Chapter Four

Crush

This chapter is in Fai's point of view! Which means we get an insight on his feelings about Kaida! Squee!

I returned to the room where Kurogane and I were staying and fell onto my bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. My face was flushed and my heart was pounding faster than it was probably meant to. What was wrong with me? I rolled over and buried my face in the pillow, trying to muffle all the thoughts exploding inside my head.

"What are you doing, Fai?" I asked myself. "You absolutely cannot get involved with a girl right now, not matter how cute… ARGH!" I shouted.

"Something wrong?" Kurogane asked as he walked into the room. I sat up, put on a fake smile, and shook my head.

"Nope! Nothing!" I replied happily. Maybe a little too happily. Kurogane rolled his eyes.

"Like heck nothing's wrong," he said, and then swore quietly. I turned away from him, still thinking like crazy. I thought I liked Kaida… more than I ever liked any other girl. It was so weird, to feel this way. I thought she was absolutely beautiful. But it wasn't like I was going to say that. It was making me nervous and worried all over. If only my heart would stop thumping.

I pulled my knees up to my chest and leaned my forehead on them, my mop of blond hair falling to brush gently against my cheeks, which still felt like they were on fire. "Okay, something's wrong," I admitted.

"I knew that," Kurogane said.

"Then why did you ask?" I asked, looking up at him. He shrugged and sat down on his own bed, leaning his elbows on his thighs and surveying my befuddled expression with those perceptive red eyes.

"So, what's up?" he asked.

"I don't know," I replied. "It's like… I'm getting all freaked out lately. My heart starts thumping and my stomach knots up, and I don't know why."

"Has this got anything to do with Kaida?" he asked.

I chuckled nervously, which Kurogane took as a 'yes'. He laughed too, and sighed heavily. He stood, and walked past me, rubbing the top of my head as he went.

"Boy, are you in for it," he said.

"How come?" I asked.

Kurogane turned around as he got to the door, leaning one massive palm against the doorframe. "Because, what you just described is a crush," he said. I watched him go, hoping that he didn't know as much about this whole 'crush' thing as he said he did. But something in the back of my head told me that he probably did.

"A crush, huh?" I said, looking at myself in the mirror. My face wasn't quite so red anymore. But then Kaida appeared in the mirror behind me, and I turned as red as Kuro-puppy's eyes again.

"Settling in alright?" she asked cheerfully.

"Uh, yeah, I guess," I said, turning around to face her. She smiled.

"I'm glad," she said, and my stomach flipped over again. I sincerely wished it would stop doing that. "Well, see you later," said Kaida, and she turned, waving at me as she left. Why was she so cute?

"Yep. It's a definite. I've got a crush on her," I said to myself, and ran my fingers through my hair. "Hyuu."

Aww, so cute! Yay Fai! He's saying 'hyuu' at the end instead of whistling, by the way. The next chapter will probably also be from Fai's point of view, but beware: they're going to the beach! Which means SWIMSUITS!

Fai: Asuka, you just want to see Kuro-puu in a swimsuit.

Asuka: Ehehe… um… That's all the time we have for today! Bye!