Chapter Seven
Downhearted
This is in Fai's point of view. He's a little depressed because he thinks Kurogane is being an evil girlfriend-stealer. But I don't really know how that works, because Kaida is not Fai's girlfriend. Yet.
Would it sound too girly to say that I ran into my room, fell onto my bed, and cried after I saw that? Well, not that I care, because that happens to be exactly what I did. I couldn't believe that Kurogane was actually… well… I had just walked into Kaida's room and found him on top of her on the bed! What do you expect me to think?
"Why in the world am I crying?" I asked myself. How many times had I said that I wouldn't get involved with liking her? I sat up, and wiped tears off my cheeks, trying to put on that happy mask I so cherished. But it didn't work. I just fell back onto the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. I pushed my bangs out of my eyes and sighed heavily. I was still unsure of exactly how all this had happened, but whatever it was, it was painful. Very painful.
Someone knocked on the door. I hoped with all my heart that it wasn't Kurogane. "Fai? Are you in there?" Kaida asked. I clenched the blanket on the bed in my fist. What did I tell her?
"Yeah," I replied, trying my hardest to keep my voice steady.
"Are you okay? You sound… off," she said.
"I'm fine!" I called, filling my voice with mock cheerfulness. "Just give me a minute, I'll be right out."
I couldn't tell her what I had seen. What if she actually did like Kurogane? I wasn't sure if they were together or if one of them liked the other and wasn't telling me, or… It was just too confusing for me to figure out. I stood and glanced at the mirror to make sure my eyes weren't too red. They weren't, so I opened the door.
"There you are!" Kaida chirped happily when I did. I smiled in return, but it was entirely faked. "I just wanted to know if you were ready for dinner. Miki just finished cooking it."
I just shook my head. "I'm not hungry."
She left, looking a little confused and unhappy. As I closed the door, I saw her give me one last worried glance over her shoulder. And I fell back on the bed again, tears staining my cheeks after about five seconds.
About an hour later, I stood up, finally emotionally stable enough to face everyone else in the world. Just as I did, the door slammed open and Kurogane walked inside. "What the heck is wrong with you?" he asked, hitting me in the head as he passed me. I fell back onto the bed with the force of his blow. Whatever was wrong with me, he wasn't helping things much.
"What are you talking about?" I muttered, rubbing my forehead where Kurogane had slapped me.
"Kaida looked totally depressed at dinner. What did you do?" he asked, sitting on his bed and glaring at me. I rolled over onto my stomach and glared back.
"As if you have the right to talk!" I snapped. He looked startled for an instant.
"Huh?" he said, dumbfounded.
"You're always messing with people," I said lamely, coming up with an excuse to make it seem like I hadn't seen him and Kaida earlier that day.
"Listen, Fai, I don't know what your problem is, but… Never mind. I don't want to talk about it if you're in that kind of mood," Kurogane said angrily, and then left the room to take a shower. If only he knew.
Much drama, huh? Yeah, Fai's getting pretty sad about this whole deal… But when will he figure out that it wasn't at all what it looked like? Next chapter, probably!
