''THE TIGER AND THE DRAGON''

I went to school today, in hopes of finding Oga and clear the misunderstanding. He's was obviously hurt. I entered the classroom and found that he was absent. He always came with that Furuichi kid. And he was there but Oga wasn't. So, I asked Furuichi about Oga. He said that he didn't come cuz he wasn't feeling well. Of course I wasn't gonna let it at that. I made him spit out Oga's address and now, here I am.

I pushed the doorbell, after a moment, a woman with short brown hair opened the door. She was the woman who was at the festival, she was Oga's sister. She seemed to recognize the uniform and let me in. She then called down Oga and grinned at me showing off her white, pearly teeth.

''You are Toujou Hidetora, right?'' she asked. How did she know? ''Yeah.'' I replied.

Her grin widened, if that was even possible, and said, ''You look even stronger now'' She said. My eyes widened. Now, I remember! She was the founder of the Red Tails. Oga Misaki. I seldom attended school, so I didn't know. She was my senpai by one year. After she retired, someone took over and after that Kunieda became it's leader. I'd heard rumors about her being real strong, but showed no interest in it since I wasn't interested in fighting women.

This was unbelievable. That Oga Misaki was Oga's sister. Though I'm sure Oga's stronger than her. Maybe. Cuz I've never seen her fight.

As these thoughts went on in my mind, the person whom I wanted to see came down, his green haired baby on his shoulders. Oga was wearing a sleeveless black tee and beige shorts. Even though it's not the right time, I couldn't help but savour the sight which was presented in front of me. And as expected, shock and surprise was written all over Oga's face. But, there was something else that I couldn't recognize. He scowled, ''Why the hell are you here?'' he spat.

But, before I could reply, his sister did. ''Tatsumi! Is that any way to talk to your senpai, who came all the way here for you?'' she scolded.

''Senpai?'' Oga said. Oh, now that I think about it, Oga is a first year. And I'm a third. He's two years younger than me. We were assigned in the same class, so I guess I got used to it. More importantly, I need to clear the misunderstanding.

''Yeah, senpai. He's a third year, as a freshman, why don't you show some respect? Oh, well. Be careful next time. Toujou-kun, why don't the both of you go to Oga's room and talk? I'll be right there with snacks.'' I nodded, yet found it weird that she wasn't questioning me about why I skipped school in order to come here.

Just when I thought this, she looked at me and gave me a knowing look. ''Hey, I-'' Oga tried to protest but was cut off by his sister, ''Don't say anything more, Tatsumi. Or I'll have to shut you up.'' She stated in a deadly tone. Like she really meant it. Even I felt a bit intimidated.

Oga scowled and started climbing the stairs, with me following behind.

Xar. . . . .arX

What have I ever done to deserve such bad luck? Aside from beating - almost killing – the shit out of people? I'll never do it again. So, please tell me.

And why the hell did sis have to do something like making me be alone with Toujou? Well, no at least Berubo's with me. Oh, how I was wrong.

As I climbed the last step, Toujou still a few steps behind me, Hilda came into view. I hadn't forgotten what she said before about me and Toujou. She was smirking. She came forward and took Berubo from my back and whispered, ''I don't want Beelze-sama to come in between you two love-birds, so we will be in the adjacent room.'' I blushed softly. ''There's nothing like that!'' I said in a low voice so that Toujou couldn't hear.

''Oh, come on. The love in you is obvious. Your gloomy atmosphere totally changed. Stop running and realize your feelings, you naïve little shit.'' she said and went into my sisters room, the one adjacent to mine before telling Berubo, smiling warmly, ''Why don't we play for sometime together, Bocchama?'' and Berubo beamed and okayed, ''Dah!'' and they went inside.

I didn't know whether to feel angry cuz Hilda called me 'little shit' or run cuz I felt Toujou right behind me. I didn't turn around and entered my bedroom, Toujou following closely behind me.

Love? All these thoughts and feelings, is it because I love Toujou? My heart started thumping faster just thinking about it. Love. I didn't even know what being in love was like? Since I've never been in love. But, the way I feel about Toujou is different from how I feel about other guys. I feel comfortable around him.

I don't feel as much comfortable with others, even Furuichi, we have been friends for years. I don't mind him Toukou touching me. Even when he pinned me down, I didn't mind, in fact I liked it. If it were any other man, I would beat the shit out of them. Hell, I'd never admit it, but I want him to embrace me in his arms. And I've never thought about any one this much. I wouldn't care if my friends go out with other girls, but, I couldn't take it, just seeing him hug that woman. Just thinking about it makes me depressed. And all is because I love him? I certainly feel about him more than what a friend should.

I closed the door to my bedroom and turned around to look at Toujou. He had a serious look on his face. ''Why are you here?'' I questioned him.

