"Takeru I won't tell them that either" Hikari said sighing.
It was later that night. Takeru had went home but had called Hikari. He was telling her everything she couldn't tell their friends.
Hikari didn't know why Takeru had to be so upset about her telling them one little thing. And Hikari definitely wouldn't if she knew she was going to be on the phone twenty minutes listening to Takeru listing every single secret or embarrassing thing he had done.
"Are you writing this down?" Takeru asked.
"Yes" Hikari lied.
"Good" Takeru said.
"But what if my brother find's the list?" Hikari asked innocently.
"Throw it out" Takeru said immediately.
"Consider it done" Hikari said.
"You'll remember all of this right!" Takeru asked.
"Yes you don't have to be so whiny" Hikari said.
"Sorry if it's to much to expect of the girl I'm in love with not to tell all my secrets to everyone" Takeru said.
"Y-you love me?" Hikari asked.
"Love I-oh my mother's home. Bye" Takeru said hanging up.
Hikari stared at the phone. She had no idea Takeru was in love with her. She thought he just liked her a lot. He had never said outright that he loved her. He said he liked her and liked being with her but never love.
Well that was worth that long annoying call Hikari thought.
Hikari smiled and hung the phone up. Right away the phone rang.
Hikari picked it up.
"Is Hikari there!" a rushed voice blurted out.
"Miyako?" Hikari asked.
"Yes! Hikari that's you? I have utterly fantastic news!" Miyako said.
"What?" Hikari asked.
Maybe Miyako met a guy while she was shopping. That would be good. Then Hikari wouldn't feel so guilty about encouraging Ken to go after Daisuke.
"Okay well I was shopping but it was getting lonely because you know how I like to have one of my friends with me while I'm shopping" Miyako said.
"Yes" Hikari said.
"So I decided maybe you were done watching TV or whatever you were doing so I started going over to get you when you'll never guess who I ran into" Miyako said.
"Who?" Hikari asked.
"Guess" Miyako said.
"Sora" Hikari said.
"You are nowhere close" Miyako said.
"A guy?" Hikari asked.
"Yes a guy! Ken" Miyako said.
Uh oh Hikari thought.
"He was hanging out with Daisuke or something but when I suggested going shopping he got so excited" Miyako said.
"He did?" Hikari asked.
"Well maybe very mildly happy but that's not the point" Miyako said.
"Go on" Hikari said.
"Anyway we were shopping and Ken had somewhere else to go but he felt so bad about that he asked me out!" Miyako said.
"What?" Hikari said.
"Isn't that great. I called him but his mother said he wasn't home" Miyako said.
"Oh" Hikari said.
"I can't believe I'm going out with Ken. I'm so happy!" Miyako said.
"Are you sure he asked you out?" Hikari asked.
"Positively positive. He said there was nothing he loved more than being with me and he really wanted to go out with me" Miyako said.
"He said exactly that?" Hikari asked.
"Well I'm so excited I might of exaggerated it slightly thinking about it so much but I'm VERY close" Miyako said.
"Oh" Hikari said.
"I really like him Hikari. I know you thought that he didn't like me but you were wrong. I think he really likes me" Miyako said.
"Miyako" Hikari said with a sigh.
"Imagine he might be my boyfriend. I might be his girlfriend. We might kiss. Do you think Ken has kissed lot's of other girls before?" Miyako asked.
"I have no idea" Hikari said.
"Well I'm going to try to call him again. I'll call you after I talk to him" Miyako said.
"All right. Good-bye" Hikari said and hung up.
What had happened? It was so obvious that Ken really liked Daisuke so why in the world had he asked Miyako out?
The phone rang again and Hikari picked it up.
"Did you talk to him?" Hikari asked assuming it was Miyako calling back.
"Daisuke?" asked a confused Ken.
"Oh sorry I thought you were someone else" Hikari said.
"No it's me" Ken said.
"You asked Miyako out?" Hikari asked.
"It was an accident" Ken said.
"How did you accidentally ask her out?" Hikari asked.
"Well I had been a little rude to her so I asked her to apologize" Ken said.
"You couldn't of just apologized?" Hikari asked.
"It was an accident!" Ken said.
Hikari sighed "What are you going to do now?" she asked.
"Well I came up with a plan" Ken said.
"Yes?" Hikari asked.
"I thought you could convince Miyako not to want to go out with me" Ken said.
"I can't do that!" Hikari said.
"Why not?" Ken asked.
"Well she's my friend and besides you should tell her you don't want to go out with her" Hikari said.
"Well if you cared about your friend you wouldn't want her to be hurt would you? She won't be hurt if she decides she doesn't want to go out with me" Ken said.
"Yes but-"
"I can't argue about it all night with you. I'm over at Daisuke's and eventually he's going to be done in the bathroom" Ken said.
"Your at Daisuke's?" Hikari asked.
"Yes we uh kissed" Ken said.
"You kissed him and then asked Miyako out?" Hikari asked.
"No I asked Miyako out and then kissed him" Ken said.
"Well that's much better!" Hikari said sarcastically.
"Hikari I honestly didn't mean to ask her out" Ken said.
"I know. All right I'll try my best to convince her" Hikari said.
"Thank you Hikari. You're the best!" Ken said.
