Two hearts, one love
Chapter 42: Personality change in da club
Kai's POV
"What? Why the hell would Crystal become a player?" I snapped.
"Rei was right, you really are slow." Mariah huffed. "In case you've forgotten, you were the one who turned Crystal down"
"So? What does that have to do with Crystal being a player?" I questioned.
"Boys" Mariah sighed before answering. "Crystal is hurt and Tala took her in and she in turn became a player in order to get over you"
"But that's ridiculous" I spluttered. "She wouldn't do something as stupid as that"
"Well love does make people do stupid things" she merely said with a shrug.
"So are you saying that it's my fault that Crystal has become a player?" I asked her.
"Nobody's blaming you Kai" Rei said to me.
"What? If anybody's to blame its Kai" Mariah argued.
"No Mariah, you can't blame Kai" Rei replied.
"I can and I will" she responded stubbornly. "It was his fault since he turned Crystal down."
"So I was supposed to lie to her and tell her that I had feelings for her when I didn't?" I snapped.
"Yeah, well-" Mariah started before Rei cut her off by clamping his hand over her mouth.
"I think you've said enough tonight Mariah" he lectured her before turning to me. "If you want my advice, I'd go and look for her and talk to her"
"But I've tried, she said it was fine" I said remembering all my failed attempts this past week.
"Well try again" Rei told me.
"Fine" I said with a sigh and scanned the dance floor for Crystal.
I scowled when I spotted her dancing with a blonde guy near the front.
I made a beeline for her and tapped her on the shoulder when I reached her.
"Hiwatari" her eyes widened in surprise when she faced me. "I thought you weren't coming tonight"
"Changed my mind" I stated shortly taking in the blonde guy who had his arms wrapped around her waist. "Who's this?"
"Huh? Oh this is-" she said as she struggled to come up with a name.
"Chris" the guy responded.
"Oh right. Chris. Well this is Hiwatari" she said gesturing towards me before she turned back to him.
"Akina, we need to talk" I interrupted them when Chris began shamelessly flirting with her.
"Talk? About what?" she asked confused.
"You know what" I said impatiently as I glared at Chris who had begun to nuzzle Akina's neck.
"No I don't know what" Akina replied. "Anyway, a club isn't exactly the best place to talk"
With that she resumed dancing with Chris as I retreated to the edge of the dance floor.
Why was she like this? I thought scowling as I watch her leave Chris and move onto a chestnut haired guy. When would she stop?
"Umm" a hesitant voice spoke up and I turned around to see a plain looking red-haired girl. "I was wondering if you'd like to dance"
I paused for a moment, pondering my answer. On one hand, I could play the same game as Akina. But then again on the other hand, it might backfire on me and Akina's behavior might only change even more.
"No thanks" I finally decided and ignored the disappointed look in the girl's face.
Hey, at least I was nice about it. Normally I couldn't care less since heaps of girls seemed to come onto me. I can't help it if I'm good looking.
I turned my attention back to Akina who was now dancing with yet another different guy. That was what, four different guys in 15mins? I frowned as I studied the guy she was currently dancing with.
Wait a moment. Isn't that Tala?
I pushed my way through the dancers until I approached them.
"Tala" I stated as I came to a stop in front of them.
"Hey Kai" Tala answered casually. "I didn't think you were coming tonight"
"Changed my mind" I replied noting that I seemed to have said that several times tonight.
"Oh, well then why aren't you dancing?" he questioned as Akina leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Don't partically feel like it" I bit back.
"Oh, well then why did you come in the first place?" he asked but when I didn't' respond he turned to Akina. "So, how have you fared so far?"
"Extremely well" she replied with a devilish grin.
"I'm not surprise. You look really hot tonight" Tala said as he slung his arm around her shoulder.
"Why thank you. You don't look so bad yourself" Akina responded with a giggle.
My eyes widened. Was I imagining things or was Tala hitting on Akina?
"Wanna dance?" he offered her, obviously forgetting that I was standing right behind them.
"Sure" she said with a shrug and accepted his hand.
"Hey" Rei greeted as he and Mariah appeared next to us.
"Hey" I grunted in reply still keeping an eye on Akina.
