Hey all! Thank you so much for the reviews. And I'm super sorry for rather long delay. I've been sick lately. But here I am now, ready to type up this bad boy! I hope you all enjoy this chapter =)

I don't own Digimon, nor do I own Hello Kitty. (I mention Hello Kitty since she'll be used in the beginning of the chapter)

I Love You, BF!

by iJutsu

Chapter 4

"Kari! Kari! Wait up!"

Kari didn't turn back. She couldn't face him now. She just kept running, and running, to get as far as she can from the sound of his voice. She pushed through the crowd, hopefully trying to get lost in them. But that didn't seem to work, for his voice seemed to get closer and closer. Where could she go? She couldn't go home-that was the most obvious place! She grunted. There was no way she can out run TK, him being a soccer, track and a basketball player. She was feeling a little bit light headed. She now regretted not taking a PE class this year. Kari shook her head out of her thoughts. She had to find a place to hide; her legs couldn't' take her any further. She desperately looked around. Luckily, just a few feet away, stood three tents. She glanced back quickly, and saw that there was a large crowd; but TK would show through them anytime soon. Without thinking, she ran into the left tent. She gasped for breath and rested her hands on her knees. As she continued to catch her breath, she looked around. It was a dressing room. No one was in there, fortunately enough. Realizing she was just wasting time standing there, she decided to start running again. TK had a 1/3 chance of choosing the right tent, that is, if I he made it through the crowd. But she wasn't taking any chances. Looking around, she saw that there only one outfit left. She twitched, staring at the piece of fabric.

"…Hello Kitty?"

The outfit she held was a blue overall dress, already connected with a red shirt underneath it. She looked down at the other part of the outfit and stared at it uncomfortably. It was Hello Kitty's head. The 'mascot' head, anyways. Kari shivered. It wouldn't really make a different if she just changed her outfit. TK would still recognize her. She took a deep breath and picked up the head. Having no other choice, and having no time to waste, she quickly changed into the outfit.

Minutes later, she stood in front of the mirror and almost gagged. She couldn't get over how pathetic she looked. "How'd I get myself into this?" Kari scolded to herself. She sighed and walked out of the other side of the tent. She immediately bumped into someone. She jerked back a little, and when she fully got her balance back, she stared at the person before her. It was a girl, wearing the same dress, with her Hello Kitty head in her arms and with a basket in the other. She blinked.

"Diane!" the girl said to Kari, "You're out of break early today! Getting into your shift already?"

Kari, not knowing how Diane would sound, stayed on the safe side and just nodded. Kari was now grateful for the head, otherwise Kari's nervousness would of shown right through. The girl seemed to have bought it. She smiled.

"Well, looks like you're all ready then," the girl said, handing her the basket of toys, smiling thankfully, "Good luck! So many little kids here today. Seem to can't get enough of these Hello Kitty bobble heads. Alright Diane, I'll be taking my break now, so don't need me!"

Kari just awkwardly waved at the girl who entered the tent. She then turned back around and slowly made her way back into the carnival crowd. Her heart was racing as she slowly continued walking. "Okay, pull yourself together Kari. If someone just asks for a bobble head, just give it to them…Oh crap, how much do they cost? Okay, okay. Don't' panic. You can do this." Kari then let out a loud, annoyed sigh, "Oh for Pete's sake, I'm dressed in a Hello Kitty outfit, with my face trapped in a Hello Kitty head that smells like sweat, in the middle of a carnival selling bobble heads without even knowing the price just to run away from my best frie-" Kari stopped in her tracks, and froze in awe. It took her a damn Hello Kitty outfit to realize what she was really doing. She was running away from her best friend. "But…why?" Kari thought, "And why was he chasing after me if he was supposed to be with Amb-" Kari's thoughts were interrupted as little girl tugged on the bottom of her dress. Kari looked down at the child.

"Can I pwease have one, Hewwo Kitteh?" said the girl, awfully slowly.

