Hey guys! It's me again. Okay, let's just get this over with; this is the
third chapter that I'm updating for this summer. I hope you people will
like it, even though it's kinda boring. However, there is Kozumi evidence.
At Kouji's private beach:
Kouji untied the blindfold that was placed on Zoe's eyes. When she slowly opened her eyes, the very first thing she caught her eyes on was the beauty of the surroundings. The sea was roaring hollowly from distance, it was nothing but blue; not the changeful of spring, not the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all moods and tenses of emotions and had settled to a tranquility of the of unbroken by fickle dreams. She was drinking deep of the enchantment of the dusk.
"It's so pretty here!" She quoted gently.
"Yeah, I guess." Kouji said with satisfactory." By the way, do you still have the whistle and the remote control?"
She pulled those two items out from her pocket and smiled "Of course!"
"Good, now give it to me." He concluded flatly.
So she gave them to him. He first placed the whistle on his lips and blew it. The next thing Zoe knew, seven swans flew out of nowhere carrying all different colours of roses with their beaks. The one in the middle went up to Zoe and handed her a bouquet of red roses. It then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Aww," Zoe exclaimed with astonishment. "How did you get them to do that?"
He chuckled, and then he said at last. "Oh, they can do more than you think, just keep watching."
Afterward, the other six swans flew above the water surface and constructed a big heart-shape onto the water with the roses that they were carrying.
"It's so beautiful!" It was the only phrase that can leap out from her mind.
Kouji stole a glance a glance at her and beamed, he then took her hand and drew it close to his chest. "Come, follow me. "Therefore, he brought her to the water and into the Heart-shaped roses.
"What are you up to now?" She asked with curiosity.
He grinned and gave her the remote control. "Press that red button right now." "Okay..." She did what he told her and came to her surprise, some tiny glimmering lights shot out from the water and into the night sky. Then, they made a huge exploding sound and brought colourful lights into the dark sky.
"Wow! Amazing!" She signed dreamily.
"Never mind the fireworks just now, Zoe," said Kouji quietly, taking her hands in a clasp from which she couldn't free it. "There's something I want to say to you. That's the reason I brought you here and have you to do this scavenger hunt."
Zoe's heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Yes?"
"Legend said that when a boy confesses his love to the girl he truly loves inside a big heart constructed by all different coulours of the roses," Kouji explained while staring intensely into her eyes. "They'll be blessed to have a boundless yet miraculous love. All different colours of the roses here represented every different feelings we've been through; red for sweet, miraculous love, yellow for regrets, white for agony, pink for friendships, black for betrayal, orange for miracle and so on. No matter how much good times and bad times that they'll be going through in their lives. Nothing in this world can be able to rupture the bond of this love, not even the face of death."
Zoe grinned shyly. "Well, it's just a fairytale."
Her comment didn't exasperate him, instead, he smiled. "Well tonight, I'm going to alter this fairytale into a reality."
Zoe felt that her heart started to beat once more. "Huh?"
"Zoe," Kouji started. "I loved you ever since the first I met you back in that restaurant. You are the one that stole my heart. It was that strange feeling that bound us together. And I believed, within all of my heart, that we're destined to be together. Will you please accept me and be a part of my life?"
"K..Kouji, "She whispered, holding back the tears in her eyes.
Kouji whipped her tears with his hand, then reached into is pocket, and pulled out a red box. He opened and revealed an extremely beautiful diamond necklace." I'll chain your heart with this necklace so you'll be mine forever."
After putting the necklace around her neck, he took a deep inhale. Lacing through her hair with his hands, he closed his eyes. Zoe's eyes glimmered a little and closed them too. He parted his lips, preparing for the moment he had been waiting for. He pulled himself even closer to her than before. Zoe took a deep breath, but before she can exhale it, Kouji tilted his head and drew his lips onto hers. All she can think about now is her very first real kiss. For the first time in her life, she can experience the feeling of being kissed by a loved one, and that feeling that blew her away. Although she'd always thought that having someone's saliva running in your mouth was gross, but something actually changed her mind about it tonight.