"Ooh, looks like Tala's putting his moves on Crystal" Mariah observed.
"Tala will not be putting any moves on her" I snapped in annoyance.
"Am I sensing a little streak of jealousy?" Mariah teased.
"I am not jealous" I insisted pushing a nagging feeling away. "I just don't want to see Crystal get hurt. We all know what a player Tala is"
"Sure, we're all more than aware of that. But Tala wouldn't play with Crystal." Rei said with a shrug.
"Anyway, even if he does put his moves on Crystal, then what are you going to do about it?" Mariah questioned as she followed my sight to see Crystal dancing with Tala.
I didn't have any response to that. But, all I knew was that Tala would not lay a finger on Crystal, best friend or not.
"Besides, you've already broken her heart, remember?" Mariah promptly reminded me.
"Mariah" Rei said warningly.
"What? It's true isn't it?" Mariah protested.
"She's distancing herself from you in order to protect herself Kai" a voice spoke up and I turned to see that it was Tala.
"What do you want?" I said hiding the displeasure I felt inside.
"Nothing." Tala responded with a shrug.
"Where's Crystal?" Mariah asked before I could.
"She went to get a drink" Tala answered with a smirk. "I told her she'd be able to get somebody to buy one for her"
"Why'd you go and tell her that for?" I asked my eyes narrowing as I silently questioned Tala's motives.
"Because it's true" he simply replied.
"Miss me?" a voice inquired sweetly and we turned to see Crystal.
"You bet ya" Tala said wrapping his arms around her. "I thought you were getting a drink?"
"Yeah, I did. A really nice guy offered to buy them for me, I even managed to buy you all one each as well" Crystal replied obviously pleased with herself. "They're being delivered to our table."
I frowned at her casual tone. What was Tala doing to her? This wasn't the Crystal I knew.
"Well, what are we waiting for then? Let's go up" Mariah suggested and we went up the stairs to the table.
We didn't leave the club until several hours later.
"C'mon Crystal" Tala said when we were outside. "I'll drop you off"
"Why are you dropping her off? Wouldn't it make more sense if she just comes back with me?" I said suspiciously.
"Oh, well I suppose so" Tala agreed reluctantly. "I'll see you tomorrow okay?" he said to Crystal before leaning over and giving her a kiss on her forehead. "Good night"
"Night Tala" Crystal responded lightly.
"Well, better get home and get some sleep" Rei said before he and Mariah left.
"Bye guys" Mariah called out over her shoulder.
"Bye" Crystal replied as we made our way to my car.
"Thanks" she said when I opened the car door for her.
We drove along for a few minutes before I broke the silence.
"Akina, we still need to talk" I stated firmly.
"Yeah, I think so too" she responded.
"You do?" I said in surprise.
"Yes." She answered. "I've decided that I'm moving out of your house"
"What?" I exclaimed. Where the hell had this come from?
"I've decided that you should not have to put up with me in your house. I'm sure that you're more than sick of me by now" she said with a shrug.
"But where are you going to stay? You're not planning on going back to your house are you?" I said.
"Actually, Tala offered to put me up for a while. Dad should be coming back in a week or so anyway" she responded.
"Crystal if you moving out is because of me..." I trailed off.
"Believe it or not Hiwatari, this isn't about you" she snapped.
"Well then, why do you want to move out all of a sudden?" I questioned her.
"I feel as though I'm an inconvenience to you" she said exasperated as we pulled up in my garage.
"Well you're not" I said frowning.
"Whatever. I feel as though I've caused you enough trouble. I'll be moving out tomorrow" she said before flinging open the car door and racing up the steps.
Okay, was that chapter better than the last one? The next chapter is quite good, well I think so anyway but you can judge for yourself soon. More about Akina/Crystal's behavior will be further explained in the next chapter. Don't worry about Akina/Crystal being a permanent player, she just kinda turned player in this chapter. She'll be back to normal in the next chapter.....well kinda back to normal...Sorry about this chapter being so late....Yeah I know it's Christmas holidays and I should be updating more often except that I've been away for the past week.....I only actually just got back an hour ago. Anyway I'll update in 4-5 days okay?
