Cody can solve this all…
Yolei's POV
I knock nervously and quickly on Cody's door. Luckily he opened it very fast.
"Yolei? Good to see you" Cody said. I immediately hugged him and started crying.
"Cody!" I said.
"Yolei, what's wrong?" He asked. We sat on the sofa and I kept on crying into his shoulder. We might look weird now since I'm older than him, but I don't really care.
"Cody, it's just I realized today that no one loves me" I said.
"Yolei, what are you talking about? You know that I love you" Cody said.
"Thanks, Cody, that's really nice of you, but we are just good friends" I said, maybe I disappointed Cody that way, maybe Cody really loves me more than a friend, but I don't really see us more than that.
"I'm ugly and stupid and no boy can fall in love with me, all of them just want to hurt me" I cried.
"Yolei, stop saying this, it's not true" Cody said and caressed my face "You are the most beautiful girl that I know and I'm really not saying this because we are best friends"
"Do you think I'm even more beautiful than Kari?" I asked.
"You bet! How can you even compare yourself with her?" Cody asked.
"Then why all the boys like her and not me? Why all they do to me it's hurting me?" I cried.
"Because they are just stupid, they need to grow up to see who is better" Cody said "Please calm down, Yolei, they don't really deserve it"
"But it's true, it's true. Davis cheated on me with her and T.K…" I began crying harder when I said his name. T.K, T.K, why?
Cody was shocked to hear his name. "T.K? T.K was the one who hurt you? It's just unbelievable!" Cody said.
"Listen to that" I said and turned on the recording:
" '… So I decided to get T.K to play the game. I knew how he is in love with me and would do anything for me. So I told him that we'll spend more time together if he plays the game with me and he agreed. Then I gave him a task to seduce Yolei. First, he did it very well this stupid Yolei was totally into him, of course he'll do it to get me, but now he just got stuck on her. Luckily I have you to play the game with me' "
"What? What the hell is this? What kind of game is this?" Cody asked.
"It's something called the "seduction game". Kari plays it and seduces guys, but she just got tired of playing it alone" I said "But why the hell it had to be me?"
"T.K! I can't believe he has done that kind of think. I always thought him to be a good guy" Cody said.
"He made me feel like a princess, but he was just lying to me" I said and kept on crying. I could see that Cody was angry and he also felt betrayed, since T.K was his best friend and it was hard for him to accept that T.K has done something like that.
"I have to talk to him" Cody said.
"No, please don't do it. I don't want you to fight because of me" I said.
"I don't want to fight with him, I just want to talk to him" Cody said.
"Okay, Cody, but now please stay with me. I really need you now" I said.
"Okay, Yolei" Cody said. He hugged me and I felt very safe and calm in my best friend's arms.
Sora's POV
We arrived at the hotel. Tai decided to stay with me in case Shinji tries to search all the hotels and finds us. It is not safe for me to be alone.
"So here we are, I know it's not so luxurious like you'd probably like, but that's it" Tai said.
"It's okay, Tai" I said.
"Oh and turn off your phone, it's important" Tai said "You know, he might go to the police to tell them that you are missing and stuff and they might find you"
"That's right" I said and turned the phone off "But what if my mom calls? We haven't told her a thing"
"Oh, that's really bad" Tai said "Call her in the morning, but don't tell her where are we, you can't tell her the truth about Shinji on the phone"
"I understand, we'll meet my mom in a secret place and explain her everything" I said "You are so smart, Tai. I've never thought you were like that"
"Thanks, Sora" He said, I saw he was blushing "Okay, you take the bed and I can sleep on the sofa, it's really okay"
He was blushing and I laughed.
"No, we both can sleep on the bed" I said and now he was blushing hardly.
"No, you shouldn't bother, I'll take the sofa" He said.
"But we did it when we were kids, don't you remember it?" I asked.
"Yeah, but we were kids you know" He said.
"So why not now?" I said laughing.