Meanwhile..
Kouichi looked at the happy couple from behind the bushes. He quickly pushed his tears away from his eyes with his hands, and smiled.
"Zoe," He thought. "If you're happy, then I should be happy about it too. I lost, but I'm not sad because I know that Kouji is the only one that can bring happiness into her life."
After that, he went back into his black mustang and drove off.
Back to their story:
An image of Kouichi once again floated into Zoe's mind. "Zoe...but I have to go to sleep...we're going to the park...m..my name is Kouichi...that dress makes you look like a prostitude...her I'm sorry on...knock it off you guys...wait...Zoe...I...I...have to tell you something..." All the things that Kouichi had said to her suddenly came to her, defecting her mind.
"Ehhh..." She pushed away Kouji and groaned softly from her headache.
"Kouichi...Kouichi...Kouichi..." she whispered unstoppably, dropping her knees onto the water. "Oww.."
"Zoe, Zoe are you okay?" Kouji asked, his eyes were filled with concerns.
"I'm fine." She responded weakly.
Kouji then brought her up onto his arms which made her blushed. "Come on, I'll drive you back home."
"Thanks." She spoke up weakly.
In the car:
Zoe stole a glance at Kouji, and then she trained her eyes back to the window. She blew a breath on the glass and a fog appeared. Using the tip of her finger, she drew a little heart onto the fog.
She sighed softly, then whispered, "Kouichi, where are you?"
In Zoe's room . . .
Zoe looked at the necklace that Kouji had given her. She peered it through the incandescent light and it looked even more beautiful than before with bright lights shimmering on it.
She remembered what Kouji had told her, "I'll chain your heart with this necklace, so you'll be mine forever."
All of a sudden, fury washed upon her and she threw the necklace on the floor.
"You can chain me up," she muttered under her breath, "but you can never chain my heart."
She then threw herself onto the bed and burst into convulsive tears. "Oh, this is confusing me!"
At Kouichi's mansion . . .
Kouichi was sitting by himself near the fireplace with a cup of coffee in his hand. He watched the fire blazed in front of his very eyes while having some deep thoughts with his love relationships.
"In this triangular love between Zoe, Kouji, and I," he thought deeply. "I'm the third wheel, so I should be the one who should step out of this relationship, but how?"
In Mr. Kimaura's office . . .
Like any other rich, high-classed president of the biggest toy company in the country, Mr. Kimaura is very busy man. Sometimes, he even works overnight to finish his work. And as usual, he's as busy as ever tonight.
"Yes, Yes, Larry!" he said to the person on the phone. "You have to finish that proposal for Mr. Wood by next week and—"
His conversation was interrupted by the knocking sounds on his door. "Yes, come in!"
Kouichi slowly opened the door and popped his head into the room. "Um, hi Dad!"
"Oh hi Kouichi!" Mr. Kimaura spoke in a cheerful tone. "How's my smart, handsome boy doing today?"
"Um, fine I guess." He lied. "Look, I need to talk to you right now. Are you free?"
"Hello Larry?" Mr. Kimaura continued talking to the man. "I'll have to call you back later. In the mean time, get that proposal done. Bye!"
He hung up and looked at his son. "Well, I am now! So what do you want to tell me?
"Well," Kouichi began, "I was wondering if I can take over your place for the business trip to London tomorrow. You know, so you can have more times to work on that proposal with Mr. Olivera."
Mr. Kimaura said nothing but looked at his son doubtfully. "Is it just my imagination, or that wasn't really the real reason why you want to represent me for the trip tomorrow. Hmm?"
"W—Well . . ." Kouichi stammered.
"I can't tell him that I want to take his place tomorrow is because I want to stay away from this relationship with Zoe. So I guess a little lie won't hurt." He thought.
"Well dad," he said, "I thought that maybe going to London will be fun!"
Mr. Kimaura said nothing but stared sternly at his son. "Son, you're not a good liar at all. That was the lamest excuse I've ever hear."
