Chapter 9

I woke up the next morning to the sound of my alarm clock. I turned it down and started my week over again. For once I actually got out of bed and got ready. I put on some black basketball shorts and green tank top and grabbed a grey zip up sweatshirt. When I got downstairs my mom already had breakfast on the table. I sat down and started to eat.

"You're up on time for once," she said smiling at me.

I smiled back. Then my brothers came downstairs.

"You're actually up and down here before us," Dai said smirking at me. I rolled my eyes and they left. Shou was slowly following behind.

When I had finished eating I left for school on my skateboard. I was riding and did some tricks. People stopped to watch me. They thought again that I was a boy but I didn't care. It was probably because my sweatshirt was too big and was zipped up all the way. I surprisingly do have a feminine hourglass shape.

I got to school to find my friends talking with the boys. I skated my way over. My stomach started to get butterflies when I saw Butch but I shrugged them off. I decided to not take Dai's advice. I wanted to but I was leaning way more towards no. I couldn't help be feel slightly sad for my decision.

"Hey guys," I said as I reached them.

The all turned towards me and greeted me.

"So? Anything new with you?" Momoko asked playfully. The boys looked at her oddly, but I knew exactly what she meant.

"No," I said and sighed angrily.

Momoko laughed slightly and pulled a confused Brick along with her. Boomer asked Miyako what was going on and she just told him he would have to wait and see. Butch and I were left alone, again.

"Matsubara, you left this at my house," he said handing me the math book.

"Thanks," I said and smiled shyly. I turned around to walk to the school. Butch followed. He followed me until we had to go to our lockers. I went to my locker and he went to his. I put the math book in my locker and grabbed my stuff for science. I then walked to science. Butch caught up to me.

"I have a question for you," I heard Butch ask me. I stopped and turned to look at him.

"Yes?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"You wanna go on a date with me?" he asked while rubbing the back of his neck nervously. I looked at him. He didn't look like he was joking. He caught me off guard.

"What?" I said not believing what he just asked me.

"You wanna go on a date with me?" he asked a bit more confidently this time.

"Um sure," I said scratching the back of my head. He looked at me and then his eyes widened with excitement.

"That's great. How bout this Friday?"

"You're suppose to help me with my homework then,"

"We do that before we go out," he said smiling instead of smirking.

"Ok," I said and gave a good fake smile and then walked to class with him following close behind. I was supposed to not take Dai's advice. Something just came over me that urged me to say yes. I didn't want to but I did. I can't call it off… I'll just… go with it I guess. Momoko is going to freak, in a good way.

During class I just couldn't pay attention. My mind drifted to Butch then back to how was I going to tell my mom. How would my brothers react? This would be one of the first times that they would probably see me in a nice dress or something. Wait I'm already planning on what to wear? Well they could see me in something but defiantly not a dress. My head hurts… I'm not going to tell them. I'll just keep it a secret. They don't have to know… Dai doesn't have to know that I'm taking his advice… but if all goes well then I'll need to thank him. Wait… why do I care? I shouldn't care… It's just a date…

"Ms. Matsubara!" the teacher barked at me.

"Yes ma'am?" I asked looking at her.

"Were you even paying attention to the movie?" she asked coldly.

"No ma'am," I said and sighed. I wasn't going to try to lie to her, well at least not this time. I looked back up at her and she was surprised. She knew that normally I would have lied to her and received a detention. She just nodded her head, "Thank you for your honesty and don't let it happen again." Then she went and resumed the movie.

I watched it this time until someone poked me.

"What?" I whispered to Butch.

"Why were you spacing out?"

"Cause I always do."

"Why didn't you lie to the teacher?"

"Why do you ask so many questions?" I spat back. Butch looked at me and then shook his head and turned back to the screen. I turned to the screen as well.

Lunch

"Ok I'll see you at lunch," I called to Butch. He nodded and I made my way to the lunchroom. I was glad to see that Brick and Boomer weren't there and that is was just Momoko and Miyako.

"Guys we need to hang out," I said sternly.

They both looked at me then giggled.

"Oh! Ok! We can go to my house!" said Miyako. They knew that something "good" had happened to me and they wanted to know what. There was usually never a time where I just went up to them and said 'let's hang out'. I told them that once when I liked Narushima.

"Oh we can't wait!" squealed Momoko. Then the boys walked in. I should probably mention that now no one really goes up to them. They are still the hottest guys in our school but everyone knows they are taken. It is true that Boomer and Brick are taken. Everyone just assumes that Butch and I are together. Trying to stop that rumor would take forever, so I just ignore it.

"Hey my sugarplum," Brick says cooingly to Momoko. She instantly looks like she is going to melt right there on the spot. Again, she normally wouldn't fall for something like that but since it was Brick, her boyfriend, she would. Boomer on the other hand just greeted Miyako like a normal person. Gave her a hug and sat down. Miyako liked having pet names for each other but she never called Boomer his at school. Butch came over and ruffled my hair, like it already isn't messy enough.

"Hey!" I said slapping his hand away. He just rolled his eyes and sat down. We all sat there in silence for once. Normally one of us had something to say. Oddly Butch was acting normal, like he would on any other day. He showed nothing indicating that he was anxious for out date.

"Momoko are you busy after school?" asked Brick.

"No! I'm no-… I mean I am busy. Sorry," she said looking at Miyako and me.

