great stories yourself.

I don't think I even need to ask for you guys to review, you do so often enough! Thank you!