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Now, the story

Chapter Ten: T, T & T (Troubles, Tears and Tim)

Usagi was waiting during lunch break along with Ami, under a tree, for the three boys. She was hungry, as always, but something else made her realize that not everything was going alright: Minako was walking to the ladies bathroom, her face buried on her hands.

"What's wrong with her?" – she asked, looking at Ami

"I think something went wrong in the classroom before we left, Usagi" – answered her friend – "She was actually hiding something from us"

"But she said she needed to talk with her coach!"

"She lied"

Ami got up, and so did Usagi, but Yaten, Taiki and Seiya were already there, looking very strange. They had something in their eyes that made the girls think that Minako's crying had something to do with it.

"What's wrong?" –asked Usagi, looking at Seiya – "Why is Minako crying?"

"She's crying?" – asked Yaten, feeling a strong needle in his stomach

"I think so…" – said Ami – "She didn't go with the coach, did she?"

"That's none of our business" – said Taiki

Ami looked at him, her eyes wide. His voice was full of anger and coolness, it wasn't the sweet yet strong voice she always heard from him, the voice she was used to. What was wrong with all of them?; they seemed different, like they had just received the worst of news, sadness and anger were mixed together around them.

"I'm going to see her" –said Usagi, gathering her things form the garden's floor- "Are you coming?"

But Ami was still looking at Taiki, who was now sited on the grass, glasses on and a book on his hands, but necessarily paying attention to his reading, because his eyes were fixed on a page, but they weren't following the lines.

"Ami!"

"Huh?" – she finally woke up and looked at her

"Minako. Bathroom. You coming with me."

"S-S-Sure"

Seiya grabbed Usagi's arm when she started to walk.

"Odango, I need to talk to you" – he said, with a commanding tone

"Can't you wait for me for a moment, please? I need to check on Minako, I'm not sure of what happened to her"

"No, it can't wait, that's what I need to talk to you about"

"What? You know what happened to her?"

"I think so"

"If you're not sure, it can't wait" – she said, in a sweet voice – "I'll be back in a minute, I promise"

"But-"

But she was already running to the bathroom, followed by Ami.

Seiya scratched his head, sitting down on the floor. Yaten was already sited next to Taiki, who was still looking to the book, trying to focus on his reading.

"This is so screwed, isn't it?" – said Seiya, not actually waiting for a response.

"It depends" – said Taiki – "If Aino decides to talk to Tsukino, well then maybe you'll be screwed."

"Just me?" – he asked, surprised – "You mean you don't care if you have to stop talking to Mizuno just because Aino misunderstood everything?"

"Exactly" – he answered, turning to another page of the book.

"Exactly what?" – asked Yaten – "Exactly, Minako misunderstood everything, or exactly, you don't care about the possibility of not talking to Mizuno ever again?"

"Both" – he said – "I have more important things to do and to think about and she's not necessarily-"

"Oh, you're such a hypocrite!" – said Yaten, both angry and surprised – "I've seen the way you talk to her, the way you look at her, the way YOU are when she's around!"

"I'm always the same"

"Liar" – said Seiya – "And you even dare to tell me I'm denying my feelings"

"I'm not denying anything!" – he exclaimed.

Seiya and Yaten were surprised: It had been a long time since the last time they saw Taiki raising his voice; he was always calmed, collected, but now, somehow, he was angry. He realized he was being watched closely by his cousins, because of the sudden lost of his temper; so, he got up and picked up his things.

"Anyway, see you later" – he said – "Talk to me when you two decide to become into reasonable people."

"Talk to us when you decide to open your eyes, for once." – said Yaten

Taiki rolled his eyes and walked away. He didn't know why he was acting like that. He could count with the fingers of one hand the times he had ever yelled to his cousins, or anyone else. Calm and reason were the two exact words he would use to describe himself if anyone asked him. However, now, those words were fighting against anger and…something else he didn't know what it was. Without his own permission, his mind showed him the picture of Ami walking to Usagi's house front door, and then her soft smile and gentle laugh. What was that? She was just…a girl. Sure thing she was nice, clever, mature, beautiful…-

"The most lovely girl I've ever seen"

"Who said that?" – Taiki asked, terribly surprised.