Kouichi gulped nervously, Mr. Kimaura chuckled at his son's expression. "If I'm not mistaken, you're troubled over a girl, right?"
Kouichi said nothing but dropped his eyesight on the ground and flushed. "Well I . . ."
Mr. Kimaura walked over to him and wrapped his hand around his son's shoulders. "I understand," he patted his son's back. "Your old man had already experienced once too, himself."
Kouichi smiled for his father's understanding. "Thanks dad."
Back in his room . . .
"Hey cus!" Chris greeted Kouichi.
He wheeled around from his chair and saw his lovely cousin. "Hey Chris! What are you doing here in my room?"
"Well," she clarified, pushing a bit of her hair behind her ear, "I wanna see if you're okay after what happened back in Kevin's restaurant."
The thought about what happened back in the restaurant filled him with a horrible feeling of dreads. Chris went up to the garbage bin and saw the whole bin was filled with tissues of red, fresh blood. "Oh my gosh! Kouichi, is that from Zoe's attack?"
"I guess I really deserved that," he said sadly. "Tonight, I realized that this wound will hurt even more if I have to see her again."
"Aww, Kouichi, don't say that," Chris gave her cousin a hug. "I'm sure she didn't mean to hurt you. My best friend is a very nice girl."
"I know," he responded mournfully, blinking his eyes to get rid of the tears and forced a smile, "which is why I've decided to go to London tomorrow to take care of dad's business. At least I can take my mind off this mess and step out of this triangle love. I'm the one who caused so much pain to her and Kouji. I guess I really don't want to hurt anybody again."
"Are you sure that's what you want?" she asked. "I mean, you still love Zoe, don't you?"
He smiled. "I'm not here to be selfish anymore. If I really love Zoe, then I should let her be happy with Kouji."
"You know something?" Chris said happily. "I thing you've become a good man."
"Gee, thanks," he grinned.
ZOE'S POV. . .
That's it, I'm not gonna stay here and be a cry baby for the rest of my life. Kouichi, I've realized something important tonight. When I was kissing Kouji that time, you're the only one that I can think of in my head. I don't know why, maybe God wants to let me know that you're the one that I should be with. Sure, when I'm with you, everything became a blur to me. As if all my feelings for you are just tiny pieces of puzzles that were waiting for me to put them together. Tonight, I think I've finally done it. I've cried bitterly. I felt as if something in calculably precious had gone out of my life. And it was you! I've realized that I don't know love when I see it. I've tricked something out with my own imagination that I thought it was love, and I expect the real thing to look like that. What I'm saying here is, I need you. You've given a lot of special feelings to me that no one has ever given to me. I feel so comfortable when I'm around you, I can finally be myself again. And you know what, I want to be with you.
Normal P.O.V.
Zoe picked up the phone and dialed Kouichi's cell phone number, hoping that she can confess all her feelings to him. Unfortunately, he was busy and set it to an automatic voice message. "Hi, this is Kouichi Kimaura. I'm terribly sorry that I cannot take your call right now, please leave a message after the beep and I'll call you back as soon as possible.-beep"
"Hi Kouichi," She began. "It's me..."
The next morning:
Kouichi awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary. As he dressed in the cheerless gray sweater, he struggled against the tears that welled up in his eyes in spite of himself. He was leaving the girl that was so dear to him, and something told him that he was leaving her forever.
Few hours later...
The rain had stopped so Zoe decided to go and visit Chris when suddenly Takuya's distinctive bright red jeep passed by and splashed water onto her dress.
"Ahh!" She exclaimed. "My dress!"
Takuya stopped and smirked menacingly. "Well, well, well if it isn't the blondie."
"For the last time Takuya," she said, "Can you just stop calling me a blondie already."
"Well you're lucky today, "He said, "I don't have time to argue with you right now. I've got to go and see Kouichi right now in the airport. I heard that he's leaving to London today for his dad's business trip."
"What!" She suddenly shrieked. "How come he never told me that?"
