HAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM BACK! Okay so now that a lot of the love's been discovered, it's time to dabble in some…..issues. Or so I say…MUA-HA-HA-HA-HA


Benji

So, Cinderella story for Haruhi…Great. While I was happy for her, I was dying of jealousy. Her life seemed perfect.

All I had was a clueless business man and his notebook.

I walked into my room and plopped on my bed. I'm totally gonna be ignored all summer. Damn lovebirds…

As I finished this childishly jealous thought, there was a knock at my door. Liv came charging in.

"Benji….Lennon…Buddy!" She elbowed me upon seeing my eternal despair. Okay, way too much TV.

"I'm not sad…I'm grieving!" I pulled a pillow over my face. She laughed and shoved me. "We have all summer Lennon. Things are gonna work out. I promise." I sat up, smiling. "Thanks Ringo." I chuckled.

"So…You wanna go get some food?" She asked in a jokingly comforting voice. I shook my head. "You wanna go hang out with Haruhi?" She asked in the same voice. I shook my head. She laughed. "You wanna go take a dump in mother Maggie's shoes?" she asked giggling. I nodded. "Okay, let's go take a dump in mother Maggie's shoes." She pulled me out of our room.

(Family guy reference ^)

We walked down the stairs laughing. Good to know we still have some normalcy.

Everyone was pulling shoes on and grabbing their jackets. "What's going on?" I asked.

"We're gonna go to town. You go get dressed and come back down." Kyouya answered. Hikaru pushed Haruhi at us. "Make her look nice and pretty." He smirked. I smiled back at him and nodded. We walked up and into our room. "So what are you gonna wear?" Liv asked me.

"Um…I'm thinking…Never mind. Too warm for that." I shrugged. I pulled out a denim skirt and a pink and blue plaid short-sleeved button up. I slid those on over a white tank top. I wore black flats and pulled my hair into a ponytail.

Haruhi sat on her bed waiting.

Liv wore a bright green pair of shorts with a black tank top. Her red/brown hair was in loose pig-tails draped lazily over her shoulders. She was barefoot. Of course. She's a Jersey Girl after all.

I walked over to Haruhi's suit case and grabbed the most casual thing I could find. Of course this wasn't exactly the best thing to wear, so I gave her a shirt from my suitcase to borrow. She slid on the denim shorts with a pink and black dinosaur baby-t. She wore pink flip flops. We walked down and got a few comments on Liv's bare feet. All she said was, "Back off or I will bite you."

We walked into town as a group. The nine of us walking and chatting like nothing changed. Though Tamaki and Haruhi walked with their hands laced together. I sighed inwardly.

Everyone was checking some boring store with old antiques that my Grandma's pet dinosaur played with, so I looked around for something better to do.

I nudged Liv but she was busy with Haruhi and Tamaki, checking out some old guitar. I shrugged, crossing the street to a tiny skate shop.

I ran my finger along the line of skateboard trucks. "Is there a reason you left without telling us?" A voice quizzed.

"I thought you were looking at old people things…" I didn't bother to look. I knew Kyouya's voice. "Whereas they might've been, I could care less." I looked over to him. "Really…So why did you follow me here?" I smirked.

"Because if someone's gonna find something to entertain me with, it's you." He pushed up his glasses. I turned back to the trucks, hiding a blush. "I'm entertaining?" I asked casually.

"Of course." He stepped next to me and tried to find what exactly I was looking at. How did I know that was what he was doing?

"So what exactly are you looking at?"

I'm psychic.

"Nothing in particular. I guess I just thought this would be better than watching the guys play with old things."

He nodded. "Am I not entertaining you?" I grinned. He smiled too. "Do you…wanna head back?" I asked nervously. He looked at me smiling. "Sure." He nodded. We turned and headed back to the house. I pulled on pajamas as soon as we got home.

"Kyouya?" I shouted walking down the stairs.

No answer.

