While Rin hadn't told Mika and Sakura how she felt about the boys in the village, it didn't mean there wasn't anything there.

Rin lay on her bed, looking up, thinking. She rolled over time and time again, trying to clear her mind. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get just one thing out of there.

She couldn't see why it was there either. She didn't want it there. In fact, she would have loved it to go away, and never to come back again.

We're just friends. She thought to herself, as she tried to shake an image from her imagination from her mind. That's never going to happen!

She sat straight up and shook her head hard, in hopes of losing the image. It was her and Kohaku, in a room where they were very much alone.

She stuffed her face in her pillow and tried once again to clear her mind so that she could sleep.

Meanwhile, Kohaku was having similar troubles. He lay flat on his back, staring at the ceiling. She's just my friend. He thought. Nothing more. Never going to be anything more. Even if I wanted us to be more then friends, she wouldn't feel the same. And I don't either. He added as an after thought, hoping to change his mind.

Why? Why am I suddenly thinking of her like this? He scrunched his eyes closed, and then opened them wide, seeing that it didn't help clear the image from his mind. An image of her and himself, alone. It's not like if I told her about it, anything would happen. I mean, it's just not likely.

He shook his head hard one last time, rolled over so his face was in the pillow, and fell asleep with one last thing on his mind.

The next morning Rin woke up and stared at her ceiling for a little while. When she got up and stepped out into the hallway, Kohaku did as well. She blushed and rushed past him.

Kohaku stood, bewildered and confused as to why she had turned red and run off like that.

For the rest of the day, Rin had trouble looking at Kohaku without turning red. But he didn't notice that, because he was having the same trouble.

One night, after a failed attempt to fall asleep, Kohaku knocked on Rin's window, and she came out and joined him on the rooftop.

"Hey, why'd you knock?" She asked, yawning.

"Couldn't sleep. Wondered if you could." Kohaku said, not looking straight at her.

"Yeah, I couldn't either. But I was afraid you were asleep already. I didn't want to wake you up." Rin said, looking at him. She wished she could read his expression, but as for the moon being the only light, and it being behind him, she could only see a silhouette of him, making it so she couldn't read his expression. She turned away, knowing he could see her face.

Maybe I should tell him/her now. They both thought.

"So, Kohaku." Rin started hesitantly. "Do you like anyone?" She asked in her usual curiously happy voice.

"Uh… No…" He lied. "What about you?" He asked, trying to use the same interested tone, rather then a scared one.

"Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you." Rin laughed, and looked away so he couldn't read her face.

"Then that means you do! Who is it?" He asked, now eager to know, but scared all the same.

"Guess." Rin smirked. Then her eyes widened as she realized there weren't many boys in the village, so it wouldn't take him too long to figure it out.

"Why? There are not too many guys here, let alone ones I think you would ever like. It wont take me long, so why wont you just tell me?"

"Because, that takes all the fun out of it for me!" She laughed. "So, start guessing!" She grinned at him in the moonlight.

"All right then. Kira."

"No way!" She laughed again. Kohaku joined in the laughter with her.

"I thought so, but it was a good thing I tried, because your reactions are funny. So, then do you like Kiyoshi?"

"No! That's who Sakura likes!" She giggled. "And he's too quiet. I swear, he's probably never had any contact with a girl past relatives. I wonder what he'd do if some girl hugged him."

"That's true." Kohaku said thoughtfully, then laughed. "I'm guessing that Taku is a no."

"Aww man, you hit the nail on the head. You caught me." She said sarcastically, and then laughed. "No, not Taku."

"Okay then, there's only a few more guys, sure you don't want to just tell me?" Kohaku asked.

"Just keep guessing." Rin said, wanting to waste as much time before she'd just have to come out and say it.

"Let's see." He thought.

Soon he named off all the boys that they knew the names of, except for him.

"Okay, Let's see, I've guessed everyone I know the name of. Then I'll ask questions about him." He said in a voice that sounded a little shaky. "Does he have dark hair and eyes?"

"Yes." Said Rin a little to fast, and in a shaky voice as well.

"Is his favorite animal say… a stag?" Kohaku said in as much of a sly voice that he could.

"You know." Rin said softly.

"No, there might be more people who like stags with dark hair and eyes." Kohaku said in mock defense.

"You know. I know you know. Just say it already. You know." Rin said, trying to keep her voice steady.

"Nuh-huh. I don't need to tell you who it is, you're supposed to tell me." Kohaku replied sternly.

"You know it already. Why do I have to say it?" Rin asked, still scared to say it.

"Because, words don't mean a thing unless they come from the person themselves. It wouldn't mean anything if Sakura or Mika told me, or if I thought it on my own. It's something you have to say." Kohaku said softly.

Rin paused for a while, not sure of how to say it, but she knew she must. She was frustrated to the verge of tears, and was afraid if she spoke, it wouldn't come out right.

"Well…?" Kohaku asked softly.

"Alright already!" Rin nearly jumped up as she turned to look at him. "It's you! I like you! Okay? I like you." She said finally. She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment, then blushed and turned away quickly.

There was a moment's pause. Just when Rin thought it'd last forever, or that the worst would come, Kohaku spoke.

"I like you too." He said softly, in a shaky voice. "As… more then a friend." He added, to clear up what he said.

Rin couldn't think of anything to say. With still no clue on what to say, she scooted closer to him, and rested her head on his shoulder, as they watched the stars in silence for a little while longer, before finally going to bed.

As Rin lay in bed, she went over everything that had happened in the past hour or so. She couldn't believe it. He liked her too. She gave a happy sigh, and rolled over, falling asleep with a small smile on her face.

Hehe, there's chapter 7! While it all seems well and good, there's much more to this story! Just you wait!