KISS Me!

This is the third Chapter! Hope you guys like it! This is Kyoshiro's point of view, so don't get confused, okay?

Chapter 3 – The truth about him… (Kyoshiro's POV)

"Hello? Aki-kun? This is Yuya-san… Yes, I'm safe… I'm in Kimisawa, the trains are down, and we don't have enough money to go home by cab… It's a five-hour drive from where we are! So I will be staying the night in Kimisawa. With whom? Kyoshiro sen-pai."

"WHAT!" I could hear Aki's voice on the other end. I smiled. I have no idea if his exclamation is to her to hear, or to me.

Yuya held the phone a few inches away from her, and spoke into the receiver again. "It was his watch that stopped that eight-thirty! And you know very well I don't wear a watch! Don't worry; we won't be in the same room! I will try to get another room okay?" She listened a while longer, and handed the phone to me. "Aki-kun wants to speak to you."

I took the public phone. "Hello?"

Akira's voice came like thunder on the phone. "KYOSHIRO! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SISTER YOU GET ME?" I stared at the phone.

Yuya laughed and I replied, "Don't worry… I wouldn't want to touch your sister!"

"HEY!" Yuya cried as she punched my arm. Hard.

"Owwww!"

Akira laughed and asked, "Are you sure? You wouldn't do anything to my sister even if…"

I interrupted him. "No, I won't."

He gave a sigh of relief. "I trust you, okay? But if… just if…." He didn't manage to complete his sentence, because Shinrei took the phone. Behind, Aki was yelling and I could tell that Hotaru is trying to restrain him.

"I just kicked Aki away and took the phone," I could hear Shinrei smiling. "Just take care of yourselves, okay? And I don't need to repeat Aki's warning, ya?"

"I get it all here in my brain, okay?" I looked at Yuya. "Do you wanna say something to Shinrei?" Yuya nodded and listened to her non-biological brother complaining about Hotaru, Akira and himself missing her. She smiled and finally put down the phone.

"How's Hotaru and Shinrei?" I asked.

She smiled. "On each other's nerves, as usual. But they are getting along better. You should go visit us when possible."

I nodded. "So… let's get a place to rest." We left the phone booth. As we walked down the streets, I looked at Yuya. She looks so darn beautiful. I sighed to myself.

Yes, I am, and always have been in love in Yuya-san.

Ever since I first met Yuya (that was when she thought I was Kyo), I wondered if I ever will meet her again. It was until my friends Akira and Hotaru pointed out their sister, who just entered Fukinara High School, to me, when I realized that she was the silly girl that made a mistake in confessing her crush to me instead of Kyo. The silly girl that captured my heart so securely.

Of course, Akira, Hotaru and now, Shinrei, knows about my feelings for Yuya, but they never intended on telling her. They know I would tell her myself, sooner or later.

"Ah!" Yuya suddenly exclaimed. I jerked back to my senses in surprise. "There's a motel in sight! We have enough money for two people… right?" We stared at our remaining money in our hands.

"5000 yen… (A/N: Once again, I don't know if this amount is enough for a motel room! Sorry for the lack of professionalism! I do think that it costs more than that, but ah well, my story, my rules!)" I counted. It should be enough.

We entered the reception area. A woman in her mid-forties looked at us. The name tag on her blouse read "Yoshiko". She raised her penciled eyebrows at us. "May I help you?"

"Erm…" Yuya stuttered, blushing at crazy. I interrupted her and asked for two rooms.

"Are you out of your minds?" She said. "It's the Saturday before Valentine's Day! Almost all the rooms are booked throughout Kimisawa! However I have one room, but aren't you guys high-school students?"

"Y…Yes… And that is why we wanted two rooms."

She raised her eyebrows even higher. "I'm sorry… But there's only a room, and that room has only a bed."

"WHAT?" The two of us exclaimed. We stared at each other. Yuya was still flushed.

"Give… us that room." She muttered. Yoshiko raised her eyebrows even higher. I began wondering how high she could raise her eyebrows.

