Two So in Love with One

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! If I did, Yaya would've been a boy.

Hobey-ho. And so I go...

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Nadeshiko was walking home around sunset. There was only one good that happened to her today. Her mother's consequence had ended. That deserved a big whoopie! Now all Nadeshiko had to do was to decide if whether she should expose her secret to Misao and play basketball as Nagihiko or to just keep her darkest secret to herself and continuing playing safe as a boy-in-disguise. Nadeshiko could stay safe by not exposing her secret at all and just play basketball as a boy-in-diguise. Or she could risk taking chances of being Nagihiko at school and play basketball to her heart's desire.

But there where problems in that plan. Where would Nadeshiko be? If not at Seiyo High? And then Nadeshiko would have to deal with the boys locker room. She'd have to change infront of them. And that certinely was a bad idea. She'd have to hide more often.

Or she could just continue her boy-in-disguise method. And play basketball as Nagihiko. Even though she would have less time to play. And it killed Nadeshiko to think that.

Less time to play basketball!?

Nadeshiko sighed. She's done nothing but overthink these past few days. Why couldn't life be as simple and sweet like a lollipop? A cold wind whipped through Nadeshiko. Everyday was getting colder and colder. Nadeshiko hugged her big, brown pakra.

I gotta stop wearing skirts. Nadeshiko thought. Or I gotta get leg warmers that fit the school's uniform rules. Nadeshiko let a long sigh escape her. Her long and violet hair blew wildly with the wind. She shuddered and breathed into her hands to keep frostbite away.

"It's so cold." Nadeshiko whined to herself.

Swoosh!

Nadeshiko's ears picked up a sound of a basketball going through a hoop. She looked towards her left. Of course it was Souma Kuukai. Who else would be playing at the old basketball court this time of hour? Nadeshiko stood behind the large fence. She watched closely at how Kuukai played basketball.

He got better. Nadeshiko wished she was Kuukai. Just playing basketball whenever you felt like it. Not having to pretend to be somebody else. She let another sigh escape her. Oh, Kuukai was a very lucky guy. In Nadeshiko's opinion.

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Kuukai stopped playing basketball when he heard someone sigh to his right. Kuukai glanced as was shocked to see Nadeshiko there. His heart autimatically skipped a beat. Her face was pink thanks to the cold. You could see the color in her cheeks. Her lovely hair blew with the beat of the wind and she still looked good in a pakra. Even if it was a little larger than her. Her legs seemed to go on for miles. But her facial expression was a very....hollow one. She looked deep in thought and didn't notice the guys behind her.

They gave her the......whistle. Kuukai growled at them from behind the court's gates.

"Back off you lousy bastards! Before I give you one hell of a beating!" Kuukai yelled jumping over the gate and landing right next to Nadeshiko. The cowards backed off and started saying stuff about Kuukai. He was sure of it. But he couldn't care anyless. He took a glance at Nadeshiko. Was she.....shivering? Kuukai walked back inside the court to grab his stuff and his green pakra.

He walked up to Nadeshiko slowly.

"Nadeshiko, are you alright?" Kuukai asked her in a voice filled with concern. His voice seemed to have snapped Nadeshiko to her senses. She looked up at him.

"Um...yes." she said. She breathed into her hands again. "Just a little cold. I should be going ho--"

Kuukai grabbed her hands. She was freezing!

"Are you sure your okay? Here...let me walk you home." he offered a second time. Nadeshiko smiled at him and her smile only seemed to make Kuukai's legs wobbly.

"It's alright this time...I ca--"

"Sorry." Kuukai said, cutting her off. "No can do. I can't let a little, shivering girl walk home herself." Teased Kuukai. Nadeshiko gave out a weak smile. Kuukai turned Nadeshiko around and wrapped his arms around her. This was new.

To Nadeshiko.

Kuukai thought no better time than the present to have the girl of your dreams fall for you. But besides that, he liked being this way. Just having Nadeshiko near him was enough for him to faint! And her small, petite-like body fitted right into Kuukai's arms. He never really noticed how small and delicate she was.

"What are you doing? I thought you hated me." Nadeshiko said. Maybe Kuukai was trying to pull a new sort of prank on her.

