"What do you mean you kind of love him?" Yolei asked Kari as she walked into Kari's bedroom, drying her hair off. Yolei was spending the night at Kari's place, and had just gotten finished from her shower.
"I'm just...In love with him. I can't explain it." Kari replied. She flipped through her cds and put one into her cd player. The song that played was "How Soon Is Now?" by T.a.T.U.
"TK's singing this song on Friday with Matt's band. Ah, he has such a beautiful voice. I can't wait to hear him sing." Kari sighed. She fell back on her bed and hugged her pillow as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Stop changing the subject." Yolei said as she grabbed the pillow out of Kari's arms and playfully smacked her in the face with it. "When did you realize that you are really in love with him? I mean, me and the rest of the gang already knew, but I'm just wondering when you knew."
"You know the day that John broke up with me?" Kari asked Yolei as she turned the volume down on the CD player.
"Yeah, what about it?" Yolei answered.
"Right after it happened I went over to TK's house. When he opened the door and saw me crying, the look he had in his eyes were so full of compassion and sympathy that I just fell in love with them. I've never felt anything so powerful then what I felt at that moment. I hugged him, and he hugged me back. It's like the world stopped moving, the rain stopped falling, the wind stopped howling. All I could hear was his heart beating, and mine stopping. I knew I loved him, Yolei."
"Wow. That's really touching. I think I'm gonna cry." Yolei said sarcastically as she pretended to sniffle.
"Cut it out Yolei, I'm serious." Kari chuckled.
"So, this is real, isn't it." Yolei said quietly.
"Yeah, I think it is." Kari answered just as quietly.
"So what are you going to do about it."
"I don't know. What is there to do? I mean I've kept this from him for what feels like ages. There's not much more I can do."
"Of course there is!" Yolei said with excitement in her voice. "First off, John broke up with you two years ago. Two years is a long time to keep something like this from someone. Second, ask him how he feels! Everybody knows that he feels the same way about you as you feel about him."
"What do you mean everybody?" Kari questioned.
"The whole gang. Davis, Tai, Sora, Matt, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Ken, Cody, we can all see it. You just have to see it for yourself." Yolei pointed out.
"Maybe you're right."
"I am! Now ask him already before you run out of time!"
"Ok, ok. I'll ask him tomorrow." Kari sighed.
"Good girl. Now, do you have anything to eat? I'm starved."
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"What do you mean you're going to ask Samantha out? What about Kari?!" Davis asked TK loudly.
"I just...Can't take it. Every time I think about her I want to cry. I can't do this anymore Davis. It's too difficult to handle. I don't see what I want to see in her eyes, and I'm tired of waiting." TK answered quietly. He walked over to his window and looked out across the street into the window of Kari's bedroom. He just stood there, staring for what seemed like hours.
"TK?" Davis said quietly. He walked up behind TK and looked out to where TK was staring.
"I can't let go of her, Davis. She's everywhere. She's the wind that blows my hair, she's the sun that makes me warm, she's the clouds that pour out the rain. She's everything Davis, and I can't let go of her."
"Then why are you thinking about Samantha?" Davis asked, puzzled.
"Because Kari is someone that I can't have. Sam is someone that I can have. I need to have someone there, Davis. I can't just keep hoping." TK said. He closed the blinds to the window he was staring at and walked over to his bed. He fell onto his back and stared up at the ceiling.
"If you think that going out with Sam is going to help you with your problems, then so be it. I can't change your mind. But I suggest you not get too close. I don't think you're seeing the big picture here, but that's not my problem." Davis said, giving up.
"What big picture? There is no big picture, Davis. There's me, and there's Kari, but there's no me and Kari. Can we just drop it now?" TK said, irritated.
"Whatever. You got anything to eat?" Davis asked.
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Kari's alarm went off at 6 in the morning. Both her and Yolei got up. Yolei went to brush her teeth while Kari got dressed.
'Look at me.' Kari thought to herself as she looked in the mirror. 'What am I doing. TK wouldn't want someone that looks like me. I look horrible.'
"Hey Kar, you got any toothpaste? I left mine at home." Yolei asked, poking her head out of the crack on the door that held the bathroom.
"Yeah, here." Kari said as she picked up her toothpaste from her desk and handed it to Yolei.
"Thanks Kar." Yolei said with a smile. She closed the door and continued to brush her teeth.