I cleared my throat. "But is it okay if you can bring a couch to the room?"

She finally lowered her eyebrows back to normal. "Okay. That would be a total of 3000 yen." I peeled off the amount of money exact and gave it to her. We left the hotel reception. And I heard her mutter, "Are you kidding me? They won't even be using the damn couch…"

Upstairs, I slid the card in the reader. The reader beeped, and the door opened to a cozy room with a mini lounge and a room. The room sure is nice. I thought to myself. "This is the room. Yuya-san, you can have the bed. I will sleep on the couch when it comes."

"Okay…" she replied. She looked at the bathroom. "Can I use it first?"

I nodded. "You want any food?"

"Yeah."

"I'll head for the convenience store beside the hotel. Lock the door up okay?"

"Okay."

I exited the hotel towards the convenience store. I wasted another 500 yen on cup noodles and snacks.

When I returned to the room, the couch is in the living room. She came out wearing a robe beneath her clothes. "There's another one in the closet. Go take a shower."

I thanked her and went into the bathroom. It distinctively smells of shampoo. I quickly took my shower and got out. She smiled at me cheerfully and said, "I hope you don't mind ramen, and look! We can watch TV!"

I looked at her and sat down with her. We stared at the television. I sensed that Yuya-san is still upset about what happened this afternoon. When we met Kyo and Okuni.

Kyo actually, knows about my likings for Yuya. He never commented anything on it. I really wondered why Yuya is upset over the coincidence.

"Yuya-san?" I asked.

She looked at me. "Yes?"

"Are you still upset over this afternoon?" She looked up, that's when I realized that her face was all flushed up. Obviously she was still thinking about the incident.

"Wh… What in… incident?" She faltered.

"Yuya-san, you forgot. You are a bad liar." I smiled gently at her. Her eyes dropped to a blush.

"I have been thinking about Kyo. And his chocolates." She looked sadly at the box of chocolates currently sitting in the refrigerator. "Is it worth it? Kyo sen-pai is still with Okuni, are they serious? Will my KISSes ever make any difference? The questions are too many… I don't know what to think…" She shook her head violently as tears fell.

I held her by her shoulders. "Yuya-san..." I said. After a while, she finally stopped crying. "Give up on Kyo. He's not worth it all. He's a huge flirt, and if he ever, ever dates you, he is bound to dump you sooner or later. I have no idea why he and Okuni are still together. But it doesn't matter, does it?"

She stared at me. "What do you know…"

"What?" I let go of her.

"I said, what do YOU know about love? Yeah, so you are Kyo sen-pai's twin brother, so what? I never hear anything about you liking anybody! You don't know anything about love…"

"What do you mean?" I asked. She looked at me. "I'm in love… with you."

She stared at me until realization kicks in. She blushed and stuttered. "I… I…" I looked at her; her emerald eyes were wide open.

Just like one whole year ago… I mused. The tension is getting tighter…

"Yuya-san…" I uttered. "I know you like Kyo, so it is okay if you don't like me at all!"

She stood up. "I… am… I am going to bed!" She blushed as she retreated into her room.

"Okay!" I called behind. "I shall… take the rubbish out…" I gathered the empty cups and went out to the recycle chute. The plague above read "No plastics allowed in recycling bin", but what the heck. I dumped everything inside, including my unrequited love…

I didn't go back to the room. Instead, I went to the motel's roof-top garden terrace. I leaned against the wall and looked up at the stars.

What was I thinking, confessing to Yuya like that? I sighed to myself.

Yes! I hope you guys like the third chapter! Yeah, in the end... the couch IS used bypoor Kyoshiro (what are YOU guys THINKING?)Oh yes, to some people out there who are SUPER picky, the unrequited love down the recycling bin is just supposed to be an attempt to be a metaphor… Don't think so literally okay?

P.S: Please be reminded that I update my profile VERY often! If you guys dun use the blog I set up, at least read my profile once in a while, because I'm rather volatile, and I may change my stories here and there, and you guys may not be able to know what's happening! So sorry okay?