Author's note:

So my plan didn't work out like I wanted. Ah! Thanks for the reviews!!! Ahaha! I know a lot of you wants the KeixHikari pairing back but at this point I think I can't make it work anymore.. or I can , well let's just see.. (Ehehe!! Evil me)

I do?!?!

Chapter 6

Continuation….

The big date finally came.. ahhh.. I mean the big double date came. For Kei who was edgily waiting, it wasn't the date that makes him kind of nervous it was the birthday and the birthday celebrator. He waited at the foot of the staircase for about half an hour now. He was about to come up when he saw an angel walking down the stairs in an elegant blue beaded dress. Kei smiled and offered a hand. She smiled back and took it. The princess walked to the car with her prince..uh.. with THE prince, not hers…yet.

When they arrived at the venue, Hikari welcomed them with a warm smile and open arms to hug both of them.

"I'm sorry Hikari we were late. It was totally my fault" Ayumi sincerely apologized

"No, it's okay. Let's go inside. Ummhh.. you know I think Ryuu is a bit not in the mood, but I think he'll be okay soon" Hikari said as she pull the two to the table.

Kei and Ayumi sat side by side facing their dates. As said Ryuu was not in the mood but he managed to smile. While waiting for the food Kei started the conversation with Hikari. Seeing that Ryuu isn't in good shape to talk Ayumi just watched the two and listened to them.

"Hikari you're so beautiful as usual. Thanks for letting me take Ayumi with us." He said with a soothing smile

"It's okay, I'm really happy that she's celebrating her birthday with us" she said looking down with a blush

Kei clapped his hands twice to call the waiter. The said waiter walked toward them holding a bouquet of flowers and gave them to Kei who handed them swiftly to Hikari

"For you gorgeous" he said then he winked and smiled

Hearing it reminded Ayumi something that made her smile and she thought

' Ah.. so he was listening when I was teaching him how to smooth talk or is he a natural? '

Yeah, she smiled but who said she feels good about the scene? It hurt her chest. Unknowingly, Ryuu was staring at her that whole time and he noticed the pain in her eyes than that innocent smile on her lips. When the pink haired finally noticed Ryuu eyeing her, she turned to him. This startled the boy a bit.

"So you're not in the mood today. Why is that so? Is it because you don't want to go out with me?" she asked jokingly (but as they say it, JOKES ARE HALF MEANT……. Learned that from school)

"No!! It's not like that. You don't have anything to do about my bad mood. The truth is that I'm looking forward in going on a date with you and do it frequently, if possible" he answered defensively and a bit shyly at the end.

This surprised the three and caused Ayumi's cheeks to redden.

"Ryuu" Kei unconsciously uttered with a sharp tone that nobody noticed

"Thanks" was all that Ayumi could reply

After a few quiet minutes the food was served.

They were eating silently when Hikari couldn't take it anymore. She stopped eating and looked at Kei in the eye and said solemnly

"Kei. I love you"

Ayumi and Kei were both surprised. Ryuu watched the pink-haired's every reaction. Ayumi's heart started to beat really fast, not out of excitement that's one thing sure. That ache in her chest just got more painful when she heard the words and as she waited for the boy's response. She tried but she's sure that she couldn't take to listen to anything that Kei would say. She stood up and said

"I'm sorry, I just remembered something. I'll just go out for a moment, okay"

She ran outside the restaurant and sat on a bench in the garden. She sat there silently holding her tears when someone put a hand in her shoulder to comfort her. She turned to see who it was and she saw Ryuu. She looked down for the guy to not see her teary eyes

"Why are you out here, you should've just waited for me inside"

"You should have told me that you love him than hurt yourself in silence beside him"

"What are you talking about?" she forced a chuckle but she failed. Instead her tears fell uncontrollably.

"Come on it's okay to tell me. If you want I won't say a word to anyone"

With this Ayumi hugged Ryuu tightly and she found comfort in crying and burying her face in his chest.

"Ayumi, I don't get you. You love Kei but instead of doing everything to get him, you're pushing him away from you. You are really weird"

Ayumi pulled away and wipe her tears

"I just want him to be happy. And the truth is that I don't want to fall for him. I know in myself that I'm really good at controlling my feelings, but when it comes to him I just… I don't know" she said hesitantly

"Look, you can't tell your heart who to love or who to not love. You should just let your feelings be sometimes"

Ayumi smiled a bit and said

"I didn't know that you have this side. I thought you are too obsess in taking care of the twins and your pets"

Ryuu's depress look came back

"Yeah, this morning the twins just ignored me when I told them that I'm going on a date and the animals don't want to go near me when I was about to say goodbye"

"So that's what made you so depress"

"Yes, anyway do you want to come back inside now?" he asked changing the topic

"No, I don't think so. I think I need a little more air" the pink-haired replied taking a deep breath

"Okay" then Ryuu held the girl's hand in his for a little comfort

The two stared up the sky and enjoyed the soft breeze against their skin, both of them forgetting their worries for a moment.