Toujou was standing a few feet away from me. he looked at me, his face determined, and replied, ''I wanted to tell you, what you saw on the rooftop was a misunderstanding. Shizuka almost fell down and I caught her. There's nothing going on between us. We're just childhood friends. She even tried to tell you so, but you went way. I really don't want you to think otherwise.'' He said, as relief washed over me and my heart felt light as a feather again

Wait, what? That dialogue shouldn't be there, though I can't deny being relieved. But, who the hell would admit something like that!

''Why are you telling me this? I mean, I wouldn't care who you are with.'' I lied. My hands in my shorts' pockets. Toujou smirked

''Is that why,'' Toujou started, and stepped closer to me, until he was a step away from me and continued, ''That you ran away like that?'' he asked. His scent. Why does he have to smell so good?

''Wha? I didn't run-'' I was cut off as Toujou came even closer to me and his smirk turned into a smile, and said, ''And what about the relieved expression that I just saw on your face just now.'' He said.

My eyes widened, he saw right through me.

''. . .I don't know'' I replied. I really don't know what to say. Was I really in love with him. Every time he comes closer to me, I find that I forget how to breathe and whenever I think of him, so many feelings wash over me and my heart starts beating so fast. I feel happy with him. I have fun. I want to be with him.

I looked up and saw Toujou's face. He wasn't smiling anymore. He looked down at me as he was a few inches taller than me. He stepped forward and walked past me to get the door before saying, ''I'm sorry to disturb you. I'm gonna leave.'' He said.

My heart sank at his sad voice.

Xar. . . .arX

I told him that he misunderstood that situation. And was more than happy to see the relieved expression on his face. I don't know whether he realized or not, but his expression turned soft for a moment when I told him about what happened on the rooftop.

He said that he didn't care, like a petulant child while his expression gave it all away. I replied, asking if that was the reason that he ran off. I cut off his reply by telling him about his expression. He said that he didn't know and seemed to have gone into deep thought. Was he sad? If it's because of me, then I'd better leave. I didn't want him to be sad or feel uncomfortable. I was about to open the door on the intention to leave, but a pair of hands caught mine in an unexpectedly gentle hold.

I didn't turn around, as Oga started talking, voice almost a whisper, ''Toujou,'' he said, and continued, ''I don't know. I really don't. Why I always think of you and get happy when I do. I don't know why I feel that I want to be close to you, not to fight but just close to you. Why my heart starts beating so fast when I'm near you or even think about you. Why I can't resist your scent. I don't know, Why I felt so hurt seeing you hug that woman. Hilda said that I was jealous. I was. I felt so relieved when you said that she was just your friend. I also don't know why, I want your lips to be on mine whenever I look at them. I want to be embraced in your arms.'' Oga gripped my hand tightly and added, '' But, now that I've said it, I finally understand.'' he said.

I turned around to see his face. He looked straight into my eyes and said, ''Toujou, I love you.'' He said.

I think I forgot how to breathe. Oga just said that he loved me.

Xar. . . . .arX

I didn't want him to leave. I didn't want him to be sad. I spoke all that was in my heart, and as I did, I finally realized That I was in love with Toujou. I got Happy when he was with me. I got angry, jealousy, hurt and relief. And now, I finally realized that I loved him. And told him so.

His eyes were wide with surprise. But, I could clearly see the happiness in them.

I didn't know why but I really wanted to kiss him. So, I stood on my toes and pecked Toujou near his soft lips. He looked at me, eyes wide but then smiled and said, ''I love you too.'' And smiled. I don't wanna admit it, but I felt butterflies flying in my stomach.

He leaned down and kissed me on my lips. His lips not only looked soft, but were really soft. I wanted to bite them. One of his hands held my waist and the other was holding the back of my neck. I put both my arms around Toujou's neck.

My lips were licked by his tongue, asking for entrance. I opened my mouth a little and he pushed his way into my mouth. My toes curled. We kissed sloppily. We both separated from the lack of oxygen.

He moved me to my bed and laid me down, my hands still around his neck, and continued kissing me, his tongue played with my mouth. Our tongues lashed at each other, fighting for dominance, He won. And I gladly lost.

Just when I thought that I couldn't take it anymore, he moved his hands to my ears and covered them. I could hear us kissing. I immediately opened my eyes and saw that he was staring deep into my eyes. I shivered. I moaned softly. I lost all of my strength at his gaze.

I could hear everything going on in our mouths. Our tongues lapping at each other, I could hear his tongue grazing the roof of my mouth, my teeth and under my tongue. I could hear everything. I could hear the sliminess in our mouths caused by the mixture of our saliva.

Our teeth clashed. Our tongues danced and I could hear it all as if it were put on a microphone and I was the only one in the room. I couldn't help but moan. I didn't close my eyes and he didn't either. We were looking into each other's eyes as cheesy as it sounds.

God, I could take a beating from Jabberwock, but I couldn't take this any longer!

We parted for air and were separated by a thin string of saliva. Toujou's eyes were filled with lust and so were mine.


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