"Why would he want to tell you everything!" He said rudely. "Moron!"
"Please Takuya," Zoe pleaded. "Can you take me to the airport right now?"
"Well my answer to you is the opposite of yes." He answered haughtily. "Now move it more loose it."
"Please!" This time, hot tears are coming out from her eyes. "I have something very important to tell him!"
Takuya suddenly became shocked by her reaction. It looked exactly like the expression Amelia once had. "How...how come she looked exactly like Amelia when she's crying?" He thought to himself. He moaned and shifted himself to the passenger's seat. "Are you gonna stand her and get juice up for the whole day or are you gonna get in and drive!"
"Oh, thank you so much!" She went in and started to drive at the highest speed.
"Ahh!" Takuya screamed, "Not that fast you damn it. You're gonna wreck my car!"
In he airport:
"We're all gonna miss you buddy!" Harlen remarked.
"Yeah, are you sure about this? I mean, you are gonna come back right?" Kouji asked. "Well, not for a while I'm afraid." Kouichi answered.
"Hey I wonder where's Takuya right now?" Michael wondered.
"Yeah." Chris agreed.
Meanwhile:
Takuya's jeep mae a big screech sound when Zoe tried to stop it after she heard the blaring of the siren.
"Damn it, you're wrecking my precious car!" Takuya hollered at her with the top of his lung.
A police officer went up to the car and knocked at the window. Zoe quickly lowered the car window and flashed a nervous smile. "Umm, hi!"
The police shook his big head disappointedly while scribbling something down on his notepad. "You should know better than driving this fast on a street, doll face." Then he ripped a sheet of paper out from his notepad and handed to Zoe.
"You better look who's inside of this car first before you give her that damn ticket, ya old kook." Takuya warned him arrogantly, folding his arms across his chest as if he's in a bad mood.
"M...M...M...Mr. Kimbara!" The police officer stuttered nervously. "I...I didn't know that you're in the car! I swear!"
"WELL GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME THEN!" He bellowed so thunderous that the car windows started to crack a bit and Zoe was covering her eras frightenly. The police officer quickly ran away and drove off.
"That was pretty harsh!" Zoe complained. "How could you be so mean to that guy!"
He folded his arms over his chest again, leaning down onto his seat. "Just shut your damn trap and drive woman." He muttered through his clenched teeth.
In the airport:
"Plane 48 is about to leave now, please get on board." The speaker announced.
"Well, there's my plane." Kouichi said. "Bye guys!"
"I'll miss you buddy!" Kouji grasped Kouichi tightly.
"Me too!" Chris added, wrapping her arms around both Kouji and Kouichi.
Kouichi looked around the airport once more and frowned in disappointment. "I wish that I can see Zoe one last time." He thought to himself.
Meanwhile...
Takuya and rushed into the airport as fast as they can.
"This is all your fault airhead!" Takuya groaned while running.
By the time they met up with Chris and the others, they were both out of breath.
"Where's Kouichi?" Both of them asked eagerly.
"He just left." Kouji answered.
"Yeah, it's a shame," Chris agreed. "He just leaft."
"Great!" Takuya yelled at her. "This is all your fault airhead! And he might not even gonna come back again!"
"He...he's not coming back?" Zoe's heart sank at the news. Tears suddenly blurred her vision.
"Hey Zoe, are you okay?" Chris asked. "You looked paled."
The next thing she knew, her chest was heaving up and down like a coiled spring, but no air was reaching her lungs. She let out a choked sob, then pushed away Kouji and Michael out of her way, and ran away as fast as she can.
"Zoe!" Kouji yelled while chasing after her.
Chris looked at Zoe and wondered. "How come Zoe's so upset over Kouichi's leaving. Maybe, just maybe, she did like my cousin!"
Well zoe, every actions has its own consequences. Don't worry; Kouichi will come back not soon but later. Maybe he'll even turn the whole plot upside- down when he comes back wink, wink . Well I hope you like this chapter better than the others. For those of you who think that I'm making Kouichi a very miserable person...well, he's not going to be like that soon. Trust me...lol! See you and please review my story!
