My Everything

Chapter 6: Tala has a secret.................

Picking twigs and leaves out of her hair, Melissa scowled at her reflection in the mirror.

When she had woken up in the morning, she had found that Kai was no longer there and decided to hightail it out of there before anybody else saw her.

Her plan last night had backfired dramatically causing her embarrassment and humiliation.

And all because of her.

Hiragazaki Akina.

That girl was the only thing in the way of her and Kai being together. She and Kai were made for each other and she had been on the scene for ages. Things had been coming along quite nicely until she had shown up and snatched Kai away from her.

"Where's everybody else?" Kai questioned Akina as they sat tree in the courtyard the following Monday.

"Tala said something about making a phone cal and Mariah and Rei are probably making out somewhere" Akina supplied joining Kai underneath the shady cherry blossom tree.

"Are you really that hungry today?" he asked her as he eyed the several oriental black and red containers she had stacked on the grass next to her.

"It's not all for me. I made enough lunch for the both of us" Akina said with an impish smile. "All that canteen food that you eat everyday can't be healthy for you"

"Hmm" Kai said in return but was quite touched by her gesture. Nobody had made lunch for him before.

"Okay, I've got rice, noodles and sushi" Akina said opening up the lids of the boxes and pulling out pairs of chopsticks. "Eat up"

"This is really good. Are you sure you made this yourself?" Kai teased her after taking a bite.

"Are you doubting my word?" she retorted with a pout.

"Oh no, not at all. Here" Kai answered and lifted a piece of sushi up to her lips.

"I can eat myself you know" Akina huffed but none the less allowed him to pass the chopsticks past her lips. "Anyway you're the wounded one here"

"I'm fine" Kai grunted in reply.

"How's your back?" she continued in a concerned tone.

"That eager to get my shirt off again?" he said a slate eyebrow rising in amusement.

"No, I'm just concerned that's all" Akina said flustered and Kai noted how pretty she was when she blushed.

"Right" he said before lifting the chopsticks to her lips once more. "Open up"

Melissa hissed underneath her breath as she watched Kai feed Hiragazaki from a distance.

There she went again, taking what was rightfully hers Melissa thought, hatred seeping through her bones and spreading like a disease.

After the weekend humiliation, everybody at school had avoided her like the plague. Didn't they know who she was? Who her father was?

After what had happened two days ago, Melissa's craving for revenge had intensified and she wanted, no needed to squash Hiragazaki before she became permanently attached to her Kai.

Her forehead creased as she struggled to come up with a plan and sighed with frustration when nothing came to mind. Then her violet eyes landed on a figure sitting not too far away.

A figure who was also watching the couple with a look of intense dislike upon her face.

Bingo.

Mia had been staring at Kai and Crystal for so long that when a voice spoke up, she was startled and jumped in fright.

"Mia is it?" a silky voice said and Mia slowly turned to see that girl who had slandered her in the courtyard a few weeks ago standing behind her.

"What do you want?" came Mia's rude reply.

"I couldn't help but notice you staring at Kai and Hiragazaki" Melissa answered smoothly.

"What-what do you mean? I'm not staring at them" Mia spluttered.

"Oh please it's so obvious" Melissa said rolling her eyes in exasperation. "I also couldn't help but notice that you an expression of dislike upon your face. I take it you don't like Hiragazaki?"

"You mean Crystal? Why wouldn't I like her? She's so nice to everybody" Mia said somewhat bitterly.

"Stop trying to play games. Is it because she holds Kai's affections that you dislike her so?" Melissa continued.

"What's it to you anyway?" Mia said roughly.

"Well I can help you. I can help you win Kai's affections that is" Melissa said slowly.

"Why would you help me?" Mia questioned suspiciously.

"Because I would love nothing more than to see Hiragazaki lose the one most precious to her" Melissa spat out.

"So you'd really help me get Kai?" Mia asked hopefully.

"Of course. If it means seeing Hiragazaki die of heartbreak" Melissa responded cruelly and then offered her hand to Mia. "So do we have a deal?"

