A/N: This is a new story, I'm sure might not be too popular because the manga isn't too popular either... But I can't complain since I'm able to buy all the books as soon as they're out...

Title: Green Makes you Realize

Chapter: 1: Slip Ups

Key:Thoughts

Conscience/ Self Doubts

"Quoting"

o0Sunako0o

We all sat around the dining table, Yuki dealing, dressed in a dealer's casino uniform, completed with the hat and striped shirt. Yuki had lost a long time ago. Ranmaru had stopped playing due to the fact of no ambition after, of course, failing to talk me into strip poker. When he had even mentioned it, I had taken out my authentic samurai sword, but unfortunately missed and only snipped a bit of his hair...

It was Kyohei, Takenaga, and myself left. To be honest, I didn't know why I had agreed to play in the first place... I'd have rather stay in my room, my sanctuary of horror and darkness... But I only remember feeling a competitive drive when Kyohei managed to whispered in my ear, "Running from the fight?" He chuckled from what I remember, that had only made me tickle, for he had sent a strange surge down my spine. That's what this stupid 'creature of the light' seemed to do a lot to me lately. I hate it. But then he said, "... Afraid to lose to me?" And that's when the competitive side of me chimed in.

So far, I was winning. Although, like Takenaga, I was not good at lying, we were both fairly intelligent, based on grades, although until now, I found school useless. And although Math is my worst subject, I enjoy toying with the mind, as I have learned much about in my analyzations and biographies of serial killers, I really enjoy those. Uh... Oh, right. Kyohei was losing, because he sucked at math as well. And he did not know much about toying with the mind either. Which was strange, because he toyed with mine all the time. In the beginning, a few nights after we had first met, I was dead set on killing him. No pun intended. He had found out about my attempt at murder, and fixed it as though I was trying to make a pass at him while he was sleeping. Of course, I had fainted again...

But now I'm playing, and enjoying because I had 1,500,000 yen and the pot was now 100,000 yen . I had decided on using the money to buy some new Freddie Crugar, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Jason action figures. But then I realized, if I win, they blew all their money, and that means they're behind on rent even more! Sooner or later, auntie will have to kick them out! Hello sanctuary. Hello darkness. Good-bye 'Creatures of the Light'!

o0o

There came the river, and... Sunako had a straight, Kyohei had a pair of aces... And Takenaga had a full house! Sunako had lossed. Now she only had 500,000 yen. Takenaga had almost everything! But you could tell by the sly grin formed at the corners of her lips that she was satisfied because Kyohei only had 1,000 yen left.

Next she lost 490,000 yen. She had become enraged now because Takenaga had 1,500,000 yen, and she had lost to Kyohei, who was "back in the game!" as he had put it... Lips pursed in frustration... She had bluffed her way through it so far... She felt someone's eyes on her, looking around the table, she saw no one looking her way, but instead focused completely on the cards, Kyohei's eyes running on the pot every few seconds. She looked to her right to find Ranmaru, sitting next to her, staring at her, a strange look in his eyes. She quirked a questioning eyebrow at him and turned back to her cards...

o0Ranmaru0o

I don't know what's going on really. But Sunako just looks really good right now. I can't help it. I know I'm staring... And right now, I don't have any housewives to go to... Look at her. Brow furrowed, and those lips...

o0o

The next thing she knew, someone had grabbed the back of her neck, turned her head to the right, and pushed readied lips against her own.

At first, she had frozen in shock. What had just happened? Kyohei's over there... So who is this?

She regained her average mental state and pushed whoever it was away, and hard. She prepared herself for a harsh nosebleed or unconsciousness that usually happened if Kyohei made any contact with her... It had not come. At once, she took advantage of this, getting to her feet, she chased after Ranmaru, already bolting out the door. She reached him, pulling back her fist, and slamming it into his nose. It was broken, and he let out a yelp. For he would not hit a girl, and was not a fighter anyway, he was a lover.

At once, Takenaga and Yuki tried pulling her off him, where she now pursued the destruction of his existence by kicking him repeatedly in the stomach, shouting a varied color of swears as she did so.

"Kyohei! Get off your ass and help us get her off him!"

Kyohei, until that moment was unable to move, shocked. But immediately grabbed Sunako, and pulled her away to her room.

o0o

Once in the room, Kyohei threw her onto her bad, and stood at the foot of it, not daring to even get close to her when she was like this.

"What the hell just happened!" She inquired, once she had gained back her normal breathing pattern.

"You're asking me? How should I know?" Kyohei asked, pacing and trying to retrace the events leading up to right now.

There was a long silence, broken when Sunako finally said, "... He kissed me..." At that, she hadn't noticed, but Kyohei's right eye twitched. He sat on the bed, calming himself, "Why?..." Sunako was now talking to herself more than to Kyohei, which she had done often. Now understanding her babbling, he heard her say, "That idiot! My first! My first! I had imagined it. Maybe once... And never! Never had it been him!" Now she looked at him, now he was craning over her, trying to hear everything she was saying, eyes now filled with tears, he looked into her eyes, and she whispered, "It was my first kiss..."