What the two didn't know is that Kei and Hikari watched the whole scene. And of course this made Kei's blood boil. Dark aura surrounding him was terrifying but Hikari surely didn't noticed because she was really happy that her friends are getting along together(poor innocent girl). She turned to Kei smiled and said

"Kei, why don't we get inside and let those two have the time for each other"

The boy did his best to hide his anger and tried to smirk. I said TRIED, with clenched fist, if that matters.

"You sound like a mother telling your husband to let his daughter take her first baby steps without support"

"And you look like an angry boyfriend whose girlfriend has been stolen" then she chuckled

Kei's eyes widen with what Hikari just said. Was he that obviously jealous? Well he was really thankful that in the field of life and love Hikari is still as dense as ever. Kei finally smiles, a real one. He put his arm around the girl's hip, pulling her closer. Hikari blushed at the action. Kei kissed her forehead. She rested her head against the boy's chest, enjoying her love's warmth. Kei rested his chin on Hikari's head, secretly cursing his self for being so sweet to his first love when he already loves someone else. Then he muttered

"Let's go inside"

They went back to their table and finished their food.

Outside, Ayumi shivered when the now colder breeze touched her face.

"Wanna go back inside now?" Ryuu asked concerned

She just nodded and they got back inside with Ryuu's arm around her shoulder. The atmosphere inside was sickeningly sweet with those smiles on Kei and Hikari's face. They are sitting on the sofa with Hikari's head resting on Kei's shoulder. The dark aura came back when Kei saw his friend's arm around her beloved's shoulder. When Ayumi and Ryuu saw the scene, the boy tightened his hold of the girl for more comfort. But this act just cause the dark aura around Kei to grow and move furiously like the tentacles of a raging octopus (sorry! I just remembered squidward for a moment there). Kei, abruptly stood up and said

"Hikari, I think I should take Ayumi home now" again, Kei tried to not sound that mad

All of them looked at him and when he got his self control back to normal he reasoned calmly

"It's getting late, you know. And you two should get home now too"

---- They got outside and it's time to bid their goodbyes for the night. Hikari gave Kei a sickeningly sweet and murderingly tight embraced (Am I mad at Hikari? No! Of course not. Getting mad at that dense girl is just too ridiculous). The pink-headed teen looked at them and seeing this Ryuu squeezed her hands a bit. She turned to him and kissed his cheek. This made the boy blushed while Kei was almost burned by his temper as an outburst of rage just occurred inside him. He wanted to punch the other boy but it is Ayumi who kissed him so he doesn't have any rights to hit the guy. Kei pulled away from the leech-like girl and pulled Ayumi by the wrist and drag her to the car as he bid his farewell to his FRIENDS.

---- Inside the car

Ayumi was pouting because of what Kei just did. The boy was looking down with gritted teeth and clenched fist. I bet you could fry an egg on top of his head because smoke started coming out of it for a while now, seeing this got the pink-headed worried. She poked his arm and he turned to her with murderous slits as his eyes and asked with a shaky, frightening tone

"What?"

This made the girl feel afraid of his friend for awhile but she managed to asked back

"What's your problem Kei?"

Kei sighed heavily and rolled his eyes

"It's you and that kiss-Ryuu-goodbye you did out there"

Ayumi's eyebrow twitched at the reason Kei gave her.

"What's wrong with it?"

The question made the boy's eyes widen and sigh again in disbelief

"Why did you kiss him? You never did that to me even when you are saying goodbye"

Ayumi froze for a moment. She couldn't say that that was her way of thanking Ryuu for comforting her while she's drowning in jealousy back then. She just came up with the first thing that popped in her mind.

"Because he's cute and kind"

Those simple excuses struck Kei real hard 'BECAUSE HE'S CUTE AND KIND??!! HELL!!'. Kei looked down in agony and said

"So, I'm not cute and kind enough for you to kiss"

With the realization of how much destruction she brought to the guy's heart, pride and soul, she leaned down and kissed the boy's cheek. Kei reddened and his mood lightened up a bit with the hope that was brought up. He looked up at her

"You're dazzling of all creature Kei" she complimented with a sweet smile

He liked that but he thought of something and said curiously

"Dazzling??Eh?? Why did you use that adjective to describe me??"

Ayumi chuckled

"Got that from twilight, gorgeous was too used up for tonight so I decided to think of another word for it then I remembered Edward Cullen"

"Ah.. vampire.. eh.." then he smiled

TO BE CONTINUED….

"LOVE COULD BE NAIVELY ABSURD SOMETIMES"

Aaaahhhhhh!!! Done at last!!! After a decade or so… Hahaha!!!! I want to clear this out. I DON"T HAVE ANY HIDDEN DESIRE TO KILL THAT FREAKING LEECH-LIKE, DENSE, SICKENENING, AIRHEAD Hikari…. Sorry that was A JOKE.. really, don't take that seriously. I really love KeiXHikari. Especially Hikari, of all girl main character in animes, Hikari is one of those few who I like….So sorry for that hurtful verbal joke about her… I just can't help it sometimes. I'm really evil, am I not?

-yuwe19