"What are you doing?"

"Kaoru and I are going to Miyako's to talk about girl stuff," she giggled.

Butch turned to me with an raised eyebrow, "You, talk about girl stuff?"

"Shut up," I said and playfully punched him in the arm. Boomer and Brick were in shock.

"Momoko you don't have to put it that way," I said frowning at her.

She just laughed and acted as if she had said nothing wrong. I then got up and headed back to my next class without finishing my lunch.

End of the day

I waited Momoko and Miyako outside of the school. They were taking a long time and I was getting impatient. Butch saw me and walked over to me.

"If you're wondering why they are taking so long it's because they are with my brothers," he said pointing over his shoulder towards the building.

"Could've guessed," I sighed. Butch then ruffled my hair and ran away, "See you tomorrow!" I glared at him as he ran away. Soon after Momoko and Miyako finally came out to meet me, without the boys being next to them. They were running towards me. Before I could even greet them they dragged me to Miyako's house. They stopped when we got to her room. They locked the door and then looked at me.

"Spill!" shouted Momoko.

"Ya we want to know!" Miyako chimed.

"It's really nothing," I said sweat dropping.

"It's not nothing! If YOU told US that YOU WANTED to hang out!" said Momoko frowning at me.

"Butch asked me on a date," I said rubbing the back of my head nervously. I then quickly covered my ears to prepare myself for their squealing. Once I had my ears cover, as on cue, Momoko and Miyako squealed so loudly that I cringed.

"Shut up you two!" I yelled at them as I was trying to see if I could still hear, thank goodness I could.

"He asked you out! That's SO great!" yelled Momoko.

"Oh! Kaoru! Can I help you pick out an outfit for your date?" Miyako asked excitedly. She gave me her puppy dog eyes that I couldn't say no to. I sighed in defeat.

"When is your date? Where are you two going? What are you two going to do? Is he taking you to a movie? Are you going to dinner?" Momoko asked. I put my hand over her mouth to make her stop talking.

"I don't know. Were going to go to his house do my homework and then go out on our date,"

"You have to tell him that when you're done with your homework that you have to go home and change," Momoko said seriously, "when you're done you come here and we help you get ready!"

They then smiled at me and I just rolled my eyes in return.

"So, are you going to kiss him?" Momoko's eyes were now shining with interest.

I stared at her weirdly, "um no?"

She thought for a second.

"Well do you have anything in mind that you want to wear?" Miyako asked, changing the subject.

"Not really," I said slowly.

"Would you wear a dress or a skirt?" she asked with those puppy dog eyes.

"If you want me to," I said grinding my teeth. Her eyes lit up at this and she got all excited.

"You would really wear a dress for Butch?" Momoko asked surprised.

"I wore one for that bastard Narushima," I said angrily.

I looked at them and they looked back at me as if wanting me to say something about how excited I was or something.

"What?" I asked.

"So I take it you like Butch," Momoko said mockingly. I shrugged my shoulders.

"Well I told you so!" she said pointing a finger at me and laughing.

"Ya, I know," I said putting my head down in defeat.

"What do you mean?" asked Miyako.

"You remember that one day we chatted and you and Boomer asked if you wanted to do something so you left," she paused while Miyako nodded her head, "well I don't remember exactly but I said something about how sooner or later that one was going to admit that they had feelings for one. I was right!"

"Well technically Butch and I already admitted to liking each other," I said sweat dropping. Momoko's eyes went big.

"YOU WHAT? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" she said taken back.

"I don't know," I said shrugging my shoulders. She glared at me.

"Well I think we should get our homework done," Miyako said trying to get us off the topic.

"Fine," Momoko said moving towards her bag.

When we had finished our homework Momoko and I left.

"So does this mean now that you and Butch are a couple?" she asked. She knew that now she could annoy me since Miyako wasn't there to change the topic.

"No," I said flatly.

She looked at me funny then rolled her eyes.

"Bye Kaoru," she said as she turned left and I continued to walk straight. I said bye back and then ran the rest of the way home.

When I got home my mom wasn't home and neither was Shou. Dai was the only one home. He was watching some TV show.

"Where are mom and Shou?" I asked sitting down next to him.

"Um I think they went to get food?" he said trying to recall where they went.

When they got home they had food. Dai and I set the table and we went to eat. We ate in silence, which is unusual because mom usually has something to say or ask.

When we finished I went to my room. Shortly after Dai came in.

"So did you figure out what to do about with your non boyfriend?" he said smirking.

"Maybe," I said rolling my eyes at him.

"Ah so you took my advice?"

"No he asked me."

"Same difference to me," he said smiling to himself.

"Get out of here," I said going up to him. I then pushed him back far enough to shut my door. So much for me not telling Dai I took his advice… now if it works then I'll thank him but if it doesn't, I blame this all on him. I then lay down on my bed. I lay there and thought. I thought about Butch, school, Momoko and Miyako, my parents, my brothers, and then myself. Nothing in particular that stood out. Well I guess there is one thing… Butch came into all my thoughts. No matter what I thought about, he made it into my thoughts. I sighed. I like him… now there is no denying that. I'm falling for him harder that I thought…

Ok thanks for reading! I tried to make it a tad longer 'cause I haven't updated in a while… if you look at my profile then you'll know why and so ya. Thanks for any comments :)