"Kyouya?" I called again.

No answer.

"Kyouya!"

"I'm right here, jeez you're loud tonight." He huffed coming down beside me. I walked to the living room, once again suppressing a blush. Man, he is on a roll tonight…

I flicked the light on as he walked toward the couch. He turned on the loud TV.

"Gah! Sleeping neighbors Kyouya!" I warned. He turned the volume down.

"So, what are your feelings on this Haruhi Tamaki thing?" He sounded testy. I plopped down beside him. "I don't know. I mean I am exceedingly happy for them, but I am cross about the whole ordeal."

He looked at me shocked. "…What?"

"I didn't know you learned how to speak properly." He chuckled.

"Really? So you thought I'd sound low rate and common?" I sat upright.

"Not exactly…I thought you of all people wouldn't care how you sounded to anyone." He smiled a real Kyouya smile. Not a smirk or a grin. An honest smile.

"I don't. I don't care how I sound to anyone but me." I pushed some hair from my eyes.

"Hm…" It sounded like a question.

We carried out in silence, watching some dumb court show. Maybe he was watching it but all I could think about was him. It's creepy how a guy…Not just any guy, but a stubborn fool like KYOUYA could ever have me this head over heels in love. That's the only way I could possibly explain how I felt. I was in love, no if ands or buts about it. And Kyouya would probably never realize, or care for that matter. I could try my whole life, which is what I'd do.

Because I'm selfish….or selfless as Haruhi liked to explain.

I smiled. It was a good thing she got her happy ending. She had the guy practically drowning in love for her. It was sweet how much he cared. So, how could I help but envy her? And Liv…Liv was willing to scale the earth for Mori if that's what it took. She was dependent and totally worthy of a guy like Mori.

Me on the other hand….

I wasn't worth ten minutes of Kyouya's time. I would wait for him and encourage him to go for gold and keep his head high, but in the end he'd succeed without me. I knew the rest of the group thought of me like family, and for that I was forever grateful and hell, I was even truly happy for once, but Kyouya wasn't family to me. He was a home and a future I hoped to live with. Everything I wished for in a guy and everything I could never have.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this…

"Benji?"

I turned my head slowly to see Kyouya staring at me curiously. "Yeah? What's up?" I asked tiredly.

"You seemed focused on something. That's all." He shrugged. He was concerned. I read him like a book.

I smiled to myself as his attention was once again directed to the TV.

"Benji..?" He asked again.

"Hm?" I muttered.

"When you were in the back of that police cruiser the night of the party, I wanted to know…" He seemed embarrassed. "You wanted to know…?" I motioned him to continue.

"Was that how you used to be?"

This caught me off guard. He wanted to know…about how I used to be? Of all the things he could ask!

"…Yeah." I mumbled. "So, you were…easy?" He asked. Okay awkward….

"What?!" I squeaked. "Too personal sorry…" he looked at the TV again.

What the hell?! Did he just ask if I was a whore?!

"I'm not a whore Kyouya. I'm a virgin, I can promise you that much." I whispered. He looked at me with concern and a hidden emotion in his eyes.

"Thank you…for…caring." I rubbed the back of my neck. "No erm...problem." He coughed nervously.

I was blushing again. It was cute, he wanted to know. I looked at him with a bright smile.

This time I caught him looking back.

"Benji…?"

I kissed him on the cheek briefly and walked to the stairs.

"Night Kyoko…" I whispered.


Awwwwwwww!! Fluffness! It's too cute. I love Benji and Kyouya together. I don't know why. I just do.

So yes….Thanks for reading…Eat healthy and stay in school….

Oh! Also, I must mention that when I get really pumped or excited, or I just write a lot, I will upload chapters in a very short time lapse. Meaning, I could upload on Monday and Tuesday, the not upload again until next Friday. The updates come at very weird timing distance. Also I am still NOT beta'd so please excuse THAT.

So, other than that thanks for reading ^^

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