A/N: Well, first of all I'd like to mention a very special reviewer.. Without her (did I get the gender right?) I couldn't have made this fic longer and she's the only one that supported me through reviews. Thank you Meikke!!! I really appreciate the time you're spending to post a review. Oh and I don't get your favor...express? In a pop-out fic about my disclaimer...? Uh..Sorry, just don't get it well.

Again, please, for my other readers, have time to tell me what you think of this fanfic...

Externus78

P.S. Just one more day and it's school time again...so I can't update this anymore in a short time as I do this vacation. Considering the fact that I'm trying to go as far as I could in my studies and focus on it, I may not be able to do this even on weekends as usual as I do. I mean—well, look, I can't promise to update this in a week or a month, but I'll try to update in the shortest time possible. "TRY" okay.. Well here it goes...

Chapter 6: Jealousy for Years

When Rei had drove her home and carried Aya's drunk body, it started to rain.

"Oh, well, these things do happen." He said, setting Aya on the porch's stairs and ringing the doorbell.

The lights in Aya's house are turned off. It led Rei to wonder why no one opens the door. He turned the knob and it is locked.

He knelt down beside the sleeping beauty and shook her gently. "Aya, Aya...do you have the key to your house?"

"Mmpphh..." Aya moaned. But she didn't answer him. Rei sighed and shrugged. --She must be tired. She looks so drunk, she can't seem to even open her eyes to look at the person talking to her. Katase's going to pay for this.--

"Oh great, so how am I gonna open this thing..." He grumbled. "Why the heck even am I here..." he pretended, but to no avail of being in comfort.

He turned the knob and pushed the door in. It didn't budge. Then he heard an engine stop. Perhaps it's not his car's. He turned it off before he took Aya out of it.

"Otohata!" a voice called, which Rei couldn't figure out whether it was cold, flat, angry or mild. He turned around and saw it was Katase.

Katase was standing out of his car(Katase's), holding the door of his car open and getting wet in the rain. Katase was wet all over, and because most of his bangs covered almost all parts of his eyes, Rei can't tell if he's glaring at him or not.

'What the hell are you here for?" Rei said flatly. "You got her drunk and felt her lips on yours already, that's enough."

"I came here to take her back. You're not supposed to be with her."

Rei's fists clenched. "What?! Why you—"

"I thought you had just dumped her. She was just trying to tell me about her pain. Besides, you don't even know what happened in the bar. And I was the person with her that time, so I deserve the right to take her now."

"You don't understand me, and where would you take her?!"

"I'm taking her to my house, her parents are in duty at work for 48 hours and it haven't been 24 hours yet since they started their work. Aya's parents won't be here until tomorrow."

"How did you—"

"She told me. We're close so I know almost all about her. I have the key to her house. But if I leave her there she might get sick, so I'm taking her to mine."

"You can't do that!"

Katase smiled at him blankly and closed the door of his car then walked to the porch. "Of course I can, she will permit me to, anytime, drunk or not. So can I take her, heartbreaker?"

Rei was full of rage now. "How dare you call me—"all he could do is punch Katase again.

This time Katase is more alert, he dodged, and Rei fell down on the groundOh, Katase....you're so bad! I'd rather have you punched than letting Rei fall like that...but that's the way the story goes...--sob--. "Otohata, I just want you to know I love her than you do. And if you want to prove you love her now maybe you could try to show her that you do. If you can, that is. You'll never get her from me. Regrets come the last, so you shall regret what you did to her. So long, heartbreaker."

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Yuuhi offered to accompany Ran home. Naoki got jealous but didn't show it, and because he thought it was just a friendly gesture for Yuuhi already had Mami around, he tried to forget it. He went home himself and wondered why he never felt anything anymore for Miyu and just let her go home herself.

Miyu, on the other hand, still wonders why Yamato didn't have the time to come. Can't he even spend time on her, just a bit?

--He said he'd be handling Tatsuki's freedom, and he has to work on it. Tatsuki is Ran's boyfriend...well...ex-boyfriend for now. Maybe I should let this failure go, and just understand that Yamato is doing this for his sister.-- Miyu sighed.

