Chapter 2: A Secret's Kiss

Two hours later, Seto walked back to the spare room Kenzel was in. He hated to disturb her while she slept, but couldn't resist the feeling of being near her. He opened the door, slipped into the room, and closed the door as quietly as he could. Seto grabbed a chair and set it next to the bed, so he could be as close to her head as possible. He watched Kenzel sleep peacefully.

'What's wrong with me?' He thought to himself. 'I've never felt this way about her before, so why now?' He tried to come up with a list of reasonable reasons for why he felt this way. He came up with:

Feeling sorry for her,

Because she was pretty,

Because she was an old friend

But nothing really seemed to fit. He couldn't explain to himself why he felt the way he did, all he knew was that he was falling for her.

A few minuets went by when it finally dawned on him. Why didn't he just steal a kiss? This way he could express his feelings for her and she'd never know. It would be his little secret. He thought about it a little longer, and finally decided to do it.

He raised his hand and pulled back a few loose strands of hair that covered her face. He leaned forward over her head, centering on her lips. As he leaned closer, he could feel his hot breath bounce off her pail skin, and back onto his face. With closed eyes and semi-opened lips, Seto kissed her. The only flaw to this was that he applied too much pressure against her lips. Unfortunately, for Seto, Kenzel wasn't a heavy sleeper, and she awoke while he still kissed her, while his eyes were closed.

For a few seconds, Kenzel wondered why Seto was kissing her, and couldn't help but enjoy the fact that he actually had feelings for her. She did admit to herself that while growing up in the orphanage, she did have some sort of crush for the older boy, but never took it seriously. Kenzel also enjoyed the pleasure of Seto's lips upon her's. But instead of kissing him back, Kenzel closed her eyes, pretending to still be asleep so Seto wouldn't notice that she was awake through out the kiss.

As much as she wanted to let him know how much she cared for him and also wanted to kiss him back, Kenzel did nothing and kept quiet. She figured if Seto wanted her to know that he loved her, then he would have told her and kissed her while she was awake and not secretly, while she was asleep.

Finally, Seto drew back and studied Kenzel's face. She showed no sign of movement or any sign that showed that she knew he kissed her. She merely lay upon the bed with her eyes closed and breathed steadily. After a few seconds of watching her breath, and having accomplished his goal, Seto got up and walked to the door. Before he turned the doorknob and left, he looked back at Kenzel. He gave one last glance at her with soft eyes then slipped out of the room.

Once Seto had shut the door tight, Kenzel opened her eyes. She stared at the chair that Seto had pulled up and didn't even bother to back, with a heavy heart. Her eye's filled up with tears and silently flooded down her cheeks down onto the pillow that her head was resting on

"Oh, Seto!" she whispered softly, "Why won't you tell me you love me?" Kenzel buried her face into the pillow and cried silently.