Hikari hung up. Great. Now she was going to have to convince her friend not to go out with a guy she had a big crush on. Hikari wanted Daisuke and Ken to be together but this was getting to be ridiculous.
She sighed and started to dial Miyako's number.
"Get off the phone I have to make a call!" Taichi said walking in.
"Can't you use it later" Hikari said.
"You've been on the phone for like an hour!" Taichi said.
"I have not! Besides I just have to make one more phone call and then you can use the phone" Hikari said.
"All right" Taichi grumbled and walked away.
Hikari quickly dialed Miyako's number.
"Ken?" Miyako said.
"Huh?" Hikari said.
"Oh I thought you were Ken. Ken's mother promised to have him call me as soon as he gets home" Miyako said.
"Well I was calling about Ken" Hikari said.
"What about him?" Miyako asked cheerily.
"Are you sure you want to go out with him?" Hikari asked.
"Of course" Miyako said.
"But if you want my opinion he doesn't seem like he wants a girlfriend right now" Hikari said.
"Then why did he ask me out?" Miyako said.
"Who knows. But that's really what I think" Hikari said.
"And I really think you are wrong" Miyako said her voice sounding slightly angry.
"But Miyako what if you two have a horrible time when you go out and you hate each other forever afterwards?" Hikari asked.
"I know that won't happen. I feel it in my soul!" Miyako said.
"What if your soul is wrong?" Hikari asked.
"My soul is never wrong" Miyako said.
"But what if-"
"Why are you trying to convince me not to go out with him?" Miyako asked.
"What? I'm not doing that" Hikari said.
"Yes you are. Some friend you are! I bet you have a crush on Ken or something" Miyako said.
"I don't have a crush on Ken. I love Takeru" Hikari said.
"You love Takeru? You mean your in love with him?" Miyako asked.
"Huh? Oh I guess I am. I just kind of figured it out today" Hikari said.
"That's so romantic!" Miyako said.
"It is?" Hikari asked.
"Yes you figure out you are in love with Takeru and I get asked out by Ken on the same day" Miyako said.
"Yes but-"
"Oh I have to go. Call you tomorrow Hikari" Miyako said.
Hikari hung up the phone.
Sorry Ken I tried she thought.
Hikari didn't know if Ken was still at Daisuke's or back at home either way she decided to wait until tomorrow to tell Ken.
The phone rang again.
"Again" Hikari muttered.
She picked it up expecting it to be Ken or Miyako. But it was actually Takeru.
"Sorry for calling so late but I felt really stupid about what I said before" Takeru said.
"You don't have to" Hikari said and smiled.
Finally a nice phone call.
"Get off the phone Hikari. I have to make a call" her mother said.
The next day Daisuke hurried so he could get over to Ken's. They had made plans to hang out for the rest of the day.
Daisuke was so happy. He and Ken had kissed a few more times after that. Each kiss was better than the last one. Daisuke of course forgave him for going shopping with Miyako. After all it was just shopping. Daisuke couldn't believe her thought it was something more.
"Hey wait up!"
Daisuke looked behind him. It was Miyako.
What's she doing he wondered.
"Are you going over to Ken's?" Miyako asked catching up.
"Yes" Daisuke said.
"Great. Me too. We can walk together" Miyako said.
Daisuke shrugged "Ken isn't expecting you is he?" he asked.
"No" Miyako said.
There I go worrying again Daisuke thought.
"I tried to call him last night but he wasn't home and his mom said he would call me back but he never did" Miyako said.
"Oh" Daisuke said.
"And I absolutely have to talk to him" Miyako said.
"Why?" Daisuke asked.
Miyako smiled "Well I think we should make plans" she said.
"For what?" Daisuke said.
Miyako stopped smiling "He didn't tell you yesterday?" she asked.
Daisuke shook his head.
"He asked me out!" Miyako said.
"No he didn't" Daisuke said.
"Yes he did" Miyako said.
"No he didn't. Ken wouldn't" Daisuke said.
"Are you just insulted he didn't tell you?" Miyako said.
"He didn't tell me because he didn't ask you out. You're crazy" Daisuke said.
The two of them stopped in front of Ken door.
"YOU are the crazy one. He asked me out!" Miyako said.
"You're making it up" Daisuke said.
"Why would I make it up?" Miyako asked.
Daisuke didn't have an answer for that. He was just feeling so furious and he didn't have anyone to take it out on so he took it out on Miyako.
"Ken would never in a million years ask you out" Daisuke said.
"And why wouldn't he?" Miyako asked.
"He told me he didn't want to go shopping with you " Daisuke said.
"Maybe he didn't want to go shopping but he obviously wanted to ask me out while we were shopping!" Miyako said.
Daisuke heard the door creak up and he turned to the door. It was Ken.
"I heard noises out here and I..." Ken faltered looking at the angry faces of Daisuke and Miyako.
"You asked her out" Daisuke said.
"I-"
"Forget it. Hope you two have a happy time on your date!" Daisuke said.
He stomped off.
Ken wanted to shout something out to Daisuke. To make him stop. To explain that asking out Miyako was an accident. To tell Daisuke he was sorry. But the words were stuck in his mouth and he could do nothing but watch Daisuke walk away.
"What was that all about?" Miyako asked.