Just then someone tapped her shoulder. Quickly she spun around for self-defense, but the stranger is more alert. The stranger took her hand and twisted it, to which she yelped in pain. The stranger's shadow was all she could see, for it was a damp night.

She kicked with her left foot and tripped the stranger. The moment she had tripped it, it let go of her arm and she checked who it was. The attacker didn't seem any familiar, and it gave Miyu the idea someone had paid this man to try and kill her. But she had been friends with Harue for a long time already. Who could this man's boss be?

"Tell your boss I want to know him or her...or else.." She stepped on the man's stomach and continued speaking, "I'll teach all of you a lesson."

Quickly Miyu's attacker stood up and ran away.

Miyu just stared at the helpless man. She shook her head. "Whoever that was, he or she might have something to do with the three of us. I hope Ran or Aya isn't getting into any trouble."

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The next morning, Aya felt her backbones relax. She stretched her arms and yawned a quiet yawn. Suddenly she realized something...

She isn't sleeping on her own bed.

She bolted upright and looked around. Right across the room, below the window was a beige-colored sofa. And lying on it is Katase.

She watched his chest rise up and down. Then her eyes examined his room. How beautiful and neat... the curtains are tied neatly on their side panels. Katase's clothes are hung on a silver stand, the flesh rug covered the floor...and what really caught her attention was the whole room's neatness...Katase appeared to be like a girl when it comes to room things. Aya felt the blanket now covering half her body. It felt so warm and thick. And Katase's bed is so soft anyone who'd be sleeping here'd probably never want to wake up from his sleep. She looked over at Katase again. When she was about to stand up her head seemed to burn, so she lay back down. She held her head that it was like if she let go of it, it would fall or crash into pieces or something.

The pain stopped. She tried to remember what happened, but when she tried to, the pain almost came back. She pulled the blanket up to her nose. --I can't remember anything that happened last night.-- She thought. She thought something might have happened. So all she could do was sob. She pulled the covers over her head, and she felt hot.

Her sobbing awoke the sensitive Katasehow stupid, he woke up in the sound of soft sobs, but didn't when Aya bolted....

"Aya?" Katase asked. But Aya kept sobbing.

Katase stood up from her bed. He removed the blanket only half of her body and saw her crying.

"Why are you weeping? Is something wrong?" he asked her. He held Aya's shoulders as she cried silently and raised her so she could sit up on his bed.

He removed her hand from her face and wiped her tears. "What's wrong?"

"I..." she held her head. "I can't remember anything that happened last night. Why am I...Why am I here? What hap—"

Katase stopped her from speaking by putting a finger on her lips. "Aya, nothing...I tell you...nothing happened between us last night. I don't want to lose your trust, I just got you here, let my mom change your clothes and lend you some of hers while I'm in the kitchen, then I told her you could use my bed, and I'd rather sleep on the floor. But...well..." he chuckled. "The floor's hard, so I slept on my sofa. Your parents aren't home yet, remember?"

"Oh...I see...and why did you get me here? Didn't I ask you last night to drive me home or something?"

He shook his head. "You got drunk, Aya. And..." Katase sighed, and felt that he couldn't tell her that she kissed him unintentionally.

"And?"

"And I got you here."

Aya smiled and said, "I think my parents would be going home by tomorrow. Maybe I could spend the day here."

"You don't have a class today?"

"Nope. You?" she asked, concerned.

"I have one today. And it would be until 5 in the afternoon." He glanced at the watch, 8:00.

"But Katase, then how could I spend the day—"

"You have someone with you at home?"

"No, but—"

"Then stay. At least you'd be with my mom, and my sister and brother today."

"Are you sure that would be okay?"

Katase nodded. "Sure. Don't worry, my mom knew everything that goes around me, so she'd understand."

"Okay."

"Well, gotta go now, I must not be late." Katase was carried away by his feelings and kissed Aya's cheek then realized what he did. He looked away and blushed, Aya did too.

