Hey everyone! Wow it's been awhile heh heh sorry. ^^ Well I just want to let you know that I am going to see this story through. It is almost done just want to put a little TsuyakaXImai action before I go on to the final events. Hope you enjoy and I apologize greatly for the long wait guys. Unfortunately college is a lot busier than high school. T.T
Kyo was lying down on her bed staring at the ceiling. She looked at the clock on her desk. It was 1:45. She went back to staring at her white ceiling. It was Saturday the day of Chiharu's date with Hitomi. She had woken up like usual, eaten breakfast as usual, and watched cartoons as usual; but through all of that she had only one thing on her mind: Chiharu's date. Yesterday Kyo insisted on trailing along but Chiharu objected. He didn't want her there because he didn't want her to be anywhere close to a Tenjo. She wasn't pleased of course but she gave in nonetheless. They had just recovered from their previous quarrel; she didn't want to ruin the peace between them.
Kyo looked back at the clock. It read 1:47. She sighed and closed her eyes willing herself to think of anything but Chiharu and that witch. She tried really hard not to see her clutching to him, or fixing his hair because she wanted to. Or even grabbing his hand to drag him to a ride she wanted to go on, and she tried really hard not to picture Hitomi cleaning Chiharu's mouth of whatever food they were eating with the tip of her fingers.
Kyo opened her eyes and was now glaring at the ceiling. Then abruptly sat up and went to her closest to change. She couldn't stay here, she had to go. Once she was ready and dressed she dashed out of the house without so much as a word to her father. Tsuyaka was out on her early evening jog. She enjoys the heat, heaven knows why.
Once she was on the bus Kyo began to calm down a bit. She still felt that fiery objection to Chiharu's date but now that she was on her way she felt better. She didn't even pay attention to any of what she saw through the window. She was too focused on getting to the amusement park. It didn't help that once she arrived, there was a humongous line starting from the ticket booth. Both ticket booths were covered actually. Kyo let out an exasperated sigh and got in line.
Chiharu sighed again for the umpteenth time. Hitomi was dragging him to their fourth ride. In truth he wouldn't mind going on all the rides but going on them with Hitomi was outright torture. When they got in line Chiharu realized that it was going to be another long wait. He scanned farther up the line trying to get a glimpse of the front of the line. That was when he saw a familiar bob of light brown hair. He did a sharp intake of breath as he locked his eyes on that head. The head turned around to smile at someone and Chiharu breathed out in relief. It wasn't Kyo. He was happy and yet disappointed at the same time. This girl had different shaped eyes and mouth. The nose was a bit similar but Chiharu could distinguish the differences. For example the tip of her nose was rounder than Kyo's and she had a wider bridge than Kyo.
"What are you looking at?" Hitomi's question brought Chiharu out of his daze. He looked down to find out that Hitomi still hadn't let go of his arm. He freed his arm and crossed them over his chest.
"Nothing. Just trying to see how many people were in front of us." Chiharu avoided looking back at Hitomi. It has been close to an hour and already he wanted to be home sleeping or reading magazines. Actually he would do anything to trade this bitter woman for his clumsy Kyo.
"So how did you meet Aizawa?" it took Chiharu a minute to realize what Hitomi had asked.
"Why are you asking?" he had turned back to stare at the head of the line.
"Just making conversation." Chiharu didn't answer at first but decided to anyways.
"We met at school. She was a transfer student."
"Oh I see, and did you ask her out or did she?"
"I don't really remember. It just happened." Chiharu started tapping his foot. He was getting impatient with the line already and with Hitomi.
"Well she probably asked you first. She looks like a girl that would go after a guy until she makes him his." Chiharu's impatience grew into anger and without thinking he stomped off. Hitomi quickly followed him and stopped him.
"What the hell! Now we lost our spot in line!" Chiharu glared down at Hitomi.
"I don't give a damn about that stupid line or any others!" Hitomi starred up at him a bit surprised but then smiled and began pulling Chiharu by the arm.
