Tokiya

"Fuuko!! Would you hurry up already? I'm going to be late for school!" I yelled impatiently, pounding my fist on the bathroom door.

"Quit it! I'm going to be late too ya know? And I'm coming out soon! STOP BANGING YOU IDIOT!" she shouted back irately.

Then, without warning, the door flew open and an extremely pissed off Fuuko stormed out of the bathroom, her modesty saved only by a furry blue towel wrapped around her torso. Much to my chagrin, I couldn't help but look at how much the towel didn't cover. The towel was small enough to display an ample amount of cleavage and a view of practically her entire legs since it just barely covered her butt.

"Oi, you're not listening!!" Fuuko accused.

With a start, I realised that while I had been busy well… observing her assets, she had been ranting all these while. What's wrong with you? This is Fuuko, so stop ogling at her! Yet as I saw her march off to her room, her short hair dripping wet, with beads of moisture on her bare shoulders, I could feel a fluttery feeling inside of me. I smirked to myself. Fuuko probably doesn't know it, but her body could be considered the fantasy of many hot-blooded teenage boys. Of course, that doesn't include me. Nope. Definitely. Not. I hope.

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Raiha

I watched the oncoming tide of students streaming out of the school gate, straining for the sight of a familiar mop of messy, brown hair. Then again, most of the students had messy brown hair, so trying to spot Fuuko was a whole lot harder than expected. I caught a flash of silver amongst the crowd. Tokiya. And there beside him was… Fuuko.

They seemed to be joking with each other and I saw Fuuko playfully swat him on the shoulder. Very normal, friendly behaviour… yet I could feel something stirring inside of me.

"Hey Fuuko!" I yelled out.

She stopped short and looked around. When she finally spotted me, instead of being happy, she looked puzzled and surprised. Tokiya too looked surprised but he gave me a polite nod.

"Raiha-kun? Wow, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"I just felt like seeing you," I replied.

"Oh… that's nice," she said without much emotion. Suddenly, I was beginning to feel angry at her. Didn't she appreciate the fact that I missed her so much that I wanted to see her? It's been nearly a week since we'd gone out or talked on the phone. And I thought we're supposed to be a couple.

"Well, since I've seen you, I guess I can go now. Bye," I said, controlling my emotions. I turned around and walked away, despite Fuuko's calls for me to stay.

A part of me felt ashamed for what I'd done. What brought that on? All I could think of was Fuuko and Tokiya together, walking out of the gate so happily. They lived together and even went to the same school. In other words, they spent practically all their days together. Can't say the same for me. Why can't Fuuko and I truly be together?

Fuuko

"Now what was THAT about?" I fumed as I glared at Raiha's diminishing figure. "RAIHA YOU DUMBASS!!! YOU'RE GONNA GET IT FROM ME!!!" I yelled for good measure.

Tokiya stood beside me with a bemused expression on his face.

"WHAT?!" I growled at him. I was still boiling inside. What the hell was up with Raiha? He isn't usually one to throw petty tantrums. That was supposed to be me!

"Oh just cool down would you? Don't go biting my head off just because you're pissed," he said in that manner which irritates me soooooo much. And let me tell you, with the mood I'm currently in, it didn't take much to irritate me.

"I'll bite as I see fit!!" I retorted.

Tokiya merely smirked and proceeded to drag me off to the café near our school.

"What the hell are you trying to do, you joker?" I asked, giving him my most threatening glare.

"We're going in for some tea," he replied matter-of-factly.

"TEA? WHADDAYA MEAN WE'RE GOING IN FOR TEA?!"

"Stop shouting, you monkey. Everyone's staring at us. Since you're in a, well… excitable mood, we're going to let you cool off by having a cup of tea. It worked the last time," he reminded me calmly.

I gave in.

Tokiya

"So, feeling better?"  I asked the sullen-looking Fuuko. If looks could kill, hers was it.

She lowered down her cup of wild berry tea and shrugged.

"Just a little. Geez Mi-chan, I really don't understand him? He's never behaved like that before!" she exclaimed, looking genuinely confused.

Maybe because you're so used to having him fawn over you, I thought but I wisely kept that to myself.

"Well, it's quite obvious isn't it? He wanted to spend more time with you but you, my dear, seemed unwilling. Heck, even I could sense the unwillingness," I told her.

"I wasn't unwilling… It's just that… Well, just because we're a couple doesn't mean we have to spend our every waking moment together, right?" she replied, her voice faltering.

"True. So tell him that," I said. Inwardly, I smiled to myself. Fuuko is so unsure when it comes to all these relationship stuff; even her gung-ho attitude couldn't hide it.

"Really?" she asked, widening her eyes. "Well… Ok, maybe I will. It's just so awkward, you know?"

Suddenly, she leaned forward and pumped her first in the air, causing me to nearly spill me tea. "Ookaay then! I will do it!" she said enthusiastically.

Seriously, her frequent mood swings were getting scarier by the day. In a small corner of my heart, I kinda pitied Raiha for having such an explosive female as his girlfriend. Whatever floats his boat, I guess.

"Hehe, thanks again Mi-chan. You're becoming more and more like my personal agony aunt," she remarked, draping her arm on my shoulder as we walked out of the café.

"I should hope not."

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Raiha

I felt so guilty about walking away from Fuuko. It's one of those at the moment things. At that point of time, well, I just felt so angry. So hurt. Maybe I'm over-sensitive but I really can't help it. Here I was, taking the trouble to wait for her, feeling so excited to see her again. A little appreciation would be nice. But what do I get? Some frosty, "Oh that's nice". Right.

But still, I knew it was rude of me to walk off. Although it's pretty much impossible that she'd still be hanging around the school gate, I walked back anyway. Somehow, walking back would make me feel a teensy bit better.

I stopped dead in my tracks.

There, walking out of a café, were Fuuko and Tokiya. And she was laughing, her arm draped around Tokiya's shoulder. MY girlfriend, with her arm draped around some other guy's shoulder. I was dumbfounded.

Tokiya spotted me first, immediately shrugging off Fuuko's arm. I had to wonder if he'd have shrugged it off if he didn't see me.

"Raiha-kun! You came back!" she beamed, running towards me.

Suddenly, even Fuuko's happiness to see me wasn't working it's usual magic. I stood there stonily, a complete mirror of Tokiya who stood by silently.

"I'm so glad you came back!" she exclaimed.

I looked at her coldly. "I'm not."

Her expression turned to one of bewilderment as she knitted her eyebrows together. I turned to walk off again.

"Wait," she said softly, grabbing my hand. "I don't understand why you're acting like this."

"I don't think you ever will," I replied icily, shaking away her hand. A hurt expression flew across her features and her large brown eyes clouded over. For a moment, I wanted to take back what I'd said and simply pull her into my arms. But her eyes became hard.

"Yes, I don't think I will," she said before walking past me.

Tokiya once again was expressionless as he slinked past me to follow her.

How did everything get so messed up?

Fuuko

Oh my God. Why, oh why did I have to say that?

Tokiya

Whoa, so much drama…

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A/N: HelloOoo everyone! I'm back! Sorry for the long hiatus, I was busy with a new school year and all that. Anyway, I'm feeling a bit rusty so yeah… I know this chapter is kinda crap. But hey, I'll try to improve yeah! Hehe… It feels good to write again… Also, I must thank all those people who have bothered to read this fic and given me all that encouragement. You guys rocked and in a way, motivated me to start writing again! Ooh, and Merry Christmas in advance! ;)