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Chapter TWELVE - Kyo

There's a first time for everything, right? I remember the first time I fell off my bike over and over again. It hurt like hell, but somehow I always picked myself back up and tried it over and over again until I mastered it with ease.

Then there's the first time that I broke my arm at the park while attempting to climb an old tree. I was hospitalized for a few days and my arm was put into a cast for quite some time... but the pain subsided and healed after a while, and now I'm completely better. But then there's the first time I fell in love... and it hurt even more than the blood on my knees and elbows and the blinding pain of my twisted arm. I'm still working on picking up all of the broken pieces of my heart after she left me...

Tch...I can't believe I actually fell in love even after all those years of telling myself that I would never fall in love; but like I said, there's a first time for everything, right?

I can't help it, but ever since she left... I keep reminiscing about the first time I met her and how I thought that she was just some stupid girl that would be in my face all the time. I was afraid to get close to anyone, and I guess that's why I liked my friends at school because… they didn't expect anything from me. They didn't truly care about me the way she did, they just liked me because I acted cool all of the time. But her? She cared about everything and maybe that's why I found myself ignoring her, and being rude to her… I didn't want to get close to anyone again after what happened to my father.

That day I saw her crying though, I couldn't help but want to help her because I still have a heart… Damn, and before I knew it we soon became friends. I tried real hard not to become closer with her, but it was inevitable, because she had this way of bringing out this different side of me. A better side. I'm not even quite sure when, but somewhere between the months that I spent with her, I grew to love her… and this love keeps blooming and blooming, like an undying flower.

Kyo was sitting on the roof of the house, contemplating of the past with Tohru. He sighed and squeezed his eyes shut, knowing that he had to forget about her, or the pain in his heart would swell up into somethin bigger and worse.

Tch… falling in love with an alien, that's just great.

He hopped off the roof easily and brushed his hands on the seat of his pants, jogging off to a brand new day of school, without her.

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Kyo was sitting at his table before the bell and his legs were propped up on top of the table as he stared coldly ahead at the blank blackboard. He glanced to his side to see his old friends approaching him. They stopped in front of him, and one of them spoke up in a deep voice,

"Look man...uhh, we admit that we were being assholes towards that Honda girl... and we heard that she left. Sorry man."

Kyo looked away from their sympathetic faces and shrugged in return,

"Whatever."

"You really liked her didn't you."

His eyes shedded a bit of sadness, but he covered it up quickly with an emotionless tone,

"Whatever..."

"Look, we're just saying that we feel bad that she's gone now... we made a mistake, so are we cool now?"

The guy held out his hand extended towards Kyo's face and Kyo looked up at all of their earnest faces staring back at him, then he reluctantly slapped his hand into his,

"Yea."

Might as well get my old life back... be my old self again. No more stupid feelings.

The rest of his friends grinned and Kyo asked his friends,

"So what are you guys gonna do tonight?"

"Some partying, you in?"

Kyo smirked and replied,

"I'm in."

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The blinding flashes of lights didn't seem to affect Kyo as he leaned against the punch table, watching the gyrating bodies dance to the music while he pathetically sat on the sidelines. His eyes averted from the moving bodies when he saw a pretty girl with golden hair saddle herself beside him at the punch table. She batted her long lashes at him and asked seductively,

"You wanna dance?"

Kyo's heart faltered when he realized he was grimacing. Then he braced himself and covered his slip up with an icy exterior as he took her hand into his lukewarm hands. She smiled with her bright pink lips and he held her body close to his, swaying to the music without any enthusiasm. When she leaned forward, with her lashes fluttering shut, Kyo felt the look of repulsion creep back up onto his facial expression. He felt his stomach hit rock bottom and he pushed her away gently when he felt the nausea hit him big time. He couldn't handle this anymore, so he sighed, shaking his head at her,

"Sorry..."

He then got away from her shocked face and pushed his way through the bumping crowd, pushing through the heavy metal doors to get the hell out.

This sucks... why did I have to meet her?

He kicked at some loose pebbles on the ground as he scowled down at the famliar alleyway where he first met her. He walked into the alleyway, kicking down the garbage cans and throwing them against the other side of the brick wall with fury. He slammed his fist against the wall and wailed with anger as he stared at his cut up knuckles, then he stared for a moment longer at the crumbling wall, feeling his frustration begin to drain away as he was filled with a nostalgic feeling.

He let his hand fall down to his side as he swallowed hard, not wanting to let his emotions possess him any longer. He turned to walk out of the alleyway, but he completely stopped functioning when he saw a girl hidden in the shadows with a wedding dress on. She was standing at the entrance of the alleyway with tear filled eyes.

It was that girl.

His first love.

And that's when he felt, for the first time, a genuine tear slip down the side of his face.

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