Mia hesitated for a fraction of a second before accepting Melissa's hand and giving it a firm shake. "Deal"

"Excellent, I can't tell you how pleased I am to hear that." Melissa said in a pleased tone. "Now all we have to do is figure out the best plan so that you can get Kai"

"Well wouldn't we have to get Crystal out of the picture first?" Mia suggested.

"What for?" Melissa inquired puzzled.

"Well as long as she's around, she's going to hold all of Kai's attention right?" Mia said.

"Yeah, I suppose so" Melissa agreed. "So we'll have to get rid of her first. And I think I have the perfect plan"

"Anybody got plans after school?" Mariah asked Crystal, Kai, Rei and Tala after lunch.

"Not really. Did you want to hang out?" Crystal replied idly spinning her combo lock.

"Yeah but haven't really decided where to go and what to do" Mariah said.

"Let's go to the ice-cream parlor!" Crystal suggested brightly.

"You and your ice-cream" Kai muttered shaking his head, earning a whack on the arm from Crystal.

"So the ice-cream parlor after school?" Mariah asked waiting for confirmation.

"Sounds good to me" Rei said off-handedly with a shrug.

"If there's ice-cream I'll be there" Crystal said with a smile.

"And you can be sure that if Crystal will be there than so will Kai" Rei said sending a smirk in Kai's direction.

"Just because Crystal's going doesn't automatically mean that I'm going as well" Kai grunted scowling at Rei. "Anyway I'm not that crazy about ice- cream"

"Aww, don't you love your girlfriend Kai? She'll be heartbroken if you don't come" Mariah added joining in.

"Bah, like I need him. As long as I have ice-cream I'm happy" Crystal said lightly. "If he doesn't want ice-cream, that's his loss."

"Kai's right you are obsessed with ice-cream" Mariah said laughing.

"Hmph. I was going to share my ice-cream with Kai but since he's not coming I suppose I'll have to it eat all by myself. Ne Kai-kun?" Crystal said swiftly winking at him.

"Well in that case I suppose I'll have to go" Kai said finally giving in. "Somebody has to make sure that Crystal doesn't eat so much ice-cream so that she gets sick"

"Oi Tala you coming or what?" Rei said turning to him.

"Hey Tala" Rei repeated when he received no response from him and he waved his hand in front of his face.

"What?" Tala said finally responding and swatted Rei's hand away.

"I asked you are you coming with us or not?" Rei said patiently.

"Where?" Tala asked seemingly puzzled.

"Haven't you been listening Tala? We're going to the ice-cream parlor after school" Mariah explained.

"Oh okay, I'll go" Tala answered. "Are we meeting there or what?"

"Yeah we'll meet up there" Mariah decided nodding firmly.

Crystal's baby blue orbs scanned the boy sitting opposite from her and she frowned in concern.

As of lately the red haired boy had been quite distant. One had to say his name several times before he even noticed that you were talking to him.

And after lunch, he hadn't joined Rei and Mariah in teasing Kai and her.

Something was definitely off.

"Tala are you okay?" Crystal probed him gently.

All the dark haired girl received was a blank look.

"Tala are you okay?" she repeated leaning over to poke him.

"Huh what?" came his confused response.

Sighing in exasperation Crystal shook her head. "What is wrong with you? You've been acting so lost lately"

"Nothing's wrong with me. I'm perfectly fine" Tala insisted before gazing off with a glazed expression in his turquoise eyes.

"Okay Tala, out with it. Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" Kai demanded roughly.

"Okay, okay" Tala said grinning sheepishly. "It's this girl"

"Oh that's all. For a moment I thought it was actually something serious" Kai said dismissively before waving at Rei and Mariah who had just entered.

"It is something serious" Tala said insistently. "I think I'm in love"

Crystal caulked her head to one side as she studied him. Tala in love?

"What's going on?" Mariah questioned as she and Rei slid into the booth.

"Tala's in love again" Kai merely snorted before passing Crystal the menu.

"Okay, so maybe it's not love but I like this girl, a lot" Tala said glaring at Kai. "More than any other girl I've dated"

"Oh really. That's fascinating." Kai said dryly as he regarded the turquoise eyed teen. "You guys want to order now or what?"

