Andrea's POV
I went into my kitchen- … my kitchen. That had a nice ring. Anyways, I walked in and noticed something by the window. I walked over to the vase and looked at the flowers. Down at the bottom of the vase was a small card with my name on it. I opened it and it had "From Kyo" on it. I smiled and smelled them, and made sure they were nice and close to the window so they stayed alive as long as possible. I'd have to get a flower care book when I went shopping next.
I took a shower and changed into pajamas, eyeing my side table drawer and the contents I secretly had in it. I opened the drawer and held up the key.
"Maybe Kyo's the guy who'll share this door with me." I whispered. I put it down inside the drawer and covered it with a small package of… sanitary napkins. Lovely novelty, I know.
I smiled as I remembered the flowers and raced over to my computer and signed on. My mom was actually on for once, and all of my friends were away or idle if not offline altogether.
AndreaK: Hey Madre! :D
LynnK: Hey sweetie
AndreaK: I just… died.
LynnK: about time.
AndreaK: Geez thanks a bunch. Well anyways.. I died… *is really flippin happy xD*
LynnK: go on…
AndreaK: well… I met this guyyyy who came to my job at the diner…
AndreaK: and I kind of… like him a little… I think.
LynnK: ooh I should tell your father
AndreaK: NO! NO WAY IN HELL!
LynnK: language.. tsk tsk…
AndreaK: well grr… anyways yeah ; and he must've done it secretly before we went out tonight… but
LynnK: make sure he isn't a rapist or something… you know? Wait… went out? You dated him?
AndreaK: Trust me mom… he's far from rapist… and… maybe.
LynnK: oh?
AndreaK: Yeah.. he's in a band… he's the singer ;D but anyways he gave me flowers -^^- they were by my kitchen window and I didn't notice till I got home.
LynnK: Aww… he's being nice to his groupie.
AndreaK: xO mom! Fine… good bye.
LynnK: kidding kidding. You should be to sleep though… classes are tomorrow : D
AndreaK: yeah.. I just yawned. Later mom. Love you ;o; tell daddy I want a hug.
LynnK: love you too. Dad says too bad xD I say get one from your new boy… friend… figure…
AndreaK: my friend… that's a guy. Later mom.. BYE DADDY!
LynnK: lol bye
[AndreaK has signed off]
After my first class that day, I ventured off towards my next class, following along the sidewalk, looking at the map of the campus as I searched for it.
"Let me see…" I said, stopping at a sidewalk intersection. "Take a left-"
"Andrea! Hey!" A voice called. I looked around to see Hiroshi coming towards me with a grin. I smiled at him.
"Hey." I said happily once he arrived.
"How was your last day with no college?" He asked. I blushed, and he scolded himself. "Oh, I'm sorry. It's none of my business. Kyo had asked me to find out if you really had a nice night last night on your- eh… outing considering you guys had a few awkward moments he didn't tell me about."
"No… it's all right. I'm really glad that he became concerned. Though really, I had a really nice night. He has to stop being so concerned all of the time." I said with a smile.
"He really can't help it." Hiroshi said simply. "He cares about you a lot you know, and since that whole rain thing, he's really been on edge about your feelings."
"What?"
"He told us that he never wants to see you cry. It was the most terrible thing for him to see. It was hard for him." He replied.
"I see…" I said. "I'm sorry to hear that… I'll have to talk about him-"
"NO!" He exclaimed. He calmed down. "I mean…. No. If he heard that I was talking about this stuff with you instead of keeping check on you, then he'd have my head."
"Oh," I said. "Well we wouldn't want that. Where does Kyo go to school?"
"Kyo? Oh, he goes to a small residential college in the area. I forget what it's called. I think it's Tokyo Secondary University if I remember right." Hiroshi enquired.
"Will he be home later tonight?" I asked. Hiroshi shrugged. "Can you show me to my class?"
I held up the paper for him to see and he looked at it.
"That's right across the hall from where I'm going. It's this way." He said. He ushered me there and I gave him a hug.
