Chapter 8

The next morning, I woke up with Hiro in my arms. He didn't left this time. I was happy. He also woke up about the same time and found me holding him. A blush found his cheeks and he hid his face away against my chest. "I… ya." Hot breath of the man I loved vibrated against my chest. It felt nice.

"What? You wanna fuck some more?" I teased him, speaking to his red hair.

"No!" He quickly replied and moved his head. A pair of sad, confused eyes was staring at me.

"You don't want to?"

"That's not what I mean. I'm…" he sighed. "How are we going to tell Nikki about this? I mean she came back here for me, but I turned her down. All this time, she said that she still loved me."

Oh, that. More headaches! Nikki still loved him? Then why was she sleeping with me?

"Then why did she go out with me?" I asked.

"I don't know."

"So, do you still love her?"

"I… no…" He replied softly. "At first, I thought that I could make up with her and start our relationship over but, after that night." he blushed again, "I couldn't."

"That night? You mean…?"

"Yeah." He replied before I could even complete my question.

I smiled, "So, I guess I've made a good impression."

He chuckled.

"Then, why did you avoid me after that?"

"I didn't know whether or not you were serious. Plus, Nikki was coming back, so I was confused and didn't know what to do."

I stared at him, "Nikki? The night that she came back… were you with her?"

He didn't reply.

"So, you were with her?" I raised my voice a pitch higher.

"I…" He hesitated. "I was."

"You hypocrite! And here you said that I was playing around."

"Nikki and I, we are different."

"That's bullshit!" I released my arms from around his waist. "There is nothing different. You fuck her that night didn't you?"

"What about you? Can you look me in the eye and tell me that you didn't?"

"I wouldn't if you hadn't refused me."

He turned around and sat up with his back facing me. "You're timing was so bad. Why did you show up in the coffee shop at that time?"

"Are you saying that it's my fault now?"

"No, it was just after being with her; I realized how much I wanted to be with you instead. I decided to break it up with her before thing goes from bad to worst. Then, you showed up and flirted with her. What was I suppose to do? I couldn't tell her that I had someone else and that someone had to be a guy of all people. I had just broken up with her; I hurt her. I didn't want to hurt her anymore."

"So, you felt sorry for her and gave up on me instead? Why didn't you even consider my feelings? That's so stupid of you! You know better than this, Hiro." I growled.

"I know, but at the time, you looked as if you were enjoying yourself with her, so I thought."

My arms reached out and circled him from behind, head rested on his shoulder, "All my flirting was for you, to get you jealous, to see if you had any feeling for me."

"I guess, I was stupid." His head dropped forward. "We terrible! How could we do this to her and then dump her like this? I don't how I could ever show my face to her. Maybe…" I could almost hear tear, bitterness from his change of voice.

"Maybe what?" I asked.

"Maybe you should stay with her."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" I turned him around, "If you can't break the news to her, then I'll tell her. Your concert is next week, right? I'll use that opportunity to ask her out and then tell her about us."

Still perplexed, he looked at me, "Tatsuha, in all mean, she is still a woman. I know her more than anyone. Underneath the tough face that she wears, she is still a fragile woman. This will just break her heart."

"I don't care!" And that was the truth; I didn't care. No matter what the reason was, I didn't want to lose Hiro. I took his lips into mine once more, thrusting my passion to make him understand that he was the only person I wanted. "Hiro," I broke way and sincerely looked at him, "I love you and no one is to replace you. I know that you're concern about Nikki's feeling, but what about me? What about us?"

Touching eyes returned my gaze.

"I think it would be best to just tell her. She will understand."

He winced his eyes hurtfully for a second before he agreed with me, "Ok."

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Smile: Fluff and short.