***Tomoyo***P.O.V
Three weeks have passed and Megumi is still dating my brother Takashi. I'm actually starting to think they make a pretty cute couple for my brother anyway. I'm happy to know that Megumi's happy but I still haven't confessed to Kanou.
I guess I still haven't got the right moment yet. Yes this is it right when I walk into Seika High i'm going to confess to him nothing is going to stop me now.
I push the doors open to get in the school and march straight up to Kanou. He turns around to face me I get lost in his beautiful purple eyes.
"Uh um what a nice day it is today." I blurt like an idiot, so much for a confession.
"Yeah." He says but he sounds a little confused.
"Well I um gotta go um get to class." I say but Kanou says something before I could leave.
"Hey Tomoyo...could I maybe...walk with you to class." Kanou says looking away with his cheeks all red.
"S...Sure." I say and we both begin to walk to me class. I couldn't bring myself to look at him I'm even more contentious than before.
Once I make it into class Kanou says goodbye and I sit in my seat next to Megumi who is staring at me for some odd reason.
"Did I just see what I think I just seen?" She says with a sly smirk.
"What exactly are you talking about." I say confused.
"Oh you know...you and Kanou are walking together more are you guys official?" She says leaning close to me face.
"N...No It's not like that." I said blushing while reassuring her.
"Oh really oh come on Tomoyo friends don't just walk together and hold hands all the time." Megumi says to me as I beginto blush more.
"Yes they do and we weren't holding hands." I say getting irritated and embarrassed.
"Sure...I bet you guys did hold hands before and when do you plan on confessing to him anyway?" Megumi asked.
"I don't know I guess when the time is right." I state.
"Tomoyo you guys are never going to get together at this rate someone has to make the moment right." Megumi explained.
"It's just so nerve racking every time I get my courage up I end up bailing at the end it's just so hard." I state honestly.
"Tomoyo let me just be the one to say this if you really love Kanou you would be willing to hear his answer to his feeling towards you even if they aren't the same as yours." Megumi says.
"Wow Megumi you really are smart when it comes to relationships."
"Actually I got that line from a dating magazine." Megumi says while awkwardly scratching the back of her head.
After that the teacher finally walks in and announces that we are having yet again another new student. Just what we need let's just hope this time the new student won't be annoying or end up falling in love with me and end up kidnaping me.
"I present to you Izumi-"
"Please don't say my last name." A really short girl with brown wavy hair states. Wow she really is super short for a second year she looks like she's in middle school still. She also has big brown eyes, I guess you could say she is cute in a little girl kind of way.
"Yes yes well why don't you find yourself a seat ." The teacher says and for some odd reason Izuma decides to sit in the seat in front of me. Maybe I Should be nice and introduce myself.
"Hi I'm Tomoyo Miyuki." I say to her tapping on her shoulder
"I'm Izumi and I don't care who you are peasant." She spat at me. Wow is this girl rude I decide to ignore that and continue on with what I was doing.
When class was over I accidentally bumped into the new girl Izumi knocking her down on her butt.
"Oh I'm so sorry Izumi here let me help!" I say reaching out a hand to her.
"Get away from me you peasant!" She spat swatting my hand away. She then gets up and brushes off her school uniform. "Maybe next time you should watch where you are going you clumsey idiot!" She adds before storming off.
Yikes what did I ever do besides almost running her over to make her hate me so much? I decided to shrug it off and continue on with my day.
At the end of the day I am greeted by Megumi who runs up to me at my locker. She gives me this really really bright smile which indicates that she's up to something.
"So do you have any plans after school today?" She finally asks me.
"No...not that I know of." I replied waiting to hear what it is that she wanted from me.
"Well in that case I made a study group for all of us because we hardly hangout anymore." She expained twirling her hair around her finger.
"I...don't know-"
"I forgot to mention that Kanou will be there." She says nudging me a little bit with a sly smile. I begin to blush at her remark.
"W...What are you talking about me and Kanou are j...just friends we don't like eachother that way." I say trying to ignore the fact that my cheeks were clearly a bright rosy color. Megumi gives me this look of disbelieve but then it turns back to her normal face.
"Oh come on Tomoyo everyone else is going. The only one that wouldn't be going is you and I don't want to leave a friend out it jut doesn't feel right that way.
