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When I first met Ryuho, I hated his guts. I could have imagined working with him like I was now. Not that it really improved my opinions of him any, I still thought he was a stuck up bastard. Sitting in the car while he drove towards the main city, I was trying to sort out my thought from the last few days, and they started floating back towards Kanami.

When I got home, she would be there.

What were we going to do now that we knew how we felt about each other? Despite how mature and grown up she seemed, I was a lot older then Kanami.

"Hey, you've been uncharacteristically quiet."

"Shut up, I'm not in the mood."

"Wow. Something must really be wrong for you to say that to me right off the bat."

I glarred at him a moment, and decided to humor him for once.

"I think...I'm in love with Kanami."

Ryuho raised an eyebrow a moment and then turned back to the road.

"She's quite a girl, I'll give her that."

"What are you saying?" I yelled at him, not thinking about what I was saying, "She's amazing! I've never known anyone as beautiful or as-"

I stopped, Ryuho was smirking at me

"What the hell are you smirking about?" I shouted at him, trying to hide the fact that my cheeks were bright red. Damn, my loud mouth.

"Took you long enough."

"You're one to talk. You've known Mimori a lot longer then I've known Kanami, and look at you."

"It's complicated. You wouldn't understand."

The look Ryuho had in his eyes at that moment told me not to bother him. I looked back out at the scenary.

"Kanami is young." I said, "Both of us...I've experienced a lot more then she has, and she isn't nieve but...she's still young."

"I think she can handle it." Ryuho said, "Muss Yuta is stronger then both of us, and I'm not just talking about her spirit. Her Alter power could crush both of us should she will it too."

"I'm aware of that." I said, "But still..."

It was quiet a moment, my curiousity got the best of me and as usuall, I could not stop my mouth.

"You're not getting together with Mimori because of Sherice."

I had clearly struck a cord with Ryuho.

"What would you understand about it?" Ryuho was glarring daggers at me.

"You're not making a move, and Mimori never will because she doesn't want to dishonor Sherice's sacrifice." I then smirked, "Both of you are a bunch of damn fools."

"You are treading on thin ice Kazuma."

"The woman sacrificed herself for you to be happy. Not to be all angsty and to live the rest of your lives like hermits." I was suddenly serious, I was starting to get slightly irritated with the stubborn idiot. I maybe stubborn myself, but at least I took pride that the woman I wanted returned the feelings I had for her.

Maybe Ryuho understood what I was trying to say, I really did not want to have to translate for him.

He did not say anything for a while.

I leaned against the windowsill of the car as we neared Tachibana's place. We were running and errand for him today. I could see Tammy still working in the garden. She, Mimori, and Kanami would get together sometime and do some girl-talk thing that I never understood. Ryuho, Tachibana, and I would go out and have a drink. Now that we were older, Ryuho could not rub it in that he was old enough to drink and we were not. Selfish bastard.

I was getting tired of his silence.

"You're not going to be young forever, Ryuho." I said, not looking at him. Maybe he thought I was some country hick who did not understand anything about life. Well, to hell with him. "You don't want to live your life sad and despressed, don't you? You know as well as I do, that wondering alone in the wilderness pounding yourself into the ground does not make a person happy. Just starving and exhausted."

Ryuho stopped the car in the driveway, staring at me like I was completely mad. He smirked at him, and opened the door. Tachibana's woman bounded out to us. Tossing a cold soda at me. Damn, it was hot outside. Hot wheater was not always a good sign. It usually meant there would be a big storm later. I made a mental note to make sure to get home on time so Kanami would not have to be by herself.

Glancing at Ryuho as Tammy offered him one as well, he seemed to be sligthly better then a little while.

Good, because this time I really did not feel like beating sense into him today.

Sorry for the long wait. I totally lost my mind last week. Boo on homework.

Thanks for your patience, have fun reading. Review if you can!

Arigato

Lilith