'I can't take this. I know I'm going to have a heart attack today. I might now, my heart's pumping so fast.' Kari thought. She finished getting dressed as well as Yolei. They grabbed their backpacks, and headed out the door.
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TK POV
'Today's the day. Today I'm going to let it all go. I have to let her go. I have to.'
"Yo, TK, you in there?" Davis asked as he waved a hand in front of my face.
"What? Oh, sorry. Just thinking." I responded quietly. I can't stop thinking about her. I wouldn't notice the sky turn green if I was thinking about her.
"From the look in your eyes, it was about Kari, wasn't it?" Davis asked me. He's always known me from the inside out. Even when we were rivals. He knew me. He can read me better than Kari can. It could be that I let him read me all the way through, unlike Kari. It's really strange, if you ask me.
"Yeah, I was thinking about her." I answered.
"A minute doesn't go by without you thinking about her, does it?" Davis asked me as we walked up the steps of the school. I love this school. I love the architecture. Practically the whole exterior is made of glass, which is in itself cool. But what's cooler is you can see out, but you can't see in.
"Time does fly when I'm not thinking about her, Davis."
"Yeah, whatever you say. So, are you really going to ask Sam out?"
"Yes, I am. And please don't try changing my mind. I've had to deal with enough of your inputs for one day."
"Ok, ok. I won't butt in. Oh, there's Sam now. Go get it over with before I start talking again."
"Right." I said, taking a deep breath. I walked up to her, and asked her. The response I got wasn't what I was expecting.
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Kari POV
I wasn't expecting it. It took me by surprise. One minute I'm walking down the corridor, looking for him, and when I find him, I don't believe it's him. Him with her. Him with her lips on his. Him, the one I've loved for two years. I couldn't handle it. I broke into tears right then and there. He heard my tears. He tore away from her. He told me it was a misunderstanding. I didn't care what he had to say. I ran right past him. Right past everybody. I didn't hear anybody breathe, or talk, or walk. All I heard were my own tears falling on the floor. I heard his footsteps behind me, chasing me. Telling me to wait, to listen. I heard enough. I ran into the bathroom, to get away. I cried for hours. I held myself on the floor. I couldn't take it anymore. I had let go. I ran to the sink, expecting to throw up, but instead found blood. I guess if your heart bleeds, your whole body bleeds. And that's exactly what TK did to me.
"I'm just...In love with him. I can't explain it." Kari replied. She flipped through her cds and put one into her cd player. The song that played was "How Soon Is Now?" by T.a.T.U.
"TK's singing this song on Friday with Matt's band. Ah, he has such a beautiful voice. I can't wait to hear him sing." Kari sighed. She fell back on her bed and hugged her pillow as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Stop changing the subject." Yolei said as she grabbed the pillow out of Kari's arms and playfully smacked her in the face with it. "When did you realize that you are really in love with him? I mean, me and the rest of the gang already knew, but I'm just wondering when you knew."
"You know the day that John broke up with me?" Kari asked Yolei as she turned the volume down on the CD player.
"Yeah, what about it?" Yolei answered.
"Right after it happened I went over to TK's house. When he opened the door and saw me crying, the look he had in his eyes were so full of compassion and sympathy that I just fell in love with them. I've never felt anything so powerful then what I felt at that moment. I hugged him, and he hugged me back. It's like the world stopped moving, the rain stopped falling, the wind stopped howling. All I could hear was his heart beating, and mine stopping. I knew I loved him, Yolei."
"Wow. That's really touching. I think I'm gonna cry." Yolei said sarcastically as she pretended to sniffle.
"Cut it out Yolei, I'm serious." Kari chuckled.
"So, this is real, isn't it." Yolei said quietly.
"Yeah, I think it is." Kari answered just as quietly.
"So what are you going to do about it."
"I don't know. What is there to do? I mean I've kept this from him for what feels like ages. There's not much more I can do."
"Of course there is!" Yolei said with excitement in her voice. "First off, John broke up with you two years ago. Two years is a long time to keep something like this from someone. Second, ask him how he feels! Everybody knows that he feels the same way about you as you feel about him."
"What do you mean everybody?" Kari questioned.
"The whole gang. Davis, Tai, Sora, Matt, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, Ken, Cody, we can all see it. You just have to see it for yourself." Yolei pointed out.
"Maybe you're right."
"I am! Now ask him already before you run out of time!"
"Ok, ok. I'll ask him tomorrow." Kari sighed.