"Just body warmth.....and I said I was going to be nice to you, didn't I?" Nadeshiko started walking with Kuukai's arms still around her.

Nadeshiko nodded her head as in a reply to Kuukai's question. It was a little weird for Nadeshiko. He was being nice a little too suddenly. She would understand him being nice to Nagihiko. Her other self. They had been friends for a very long time. But every time Nadeshiko was herself, he just.....hated her.

"Still.....all those tricks you played on me...." Nadeshiko started to say, and then stopped. She felt Kuukai's arms stiffen. "Are you alright?" she asked turning her head towards him. Kuukai held a face expression that was filled with regret. A lot of regret.

They stopped walking and Kuukai just stared into Nadeshiko's sharp, yellow eyes. Her eyes looked back into his. To Kuukai, her eyes were filled with concern. Concern for the biggest jerk she's ever met. In Kuukai's opinion.

"I'm fine..." he said. Nadeshiko didn't believe him. He was not fine. He looked troubled.

"Can....we...talk about something else?" Kuukai asked. Nadeshiko frowned.

"...if it was about all those pranks you used on me when we were little, it's okay. We're friends right now, right? You don't hate me anymore?"

I never hated you...Kuukai thought. "Yeah.....friends right now...." Kuukai smied at Nadeshiko as they continued to walk.

"Kuukai..." Nadeshiko started to say. "Say there was this one little sport you loved to play and in order to play it, you had to be someone else. And...um...you had this really, really big secret you don't want everyone to know. But...in order to play that one little sport....you had to expose your secret...what would you do?" asked Nadeshiko. She wanted to get someone's opinion on a situation like this.

Kuukai would answer her. They were friends now. Well, they have always been friends, but Kuukai thought he was only friends with Nagihiko. And Nagihiko IS Nadeshiko.

Kuukai thought for a few moments. He only shrugged his shoulders. Nadeshiko frowned. He didn't know what to say about this situation?

"Depends on which you treasure more." Kuukai smiled down at Nadeshiko. "It's really a simple case with a simple solution. All you gotta do is pick one." Kuukai said. Nadeshiko pursed her lips together.

Simple? How was this situation simple?

"B-but...it's not simple. I mean....you'll have many obstacles to face if you decided to play that favorite sport. A-and...you'd have to trust the person who you told your secret too. And....other things. If you decided not to expose your secret....then you'll have to continue playing...in..uh....regret?" Nadeshiko was nervous. Right now, she was out of Kuukai's arms and facing him, looking at the ground. Playing with her fingers. She was nervous. She didn't want Kuukai to know that she was Nagihiko. And she didn't know how to put her situation into real words without Kuukai being suspicious. There was only one thought proccessing thorugh Kuukai's head.

She looks so cute when she's nervous. Kuukai thought. The way she kept stuttering. Her little blush that appeared on her cheeks. Playing with her soft fingers. Glancing up at Kuukai every second or so.

B-bmp...b-bmp...b-bmp...b-bmp...b-bmp...b-bmp...

Kuukai could feel a blush coming. The silence between them was sudenly getting akward.

"Kuukai..." Nadeshiko started to say.

B-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp...

"If you were in a situation like that....what would you do? What is this simple solution?"

Kuukai stared at Nadeshiko for a moment. Why was she asking him this? The answer was already in her question.

"Say there was this one little sport you loved to play and in order to play it, you had to be someone else. And...um...you had this really, really big secret you don't want everyone to know. But...in order to play that one little sport....you had to expose your secret...what would you do?"

"It's really a simple case with a simple solution. All you gotta do is pick one."

"Depends on which you treasure more."

Kuukai lifted Nadeshiko's chin so she could look straight into his eyes.

"Which is more important? The sport you play, or that little secret you hide?"

Nadeshiko was surprised. He was right. It was simple.

That little secret Nadeshiko hid from the whole world. That she was Nagihiko. That she dressed as a boy to play basketball. That was the safest way to play basketball. To be in a disguise. People wouldn't make comments about her. She would get to show how good she was as Nagihiko. And people wouldn't hate her for it. They wouldn't make fun of her. Sure, she wouldn't play as often, but as long as she still got to play it, right? And keep her secret safe. Her mother wouldn't find out, and neither would Kuukai.

