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Chapter VII: Deception.

If there was one thing Botan hated most about school, it was exam and she had three coming in the next week. She had been studying so hard. She practically lived in the library. She was barely home. Studying wasn't the only reason she stayed out of the house. It was easy for her to avoid Kurama and his wicked girlfriend. She went home late and woke up early and when she knew he might be home, she locked herself in her bedroom. She didn't go anywhere she thought they might be. For two weeks straight, she saw little of Kurama and his girlfriend.

Today was no different from the last fourteen days of her life. She was in the library finishing her homework. She knew it was time to go home because the library was closing in five minutes and besides it was almost midnight and she was starving. She had skipped both lunch and dinner. As usual, the librarian had to shoo her out before she started to pack her bag. She left the library and went to get her car. As she started to back out from the parking spot, she noticed two figures. She didn't pay them much attention until one of them turned. She did a double take just in case her eyes were playing trick on her. "Man, I must be in worse shape then I thought." She said to herself. But when the figure stared at her, she knew she wasn't dreaming or seeing things. There was Miyuki and some guy making out right in the open. Granted there weren't that many people around this late but she was cheating on Kurama.

"Miyuki." She said.

Miyuki's partner turned to look at the car that had stopped and Botan's suspicion was confirmed. Miyuki was cheating on Kurama. Botan drove away, feeling sick in her stomach. She knew Miyuki was a fucking bitch but she had no right doing this Kurama. He might be a jerk sometimes but even he didn't deserve it. When Botan got home, the lights were off. The whole house was quiet. She quickly walked upstairs to her room but before she could get in, someone called her name.

"Botan…"

Botan froze. It was Kurama. She hadn't talked to him since that incident with Miyuki mainly because Botan avoid him at every chance she had. She had no way of escaping now. She might as well face him.

"Yes, Kurama."

"Are you mad at me?"

"No, should I?"

"Well, you haven't talk to me in two weeks and you've avoiding like the plague."

"Sorry, I've been really busy."

"You hung out with everybody else except me."

"Look, I'm sorry if you feel this way but I assure you it's nothing."

"Are you sure? Because…"

"Yes, I'm sure. Look I need to go to bed. I'm really tired."

"But Botan…"

"Can we talk about some other time?"

"Are you trying to flip me off?"

"No, I'm just tired and I want to go to bed."

She turned and made way to her room. She only got as far as the door when she felt Kurama's arms snaked around her waist.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm no letting you until you talk to me."

"What do you want me to say? I already apologize."

"I just want to talk to you. Can you give me a couple of minutes?"

"Fine, you have five minutes."

She dropped her bag in front of her door and then turned around to face him. At that moment as soon as she saw him, she forgot how to breathe. He looked so gorgeous standing there bathed in the moonlight. She had forgotten how beautiful he was. During these last two weeks, she had missed him. She missed his carefree laughter, his gentle tone when he talked to her. She missed hanging around with him, being around him. She truly missed Kurama.

"Botan?"

"Oh! Sorry, I zoned out for a minute."

"That's okay. As long as you're not running away from me."

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked.

"It will only take a minute." He said.

"Okay."

"I wanted to apologize accusing you. It was wrong of me to question you without hearing your side of the story."

"It's alright. I would have done the same thing if I was in your place."

"So we're still friends. You're not going to run away from me every time you see me?"

"Of course not."

"Great."

They stood facing each other. Botan wanted nothing more than to reach out and kiss him but she knew very well that she couldn't. Not while he was dating Miyuki. Frankly she didn't see what he saw in that bitch. She was nothing more than a liar and a cheater. She didn't deserve someone like Kurama. "Speaking of cheater, I wonder if I should tell Kurama what I just saw." She thought. If she told him, will he believe her or will he thinks she was lying. "Maybe I should talk to Miyuki first. See her side of the story before I rushed to conclusion. If I'm wrong about this, Kurama might never forgive me and I don't think I could live with that." She said to herself.

A week later, Botan had taken all of her tests and she did quite well. She was very proud of herself. Her efforts and hard work had paid off.

She still hasn't said anything to Kurama and judging from the way he was with Miyuki, she hadn't told him anything either. They were still going out and Botan couldn't help but feel bad. She knew what Miyuki was doing to Kurama and yet she said nothing. She was such a hypocrite. She once told Miyuki that she cared deeply about her friends but now she wasn't so sure. She knew she loved Kurama. There were no questions about that. She loved him to death but she didn't want to see him hurt. She couldn't bring herself to tell him because she knew he will be hurt. Badly. As much as she hater to admit it, Kurama cared a great deal about Miyuki and it will crushed him once he learned the truth. With a sigh, she shook her head to rid herself from her guilty conscience. She had been thinking about Kurama too much lately. He was in her mind every waking seconds and she even dreamed about him at night. She was starting to go nuts with these feelings.

