"Ara?" Ichirou took a step back with a sly smirk, a small glint in his eyes as if he knew what would happen next, "Don't tell me... you have feelings for her?"
"E...eh?" Kaoru muttered, letting go of Mizuki with a puzzled look on his face, "No!"
Sharp stabs of pain pierced the girl's heart as she witnessed Kaoru's reactions. Mizuki grit her teeth, not believing herself, No way... I...!
Hikaru blinked rapidly, trying to understand the situation and stepped towards Mizuki and his twin brother, hugging the girl from behind, "Nope. We just don't want you to spoil our toy."
"Um... yeah. We don't want to share our toy with you," Kaoru nodded, slightly feeling guilty after saying those words.
A soft chuckle sounded from the girl's lips as the tension between the four of them started to grow. Mizuki's face darkened and tears outlined her eyes when she pushed the twins away from her roughly. Clenching her fists, she glared at the three boys and growled, "Toy? TOY! Is that seriously all you can say, touching me so casually?"
Her cheeks grew a bright pink as she exclaimed, "Forget it! You're always touching me, doing whatever you want, just like a bunch of stray cats! If you're going to play with someone, make it worthwhile with someone girlier and prettier than me! Don't mess me up by calling me a toyand such!"
She turned on Ichirou, rage defined clearly on her face. Mizuki continued, "And don't you daretell them about my past! What's done is over! I'm going to go look for your brother so don't follow me!"
She then dashed off, leaving three, startled and confused boys in her wake. Ichirou looked over at the Hittachin twins who stared at each other, both of them baffled. He sighed, his gaze mostly focused on Kaoru, and said, "You blew it."
"Wasn't that rollercoaster fun?" Haruko smiled happily at Kyouya whose expression showed boredom.
"...Really...?" he muttered.
"Yeah!" the girl kept grinning with a light tone in her voice, "Let's ride the teacups next! And then there's another roller coaster to go on! Or if you want to rest a bit..."
"Haruko..." Kyouya sighed.
"Mmm... if we're going to take a break, what about we buy some snacks first? I call cotton candy-"
"Haruko," he interrupted her, making the girl's bright mood slowly fade. Kyouya Ootari looked down at her with a serious look on his face and asked, "Are you really serious about me?"
"Eh? Well..." Haruko blushed looking around herself. She recognized a few posters and gasped, "Oh my gosh! A new Naruto movie is coming out soon! I can't wait to see it! And there will be an interview with the mangaka...!"
"I'm going home..." Kyouya groaned and turned around, "Nice having a date with you."
"Eh! But wait!" the brunette rushed over to the black haired boy and grabbed the back of his shirt, her face a bright red, "I... I..."
Kyouya looked down at the girl with a blank facial expression.
"I really do like you! It was love at first sight! The thing is... you really remind me of a guy from an anime I used to watch! He was one of my favorite characters!" Haruko confessed.
The boy froze in place, thinking about the confession for a while, then questioned, "Then... you like that anime character. Not me."
"A-ah?"
"Truthfully, I'm not interested in you... at all. I agreed to come on a date with you because Mizuki gave me money to do so, and she told me it would be quite interesting. Now that I realize that this date has no use to me at all, I will be leaving now," Kyouya smiled, lightly shrugging the girl off before leaving.
Haruko stepped back, startled, her eyes wide. Tears welled up in her eyes as she shuddered, thinking, Did I do something wrong? Is it because of what I said? But... we can't separate like this... we... wait! Wait-
The girl opened her mouth to say something when a light, cheerful voice called out to her from behind.
"Haruko-chan! Is that you, Haruko-chan?"
Haruko blinked rapidly and turned around to see a large bunny, which was the mascot of the amusement park. The bunny reached up and took off the mask, revealing the face of a cute, innocent looking boy with black hair.
"Ah... Jun-kun!" she exclaimed.
The boy with the bunny costume approached her with a smile on his face, "What are you doing here?" he asked. Jun looked over at Kyouya, who was still walking away. Jun wore a surprised and worried face before saying, "Oh! Did I interrupt your date? I'm sorry!"
"No, it's fine..." Haruko muttered, hurriedly wiping her tears away from her hands, "Anyways, what are you doing here, Jun-kun? Why are you wearing a bunny costume?"
"Oh? Haha... I work here!" Jun chuckled nervously with a pale blush on his face, "Pretty embarrassing, huh?"
"No, no... I think it looks cute!" the brunette giggled softly, small drops of tears still evident in her eyes.
Kyouya stopped in his tracks at the sound of the word "cute". He was around five meters away from them, still being able to hear their conversation. Somehow, he felt disturbed by the word "cute", especially because it came from Haruko's mouth.
"Hey, but really..." Jun said with an expression of worry, "Are you alright? Did that glasses boy make you cry? How mean!"
Glasses... boy...? the corner of Kyouya's mouth twitched slightly.
"No, it's fine! It's my fault anyways... I did something wrong..." Haruko sniffed, turning her head to the side, avoiding eye contact.
Jun looked up to the sky, as if he was thinking about something, holding the head of his bunny costume at his side. He turned his gaze back to Haruko again and smiled, "Alright. Then what about you forget about him and we can have fun together? My shift ends pretty soon, so if you wait, I'll show you around the amusement park."
Haruko's face brightened as she cast a quick glance at Kyouya, who was still frozen in place. "Can we really?" she asked.
"Don't worry... I'll treat you better than that glasses boy," Jun nodded and grabbed Haruko's hand, "C'mon!"
"Excuse me..." a dark voice muttered from behind the brunette. The two of them looked up to see Kyouya who had zipped over from where he was standing. Grabbing Haruko's other hand, Kyouya glared at Jun and said, "She is on a date with me... not you."
Hiatus is over! I think I can update regularly now... ^0^
Thanks for waiting!