"We aren't kids anymore" Tai said, he was blushing so much.
"Well, then I'll take the sofa. You helped me so much, I really don't want you to feel uncomfortable" I said.
"No way! I won't let you do this" Tai said.
"Then both of us are sleeping on the bed" I said.
"Okay, if you insist" He said.
"Tai, you are so funny, you always had been like that. We never agreed on anything" I said "How I miss those days"
"You've changed so much. You were like a boy and now you are a real woman" Tai said. This made me blush.
"You really think so? Thanks, Tai" I said.
"I also miss those days when we were kids, what has really happened to them?" Tai said.
We just sat there and remember all our good days. We didn't think about Shinji or anything bad. I felt so safe with Tai. I didn't have this feeling for so long time.
T.K's POV
I was lying on my bed with my notebook in front of me and a pencil in my hand. I had a test tomorrow and I tried to forget about everything happened with Yolei and concentrate on my studies. It was my fault after all. I should've stop all this before it got too far. I really mustn't let it affect my grades.
Suddenly I heard a knock on my door. I heard my mother opening the door.
"Oh, Cody, long times no see. Come in" I heard my mother saying. What the hell? Cody? Yolei probably has already told him everything and now he is going to lecture me how I was bad and stuff. Great! Just what I need now.
"T.K is in his room, studying for a test" My mother said.
"Okay, thanks, Ms Takaishi" Cody said and after a few seconds he was in my room.
"Hello, T.K" Cody said and I looked at him.
"Hello, Cody, how are you?" I said and kept looking in my notebook.
"Yolei has told me everything and I'm really disappointed in you. I've never thought you were like that" Cody said. I felt angry. I got tired from people telling me that what I'm doing it's wrong and I hurt Yolei so I've lost my nerve.
"Look, Cody, I know that what I did was wrong and that Yolei is really hurt and I should've stopped everything before she got to know the truth and I shouldn't have even started that game no matter what. Yeah, I know that, I know I've been a jerk" I yelled "Now that's what you wanted to hear? I am a jerk, selfish jerk. Happy now?"
Cody seemed shocked at my behavior.
"Woah, T.K, calm down" Cody said and touched my arm "I just came to talk to you, that's all. I really didn't want to blame you for anything"
I should have known it and not acted like that. Cody is Yolei's best friend, but after all he is my best friend too. Unlike Davis and Ken, maybe he'll listen to me before he judges me,
"I'm sorry, Cody. I've never meant to yell at you" I said.
"And I don't think that you are a jerk, you just were confused that's all" Cody said.
"Thanks Cody, you are the only person who understands me" I said and we hugged.
"Wanna go outside and talk? I need to buy cigarettes anyway" I said.
"Okay" Cody said.
We went outside and sat at a table nearby a kiosk.
"Do you want coffee? I'm going to buy it for myself anyway" I said.
"No thanks" Cody said.
"Maybe something else to drink?" I offered.
"Lemonade" Cody said.
"Okay" I said. I bought two packs of Pall Mall blue, my usual brand, two single Newport cigarettes I wanted to try them now because I heard they are stronger, a coffee for myself and lemonade for Cody.
I went back to Cody and set the bottle of lemonade in front of him.
"Thanks T.K" Cody said and took a sip of his lemonade.
I took a sip of my coffee and lit up one of the Newport cigarettes. I took a drag of it and really liked it.
"T.K, it's not your usual brand, is it?" Cody asked.
"No, it's not. I just need something stronger than my usual brand now" I said, took a sip of my coffee and a drag of my cigarette. It is so good to have a coffee with a cigarette.
"But it's really stinks" Cody said in disgust.
"Sorry, I really like it and it makes me feel better now" I said.
"I actually don't understand why you started smoking. Guys like you usually don't smoke. You are…" Cody said.
"A nerd?" I asked him and took a sip of my coffee.
"That's not what I wanted to say" Cody said.