At Kouji's private beach:
Kouji untied the blindfold that was placed on Zoe's eyes. When she slowly opened her eyes, the very first thing she caught her eyes on was the beauty of the surroundings. The sea was roaring hollowly from distance, it was nothing but blue; not the changeful of spring, not the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all moods and tenses of emotions and had settled to a tranquility of the of unbroken by fickle dreams. She was drinking deep of the enchantment of the dusk.
"It's so pretty here!" She quoted gently.
"Yeah, I guess." Kouji said with satisfactory." By the way, do you still have the whistle and the remote control?"
She pulled those two items out from her pocket and smiled "Of course!"
"Good, now give it to me." He concluded flatly.
So she gave them to him. He first placed the whistle on his lips and blew it. The next thing Zoe knew, seven swans flew out of nowhere carrying all different colours of roses with their beaks. The one in the middle went up to Zoe and handed her a bouquet of red roses. It then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Aww," Zoe exclaimed with astonishment. "How did you get them to do that?"
He chuckled, and then he said at last. "Oh, they can do more than you think, just keep watching."
Afterward, the other six swans flew above the water surface and constructed a big heart-shape onto the water with the roses that they were carrying.
"It's so beautiful!" It was the only phrase that can leap out from her mind.
Kouji stole a glance a glance at her and beamed, he then took her hand and drew it close to his chest. "Come, follow me. "Therefore, he brought her to the water and into the Heart-shaped roses.
"What are you up to now?" She asked with curiosity.
He grinned and gave her the remote control. "Press that red button right now." "Okay..." She did what he told her and came to her surprise, some tiny glimmering lights shot out from the water and into the night sky. Then, they made a huge exploding sound and brought colourful lights into the dark sky.
"Wow! Amazing!" She signed dreamily.
"Never mind the fireworks just now, Zoe," said Kouji quietly, taking her hands in a clasp from which she couldn't free it. "There's something I want to say to you. That's the reason I brought you here and have you to do this scavenger hunt."
Zoe's heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Yes?"
"Legend said that when a boy confesses his love to the girl he truly loves inside a big heart constructed by all different coulours of the roses," Kouji explained while staring intensely into her eyes. "They'll be blessed to have a boundless yet miraculous love. All different colours of the roses here represented every different feelings we've been through; red for sweet, miraculous love, yellow for regrets, white for agony, pink for friendships, black for betrayal, orange for miracle and so on. No matter how much good times and bad times that they'll be going through in their lives. Nothing in this world can be able to rupture the bond of this love, not even the face of death."
Zoe grinned shyly. "Well, it's just a fairytale."
Her comment didn't exasperate him, instead, he smiled. "Well tonight, I'm going to alter this fairytale into a reality."
Zoe felt that her heart started to beat once more. "Huh?"
"Zoe," Kouji started. "I loved you ever since the first I met you back in that restaurant. You are the one that stole my heart. It was that strange feeling that bound us together. And I believed, within all of my heart, that we're destined to be together. Will you please accept me and be a part of my life?"
"K..Kouji, "She whispered, holding back the tears in her eyes.
Kouji whipped her tears with his hand, then reached into is pocket, and pulled out a red box. He opened and revealed an extremely beautiful diamond necklace." I'll chain your heart with this necklace so you'll be mine forever."
After putting the necklace around her neck, he took a deep inhale. Lacing through her hair with his hands, he closed his eyes. Zoe's eyes glimmered a little and closed them too. He parted his lips, preparing for the moment he had been waiting for. He pulled himself even closer to her than before. Zoe took a deep breath, but before she can exhale it, Kouji tilted his head and drew his lips onto hers. All she can think about now is her very first real kiss. For the first time in her life, she can experience the feeling of being kissed by a loved one, and that feeling that blew her away. Although she'd always thought that having someone's saliva running in your mouth was gross, but something actually changed her mind about it tonight.
Meanwhile..
