Candy: Aya! How's life? Our computer's acting so weird! That's all! Bow.

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Chapter fourteen: A friend not in need

"Hey, girl! Wake up!!!" Megumi said, desperately wanting her to wake up.

"Megumi… I'm… sleepy… don't wake me up." She said trying to avoid Megumi.

"Hey! You're sick! You have to drink your medicine!"

"What sick?"

"Don't pretend, you idiot! Just drink this up!" She handed the small round thing and tried to put it in to her mouth. But Kyande was resisting.

"Eew! Yuck! I hate tablets! They taste so weird! I'm not sick! You're the one who's sick!"

"I… am?! No, I'm not! Hey, isn't it time to go out now? It's already ten o'clock, right?"

"You're right. Do you still want to go out? Cause, you're sick. And you might faint. You know what…" She sat next to Kyande at the bed. "… I overheard you talking to your self last night."

Kyande looked at her with horror. She just looked at her, not knowing what to do.

"I wasn't talking to my self last night. I was talking to Kaede and the others." She said and smiled.

"No. I even saw you crying. I don't really know what happened, Kyande. So, I you have any problems, you can tell me. I am your friend." She said and opened her arms.

Kyande accidentally remembered about what she saw last night. She didn't want to cry, but she did. She went to Megumi's arms and cried. She cried really hard that she choked.

"What? You can't tell me there's nothing wrong!" Megumi said, trying to take a look at Kyande's eyes.

"Yes! Yes, there is! I was cleaning last night in to a room. And I saw… them…"

Megumi's heart also busted when she heard Kyande cry more. She even hugged Kyande more tightly because she could feel her loneliness. Even if she was a snob and a friend of Shigan before, she didn't care now. Right now, she only cared for her best friend who was crying to her shoulders, who was confessing things, who trusted her. 

"Them?! Who them? Come on, you will feel much better if you tell me everything that's inside you." She said as she brushed Kyande's hair.

"… Megumi… I am so confused!!! Is there really something about my appearance? Maybe he doesn't want me because I'm so… ugly… not worthy of him! Megumi! I'm really hurt!!!" She said and cried really hard.

"Kyande… who did? Mitsui?! Do you want me to kill him? He's so pain in the butt! Kyande, tell me, I want to help you. And by the way, you're not ugly!! I'm the one who helped you to be the real you! Even Ayako helped me! So, don't you dare say that you're ugly! You know what…" She let go of Kyande and Kyande wiped her tears away.

"What?"

"Well…. I know I don't have the right to say this. But at first, I hate you."

Kyande's chest was surprised. Hate? Did I hear that right?!

"W-Why?"

"Well… it's because of two things. First, Sakura said that your skin was so beautiful and you may be beautiful too, if you do a make over." Then she laughed.

Kyande laughed too and she sat much more near to Megumi.

"What's the other one?"

"The other one is… because Mitsui already loved you even if you're not yet beautiful back then…" Megumi said. Her palm closed, her knuckles touching the bed.

"W-What do you mean?"

"Kyande… I know that you love Mitsui too, right? Tell me!"

"Megumi…"

"Tell me! I don't want Mitsui to be hurt! And if ever you don't want him, I'll be right here for him!"

"I…"

Megumi's tears went out of her eyes. It was flowing like a river. Kyande went to Megumi and comforted her the way that she did. She brushed her hair with her soft, white skinned hands. Megumi rested on Kyande's chest. She tried to undo what she just said. But she can't!

"Megumi…" She started, biting her lip so hard that it bled.

"…?" Megumi looked up at her. Kyande wiped the blood away from her mouth before Megumi could see it.

"I'm not in love with Mitsui. I wasn't at the first place. And about Mitsui… he doesn't LOVE me! He LIKES me. He knew that I like Sendoh. Why would he bother hurting his self? See?"

Megumi began to smile again. She placed her hands to Kyande's cheeks.

"You're not lying, are you?" She said with a smile. "Because if you are, then I can't accept Mitsui."

Kyande successfully sunk her emotions inside, causing her to gasp for more air.

"Are you alright?" Megumi said.

"Oh, yeah. Just a little bit out of air. Why would I lie to you? It's just a guy!"

Megumi and Kyande smiled and then laughed, then hugged each other. Megumi didn't want to let go of Kyande. She felt a very light feeling inside. Kyande didn't know what to feel, what to say or how to react. She can't think of anything. But when her thinking lasted longer, she felt like she's mad at her self. What was I thinking? I lied to Megumi! Wait… I did? NO! I DON'T LIKE MITSUI!!

"NO! NO! NO!" Kyande yelled at her self. Megumi stopped their hugs when she heard Kyande yell. Then, she looked at Kyande.

"What no?"

"No, no, I'm not sick! See? I was just a little bit hot because of last night. You said I cried, right? My… uh… forehead became hot right after I cried. BUT don't worry! I wasn't and I'm not sick." She said, smiled at Megumi. "Hey, let's go down now. I'll prepare the breakfast now, okay?" She said as she stood up. Megumi nodded and went to her bag to look for something.

After their breakfast, Kyande was about to go to the bathroom to wear the bathing suit when Megumi called her name real loud.