"Yes, you did and it's not insulting I'm really a nerd" I said and flicked my cigarette into the ashtray "I think that studies are important"
"Okay, I just wanted to know why you started smoking" Cody said and took a sip of his lemonade.
"I don't know, I guess because I fell in love with Kari" I said and took a very long drag of my cigarette.
"Kari likes smokers?" Cody asked.
"I don't think so, but she can make any guy want to smoke" I said.
"So how it is that Davis doesn't smoke?" Cody asked.
I looked at the sky and blew the smoke up "Davis might be stronger than that. Trying to satisfy Kari and make her like you it's really frustrating" I said "You just can't handle it without cigarettes since she makes you so nervous"
Cody took a sip of his lemonade "What about Yolei?" He asked.
I almost began coughing, since I was taking a drag of my cigarette when I heard her name. I blew smoke and took a sip of my coffee "What about her?" I asked.
"How did she make you feel?" Cody asked.
"Well, she is much different than Kari" I said, took one last drag of my cigarette, blew smoke and stubbed the butt in the ashtray "She is much softer and she can love you regardless. I've never felt nervous with her"
"You are strange" Cody said and took a sip of his lemonade.
"Why?" I asked and lit up the second Newport cigarette, I saw Cody was looking in disgust when I lit it up "Sorry, Cody, I really need it now" I took a sip of my coffee.
"It's okay, I can stand it" Cody said "You are strange because you say that Kari makes you nervous and Yolei is better than her, but you still love Kari and not Yolei"
"You are right, Cody. You know, I called Kari today and she didn't even felt guilty for telling Davis everything about me and Yolei" I took a very long drag of my cigarette "In fact, she felt happy that Davis made Yolei broke up with me, since I got 'stuck on her' for too much time according to her words. She is so into the game and all she wants from me is stories about me seducing girls in exchange to her kisses" I took a sip of my coffee and another drag of my cigarette.
"No one has the right to judge you. Love makes us blind and it makes us do things that really hurt people. But we'll do it anyway. Just for the one we love" Cody said and took a sip of his lemonade "I think you should tell Yolei all this, she must know that you weren't making fun of her and you did it just because you love Kari and you thought this will made her love you back. I'm pretty sure Yolei'll understand"
"Well, once it really was like that, but now I've realized that no matter what I do,
Kari won't love me back. In fact, I don't think she can ever love anybody besides herself" I said and took a last sip of my coffee and very long drag of my cigarette "I would like to tell you something, but you'll never believe me"
"Well, you can try me, just remember that I'll be your friend no matter what" Cody said.
I decided to trust Cody. If he is still my friend after what I've done to Yolei, then I can trust him.
"I know it started as a game and it got too far, but I think I really fell in love with Yolei. I've told Kari that I'm not going to play with her anymore and I really stopped playing, but then Davis came and recorded Kari telling the whole story" I said and took a drag of my cigarette.
"Oh, poor thing, I understand how hard it was to choose and now that you've made your choice, somebody comes and ruins everything" Cody said "I think you should've told Yolei everything before Davis does it"
"Wouldn't it bring the things to the same situation?" I asked.
"Yolei could be angry, but I think it could be easier for her to forgive you, since you were honest with her" Cody said and took a last sip of his lemonade.
"I don't know. I thought Yolei would never believe Davis. I've never thought Davis to be so smart" I said and took a drag of my cigarette.
"This is also your problem, you've never appreciated him much" Cody said "and after all that, Yolei thinks that no one loves her"
"But what can I do now, Cody? You believed me, but Yolei is never going to" I said, took one last drag of my cigarette and stubbed it in the ashtray.
"I really don't know. Yolei is deeply hurt now, but I'll try to talk to her, after all she loves you, too. Just be strong" Cody said "And if you want to talk again, I'm always here for you"
"Thanks, Cody" I said "Let's go home"
Somehow now I felt much better.