But somehow, and thankfully, the voice inside his mind didn't answer. Maybe it was just a thought. Sure thing she wasn't the most lovely girl he had ever met, of course not, it just was that he had never had the time to know a girl more closely, or the need of a female friend, but now, she was somehow "closer" to him, so, he was just confusing some kind of friendship with something else. Sure, it was nothing.

"Yeah, sure" – he said, ironically smiling, like nothing had happened – "I mean, I'm…me…I don't care if I have to stop talking to her because of a misunderstanding between Seiya and Aino…I mean…duh!"

He found himself standing outside the room where he and Ami had spent time singing during the essays of the Musical. How did he get there? Why did he get there?

He sighed. He knew that, somehow, he was wrong, and those words he said…didn't sound so well if they were about Ami. And about him…they were just several lies.

Minako looked at herself in the mirror: Make up on her cheeks and a little mascara couldn't hide her current sadness. How could he! How could they! Seiya even had the nerve to tell her that she was wrong. God, on the date of the previous day, it was so obvious that he was trying to get back to that spoiled little brat of Amanda. Yes, telling him that he should be out of Usagi's life was the right thing to do, she couldn't bear to see her suffer; she was the only girl that, along with Ami, deserved the best on everything.

However, she couldn't understand why she was so hurt. She was stubborn, and denying her emotions to everyone, including to herself, was her talent. But now, her entire body was reacting to some kind of sadness disease that was dangerously spreading. She had to admit that she had never felt like this before.

Was it his eyes? The strange emptiness inside them when she said she didn't want to speak or even look at him anymore? What if the real "him" he showed her was the real one? What if he wasn't faking? What if Yaten was actually upset for the fact she now hated him because he was covering Seiya's lies?

She asked to herself if, in Yaten's situation, she wouldn't have done the same thing for one of her friends. After all, he was just trying to protect his cousin, who was also one of his best friends.

"I would have told the truth!" – she thought

"Would you?"

"Who said that?" – she said out loud

"Minako?"

She turned around and found that Ami and Usagi were on the doorway.

"Oh, hey, girls"– she said, turning around and washing her hands, a little nervous – "Did you already have lunch?"

"Could you tell us what happened?" – asked Ami

"What do you mean?" – she said, turning around to face them and smiling – "I was with the coach, you know, the championship it's next week, so we need to-"

"Could you tell us what really happened?" – Ami said, now serious – "You weren't with the coach, you stayed after class with Taiki, Seiya and Yaten."

"I have no idea what you're talking about" – she said, plainly – "I just picked up my things after you did and went to the coach's office"

"Oh really? Then why are they acting as strange as you are now?"

"Go ask them, I have no idea"

"Why were you crying?" – Usagi's voice showed her concern

"Oh, c'mon, I wasn't crying!" – laughed Minako – "Now you're acting weird! I never cry, you know that"

"Seiya said he needs to talk with Usagi about something important" – said Ami – "You don't know anything about that, right?"

Minako bit her lip. God, she was perceptive! Ami could always smell when she was lying.

"I think Usagi needs to hear what he has to say" – she answered – "Then, she can tell us and then I'll decide if I know something about this"

"What are you talking about?"- asked Usagi, surprised – "You know something I don't?"

"I wish I didn't, girl, trust me" – answered Minako, and without saying another word, she exited the girl's bathroom and headed to the classroom.

Usagi walked confused to the yard. There was Seiya, sited next to Yaten, who got up as soon as he saw her coming. She smiled to him when he walked by her and then, took his seat. Seiya was looking straight to the grass, like there was something really interesting on it.

"What's wrong?" – she asked, in a sweet tone – "You're not the same since I left the classroom along with Ami. None of you is"

"I need to tell you something" – he said – "And maybe you'll never want to see me or speak to me again"

"Oh, come on, it can't be that serious, right?"

"Yesterday, when you called me to tell me you couldn't go out with me because of Chibi Chibi's flu…"- he took a deep breath – "I met with another girl"

It was like poison running through her veins. She blinked several times, trying to focus on what he was telling her and not in the incoming tears.

"You…what?"

"She called me yesterday's morning" – he continued, still not looking at her – "She's from Europe, she was one of my classmates there and she was also…my girlfriend"

"I don't want to hear this" – she said, getting up – "What the…Who you think you are?!"

