Chapter 4
Grey Clouds
A/N: Kaoru's Pairing
A girl sat on the steps of Saotome Academy, fighting tears.
Her crush had rejected her, he only loved Nanami Haruka.
"I'm sorry, you're an awesome girl. You really are! But I'm in love with Nanami Haruka. You'll find the boy you need I-"
He said no more incriminating words as she slapped him and ran away, sad and angry.
Sure, Haruka was kind and sweet, but surely she was pretty and nice too, right?
Apparently not.
So here she was, rejected and alone.
Crying like an idiot.
Weak.
Pathetic.
A voice startled her from her brooding.
"Hello?" A voice called to her.
She realized at least it wasn't her crush. She laughed bitterly. He had some class, more than the boys who asked her immediately after to help them woo Haruka's heart.
"Hello?" The boy repeated, tapping her shoulder.
She didn't respond.
The boy decided to continue speaking. He scooched over to her, sitting down next to her. She looked up and saw... Syo?
"A fellow heart-broken?" He asked hopefully, gazing into her eyes with his blue ones.
She smiled weakly.
He squeezed her hand reassuringly, and put his arm around her.
"I understand. Most people ask me to go out with them, thinking I'm Syo."
Her eyes widened. So this was Syo's twin.
"Yeah, see?" He said wistfully. "I even liked one of those girls, too. That was a long time ago."
She closed her eyes, relaxing a bit. All she wanted was to not be alone.
"You know," she started, voice scratchy and harsh, "I know that all these boys want to be with Haruka. Haruka is nice, I'm her best friend. Yet, at the same time I want to know,"
"What's wrong with me?" Kaoru ended for her.
She nodded, her long red hair flowing slightly.
"Well," he said, "there is nothing wrong with you. Your eyes are beautiful, your sense of humor and how down to earth you are- it's all uniquely Tomo."
He laughed, like twinkling bells in the dark night.
"Haruka is nice, but she is naive and hard to relate to."
He smiled and took her hand fully into his.
When had her hand slipped, that he needed to take it again?
" You, Tomo-chan, know exactly how I feel."
He chuckled, waves rising on a sandy beach.
Kind.
Relaxed.
"Your a selfless person. But when it comes to love," It was now that he moved a bit closer, "A person should only love one person with all of their one heart. I'm serious when it comes to relationships, so is Syo."
He combed her hair, all mussed from crying with his long, smooth, fingers.
"And I love you, Tomochika Shibuya, because I love all of you. And I can't let you break your heart again."
They stayed there a while.
She cried a little more, but it was okay.
She had someone to hold her, make her feel like a queen.
That's what a girl should get from love. She would tell that to Haruka.
Kaoru and her were taking it slow, but it was fine.
He loved her because she was Shibuya Tomochika, not because she was Haruka's friend or second best.
She loved him because he was Kurusu Kaoru, and not because he looked just like Syo.
They understood each other, and were content to be that way for a while.
Two months later, Kaoru asked her out.
She said yes.
After all, they were in love.
It had just taken her a little rejection from her crush to realize it.
A/N: Hello! Ah, I just love this chapter and couple. Thanks to Cherry Shimono and Jester Musica. I will be checking my stories periodically. Thanks!