Botan jolted out of her reveries when she bumped into someone. She rubbed her forehead and looked at the stranger.

"Sorry about that." She said.

"It's no problem. I should have paid attention to where I was going."

"That makes two of us."

They smiled.

"Hey, my name is Botan Jaganashi."

"I'm Koenma Daoh. It's nice to meet you, B.J."

"B.J.?" she laughed.

"I figure people might call you that."

"The only person that calls me that is my grandfather and my brother when he wants to annoy me."

"So you have a brother?"

"Yeah, a big brother that is a pain in my ass and a little sister that gets on my nerves sometimes. We are fraternal triplets but we have nothing ion common."

"Well, you're lucky you have siblings. I'm an only child."

"I'll trade with you."

He laughed.

"Say, want to have lunch with me. I was on my way to grab some food before my next class." He said.

"Sure. That'll be great."

"Cool."

They walked to the cafeteria and get a table. They put their bags down and go get their food. Once they got what they wanted, they met back at the table.

"So what year are you?" he asked.

"This is my first year. I'm a freshman."

"Don't feel bad. We all have to go through it."

"Yeah, I guess. What about you?"

"I'm a junior and majoring in Business Administration."

"I'm here for modeling but since the school requires that I have a minor, I chose Executive Marketing."

"So you're doing a double major. You must be really smart." He smiled at her.

"Not really." She blushed.

They sat talking for a long time until Koenma had to leave for his class. Before he left, he invited her to go see a play the school was putting on tomorrow night. Botan agrees to go. Botan went home with a smile on her face which soon turned into a frown when she saw Miyuki.

"Hi, Botan."

"What are you doing here? I don't think Kurama is home yet."

"I wanted to talk to you."

"About what?" she asked.

They were standing right in front of the door. Botan went inside the house and Miyuki followed her into the kitchen.

"So what is it you want to talk to me about that you had to come all the way here?"

"I know you saw me the other night."

"So?"

"I want to know what you told Kurama."

"I haven't told him anything. I was hoping that you will do it yourself."

"Don't lie to me." Miyuki said.

"Why would I lie to you?"

"Because you want him for yourself."

"At least I would have treating better than you do."

"Shut up bitch."

"I guess it's better to be a bitch than a cheap slut."

"How dare you call me a slut? You were the one who was lusting after my boyfriend."

"And you were the one that went and cheat on him. And to think that he put you a freaking pedestal."

Miyuki laughed.

"How could you laugh at this? You're hurting him."

"Hurting him? What he doesn't know won't hurt him."

"Is that so?"

"Yes it is so."

"And you think I'm just going to sit here and let you toy with him."

"It's not like you can do anything about it, bitch. He won't even believe you. The poor little darling believes anything I say."

"Call me whatever you want. You have done enough damage. I won't let you hurt him anymore."

"What are you going to do? You're going to tell him that you saw me having sex with a guy by the library at midnight. Well, here's some advice for you sweetie, don't play with fire unless you want to get burn." Miyuki laughed.

"Are you threading me?"

"Just giving you some friendly advice."

Botan shook her head in discuss.

"How could you do this to Kurama of all people." She whispered.

"That's what I would like to know."

Both Botan and Miyuki turned around to see Kurama standing a couple of feet away from them.

"Kurama, when did you get here?" Miyuki asked.

"And how long have been standing." Botan added.

"Long enough." He said.

He looked hurt.

"How could you do this to me? How could lie to me." He asked.

Botan felt like he was addressing both of them somehow. Her heart tighten in pain at the thought of betraying the man she loved so blindly.

"Kurama…" she said.

"Baby, let me explaining…" Miyuki started.

"Don't bother. I heard everything you said. I think I understand everything and I can't believe I've been gullible. I trusted you. Both of you. But you lied to me. You used me."

"Kurama…"

He didn't listen. He just turned on his heels and left the room. Minutes later, they heard the tires screeched and the car speeding away.

"I hope you're happy now." Miyuki said.

"Oh! Shut the hell up, you fucking slut." Botan said.

Author's note: Thank you for reading. Please tell me how you liked it. If I made a mistake that I need to fix, please let me know.

P.S. Botan and Kurama Lover, I'm expecting A long review from you because you haven't my last two stories (Love Slave Chap2 & Forbidden Sins). I was sad because I knew you would review since you've done so. So when I didn't find your review, I was pretty much devastated. My most faithful reviewer has abandoned me (cries hysterically…)