Chapter 42: Personality change in da club
Kai's POV
"What? Why the hell would Crystal become a player?" I snapped.
"Rei was right, you really are slow." Mariah huffed. "In case you've forgotten, you were the one who turned Crystal down"
"So? What does that have to do with Crystal being a player?" I questioned.
"Boys" Mariah sighed before answering. "Crystal is hurt and Tala took her in and she in turn became a player in order to get over you"
"But that's ridiculous" I spluttered. "She wouldn't do something as stupid as that"
"Well love does make people do stupid things" she merely said with a shrug.
"So are you saying that it's my fault that Crystal has become a player?" I asked her.
"Nobody's blaming you Kai" Rei said to me.
"What? If anybody's to blame its Kai" Mariah argued.
"No Mariah, you can't blame Kai" Rei replied.
"I can and I will" she responded stubbornly. "It was his fault since he turned Crystal down."
"So I was supposed to lie to her and tell her that I had feelings for her when I didn't?" I snapped.
"Yeah, well-" Mariah started before Rei cut her off by clamping his hand over her mouth.
"I think you've said enough tonight Mariah" he lectured her before turning to me. "If you want my advice, I'd go and look for her and talk to her"
"But I've tried, she said it was fine" I said remembering all my failed attempts this past week.
"Well try again" Rei told me.
"Fine" I said with a sigh and scanned the dance floor for Crystal.
I scowled when I spotted her dancing with a blonde guy near the front.
I made a beeline for her and tapped her on the shoulder when I reached her.
"Hiwatari" her eyes widened in surprise when she faced me. "I thought you weren't coming tonight"
"Changed my mind" I stated shortly taking in the blonde guy who had his arms wrapped around her waist. "Who's this?"
"Huh? Oh this is-" she said as she struggled to come up with a name.
"Chris" the guy responded.
"Oh right. Chris. Well this is Hiwatari" she said gesturing towards me before she turned back to him.
"Akina, we need to talk" I interrupted them when Chris began shamelessly flirting with her.
"Talk? About what?" she asked confused.
"You know what" I said impatiently as I glared at Chris who had begun to nuzzle Akina's neck.
"No I don't know what" Akina replied. "Anyway, a club isn't exactly the best place to talk"
With that she resumed dancing with Chris as I retreated to the edge of the dance floor.
Why was she like this? I thought scowling as I watch her leave Chris and move onto a chestnut haired guy. When would she stop?
"Umm" a hesitant voice spoke up and I turned around to see a plain looking red-haired girl. "I was wondering if you'd like to dance"
I paused for a moment, pondering my answer. On one hand, I could play the same game as Akina. But then again on the other hand, it might backfire on me and Akina's behavior might only change even more.
"No thanks" I finally decided and ignored the disappointed look in the girl's face.
Hey, at least I was nice about it. Normally I couldn't care less since heaps of girls seemed to come onto me. I can't help it if I'm good looking.
I turned my attention back to Akina who was now dancing with yet another different guy. That was what, four different guys in 15mins? I frowned as I studied the guy she was currently dancing with.
Wait a moment. Isn't that Tala?
I pushed my way through the dancers until I approached them.
"Tala" I stated as I came to a stop in front of them.
"Hey Kai" Tala answered casually. "I didn't think you were coming tonight"
"Changed my mind" I replied noting that I seemed to have said that several times tonight.
"Oh, well then why aren't you dancing?" he questioned as Akina leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Don't partically feel like it" I bit back.
"Oh, well then why did you come in the first place?" he asked but when I didn't' respond he turned to Akina. "So, how have you fared so far?"
"Extremely well" she replied with a devilish grin.
"I'm not surprise. You look really hot tonight" Tala said as he slung his arm around her shoulder.
"Why thank you. You don't look so bad yourself" Akina responded with a giggle.
My eyes widened. Was I imagining things or was Tala hitting on Akina?
"Wanna dance?" he offered her, obviously forgetting that I was standing right behind them.
"Sure" she said with a shrug and accepted his hand.
"Hey" Rei greeted as he and Mariah appeared next to us.
"Hey" I grunted in reply still keeping an eye on Akina.