Kyohei leaned in and smiled. She tried not to remember, but her first kiss was with Kyohei. On New Years Eve, where she was being possessed by a ghost from Britain, and he could only think of that kiss to awaken her and banish the ghost, although, Kyohei tries not to remember, it was a lot more passionate than it needed to be. He could only think of this now, as he said, "You probably forgot. Because you pretend to have amnesia, but your first kiss was with me. Remember?" He smiled more comfortingly, and watched her intently.

But the only reaction she gave him was a gushing nosebleed, after which, she fainted, sprawled on the bed. He only smiled once more, tucked her under the covers, and left, "Sunako-chan, Sunako-chan."

o0o

Kyohei's smile left his face as soon as he closed the door, and he headed straight for Ranmaru's room.

Be cool, be cool. If not, Ranmaru will think you care. Yeah right. About that idiot? She thinks she's so ugly and worthless, all you know is that makes her more of an idiot.

"What the hell was that?" Kyohei asked as soon as he got through the door.

Not cool. Not cool.

"Ranmaru, we're gonna go now..." Yuki said, speaking for himself and Takenaga, Takenaga agreeing with a snicker and a smile.

Now alone, Ranmaru answered, "If you tell, I'll kill you."

Kyohei raised an eyebrow, "Tell what?"

Ranmaru let out a deep breath, then answered, "I... Haven't

been with anyone for a month."

Kyohei actually gasped, taken aback by what he heard.

Ranmaru? Not with anyone? He's always got someone ALWAYS. The worlds gone mad. Soon I'll be making out with Hiroshi-kun if this keeps up...

He finally answered, "So you got antsy?" He smirked.

No feelings attached to that kiss then. Just Ranmaru being his horny self...

"Well, Sunako's getting prettier. I don't know, maybe this could be a start to a beautiful new relationship," Ranmaru said, facing out the window, but looking at Kyohei from the corner of his eye, and casting a lopsided smile.

Like hell it will.

Kyohei scowled, "Your an idiot. You know that?" He then headed to the door, only letting the last few words from Ranmaru escape through the crack, "Jealous, huh?"

o0o

Sunako awoke with a start, only just realizing she had had another dream of what had happened her first Christmas with the quartet.

I did it again, didn't I? Fuck! Why do I keep thinking about that? He'd think I were crazy if I ever told him. But I'd never do that...

Reminiscing of her dream, She remember Kyohei and herself standing in the middle of a garden, surrounded by roses, just as Ranmaru had predicted when they had to make up how Sunako and Kyohei became 'a couple' to trick her aunt. She gazed up into his eyes. And in that split second, a rush of memories passed through her closed eyelids, when he found her after she ran away, he found her, trampled, and held her when she was down. The first time he saw her face, he wasn't scared. He didn't even think she was that ugly. When he saved her from the millions of classmates trying to get a picture of her face, back then hidden by bangs. He held her, he carried her home, and since then she became fascinated by his structure and build. When he stood up for her, and he was the one who made her decide to cut her bangs to a reasonable length. When she took care of him while he was sick, when she saved him from the evil host club, when he kissed her, when he told her that her thoughts on appearances were ridiculous, when she walked in on him in the shower, when he told her that the one who rejected her wasn't the only one out there. And when he told her he was the ugly one... They were all so special. She reopened her eyes, he held the back of her neck, and they kissed, for the first time, with her permission. And for a short period of time, it was magical. But then the ground shook, Volcanoes erupted out of nowhere, Hiroshi-kun, Akira-kun, Josephine, and John were melting, repeating, "You have done that which is forbidden," over and over, until their once whispered voices turned to screeches as loud as a banshee. And then it was over once again.

They're right. What I dream about is my business and will forever stay dreams. They mean nothing... Right?

She answered her own question, picking up John, and a flash of Kyohei reflected through it for a split second, which she threw against the wall, and let out a loud, frustrated scream, just to let off steam she was afraid she could never be able to suppress. So what would become of it?

o0o

Kyohei sat in his spotless room. And internally sessioned himself the way a psychiatrist would.

If Sunako ever found a boyfriend, would you be jealous?

No. I wouldn't even care!

Why?

Because then she'd finally understand that that one guy

wasn't the only one. That she could be happy with someone else. That she deserves to find someone else.

That, Kyohei is care.

No it isn't. Its how she'll finally stop her birdbrain conspiracy on how appearances are all anyone cares about. I could care less about her eyes. Or her smiles, however how little they show. I don't care about the time she walked in on me, and I saw her...

Seems like you think about it a lot. For someone who doesn't care.

...It's no concern of mi-

Kyohei's thoughts were interrupted by a blood-churning scream, only able to come from one person, and he dropped his internal battle to run to her aid.

o0o

They burst through the door, all at once, and stared at Sunako, then their eyes landed on the smashed skull on the floor.

"Sunako! What happened to John!" Ranmaru asked, running to pick up the model of the human skull. Everyone had immediately thought that was why she screamed, and when she realized it, she let out a deep sigh of relief.

But then she caught Kyohei staring at her, and realized that she wasn't yet off the hook. He knew it had to be her who had done it. Who else could have?

But why? She loves that thing.

