Ok got back from Alaska! Here's chapter seven of Love, Denial, and Cookies. I haven't been coming up with lots of ideas lately, so this chapter might be a little short. If you have any ideas, please, review or PM them to me! I want to thank AnimeisPerfection for reviewing for chapter six, and Faith 1234 for reviewing for chapter 5! I try to thank everyone for reviews, so if I did not get you, then please tell me! So, thanks again! And here's the next chapter!

Abigail and Gabriel wouldn't talk to each other for the rest of the week. They acted like neither was there. Because of the small apartment they shared with Haruhi and Ranga, when one of them was in, the other left to go do something outside. At school, they wouldn't talk to other people either. If anyone tried to make conversation they glared at them till they went away.

Finally, on Friday, Kaoru went to go talk to Gabriel. Hikaru looked on from a distance, glancing at Abigail every so often, wondering if he should talk to her. He decided against it. What would he say anyways?

"You've got to talk sometime, you know." Kaoru said casually as he sat down next to her. Gabriel stared out a window, her eyes narrowed. Her lips were stubbornly pressed into a straight line. She could have been carved out of stone she was so still. Kaoru sighed. He moved closer. Normally Gabriel would've automatically moved away, he was always too close for her liking, but she was so set on not moving she hardly noticed.

Kaoru moved his face towards hers, trying to see it better. She didn't move, which surprised Kaoru. She normally moved. Why wasn't she moving? Now HE was beginning to feel uncomfortable. His leg, which was touching hers, felt like it was on fire. Did she have a fever or something? He was sweating from just sitting next to her. Kaoru cleared his throat uncomfortably, and it was that sound that made Gabriel glance at him in surprise. He wasn't normally this awkward and nervous. Kaoru always seemed put together. And strong. And…what was she thinking?

Gabriel then noticed how close his face was. It was right…THERE. Neither of them was moving for some reason just sitting there staring at each other. She felt stupid. She probably looked it too. So why couldn't she move? Gabriel felt like her legs were made of lead. Like her whole BODY was made of lead. She was almost in a trance staring at Kaoru's eyes.

His eyes were really pretty. Golden, with glints of green and some hazel. Almost cat-like. Gabriel couldn't believe she hadn't noticed how pretty his eyes were before. And his hair was a beautiful shade of orange-red, thick and styled nicely. Kaoru's skin was so pale, it looked almost fragile. Gabriel wanted to stroke his face, but was almost afraid it would bruise, like a cherry blossom petal. Beautiful, but fragile and easily bruised. Gabriel didn't notice herself leaning in automatically.

Kaoru was caught in Gabriel deep blue eyes. They were different shades of blue, dark and light, ocean blue mixed with sky blue. They were framed by long black eyelashes that batted every time she blinked. The colors seemed to swirl around him. You know the saying in books when people say they're drowning in a person's eyes or whatever? Kaoru never really got that-I mean, how could you drown in eyes? It just sounded kind of gross to him-but now he understood. Gabriel's blue eyes seemed to surround him, until all he could he could see was blue. And her face. That he could see. It was particularly beautiful, something he hadn't really noticed before. Her brown hair was as smooth as milk chocolate, and silky. He really wanted to run his finger through it, just to see if it was as silky as it appeared. Gabriel's skin was smooth and soft looking, almost caramel colored from all of her time spent in America. Kaoru wanted to stroke her face, and unconsciously leaned forward.

Both of them jerked back when they realized what was happening. What the (insert swear word of your choice here) I doing? They thought at the same time. They glanced at each other at the same time and turned red. Kaoru quickly hurried away while Gabriel turned her face back to the window. No one had caught their little episode, lucky for them, probably because it had only lasted for a moment. Sad…

Anywhoo, at the moment, Gabriel and Kaoru were thinking the same thing, "I don't actually LIKE him/her, do I?

Ok so that's all for this chapter! I thought I'd put a bit of fluff in this chapter to speed up the relationship between Kaoru and Gabriel. In the next chapter I'll put in a bit between Hikaru and Abigail, but they both think they don't like each other *cough denial cough* so them getting together might take a bit longer than Kaoru and Gabriel's relationship. So, please please review! Danks! Ta!