Kari found a big smile creep onto her face. She always found little kids adorable. In fact, things like these fell under one of main weaknesses: cuteness. Kari, still smiling, dug into the basket and pulled out bobble head. She then remembered that she had no idea how much the darn things cost. She looked down at the little girl, who was holding a $5 bill (A/N: Sorry, I'd say it in yen, but I don't know it's conversions). "It must be just $5," assumed Kari, as the girl handed her the money. Kari took the money and she gladly handed the little girl the bobble head. The girl's face lit up happily, as did Kari's behind her 'mask'. But then the girl looked up at Kari, with a shy look. Kari stared at her funny, not quite understanding what the little girl was doing. "Does she want her change?" thought Kari, hoping that wasn't true. The little girl then blushed and fidgeted with her feet.

"Can I…take…peekture with chu?" the little girl asked, with a shy smile.

Peek…ture? Kari then got it. Picture! Kari nodded eagerly.

"Of course, sweetie!" Kari said, patting her on the head.

The little girl smiled and called out for her mom. As the mother approached, she pulled out her camera. Kari bent down and wrapped one arm around the girl. The little girl smiled happily. The mother, also smiling, counted down with her camera pointing towards them. Once the flash came on to take the picture, a loud scream came from a distance. Kari stood up straight and looked at where the voice was coming from. Her eyes widened. "Oh God…"

"OH MY GOSH! IT'S HELLO KITTY!"

It was Yolei. Running towards her like a mad man, with a goofy smile and with her arms up frantically waving. It seemed like the more closer Yolei got, the more terrifying it was for Kari. The mother and the child quickly made their way out of the scene as Yolei glomped on Kari, nearly knocking her down. Yolei hugged her super tight while jumping in glee. There's hugs, but then there's Yolei's hugs. Kari literally couldn't breathe as Yolei spun her side to side, arms still hugging her.

"YAY! I finally found you!" Yolei exclaimed happily, jumping up and down, "It took me forever!"

Yolei, to Kari's relief, finally let go and smiled hugely at her, "What are you selling this year?"

Kari was still a bit dazed, but managed to talk back, "B-bobble heads! Five dollars each."

Yolei's face then dropped rather quickly, giving Kari the most weirdest look ever. Kari now felt uneasy. Yolei looked at the basket, then back at Kari, then back at the basket, then finally back at Kari. Yolei placed her hands on her hips and scoffed loudly, drawing people's attention. Kari winced. Yolei would be the one to do this in public.

"FIVE dollars? For a toy that's as big as my finger?" Yolei whined, "There haaas to be some other way we can negotiate this! I mean, really!"

Kari was now on the spot. She laughed awkwardly, which is a hated habit she has whenever she's nervous, "I-I'm sorry, miss but I just can't change the price like that! It just wouldn't be fair to the other customers!"

Yolei, again, shot her that strange, questionable, look, "You know…you sound an awful lot like my friend."

Now Kari started to panic, "Y-you don't say."

"Yup, yup!" Yolei said, "But she totally ditched me! I have no idea where she went. And she won't answer her phone! She just ran off! Hm. Maybe she ate one of those free sample cheeses they had near the free shirt stand we were at earlier. I've heard that the cheese was spoiled. And I know how sensitive Kari's stomach is! Kari's her name, by the way. Anyways, I was just standing there, right? And then like…"

Kari stared at Yolei embarrassingly, even thought Yolei couldn't see her. Once Yolei informed her that she wasn't picking up her calls, Kari gasped softly. She left her phone and her other clothes back in the tent! She had to get it back. But Yolei just kept talking and talking, which was making it harder for Kari to escape. Suddenly, a swarm of kids came running their way. Yolei blinked and turned around. In a matter of seconds, a bunch of little kids were pulling on Kari's dress, poking her side, and/or trying to take the basket. Yolei was trying to shake some off too. Kari was, oddly enough, getting scared.

"C-calm down, children!" Kari said, nervously, "Hello Kitty needs to go….!"

