Love Hara ♥
By: Fuu Hououji
Disclaimer: The story Juline is owned by: Narumi Kakinouchi. ^_^ So, the answer is no, ye deaf ones, I do not own anything. Now, kindly remove your hands from my bubble. It really can't take much more of this abuse.
A/N: Konnichi'wa! Thank you for your reviews! I agree with P. Riko, Kio's cute when he's jealous. But he has the right to be. After all I haven't decided whom I want to put Juline-chan with. But if anyone has a preference please do tell me. At this point in the story I can still change things.
♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥
A young man looked out the window, his eyes glazed over by a coat of wariness. It was late; the dark sky overhead told him as much. But all he could think about was what a fool he was. He was in love with a girl that hardly ever looked his way, and he was dueling with an opponent that had known her for the larger portion of his life. It was pathetic, that's what it was.
Hara lived not too far from the school. His house was situated between the town and the Kenga temple, though neither where far away. He sighed, "Why does life have to be so complicated?" He supposed it had something to do with a balance. Life was only as complicated as you made it. Hara brushed a hand through his thick blond locks. He smiled at the possibility that he might not be in love with Juline at all. He hadn't known her all that long, and they were little more than acquaintances. So, maybe he had only been smitten for her beauty. He shook his head; it was more than that, she had a great personality as well.
Hara finished off the rest of his schoolwork. He had more important things to do than busy his mind with such meaningless thoughts. His mind defiantly wondered back to the many times he had embarrassed himself trying to get Juline's attention. It seemed that nothing ever worked. He supposed if he was more straightforward and less hesitant to tell her of his feelings than they wouldn't be racking his mind every minute of ever day.
He buried his face in his hands not taking notice of the hair that fell forward around his hands. The unruly golden locks seemed to only have one purpose at the moment and that was to better hide his face. Hara clicked off his lamp and lay down on his bed, his eyes closing out the silence of the room and the darkness that lay out side of it.
The next day…
When Hara first arrived at the temple he was shocked and slightly embarrassed to find Juline waiting for him. He had practiced fighting with her a couple of times, but he had not expected this from her. She smiled at him reassuringly, "Good morning Hara! Is something wrong?" she inquired about his slightly reddened cheeks. He shook his head right to left a couple of times, a little too fast, earning a giggle from the young woman that stood in front of him.
"Nothing," he said, trying to calm himself at the same time he answered Juline. She nodded her head and led him into the temple. The two bowed to each other politely before they began their spar. Hara worked extra hard to be his most gentlemanly so not to offend Juline. Though, he laughed inwardly at the realization that Kio did the exact opposite, preferring to provoke Juline when he got the chance.
Hara was knocked from his thoughts when he felt Juline's foot connect with his chin. He was knocked back slightly and when he did not get up within a couple of seconds Juline rushed over to him, "I'm sorry, Hara! Are you alright?" Hara smiled, and nodded to her that he indeed was all right. Hara jumped back up into a fighting stance, he looked over at his opponent deciding to use a different tactic when he fought her.
"I should be the sorry one for not focusing." Hara mumbled, although he knew Juline could hear him. He looked into the smiling dark eyes of the brown haired goddess who stood before him in perfect form. They where about to begin another round of fighting when Kio arrived, and for once Juline didn't realize he was there.
Kio watched the two with growing interest since he had not seen Hara fight many times, and now that he thought about it he wanted to fight him. It was pretty obvious by the way Juline was fighting with him that Hara was not that physically tough an opponent but more of a focused, swift one. Hara seemed to be having trouble focusing and after a round more backed down, allowing her to win by default. She didn't seem to like that though, and without thinking it over got mad at him. Kio sighed, same old Juline.
Hara flushed, in embarrassment as Juline tried to get him to fight her again. But before she could do anything Kio stepped in, he side stepped Hara and challenged Juline all at once. Juline accepted the challenge. "Your on!" she almost yelled at him. Kio and Juline fought all throughout morning practice and the exertion seemed to calm Juline.
Hara wanted to kick himself, she had given him the perfect opportunity to show his worth and he gave her the white flag. He didn't understand how Kio could act so natural around Juline. Whenever he looked at her his heartbeat increased and any words he intended to use chocked him into submission. Of cores Kio had quite the advantage, he knew her better than anyone and could handle her mood swings. Hara sighed in defeat just as a led weight that was time hit him on the head; it was already 7: 43!
Juline, Kio and Hara ran to school together this morning. Juline was blocked by some guy who was trying to challenge her to a fight and kicked him in the stomach while jumping over his head all the while continuing to run. She whispered, "I won!" just as they reached the school gates. All three jumped over the gate at the same time and were all asked to hand over their ID. Kio, Juline and for the first time Hara were all assigned Dojo cleaning duty. The three split up as they walked to their separate classes.
♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥LOVEHARA♥
AN: I don't know if I'm the only one who noticed [or thinks] this but I keep making Hara and Kio way too alike. Accidentally of cores, but I'm sorry if that's bothering anybody… I don't mean to do it. Also I was wondering, one of you wonderful readers mentioned something about Hara "liking" Juline in the series, but I just read GN 5 and, Hara wasn't even in it. So I was wondering if someone could tell me when Hara's feelings are relayed in the series. Thank you very much! Ja-ne!