"Ooh, looks like Tala's putting his moves on Crystal" Mariah observed.
"Tala will not be putting any moves on her" I snapped in annoyance.
"Am I sensing a little streak of jealousy?" Mariah teased.
"I am not jealous" I insisted pushing a nagging feeling away. "I just don't want to see Crystal get hurt. We all know what a player Tala is"
"Sure, we're all more than aware of that. But Tala wouldn't play with Crystal." Rei said with a shrug.
"Anyway, even if he does put his moves on Crystal, then what are you going to do about it?" Mariah questioned as she followed my sight to see Crystal dancing with Tala.
I didn't have any response to that. But, all I knew was that Tala would not lay a finger on Crystal, best friend or not.
"Besides, you've already broken her heart, remember?" Mariah promptly reminded me.
"Mariah" Rei said warningly.
"What? It's true isn't it?" Mariah protested.
"She's distancing herself from you in order to protect herself Kai" a voice spoke up and I turned to see that it was Tala.
"What do you want?" I said hiding the displeasure I felt inside.
"Nothing." Tala responded with a shrug.
"Where's Crystal?" Mariah asked before I could.
"She went to get a drink" Tala answered with a smirk. "I told her she'd be able to get somebody to buy one for her"
"Why'd you go and tell her that for?" I asked my eyes narrowing as I silently questioned Tala's motives.
"Because it's true" he simply replied.
"Miss me?" a voice inquired sweetly and we turned to see Crystal.
"You bet ya" Tala said wrapping his arms around her. "I thought you were getting a drink?"
"Yeah, I did. A really nice guy offered to buy them for me, I even managed to buy you all one each as well" Crystal replied obviously pleased with herself. "They're being delivered to our table."
I frowned at her casual tone. What was Tala doing to her? This wasn't the Crystal I knew.
"Well, what are we waiting for then? Let's go up" Mariah suggested and we went up the stairs to the table.
We didn't leave the club until several hours later.
"C'mon Crystal" Tala said when we were outside. "I'll drop you off"
"Why are you dropping her off? Wouldn't it make more sense if she just comes back with me?" I said suspiciously.
"Oh, well I suppose so" Tala agreed reluctantly. "I'll see you tomorrow okay?" he said to Crystal before leaning over and giving her a kiss on her forehead. "Good night"
"Night Tala" Crystal responded lightly.
"Well, better get home and get some sleep" Rei said before he and Mariah left.
"Bye guys" Mariah called out over her shoulder.
"Bye" Crystal replied as we made our way to my car.
"Thanks" she said when I opened the car door for her.
We drove along for a few minutes before I broke the silence.
"Akina, we still need to talk" I stated firmly.
"Yeah, I think so too" she responded.
"You do?" I said in surprise.
"Yes." She answered. "I've decided that I'm moving out of your house"
"What?" I exclaimed. Where the hell had this come from?
"I've decided that you should not have to put up with me in your house. I'm sure that you're more than sick of me by now" she said with a shrug.
"But where are you going to stay? You're not planning on going back to your house are you?" I said.
"Actually, Tala offered to put me up for a while. Dad should be coming back in a week or so anyway" she responded.
"Crystal if you moving out is because of me..." I trailed off.
"Believe it or not Hiwatari, this isn't about you" she snapped.
"Well then, why do you want to move out all of a sudden?" I questioned her.
"I feel as though I'm an inconvenience to you" she said exasperated as we pulled up in my garage.
"Well you're not" I said frowning.
"Whatever. I feel as though I've caused you enough trouble. I'll be moving out tomorrow" she said before flinging open the car door and racing up the steps.
Okay, was that chapter better than the last one? The next chapter is quite good, well I think so anyway but you can judge for yourself soon. More about Akina/Crystal's behavior will be further explained in the next chapter. Don't worry about Akina/Crystal being a permanent player, she just kinda turned player in this chapter. She'll be back to normal in the next chapter.....well kinda back to normal...Sorry about this chapter being so late....Yeah I know it's Christmas holidays and I should be updating more often except that I've been away for the past week.....I only actually just got back an hour ago. Anyway I'll update in 4-5 days okay?