My Everything
Chapter 11: Nothing like her
Kai glanced sideways at his dark haired girlfriend who seemed totally absorbed in her work, several strand of her midnight black hair escaping from her ponytail to frame her heart shaped face.
"What?" she turned to him, a mildly confused smile on her face as she caulked her head to one side.
"Nothing," the auburn eyed boy replied absently as he observed his petite girlfriend thoughtfully.
"Really Kai-kun, is something wrong?" she questioned him gently turning her large crystal orbs to him.
"Nothing's wrong. Well not really anyway" Kai quickly brushed her off.
Akina leaned back in her seat, crossed her arms over her chest and her emerald flecked eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Don't do this Kai. Out with it,"
"Well, I was just wondering if you were really going to do something to Melissa," Kai answered slowly, a smirk crossing his handsome features. "And if you are, then I'd like to have some part in it"
Akina sighed and looked down at her hands folded in her lap. "To be honest, I don't exactly know what happened to me earlier today. When I saw Melissa I remembered everything that had happened and I suppose I just slipped. My anger resurfaced and got the better of me and I'm not proud of that." Akina's head dropped down further.
Kai shook his head and gently placed a finger underneath her chin to lift her head up. "Akina, you have every right to vent your rage at Melissa. Look at what has happened. You'd be crazy not to be angry."
"Kai, I don't want to be filled with rage. I don't want to be resentful or vengeful." Akina choked out, "I don't want to be like Melissa"
"Don't ever say that. I don't ever want you to even compare yourself with Melissa," Kai stated firmly, "You are nothing like her"
A smile graced the raven haired girl's lips as she allowed her head to fall onto her boyfriend's shoulders, her gleaming black hair fanning out on his shirt.
"I love you Kai" she murmured softly, her eyelids slowly drifting shut as she snuggled further into his warmth.
"Mmm," he grunted back, a lazy smile curling at the corner of his lip as he gazed down at the petite girl.
A pair of emerald flecked eyes blinked rapidly in succession as they struggled to focus on the project at hand. I wouldn't be too surprised if I became permanently cross-eyed from all this stitching Akina mused finally deciding to set aside the bundle of fur and get some sleep. Kai had left after dinner a few hours ago. He had been quite adamant in escorting her home and doing their homework together.
A frown crinkled her expression. Something was going on. Something that she wasn't aware of. And the more she strained to pinpoint what it was, the further it seemed to slip away.
Sighing, she scooped up all the materials and packed them neatly into the case before yawning and crawling into her bed.
Just as she had closed her eyes and was slipping into sleep, the melody of First Love rang through her room. Rolling her eyes, she reached an arm out and snatched up the ringing phone going crazy on her bedside table.
"Kai?" she questioned immediately when she answered the phone.
"How'd you know?" the masculine voice on the other line queried and Akina could just imagine Kai lying back on his bed, one eyebrow quirked in curiosity.
"Heh, I fixed the settings on my phone so that when you call the First Love ringtone plays" Akina giggled in reply.
"You have a lot of spare time don't you?" Kai remarked with a chuckle.
"You're the one who called me this late," the dark haired girl retorted haughtily flopping back onto her bed.
"What are you doing up this late anyway?" Kai questioned her, his brow knitting into a slight frown, "You didn't have a bad dream did you?"
"No, I've been err doing some stuff," Akina trailed off, wincing at her feeble response.
"Stuff?" the blue haired teen asked, and Akina picked up on a trace of doubtfulness.
"Yeah, just reading a book," Akina answered swiftly formulating a reply that would be plausible.
"Well then go to sleep now okay?" Akina breathed a sigh of relief when her boyfriend accepted her answer.
"Okay. 'Night" Akina stifled a yawn.
"Good night," Kai replied before hanging up.
Slinging his back pack over his shoulder, the auburn eyed boy slammed his car door and locked it.
He had arrived at Akina's house this morning only to be informed by the maid that she had already left for school. Didn't she know that it wasn't safe for her to travel alone? Kai swore underneath his breath. You'd think she'd learn from her past experience.