Kari attempted to take a step, but there were just too many kids. All of a sudden, a kid pushed another kid to get closer to Hello Kitty. The kid stumbled back against Kari, causing them both to fall. Kari grunted as her back hit the ground. She then felt a sudden cool breeze of air hit her cheeks. Kari blinked. Her red, wet face felt good against the cool air, and she could fully see everything in front of her. Her face filled with shock as she then realized that the Hello Kitty head must of gotten off. Which means, she was exposed. Which means, people were staring. Which means, so was Yolei! Kari quickly got up and stared at Yolei, who gave Kari an equal shocked look.

"…Kari?"

Before Kari was even able to open her mouth to explain herself, a voice came from behind her.

"There she is! The one who stole my costume!"

Kari turned around and saw a girl, with a police, pointing at her. Kari's eyes widened even more, and her heart was literally beating against her chest as the two ran towards her. She bowed apologetically to Yolei, and picked up her Hello Kitty head. As the two got closer, Kari stared at the head and then back at them.

"Here you go, Diane!" Kari said nervously, as she swiftly threw the head towards them.

The head hit them in the middle, causing them to fall back-giving Kari the perfect opportunity to run away. Without looking back, she ran deeper into the carnival until she could no longer hear those familiar voices. Once she felt she got far enough, she slowed down to catch her breath. She looked around and sighed in relief. She was in the food area. Kari found an empty picnic table and tiredly took her seat upon it. She placed her head down and beat herself up with her thoughts. She couldn't get Yolei's shocked expression out of her head. Not only did she worry TK, but she now worried Yolei too. It was heartbreaking. Nor could she get over the fact that she had no idea why she just did what she did. Running away from her best friend has done no justice to her. She felt harsh, frustrated tears force themselves out of her eyes. She kept her head down, allowing the tears to fall.

"What am I doing…"

Meanwhile with TK,

TK felt dizzy. It was as if he was going around in circles. He could of sworn he already been in the area, but there was no sight of Kari. He got mad at himself for losing sight of her once a wave of people literally crashed over him. Once the crowd cleared up, all he saw was three tents, but he doubted Kari went in there. She was too much of a goody-good to invade a tent. So he looked at the back end of each tent, but she wasn't there. He then figured she just ran around it, which made him end up where he was now-dizzy, lost, and unaccomplished. He leaned against the pole and took a deep breathe.

"If I was Kari trying to run away from me, where would I go…?"

TK dropped his head down in defeat. There was countless places Kari could of gone too. Kari has a huge mind, and she knows how to use it. He couldn't blame Amber fully on this one. If he would of acted more quickly, maybe Amber would of never shown up and he would of actually got the chance to talk to Kari. He sighed again. Thinking over what he could of done wasn't going to change anything. Stretching, he started walking around again, thinking hard at the places he may have not been to yet. While he walked, he noticed a purpled headed girl just standing idle in the middle of the walkways. TK didn't have to think twice about who that was. There was only one girl with that odd color hair in this city.

"Yolei!"

Yolei jumped a little from the sound of his voice. She turned around. He quickly made his way towards her. Her eyes were still a bit wide, like she was surprised about something. TK stared at her worriedly. He wasn't used to Yolei being down and un-hyper like this. It's so weird for her to not be spazzing out. He placed his hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

"Yolei, what's up? Looks like you saw somebody get killed."

Yolei turned away and looked back at the direction where Kari once ran, "It was Kari…"

"Kari?" TK immediately blurted, once he heard her name, "T-that's right! You were with Kari! Where did she go?"

"Hmph. As if I know!" Yolei crossed her arms and pouted, "She totally bailed on me, TWICE! I-I mean I didn't know she had a job here, but that's no reason to like, not tell me-"

TK stared at her oddly, "A job? What are you talking about?"

"See! You, of all people, didn't know either! Kari was dressed as Hello Kitty earlier, and she was selling those adorable Hello Kitty bobble-heads!"

"Wha-?" TK said, now looking at her stupidly, "Kari doesn't work. Especially not carnival duty! As HELLO KITTY? Are you sure it's Kari? And how'd you know it was her if those Hello Kitty girls are wearing a mascot head?"