Kouichi looked at the happy couple from behind the bushes. He quickly pushed his tears away from his eyes with his hands, and smiled.
"Zoe," He thought. "If you're happy, then I should be happy about it too. I lost, but I'm not sad because I know that Kouji is the only one that can bring happiness into her life."
After that, he went back into his black mustang and drove off.
Back to their story:
An image of Kouichi once again floated into Zoe's mind. "Zoe...but I have to go to sleep...we're going to the park...m..my name is Kouichi...that dress makes you look like a prostitude...her I'm sorry on...knock it off you guys...wait...Zoe...I...I...have to tell you something..." All the things that Kouichi had said to her suddenly came to her, defecting her mind.
"Ehhh..." She pushed away Kouji and groaned softly from her headache.
"Kouichi...Kouichi...Kouichi..." she whispered unstoppably, dropping her knees onto the water. "Oww.."
"Zoe, Zoe are you okay?" Kouji asked, his eyes were filled with concerns.
"I'm fine." She responded weakly.
Kouji then brought her up onto his arms which made her blushed. "Come on, I'll drive you back home."
"Thanks." She spoke up weakly.
In the car:
Zoe stole a glance at Kouji, and then she trained her eyes back to the window. She blew a breath on the glass and a fog appeared. Using the tip of her finger, she drew a little heart onto the fog.
She sighed softly, then whispered, "Kouichi, where are you?"
In Zoe's room . . .
Zoe looked at the necklace that Kouji had given her. She peered it through the incandescent light and it looked even more beautiful than before with bright lights shimmering on it.
She remembered what Kouji had told her, "I'll chain your heart with this necklace, so you'll be mine forever."
All of a sudden, fury washed upon her and she threw the necklace on the floor.
"You can chain me up," she muttered under her breath, "but you can never chain my heart."
She then threw herself onto the bed and burst into convulsive tears. "Oh, this is confusing me!"
At Kouichi's mansion . . .
Kouichi was sitting by himself near the fireplace with a cup of coffee in his hand. He watched the fire blazed in front of his very eyes while having some deep thoughts with his love relationships.
"In this triangular love between Zoe, Kouji, and I," he thought deeply. "I'm the third wheel, so I should be the one who should step out of this relationship, but how?"
In Mr. Kimaura's office . . .
Like any other rich, high-classed president of the biggest toy company in the country, Mr. Kimaura is very busy man. Sometimes, he even works overnight to finish his work. And as usual, he's as busy as ever tonight.
"Yes, Yes, Larry!" he said to the person on the phone. "You have to finish that proposal for Mr. Wood by next week and—"
His conversation was interrupted by the knocking sounds on his door. "Yes, come in!"
Kouichi slowly opened the door and popped his head into the room. "Um, hi Dad!"
"Oh hi Kouichi!" Mr. Kimaura spoke in a cheerful tone. "How's my smart, handsome boy doing today?"
"Um, fine I guess." He lied. "Look, I need to talk to you right now. Are you free?"
"Hello Larry?" Mr. Kimaura continued talking to the man. "I'll have to call you back later. In the mean time, get that proposal done. Bye!"
He hung up and looked at his son. "Well, I am now! So what do you want to tell me?
"Well," Kouichi began, "I was wondering if I can take over your place for the business trip to London tomorrow. You know, so you can have more times to work on that proposal with Mr. Olivera."
Mr. Kimaura said nothing but looked at his son doubtfully. "Is it just my imagination, or that wasn't really the real reason why you want to represent me for the trip tomorrow. Hmm?"
"W—Well . . ." Kouichi stammered.
"I can't tell him that I want to take his place tomorrow is because I want to stay away from this relationship with Zoe. So I guess a little lie won't hurt." He thought.
"Well dad," he said, "I thought that maybe going to London will be fun!"
Mr. Kimaura said nothing but stared sternly at his son. "Son, you're not a good liar at all. That was the lamest excuse I've ever hear."