"Don't tell Kyo, but I'll drop bye tonight or tomorrow with something for him." I said. He awkwardly hugged me back.
"Um… all right." He said. I gave him a quick squeeze and let go.
"I don't know… you're just… I don't know. You're a better person to turn to than Kenzi." I said with a smile. I looked at the time. "Oh shoot! Bye! Class!"
"Bye." He said with a small smile, and walked off. I turned and walked into class.
Kyo's POV
"Hey man." I said.
"It's Hiroshi." He said. I stopped breathing, standing still where I was.
"And?" I asked. There was a pause.
"She said she had a great night." He said. I sighed in relief. "Oh uh… "
"Hm?"
"Never mind. You got a great girl on your hands. She… really cares for you man." Hiroshi said.
"Stop getting so weird… now… is there anything else you want?" I asked into the phone.
"Nah... Just don't let your guard down for the next couple days, you'll see why." He said, and hung up. I looked at the phone. What the hell?
I sighed and looked around my campus. Why was I so stupid that I had to end up here at a secondary school instead of Tokyo U? Hiroshi was smart enough… Andrea was smart enough- well... I don't know how Andrea did at her old school but Hiroshi was kind of a brainiac. He studied all of the time and it paid off for him.
I began driving home, but took a quick detour at a store. I walked in, grabbed the things I needed, and walked out before heading home. I looked at my pile of growing laundry. I needed to find out how to do that. Kazuo would've normally come over by now and did it for me while the guys visited but… I guess he's having troubles coming over. Nodoka is getting older… maybe she has to go to pre-k or something soon.
I grabbed some chips and looked at my phone. I don't know her number besides her cell… same with me. I grabbed my phone and called her cell up.
"Hello Jell-O?" She said adorably. I smiled.
"Hey there. I just realized. We only have our cell numbers." I said. She laughed on the other end of the line.
"Oh well I'm fine Kyo, thanks for asking." She said. I laughed.
"Hey… you're normally fine, so I didn't bother to ask." I said.
"Well maybe I came across a gangster that tried to rape me or something today. Or maybe I was almost killed in a hit and run. I might be in the hospital from a gun shot wound right now and you would've never known because you didn't go through the trouble of asking me a simple question." She said.
"WHAT?" I exclaimed. Rape? Hospital? Gun? "WHAT HAPPENED?"
"Nothing. I had a little trouble getting to one of my classes but I saw Hiroshi and he helped me out while we chatted about stuff." She said simply. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.
"You really know how to make someone nervous." I said. He laughed on the other end.
"Well I was just on- ow… hey!"
"Hey little lady, wanna come in?" A man down the hall slurred. Why was there an echo?
"No thanks." She said on her end. Then there was a knock at the door. I got up and opened the door, to hear and see the same old guy running up the hall in his boxers with a situation… on his hands.
"Come on darling! We can have a wonderful time together!" He exclaimed. I looked at Andrea as she held the phone to her ear, and then quickly turned to look at him, yelping in fear.
I tossed my phone before pulling her next to me into the apartment and giving him a big punch to the nose. He fell back and I quickly shut the door and locked it. She latched onto me with a hug, her cell falling next to my phone and her quick breathing being the loudest thing in the room. I hugged her back and patted her head lightly.
"Th-thanks." She said, sharply inhaling and burying her face in my shirt for a moment before letting go. "That guy freaked me out too much."
"Sure thing. The creep needed to be punched anyways." I said. I moved her behind me and opened the door, to see one of my other neighbors was sitting on top of him.
"Nice job Kyo. We finally had someone in this place that got close enough to punch his lights out. The police are on their way."
When he was dragged off by the cops, I shut the door and began walking off to the kitchen. She silently followed.
"Want a drink?" I asked. She smiled and nodded. I grabbed a soda. "This is all I have for now."
