Yusuke's POV

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She doesn't understand. I still lover her, its just that I don't love her in that way. I mean I'll protect. Always. But, what about me?

Am I supposed to just be the same person I was before I went to Makai? Shizuru wouldn't tell me anything. She told me to stop being an ass and talk to Keiko myself. I haven't done it, yet, so maybe I don't have the balls to. I was a boy back then. Someone who fell in love with his best friend, but then met someone who was more compatible for him. How was I not supposed to fall in love with Botan? She was by my side more often than Keiko ever was! But that really couldn't be helped. It wasn't Keiko's fault. I tried not to feel the way I did. Gods did I try. I tried so hard in fact that I once avoided Botan for a whole month. That really didn't work. Those just made me want Botan more. But I can't be all to blame can I?

I thought that it would be best for Keiko and I to stop dating after I came back. Besides, how was I supposed to feel when I saw Kurama peeking a glance at her or watching them giggle to a little private joke?

Now, ever since then, Keiko and I haven't really spoken much. She's away in America visiting family or whatever; she wouldn't go into much detail.

Don't get ma wrong, I'll always want to be Keiko's friend, but things have changed. People have grown up so feelings have changed. It's fate right? Fate and destiny. I can't control that. No. Keiko- and I- will just have to understand that this is destiny. This is life.