Kouichi gulped nervously, Mr. Kimaura chuckled at his son's expression. "If I'm not mistaken, you're troubled over a girl, right?"
Kouichi said nothing but dropped his eyesight on the ground and flushed. "Well I . . ."
Mr. Kimaura walked over to him and wrapped his hand around his son's shoulders. "I understand," he patted his son's back. "Your old man had already experienced once too, himself."
Kouichi smiled for his father's understanding. "Thanks dad."
Back in his room . . .
"Hey cus!" Chris greeted Kouichi.
He wheeled around from his chair and saw his lovely cousin. "Hey Chris! What are you doing here in my room?"
"Well," she clarified, pushing a bit of her hair behind her ear, "I wanna see if you're okay after what happened back in Kevin's restaurant."
The thought about what happened back in the restaurant filled him with a horrible feeling of dreads. Chris went up to the garbage bin and saw the whole bin was filled with tissues of red, fresh blood. "Oh my gosh! Kouichi, is that from Zoe's attack?"
"I guess I really deserved that," he said sadly. "Tonight, I realized that this wound will hurt even more if I have to see her again."
"Aww, Kouichi, don't say that," Chris gave her cousin a hug. "I'm sure she didn't mean to hurt you. My best friend is a very nice girl."
"I know," he responded mournfully, blinking his eyes to get rid of the tears and forced a smile, "which is why I've decided to go to London tomorrow to take care of dad's business. At least I can take my mind off this mess and step out of this triangle love. I'm the one who caused so much pain to her and Kouji. I guess I really don't want to hurt anybody again."
"Are you sure that's what you want?" she asked. "I mean, you still love Zoe, don't you?"
He smiled. "I'm not here to be selfish anymore. If I really love Zoe, then I should let her be happy with Kouji."
"You know something?" Chris said happily. "I thing you've become a good man."
"Gee, thanks," he grinned.
ZOE'S POV. . .
That's it, I'm not gonna stay here and be a cry baby for the rest of my life. Kouichi, I've realized something important tonight. When I was kissing Kouji that time, you're the only one that I can think of in my head. I don't know why, maybe God wants to let me know that you're the one that I should be with. Sure, when I'm with you, everything became a blur to me. As if all my feelings for you are just tiny pieces of puzzles that were waiting for me to put them together. Tonight, I think I've finally done it. I've cried bitterly. I felt as if something in calculably precious had gone out of my life. And it was you! I've realized that I don't know love when I see it. I've tricked something out with my own imagination that I thought it was love, and I expect the real thing to look like that. What I'm saying here is, I need you. You've given a lot of special feelings to me that no one has ever given to me. I feel so comfortable when I'm around you, I can finally be myself again. And you know what, I want to be with you.
Normal P.O.V.
Zoe picked up the phone and dialed Kouichi's cell phone number, hoping that she can confess all her feelings to him. Unfortunately, he was busy and set it to an automatic voice message. "Hi, this is Kouichi Kimaura. I'm terribly sorry that I cannot take your call right now, please leave a message after the beep and I'll call you back as soon as possible.-beep"
"Hi Kouichi," She began. "It's me..."
The next morning:
Kouichi awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary. As he dressed in the cheerless gray sweater, he struggled against the tears that welled up in his eyes in spite of himself. He was leaving the girl that was so dear to him, and something told him that he was leaving her forever.
Few hours later...
The rain had stopped so Zoe decided to go and visit Chris when suddenly Takuya's distinctive bright red jeep passed by and splashed water onto her dress.
"Ahh!" She exclaimed. "My dress!"
Takuya stopped and smirked menacingly. "Well, well, well if it isn't the blondie."
"For the last time Takuya," she said, "Can you just stop calling me a blondie already."
"Well you're lucky today, "He said, "I don't have time to argue with you right now. I've got to go and see Kouichi right now in the airport. I heard that he's leaving to London today for his dad's business trip."
"What!" She suddenly shrieked. "How come he never told me that?"
"Why would he want to tell you everything!" He said rudely. "Moron!"