"Please, Odango, just let me- "- he got up and reached for her hand

"No!" – she yelled – "I won't let you do anything! You told me I liked you, you told me you wanted to go out with me on a date! And now? Just because I couldn't go out with you, you just…find another one to not waste a Sunday's afternoon?"

"I'm trying to explain this to you!"- he said, raising his voice and not letting her hand go – "Damn, why are you girls so stubborn! Aino did the same thing!"

"What?" – she asked – "What has Minako to do with this?"

"She saw me! She just misunderstood everything, and now she told me that if I don't disappear from your life, she'll tell you everything from her perspective, which it's entirely WRONG!"

"Why should I believe you? Minako's been my friend since many years before and she has never lied to me! And I'm sure her perspective it's the real one!"

"Why you shouldn't believe me?! Because every single thing I've told it's true! I showed you the real me! Isn't that enough for you?"

"Last week, I knew another "you". You were the most annoying and evil guy I've ever met. I'm wondering if this person you have showed for the past days isn't some kind of character you're playing only to continue your evil plan of making my life even more miserable!"

Her words hurt him. He didn't try to deny it, like before. He was really hurt.

"Now, let me go" – she said, when she noticed that she left him speechless.

He didn't do anything

"LET ME GO, KOU!"

He saw the sweet girl that occupied her thoughts since the first time he saw her walking away.

Walking away from him.

Minako find herself sited on the rooftop of the school, contemplating the sky and wiping away the few tears that refused to go somewhere else. She was angry, worried and, somehow, upset. She wanted to be alone for a few moments, before going to volleyball's practice.

She wasn't alone, though.

Yaten debated for a few seconds before coming in. He wasn't quite sure of how or why he was there. After he left Seiya with Usagi, he just started to walk with no specific reason, and somehow, he got there, and found her. At first, he thought it was better to leave her alone, if she was at the rooftop alone, obviously apart from everyone else, it was because she wanted to. However, he just couldn't turn around and walk away: something inside was telling him that this situation was absurd, that some kind of misunderstanding wasn't reason enough to forget about the comfortable contact with the girl. Because since the night at the Neo Music, he found out that being with her, even if they were talking about senseless things: volleyball games, soccer games, idiotic situations, most embarrassing moments of their lives or ridiculous haircuts, became into one of the few things he enjoyed. And thinking about the possible loss of that, made him feel like hell.

So, he walked in, already thinking she would blow him away.

"Hey blondie…"

Minako didn't need to turn around to figure out who was. It wasn't because of the pet name he gave her. It was his voice.

"What are you doing here?" – Her hands started to shake, even when she tried to keep herself calmed.

"Do you want me to go?"

Her mouth said "yes" when her mind screamed "no".

"Fine" – he said, sighing – "I'll leave then"

"What didn't you tell me?"

He turned around once again, only to stare at her back.

"I couldn't" – he answered – "If you could only let Seiya explain…"

"I don't want to hear what he has to say…" – she said, almost crying – "He's only playing with Usagi's feelings…She's a good girl, she doesn't deserve that-"

"That's the whole point!" – he exclaimed – "None's trying to harm her! You don't know what happened yesterday! I didn't even know!"

Minako turned around, now furious, and faced him with tears streaming down her face. Yaten widened his eyes when she saw her with her eyes sparkling because of the tears and the mix of feelings inside her. Somehow, he felt something strange inside his chest at the sight of the girl.

"Oh, so you had no idea that your cousin met with that girl yesterday?!" – she said

"I thought he went on his date with Usagi! He never told us that she called him to cancel!"

"That's even worst! If what you're saying it's true, it means that he kept his date with that girl as a secret, because he already had bad intentions with Usagi!"

"Care to know the whole story of Seiya and Amanda? You had no idea of how he was when he was with her, you have no idea of what he's been through because of her or how or who she is!"

"Oh yes, I know, she SO beautiful, she's so AMAZINGLY pretty and sweet, she's so GLORIOUSLY charming that-"

"SHE'S A BITCH!"

Minako tried to hide the shocked expression that she was sure she had in that precise moment. She looked at Yaten and discovered the greatest anger inside his eyes. Ok, that was very difficult to fake; she had to give him that. Maybe he felt the same way she did about that girl, about how she just played around with Seiya.

