Worlds Apart

Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina. I own Yoshiaki and Yumiko. Why anyone would want to steal them is a mystery to me.

Chapter Six- Kiss

It took me a few minutes to find Yumi in the crowd forming outside of the school. She was in the middle of the crowd, holding Yumiko's hands behind her back. A part of my fan group was throwing pieces of food and even rocks at her. Yumiko was struggling to get out of Yumi's grip.

"This is what you get, Yumiko. This is what you deserve for taking Yoshi-kun away from us!" called out Yumi. The crowd roared in agreement.

"Yumi!" I called out. She ignored me and went on ranting and screaming at Yumiko. I pushed my way through the angry mob and stopped a few feet away. Silence filled the area.

"Let her go, Yumi," I snarled. "Stop this."

"No, Yoshiaki! Why would you pick her over us?"

"Because I can be myself around her. That's more than I can say for any of you. She likes me for me, not because I'm popular." Could I have sounded anymore lame? I thought.

Yumiko finally succeeded in breaking Yumi's hold on her. The girls surrounding us hurled more food at her; I tried my best to make them stop.

"Yoshiaki, can't you see that you belong with us?" asked Yumi. Her face softened when she looked at me, then she glared at Yumiko. "I mean, you don't belong with a freak like her."

"How hard-headed can you be? I just told you I LIKE hanging out with Yumiko."

Yumi scowled at me. The fan girls started throwing harder objects like stones and the occasional stiletto. I gave them the evil eye tried to talk with her. "Call them off, please."

She came closer and fingered the collar off my uniform. "You do something for me, and I'll do something for you…." she whispered.

 I made a disgusted face and I could think of was: Not clean…molested by horrible wench….

Yumiko pushed her back and then said, "Whoops! Heh, it's a nervous tick."

"You…." growled Yumi. The crowd advanced. My catfight senses were tingling, so I had to make them stop somehow. No idea came to my mind, so I did the one thing that I could do.

I kissed Yumiko.

*

The silence between Yumiko and I was unbearable. I was leading her away from the school and to my house.

Only minutes before, I broke off the kiss and then took her hand and walked as quickly as I could away.

She didn't speak to me when we walked in. I quietly told her that she could change her clothes in the bathroom, and I would bring her some of my sister's clothes to wear. She nodded and left. I peered around the house and to my satisfaction my brother wasn't there. After I gave Yumiko the clothes, I changed out of my uniform into knee length shorts and a black shirt.

When we were done changing, Yumiko and I sat in the living room couches. She was opposite me and kept staring at the floor. "What are you looking at?" I gathered up the courage to say. She pointed at my legs. Numerous scars of assorted shapes and sizes marked my skin.

"What happened?" she asked. "Are you being—?"

"No."

"Then tell me what happened."

"I scratch my skin and it bleeds. Nothing to get excited about."

"Why do you scratch your skin?"

"I take hot showers."

"If that's the result, then don't do it anymore."

"Why do you care?" I snapped at her. She looked hurt, then answered, "Believe it or not, Yoshiaki, but some people actually care about you and can't stand to see you being hurt."

I was silent for a few minutes. Then, unable to stand the uncomfortable silence, I apologized. "Yumiko, I'm sorry."

"That's okay," she said. After a few more minutes of horrible silence, she stood up and walked towards me. "I guess I should thank you for earlier…." She bent down and lightly placed her lips upon mine.

Mountain Rain: How did you like it? I'm sick and I stayed home from school, so I finally got the time to work on WA. Please review!!