"Okay then, we'll eat. You must be hungry waiting in all those lines." Chiharu sighed and hoped the day would come to an end soon.
Once Kyo got her ticket she ran into the amusement park and began checking all the lines first. The lines were long so it took her awhile to check each person. She looked for spiky hair but she came across guys with spiky hair more than once. After checking the last ride she let out an exasperated groan and plopped down on a nearby bench. She slumped over resting her head in her hands. Why is it so hard to find someone with spiky hair and a mole under his left eye? Right then her stomach grumbled.
"Ugh. I should've eaten something before coming." Kyo sat up and began counting how much money she had on her. Ugh only 30¥. Why did I not bring more money? Kyo stood back up and was about to see what she could get with the money she had when she finally saw who she was looking for. He was just standing there with Tenjo's sister. Kyo couldn't believe it and kept on watching as they began walking off. Kyo shook her head and followed.
They stopped at a food stall and bought what they were selling. Kyo couldn't really tell what it was from the distance she was at. Kyo watched from behind a bush as they sat on a bench twenty feet from where she was. Kyo frowned because she couldn't hear what they were talking about.
If I could just find a closer spot.
"So what are you planning to do about my brother's challenge?" Hitomi asked blowing on her noodles. Chiharu took a swig from his Ramune soda before replying.
"I don't care about his challenge. We're still going to face each other either way but I'm not putting Kyo up as a prize."
"Hmm…well I guess that's true." Hitomi slurped the noodles into her mouth. After she swallowed she turned back to Chiharu. "Have you and Kyo kissed yet?" Chiharu who was in the middle of drinking began chocking. Hitomi waited patiently as Chiharu tried clearing his throat.
"Why do you ask?" Chiharu instantly went back to coughing.
"Just wondering where you're relationship is at right now. I mean you guys seem like you'd take forever to even get to second base." Hitomi stirred her noodles as she said this. Chiharu frowned and drank to relieve his sore throat.
"Well we did kiss…uh a couple of times." Despite his frustration with the questioned that was asked he still managed to show a slight blush.
"How many exactly?" Chiharu looked away from Hitomi before answering.
"I don't know four times I think."
"Was she your first kiss?"
"What's up with all these questions?" Chiharu had stood up in anger. Hitomi looked up at him with smiling eyes. She put her noodles down and stood up also.
"You do know that by going to these dates with me you are paying your debt."
"Yeah but what does that have to do with you asking all these questions?" Hitomi crossed her arms.
"Chiharu, have you ever been kissed by a woman?" Chiharu gave her a weird look.
"Uh yes. I just told you I've already kissed Kyo." Hitomi chuckled.
"I'm not talking about a child's kiss Chiharu."
"Then what the heck are you talking about?"
"This." Before Chiharu could do anything he was grabbed from behind his neck and felt Hitomi's lips crush against his. Chiharu blinked a couple of times but quickly came to his senses and pushed her away.
"What the hell? I didn't give you permission to kiss me!" Chiharu began turning away from her ready to leave but then he saw someone. No. Kyo. His thoughts went hysterical as he locked eyes with Kyo. He didn't even pay attention to what Hitomi was saying. All he could do was watch Kyo turn away and run. He immediately wanted to follow but Hitomi grabbed him from the arm.
"Hey where do you think you're going?" Chiharu looked back at a peeked Hitomi.
"I'm leaving." He tried again to go after Kyo but Hitomi's grip on his arm got tighter.
"We still haven't finished our date." Chiharu glared down at her once more. He took her hand off his arm.
"I don't give a shit." Chiharu began going the direction Kyo ran.
"So you'd rather Aizawa have a 900,000¥ debt than go on a couple of dates with me?" Chiharu stopped and looked back at Hitomi his glare on at full blast.
"Since I borrowed all that money from you that would make it my debt and not Kyo's. So I would rather have that debt than stay here putting up with your nonsense." With that Chiharu left.
