Chapter 5
Garnet sprinted back to the gym, tears mingling with the rain on her cheeks. How could Kai be gay? She raced through the gym door and slammed it behind her, instantly silencing the room. She choked back her sobs and ran to her dorm room, tears streaming down her face.
"What's wrong with Garnet?" a drunken Max asked, pausing for a moment as he nibbled Rei's ear.
"I don't know! Now get off my ear! You're hurting me!" Rei yelled in reply.
"You don't like me?" Max whimpered, reverting to chibi-mode.
"Well... um... I can never win these things." Rei sighed, and Max went back to nibbling Rei's ear.
"I think I know," Hilary said, watching Tyson walk in, a giddy smile on his face, with Kai trailing behind him.
"Where's Garnet?" Kai asked.
"She's just run crying to her room," Kenny answered, with a melancholy frown.
"Why?" Tyson asked, smile fading.
"Didn't you notice?" Hilary hissed.
"Notice what?" Tyson enquired, still completely clueless.
"Isn't it obvious that she fancied Kai? She must have seen you two when you were out there doing God knows what!" Hilary yelled in exasperation.
"You didn't tell her that we're both gay?" Kai asked sternly.
"Um... oops," Tyson replied sheepishly.
"You idiot. Why not?" Rei asked, pulling a giggling Max off his ear.
"Forgot," Tyson replied.
"You're more of an idiot than I thought you were, Tyson," Rei sighed, rubbing the bite-marks Max had given him.
"We need to talk to her," Hilary sighed.
Garnet sat on her bed, her Gravitation music on at full blast. The positive music seemed to have no effect on her, tears still falling in waterfall proportions. She rest her head against her knees, shoulders shaking violently. A loud knock came from the door. She lifted her head slowly, sniffing.
"Garnet! Open the door! Please! I need to talk to you," Hilary yelled over the music.
Garnet unlocked the door, and Hilary stepped inside. Hilary looked at her friend's tear-stained face, and smiled kindly.
"Hurts doesn't it?" she whispered, patting her lightly on the back.
"How do you know?" Garnet asked bitterly.
"Because I've been in love with Kai and Tyson," she replied shortly.
"What!" Garnet exclaimed.
"It hurts at first. Like being shot through the heart every time you see them," Hilary continued, staring into the distance. "Even now, I still have feelings for them. But it doesn't hurt now."
"Wow. I guess I had it light compared to you," Garnet whispered, blushing with shame.
"Don't worry. Everyone goes through heart-break. Even Kai, who, at times, doesn't seem to possess one," Hilary smiled.
A few weeks later, and Garnet found that the pain was indeed receding. Every time she saw Kai and Tyson together after their lessons, an image of them kissing would project itself into her mind. And each time it happened, she thought less about impaling them both, and more about how good a couple they made. One afternoon, when she was in the library researching global warming, Kenny sat down next to her, seemingly bracing himself for something.
"Hey Kenny," Garnet smiled, looking up from her computer. "Do you know any decent sites on global warming? I need to write an essay on it for Geography."
"I think Dizzi has some links you could use," Kenny replied quietly, a blush creeping across his face.
For several minutes, they just sat there, Dizzi propped open on Garnet's lap, while she took notes in her notebook. Finally, she closed her notebook with a smile and handed Dizzi back.
"Thanks for that," she murmured.
"No problem. Erm... how are you doing with... you know... Kai?" Kenny asked, looking down at his feet.
"Great. I talked to him about it, and we decided never to speak of it again. It's great that he's with someone he loves instead of having to lie to spare someone's feelings," she replied.
"Well, if you need someone to talk to... then you could always ask me," he whispered.
They walked out onto the grass and stood in silence, watching the sun set on the misty autumn day. Kenny glanced at Garnet for a moment. She was cute in the sunset. A small smile settled on his face. He reached across and took her hand. She looked at him, a shocked look on her face, but then her face softened and she leant over and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
YAY! Kenny finally has a girlfriend! We have 3 romances: Garnet and Kenny, Tyson and Kai (obviously) and Max and Rei. Who's left? Hilary and... Daichi. O.o Maybe not.