The solution was simple.

Nadeshiko loved basketball.

Nadeshiko now knew what to do.

She smiled at Kuukai, "Thank you." she said.

Kuukai's heart pounded wildly inside his chest. He couldn't believe she couldn't hear it. Was she deaf? Nadeshiko brang her hands to Kuukai's cheek.

Kuukai's eyes went wide as Nadeshiko brang her face closer to his.

B-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp, b-bmp.

Kuukai closed his eyes. Was he dreaming? Or was Nadeshiko really going to kiss him?

Nadeshiko's lips pressed against Kuukai's left cheek in a soft, sweet way. If it wasn't for the cold wind, Kuukai would have probably melted away right about now. Nadeshiko let go of Kuukai's face and held his hand.

He still had to walk her home.

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Nadeshiko was glad that Kuukai helped her decide what to do. She was so happy of knowing what to do, she kissed him.

On the cheek.

They arrived at her place. Nadeshiko turned to Kuukai.

"Thank you again Kuukai. Your a great guy. I'm glad were friends now." Nadeshiko announced. Kuukai blushed and only nodded his head. Before Nadeshiko entered her gates, Kuukai grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him in a tight hug.

"K-Kuukai?" Nadeshiko asked, suprised. What was he doing? But...he was warm. And smelled really nice. Nadeshiko blushed. She has never seen Kuukai act so affectionate towards a girl before. Maybe.....I don't know...maybe I'm special? She thought. Of course she was. Nadeshiko was everything to Kuukai.

Kuukai didn't know why he did what he just did. After Nadeshiko kissed his cheek, he just wanted to hold her in his arms. Her lips were really soft. Just like that time Kuukai kissed her in her sleep. Kuukai's heart was skipping beats.

Someone...if I have a heart attack right now....Kuukai thought while holding her and blushing. Someone arrests this dense girl. She's the one who did it. Kuukai held her tighter. He could still feel the warmth of her lips that she placed on his left cheek. Kuukai restrained himself from his desire to kiss her again.

"Kuukai?" Nadeshiko asked again. Kuukai had loosen his grip on her.

"Tell Nagihiko to meet me at the meeting spot for Halloween tomorrow." Kuukai whispered to Nadeshiko. Nadeshiko only nodded.

That's if Nagihiko has the strength to see after this moment. Nadeshiko thought to herself. Wait! What am I thinking!? Of course Nagihiko will meet Kuukai tomorrow! Don't let one hug ruin our friendship. Nadeshiko thought.

Kuukai let go of Nadeshiko and ran home.

My God. He thought. I'm acting like such a girl!

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Nadeshiko fell on her bed. What was that hug about? Why did Kuukai do that? Why did it feel nice? Why did Nadeshiko's body feel cold the instant he let go of her? Why did h--

Stop thinking that way! Nadeshiko screamed at herself. Your acting like your in love! I love basketball! I can't like anybody right now! It might only get in the way of me and basketball! Nadeshiko had to calm her heart down. It was pounding to loudly for Nadeshiko to even hear her own thoughts. I think a cold shower will help. Nadeshiko thought. She couldn't like Kuukai. She's known him for too long. She only saw him as a friend. That was it. Just a best friend.

Just a best friend.

Right?

Before her shower, she grabbed her cell and called someone. After three rings, the person Nadeshiko want to talk to answered the phone.

"Nadeshiko? What's up?"

"Misao....I need a favor to ask of you. And you have to keep this a secret."

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Awe....sneak peek.

"Nagihiko. I need to tell you something." Kuukai said. Nadeshiko dressed as Nagihiko smiled.

"I'm all ears." she said. Kuukai was going to tell Nagihiko something really, REALLY, important.

"I'm in love with someone." Kuukai confessed.

"W-who?" Nadeshiko asked shocked. "I mean...who's the lucky gal?"

"I love your twin sister. Nadeshiko. Don't be mad....I really do." Kuukai confessed. "What do you think?" he asked.

Good question.... Nadeshiko thought, blushing. What do I think!? Nadeshiko was a loss for words.

Even if she was Nagihiko right now.

"Uh....good question."

Nadeshiko didn't know what to think.

Until next time! Hobey-ho. And so I go.