"Ow! Hey, what's the matter? I know, you got fat?" She said laughing.

"No!!! I'm just depressed… again."

"Depressed? Why?"

"You didn't give me any opportunity to see you watching this!" She said and raised the bikini up in the air.

"Oh. Too bad. Okay, hurry up; we'll be late for the PARTAH!" She said dancing.

"KYANDE!"

"W-What?" She said trying to get inside the bathroom immediately.

"You have no choice! You'll HAVE to wear this!"

"But I…!"

"No buts, young lady!" Then she went inside with Kyande. You can hear the screams if you're outside the bathroom, it was really painful. But someone was laughing with joy. Maybe she laughs like a demon, but her laughter was so fruitful.

Mitsui and Sendoh was in the table, not chatting, but fighting.

"You're so crazy! Rock is more powerful than scissors!" Mitsui said, waving his knuckles in the air like mad.

"But still, the scissor can damage the rock."

"That's right, but I'm more right! If a scissor can damage the rock, then the rock can destroy the scissor!" Mitsui said.

Everybody around them was scared. But they knew that what they're fighting about was stupid. No, maybe Sendoh's just stupid.

"Who's idea's is it to play this game anyway?!"

"Not me." Sendoh said, putting his arms across.

When they looked at the side, they saw a huge crowd. Everybody seemed to be amazed. But most of the people in the crowd were boys. And it seems like the girls are hitting them with rocks.

"What if you throw a scissor to those people than rock?" Sendoh said as he watched Mitsui walk away and went to the crowd. He saw who the source of the crowd is. (Like, duh! He's a basketball star! He's so tall!!!)

"… Kyande…" Mitsui's soft, sweet and convincing voice whispered to his self. His mouth was wide open as he took a look at Kyande. She was wearing a bikini. He remembered the time when he teased Kyande about the bikini. He wanted to do that now. But he can't. They still haven't talked ever since they fought.

Kyande was trying so hard to give them a smile. Megumi was laughing as she tried to put the cloth in Kyande's waist away. Kyande was looking at the crowd when she felt someone who looks at her specially. When she looked at the direction, she saw Mitsui. His eyes were so beautiful, but it was full of sorrow. Kyande knew that they haven't talk for a while. So she gave Mitsui a look too. Megumi finally succeeded on pulling Kyande's cloth off. When she looked at Kyande, she saw her looking at someone. That made her looks at the person Kyande's looking at. She saw Mitsui. They were in some kind of telepathy.  She thought. She didn't bother to bother them. Because the truth is… she didn't want Mitsui in the first place. She wanted Sendoh. And she knew that the more Kyande knows about her jealousy between Mitsui and her, she'll let go of Sendoh and go to Mitsui's arms. Then she can hook Sendoh without even hurting her best friend.

When the night came, their last night, that is, they had their last vacation party in Hawaii. They all danced, when the music turned sweet. Mitsui danced with Megumi and Kyande danced with Sendoh. Before the music started, she gave Sendoh a smile. Then, the music began.

*Before I fall in love*

My heart says we've got something real
Can I trust the way I feel
Cuz my heart's been through it before
Am I'm just seeing what I want to see
Or is it true
Could you really be
 
Chorus:
Someone to have and hold
With all my heart and soul
I need to know
Before I fall in love
Someone who'll stay around
(Who warns) my ups and downs
So tell me now
Before I fall in love
 
Verse 2:
And I'm at the point of no return
So afraid of getting burned
But I wanna take a chance
Oh please
Give me a reason to believe
Say you're the one that you'll always be
 
Someone to have and hold
With all my heart and soul
I need to know
Before I fall in love
Someone who'll stay around
(Who warns) my ups and downs
So tell me now
Before I fall in love
 
Bridge:
It's been so hard for me
To give my heart away
But I would give my everything
Just to hear you say...
 
Someone to have and hold
With all my heart and soul
I need to know
Before I fall in love
Someone who'll stay around
(Who warns) my ups and downs
So tell me now
Before I fall in love

While Kyande and Sendoh were dancing, Mitsui was looking at Kyande. When their eyes met, they didn't give any reaction. They both looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

After their dance, Kyande excused her self to the bathroom. When she went inside the cubicle, she heard someone talking.

"Shigan, you're really not so genius, are you?" Sakura's voice said. Kyande was about to go out and greet Shigan when she heard her name.

"Kyande's going to be hurt, you know." Sakura again said.

"What were we talking about again?" Shigan's lazy voice said.

"About your "be friends with Kyande so she'll be humiliated with your help" thing. You know what, I feel so uncomfortable to say that. Someone might be hearing us."

"I don't care!" She was drunk.

Kyande gave her self a silent sob. I'm SO STUPID! I even made someone comfort my Sendoh just because of what I did!

Then the girls went out.

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Candy: Hey… oh, I have nothing to say… buh-… oh wait a minute, do I really have nothing to say? (thinks) Oh… yeah. Nothing. Buh-bye! And oh, to all the people out there who thinks that my fanfic is terrible, then what the heck is your problem? If you don't like it then don't read it!