"Huh...Fine." I replied finally giving in. She then begins jumping up and down and next thing I know I'm at a resteraunt named Gretty's.
"Ok guys all in favor of studying math first say I!" Megumi says waving a pencil in the air like it's a flag or something.
Everyone says I except for me and Kanou of course, because one I stink at math and two Kanou is usually shy around people.
About a few minutes into the studying Megumi begins to shout something out.
"Hey over here!" She shouts and I now notice that shes seems to be shouting over to the new girl from school across the room. I believe her name was Izumi.
Izumi then walks over to our booth and sits next to Yukimura. She is silent and quietly takes out her books.
"So...Izumi how old are you by the way?" Megumi asks breaking the silence.
"I'm fifteen." She responds quietly and we all stare at her in shock.
"Wait if you're fifteen then..."
"I skipped a year that's why I'm a second year."
Me and Megumi exchange glances, just how smart is this girl?
Moments later we all begin to study math again only thing is that I was stuck on this problem. I didn't have any idea how the heck I was suppose to solve this.
"Hey Tomoyo what's the matter?" Yukimura asks me probably noticing the look that was on my face.
"Well I'm having trouble with figuring out this problem." I replied honestly.
"Maybe I can he-"
"Kanou can help you with that he's extra smart. Let me just switch seats with him." Megumi says nudging me in my side.
Kanou and I look at eachother then blush. Geez what is Megumi up to. Once we are all situated Kanou is now sitting next to me and Megumi is sitting across from me.
Right when Kanou is about tto show me how to solve the problem we both reached for the same pencil. Our hand touched again but this time he didn't take his hand off mine we both just sit lie that blushing.
After what feels like hours we both get th courage to take our hands away. I can feel my cheks beginning to heat up into the deepest darkest red.
"Sorry about that..." Kanou says in a voice only I can hear while looking away from me.
"It's ok..." I managed to say back and I turn away from him. I don't think I can face him with my face looking all red.
"Um I need to go to the bathroom." I say getting up from the booth.
"Oh...um ok." I hear Yukimura say from a distance. Once I'm in the girls restrooms I take a glance at my face in the mirror. It's just as I thought or maybe even worse my face is a cherry bright red.
As I begin to splash some cold water on my face I hear the restroom door open. I finally look and see it's just Izumi so I just continue splashing water on my face.
"How pathetic." Izumi says while looking at her reflection. I begin to look at her puzzled before speaking.
"Excuse me?"
"Don't play dumb we all know you have a crush on that guy with blue hair and glasses. You have really bad taste in guys for a peasant anyway." She states now leaning against the bathroom wall.
"Yeah so your point is?" I qustioned getting irritated.
"Don't rush me peasant! What i'm trying to tell you is don't waste your effort on guys they're all heartless creatures."
"What are you talking about Kanou isn't heartless if anything he's the opposite of that!" I say getting more pissed off now.
"Maybe that's what he wants you to think wouldn't surprise me if he ended up not actually liking you or is it that you know he really does like you?
"As a matter of fact yes. For some reason I feel as if he treats me so differently from any other girl he came across." I defended.
"Oh really so what you're saying is you never actually confessed to him nor heard him say the words I love you like you got this in the bag next to a boy who possibly just sees you as a friend or oh wait someone he loves toying emotions with." Izumi adds in a sly tone.
"Y...Your wrong..." I managed to get out.
"Am I? Sounds like your doubting yourself too. All i'm going to say is this...if he really does love you then what's keeping him from confessing to you?" Izumi says before leaving the restroom.
She's right what is taking him so long? Is he hesitant because he doesn't know how to tell me or is it because he doesn't actually like me? Or worse what if he's messing with my emotions.
Now that I think about it me and Kanou have been spending so much time together and yet he still hasn't confessed even though he acts so sweet.
Is this what Izumi means by toying with my emotions?
When I sit down at the booth next to everyone I try my best not to think about what Izumi just told me.
"You were sure in there a long time Kanou managed to finish the problem you couldn't solve while you were gone." Yukimura adds.
I wish Kanou would stop being nice to me. I wish he would just act how he really feels towards me so I wouldn't have to feel so hurt like this.
