Every Time We Touch
Disclaimer: I don't own Mars.
Chapter three: What's The Matter with you!
Kira finished her detailed painting of Rei and stood back to admire it. She was setting the painting down to dry when a basketball flew through the window. Kira jumped behind a desk as glass shattered everywhere. Suddenly, the door was thrust open.
"Are you okay?" Rei asked, quickly kneeling down next to her.
"Yeah. I think so." Kira looked up at Rei and smiled half heartedly.
"Good. I'm so sorry about the basketball. It was not my fault." Rei walked over to the window. "Good job guys. Scaring this poor girl out of her wits!" Rei grabbed Kira's wrist and pulled her toward the window.
"Sorry Rei." The guys yelled up to them.
"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Kira."
"Kira!" Tatsuya's head snapped to the window. He saw Kira in Rei's arms and began to rise from the floor of which he was sitting. "Coming Kira!" Tatsuya broke into a run.
"Tatsuya, where are you going?" One of the guys yelled after him.
Tatsuya reached the art room and took Kira by the hand. "Are you okay Kira."
"Yes." Kira mumbled. She got out of his grasp and ran out of the art room. This is too much!
"What did you do to her!" Tatsuya faced Rei.
"Nothing! What's the matter with you!" Rei walked toward the door.
"Don't walk away from me! Come back here!" Tatsuya looked around the art room. What had she been working on? He walked to the picture of Rei. Is this it?
The next day
"Hey Kira! Kira!" Rei ran toward Kira.
Kira looked up at Rei, surprised at him. "What?" Kira asked innocently.
"Can't I just come and say hi and walk you to homeroom 'cause we have it together?" Rei looked curiously at Kira.
Not you. "Uh sure." Kira let herself be led to homeroom.
In homeroom Rei sat next to her. "Do you need something?" Kira asked Rei.
"No. This is just the only empty seat." Kira tried to look around the room at all the empty chairs, but Rei covered her eyes with his hand.
"Rei!" Kira flailed wildly.
"What? I'm not doing anything. Not my fault if you can't see." Rei started to laugh.
"Not funny." Kira mumbled as he moved his hands from in front of her eyes.
The class was now full. Kira settled into her seat, daydreaming instead of paying attention to the announcements. Kira was lost completely in her thoughts when a paper suddenly hit her desk.
Hey! R u paying attention? U look like ur driftling off. Its kinda funny
rei
Kira stared at the paper for a while then started at Rei. He smiled at her and gestured for her to write on the paper and send it back. She wrote then folded the paper into a small crane. She threw the crane toward Rei. Rei caight it and looked at it strangely. He looked over at her and she smiled.
No. I'm not paying attention. Thanks for asking. R u?
Kira
Rei smiled slyly. He was about to write a reply but the bell rang. Instead he walked to Kira and put his arm around her shoulders.
"Yeah. I wasn't paying attention. I never thought a girl like you would not pay attention." Rei pushed her closer to him.
"Um. Okay." Kira pushed him away and walked out of the building.
"Where are you going?" Rei ran to catch up with her.
"I'm going home." She said, not turning around or stopping.
"Why?" Rei ran and stood in front of her, causing her to stop in her tracks.
"Because." Kira looked down.
"What's the matter with you?" Rei said, walking away. "What's the matter?"
What is the matter? Kira shook her head as she walked home.
