Chapter 10
First Kiss
Ran hung up the phone on him, and then quietly told Miyu she had to go. Only when Miyu was off the line did Ran start crying.
She had really believed Yuuya. They were meant to be, weren't they? Ran just didn't know anymore.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning Yuuya stood near Hachi in the morning sun. He slowly looked over the crowd. Ran was nowhere to be found. Yuuya sighed again.
He had been up half the night trying to figure out if Tatsuki was lying or not. Ran was a gal after all, and Rei always told him that all gals were for sale. But if that had been the case, wouldn't she have gone out with Rei to get his bag? Ran certainly didn't seem like most gals he had met.
All he wanted now was to talk to Ran and then go to bed. But she wasn't answering her cell, her parents had said she wasn't home when he called there, and now she wasn't around Shibuya it seemed. Where had she gone too?
Miyu came running up to him, waking him from his thoughts.
"Have you seen Ran?" he asked her.
"No, Miyu hasn't talked to Ran since last night when she called her."
"Well, I can't find her anywhere. And she's not answering her cell."
Miyu started to look worried. Ran always answered her cell, even in class. It was one of the poor girl's down falls; she was addicted to her phone.
"Maybe Miyu's sweet Yamato knows where Ran is."
"I guess I never thought of asking him."
"Let's go!"
The two headed over to the police box to find Yamato giving directions to an old woman. After she had left he looked up and smiled at Miyu.
"Hey Miyu. And... Asou, isn't it?"
"Yeah, have you seen Ran at all? I can't find her and she's not answering her cell."
"Ran? Not answer her cell?"
"That's what Miyu thought, but Miyu hasn't talked to Ran since last night," Miyu said rubbing up close to Yamato.
"Well, she was home last night, but no one had seen her at breakfast so we all figured she had gotten up early to go hang out with you guys."
"This is really starting to worry me."
"What do you mean? You don't think she's out with another guy, do you?" Miyu laughed. Yuuya looked away, quite clearly hurt by the thought. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean—Did something happen yesterday? After Tatsuki showed up at the restaurant?"
"Well, after I walked Ran home he was at my house. He told me—he told me," Yuuya was fighting back tears. "He told me that she was going out with Rei!"
"What?"
"Ran would never!"
"I know she wouldn't, but Rei always says that gals are all for sale, and are unable to care about anything or anyone but money."
"Ran's not that kind of gal. She follows her heart."
"And what if Ran's heart led her to Rei? Ran's the only girl I've ever cared about. I can't lose her, I just can't."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Mami and Tatsuki sat on a bench a bit away from the police box laughing. Their plan was working perfectly. It wouldn't be long now before the rest of Shibuya knew that Ran was a two-timing gal. Mami couldn't wait.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Unknown to the rest of the world, Ran sat curled up in her room like a ball. She hadn't even left to eat breakfast with her family. She guessed that they all thought she had gone out early.
A couple times her cell vibrated, but she couldn't even get up to look and see whom it was. She didn't care about the world.
Tears started to flow again as her mind returned to the though of Yuuya with another girl. She didn't know how much longer she could take this. Maybe she should just call him and tell him that she knew. But what then? What if he told her that he didn't really love her? Would that be better?
Maybe she deserved it though for how she had treated him. She pulled the covers closer to her and then thought she heard a knock come from the door.
She ignored it, thinking she was just hearing things, but then she heard Yuuya's voice.
"Ran? Are you in there? We need to talk."
She really was depressed. She was hearing Yuuya in her own house.
The door slowly opened and Miyu pushed Yuuya into the room then shut the door. By now Ran was sure that she wasn't imagining things. She peeked out from under the blanket and saw Yuuya sitting down next to her bed.
"Ran? Are you okay? Tell me what's wrong."
"You..." she started, but couldn't bear to continue. It was too hard.
"Tatsuki called you last night, didn't he?"
"Yeah."
"I think he's up to no good Ran. He came over to my house just before he called you. He told me that you were going with Rei too, that you were cheating on me."
"That's not true!" Ran shouted as she sat up.
Yuuya smiled, "I know that. Now, what did Tatsuki tell you?"
"That he saw you in Shibuya with another girl, and you kissed her."
"Do you really believe that?"
"No," Ran said quietly.
"So then what's wrong?"
"I was scared that I'd lose you. I love you so much and couldn't bare the thought of you with another girl."
"You're the only girl for me, Ran."
"Really?"
"Really."
Slowly Yuuya leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips.
"I love you Ran."
Ran blushed, "I love you too Yuuya."
** Author's Note ** Yey! I considered waiting until the end to have their first kiss, but I think this moment is too sweet for there not to be a kiss. I've very happy now. Next chapter is the final showdown with Mami and Tatsuki and sand is going to fly. Happy reading!