"At least someone thinks the same thing I do…" – she unconsciously said

Yaten noticed that she said that in a soft tone: it wasn't anger, it wasn't rage, and she left her defensive position for a moment. And he saw something else too: a chance. He approached to the girl and looked at her, taking a deep breath before start speaking, because the very thought of Amanda made him feel like he was about to explode.

"Listen to me for a moment, ok?" – he said

However, Minako stepped back and knitted her eyebrows again, not letting herself in.

"But why should I hear you, how do I know if it's true or it's just another-?"

He quickly took her by both arms and forced her to look at him. She widened her eyes at the impulsive reaction of the boy, and also because of the terrible anger he showed in his eyes.

"Damn you, woman, could you just shut up and listen?!" – he couldn't stop the angry shout. Sure thing her being stubborn and annoying were things he liked about her, but now, they didn't help at all- "All you've done the past hour it's screaming at me, at Seiya, at Taiki, at everyone, and you don't let ANYONE speak if it's not about what you THINK it is! Now, do us a favor and keep your mouth shut!"

After blinking several times, she opened her mouth and muttered "ok".

"Perfect" – he said, releasing her and taking a deep breath again – "Now…I had no idea that Seiya met with Amanda yesterday. I thought, along with Taiki, that he was with Tsukino. About Amanda…"

During the next fifteen minutes, Yaten explained to her about the whole story of Amanda and Seiya: He told her that she was the first girlfriend he ever had, how she played along with him during several months, how he suffered, how he tried he break up with her after founding out she was cheated on him, without success, because of the terrible control she had on him. He also told her about the previous telephonic conversation they had, how he and Taiki reacted, and about Seiya's response.

After he stopped talking, Minako realized something: She was the most irrational girl in the world. Even when she was still a little suspicious about the answer Seiya gave when Amanda asked him if he was single, she couldn't stop herself from understand him, even when she would have acted differently. If everything Yaten said was true, she couldn't do anything else than feeling sorry for him; he suffered a lot for that stupid girl, and now everything was messed up for him and he was just feeling worse because of her own fault. She didn't let him explain, but, none could blame her for trying to protect her friend. However, she should've heard the entire story first.

She looked up at Yaten, and he saw inside her eyes that she understood him.

"I'm sorry" – she said – "I really am"

"It's ok, you were just trying to look after Tsukino" – he answered – "Trust me, I would have done the same thing you did"

"Maybe, but you would have try to understand first what really happened. I just freaked out and acted like a dork."

"You're a dork ninety-nine percent of the time, don't you worry, you acted just how it was correct for your own nature"

He felt relieved when she smiled: That strange blue sparkle of her eyes was back, the sweet expression changed all her face and he couldn't see any of the bad emotions he saw before when she was crying. The Minako he knew before was there in front of his eyes.

"So…I suppose I owe you an apology" – she said

"Yeah, and a REALLY big one"

"Hey, you're asking too much. You said you would have done the same thing. And knowing how you are, you wouldn't say sorry to anyone."

"You're wrong, I've said sorry many times for things that were my fault and for some that weren't. But you're not wrong if you think that I'm an arrogant and proud, because I really am"

"Well, I think that's it, I won't ask for your forgiveness" – she giggled

While he was smiling, he also was feeling something weird: His heart was beating a little bit faster. He thought that he was just tired or something like that, but deep inside, he knew it wasn't that. He was looking at her, but now, something was completely different: Yaten wasn't looking at her as the friend he learned to like spend time with, he was looking at her as a real girl. And now, the reason of the speed of his heart's beat was because of the thought of what he wanted to do that precise moment: The strange sensation inside his chest was dangerously similar to what he felt when he kissed a girl for the first time. Yaten was fighting against several things inside his mind, because, on one hand, he didn't want to mess up the relationship he had with Minako, but, on the other hand, he was now having the strong need of getting close to her and kiss her like there was no tomorrow.

Minako was looking to the sky, obviously distracted, when she felt he was looking at her. And when he was approaching his body to hers, she got up quickly.

"Damn, I'm late for practice!" – she said, looking at her watch – "I didn't hear the bell!"

He pulled away, quickly and coughed a little, feeling his cheeks on fire. He couldn't believe what he almost did.

"Yeah, me neither" – was all he could said in that moment.