"T...Tomoyo are you ok." Kanou says looking at me with his dark violet eyes.
Just stop it already stop playing with my feelings like this I can't take it anymore when you act so kindly towards me.
"Um nothing I'm just feeling a little sick I think I'm going to head home early and get some rest." I say getting up from the booth but before I can move I feel something warm on my wrist. I already know from the feeling that this feeling of warmth is Kanou's hand.
I hung my head low where my bangs are over my eyes and I let the tears flow.
Why is it that I continue to believe that Kanou is doing all these things because he loves me but in reality he probably never cared for me the same way I do for him.
I snatched my wrist away from his grasp before beginning to speak.
"Enough Kanou! Just stop it already! Stop pretending to care! I'm sick of it I just want you to leave me alone for good, so from now on don't ever look or speak to me again!" I yelled before running out the restaurant. I wipe my eyes as they keep falling.
In my head I keep saying...
Am I doing the right thing? If so why do I feel so much regret?
***Megumi***P.O.V
After the whole Tomoyo yelling thing Kanou and Yukimura decided to head home too. The only ones left in he study group was me and that girl Izumi and I had a bone to pick with her.
"Look here Izumi, there is only room for one person to mess with Tomoyo and that's me so back off. Tell me what you told Tomoyo in the girls bathroom." I spat at her shooting her a mean look. She leans back on the booth chair like she doesn't have a care in the world.
"Well you are quite the overprotective aren't you? Last time I checked you don't seem to be Tomoyo's boyfriend." Izumi states in a cold voice.
"Why you little brat cut the crap and tell me already!" I yell getting more irritated I didn't care at all the glares I got from people around the room.
"You're quite the nuisance aren't you? Well even if I did tell Tomoyo something I wouldn't tell you about it anyway."
"W-"
"Look I'd love to stay and chat with a high maintnanced barbie but I have places to be." Izumi says getting up from the booth and walking out.
I'm going to get to the bottom to what exactly happened between Izumi and Tomoyo if it's the last thing I do.
The next day at school Tomoyo wasn't kidding when she said that she didn't want Kanou to ever speak to her again. Everytime Kanou would try to speak to her she would ingnore him or walk away. This has got to be one of the biggest fights I have ever seen between them and it's all Izumi's fault.
Kanou seems to have given up on trying to speak to Tomoyo because he hasn't approached her in hours.
When school was just about over I marched up straight to Tomoyo to confont her about Kanou.
"Look Tomoyo don't you think it's a little harsh to be treating Kanou this way?" I asked.
"No why would I care about him who needs him?" She says closing her locker.
"You need him Tomoyo as much as you probably hate to admit it Tomoyo you need him badly." I plead with her but her face expressin still remains blank.
"Sorry Megumi I know you really wanted me and Kanou to be together but now I can't see that happening anymore." Tomoyo responds looking off to a distance.
"Are you sure?" I ask awaiting the answer.
"I'm positive." She stated confidentally.
"Well if you are so sure then let me at least show you this then try and tell me that you're sure." I say to her and she looks puzzled.
"Let's just say I have a little plan and I need you to help me complete it." I add and she looks even more confused now.
The next day I hid a fake confession letter in Izumi's locker telling her to meet in room 2-3 after school. I hid around the corner to see Izumi open her locker and read the letter.
Everything is going according to plan.
"Hey Megumi what are you doing." I hear Takashi's familiar voice say behind me.
"Oh i'm just doing the usual." I try to say as casual as possible but I can see he isn't buying it. He stares deeply into in my eyes and I began to blush.
You think in a couple weeks of being his girlfriend that I would get used to talking to him normally now but I can actually admit that I'm still really nervous.
"Well whatever it is you're doing try not to get into too much trouble alright. I care about you a lot Megumi last thing I need is for something to happen to you." He says before walking away. I begin to blush even harder now.
Takashi you idiot! Always managing to make me blush like a fool. Suddently the image of Izumi pops into my head. I look back around the corner to notice she isn't there anymore. I was so busy blushing about Takashi that I forgot what my main focus was right now.
I guess now the time I get back on track because when the end of the day rolls around my operation get Kanou and Tomoyo back together will take amence and I need Izumi to help with that.
Finally when the end of the day rolled around Tomoyo, Mizuki and I all went to room 2-3 where Izumi's so called secret admirer is supposed to show up.