Ran hung up the phone on him, and then quietly told Miyu she had to go. Only when Miyu was off the line did Ran start crying.
She had really believed Yuuya. They were meant to be, weren't they? Ran just didn't know anymore.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning Yuuya stood near Hachi in the morning sun. He slowly looked over the crowd. Ran was nowhere to be found. Yuuya sighed again.
He had been up half the night trying to figure out if Tatsuki was lying or not. Ran was a gal after all, and Rei always told him that all gals were for sale. But if that had been the case, wouldn't she have gone out with Rei to get his bag? Ran certainly didn't seem like most gals he had met.
All he wanted now was to talk to Ran and then go to bed. But she wasn't answering her cell, her parents had said she wasn't home when he called there, and now she wasn't around Shibuya it seemed. Where had she gone too?
Miyu came running up to him, waking him from his thoughts.
"Have you seen Ran?" he asked her.
"No, Miyu hasn't talked to Ran since last night when she called her."
"Well, I can't find her anywhere. And she's not answering her cell."
Miyu started to look worried. Ran always answered her cell, even in class. It was one of the poor girl's down falls; she was addicted to her phone.
"Maybe Miyu's sweet Yamato knows where Ran is."
"I guess I never thought of asking him."
"Let's go!"
The two headed over to the police box to find Yamato giving directions to an old woman. After she had left he looked up and smiled at Miyu.
"Hey Miyu. And... Asou, isn't it?"
"Yeah, have you seen Ran at all? I can't find her and she's not answering her cell."
"Ran? Not answer her cell?"
"That's what Miyu thought, but Miyu hasn't talked to Ran since last night," Miyu said rubbing up close to Yamato.
"Well, she was home last night, but no one had seen her at breakfast so we all figured she had gotten up early to go hang out with you guys."
"This is really starting to worry me."
"What do you mean? You don't think she's out with another guy, do you?" Miyu laughed. Yuuya looked away, quite clearly hurt by the thought. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean—Did something happen yesterday? After Tatsuki showed up at the restaurant?"
"Well, after I walked Ran home he was at my house. He told me—he told me," Yuuya was fighting back tears. "He told me that she was going out with Rei!"
"What?"
"Ran would never!"
"I know she wouldn't, but Rei always says that gals are all for sale, and are unable to care about anything or anyone but money."
"Ran's not that kind of gal. She follows her heart."
"And what if Ran's heart led her to Rei? Ran's the only girl I've ever cared about. I can't lose her, I just can't."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Mami and Tatsuki sat on a bench a bit away from the police box laughing. Their plan was working perfectly. It wouldn't be long now before the rest of Shibuya knew that Ran was a two-timing gal. Mami couldn't wait.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Unknown to the rest of the world, Ran sat curled up in her room like a ball. She hadn't even left to eat breakfast with her family. She guessed that they all thought she had gone out early.
A couple times her cell vibrated, but she couldn't even get up to look and see whom it was. She didn't care about the world.
Tears started to flow again as her mind returned to the though of Yuuya with another girl. She didn't know how much longer she could take this. Maybe she should just call him and tell him that she knew. But what then? What if he told her that he didn't really love her? Would that be better?
Maybe she deserved it though for how she had treated him. She pulled the covers closer to her and then thought she heard a knock come from the door.
She ignored it, thinking she was just hearing things, but then she heard Yuuya's voice.
"Ran? Are you in there? We need to talk."
She really was depressed. She was hearing Yuuya in her own house.
The door slowly opened and Miyu pushed Yuuya into the room then shut the door. By now Ran was sure that she wasn't imagining things. She peeked out from under the blanket and saw Yuuya sitting down next to her bed.
"Ran? Are you okay? Tell me what's wrong."
"You..." she started, but couldn't bear to continue. It was too hard.
"Tatsuki called you last night, didn't he?"
"Yeah."
"I think he's up to no good Ran. He came over to my house just before he called you. He told me that you were going with Rei too, that you were cheating on me."
"That's not true!" Ran shouted as she sat up.
Yuuya smiled, "I know that. Now, what did Tatsuki tell you?"
"That he saw you in Shibuya with another girl, and you kissed her."
"Do you really believe that?"
"No," Ran said quietly.
"So then what's wrong?"
"I was scared that I'd lose you. I love you so much and couldn't bare the thought of you with another girl."
"You're the only girl for me, Ran."
"Really?"
"Really."
Slowly Yuuya leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips.
"I love you Ran."
Ran blushed, "I love you too Yuuya."
** Author's Note ** Yey! I considered waiting until the end to have their first kiss, but I think this moment is too sweet for there not to be a kiss. I've very happy now. Next chapter is the final showdown with Mami and Tatsuki and sand is going to fly. Happy reading!