"So, see you around!" – she said, running to the door to leave the rooftop. Suddenly, she turned around once again – "Hey, you're ok? Your face it's red"

"Yeah, I'm fine…! – he said, nervous – "You know, the heat…"

"Sure…" – he could tell she wasn't buying what he was telling her – "Bye, then!"

"Bye…"

A few moments after she left, he slapped his own forehead.

"YOU JERK!"

Usagi was changing into her cheerleader's uniform, when she suddenly felt someone grabbed her arm, turned her around and hugged her tightly. She blinked several times before realizing that it was Minako.

"I'm so sorry" – she heard her say – "I misunderstood everything. Seiya's a good guy"

"What?!" – asked Usagi, forcing her to look at her – "You know what that Seiya did yesterday when I told him I couldn't go out with him? He met with his ex-girlfriend, you saw him! I was right, he just used me because he was b-"

"Usagi, I'm sorry. It's my fault, I didn't let him explain, he's been through a lot because of her, and he really likes you, he didn't mean to harm you"

"What are you talking about?" – Usagi said, now confused

"Please, I'm gonna ask him to forgive me, but first, I need you to talk to him again. Let him finish the whole story, since I didn't the first time"

Minako smiled when Usagi laughed.

"God, you're weird" – she said – "But if you need me to, I will, I'll talk to him"

"It's not for me…it's for you"

Usagi smiled once more, when she saw her friend running through the door, half-dressed. Minako was so stubborn, that she should believe that something didn't fit in the issue with Seiya. Though she told him those words because she was angry and all she wanted was to make him feel at least half as bad as she did, she couldn't believe that he really was a womanizer or a bad person. She could tell that by looking at his eyes. Maybe she was wrong.

She closed her locket and walked outside. There were her answers: Seiya was standing in front of her.

"I know you told me you don't want to see me anymore…but I need you to know everything. And I won't leave you alone until you do."

"I have practice right now" – she said, avoiding his look.

"I know…May we met at the front's door after?"

"Fine…" – she said, starting to walk away

However, he grabbed her arm and quickly made her look at him. She stopped breathing when he approached his face to hers and placed a kiss on her cheek. And she closed her eyes and smiled when he whispered on her ear:

"I won't give you up"

Minako sat on the back of the gym, along with the team. She hoped that the coach didn't notice that she had arrived late. However, something different was happening: Next to him, was a boy, about 20, very tall, dressed up with a red sport jacket and black trousers. He was smiling, while all the other girls whispered and giggled, because he was very handsome: He had light brown hair, green eyes and an athletic body. The coach sent the girls a death glare and cleared his throat.

"Well" – he said – "Since miss Aino decided to grace us with her presence" – she didn't miss the comment and rolled her eyes – "I'll introduce you to him. He's Tim Langley; he's an American student and the greatest volleyball player of his college team. He's also an exchanging student at one of our Universities here, where I teach, so, I asked him to help me to train you properly for the next week's Championship"

"Nice to meet you" – he said, looking at the team and smiling – "I'll be glad if you let me teach some things I learned in my country to help you winning."

"So, we'll split the team in two during practices, one half will train with me, and the other, with Tim" – said the coach – "Don't make his work worst whining because of tiny things, or I will make you wash the team's uniforms. Miss Aino can teach you how"

Minako rolled her eyes again. When she looked back at the coach to listen at the instructions of that day's practice, she found out that this Tim guy was looking at her. She blinked several times, imagining that he wasn't, that he was looking at some other girl, but suddenly, he smiled at her and looked back at the coach.

"Ok, that was weird" – she thought.

As soon as she finished running around the gym, she realized that she had finished first, because the rest of the team was still running, trying to end the fifty turns the coach told them to, and not dying in the attempt. Though the coach peeked on her every practice, she knew he admitted that she was the faster runner. She was looking at the girls, when she saw a towel in front of her.

"You're very fast"

It was that guy. She smiled, took the towel he handed her and wiped away the sweat of her face.

"Thank you" – she said

"I'm Tim" – though she already knew that, she shook his hand – "Nice to meet you"

"Minako" – she said – "Likewise"

She started to walk away, in search of a water bottle, when his voice stopped her.

"You're the one that got late, right?"

