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The Kiss

Chapter 1: Prologue

She was late.

It was the first day of school for the year and she wanted to leave a good impression on her form teacher. Fumbling with the straps of her bag, she rushed through the hallways.

Where the hell is class 2/10? Stupid school. Why did they have to build it like a maze? I swear if I had money, I would tear the whole school down and... There! 2/10. Just around the corner!

In her excitement, she ran round the corner, only to trip and fall.

Oh shit. Not again. Falling on the first day of school. How wonderful. I'll get to be Ms Klutz in the yearbook again.

Her eyes closed, she waited for the impact of the fall that would surely knock the breath out of her, but it never came.

Surprised, she opened her eyes, only to find herself staring into cold cerulean orbs.

She froze, and time seemed to freeze along with her. She could vaguely hear sounds around her in the hallway but she could only concentrate on the warmth spreading through her lips.

The first thought that ran through her mind when the surprise had worn off: My first kiss.

Searching the cerulean orbs that were right in front of her, her heart seemed to stop.

Those eyes... they look very familiar. They look like eyes I've been looking for every day, every minute, every basketball game...

Then reality struck her.

They were Rukawa Kaede's eyes.

She had just kissed Rukawa Kaede, ace of the basketball team.

She could feel her heart thumping away and his soft lips on her. A tingle seemed to pass through them and for that second, she seemed to sense a warm heart under that cold exterior.

Then...

"Get lost. How dirty."

Flinging her to one side, Rukawa Kaede walked off with a disgusted look on his face, as if he had just kissed a pig.

Embarrassed, she stalked off quickly. For a moment just now, she thought he had felt something too. But she was wrong. To him, she was only dirt.

Stop your daydreaming. You are a klutz; he's an ace basketball player. You are poor; he's rich. He will never fall for you.

Her romantic fantasies came crashing down.

A/N: This is my first fic so sorry if it's lousy! Please review so I can know how it is and whether to continue. Thanks!!!