"Kai" Crystal reprimanded him. "Go on Tala. Is this girl somebody who's going to last more than just a few days?"

"She's already lasted more than a few days." Tala replied smugly. "We've been together for nearly two weeks"

"Whoa are you serious?" Rei said in disbelief.

"Yes" Tala confirmed with a smirk. "Taking me serious now Kai?"

Kai shrugged but grinned. It was good to see that Tala was sticking to one girl finally, well at least thinking about staying with one girl.

"So what's her name? Does she go to our school? What does she look like? When are we going to get to meet her" Mariah rapidly fired questions at Tala.

"Whoa, slow down Mariah" Tala said chuckling. "Her name is Ivy, she goes to Johan Academy, she's really pretty and you're not going to get to meet her for a while"

"What? Why not?" Mariah questioned with a pout.

"Because I don't want you guys scaring her off" Tala said smirking.

"Can we order now?" Akina piped up and everybody rolled their eyes at her.

"Tala's finally contemplating about staying with one girl and all you can think about is ice-cream?" Kai snorted at his girlfriend.

"I'm glad that Tala has found somebody he really likes" Akina said sincerely with a shrug. "But we came to the ice-cream parlor for a reason nonetheless"

"Okay, okay, we'll order now" Rei said smiling at her over his menu.

"Thank-you Rei. You're very nice unlike a certain somebody" Akina said glaring at Kai.

"I'll have a triple choc-fudge sundae please" Akin requested after Rei had signaled the waitress to come over.

"I'll have frozen yoghurt with berries please" Mariah added.

"I'll have a chocolate thickshake" Tala said closing his menu.

"Aren't you guys having anything?" Akina asked Kai and Rei after the waitress had left.

"Rei will share with me" Mariah answered winking at Rei.

"I don't eat ice-cream much" was Kai's reply.

"Well you'll share with me" Akina said leaving no room for arguments from her blue haired boyfriend.

Kai scowled at his raven haired girlfriend before slumping in his seat.

"Is something wrong Kai?" the petite girl asked in a concerned tone.

"No, nothing's wrong" Kai assured her pushing a feeling of dread away as he entwined his fingers with hers.

"Okay" Akina said hesitantly, accepting his reply and her eyes brightened as her sundae was set down in front of her. "Even if nothing's wrong you'll definitely feel better after you have some ice-cream" with that she held up a spoon to her boyfriend's lips.

"Aww, you two love birds are so sweet" Tala remarked as he rolled his turquoise eyes. "So sweet that it almost makes me sick"

"You don't have to be so grumpy just because what's-her-name isn't here" Akina retorted poking her tongue out at him but secretly pleased that he was back to normal.

"Her name is Ivy" the red haired boy bit back irritably and Akina couldn't help giggle at his apparent annoyance.

"Open up, or do I have to make the spoon zoom around your mouth and make airplane noises?" Akina teased the auburn eyed boy who scowled but nonetheless opened his mouth with reluctance. "There's a good boy" she told him after he had swallowed his spoonful.

"I am not a child" Kai insisted stubbornly as his girlfriend made a move to scoop up some more ice-cream for him. "I can eat by myself"

"Stop making such a fuss. Look at Rei, he accepts these kinds of things without any protest" Akina replied and everybody turned to see Rei readily eating from a spoon Mariah was offering him.

"That's because Mariah will kick Rei's ass if he doesn't comply with what she says" Kai explained as he quietly smirked.

"Okay, fine in that case I'll kick your ass if you don't eat your ice-cream ne Kai-kun?" the dark haired girl suggested brightly and this time Kai rolled his auburn eyes at her.

"Oh dear god" Tala muttered shaking his head at his friends as they began to argue.

"Hey who knows Tala" Mariah spoke up brightly. "One day it could be you and Ivy who will be arguing over ice-cream just like Kai and Crystal"

Sorry for not updating for like two weeks.......I've just been like really busy. Please remember to review okay? I've been a bit sad lately cuz I haven't received as many reviews..........