She turned around and mentally cursing because of her bad luck: Great, now there wasn't only one man trying to make every practice a living hell, now this new guy would give her extra reasons to feel angry.

"Yeah, any problem?" – she said, trying to control herself from raising her voice at the boy

But, with her surprise, he smiled and laughed a little.

"Yeah, coach Koyamada told me about you. He said you were the greatest player of the team, and that you called him a jerk during the first practice"

"AND he made me wash the uniforms" – she said, sending a death glare to the coach, who wasn't looking.

"That too" – he laughed once again – "I can imagine you're a great player; you finished first the fifty turns and you don't look tired."

"Really?" – she said. She was suspicious about him: She imagined that he was some kind of spy that would make her the same things the coach did.

"Yeah" – he said – "I can see the coach had peeked it on you, so, what if you train with me?"

He laughed when the girl narrowed her eyebrows. Then, he patted her shoulder and winked an eye to her.

"Trust me, I don't bite. And by the way, we'll see if you're such a good player if you can beat me."

Minako smiled and raised an eyebrow: He was handsome, and seemed to be a good guy. To her, that was a good combination.

"You got it, boy" – she said, and then turned around to catch up with the rest of the girls.

Usagi was nervously walking to the front's door. She was mentally debating about Seiya's last sentence. What did he mean? Was he trying to have something real with her? She didn't know how to react, because she never had experience on this subject: She couldn't tell Seiya, without feeling extremely embarrassed, that he was his first kiss. Neither she could tell him how terribly sexy he was to her eyes, without the need of hiding her face on the ground.

He was standing on the entrance, waiting for her to show up. He was squeezing his hands and looking inside the school every 5 seconds, expecting that he would see her coming to him. However, the world crashed on his shoulders when he heard a certain and familiar voice:

"Hi, Seiya"

He turned around, secretly hoping that the situation was some kind of nightmare; that she wasn't there to screw his life up once again. But there she was, looking at him and smiling while she played with a long strand of her hair between her fingers.

"I thought that you might be here" – Amanda said – "My dad found out that you are studying here, and I wanted to stop by to see you"

"What are you doing here? Why are you here?"

"What do you mean, silly?" – she asked, obviously flirting with him – "I'm here because I wanted to see you. I told you I've missed you a lot since you left"

"Listen, Amanda…"

He took a step forward and took her by the arms. He didn't know that Usagi was hidden behind one of the walls, looking at him. As soon as she saw them, she wanted to turn around, walk away, and cry herself out at her home. And she was about to do so, after thinking Seiya was the greatest liar she had ever met, when she heard the tone the boy was using with her. She could tell that he didn't want her there. But, however, she didn't want to interrupt, she wanted to hear what he had to say to her.

"Yes, Seiya?" – Amanda asked

"I accept your apology; I forgive you for all the things you did to me, the cheating with other guys, the lies, the way you were with me, everything, but-"

"Great!" – she said, kissing him on the cheek- "Now we can actually go out! You can even return to Europe with me, we can be together once again and-"

"Listen to me!" – he said, tightening his hold on her – "I won't EVER be with you again"

Usagi widened her eyes, and so it did the girl standing in front of Seiya.

"B-B-But…why?"

"Why? WHY? You tore me apart, Amanda! I liked you, I LOVED you! And you cheated on me with every guy you stepped into!"

Usagi closed her eyes, and understood everything. And even when she was a pacifist, she was fighting against the desire of punching the girl right on the nose.

"But you said that-"

"I said I accepted your apology. It didn't mean that I wanted to get back with you; you're just a spoiled girl, who doesn't know what wants in her life, or who she wants"

"I want you! I know I've made some mistakes, but now I'm different! I really want to be with you! You and none else!" – she cupped his face with her hands and forced him to look at her teary eyes.

"If that's true, I'm sorry, Amanda" – he said, taking her hands away from his face – "Because I don't want you"

"That can change! If we, I don't know, hang out together again, you would see that I've changed and I really love you"

"You've never loved anyone in you life"

"Just give me another chance, Seiya! I can prove you wrong; I can show how much I love you!"

"If I give you another chance, I'm the greatest idiot ever. And anyway, I'm seeing someone else"

Usagi felt her heart beating faster. What did he mean?

"What?!" – she exclaimed – "You told me you were single!"