Kai was stalking towards the school's front entrance when a figure darted out to intercept him.
His auburn orbs narrowed in contempt.
Melissa.
The memory of her threat still hung in his mind. Kai's hands clenched themselves into fists. How was he supposed to protect Akina if she continued to pull her disappearing acts?
"Kai-kun, I think we need to have another little talk," Melissa greeted him sweetly, batting her eyelashes at him to no avail.
"There is nothing to discuss," Kai snapped, stepping around her but she stepped in his path once again.
"Oh but I think that's where you're mistaken Kai," Melissa answered coolly, "Or have you already forgotten our last conversation?"
"How many times do I have to tell you before it gets through to you? Go anyway near Akina and you regret it for the rest of your life!" Kai stated frostily, his left eyebrow twitching in anger.
"I also believe that I told you that you cannot protect your dear girlfriend 24/7" Melissa hissed, her violet eyes flashing in malice. "Take for example today. She arrived at school by quite unaccompanied. It would have been a simple task for me to have her taken care of right then. But being the kind and generous person I am, I chose to speak to you once more. This will be the last time I will warn you Kai. Break Hiragazaki's heart before I break her spirit"
"You. Are. Sickening." Kai spat each word out. "You are so insanely jealous that there is no limit to what you will do is there?"
"Let's just say that I'm a woman who knows what she wants, how to get it and is prepared to do anything." Melissa retorted flipping her platinum blonde hair over her shoulder. "I mean what I say Kai-kun. Break it off with her. Because next time, I won't be as merciful as today."
With that, Melissa spun around on her heel and marched towards the school.
"What was that about?" a voice hissed and Melissa jumped up in fright when a figure emerged from the bushes.
"Mia, what are you doing?" Melissa asked her in return.
"What am I doing? What are you doing?" Mia replied accusingly. "I just overhead your conversation with Kai. What haven't you been telling me?"
"There's no need to stress Mia. You know practically everything there is to know anyway" Melissa told her soothingly.
"Oh really? Well I haven't heard from you since night we ambushed Crystal" Mia said, crossing her plump arms over her chest.
"Well Kai did come over to my house the other night," Melissa replied reluctantly.
"What? Why?" Mia exclaimed, her mouth drooping open in surprise.
"He warned me to stay away from his precious girlfriend" Melissa sneered. "I told him that if he didn't break up with her, then she'd have even more accidents"
"Are you sure that's smart Melissa? I mean like after all aren't there other ways to go about this?"
"Mia, do you want Kai to be yours or not?" Melissa huffed impatiently.
"Of course I do. It's just that-" Mia trailed off for a moment and Melissa mentally rolled her violet colored eyes.
"Look Mia, extreme situations call for extreme measures," Melissa explained patiently. "Just relax will you? If it makes you that uncomfortable then just leave everything up to me."
"Really? Are you sure?" Mia questioned hopefully.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now let's get to home room" Melissa assured her and it took all of her effort not to recoil when the pudgy girl linked arms with her and dragged off towards the school.
Really simple people were so easy to manipulate. Of course Melissa could not really see any real use in keeping Mia around since she could easily arrange everything from now on but who knows? Perhaps there would be a use for her later on.
The red haired teen scowled deeply and deliberately turned his attention away from the nagging pink haired girl.
"Tala!" she whined, her mouth twisting into a pout. "I wanna meet her!"
"I already told you Mariah, not yet" Tala stated firmly.
"Why not?" Mariah continued questioning, "Please, please, please let me meet her?"
"C'mon Mariah, give the poor guy a break. If Tala doesn't want you to meet Ivy yet then you'll have to wait" Rei spoke up logically and winced when Mariah whirled around to glare at him.
"What? Did you just say what I think you just said Rei Kon?" Mariah exclaimed in disbelief. "I am your girlfriend! You're suppose to side with me, not Tala!"
"I'm not siding with Tala, it's just that-" Rei was suddenly cute off when a blue haired teen stormed into the room and came to an abrupt halt in front of them.