Let's hope that she actually shows up.
"Ok guys when you see Izumi coming I want you to pretend you were casually talking after school while i'll go hide in that corner over there.
"Uh..Ok but Megumi I don't see how this will make me change my mind about Kanou and are you sure we aren't just shooting for a movie or something?" Tomoyo asks me as we make it into the classroom.
"Just stick to the script." I retort getting annoyed before we are all finally in positions.
It wasn't until thirty minutes later when Izumi finally decided to show up.
"Ugh what are you doing here peasants?" Izumi asks as she walks in with the fake letter in her hand.
"Talking." Tomoyo says sticking to the script.
"Well that's great and all but can you take it somewhere else I'm here to turn a secret admirer down." Izumi says talking as if she's so high and mighty.
This was finally my queue.
"And why is that?" I ask and she looks at me as if I came completely out of nowhere oh who am I kidding I kinda did.
"W...Where did you come from you nuisance?" She says looking startled.
"That doesn't matter what matters is why is it that you hate boys?" I say and she looks at me as if I found her deepest darkest secret and maybe I have.
"Don't look at me that way Tomoyo told what you said to her and to me it seems like there's something you have against boys." I add but she still doesn't respond tears start streaming down her eyes she then wipes them away quickly and makes an angry face.
"That confession letter was you wasn't it? I should of known you always seemed like the crazy type. Besides I don't have to waste my time explaining my past to you I can just walk right out that door." She says as she begins to walk towards the door.
"I don't think so girls you know what to do." I queue Mizuki and Tomoyo. Tomoyo then grabs both of Izumi's arms allowing her to not be be able to get free or move. Mizuki the stands in front of the sliding door so that way the entrance is blocked.
"Ok Izumi I'll give you one more chance now tell us why you hate boys so much?" I say getting a little frusterated.
"You guys are all crazy! I'll never tell you anything! I will not tell you! I promised myself I'd never talk about that time again!" Izumi screams trying to get loose from Tomoyo's grip. She starts screaming and kicking all over the place with tears rrunning down like a waterfall. It's finally after moments of struggle Izumi begins to talk again.
"Fine! I'll tell you!" Izumi states finally giving in and Tomoyo releases her and she fall to the ground.
"It started with a boy named Hiyama...we were best friends we would do everything together. When middle school came around we still hung out but we weren't as close partly because he became popular and I tended to hang in the background. One day I decided that I would confess to him. When I finally mucked up all the courage I had to confess to him he spoke these very words to me.
"Sorry but I don't have the same feelings as yours I don't think I ever had any of those feelings so please do not hang around me anymore."
"But...what about everything we been through together doesn't being bestfriends back then mean anything to you?" I had replied.
"No, I mean sure we hungout but that was then and now is now and right now I don't want to be with you I never actually liked you sorry it had to come out this way. Please try your best to forget about me."
"I looked at him as he ran off. I never then spoke or seen him again, it was at that moment that I hated boys and knew that they were back stabbing jerks." Izumi says with tears streaming down her eyes more rapidly. Tomoyo then walks to Izumi's who is sitting on the floor crying.
"Now that I heard why you hate boys I understand why you feel that way...but don't you ever link my love life experience with yours. It's not right to make people suffer for something that happened to you. Why waste your energy on making someone else miserable just because you are." Tomoyo says in a piercing tone.
"You're right...and I guess I deserve to have that said to me after all I did. But you know you're the first person to actually say the harsh truth to my face. Kanou and you aren't like me and Hiyama you guys are different so I deserve all of this." Izumi says tears continuing to flow. I don't think this is exactly what I intended my plan to be like but I guess there's no going back now.
Once everything was settled Tomoyo,Mizuki and I walked out the room leaving Izumi to cry by herself in the room. She told us she wanted to be left alone so the least we can do is fufill her last wish which we all thought was a harsh wish.
"So Tomoyo now do you change your mind about not needing Kanou after all?" I asked Tomoyo trying to change the mood.
"Yeah you were right the only reason why Izumi said all those things to me about Kanou not liking me was because of what happened to her but now I realized that not everyone's love life is going to end up the same way." Tomoyo says making a small smile to herself.
