Hey, you guys! It's another chapter! You guys had given up on me, hadn't you? (If you did, don't worry. I seriously doubted myself too.) I had some serious indecision about this chapter, you guys. No kidding. I really couldn't decide on what direction I wanted this story to take. Anyway, as usual, ehre is the list of the super awesome people who still reviewed besides my being a jerk-face and not updating on time:
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Kaname paced back and forth in his dorm restlessly. Thoughts raced through his head, and the image of Yuuki and Takuma laughing together under that tree kept resurfacing. However, his thoughts were interrupted by a knock at his door, and the brown-haired boy left his thoughts to answer it. When he opened his door, he was surprised to see the face of Kain.
"Kain," Kaname acknowledged, "To what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Sara's here," replied the fiery-haired boy, "She's waiting for you in the lounge area. She asked me to come and ask you to come down because she left her cell phone in her dorm."
Kaname blinked, processing the information, "Okay, I'll be down in a second. Thanks for telling me, Kain."
"No problem," replied the tall boy.
As he headed down to the lounge area where Sara was waiting, Kaname knew what he was going to do. He was going to focus on his relationship with Sara. He was lucky to have a gorgeous girlfriend like her, and there was no reason why he should be bothered if Ichijou decided to cavort with that girl. It wasn't like it was any of his business, anyways.
Sara looked up to see her boyfriend coming down the stairs and stood up to greet him.
"Kaname!" she greeted, "I'm sorry for not calling, but I completely forgot."
"It's fine, Sara," her boyfriend replied, "I'm always happy to see you. You know that. What are you doing here?"
Sara looked down at her hands nervously, "I just wanted to see if you were free, so we could hang out. We really haven't had much time to hang out together, so I thought it'd be nice if we just walked around and looked at all the trees with their changing colors."
Kaname took his girlfriend's perfectly manicured hands into his larger hands, "Of course I'll go with you. I know I've been distant lately, but I'm going to work on that. I want to make you the happiest girl in the world with the best boyfriend, okay? So, let's go and take that walk you suggested. Together."
The two left with their hands entwined and walked around the school campus for hours, just talking and enjoying each other's company. Yuuki, walking back from a talk with the Chairman, saw the couple and could not help but wonder at how a good-looking couple the two made. Kaname, with his kingly air and noble features, was a perfect match for the queenly Sara, with her stream of golden locks and sky-blue eyes. Yuuki inwardly sighed. She would never be able to reach Kaname's universe. She was too small, too insignificant. If she knew what was good for her, she would give up on Kaname now and forever. It was then that Yuuki made a decision. She would stop thinking of Kaname. He was part of a different universe than hers, and it was pointless to keep her heart aching this way. Her mind being made up, Yuuki went up to her dorm. It seemed like it was a good time to watch a movie with Yori.
A few hours later, Yuuki rose and stretched her arms, a carton of ice cream in one of her hands, "That was satisfying," she remarked to her quiet roommate.
"It was," agreed Yori, "Now are you going to tell me what brought this on, or do you want to go and sleep?"
Yuuki was quiet for a moment, her head bent down. She smiled softly and turned to look at her best friend, "How'd you know?" she asked.
"I'm your best friend," replied her roommate, "It's my job to know. Plus, the ice cream and movie were a bit of a give-away." She smiled wryly, "You still haven't answered my question, though," she pointed out.
Yuuki sighed, "I don't know what to do, Yori."
"About what?" her friend gently asked.
"This whole mess with Takuma and Kaname."
"Ah," replied Yori, "I think I see what's bothering you. You don't know if you want to continue hanging out with Ichijou, is that it? Are you worried it might lead to you two going out?"
Yuuki nodded her head, her eyes trained on her ice cream.
"Do you think you still like Kaname?"
Yuuki only shrugged her shoulders.
"What about Ichijou? Do you have any feelings for him?"
Yuuki shrugged her shoulders again.
Yori sighed, "Well, I don't know what to tell you at this point, Yuuki. I think everything will solve itself in the end. Now go to sleep. For now, I feel like sleep is the best solution to your problem," proclaimed the cinnamon-eyed girl and reached over to grab her friend's ice cream carton and put it up in the refrigerator. When she came back, she found Yuuki in the same position, and Yori couldn't help but walk over and give her a hug, "It's all going to be okay, Yuuki. I don't think it's as big as a deal as you feel it is. I know everything seems a bit overwhelming, but it's all going to be okay. I promise."
Yuuki smiled and hugged her friend back, "Thanks, Yori. I don't know how I would survive without you."
"You'd probably be just fine," replied Yori, releasing her friend from the hug and walking to her own bed, "Now got to sleep. We can talk more tomorrow."
Yuuki woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon. As she walked into the small kitchenette that was in her and Yori's dorm, she was greeted with the sight of a plate of eggs and bacon. Yuuki grabbed two cups and a jug of orange juice and poured some orange juice into both cups. Yori brought another plate to the table and both girls sat down and dug in to their breakfast.