"Crystal. Have you see Crystal?" he asked without bothering with niceties.
"Nope, haven't seen her today yet," Tala answered, casually taking in Kai's rigid posture. "I assumed she was with you."
"Well she wasn't" Kai bit out before turning around and exiting the room.
Tala smirked quietly as he leaned back on his chair balanced on two legs. "I sure wouldn't want to mess with him right now"
The dark haired girl studied the illuminated screen in front of her for a moment before raising her head to meet a pair of glowering auburn eyes.
"Morning Kai" she greeted him brightly as she closed her laptop up with a flick of her wrist.
"Where have you been?" he snapped, agitation clearly ringing in his voice. Crystal winced. She knew that he would be angry at her for going to school without him.
"Here of course" she replied caulking her head to one side, looking at him innocently with her large emerald flecked orbs.
Kai growled before yanking her up off her feet. At the sudden jerk, the petite girl was sent sprawling into his arms, gasping slightly as her almond shaped orbs met a pair of smoldering auburn ones.
"You are not to travel alone understand?" Kai told her sternly. "Do you want a repeat of what happened last time?"
"This is different Kai. I traveled in peak hour in broad daylight" Crystal responded, lifting her chin up definitely.
"Do you think Melissa cares about when and where?" Kai snapped, growing more irritated as the seconds passed. "You can't take the risk"
"Who are you to tell me what to do Kai? It's my risk to take and I'll take it if I want to." Crystal stated firmly before her voice grew softer. "I am not afraid of Melissa"
Kai sighed in exasperation. "I'm just trying to protect you."
"I know Kai. And you mean well. But I can't have you as my bodyguard 24/7" she told him gently.
"Well I can try can't I?" he whispered huskily, his arms snaking around her slender waist possessively and his lips grazed hers just as the bell rang. "C'mon woman let's get to homeroom"
"Dammit Kai, how many times do I need to tell you?" the crystal eyed girl protested as she was led out of the library, "Don't call me woman!"
Chapter 11: Nothing like her
Kai glanced sideways at his dark haired girlfriend who seemed totally absorbed in her work, several strand of her midnight black hair escaping from her ponytail to frame her heart shaped face.
"What?" she turned to him, a mildly confused smile on her face as she caulked her head to one side.
"Nothing," the auburn eyed boy replied absently as he observed his petite girlfriend thoughtfully.
"Really Kai-kun, is something wrong?" she questioned him gently turning her large crystal orbs to him.
"Nothing's wrong. Well not really anyway" Kai quickly brushed her off.
Akina leaned back in her seat, crossed her arms over her chest and her emerald flecked eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Don't do this Kai. Out with it,"
"Well, I was just wondering if you were really going to do something to Melissa," Kai answered slowly, a smirk crossing his handsome features. "And if you are, then I'd like to have some part in it"
Akina sighed and looked down at her hands folded in her lap. "To be honest, I don't exactly know what happened to me earlier today. When I saw Melissa I remembered everything that had happened and I suppose I just slipped. My anger resurfaced and got the better of me and I'm not proud of that." Akina's head dropped down further.
Kai shook his head and gently placed a finger underneath her chin to lift her head up. "Akina, you have every right to vent your rage at Melissa. Look at what has happened. You'd be crazy not to be angry."
"Kai, I don't want to be filled with rage. I don't want to be resentful or vengeful." Akina choked out, "I don't want to be like Melissa"
"Don't ever say that. I don't ever want you to even compare yourself with Melissa," Kai stated firmly, "You are nothing like her"
A smile graced the raven haired girl's lips as she allowed her head to fall onto her boyfriend's shoulders, her gleaming black hair fanning out on his shirt.
"I love you Kai" she murmured softly, her eyelids slowly drifting shut as she snuggled further into his warmth.
"Mmm," he grunted back, a lazy smile curling at the corner of his lip as he gazed down at the petite girl.