"And I am" – he explained – "We're not together, we're not even dating. But nothing compares to what I'm feeling for her"

"B-But…you loved ME!"

"Clearly and thankfully, not anymore" – he said, taking a few steps back – "Now, if you please, I want to ask to leave. I forgive you; you can be with your conscience completely free. But I don't want to see you again in my whole life"

She couldn't believe it. He was rejecting her! HER! She drove him crazy a year ago; she would do it again if she really tried. No girl could be prettier than her, surely that new girl was nothing compared to her. She will have him back, no matter what. But in that moment, there was nothing further to say or do. So, she turned around and walked away.

Seiya sighed, while he watched her turning around the corner. He felt like he was several pounds lighter. Now, everything with Amanda was finally and truthfully over, he was completely free. However, he felt his heart stopped when, after turning around, he saw Usagi standing in front of him.

"How long you'd been there?" – was the only thing he could ask

"Long enough" – she answered.

"Long enough to…?" – he asked, nervously

She just took a few steps forward and took his hand. He looked at her and saw her smiling.

"Long enough to know that I was wrong about everything I said to you. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you. And I don't want to stop being close to you."

He smiled. A few hours before, he felt like hell. The only idea of losing the possibility to be with her, even if the didn't know each other deeply, made him feel like he wanted to be a thousand feet underground. But now, everything seemed to be alright.

"Care to walk me home?" – she asked.

He didn't care if she was nervous. He just moved a little closer and kissed her on the forehead.

"Sure, Odango"

Ami was standing next to the music's room door, waiting for Taiki. She was feeling weird about the way she saw him during lunch's break: It was a different boy, completely different from the one she spent time with at the Neo Music, the one who spoke to her like they've known each other since forever, the one that told her she was beautiful, the one she enjoyed so much to be with. He seemed cold, distant and even indifferent. And though they weren't close, she felt like she had to set things right with him. She knew perfectly right that Minako being weird and Seiya's strange attitude had something to do with this. However, she didn't know why he was being like this.

While she was staring at her shoes, she saw another pair. She looked up and saw him, standing in front of her, looking serious. She suddenly felt uncomfortable and nervous.

"Hi" – she muttered

"Good afternoon, Miss Mizuno. I'm sorry for making you wait."

"Actually…I came here to tell you I can't stay for our rehearsal. The teacher of the Science Club told us that we have to make an essay for tomorrow morning, so, I have to go home to make it." – she said all the information, trying to avoid how she was feeling about him calling her by her last name.

"Alright" – he answered, nodding – "Goodbye, then"

As soon as he turned around, he stopped.

"Why are you being like this?" – she asked

He closed his eyes. He realized this wasn't simple. Him acting like he didn't care about being indifferent with her was terrible. He was merely avoiding anymore troubles for Seiya, but he didn't realize until he saw her standing there that he didn't want it to be like this. He enjoyed her company, he cared a lot about his cousin, but he didn't want to choose. But he had to, and though he thought it wasn't big deal, it was. Even against his mind. Because, for the first time in his entire life, he was feeling instead of thinking. And no matter how hard he tried to deny it, he was feeling something unknown for this unique, beautiful and smart woman.

"Like what?" – he asked, turning around to face her. He felt his chest aching when he saw her bright eyes, full of concern.

"You called me by my last name. You acted weird at lunch's break. You're being…even colder from when we didn't know each other"

"You should ask your friend Aino for this"

"Can anyone tell me what happened?" – she said. He was very surprised when she raised her voice and set her anger free – "Everyone's acting weird, but none's talking the things straight! I hate that!"

"I'm just trying to protect my cousin, that's it" – he answered – "There was a misunderstanding between Aino and Seiya, I'm just supporting him and-"

"And being like a cold, indifferent and rude-!" – she cut herself. She was letting out so much of the bad tempered Ami.

Forgetting a little about the issue of Seiya and Minako, she was very interested in this side of the girl: Her cheeks were colored and she had fists trembling; she was angry, and he wanted to see in who she would become.

"Finish that sentence" – And, as he wanted, Ami took it as a dare.

"Being a cold, indifferent and rude IDIOT helps your cousin?" – she exclaimed.

He widened his eyes. None EVER called him an idiot. And he meant EVER.