"It's all right." She said, and walked into the living room and followed suit in making herself comfortable as I just flopped myself down on the couch. She grabbed a pen and paper from the table on the side and wrote down a few things before handing it to me with a grin. I looked down to see her number and I smiled before tearing it off and taping it next to the phone before writing down my number and tearing it off to give it to her.
"So, what's up?" I asked. She looked over and smiled.
"Oh… I just wanted to thank you again- for last night I mean." She beamed. I smiled at her but quickly looked away as she looked over at me instead of looking around the room.
"Well then, I just wanted to say your welcome- for last night I mean." I joked. She laughed a little and looked at me cheerfully.
After a little while of talking about our first day of college, ever, I escorted her to the door. She smiled and we stood there for a while before she reached out and hugged me, calmer this time than before. I hugged her back, but couldn't help but smile as she cuddled in and her conditioner smelled so good.
Finally, she turned her head to my ear and whispered, "Thanks for worrying about me, Kyo."
I looked at her in shock as she backed up and smiled before gripping my hands happily. She cooed a little before poking my nose.
"Bye." She said, and let go of one of my hands to open the door. She gave me one last smile before slowly drifting her hand away from mine and walking down the hall. I watched her walk way innocently, as I leaned against the doorframe with a smile.
Andrea's POV
After classes the next day, I walked home and hit my answering machine button as I walked through to check the mail. I listened as the recorded voice spoke on how I had two messages. The first was my mom teasing me about Kyo, and the second…
"Hey um… this is Kyo. I was uh… wondering if you'd want to go check out my new performance tonight. I have some new songs so you won't be bored or anything heh. So yeah… and if you'd like we can get some free burgers or something later on. Well, I got to go. Call me up at home so my cell wont ring during class, kay? I sleep anyways so I don't want to be caught. Later, bye."
I looked at the time then looked at the machine. I grabbed the phone and called him up, saying I'd be there and everything. After that, I hung up and ordered some dinner before doing different assignments and going to bed.
The next night after my assignments I got ready, I put on some nice clothes and got ready to go. I opened the door when a knock came and saw Tsukiko standing there grinning.
"What?" She asked. "Can't a friend visit a friend?"
"Well yeah… but I'm going out to a thing for Kyo tonight." I said. She smiled.
"I was asked by a certain someone to bring you there. So for now, we hang out." She said. She held up a deck of cards. "Rich Man, Poor man?"
So we played Rich Man Poor Man for about fifteen minutes and then went off to the place. She sat us down near the front and listened to the opening act before Kyo and band came out.
Throughout the different songs he played, the two of us smiled at each other whenever he looked over. Soon, he had gone through several of his newer songs and then he paused as his last song came to be played.
"Well, here's the last song for tonight guys," Kyo said. A few groans came out of the audience.
"WE LOVE YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE ANYWAYS!" Kenzi shouted from behind his drums. Several people clapped and cheered.
"and anyways…" Kyo said, glaring behind him at Kenzi. "This song is for a certain person in the audience tonight. She helped us out when we needed it; she accompanied us during a concert, and is one great person all the way around."
I stopped breathing when he said my name and my hands when to my face, and I tried to stay calm, smiling and him and forcing myself not to cry. He smiled at me and sat on a stool, plucking the strings for an introduction before singing the sweetest song I ever heard. I wiped my eyes involuntarily as he sang, barely ever looking anywhere else.
When the song stopped, the crowd cheered and he put his guitar down and jumped off the stage and rushed over to me. He bent down and hugged me tightly.
"Don't cry." He whispered. "I like it when you smile."
"THANKS GUYS! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!" Kenzi said into the mic before grabbing Kyo's guitar and jogging of the stage. Hiroshi solemnly waved and then walked off. Tsukiko got up from next to me and left, and so I stood up. Kyo clung on tighter as people began filing out. I sniffled a little and he stroked my hair.
"I…" I began. "Thanks… so much."
I wiped my eyes and looked up at him. He smiled and leaned in closer before a quiet whistle filled the room. We quickly moved away from each other and looked over to see Kazuo and Hiroshi starring silently while Kenzi whistled.