Just then, the phone rang. A few seconds after, Ranmaru's face went pail white. He then handed the phone to Sunako. It could only mean that one person was on the other end. It was Sunako's vivacious, scheming aunt.

o0o

Sunako was sitting on the bed, accompanied by Yuki and Ranmaru. Kyohei and Takenaga leaning against a wall. They were all shocked. But finally, Sunako broke the silence,

"What was she talking about?"

"Damn Sunako! All you had to do was act like you liked me! Now she's going to make us all go to a stupid masquerade ball!" Kyohei said, a little more stressed than normal.

"Wait. But I don't remember anything she said. She said, we

were in love and in sync and... It was a lie right?" Sunako asked, moving in on them all.

"Hey, don't get mad at us. It was Kyohei's fault," Takenaga said, pushing Kyohei in front of himself in defense.

"What the heck did I do?" Kyohei asked, also afraid of Sunako.

"Oh yeah. I forgot. Neither of you remember," Yuki said,

making them all turn their attention to him.

"That's right. I forgot," Ranmaru agreed, putting a hand to his chin.

"Will you just tell us what happened!" Sunako and Kyohei asked, grabbing Ranmaru's shirt simultaneously.

"Right. So Kyohei hypnotized you, You guys went to the dinner place, Miss Nakahara (Aunt) was convinced, and they all left, and you guys went on fighting to show your affection for one another, and saying 'I love her this much,' and 'look how in love we are!'" Ranmaru said in fits of sweat.

o0o

Sunako suddenly turned to Kyohei, "This is your fault!" She screeched, diverting her eyes to never face him, "What the hell did you hypnotize me for! What's the matter with you!" At that, she pulled back her fist, and was about to slam it into his face, when Kyohei grabbed it and swung his foot toward her face. They were even more in sync than they were when they were "in love."

Sunako let go of his foot as Kyohei said, "Well, at least I could have pretended to like you," He whispered, pulling her head closer to his, "You hate me so much that you couldn't even pretend? Do I really disgust you that much?"

She was so shocked, she forgot about avoiding eye contact, and directed her attention completely on him. She looked him in the eyes sincerely, then realized she was looking at his gorgeous face and squirted blood all over his white pajamas. While the other three boys fell silent, trying to get out of Sunako's dark, morbid room, Kyohei took advantage of her sudden weakness, and put her into a loose sleeper hold.

"Listen," He said, placing her back into bed, "I'm not the bad guy here. And it's not my fault you fell to hypnosis so easily."

With that, he turned to look at her once more at the door, wiped some blood off his clothes, only to smear it onto his hands, and closed the door, leaving her alone in her secluded sanctuary.

o0Sunako0o

Yeah. But you fell to your own hypnosis just as easily. So you can't talk... Stupid... But no matter what they say, I am not going to that stupid, fancy party! Auntie! Why do you do these things to me! I'm happy here. I do have love. I know you think it's a wonderful thing, and I agree. I will always only love Freddie, Jason, and Jack the Ripper. And now I have Hiroshi-kun, Akira-kun, Josephine, and-AH!- JOHN! What have I done to you!

I jumped out of bed, to attend to my shattered friend.

o0o

Once in the hallway, Takenaga spoke once more, "So. We're all invited to this thing," he answered before Kyohei would ask.

"But did she know we were hypnotized?" Kyohei asked, still struggling to wipe off the blood.

"No. She probably thinks you dumped her," Ranmaru answered plainly, surveying Kyohei's shocked face, "Does that mean you would never dump her?" Ranmaru smirked suspiciously.

Kyohei-kun grabbed the front of Ranmaru's pajamas, getting blood on him as well, and pulled him real close to his face,

"You want this blood to be your blood?" He asked, looking scarier than Miss Nakahara did when she first announced her engagement on video.

Ranmaru sweatdropped, and waved his ands, "No. No. Just

kidding."

"Stop fooling around! Focus on the real problem," Takenaga said, reverting their attention.

"What?" Yuki asked, trying to stop from shaking too profusely, the sight of Sunako's display of human organs being the cause.

"How are we gonna get Sunako to go, none the less, make her into a lady?" Takenaga said, saying the word lady with sarcasm, for they all knew that Sunako would never be a lady completely.

"Well..." Ranmaru started, playing with his fingers, "I was thinking."

He continued, backing away from Kyohei and moving behind Takenaga, "That Kyohei could do it," He mumbled, pointing from behind Takenaga's safety.

"That is actually a good idea," Takenaga approved, trying to keep Kyohei from attacking Ranmaru.

"Yeah. You're always the one who makes her change her mind. Even at the last minute. You make it happen," Yuki chimed in, smiling.

Kyohei gave up five minutes later, stood his full height, and said, "That's ridiculous. I'd never have that effect on her," then he looked away from them all and said to himself, "Couldn't even make her pretend."

But to his dismay, one person had heard it. Luckily, he was planning to keep it quiet for a while.

"Okay then," Takenaga said smiling, "It's settled. I'm going

to go call Noi, and Ranmaru and Yuki can go and get some ball gowns and stuff."

With that, they left Kyohei, slumped against a wall, and pondering how he should commit suicide this time.

o0Author's Note0o

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