TAKUYA'S POV

I rushed to a store and came back to the dorm with medicine and ice cream. I just wanted to help Zoe feel better. As I opened the door to the dorm, I saw her with a pouty face and furrow brows. Is she mad?

"Where were you?" She asks with a stern and annoyed voice. "You left me alone when I'm in this state? You are a really bad friend Takuya Kanbara."

I feel insulted by her words. She is so inconsiderate. I roll my eyes and scoff at her. "Yeah. A really bad friend." I say and place the bags in front of her. She looks at them then at me.

"What's that?" She asks.

"Why don't you find out." I say a bit harshly and walk to get a new set of clothes and a towel. I need to shower again because I ran so much that I'm sweaty and feel nasty. I close the door of the bathroom and strip to my bare body before I enter the cold shower. I like cold water, it feels good on my skin and gets me pump up for some strange reason. I'm guessing I just like to rebel and do everything other people in Japan don't prefer. I shampoo and wash my body. I take my time but then I rush out a little because I want to see Zoe.

I get out of the shower and dress up, a pair of comfortable grey sweatpants and a casual loose tank-top to make me look good in front of her. You know...no special reason...I just want to have a good impression on people...

I grab a towel and begin to move it messily around my head, drying my hair. I try not to glance her way but it's hard. When I do, she is no longer sitting on the couch. When I blink, she is standing in front of me. "What?" I ask beginning to dry my hair with the towel again. She just stares and says nothing.

I feel myself get anxious and I can't breath. Her stare is so intimidating yet sexy and cute. Does that even make sense? I don't know...and I don't care either, all I know is that if she doesn't stop looking at me like that, I may have a heart attack. Those stupid butterflies are back in my stomach and my heart is pounding against my chest. It will explode soon...

I wait for her to say something. She let's out a small smile and then she hugs me. She hugs me! She wraps her arms around my neck and presses her body against mine. She rests her head on my chest. My heart explodes and my brain goes numb. I love it. This feeling. I can't move. I want to wrap my arms around her but I can't. My body is not listening to me. She is so soft and her body is so close to me. I can't move, I can't breath. She has taken my breath away with just a hug.

"Thanks Takuya." She whispers and my heartbeat is so loud, I'm afraid she could hear it. We fit together so well. Her body was meant to be against mine. We are like two puzzle pieces.

I still don't move and I barely know what to do. As I was about to wrap my arms around her, I feel her loosen up around me and she begins to move away. I panic.

No Zoe! Don't go! Hug me longer! Don't let me go!

I think but I don't say.

She eventually separates from me and mumbles, "sorry."

Sorry for what? I think. For hugging me? For making me go numb? For driving me crazy? For confusing me? For making me feel like a little boy in love?

I stare warmly at her eyes. Those emerald-green eyes that drive me insane in one glance. I notice her cheeks are a rosy pink and I find that to be the cutest and most seductive thing ever. She looks so adorable and innocent and I want to get rid of that innocence.

I want to devour her.

I stare into her eyes and they stare back at me with the same intensity.

What are you thinking Zoe Orimoto? I wonder. I lean in closer and she takes a step back. I'm about to loose it. This girl has made me feel things that nobody has made me feel. She has made me do things nobody has made me do before.

I step forward once again and this time she stays still, which was a bad idea. She doesn't know what I will do to her. I could knock her innocence off. I could hurt her and do many wrong things to her, yet she stay still...does she trust me that much? Does she think I won't hurt her? What makes her think that?

Would I hurt her?

I want to touch her rosy cheeks. And I do. I don't hesitate to caress her beautiful face. Her cheeks are soft and smooth. This girl is so gorgeous.

I lost it.

I lean to her face until I could feel her hot breath against mine. I stare at her beautiful wide eyes. She stares back at me. She looks calm but I know her so well that I know that she is dying on the inside. My lips move closer to her and her eyes close and I smile. She wants this. She wants my kiss.

The smile never leaves my face. She waits for my lips to meet hers but they never did. I kiss her gently on the cheek.

I am teasing myself.

But I like it because it makes me have even a higher expectation of the taste of her lips.

I watch as her expression changes into a confused and disappointed one. Her eyes flutter open. I want her to tell me herself that she wants my kiss. She stares at me a bit mad.

Don't do that face Zoe. It makes me want to take you, right here. right now.

I wait for her reassurance.

"Why didn't you kiss-"

I cut her off with my lips. That's all I needed. Those words gave me access.