A pair of emerald flecked eyes blinked rapidly in succession as they struggled to focus on the project at hand. I wouldn't be too surprised if I became permanently cross-eyed from all this stitching Akina mused finally deciding to set aside the bundle of fur and get some sleep. Kai had left after dinner a few hours ago. He had been quite adamant in escorting her home and doing their homework together.
A frown crinkled her expression. Something was going on. Something that she wasn't aware of. And the more she strained to pinpoint what it was, the further it seemed to slip away.
Sighing, she scooped up all the materials and packed them neatly into the case before yawning and crawling into her bed.
Just as she had closed her eyes and was slipping into sleep, the melody of First Love rang through her room. Rolling her eyes, she reached an arm out and snatched up the ringing phone going crazy on her bedside table.
"Kai?" she questioned immediately when she answered the phone.
"How'd you know?" the masculine voice on the other line queried and Akina could just imagine Kai lying back on his bed, one eyebrow quirked in curiosity.
"Heh, I fixed the settings on my phone so that when you call the First Love ringtone plays" Akina giggled in reply.
"You have a lot of spare time don't you?" Kai remarked with a chuckle.
"You're the one who called me this late," the dark haired girl retorted haughtily flopping back onto her bed.
"What are you doing up this late anyway?" Kai questioned her, his brow knitting into a slight frown, "You didn't have a bad dream did you?"
"No, I've been err doing some stuff," Akina trailed off, wincing at her feeble response.
"Stuff?" the blue haired teen asked, and Akina picked up on a trace of doubtfulness.
"Yeah, just reading a book," Akina answered swiftly formulating a reply that would be plausible.
"Well then go to sleep now okay?" Akina breathed a sigh of relief when her boyfriend accepted her answer.
"Okay. 'Night" Akina stifled a yawn.
"Good night," Kai replied before hanging up.
Slinging his back pack over his shoulder, the auburn eyed boy slammed his car door and locked it.
He had arrived at Akina's house this morning only to be informed by the maid that she had already left for school. Didn't she know that it wasn't safe for her to travel alone? Kai swore underneath his breath. You'd think she'd learn from her past experience.
Kai was stalking towards the school's front entrance when a figure darted out to intercept him.
His auburn orbs narrowed in contempt.
Melissa.
The memory of her threat still hung in his mind. Kai's hands clenched themselves into fists. How was he supposed to protect Akina if she continued to pull her disappearing acts?
"Kai-kun, I think we need to have another little talk," Melissa greeted him sweetly, batting her eyelashes at him to no avail.
"There is nothing to discuss," Kai snapped, stepping around her but she stepped in his path once again.
"Oh but I think that's where you're mistaken Kai," Melissa answered coolly, "Or have you already forgotten our last conversation?"
"How many times do I have to tell you before it gets through to you? Go anyway near Akina and you regret it for the rest of your life!" Kai stated frostily, his left eyebrow twitching in anger.
"I also believe that I told you that you cannot protect your dear girlfriend 24/7" Melissa hissed, her violet eyes flashing in malice. "Take for example today. She arrived at school by quite unaccompanied. It would have been a simple task for me to have her taken care of right then. But being the kind and generous person I am, I chose to speak to you once more. This will be the last time I will warn you Kai. Break Hiragazaki's heart before I break her spirit"
"You. Are. Sickening." Kai spat each word out. "You are so insanely jealous that there is no limit to what you will do is there?"
"Let's just say that I'm a woman who knows what she wants, how to get it and is prepared to do anything." Melissa retorted flipping her platinum blonde hair over her shoulder. "I mean what I say Kai-kun. Break it off with her. Because next time, I won't be as merciful as today."
With that, Melissa spun around on her heel and marched towards the school.
"What was that about?" a voice hissed and Melissa jumped up in fright when a figure emerged from the bushes.
"Mia, what are you doing?" Melissa asked her in return.
"What am I doing? What are you doing?" Mia replied accusingly. "I just overhead your conversation with Kai. What haven't you been telling me?"
"There's no need to stress Mia. You know practically everything there is to know anyway" Melissa told her soothingly.