"K-KENZI YOU IDIOT I WILL FREAKING KILL YOU!" Kyo exclaimed before running after him. Kenzi dashed to his feet and sped off, and the two sprinted around the room. I smiled at them before walking over to Hiroshi and Kazuo and sat next to them.
"Hey…" I said awkwardly.
"Hey." They said monotonously.
"Were you guys in on…" I said, starting to trail off and make hand gestures. They nodded. "I see."
"YOU DIE!" Kyo exclaimed, jumping and tackling Kenzi.
"You might want to go and um… fix that before Kenzi ends up hospitalized." Hiroshi said. I nodded and walked over.
"HELP MEEEE!" Kenzi exclaimed as Kyo pinned him down in anger. I bent down and hugged Kyo from the side.
"Kyoooo." I sang. He let his grip loosen and looked over at me. I smiled. "Let him go…"
He let go of Kenzi and scoffed, standing up and giving one big kick to the side for Kenzi before stuffing his hands in his pockets and rushing off as his face turned a little red.
Kazuo poked Hiroshi before getting up and leaving and then Hiroshi dragged Kenzi out the door. I just stood where I was, smiling. Looking around, I didn't see Kyo so I went off to the stage and stood up in front of the empty room. I turned on the microphone and stood on the edge of the stage. I hummed the opening.
"There's a song that's inside my soul…
It's the one I've tried to write over and over again.
I'm awake in the infinite cold,
I Let you sing to me over and over and over again.
So I lay my head back down…
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours,
I know now you're my only hope.
You sing to me all of the songs of the skies
of your galaxy laughing and laughing again.
When it feels like my dreams are so far…
Sing to me all of the planets that laugh over and over again.
So I lay my head back down…
And I lift my hands and pray..
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours,
I know now you're my only hope." I sang. I saw a figure to the side leaning against the side of the stage. Knowing it was Kyo, I just ignored it, but sat down and let my legs hang casually.
"Sing to me the song of the stars…
Of the galaxy of you dancing and laughing and laughing again.
When it seems my dreams are so far
sing to me the plans
you have for me over again.
So I lay my head back down…
And I lift my hands and pray…
To be only yours, I pray…
To be only yours
I know now you're my only hope." I sang.
Kyo joined me in the chorus as he walked over and hugged me from behind. I smiled as he sat himself down behind me, his legs hanging off of the edge around mine and leaning forward a little to hug me still.
"Kyo…" I said quietly, reaching up to touch his arms. I turned my head slightly and his head was against my shoulder, his eyes shaded by his bangs. "Kyo?"
I could barely breathe and my heart raced. He didn't move at all, or make any noises. He just sat there, with me in his arms. I put more of my hands on his arms so that I was resting them completely on his arms. I turned my head more and leaned my head on his a little, then turned and sat there, quiet.
"Hey have you se- uh.. never mind." Kazuo said, walking in then leaving right after. Kyo's hand moved up more, so he was holding just below my shoulder. He lifted his head.
"I wanted to say…" Kyo began. He stood up and I followed suit. He sighed and took my hands in his. "I lo…"
"Is my guitar- forget it." Kenzi said, quickly dashing away with snickers.
"I lo…"
"MY SODA DARLING!" Kenzi shouted outside. Then there was a splash.
"I…"
"SHUT UP!" Hiroshi snapped.
"I-"
"But Kazuo took my soda and dumped it on meeee!"
"I-"
"Too damn bad…" Hiroshi said.
"…"
"Aww…" Kenzi wined.
"OH HELL WITH IT!" Kyo shouted, and pressed his lips on mine. I'd rather not describe the feeling… it's indescribable. My eyes drifted shut as he put his hands on my jaw. I put my hands up and clutched onto his shirt. He continued kissing, only lighter this time. My arms crawled up around his neck and I kissed back. He broke it and looked at me expectantly. I didn't know what to do, so I smiled. He gave a small grin before kissing me again.