Her lips taste better, feel better, ARE better than I expected. I kiss her gently and soft. I'm surprised of myself. I really thought that I would kiss her harshly with no control over myself but I don't. I'm guessing I just can't get myself to treat Zoe harshly. With her I'm all fluff and soft. Even though is not my usual way of kissing a girl, I love it. I have never kissed a person so gentle and slow before. She is my first and I love it. Her lips taste like a mixture of honey and perfection. They are so soft and pink. They are addicting.

I have thought of kissing her before and I don't regret it. She is an amazing kisser. My hands cups her left cheek and my other hand slips to her waist and under her shirt were it meets her hot, soft flesh. My hands grip her waist for support. Her hands go up to my chest and rest there only to later grab tightly onto my tank top.

I tilt her face to deepen the kiss.

She surprisingly begins to suck on my lower lip and I think to myself that she should stop that unless she wants me to take this thing further. She does not stop and I can't help myself but bring her closer to me. Her body pressing against mine and now her hands wrap around gently on my neck and both my hands stay at her hip bone, pushing her to me. Pressing her more against my body. I move forward and press her against the wall gently. I don't want to hurt her. That surprises me more. I am always rough but here I am treating her like a delicate piece of glass. I begin to worry. We need to stop this. I don't want to hurt her.

She presses herself more into me and sucks on my lips. We need to stop or I won't stop later on.

"We...need..to ..stop.." I say breathless in between kisses. Half of me wants her to say yes but the other half wants her to stop now. She is so addicting.

"You..need...to stop.." She moans softly. I jut realized I'm the one that's keeping myself from stopping this. I'm kissing down her jaw. I am the one that doesn't want to stop.

But I have to.

I pull away from her and stare at her deeply. I am burning inside to finish what we started but I can't. I pull away and look away from her. I have to get away or I will do the craziest things with this girl.

I walk away from her. My breathing is not calm yet and neither is my heart and needs.

"I'm going out." I mumble and grab a sweater before I leave the dorm. I try my hardest not to look back.

ZOE'S POV

He stops and leaves and I need time to stop the burning lust inside of me, that I didn't even know I had. I breath in and out and wait but my heart is about to explode. I sit on the couch and begin to watch TV but I can't concentrate on it. My mind wonders what would have happened if Takuya hadn't stopped. My cheeks flush and I smile. It is getting late and I can't help but want Takuya to get back. Where did he go? Why does he always leave to fix his problem! by taking fresh air? Does that even help? I wait patiently and begin to think about his kiss. I smile.

My phone rings seconds later. I immediately stand and go to the other side of the room to pick it up. It's laying on my bed. I answer the call with an anxious smile.

"Takuya?"

"Huh? No. It's Kouji."

My smile falls in disappointment.

"Are you expecting a call from Takuya?" He asks.

"What do you want?" I ask a bit harsher than I should have but I can't help myself. I am anxious and still on cloud 9 about what had just happened with Takuya.

"Umm...just called you about our date.."

My mouth tightens. Our date?

"What about our date?" I ask.

"Are you coming?"

"I don't know Kouji." I say honestly.

"You sound stressed." He says. I frown.

"I am stressed. Just a little."

"That still better not be an excuse to not show up on our date."

"Look, Kouji. About our date I-"

"Don't cancel on me." He whines back. "There is a lot we need to talk about Zoe."

"I don't think there is a lot to talk about." I say.

I could almost feel him frown through the phone.

"I need a lot of answers from you." He continues. "I want to talk about us. I don't think it's fair that we ended like this. I need an answer."

My lips tighten against each other.

"Alright then...I will give you an answer." I take a deep breath. "Kouji, I.."

The phone is snatched away from me.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Takuya yells while he stands in front of me with my phone in his hand. He sees the caller ID and hangs up.

"You're back.." I mumble still staring at him.

"What were you going to say to Kouji? Are you planning on meeting him?!" He roars at me and I feel like a little puppy against him.

"I don't know. I was just going to tell him how I feel.."

"How you feel?" He scoffs then grabs my nose and I wince in pain.

"Ouch! Ouch! You're hurting me!" I say trying to save my nose from an injury. He frowns with pouty lips but doesn't let go. He loosens up a little so it won't hurt as much. I frown and put my hand on my hips. The old time favorite position.

"Are you going to let go?" I ask with a stern tone. He smiles and my heart skips a beat. I try to remain compose.