"Even so if that's true I wish that one day Izumi's love life story will change to a much happier one." Mizuki adds with her pink ponytail bobbing.
"Yeah.." Megumi and I say at the same time smiling back at Mizuki.
***Yukimura***P.O.V
I was just about done with my student council paper work and on my way to head home when I hear crying coming from one of the classrooms.
I then walk in and see the new student Izumi sitting there on the floor sobbing and I don't know why but I just felt the need to confort her somehow.
***Izumi***P.O.V
I'm such a horrible person aren't I? I linked my own love experence with someones elses and ended up turning that good love life into a bad one just because how I felt.
All the words in the world wouldn't be able to decribe to Tomoyo and her friends how sorry I am. Thanks to me I probably ruined everything.
More tears begin to roll down my cheeks.
"Here looks like you could use this." I hear an unfamiliar voice say as I look at a pink handkerchief next to my face. I take the handkerchief and blow my nose and I now see it's the vice president of Seika High, Yukimura who sits on the floor next to me.
"What seems to be the matter?" Yukimura asks me and I am hesitant before answering that.
"Well not that it's really your business, I just messed up everything between two people who were in love. I'm such a bad person aren't I? What's wrong with me why is it that I can't seem to do anything good?" I say before more tears flow.
"Well I don't think you are a bad person. I mean when you think about it aren't we all bad people sometimes we all make mistakes and do bad things or mess up. What's important is that we fix the mistake which is the good thing you can do," Yukimura states to me. Even if it doesn't seem like much just know you yourself are doing something good by fixing the mistake." He adds.
I wipe my eyes and stare deeply into Yukimura's eyes only to notice that he's smiling at me. Is this a real smile or is it fake. I begin to blush thinking about it.
Maybe just maybe Yukimura isn't messing with me even if that turns out to be fake feelings well at least just let me smile back for this moment.
Yup just let me smile for a little bit longer even if it's only for just right now.
***Tomoyo***P.O.V
The next day I knew what I had to do I had to apologize to Kanou but the problem was I couldn't seem to find him anywhere. At the end of the school day I made it my personal goal to find Kanou and apologize.
"Megumi have you seen Kanou?" I frantacally asked her.
"Oh he's was in the student council room with Yukimura last time I checked." She says and I thank her and rush to the student council room only to find Yukimura in there not with Kanou.
"Hey Yukimura have you seen Kanou lately?" I asked.
"I'm afraid you just missed him he just headed to the library with Misaki to drop off some books." Yukimura says carrying a big stack of papers.I then rush to the library only to once again find no Kanou.
"Huh...Misaki...Huh have you seen Kanou?" I managed to get out while out of breath from rushing all the way over here.
"Oh I just told him to take a break in the courtyard yo-"
"Ok thanks Misaki." I said cutting her off as I begin running out the library door out to the courtyard. I begin to lose hope when I don't see Kanou out there either.
I decided to rest on a bench because I was extra tired from all that running around. When I finally sit down on the bench I feel something cold against my face and see a that it is a tiny bottle of water.
I take the bottle and notice the one that gave it to me was the person I've been looking for the whole time.
Kanou takes a seat next to me on the bench.
"You sure do get around pretty quick for a shy guy." I state.
"Yeah..." He replies. I take a sip from the water bottle he bought me. This was it Tomoyo this was my chance to apologize to Kanou.
"Look Kanou I'm really sorry for yelling at you like that I didn't mean any of it. The truth is I really need you in life Kanou...so please just please don't ever go away." I state and he turns and looks at me with a serious expression in his eyes.
Before I knew it he leans close to my face and I close my eyes afraid of what he's about to do and then I feel the warmest and softest feeling on the forehead. Then I knew that Kanou had kissed me on my forehead.
I blush extra hard this time. Kanou actually kissed me on my forehead! When he finally backs away he whispers the words thank goodness.
"Thank goodness you don't hate me Tomoyo...I honestly wouldn't have known what I would do without you." He says surprisingly without stuttering. I smiled and leaned my head on his shoulder and let it rest there.
Kanou doesn't move away so we just sit like that in silence until Kanou finally decides to break that silence.
"Hey Tomoyo the truth is I...well I lov-" He began to say but I fell asleep before I could hear the rest of his sentence.