"She fell and the head fell off," Yolei said simply, like it was common, "And it WAS her, TK. She looked at me straight in the eyes. She had such a sad look in her eyes."

Yolei then gave TK a soft glare, giving off a hint, and sarcastically said, "Hmm, I wonder why."

TK sighed. Of course Yolei would know about Kari's pain; better yet the pain that he causes her. And Yolei, being one of Kari's closest girl friends, would know about her crush on him. Yolei really didn't need to go past her sarcasm for him to realize it was all his fault. Then again, TK couldn't put all the blame on him, for Kari didn't open up to TK about any of this. How was he supposed to know? Him and Yolei walked over to a nearby bench and sat down. Yolei examined TK's face as he sat there, depressed. Yolei chuckled softly, already know what's up. She could immediately tell that his mind was filled with Kari. You cannot hide anything from this girl. Yolei nudged TK playfully.

"Come on, TK, cheer up!" she said, patting his back, "I mean, if anything, this is both your guys' fault."

TK looked at her funny, not even caring anymore how she even knows what's on his mind, "Both of our faults? How?"

"Are you guys that blind?" Yolei almost laughed, "Seriously! Everyone in the whole school knows that Kari's hopelessly in love with you. And everyone obviously knows you like her back, since you were the one to actually grow some balls and ask her out. So, if you ask me, it's Kari's fault for being too scared to admit it, and it's you're fault for giving up. And don't you dare say that I'm wrong, because then you're just fooling yourself."

TK was not getting where Yolei was coming from. However, he did catch that she said that everyone knows that Kari loves him. He looked at her seriously, noticing how confident she is in her remarks.

"Giving up?" he asked, rather insulted, "What are you talking about?"

"You gave up on Kari, even though you still have feelings for her," she said simply, "Well, that what it seems like, anyways."

"W-what? I never gave up on Kari!" he exclaimed, really confused. Because as far as he knows, he's still madly in love with Kari. Yolei gave him a really dumb and annoyed look.

"TK. Really?" she said, trying to fit off her urge for sarcasm, "Even after you asked her out, you still went out with plenty other girls! And I mean plenty! Hell, I even lost track about how many girls you got with after Kari rejected you! Can you even comprehend how much PAIN Kari felt because of that? Come on, TK. Do you understand now?"

TK gave Yolei yet another confused look, which seemed to now get her really annoyed.

"OPEN YOUR EYES! Kari. She's your best friend. Who loves you. Yet she helps you get the girl so that you'll be happy. If I were her, I'd be pretty damn hurt! T-that's why I said you gave up on Kari. You gave up trying to make Kari yours! You gave up on getting the one thing that would make you BOTH happy! YOU. GAVE. UP. Get the picture NOW? Doesn't it all seem like a mess? "

Yolei's temper was rising, which was a bad sign. It was common, but it was still bad. And it showed. Yolei was heavily breathing, and she didn't even realize that her hands were gripped onto TK's arms to shake some sense into him. TK just stared at her appalled, trying to take in all that she was telling him. A sudden shot of guilt shot him right through his heart. He doesn't even know why he got with all those girls after Kari. At first he thought it was to fill this empty gap he had because Kari rejected him, and now he's starting to believe that's true. But as for Kari getting hurt, TK's thoughts persuaded him that it wasn't his fault because he didn't know anything about how she felt. He used that against Yolei.

"H-how was I supposed to know that she's hurt?" he said seriously, "I mean, Kari never told me anything about how she felt! If I was able to admit, then why can't she? You know? And I find that pretty messed up, since we've been best friends for so many years now and she can't even tell me…ow!"

Yolei slapped him. TK placed a hand on his cheek where she slapped and looked at her shocked. Although, Yolei's expression didn't seem so mad as it did before. She sighed and gave TK a disappointed look. Receiving that sort of look made him actually miss her angry side. It was sort of painful.

