Hello! It's nice to see you again. I promise this chapter is going to blow you up with tons of KOZUMI!!!! Yeah!!!! And this chapter is all about Kouji and Zoe's little story. And I hope that all of you guys out there will like my story. Well enjoy your reading and please comments!!!!

Normal P.O.V. (Lunch Time):

The boys are now eating their lunch while having a little conversation. Michael was telling his friends about his date with his girlfriend Sally, everyone was paying close attention except Kouji, who is now paying attention to the bandage that Zoe gave him more Michael. As Kouji looked at the little princesses on the bandage, an eerie déjà vu came over him as he thought about what happen few days ago when he was about to lay his soft lips on Zoe but she refused and pulled herself away from it. Kouji knew there's a logical explaination for this, but then again, maybe Zoe thought that they're moving a bit too fast.

" Then we went to this resturant where there're.." Michael stopped continuing as he spotted Kouji day dreaming about something, so he walked over to him and tried to clear his throat to get Kouji's attention. Kouji immediately snapped back to reality as he heard Michael clearing his throat.

"What's wrong with you today?" Michael asked, Kouji can tell that Michael was concerned about this.

"I.I.I didn't get enough sleeping last night," Kouji said with a slight shrug "I guess I'm just a little bit tire today, that's all.".

Michael didn't believe a single thing that Kouji have just said. As he looked down, he saw a blue bandage with those little cartoon characters in it that was on Kouji's index finger.

"And what is that on your finger?" Michael asked Kouji suspiciously, " It looks like some kind of girl's bandage!".

"Uh-oh!"Kouji thought, he knew that he have to make up a reasonable excuse because everyone are now looking at him with doubtful expression. They knew he was up to something. He knew things were about to take an isane turn.

"Come on Kouji spill it out already!" Kouichi said.

"E-h-h, I cutted my finger few days ago so Cecilia gave me this bandage."He lied.

"And you think we'll believe that a super model like Cecilia will keep these kind of bandage? I bet it's a girl in this building! Beside,Cecilia already left to Florida few days ago for her business trip!" Takuya said it with confidence in himself.

"So you've got a girlfriend don't you? Who is she? We won't mind if you bring her here to hang out with us, but just remember not to make loud, wet kissy noises in front of us especially when we're eating!" Harlen teased. Now everyone was laughing except Kouji who is now blushing really badly. His temper was now inching towards the red zone.

After School:

Takuya and Kouji decided that they'll go to the video arcade after school,but when they were almost there, they bumped into Zoe who is now on her way to work. When Kouji and Zoe saw each other, they both started to blush a bit because they still remembered what happen in the park last Saturday. Takuya didn't know notice that they were blushing, but he sure was in a mood for making Zoe explode again.

"So blondie,do you like those little puppies I've gave you few days ago?" Takuya teased with a smirk on his face.

"No of course not, they're as ugly as you! " Zoe insisted.

Then a rash of anger suddenly came over Takuya.

"Watch what you're saying blondie, I swear I'll pound you hard! I can be quite insane sometimes you know!"Takuya trailed off. Withhout thinking, Takuya was about to run up to Zoe and was going to hit her, but Kouji stopped him by using his two arms to hook onto Takuya's two arms from the back..So Takuya can't harm Zoe.

"Don't you think that you'll get into trouble if you try to harm me againin in school! That's an automatic detention!" Zoe said.

Takuya immediately cooled down himself again after he heard what Zoe have just said. He smirkes a bit.

"I don't have to worry about that point," Takuya said, Zoe were shocked of what she just heard, " The principal is my butler's older brother. If the principal put me into detention, I'll fire his little brother immediately. So he can't even help you and he can't even do a single thing about it. So basically, I'm the boss of Harvard!"

"Well, I.I.I can.."Zoe was about to finish her sentence but was interupted by Takuya.

"Can what? You can't do anything about this! My family is rich!And everyone know that money can get you anything in the whole world! Face it,you're nothing but a cheap low class piece of junk!"Takuya scolded.

A dense haviness pressed against Zoe's chest. Somewhere under the layers of pain, her conscience told her not to listen to what Takuya have just said.But she couldn't do it. She felt like she was just like Titanic. Just when she thought her life was cruising along perfectly,BAM,an iceburg bearing uncanny resembleced to Takuya jolted her from her happy existence. Now she was simply treading water.

"Why is he always ruined everything for me?"Zoe thought biterly "He's like my nightmare!".Her stomach turned just from looking at Takuya.

Kouji felt pains started to grow inside of him as he saw Zoe was suffering from Takuya's threat. If he heard another word from Takuya humiliating Zoe again, he will literally run into the street, shouting the worst obscenities that he can think of.He can't Take this no more, he just doesn't know how to stop this. It's been bugging him for a long time.He can't bare to see Zoe getting hurt, but he doesn't want to fight with his best friend Takuya for a girl.He never have this kind of problem before.But as Kouji looked at Zoe's miserable expression,a new feeling despair tugged at his heart,but he made himself ignored it. He decided to protect Zoe even though he have to fight with Takuya.He casually wedged a shoulder between Zoe and Takuya and turned toward Takuya.