"On what do you base your conclusion?" – he asked, feeling his blood getting warmer on his cheeks

"On your strange attitude today. Not even a LITTLE alike to the one I met with the day before yesterday's night"

"I could say the same thing about you!" – he exclaimed. Though it was kind of hard to admit, being called an idiot for a girl which intelligence matched his own, hurt his pride and self-confidence.

"No, you couldn't"

"Yes I could"

"No"

"Yes"

"How?"

"Because of the way you're being right now with me"

"I'm not being with you. I am with you"

"No, you're not"

"Yes, I am"

"I thought you were calmed. And reasonable"

"I thought you were nice. And considered"

"Evidently, you're not"

"Evidently, neither you are"

"I'm angry"

"Me too"

After they reached to the conclusion together, they realized of how close they were at that moment: Only a few inches separated each other's faces. They both noticed it and pulled away, coughing and trying to hide their embarrassment.

However, they both smiled at each other because of the ridiculous conversation they had.

"None ever called an idiot before" – he said, laughing.

"I think I'm reasonable. And calmed" – she said, giggling.

"And you are. I just said that because I was angry and offended."

"You're nice and considered by the way, I said that because of the same reasons you did"

"I'm sorry for being like this with you. It's just that…"

"Would you like to tell me while we walk?"

He smiled. He couldn't and he didn't want to deny it anymore: Sure thing he liked this girl, especially when she was angry. However, for the sake of his own self-esteem, he didn't want to see her angry anymore.

"Of course"

Yaten didn't know why he was standing on the front's door, when the night was falling. He was tired after soccer's practice, but now he was like expecting something.

"How, c'mon, who am I trying to deceive!"- he thought – "I'm waiting for her!"

He knew that she was on practice. Even when he was almost about to hit himself, he checked the gym and saw her going to the showers. And now, he was waiting for her, but completely confused, with no clue for what or why he was there, leaning on the wall next to the door.

Then, he heard her voice. She was laughing, and he was about to go inside when he quickly hided behind the wall: She was laughing and walking beside a guy. They both turned to the left, and since Yaten was hiding behind the wall of the right, they didn't see him there. He saw that the guy was tall, quite athletic and with light hair. He wasn't that impressive, anyway. But what it was torturing him was they way she was laughing: It was the way she laughed with him.

Not caring about the ridiculous way he started to follow them, he waited for them to turn around the corner and run to it and what he saw, hided behind the wall, shocked him: He was now walking beside her, with his arm around her shoulders. That IDIOT had his ARM around Minako's SHOULDER.

"WHO IN THE FXXXXXX HELL HE THINKS HE IS!"- He mentally yelled – "AND SHE'S LAUGHING! LAUGHING! HE'S HITTING ON HER AND SHE LAUGHS!!"

Taiki and Seiya were sitting on the couch, talking and laughing about all the things that happened during the day, when Yaten came into the house.

"Hey buddy, you can't imagine what hap-" – But Seiya stopped mid-sentence.

Yaten was standing in the living room, with his face red of anger, his eyes on fire and with his fists clenched.

"What the hell happened to you?" – asked Taiki, standing up, along with Seiya.

But Yaten pointed with his finger at Taiki and yelled:

"SHE WAS LAUGHING!"

Both Taiki and Seiya looked at each other, not having a clue of what that sentence meant, while Yaten went upstairs and locked himself inside his room. About a second later, he heard a knock. He opened his door and saw his two cousins standing there, equally puzzled.

"Sorry, we didn't catch the subtitles, we don't understand what you said" – said Seiya, laughing

"Who was laughing?" – asked Taiki, punching Seiya on the arm and sending him a death glare because of his comment.

"SHE WAS LAUGHING! LAUGHING WITH HIM! LAUGHING WITH HIM AND NOT WITH ME!" – he yelled, and then, shut the door.

Seiya looked at Taiki, who shrugged. Then, they knocked again. They only heard a clear "GO AWAY"

Yaten heard that his cousins were walking away from room door. He didn't want to deny it anymore. He couldn't deny it anymore. He wasn't going to deny it anymore.

He liked her.

He liked Minako.

And he was insanely jealous.

Tbc…

A/N: Quite long this one, huh? It's just that I didn't have time before, and I had a lot of ideas. I'm expecting for your reviews! And thanks a lot for reading my story!