"No." He answers with a teasing smile and puts a bit more pressure on my nose. I wince a little.

"I feel like you're going to break my nose." I mumble. "Can you please let go..."

"Nope."

"DUDE LET GO BEFORE I CUT YOUR TONGUE AND SLAP YOU WITH IT!"

He chuckles but eventually lets go. He then throws himself on the couch. I smile and sit next to him.

I suddenly remember the kiss. Did he forget that happened?

"Zoe...about what happened.."

I guess not.

"What about it?"

"I don't want it to change anything..." He mumbles and I feel this huge disappointment.

"Oh." That's all I say.

"Unless, you want it to change something." He adds. I'm not sure if he said that or not. I shake my head.

"Let's pretend it never happened." I suggest. I look at him and he is looking back at me with big eyes and a stern look.

"What?" I ask. He immediately composes himself to the cool, care-free Takuya I know.

"Nothing." He says. "Fine. Let's pretend it never happened."

I am so disappointed by our decision. I honestly wanted something to change. It's crazy but I do.

There is this question in my head. Do I like Takuya?

I stay and think about this question for really long minutes. There is no answer beneath me. What do I do? Do I like you Takuya?

"Hey." He suddenly says. I turn to him. "Huh?"

"I have something I gotta show you." He says. I'm guessing he is trying to turn things back to before we kissed.

"What is it?" I ask.

"I'll show you but you have to promise something.." He stands up and stares at me.

"What?"

"You must promise that you will NOT meet Kouji."

I smile and nod. "I won't."

He smiles showing perfect white rows of teeth.

"Okay then let's go." He grabbed my hand and pulls me up then drags me to his bed and pushes me on it. My cheeks turn red. He chuckles.

"Calm down. We aren't going to do anything rated M." He says and I feel my face burn in embarrassment. I kick him and he laughs. He opens the cabinet next to his bed and begins to search for something. I watch him rummage through it until he pulls out a small box. It looks like the box of an expensive watch.

"Why are you showing me that?" I ask.

He smiles and opens it. My eyes widen when I see that next to the expected black, leather watch is a very similar friendship bracelet with worn out leather that has both our initials in it.

"You kept it?"

"Why wouldn't i?"

I smile and jump from the bed to grab the bracelet.

"Do you have yours?" He asks as I play with it.

I smile. "Nope. I threw it away once we stopped talking." I wait for a reaction but it never came. I turn to look at him and he is just standing there looking speechless.

"Calm down. I'm just kidding." I said and he suddenly slouched his shoulders in tranquility. I did have mine. It was inside my small jewelry box next to my bed.

Takuya grabs the bracelet from my hand. He puts it on and admires it on his wrist. He then looks at me.

"Go and put yours on." He says. I roll my eyes but go and get mine. It still was where I last saw it and I put it on. I go back to him. He is standing, waiting.

"There." I say showing him my wrist. He smiles then grabs my hand. He intertwines his fingers with mine.

"What are you doing?" I gulp. He smiles cheekily.

"What's wrong? We're just holding hands like best friends. No need to be shy. Besides, nothing has changed between us."

"I didn't say anything." I retorted. "Stop talking nonsense." I pull my hand away from his and walk to the couch were I sit and watch television. I'm watching a drama (apparently) but I'm not putting attention to it.

Takuya is next to me and I expect him to sit on the couch normally facing the TV but instead he lays down and rests his head on my lap. I feel my cheeks reddening.

"You're blushing." He adds to my discomfort. I scoff and slap his chest.

"Get off of me." I say. He shakes his head and turns on his back so he is staring up at me.

"Nah. I like the position I'm in now." He smiles and closes his eyes.

I roll my eyes and stare down at him. I feel anxious to just tell him something but I don't. I sit and watch TV even though his presence gives me butterflies and gets me nervous.

After seven minutes he sighs and begins to speak.

"What will you do if I pinch you?" He says. His eyes are still close and his hands are resting on his stomach while his legs are casually crossed.

"I'll pinch you back." I answer.

"What will you do if I bother you?."

"I'll bother you back."

"What will you do if I smack you?"

"I'll smack you back."

"What will you do if I kick you?"

"I'll kick you back."

"What will you do if I kiss you..."

"I'll kiss you ba-"

"You what?"

"Shut up."

"You're blushing again~" he smiles and pokes my cheeks.

"Shut up Takuya!" I growl and grabbed onto his nose.

"Ouch! Let go!"

"Nope."

"Zoe-ah!"