"You were getting mad," Yolei said softly, "Slapping you was my first instinct to make you stop, so I did. But I only stopped you because you were blaming Kari for this. It's not entirely her fault…"

"I just don't understand why she would hide all this in, and hurt herself like this," TK said sadly, "Because of me. Why she couldn't just simply tell me…"

"It's not that easy, TK!" Yolei exclaimed, "I mean, you can't expect Kari to just 'simply' go to you and pour out her feelings. It's not that easy. Even if you did already admitted it, it would still be hard for her to say anything because she'd figure you're already hurt because of her. You see, she's not scared of telling you how she feels. She's scared of how you'd react. Admitting love is reallly hard to do, especially if you both are best friends."

"Best friends," TK repeated in a whisper, but then his voice got a bit louder, "The lame reason why Kari is scared to give us a try…"

Yolei gasped and looked at him. He was confused for a second, but then he caught himself stuck in a crucial situation. He didn't realize that he was thinking out loud. He just used information he remembered from Kari's diary. And if it was in Kari's diary, TK wouldn't know about it. Yolei let out a huff and gave him a really suspicious look.

"How do you know that?" Yolei asked, "Did she tell you?"

TK figured there was no use in lying. He can't say that it was just a feeling, because he just admitted that he didn't understand Kari's feelings, and obviously Yolei would catch that. And he can't say Kari told him, because that was a really obvious lie. And the longer he stayed quiet, the more Yolei would catch onto him. He took a deep breath. No point in hiding it now.

"I read her diary."

Suddenly, it was just quiet between them too. Awkwardly, and brutally quiet. Yolei's eyes were stabbing straight into his, giving him a dark look. Without losing eye contact, she stood up and looked down at him horrifying. It was as if there was a dark aura surrounding her. Tk gulped.

"DO YOU WANT TO DIE?" Yolei slowly said, deadly, "Don't you EVER touch a girl's diary!"

"It was an accident, trust me. I know that sounds unbelievable and stupid, but it's true. It just happened."

"Are you trying to commit suicide or something? How'd you accidentally read it? Ugh! You know what? No. NO!"

Yolei turned around and clutched her head with both her hands, as if her head was going to explode. She was really frustrated. TK stood up to see what's wrong with her. He placed a hand on her shoulder and her body tensed. She was calming down. Letting out a huge, long sigh, she turned around again and faced TK. Placed both hands on his shoulders, gripped it and stared deep into his eyes. This was a bit too uncomfortable for TK.

"Go find her. Now. She went towards the food courts. Tell her you have her diary and tell her you read it. Tell the truth. Don't try to hold anything back. This is finally your chance to fix things. As friends, or as lovers. Go. NOW!"

TK found a small smile come to his face. "…Thanks, Yolei."

"I said NOW!"

With just that, TK nodded, shook Yolei off, and made his way.

"Hey," she called, making him look back, "If you think I was hard on you, don't worry. I already lectured Kari."

TK just chuckled, nodded and ran towards the direction she instructed him to go. He ran as fast as his legs could take him. Talking with Yolei was very useful, but it took up a lot of time he could of used to look for Kari. Hopefully she didn't go to far from her last encounter with Yolei. He picked up his pace towards the food court. Once he finally approached the area, he slowed down and looked around. Every picnic table was taken, and not to mention the place itself was crowded. He sighed and continued walking. To his surprise, he found just one empty picnic table. He slowly went over to it and sat. TK looked around at the people around him, hoping to spot his best friend, supposedly now in a Hello Kitty outfit. Sadly, he put his head down and thought hard.

"Where can she be…?"

With Kari…

Kari finally managed to leave the carnival without getting caught by TK, Yolei or any of the other Hello Kitty workers. She looked behind her at the carnival. She sighed. "So much for getting things off my mind," Kari thought disappointingly. She reached into her pocket to get out her phone, but then groaned when she remembered she left it in the tent with her clothes. Hopefully somebody would be polite enough to turn that into lost and found-if there was any people like that. She gave up on that thought. If anything, the cell phone should be the least of her worries.