"Please Takuya," Zoe pleaded. "Can you take me to the airport right now?"
"Well my answer to you is the opposite of yes." He answered haughtily. "Now move it more loose it."
"Please!" This time, hot tears are coming out from her eyes. "I have something very important to tell him!"
Takuya suddenly became shocked by her reaction. It looked exactly like the expression Amelia once had. "How...how come she looked exactly like Amelia when she's crying?" He thought to himself. He moaned and shifted himself to the passenger's seat. "Are you gonna stand her and get juice up for the whole day or are you gonna get in and drive!"
"Oh, thank you so much!" She went in and started to drive at the highest speed.
"Ahh!" Takuya screamed, "Not that fast you damn it. You're gonna wreck my car!"
In he airport:
"We're all gonna miss you buddy!" Harlen remarked.
"Yeah, are you sure about this? I mean, you are gonna come back right?" Kouji asked. "Well, not for a while I'm afraid." Kouichi answered.
"Hey I wonder where's Takuya right now?" Michael wondered.
"Yeah." Chris agreed.
Meanwhile:
Takuya's jeep mae a big screech sound when Zoe tried to stop it after she heard the blaring of the siren.
"Damn it, you're wrecking my precious car!" Takuya hollered at her with the top of his lung.
A police officer went up to the car and knocked at the window. Zoe quickly lowered the car window and flashed a nervous smile. "Umm, hi!"
The police shook his big head disappointedly while scribbling something down on his notepad. "You should know better than driving this fast on a street, doll face." Then he ripped a sheet of paper out from his notepad and handed to Zoe.
"You better look who's inside of this car first before you give her that damn ticket, ya old kook." Takuya warned him arrogantly, folding his arms across his chest as if he's in a bad mood.
"M...M...M...Mr. Kimbara!" The police officer stuttered nervously. "I...I didn't know that you're in the car! I swear!"
"WELL GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME THEN!" He bellowed so thunderous that the car windows started to crack a bit and Zoe was covering her eras frightenly. The police officer quickly ran away and drove off.
"That was pretty harsh!" Zoe complained. "How could you be so mean to that guy!"
He folded his arms over his chest again, leaning down onto his seat. "Just shut your damn trap and drive woman." He muttered through his clenched teeth.
In the airport:
"Plane 48 is about to leave now, please get on board." The speaker announced.
"Well, there's my plane." Kouichi said. "Bye guys!"
"I'll miss you buddy!" Kouji grasped Kouichi tightly.
"Me too!" Chris added, wrapping her arms around both Kouji and Kouichi.
Kouichi looked around the airport once more and frowned in disappointment. "I wish that I can see Zoe one last time." He thought to himself.
Meanwhile...
Takuya and rushed into the airport as fast as they can.
"This is all your fault airhead!" Takuya groaned while running.
By the time they met up with Chris and the others, they were both out of breath.
"Where's Kouichi?" Both of them asked eagerly.
"He just left." Kouji answered.
"Yeah, it's a shame," Chris agreed. "He just leaft."
"Great!" Takuya yelled at her. "This is all your fault airhead! And he might not even gonna come back again!"
"He...he's not coming back?" Zoe's heart sank at the news. Tears suddenly blurred her vision.
"Hey Zoe, are you okay?" Chris asked. "You looked paled."
The next thing she knew, her chest was heaving up and down like a coiled spring, but no air was reaching her lungs. She let out a choked sob, then pushed away Kouji and Michael out of her way, and ran away as fast as she can.
"Zoe!" Kouji yelled while chasing after her.
Chris looked at Zoe and wondered. "How come Zoe's so upset over Kouichi's leaving. Maybe, just maybe, she did like my cousin!"
Well zoe, every actions has its own consequences. Don't worry; Kouichi will come back not soon but later. Maybe he'll even turn the whole plot upside- down when he comes back wink, wink . Well I hope you like this chapter better than the others. For those of you who think that I'm making Kouichi a very miserable person...well, he's not going to be like that soon. Trust me...lol! See you and please review my story!