"Good girl. Now, do you have anything to eat? I'm starved."
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"What do you mean you're going to ask Samantha out? What about Kari?!" Davis asked TK loudly.
"I just...Can't take it. Every time I think about her I want to cry. I can't do this anymore Davis. It's too difficult to handle. I don't see what I want to see in her eyes, and I'm tired of waiting." TK answered quietly. He walked over to his window and looked out across the street into the window of Kari's bedroom. He just stood there, staring for what seemed like hours.
"TK?" Davis said quietly. He walked up behind TK and looked out to where TK was staring.
"I can't let go of her, Davis. She's everywhere. She's the wind that blows my hair, she's the sun that makes me warm, she's the clouds that pour out the rain. She's everything Davis, and I can't let go of her."
"Then why are you thinking about Samantha?" Davis asked, puzzled.
"Because Kari is someone that I can't have. Sam is someone that I can have. I need to have someone there, Davis. I can't just keep hoping." TK said. He closed the blinds to the window he was staring at and walked over to his bed. He fell onto his back and stared up at the ceiling.
"If you think that going out with Sam is going to help you with your problems, then so be it. I can't change your mind. But I suggest you not get too close. I don't think you're seeing the big picture here, but that's not my problem." Davis said, giving up.
"What big picture? There is no big picture, Davis. There's me, and there's Kari, but there's no me and Kari. Can we just drop it now?" TK said, irritated.
"Whatever. You got anything to eat?" Davis asked.
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Kari's alarm went off at 6 in the morning. Both her and Yolei got up. Yolei went to brush her teeth while Kari got dressed.
'Look at me.' Kari thought to herself as she looked in the mirror. 'What am I doing. TK wouldn't want someone that looks like me. I look horrible.'
"Hey Kar, you got any toothpaste? I left mine at home." Yolei asked, poking her head out of the crack on the door that held the bathroom.
"Yeah, here." Kari said as she picked up her toothpaste from her desk and handed it to Yolei.
"Thanks Kar." Yolei said with a smile. She closed the door and continued to brush her teeth.
'I can't take this. I know I'm going to have a heart attack today. I might now, my heart's pumping so fast.' Kari thought. She finished getting dressed as well as Yolei. They grabbed their backpacks, and headed out the door.
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TK POV
'Today's the day. Today I'm going to let it all go. I have to let her go. I have to.'
"Yo, TK, you in there?" Davis asked as he waved a hand in front of my face.
"What? Oh, sorry. Just thinking." I responded quietly. I can't stop thinking about her. I wouldn't notice the sky turn green if I was thinking about her.
"From the look in your eyes, it was about Kari, wasn't it?" Davis asked me. He's always known me from the inside out. Even when we were rivals. He knew me. He can read me better than Kari can. It could be that I let him read me all the way through, unlike Kari. It's really strange, if you ask me.
"Yeah, I was thinking about her." I answered.
"A minute doesn't go by without you thinking about her, does it?" Davis asked me as we walked up the steps of the school. I love this school. I love the architecture. Practically the whole exterior is made of glass, which is in itself cool. But what's cooler is you can see out, but you can't see in.
"Time does fly when I'm not thinking about her, Davis."
"Yeah, whatever you say. So, are you really going to ask Sam out?"
"Yes, I am. And please don't try changing my mind. I've had to deal with enough of your inputs for one day."
"Ok, ok. I won't butt in. Oh, there's Sam now. Go get it over with before I start talking again."
"Right." I said, taking a deep breath. I walked up to her, and asked her. The response I got wasn't what I was expecting.
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Kari POV
I wasn't expecting it. It took me by surprise. One minute I'm walking down the corridor, looking for him, and when I find him, I don't believe it's him. Him with her. Him with her lips on his. Him, the one I've loved for two years. I couldn't handle it. I broke into tears right then and there. He heard my tears. He tore away from her. He told me it was a misunderstanding. I didn't care what he had to say. I ran right past him. Right past everybody. I didn't hear anybody breathe, or talk, or walk. All I heard were my own tears falling on the floor. I heard his footsteps behind me, chasing me. Telling me to wait, to listen. I heard enough. I ran into the bathroom, to get away. I cried for hours. I held myself on the floor. I couldn't take it anymore. I had let go. I ran to the sink, expecting to throw up, but instead found blood. I guess if your heart bleeds, your whole body bleeds. And that's exactly what TK did to me.