Yuuki took in a bite and made a satisfied sound, "This is so good, Yori. I love it when you cook. We should do this more often."
Yori smiled, but she did not reply immediately anything as her mouth was full. When she finished chewing her food, she poured more of the orange juice into her cup and said, "Well, I thought it would be nice to have some good breakfast together after the night we had yesterday. Are you feeling better now?"
Yuuki nodded, "I feel loads better. You're the best friend ever, Yori. You always manage to get me out of whatever bad mood I'm in."
"It's no problem, Yuuki. What are friends for? Besides, it was no big deal," replied Yori, "Really. All I did last night was join you in watching a movie while we ate ice cream. And let's be honest, you could pay me to watch the Avengers and eat ice cream anytime. You know how much I love Tom Hiddleston. Anyway, have you decided what you're going to do?"
Yuuki nodded, "Yeah. I'm going to give up on Kaname. It's not like we really matched or anything. I mean, look at him. He's gorgeous, social, popular…" Yuuki's gaze was unfocused as she thought about the dark-haired Kuran, "To put it simply, he's everything that I'm not and want to be. We're not meant to be. And to be honest, I can't help but wonder, now that I've thought about it, if this 'crush' I have on him is just my projecting my failure to meet society's ideals or some psychological shit like that."
Yori's gaze softened as she pulled her best friend into a tight hug, "Oh, Yuuki. You're perfect the way you are. I know you don't think you're beautiful, but you are. And Yuuki, I know that you and I aren't exactly popular, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that you have a good heart and you're gorgeous, and someday, somebody will realize it and love you for it. There's somebody out there for everybody."
Yuuki's gaze focused on her best friend for a moment and then she suddenly pulled the other girl into a tight hug, "Oh, Yori, you're the best friend ever! I can't believe I'm so lucky to have you as a friend. You are magnificent! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You're the bestest!"
"Bestest?" questioned Yori, her eyebrow raised.
"Bestest," repeated Yuuki, a smile on her face.
Yori shook her head at her friend's foolishness, "Come on, 'bestest' friend. We're going to be late to class."
The two girls quickly cleaned up the mess from their breakfast and headed down to their homeroom. As the two friends took their seats, Yuuki noticed Kaname and Sara giving off a decidedly couple vibe and although Yuuki had given up her crush on Kaname, the brown-haired girl couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart. She thought she had felt a special connection to Kaname when he and she were talking in the library. Had she made that up?
"Come on, Yuuki. Let's go and grab some seats for Zero and the others," Yori suggested, noticing Yuuki's distraught expression. Yuuki followed her friend's lead and they sat down in their seats. Yori, trying to distract her friend, began a discussion of some new movies coming out and succeeded in distracting her best friend. They were still talking about movies with Takuma Ichijou came up to sit with them.
"Good morning, you two. What's got both of you so wrapped up in conversation?"
"Good morning to you too, Takuma," replied Yuuki with a smile, "You're here just in time to take my side. I was just telling Yori here that we should go see Despicable Me 2 rather than Man of Steel. Come on, you have to agree with me here, Takuma. Think of the minions."
The class president thought about it for a while, "Well, I do love the minions, but Superman is an icon, Yuuki. An icon." Yuuki looked as if all hope was lost, but Takuma continued on, "I'm a bit worried that this new movie will be just as bad as the previous Superman movies, though. No one loves a hero whose only weakness is a rock. But then again, I'm kind of worried that Despicable Me isn't going to measure up with the first one."
Yuuki groaned, "Takuma, you have to think of the minions. Come on. Even if all else fails, you know that the minions will do something hilarious. Take my side. You know you want to."
The emerald-eyed boy thought about it, "That is true. Very well, I will take your side. You two should go see Despicable Me."
Yori shook her head, "You two can go see the minions. I am going to see Henry Cavill play an American icon," she stated.
Ichijou looked down at Yuuki, "What do you think, Yuuki? Do you mind going to the movies with me to see Despicable Me 2?"
"Mind?" asked Yuuki incredulously, "Of course, I don't mind. Let's go this weekend. I'm can't wait to see this movie!"
"So, it's a date then?" asked Ichijou hesitantly.
Yuuki looked at the handsome boy in front of her for a while and then nodded, "You have yourself a date, Mr. Ichijou."
A large grin covered the blond-haired boy's face. "Excellent! I'll pick you up on Sunday around twelve, then?"
"Sounds perfect. I can't wait."
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So, did you like it? Tell me what you thought. I know that Yume seems pretty scarce right now, but just wait. Things are happening, I promise. On a random side note, I have discovered Pinterest, and that is a BIG reason why for the no updates (also Doctor Who). Yeah, Pinterest. I devote a lot of time to it. Anyway, if I'm taking too long to update, feel free to PM me or whatever and scream at me to start working again. You can also PM me if you have any ideas that you would like in the chapter. I can't promise I'll use them, but I'll definitely take it into consideration. Thanks again, you guys. See you soon (hopefully)!