Author's Note:

My First Chapter for the New Year!!!

Chapter 11: The Vesuvius Kiss

Kyohei's heart was pounding a mile a minute and his mind was racing! Finally, after six long years, his lips could finally reunite with hers. "I hope I still have my lips intact later," thought Kyohei as he approached the girls' rooms.

In his mind, Kyohei thought that his footsteps were loud, that everything seemed to amplify. The whooshing sounds of the air conditioner, Kyohei's breaths, and muffled laughter from his friends seem so loud, so loud that he feared it might wake up Sunako. Before entering the room, Kyohei prayed, "To whomever it may concern, I know that I've never been the religious one, but if you can, please let me stay alive so that I could at least say that I have a wonderful youth. Thank you."
He opened the door slowly and thought the silent creeks of the door were just so damn loud. He tiptoed to what he thought seemed to be Sunako's bed. "Damn, why is it so dark!" thought Kyohei.

He leaned over to the girl's face, closed his eyes, and braced himself. Suddenly, he stopped since the girl's hair was in his nose, which made his nose itchy. He opened his eyes and saw that the hair was not jet black, but more of a light brown color. Kyohei quickly backed away. "Shit, I was about to kiss NOI!" he thought. Then, he fell down gently on someone's bed. He looked over to see two feet on top of his chest. He turned his head and he saw Sunako's piercing gaze. "What the hell are you doing here?" she said in an eerie tone.

Kyohei felt a dark presence that made his hair stand up and his body paralyzed. "Well, it's my pad, so I guess I can be where I wanted to be," said Kyohei with his faltering voice.

"Wrong answer," said Sunako. Kyohei's eyes widen and he knew he was in for something.

In the living room, the three "wise" men were talking amongst themselves. The subject: Kyohei.

"What's taking him so long?" whined Mizuno who was eating a chocolate cookie.

"I think he's doing more than kissing," said Arashi.

"Well, he was in love with her, I guess he wanted more than just a kiss," said Takashi.

"Sick you guys, just plain sick."

"C'mon Mizuno, don't act so innocent. Out of Arashi and I, you score the most girls."

"It's because I'm cute and you guys are oldies," laughed Mizuno. He looked over to see Arashi and Takashi giving him death glares and quickly apologized.

"Hey, we might be old to bag young fillies, but the older women are much more fun," said Arashi.

"Especially when you have the thrill of sneaking out with them before their husbands come back," laughed Takashi. Mizuno tsk-ed both of them, but he still laughed.

"Have you heard of Ranmaru?" asked Arashi.

"You mean the owner of the hostess club?" responded Mizuno.

"Yeah… Every male looks up to him. Man, he has it all. Women, money, fame… the guy is king of all kings," said Takashi as he mimicked holding a toast for the Playboy King.

"After I'm done with Strike Down, I plan to be his protégé," said Arashi proudly.

"If he lets you," teased Mizuno. The three laughed hard as they gulped down their beer. Suddenly, they heard a big scream coming from the girls' room. The three of them exchanged glances. Then, Kyohei burst out from the room with Sunako at his neck.

"Get off me, you bitch!"

"Perverted bastard!"

They started to fight. Punches and kicks were thrown at each other. Suddenly, out of nowhere, shiruken were thrown as well. It was the greatest battle between Sunako and Kyohei. Mizuno, Takashi, and Arashi just stood there, dumbfounded. "Ah, those were the good old days," chirped in Noi.

"You mean, this is how they express their love," asked the shocked Mizuno. Noi nodded.

"I guess our little Kyohei is one hell of a masochist," said Takashi as he shook his head in disappointment.

"Well, at least they finally let off their steam," assured Arashi. All four of them nodded in agreement and sighed.

Sunako and Kyohei's battle transcended to the hallways. It was a flurry of wrestling moves and karate moves. It was simply surreal. Their fight took them down the flights of stairs and out the back entrance, so that it could not be interrupted by idiotic paparazzo.

Kyohei finally stopped attacking and started running like crazy. Sunako was just right behind him. Kyohei tried to find sanctuary, in a nearby park, preferably up in a tree.

As he climbed the tallest tree, he could hear Sunako calling out his name. He sat down and tried to catch his breath. Then, he felt something on his shoulder. "Gotcha," said Sunako eerily. Kyohei screamed, but his scream was covered up by Sunako's hand.

Sunako turned Kyohei's head to face her. Then, she gave him a slap on the face, but the slap was neither hard or soft, just perfect to knock some sense into Kyohei. "What was that for?" asked Kyohei, rubbing his cheek.

"For calling me a bitch," said Sunako smirking with glee.

"Well, this is for calling me a bastard," said Kyohei and he grabbed Sunako's face. He puckered up his lips and slowly kissed her. Sunako tried to resist, but she couldn't help herself. She let his warm lips cool down hers. On top of the tallest tree, two long lovers embraced each other as the moon slowly rises up.

It was an eruption of emotions because the kiss turned into passion. Hands were rummaging through messy hair, going down each other's backs, and stroking each other's cheeks. Then, Sunako realized that it was going too far, but Kyohei tried to pull her back.

"Stop it, Kyohei," said Sunako softly.

"I made that mistake before, but not now," said Kyohei as he kissed her cheek.

"But I can't do this. I can't break my heart again," cried Sunako.

"I'm sorry for before. Look, I've been going out with a couple of women," said Kyohei and Sunako gave him a disappointing look, "No, wait… I mean, I've dated, but I never had the chemistry I had with them. And I know, Lily. I thought that I could get over you, but when I saw you, a flurry of emotions came back."

"Kyohei… Can you wait?" asked Sunako seriously.

"Wait for what?"

"Wait until I dated the same amount of people as you. Look, you had your fun, and I want to have my fun too," said Sunako with such determination.

"What the hell? I just declared my love for you, woman!" said the furious Kyohei. Sunako looked at him with big, puppy dog eyes and Kyohei's hard shell broke, "Fine, do what you want, but will you go to the second base with them…"

"I told you, I'll do what you do, but I promise that I won't fall in love with them," said Sunako and she jumped of the tree. "Give me three years!" yelled Sunako in the distance. Kyohei just shook his head and sighed. "That girl would be the end of me!"