Moo! Some of Rikuo's past is revealed here! And no, none of this is from the manga. I made this all up off the top of my head. Man, are you going to be surprised! I like how this chapter turned out! And yes, Kakei and Saiga return for this chapter! I hope to use them a little more in this story than the last, but I will make no promises.

Chapter Three

Kazahaya and Rikuo walked home in silence. When they returned home, Rikuo retreated upstairs to his room and shut the door as his cell phone rang. Kazahaya sighed and entered the kitchen where Kakei and Saiga were seated, drinking tea.

"Hi, how was the movie?" Kakei asked.

"We didn't get to see it; we missed it," Kazahaya muttered, "Some girl, Tsukiko, distracted Rikuo on our way to the theater."

"Tsukiko…?" Saiga asked, "She's back? Ooh, be careful Kazahaya! She's a tricky one and probably out for revenge!"

"Wha…? Revenge? For what?" Kazahaya prompted.

"Eh, ask Rikuo. It's his business." Saiga said with a wave of his hand, "Just be careful of her, okay?"

"Um, okay." Kazahaya said.

Kakei looked at Kazahaya. "What did you do instead?" He asked.

"Huh? Oh! The movie! Well, we saw a different one, but Tsukiko tagged along and hogged Rikuo."

"Yeah, see? She wants you to break up!" Saiga said, "Though she probably has something else planned; I'm sure she wants to hurt Rikuo more than she wants to hurt you."

Kazahaya tilted his head. "Rikuo told me she would never get between us," He said as he turned to go to his room.

"Good." Saiga said as he watched him go.

"Now," Kakei said, leaning closer to Saiga when Kazahaya was gone, "Tell me about this Tsukiko…"

"Hey, Rikuo!" Kazahaya called as he knocked on his step-brother's room door.

"What?" Rikuo asked, opening the door and sticking his head out. He was on his cell phone.

"I…just wanted to ask you something." He said.

Rikuo nodded. "Hey, Tsukiko-chan?" He said into the cell phone as he let Kazahaya into his room, "Can I call you back? Okay. Bye." He hung up and flipped the phone closed. "You're going to ask me about Tsukiko now, aren't you?" He asked, sitting on his bed.

"I just want to know how you know each other and why she'd hate you." Kazahaya said, "Saiga said he wouldn't tell me; I'd have to ask you."

Rikuo sighed and leaned back in his bed, closing his eyes. Kazahaya thought he wasn't going to tell him anything, but then he spoke. "I met Tsukiko when I was little," He said, "We grew up together and are childhood friends. I later met her twin brother Kyo and fell in love with him. To get closer to him, I started dating Tsukiko and fell in love with her too, but I always loved Kyo more.

"I finally had the courage to tell Kyo how I felt about him when I was 14, a year after I had met him for the first time. He seemed thrilled and we started dating behind his sisters back." He paused and took a deep breath. "I think that's all you need to know right now,"

"But…what happened to her brother? Why isn't he here?" Kazahaya asked, "Did she run away to see you or-"

"He's dead." Rikuo said in a tone that scared Kazahaya. "Tsukiko hates me because I killed him."

Kazahaya wanted to ask more questions, but Rikuo's voice scared him too much to talk. "I…" Kazahaya stopped, gulped, and then quickly left Rikuo alone.

Kazahaya ran into his room and slammed the door behind him. He was shocked by what he had learned from that encounter. Tears filled his eyes as he fell back against his door. Rikuo was a murderer. It couldn't be possible. Thoughts of this fact swam through his mind as he slid down the door, sobbing softly.