"Oh really? Well I haven't heard from you since night we ambushed Crystal" Mia said, crossing her plump arms over her chest.
"Well Kai did come over to my house the other night," Melissa replied reluctantly.
"What? Why?" Mia exclaimed, her mouth drooping open in surprise.
"He warned me to stay away from his precious girlfriend" Melissa sneered. "I told him that if he didn't break up with her, then she'd have even more accidents"
"Are you sure that's smart Melissa? I mean like after all aren't there other ways to go about this?"
"Mia, do you want Kai to be yours or not?" Melissa huffed impatiently.
"Of course I do. It's just that-" Mia trailed off for a moment and Melissa mentally rolled her violet colored eyes.
"Look Mia, extreme situations call for extreme measures," Melissa explained patiently. "Just relax will you? If it makes you that uncomfortable then just leave everything up to me."
"Really? Are you sure?" Mia questioned hopefully.
"Yes, I'm sure. Now let's get to home room" Melissa assured her and it took all of her effort not to recoil when the pudgy girl linked arms with her and dragged off towards the school.
Really simple people were so easy to manipulate. Of course Melissa could not really see any real use in keeping Mia around since she could easily arrange everything from now on but who knows? Perhaps there would be a use for her later on.
The red haired teen scowled deeply and deliberately turned his attention away from the nagging pink haired girl.
"Tala!" she whined, her mouth twisting into a pout. "I wanna meet her!"
"I already told you Mariah, not yet" Tala stated firmly.
"Why not?" Mariah continued questioning, "Please, please, please let me meet her?"
"C'mon Mariah, give the poor guy a break. If Tala doesn't want you to meet Ivy yet then you'll have to wait" Rei spoke up logically and winced when Mariah whirled around to glare at him.
"What? Did you just say what I think you just said Rei Kon?" Mariah exclaimed in disbelief. "I am your girlfriend! You're suppose to side with me, not Tala!"
"I'm not siding with Tala, it's just that-" Rei was suddenly cute off when a blue haired teen stormed into the room and came to an abrupt halt in front of them.
"Crystal. Have you see Crystal?" he asked without bothering with niceties.
"Nope, haven't seen her today yet," Tala answered, casually taking in Kai's rigid posture. "I assumed she was with you."
"Well she wasn't" Kai bit out before turning around and exiting the room.
Tala smirked quietly as he leaned back on his chair balanced on two legs. "I sure wouldn't want to mess with him right now"
The dark haired girl studied the illuminated screen in front of her for a moment before raising her head to meet a pair of glowering auburn eyes.
"Morning Kai" she greeted him brightly as she closed her laptop up with a flick of her wrist.
"Where have you been?" he snapped, agitation clearly ringing in his voice. Crystal winced. She knew that he would be angry at her for going to school without him.
"Here of course" she replied caulking her head to one side, looking at him innocently with her large emerald flecked orbs.
Kai growled before yanking her up off her feet. At the sudden jerk, the petite girl was sent sprawling into his arms, gasping slightly as her almond shaped orbs met a pair of smoldering auburn ones.
"You are not to travel alone understand?" Kai told her sternly. "Do you want a repeat of what happened last time?"
"This is different Kai. I traveled in peak hour in broad daylight" Crystal responded, lifting her chin up definitely.
"Do you think Melissa cares about when and where?" Kai snapped, growing more irritated as the seconds passed. "You can't take the risk"
"Who are you to tell me what to do Kai? It's my risk to take and I'll take it if I want to." Crystal stated firmly before her voice grew softer. "I am not afraid of Melissa"
Kai sighed in exasperation. "I'm just trying to protect you."
"I know Kai. And you mean well. But I can't have you as my bodyguard 24/7" she told him gently.
"Well I can try can't I?" he whispered huskily, his arms snaking around her slender waist possessively and his lips grazed hers just as the bell rang. "C'mon woman let's get to homeroom"
"Dammit Kai, how many times do I need to tell you?" the crystal eyed girl protested as she was led out of the library, "Don't call me woman!"
