Chapter 13

(Rukawa)

I looked at him. I wanted to run, I've been avoiding him all week because I feared what he might say. I never felt more afraid in my entire life.

"Why are you avoiding me?" he asked.

I couldn't answer him, what was I suppose to say?

"You kissed me," he said and added, "you stole my first kiss."

'It was my first kiss too. Stole? Is that going to be your description of it?'

"Say something," he said shaking me.

"Like what?"

"Like why you did it!" he said.

"Because Sendoh was there," I stated and added to myself, 'I wasn't going to let him kiss you.'

"Sendoh…was that it?"

"What more do you want?" I asked curiously but it sounded more cold than I meant for it to.

"How can you be so calm about it!" he demanded.

'Calm? You think I'm calm?'

"You can't just kiss someone and pretend it never happened!" he yelled angrily, "you should take responsibility for what you've done!"

'What I've done?' I thought, "what do you want me to do?"

"…"

'Why is he so silent? Is he ok? He doesn't look like his usual confident self.'

"Do you like me?" he asked.

"…" I frowned, 'I should just say yes and get it over with. Yes! I got to say it out loud, what is wrong with me? Why can't I say one stupid word!'

"Do you know these four days I can't stop thinking about you?" he asked softly.

'Is he saying what I think he is? Or is it my wishful thinking again?' I wondered and shook my head, it was all I could do.

"I don't understand…how could you kiss me and just avoid me! What's that suppose to mean! Are you confused like me, repulsed…or what?"

'Repulsed? Are you mad?' I thought and asked, "do you…like me?"

"Using Sendoh's stupid definition, yes! I like you. I can't stop thinking about you. I think of what I want to say to you and yet here I am saying all this crap. So yes, I like you. There I said it!"

"I like you too…" I said softly, finally able to tell him how I feel without fear, "I like you a lot."

"For real?" he asked.

I smiled, "For real."

He laughed and hugged me, "This actually feels good. That's why my first 50 declarations failed miserably. I've been chasing the wrong people."

I hugged him, "Guess I'm lucky 51, huh? Took you long enough to get to me."

"Is that an attempt at a joke?" he asked.

I don't remember ever attempting a joke, "Maybe…"

"Well it was more sarcastic than anything, so we got to work on it," he said.

I closed my eyes, 'We…that sounds good.'

The End.

A/N: My first and probably last RuHana fic. It took me over 18 months to complete so I'd like to thank all the ppl who actually supported this fic since the beginning, what patients. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

I really didn't know how to end it. Hope it was ok, might have to rewrite it. Leave me a review telling me what you thought about it, kay? Bye