"I'm...I'm sorry. Didn't mean to...Gotta go.." Katase said, not looking at her and standing up. He started walking to the door.

"Katase...wait." Aya called.

He didn't turn around, but stopped . "What is it?"

"T-take care." Aya bade him. Katase just nodded without having a last look at her and went out the door.

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Ran twisted her fork this way...then that way. Her bacon appeared like it had gone through a storm. It was torn and ripped, but uneaten. Ran just looked down on it and sighed.

"You have a practice at 9:00, don't you?"

Ran nodded, but didn't utter a word. Yamato seemed irritated. Usually when he asks her about something, she retorts, or if not she shouts her answer at him happily. Ran looked tedious...wearisome. Her eyes are about to close already. Yamato almost thought any second soon her head would be drowned on her oatmeal.

"Ran, it's Sunday, maybe you could ask your teacher to permit you not to go. You look sick."

Ran shrugged, then shook her head and lazily stood up. She walked languidly and was about to go upstairs when Yamato called her.

"Ran, you seem unusual. You've never been like that before, unless you got into a wishing dance machine, or a good luck bag or what." He walked up to her while she stood lazily in front of the stairs and looked at him with sleepy eyesthough she got s real good sleep. Yamato felt her forehead but it was normal. He slapped Ran an average slap, one that doesn't hurt but could wake up anyone who is slapped with that.

Ran shook her head energetically. She looked at Yamato with her usual okay-here-is-my-brother look. "What do you think you're doing?"

Yamato looked surprised. "Waking you up. Nice job I did, didn't I?"

Ran shook her head and smiled. "I got to go, broHey, that rhymes. I might be late for school."

"WAIT!" Yamato shouted in alarm.

Flabbergasted, Ran turned to him after climbing two steps up the stairs.

"Why are you like this, Ran? Don't pretend you're happy today. I know something's wrong! You've got to tell me."

"I don't trust you." Was Ran's cold reply.

"Wha.." Yamato stared at her blankly at first. Then he recovered, and pulled Ran down from the stairs. He held her by the shoulders.

Ran coldly looked at Yamato's hand on her right shoulder. Then she turned to him. "Let go."

"Ran, tell me. Did I do something wro—"he was stopped when he saw Ran's tears flow. He let go of her.

Ran looked down and her tears continued to flow. "I didn't expect everything in my life would be so complicated before I would become a real lady. I can't accept the fact that on my eighteenth birthday things would still go wrong. Tatsuki's in jail, I myself am going out with Naoki without Tatsuki knowing but with no certain reason at all, Naoki comes up to me saying he loves me again and again...But I never heard Tatsuki say so...again and again. I love Tatsuki, but am feeling he doesn't, and Naoki does love me but I DON'T. Then Aya cries to me because Rei is so indifferent again and dumped her for the last time, she begins to fall in love with Katase just when Rei had told me he realized he has feelings for Aya, Aya gets drunk—"

"Aya? Drunk? But—"

"That's not your concern, your problem is Miyu came to me and is very sad when she told me you're not paying attention to her these days and you're focusing on your job. She tells me you don't seem to be the Yamato she knew that loves his job and loves Miyu equally. You aren't spending even a bit of your time for her these days. Moron. I don't want to call you this but you're hurting her. Why does everyone have to go under stupid circumstances." Ran shook her head, wiped her tears and went upstairs after telling her brother that maybe he should visit Miyu and get things arranged. She left Yamato speechless.

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By the way, birthdays of everyone here are just my own plan. I do not think I'd be following their birthdays in the series...Anyways, aside from the fact I don't really know when their birthday is, I don't want to know because I have a better plan.. Hehe grand debut!!

"Yuuhi!" Mami waved at the front gate when Yuuhi stopped his car there. Yuuhi went out of the car and smiled at her. "Good morning!"

"I'm so glad you took my invitation! You could park your car at the backside! Just go over there then turn left. I'll call for a guide there to show you where to park."

