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Chapter 4: Confrontation and an explanation. What about reconciliation?

I started to speed up ahead of Kouji and lead the way from then on. Of course, he didn't like being the follower but Kouji kept his complaints to himself. He stayed quiet the whole time, which gave me time to think about what I would say to Takuya. Should I be gentle or give him a cold shoulder? I formed a conclusion that being gentle was best. He broke my heart so it would be fair, but unkind to break his.

As if he knew my thoughts, Kouji interrupted my speculation with a suggestion. "Um... Maybe you should take it easy on him. He can't understand a thing if someone's yelling at him."

I replied, "Oh...sure." I suddenly realized how much our minds were alike. Kouji may be more controlled and calmer then I am, but it doesn't mean anything about what we're really like. Both he and I were once lonely and had no friends. It's kind of cool that we can see eye to eye.

"You're different. Can I say that or is it too weird? Never mind." I said out of the blue. It was true though. Kouji usually had way opposite opinions from me.

"Whatever. People change. No big deal to fuss over." He said it kind of coldly. I retreated back to my safe heart and tried to recover.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way. I was just curious," was my pathetic remark.

He raised his eyes to meet mine. "... No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It was only because I thought that you meant I wasn't capable of changing. Why did I think that?" Kouji responded sincerely.

"Um... It's okay. Maybe we're all just grumpy today. I know I was." I didn't want him to feel bad.

We suddenly noticed where we were. "So this is it? Doesn't seem like a place where Takuya would like to go," Kouji said while observing the house. I walked up to the front door and tried to open it. It swung inwards swiftly. "This definitely seems like Takuya though. He's so lazy and forgetful sometimes." he said.

"And I took all the trouble of sneaking through the back." I exclaimed, annoyed.

We crept around when... "Izumi! It's you!" I froze in my steps and turned to my right where the kitchen was.

"God Takuya, don't scare me like that!" I shouted at him. He was washing a cloth and had aspirin on the counter top.

"What's all that for?" Kouji asked, stepping beside me.

"Oh, you're here too. Didn't expect that. Well um... These are for..."

"Mira. What did Trista do?" I finished for him.

"Nothing. Trista said something and then she fainted." He wrung out the cloth while staring at the floor.

"We need to talk, Takuya." Kouji walked slowly towards him.

"O-Okay. Just let me give these to Mira. I'll be right back." He ran into the bedroom and then came out after a while.

"Let's sit down," I suggested, "I'm tired."

We circled around the dining room table. Kouji sat next to me and we were both directly opposite of Takuya.

Takuya sighed heavily. "Look, I don't know what to say or how to explain things. It's all a big mess now." His hands were reaching out, as if pleading for forgiveness.

"Why did you do it? Was I not enough?" I asked. He didn't respond.

"Takuya, you've got to tell her something. I know you have a reason." Kouji was obviously bothered that things were going slowly.

"Okay, you might not believe me, but when I became engaged to you something hit me. I felt like I would be tied down for the rest of my life. I shrugged the feeling off for a while but then Mira came along. She was your exact opposite but she really liked me. I thought if I went out with her that I wouldn't be so tied down. Man I screwed up big time."

I was angry. "Tied down! How could you be tied down Takuya? It's not like you couldn't have doubts, but you should've thought about it before asking me the big question," I said. My head grew heavy so I letit reston the table.

"Izumi, are you okay?" Kouji asked.

"No, I can't take this anymore. I hate it. We're arguing like we're enemies. I wish that we could forget all about this and be friends again." I blurted out while standing up slowly.

"Huh? I-I can't believe you're still willing to put up with me. After what I did, you should be mad at me. I'm even mad at myself. It's just like me to hurt the people I care about." Takuya had a shocked expression that soon became more like a self-disappointment face.

"Of course I'm mad, but that's not enough to wreck this friendship. Let's give ourselves some time apart from each other, Takuya. In that time we can let our anger die down." I said softly.

"She's right. It's not good to keep things boiled up or pretend you're okay." Kouji added.

"Alright. It's sounds like a good plan. But what do I do about Mira?"

"You can tell her the truth. A relationship that started as an affair is not meant to last," I replied.

"I suppose you're right," Takuya answered in a sad tone.

I smiled. "Come on Kouji. We'd better go now." He walked towards the door and waited for me as I hugged Takuya.

"Thank you, Izumi, for being my friend and understanding." he whispered in my ear.

"Same here."

End of chapter 4

AznGurl: See I told you everything would turn out fine. Takuya is still friends with Izumi. Keep reading future chapters though. This is not the end. Remember it's a K Z (Kozumi or K I in Japanese terms) fic so there's going to be more surprises. Ciao!