Hi peeps, now that took a very long time, didn't it ? I thought...maybe it's better to update before they remove my story and I have to wait for another stupid week to update everything. ARGH, the horror! Anyways, let's continue, shall we?

a little spark of hope

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Tala gazed into Mariah's eyes and smiled a bit. "My name is Tala" he said as if he was choking. Mariah giggled and moved over to Tala a little. "I'm sorry to interrupt" she said in a sweet, little voice. "But I was desperate" Tala shook his head and smiled again. "It's okay, you're allways welcome here" he said. He cursed mentally. What was wrong with him, he wanted to tell her to leave and never return but he couldn't.

Suddenly, Kai returned with a glass of lemonade and stared at Mariah who was shily sitting next to a smiling Tala. He grinned and sat himself neatly between them. "So Mariah" said Kai teasingly "You're free again huh?" Mariah blushed and nodded. Tala swallowed as Kai moved closer to her. "Now, I wanna ask you something" he said with an even bigger grin, making Tala get up to watch the scène. "Something very....important." Mariah moved slightly backwards with a blush while she looked at Kai's maniacall grin. "Do you want to..." Tala jumped in between them and looked angrilly at Kai "What are you trying to do?" he hissed to his best friend. Kai ignored him and finsihed his quesyion. "Do you want to have a drink?" (A/N:insert anime fall here)

He smiled sweetly at Mariah while Tala took his seat again with a slight blush. "What were you trying to stop me from Tala?" said Kai sadistically. "What's wrong with you today Kai?" asked Mariah suddenly. "You're being a total ass!" she said. Tala's eyes turned wide and Kai bowed his head. "I'm sorry Mariah-kun" he said and he walked away again to get her a drink.

Mariah stared in tala's eyes again and smiled sweetly. "Don't mind him, he's being weird today" she said while her eyes narrowed at the door that just closed. "He does like that all the time" lied Tala while he dropped himself on his bed. "No he doesn't" said Mariah and she poked Tala teasingly. Tala laughed and started to tickle Mariah "indeed, but what are you going to do about it?" Mariah started to laugh histerically and kicked the air, trying to break free out of Tala's strong arms. "Stop!" yelled Mariah while laughing "I give, I GIVE!"

Tala released her and Mariah stayed where she was, in tala's arms. A little bit exhausted, but still smiling. "I guess you're a little ticklish" said Tala sheepesly. "Yeah" gasped Mariah "a little bit" They started to laugh again. Tala stroked Mariah's pink hair and pulled her close. Mariah blinked a little but smiled to. She stroked Tala's face and looked up at him while she was laying in his lap. Suddenly, Tala bended forward and kissed Mariah gently on her lips, just a quik kiss.

Mariah smiled and reacted to it by pulling him into a deeper kiss. She opened her mouth slightly, allowinh him to explore hers with his soft tongue, with smooth movements. Suddenly, kai stumbled in with lemonade and he saw the newformed couple kissing deeply with closed eyes. He gently put the lemonade down and sat himself on the floor to watch the scène, happy that his best friend finally found someone and happy that Mariah had found someone better then Rei, who wouldn't even pay attention to the poor girl, even though she was wonderfull, he would only see her as a trofee, but kai knew that Tala wasn't like that, he just knew, and that made him so happy.

okay, that's chapter 2, I know it's a little short but i have to stop now so deal with it, besides, the best part is written.

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