Misguided Love Ch. 3

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Yuki made his way over to Kagura's house, still unsure of his feelings. He knew that a silly kiss didn't mean anything, but he still couldn't help feeling something else as he replayed the dialogue between them. As he pondered his emotions, he stopped, wondering if Kagura might get the wrong idea if he walked her to school. "It doesn't mean anything," he repeatedly assured himself, "if I walk her to school. We're just friends!" He put a mental stopper to his thoughts as he neared Kagura's house. Here we go, he thought. He ambled onto the porch of her house, a place he had visited countless times as a child, but now seemed so alien to him. He rapped on the door, in the rhythm of "Shave and a Haircut." He gulped. After no one had responded, he nervously thought that maybe she had already left. Maybe she took the bus or something. Maybe she—

"Yuki? Is that you?" asked Kagura as she opened the door. "What are you doing here so early?" Yuki steeled his nerves, repeating the soothing mantra he had recited earlier.

"Oh, I thought it might be nice if we could walk t-together to school." He surprised himself by his stuttering. Not very prince-like of me, he thought.

"I think that would be a lovely idea!" exclaimed Kagura. "Do you mind waiting a few minutes? I need to get dressed." Yuki simply nodded, and Kagura hurried up the stairs. Yuki patiently sat on the porch while Kagura changed.

"I can't believe he's walking me to school! I knew he was a prince!" squealed Kagura. "I can't believe this is working so well!" She pranced around the room, thinking complex plans for her and Yuki's future, and ultimately her and Kyo's. Her thoughts were interrupted by Yuki's questioning call.

"Kagura? Are you all right?" Yuki asked. He glanced at his watch. "It's 8:45! We might miss Kyo, Momiji, and Tohru!"

"I'm fine! I'll just be a minute!" She hurriedly put on her clothes and ran down the stairs. "Well, shall we?"

"After you," Yuki said, gesturing his hand forward.

"Thank you," replied Kagura, and clumsily curtsied. She and Yuki giggled at their little game and they proceeded to school.

They walked in slightly awkward silence towards the school, until finally Yuki broke the ice.

"So…um, how's life?" Yuki mentally cursed at himself for asking such a stupid question.

"Pretty great, actually." Initiating Plan A, thought Kagura. "So, what do you think of Kyo and Tohru?"

"It bugs me," Yuki stated bluntly. Kagura thought she heard a tone of bitter resentment in his normally calm voice.

"Why is that?" Kagura innocently asked, already knowing the answer. At least, thinking she knew the answer.

"Because Kyo doesn't know how to take care of her!" Yuki could not control his anger in this sentence. Kagura was taken aback.

"What! But Kyo is so kind and meaningful and…" She was about to say handsome, but she caught herself. She did not want to lose control of the situation. Yuki continued her sentence.

"…And he's ignorant and brash! He hardly knows how to take care of himself!" Yuki knew perfectly well that Kyo could take care of himself, but he was furious and didn't care.

"Yuki, calm down," soothed Kagura. "Maybe Kyo is in a phase right now. He'll get over her soon enough." He's vulnerable now, Kagura thought. I should make my moves. "You know, if I didn't know better, I would have thought that you liked Tohru." Yuki blushed deeply at this question.

Yuki paused a moment before speaking. "Actually, I do like her. I think I might even love her. I mean, when I see Kyo, I don't get as mad as when I see Kyo with her."

"I see," Kagura responded. Now or never, she thought. "You know, I think I know a way for you to break them up."

Yuki lit up at this statement as if it was a revelation. "Really? How?"

"I remember, a few years ago, one of my friends, Tsukasa,got with this guy because her ex-boyfriend, Hitoori,was with this really ugly girl.They madeHitoori so jealous that he broke up with the ugly girl and he andTsukasa got together again."

"So you're saying we should become a couple to make Tohru and Kyo separate?" Yuki liked the idea.

"Exactly!" exclaimed Kagura. "So, what do you say?"

Yuki thought for a moment before exclaiming his approval.

They continued to walk in silence, except it was anything but awkward.