Kari found herself walking on the pier now, since the carnival was located near the beach. It was rather empty, since most of the people were spending their times on rides and fried goods over at the carnival. Kari found it relaxing, though. It was finally nice to get some fresh air and silence. It was peaceful. Kari let out a breath of relief and slowly took her time as she walked through the pier, taking in the sights. It was now a little after sunset. The sunlight hit the water beautifully. Before she could really appreciate it all, she saw a boy from a distance, with awfully tall hair. Kari squinted. It was Tai! With Sora. Kari's face then softened. She remembered he was taking her out on a special date tonight. Smooth of him to choose to pier, where it's nice, quiet and romantic. She then heard Tai's voice in her head of what he told her this morning:

"I fell in love with my best friend."

Kari smiled, and turned around. She wouldn't want to ruin it. How truly beautiful Tai's relationship with Sora was. Kari couldn't help but feel jealous because that's how her life would be with TK now, if she would of given him the chance. She took the stares down that lead to the beach. Luckily there was no one there. Just Kari and the sound of the gentle waves crashing on shore. She found a pretty decent spot before sitting down on the sand, just a couple feet away from the water. The wind blew gently across her face, and the smell of sea salt water filled the air. In all honesty, Kari believed, this was the most relaxed she felt all week. So much happened in just 3 days. Memories of everything that happened flowed back into her mind. Amber. TK. The kiss. She even remembered what TK last said to her:

"I am really lucky to have you, Kari. I really am."

Kari sighed. "What did he mean by that? Is he lucky to have me as the girl he loves, or…" Kari's face then dropped, "Is he lucky to have me as his best friend?" She felt guilty for feeling sad whenever the fact of her being his best friend came to mind. She was lucky enough to even know TK, what more being his best friend. She should be grateful. Although, the heart wants what it wants, and there's no stopping that.

The breeze got a bit colder, causing Kari to shiver a bit. She pulled her knees closer to her body and embraced them. The darn Hello Kitty dress hardly gave her any warmth, since her legs and arms were exposed. Good thing the sight was beautiful, otherwise Kari would have been really annoyed. With her arms still wrapped around her knees she looked into the horizon. It was getting a bit darker since she left the pier, and pretty soon the orange in the sky will vanish into dark blue. The wind got a bit cooler as minutes past. She embraced herself more tightly, now shivering a bit more. Enjoying the last minute of the sunset, she felt something, something soft, wrap around her body from behind. Her eyes widened, but she didn't look back. A person then sat beside her. Kari still didn't look. She already knew who it was, and now she was stuck with no where to go. She could feel her heart beat hard against her chest loudly. Now she couldn't even tell if she was shivering because she was cold, or if she was just nervous. Unfortunately to Kari, the silence was broken.

"What a day, huh?" said the boy.

"Heh, tell me about it," Kari said, calming down from the sound of his voice, yet still looking towards the ocean.

"Did you have fun in the carnival?" he asked a bit sheepishly.

"If you call invading a tent, stealing a costume, being dressed as Hello Kitty in a crowded carnival, getting trampled on my hundreds of little kids, AND being chased by security fun, then yes. I had a blast," Kari said sarcastically, "How about you?"

He stayed quiet for a while, which worried her a bit. But her eyes stayed fixed away from him. Suddenly, she felt a warm finger go under her chin, and it slowly and gently moved her face towards his. Kari blushed, and eyed the other way. She was too nervous to look into his eyes, even though she felt his eyes looking hard at her. His fingers were warm, which caused her to shiver. His hand then smoothed over to her cheek. Kari, finally, slowly turn her eyes back at him. Her heart fluttered. There she was again-staring face to face with her best friend.

"I was so worried about you," TK whispered kindly, "I was looking for you everywhere."

She opened her mouth to talk, but her throat felt dry. No words were able to get out. She ended up looking deeper into his eyes, causing more of her emotions to overwhelm her. Look at him said Kari's mind Look at your best friend. Look at the boy who takes care of you. Look at the boy who worries sick about you. Look at the boy who protects you. Look at the boy, Kari, that loves you. Look at him. A single tear slid down her face without her even realizing it. Guilt was now seriously getting to her. She hated how sensitive and weak she was. Every feeling she had started pouring out. TK noticed her tears and quickly wiped them away. He looked at her worriedly.