Hitomi stood there her anger boiling over but then saw a familiar figure in the distance. She figured out why he wanted to leave so bad. She just had to come and ruin everything. Kyo Aizawa, you will face the consequences. Hitomi picked up her noodles and threw them in the trash. She then picked up Chiharu's Ramune drink and finished what was left of it. She whipped her mouth and revealed a scheming smirk.
"Well that's good for me in the long run. No need to get upset."
Chiharu ran as fast as he could. He could still see Kyo's head but it took everything to not lose her. Damn it Kyo why do you have to be so short! Chiharu almost collided with a group of girls and quickly apologized without stopping.
"Kyo! Stop! KYO!" Chiharu screamed. They were close to the entrance and Chiharu was losing ground. There was a parade of elementary school kids and two mascots selling balloons, but by the time he got through he lost her.
Kyo wasn't looking where she was going. She just wanted to run away from the disgusting picture in her head but no matter how far she ran it was still there. She didn't know for how long she ran but when she stopped she couldn't figure out where she was. She saw shops but none she recognized. What didn't help was that she didn't see anyone. Kyo started walking to where she thought was a good direction. She dug in her pockets to see how much money she had and found enough for just a bus fair. Kyo sighed and kept on walking. It was stupid to run like that but she couldn't help it. She wasn't expecting to see something like that at all. She didn't want to see something like that. Kyo shook her head to try to get rid of the image. Why did I even go when Chiharu told me specifically not to go. Wait did he know that something like that was going to happen?
Kyo stood there mulling this over but it quickly became something she didn't want to think about. Great, now she had two things she didn't want to think about. Kyo sighed and began walking again. SMACK!
"Ow!" Kyo fell back on her but and sat there massaging her head. She looked up to see what she had walked into. It was a pole. Kyo sighed again.
Chiharu turned the fifth corner and scanned around but didn't see her. He went to the next block but found the same result. By this time he was getting frustrated. Where would she go in the first place? Her dad.He immediately turned the opposite way and headed for the hospital. He wasn't taking the bus it would take more time to wait for one. When he got there he was out of breath. He took a quick breather before running to the entrance and past the front counter. He slammed the door open to find a startled Mr. Aizawa.
"Mr. Aizawa has Kyo come by here?"
"Uh…no. Why is something wrong? Did she get kidnapped again?"
"Young man you can't be here without a visitor's pass. You have to—" Chiharu didn't even hear the nurse that was behind him. He just ran out of there. He didn't know where else to look. He was getting worried. What if something did happen to her? Chiharu slowed down and stood there not looking at anything. He really hoped nothing had happened to her. He just got her out of danger for pete's sake. She should at least try to be careful. Chiharu let out a tired sigh and sank down to the floor. Why couldn't he do anything right? He doesn't know anything when it comes to girls. Heck Kyo's the first girl he really became serious with. Chiharu started thinking about what he would be doing if he hadn't met Kyo. He didn't know but he sure as hell wouldn't be as happy as he was now. He had to find her.
"Onii-san?" Chiharu looked up and found himself face to face with a little girl. He blinked a couple of times before realizing who it was. It was that girl that Kyo found at the grocery store.
"Kanako I told you to stay put! Why…" The woman that came running stopped when she saw Chiharu. Chiharu couldn't believe it.
"Oh you're that boy that found my Kano-chan." Chiharu stood up and greeted her. Akane Tenjo smiled and greeted back.
"What a coincidence meeting you here. What are you doing here?" Akane asked walking the rest of the distance.
"I'm looking for my girlfriend." Chiharu said. He felt kind of shy for some reason. No more like ashamed.
"Oh really?" Akane laughed. "Wow I guess it was your turn to find something you lost."
"Yeah I guess." Akane picked up her daughter and propped her on her right hip.
"So why is she lost?" Chiharu scratched the back of his head. He was hesitant to answer since she was a Tenjo but then again she was an in-law. Plus she seemed different from the Tenjo family.
"There was a misunderstanding. It's kind of a long story."