Yuuhi nodded. Then he went in the car and drove into the parking lot of Mami's house.

When he got in the house—Ehem...I mean mansion--cough cough-I mean, castle... Yuuhi found Mami by the doorMy could he even call it a door wherein anyone could enter the house from the parking lot.

Yuuhi kissed her cheek as a sign of greeting and Mami afterwards held his arm and led him to the living room.

While walking to the said roomwhich is somehow a long way to go, Yuuhi asked Mami a thing he noticed about her...uh...mansion. "Uh, Mami...your...why...Don't take this an offense, okay? But why is the parking lot here so big? I mean, there are at least 10 vehicles, 6 of them are limousines and 4 are cars. Still the lot seemed to fit in a hundred more."

Mami nodded. "Not to brag, but...well...2 of the limos are my father's possession, 4 are mine, and all the cars parked there are mine. Each having its own purpose of when and why I use them. And the parking lot's big because they wanted my debut to have the grandest guests, the most wonderful party of the year. Though it would only be okay if you attend."

Yuuhi was delighted to hear how rich she was, and that was only a very small part of her custody. Then something popped into his mind. "Could Ran and her friends come, too?"

"NO!" came Mami's angry response. Then she silenced herself. "I'm sorry...what I mean is...you know.. no, you're not failing to give me the brightest ideas of my debut. I think that would be great."

Yuuhi smiled, but inside he knew Mami didn't want Ran to be at her birthday at all.

Mami turned her back on Yuuhi and bit her lower lip. Her left eye twitched, and she felt angry of Ran, still. --We have been friends once, Kotobuki. But sorry for now, I can't let you have what I already have. Yuuhi's mine.-- she thought. --I'm already old. A year might have passed since we've been friends but in my birthday, there would be another year, I'm old enough to do what I please! And that would be removing you off my path and off Yuuhi's. I'm not jealous of her attraction to men for years, but maybe I'm jealous for so long of how she sticks to my Yuuhi! That can't happen! I'm always in control!--

She turned to face Yuuhi with a fake smile. "Well, lunch isn't ready yet, I told them to make the most delicious meal for you!"

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Aya went downstairs still using the nightdress Katase's mother lent her. She found his mother by the kitchen.

"Oh, hi Miss Hoshino. Ohayou gozaimasu!"

"Aya. Ohayou Gozaimasu."

"You had a nice sleep?"

Aya nodded and smiled. "By the way, thank you for this nightdress. I liked it. Let me return the kindness you and Katase showed me by helping you today, Mrs—"

"Oh, dear, just call me Aunt Hana."

"Hana. That meant flower." Aya paused. "A beautiful flower."

Aunt Hana giggled. "You're beautiful too, dear. Thank you. Oh, by the way, you wanted to borrow my clothes again?"

"But—"

"You can't go down here and stay in those clothes until Katase had come back home, can you?"

Aya shook her head.

"Then go upstairs and wait for me in Katase's room, okay? I'll get you some clothes."

Aya went upstairs to Katase's room.

She was smiling to herself when a dreadful thing happened.

When she opened the door, Katase was half naked. Wearing gray pants, but wearing no shirt. His pants are loose and it looked like it would fall offThat's how boys wear pants isn't it. His chest was exposed bare to Aya's eyes when he spun around. Aya quickly closed the door when she gasped and held the railing. She held her face and she blushed redder than a tomato.

"Oh my, why did I just do?" she asked herself.

"Aya? Aya? Wait!" she could hear Katase inside call out to her. It is the first time she saw a man with bare chest. Even her daddy didn't do that. Moreover, her first time to see Katase half naked!Except the fact men have bare chests at the beach, of course

Katase opened the door slightly, only his head poking out the door. "Aya.."

Aya didn't look at him and said, "I'm very sorry, Katase. I'm truly sorry. I didn't mean to...invade your room or something...just go on with what you're doing and I'll wait outside."

Katase just shrugged and closed the door.

Somehow Aya still felt embarrassed, but she also felt something's arousing.