"Kari, what's wr-"

"I-I'm so sorry," Kari choked, turning her head away from him and covering her face with both hands, "I'm sorry for running away a-and making g-go through so much trouble all the time…"

"Kari, it's okay! Now I know you're safe and-"

"I'm sorry for a-always hurting you," Kari interrupted, face still covered, "I'm sorry for being a b-bad best friend. I'm sorry for n-not being good enough to-"

"Whoa, Kari, calm down, calm down. W-what are you talking ab-"

"I'm sorry for being so distant!"

"Kari…"

"I'm sorry for kissing you the other day!"

Kari…!"

"I'm sorry for breaking your heart!"

"KARI!"

Kari stumbled back a bit as TK grabbed a hold of arms and shook her sharply to calm her down. Kari's wet eyes looked fearfully at TK as he gripped onto her, looking into her eyes with such a look that Kari couldn't understand. He didn't look happy, which pained her, but he didn't look sad either. He looked like he desired something. TK, without thinking, pulled her close to him into an embrace. She fell between his legs as he pulled her into his embrace, not being able to even blink. Kari's eyes grew huge as her face turned red hot. TK held her closely and took in the aroma of sea salt from her hair. He took a deep breath before speaking.

"Kari, what's been going on with you lately?" TK said with surprise and worry, rubbing her back for comfort, "You've been acting so strange since after school that one day…"

Kari sniffled, feeling a bit light headed as she rest her head on his chest, eyes once again towards the ocean, "I don't want to lose you…"

TK raised his brow, "Lose me? Kari, I'm not going anywhere…"

"N-no, I…" Kari sighed and decided to all out on this one, "I'm just j-jealous. Of Amber. Not just Amber, but all those other girls. Whenever I see you happy with other girls, I just can't help but get jealous because it's like…like they're taking you away from me…And I'm not trying to say that I own you or anything it's just that…I don't know…"

Kari's head was already rumbled enough, so it was hard for her to find the right words to say without TK getting too confused. Although, TK seemed to pick up what she was trying to get through to him. Kari held onto him closer. TK rested his chin on Kari's head softly.

"Kari, no matter who I date, they'll never, ever replace you. You mean so much to me. You're my best friend."

Best friend. There was those words again. Those damn words. Amazing how two simple words could drive her crazy. Jealously, anger, guilt, fear-all these negative emotions overwhelmed her. She started to feel physically sick. Her head was literally spinning, and the ocean started to become a blur. Kari couldn't take it anymore.

"Yeah, but unlike them, I'm not the one you're dating!"

Kari's eyes slightly widen as she realized what she really said. She felt TK's hand stop stroking her back. TK just stared blankly at the view before him, confused. He didn't understood what she said. He was picking up hints in his head, but he still didn't fully understand. At this point, Kari felt ready. Enough with the chickening out. These were one of those chances that Yolei was talking about. Now that she had him thinking, she was finally going to make her move. Although, the moment she moved her head just an inch off his chest, it was as if a brick hit her straight at her head. Her vision got more blurry and it was as if things were moving slowly on it's own. She didn't understand why she started feeling so dizzy, but she was and it was interfering with her chance to confess herself. "N-no, not now…" Kari thought to herself weakly. Gathering as much strength as she could, she shakily pulled herself back where her face was leveled with TK's. TK stared at her in shock, seeing how red her face became. Her body heat seemed to increase as well. Before he can speak, Kari beat him to it. She looked hazily into his eyes.

"TK…I…"

She now saw three of his faces shifting slowly left and right. She only had a little bit of time before she unintentionally knocks out. Kari took a deep breath. She managed to give TK one last small, sweet smile before finally saying what she's been wanting to say after so long:

"….I…love…you…."

TBC

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