"Ah, one of those things huh. Yup that happens a lot with young couples. That happened to me when I was just going out with Kanako's daddy."
"Mommy I'm hungry." Kanako said pulling lightly on her mother's short hair.
"Already Kano-chan? Geez you're an eating monster. I just fed you an hour ago." Chiharu smiled. He hardly saw a mother taking care of her child. He hardly saw his. Wait Kyo. He needed to find her now.
"Well I gotta go. Need to feed this mini-monster. I hope everything goes well with your girlfriend. She seems like a very nice girl. Don't let her go hot-shot." Akane winked before waving goodbye.
"Say goodbye Kano-chan." Kanako turned to smile at Chiharu.
"Bye bye onii-san." Chiharu waved back and watched them go. They were probably headed home to eat. Chiharu gasped. Oh that's right Kyo's house! Why didn't I think about that before? He shot the direction to Kyo's house. He passed a bus that was slowing down to let its passengers down. Among these passengers Kyo was there. She stepped down happy to be somewhere familiar. She breathed in the air and looked around. Good she was close to her house.
"First thing I'm doing is eating noodles." Kyo's smile quickly faded. She remembered the last time she ate noodles. Chiharu was also there. That was also the same night she found out about Hitomi. Kyo quickly felt the nasty feeling she has been trying to avoid almost an hour ago coming back.
"Whatever I'll soak all this away with a nice shower." Kyo started off in the direction to her house. When she got there she saw someone unexpected on the stairway. She stood starring at his profile. Even when she was mad at him he still looked so good. As if hearing her Chiharu looked up. Kyo quickly looked down and started walking to her door. She really didn't want to talk to him yet. She wanted to get rid of this feeling first. She walked around him to the door and fidgeted with the keys. She finally found the right one and put it into the lock.
"Kyo we need to talk." Kyo turned the lock and opened the door.
"I can't talk right now Chiharu." She said before going in. She closed the door even as he protested.
"Kyo you're being stupid right now! I need to tell you what really happened. Kyo! Come on open the door!" Chiharu yelled from behind the door.
Kyo glared at the door and locked it. She ran upstairs ignoring Chiharu's continuous yells and closed the door to her room. She heard a final thump against the door downstairs and bumped the back of her head on the door. Why do things like this always happen to us? Why can't we have normal problems like….ugh I don't even know what normal couples argue about? Kyo walked over to her window and looked outside. She saw Chiharu walking down the walkway to her house. She sighed and let the curtain fall back. They had just gotten back on good terms and now they were back to being mad at each other. Kyo began feeling a headache coming on and rubbed the side of her head. Usually she would be mad in this situation like she was before she went back to being a girl, but now she was growing tired of it. Maybe it was because of this whole Challenge Tenjo was forcing on Chiharu. Kyo stopped rubbing her temple and decided to take a bath.
On the other side of the door Chiharu slammed a tight fist on the door rattling it from its hinges. He clenched his teeth together in frustration and annoyance. Why was she doing this? Why are girls like this? Chiharu yelled out and kicked the door.
"Fine if she doesn't want the truth then I won't give it to her!" Chiharu yelled again at the door and began walking away, but then he slowed down. As much as he was angry he didn't want things to continue like this; especially when Kyo's anger is directed at him. He sighed and turned back around. Chiharu looked at Kyo's house trying to figure out how to fix this. How can I make her listen to me? Chiharu stared at the house willing himself to think up a solution. He then saw a silhouette at the right window. That was when he got an idea. Well an entrance to Kyo's house at least. It was kind of drastic for him but if he really wanted to fix this he had to do it.
Chiharu took a deep breath and exhaled. Here goes nothing. He made his way to the edge of right under the window where he saw the silhouette. Hopefully his guess was right and the window lead to Kyo's room. All he had to do was figure out a way up there.
I want to take the time to thank all those who read my story. As some of you know it feels great to know people like what you write, especially when they say it through reviews. ^_^ Thanx for everything guys! You all ROCK!