"Leave her along!"Kouji trailed off with anger. "Zoe is not some piece of junk you think she is! What do you know about her?".

"Kouji just stay out of this! She's not worth for you to care about. She's just a stupid, cheap waitress who works in that dumb old resturant!" Takuya blurted out.

Zoe doesn't want to hear this anymore.She cover her ears with her hands, wishing her eardrums would spontaneously burst.She can't take this anymore.

"STTTTTTOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP!" She screamed at the top of her lung.

Kouji and Takuya frozed and turned their attention to Zoe.

Zoe approached to Takuya and slapped him.

"What's your problem again!"Takuya shouted with annoyances.

Zoe said nothing but kept on staring at Takuya madly.

"To me, money isn't important at all! Okay fine, so money can get you anything,but there's one thing money can never buy. And that is the most important thing in the whole world,it is true feeling! Money can never get you true friendship or even true love! Money can't get you back the person who meant the most to you! Money can't get you happiness all the time!"Zoe blurted out.

After Zoe finished her speech,Takuya's sharp feature suddenly went blured in her blue-green eyes.She quickly ran away before the tears in her eyes begin to drop out from her eyeballs.She can't let anyone sees her tears especially Takuya.

Kouji gave Takuya a exasperated look. Then he ran after Zoe.

Takuya felt a pang of regret as he mentally recited the words and watched his eyes cloud over.He knew that Zoe was right, money can't give him true love. That's what happen with Amelia, she didn't gave Takuya the true love that he have given to her. Amelia was only using him for his money the whole time.

Zoe was now in a dark alley.She drew her head to her knees and wrapped it around with her arms.She was now crying uncontrollably.She just felt so depressed about Takuya's threat. No one in her life has insulted her this badly before.

"Zoe?Are you okay?"a soft voice from the back startled her attention.When Zoe turn around, she saw Kouji standing behind her.

Kouji decided to sit beside Zoe on the ground and comfort her to show his sympathy towards her. He patted Zoe on the back. He noticed that Zoe turned her face around so he moved his face into Zoe's line of vision.

"Hey I know that Takuya never ever, ever meant to do that."Kouji said.He felt pathetic because too many ever made it sound so insincere.His speech was just too insufficient to convey his feeling for her.If only he could lay his hand on Zoe's forhead and transmit her thoughts and make him see everything she'd gone through lately.

"Look Zoe,"Kouji began, raising his arms.Zoe felt an exhilarating rush of anticipation as she prepared to cuddle into them,but instead,he just simply set his hands on top of her shoulder. "You don't have to listen to what people said about you.You have to listen to your heart,you are a special person and I know you are.Everybody is special in their own way.Just because someone is rich and popular like Takuya that doesn't mean they're always right. We're human beings,we might look different on the outside but we're all the same in the inside."

"I guess you're right."Zoe rplied, she felt better now.She whipped her tears and forced a smile on Kouji.

Then Kouji held up Zoe's hands and drew them to his chest.Zoe's was a bit shocked but still managed to take it.

"There're lots of things that I don't know, but there's one thing that I know,and that is you are a special girl."Kouji admitted.

Zoe suddenly felt happy again even though she was blushing right now.

"You know something,"Kouji began to talk again " Takuya weren't used to be like that, he used to be really kind."

"But why is he being mean now?"Zoe asked,looking into Kouji's eyes.

Before Kouji can tell her the truth,a cold breeze came down and chilled Zoe down to the spine giving her goosebumps.Zoe was now shivering,because she didn't wore any jackets. Kouji took off his jacket and gentlely placed it on Zoe's back. Zoe blushed again.

"Here take my jacket,you must be really cold right now."Kouji said with his soft voice.

'Thanks but aren't you cold?"Zoe asked.

"It's okay,I'm not really cold.Oh I've got to go,Takuya is probably still waiting for me to go to the video arcade. Bye!"after saying goodbye, he walked away.

Zoe watched Kouji as he walked away, then she gave her self a smile.

Next day after school:

Zoe carried Kouji's jacket and was now standing in front of the music room door.She knocked twice but no one came and open the door so she decided to go in.As she shut the door behind her,she was shocked to see Kouji was lying on the big sofa that was next to the piano.He seem unconscious.

Zoe approched to Kouji.

"Kouji what's wrong?"Zoe asked.

As Zoe ran her fingers over his face,she felt the hot air are now rising from his forehead making his face heating like an oven.Zoe started to get worry now, she doesn't know what to do.

"Kouji don't scare me like that!"Zoe said,trying to reassure herself that he's not sick "Alright,last chance to give up on your joke,this is not funny!"

Kouji did nothing but kept on groaning.

"Z..Zoe,"Kouji was struggling to try to tell her something. But Zoe can barely hear him.

"Kouji are you having a fever?"Zoe asked.

Kouji suddenly grabed onto Zoe's arm. "Take me.."Kouji paused,he was too weak to go on.

"Take you where?"Zoe was confused.

Zoe grabbed his hand and placed it beside her cheek,tears started to roll down from her eyes. "Kouji please be okay.".She grabbed onto Kouji's hand tightly.

"I've got to take you to the nurse room."Zoe said. Then she pulled Kouji up from the couch and embraced one of Kouji's arm around her neck for support.As Zoe stepped forward,she noticed that Kouji weren't even moving.So she turned around and pulled him to step forward. Kouji's legs started to woble so he leaned forward onto Zoe.Kouji's weight made Zoe felt onto the floor and he was now on top of Zoe. Zoe can't move right now because Kouji was too heavy for her.

"Come on Kouji get up! I'm squished here!"Zoe complained. She was now blushing at the same time.

"How am I ever going to get up?"Zoe whispered to herself.She doesn't want to stay here overnight with Kouji. It's too embarrassing when the janitor see them next morning like this on the ground.

Just when Zoe thought that they really have to stay overnight in this room,Kouji's cell phone that was next to her started to rang.Zoe ran her fingers on the phone and managed to get it.

"Hello?"Zoe responsed. The voice from the other phone was shocked to hear Zoe's voice.

"Hello? Who is this? And where's young master?"the butler asked.

"Kouji' having a fever right now! Can you come and pick him up? We're in the music room right now."Zoe replied.

"Yes I'll be there." The butler said.After the he finished talking, she heard some gigling from the background.

Few minutes later,a guy wore texedo walked into the room.Zoe knew that must be the driver.

"Holly crap!" both of them exclaimed at the same time. They were totally shocked to see each other. Zoe was shocked because she have never seen a 50 years old lemo driver will have bright-green spicky hair.And the driver was shocked because he saw Kouji was on top of Zoe.He thought they're doing some inappropriate activity(you know what I mean I don't want to say that word).Kouji was now tightly wrapped his two arms around Zoe's neck and was deeply asleep.

"What on earth are you two doing?"he asked sarcastically.

"I can explain it later, but can you get him off me?And please try not to wake him up."Zoe pleaded.

The driver nodded and came and lifted Kouji up. But Kouji seems to won't let go of Zoe.

"Let go of me!"Zoe commanded. But Kouji was still grabbing onto her.He thought that Zoe was his pillow or something, so he won't let go.The driver tried to pull them apart, but Kouji was too stubborn. Then finally the diver shrugged a little.

"Well in that case, you're coming with us missy." he said, then he threw both of them into lemo.As he shut the door, Zoe was banging on the window.

"Let me out!"she screamed.

"Too late missy." the diver said

"That diver is so rude! How could Kouji's family hired this kind of driver? And great! I'm going to Kouji house or should I say, Mansion. He never told me that he's rich before.." Zoe thought.

Ten minutes later:

Zoe gasped as she saw Kouji's big, enormous, beautiful mansion.She thought that Kouji must be pretty lucky.

When all the maid servants saw Zoe, the whole room started to fill with buzzing noices.

"Is that our young master's new girlfrined? She sure is pretty." one of the said.

"And she look quite charming too with those golden blond hair." the other one said.

"Wonder how they got together?"

"This is the first time our young master brought a girl home"

"She's obviously younger than Cecilia."

Zoe felt embarrassed as she heard all those conversation, her stomach started do somersaults.

Zoe was now in Kouji's bedroom, she was shocked to find out that his room was 10 times larger than her living room, the biggest room in her house.

"So do you think Kouji will be alright?" Zoe asked with concerns in her eyes.

"Of course he'll be alright.You sure does care about your boyfriend." The maid servant said.Zoe's cheek suddenly turned red.Her brows started to knit together.

"Excuse me?" Zoe said.

"Oh come on face it," the maid servant smiled at Zoe "You guys do have something for each other don't you?".

"We're just friends." Zoe protested.

"Well,"the maid servant began "did he ever protect you before?"

A flash of memory came to Zoe as she thought about what the maid servant have just said.Kouji did protected her from Takuya in the resturant few weeks ago.She swallowed back the emotion in her throat.

"Well.."Zoe trembled.Her face was now glued to the ground.

"And did he ever tried to kiss you before?"the maid servant asked.

The memory of that time when Kouji tried to kiss her in the park flooded back to her head.Making her cheeks brighter and redder.

"I..I've g..g..got to go." Zoe made up an excuses. She doesn't want to answer it anymore.

As Zoe walked out from the room,she looked around.

"Ummmm... where's the staircase?"she asked herself.

"Great, I am so lost!" She thought.

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Okay so what do you think? Do you like it? Comments PLEASE. So how is Zoe going to get out of the mansion? Will she make it? Who will help her? And how is Kouji will react to this whole thing after he woke up? Toon in next time!