Kaze Chibi: Back again with chapter three! It's the near end of this fanfic, but I'm thinking about writing a sequel…

Kami Chibi: You'd never get around to it.

Kaze Chibi: Hey! Who knows? I might! But I really should finish some fanfics before starting so many new ones…

Kami Chibi: Like said. You'll never get around to it. It takes you forever just to update a story.

Kaze Chibi: Well it'd help if you help type! It's a lot easier to say than do you know XD! Anyways, enough of our stupid blabbering, on with the story!

Last time…

"Is something the matter?" he asked, seeing her distant eyes as if deep in thought.

Snapping out of her reverie, she answered quickly, "No, nothing's the matter. I-I was just thinking!" she stuttered. "Uh… I should be home now. Bye!" She quickly told him, taking off down the street.

He raised a brow at her. "Okay…"

"I still can't believe it! He' Fai!" her mind raced as she continued to run, her legs carrying her as fast as they could. "Kouji is Fai!"

Chapter 3

"Hi honey. Home so soon? You found your friend right?" her mother asked, worriedly at her daughter's downcast manner.

Izumi nodded.

"So why the long face?"

"It's nothing. I'm fine." She told her mother, brushing past her to trudge up the stairs. Plopping herself down on the bed, she threw the pillow over her head.

"Izumi! Phone! Some boy is on the line for you!" her mother called from the kitchen.

"I got it!" Izumi shouted back as she picked up the white cordless phone on her bedside table.

"Hello?"

"Hey Izumi. It's me Takuya." A boyish voice spoke from the other end.

"Oh, hey. What's up?" she asked; forcing herself to sound as though nothing was wrong.

"Uh well… I was wondering, um…" he drifted off, unable to finish his sentence.

"Wondering what?"

"W-would you… go out to the movies with me?" he said quickly, holding his breath as he awaited her answer. Her eyes widened.

"Um… w-well… I d-don't think-" she stuttered.

"Give me a chance." He interrupted her, the usual carefree tone of his voice now replaced by a pleading voice.

"Well I guess…" she answered, still unsure.

"Great! So, see you this Saturday?" he asked, his usually cheerful voice returning.

"Sure…um… I have to go. See you Saturday." She lied.

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye."

"Hey Izumi." The brown haired boy spoke cheerfully.

"Hey." She replied, forcing herself to smile if only a little. She was still unsure about the whole thing.

"So what movie do you want to see?" he asked her, reaching into his pocket to pull out some money for the tickets.

"It doesn't really matter. Anything's good. You choose." She told him, fidgeting nervously.

After paying for the tickets, the two took their seats inside the theatre waiting a few minutes before the featured movie finally came on. It was a horror film.

Izumi's hand tightened on the armrests as the scarier part of the movie played. Seeing this, Takuya placed his hand over hers, holding it comfortingly.

Her eyes widened at the sudden contact before she pulled her hand away quickly, making up an excuse.

"Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom." She lied, getting out of her seat to head up the stairs. Takuya frowned but nodded.

Sighing as she reached the lady's room, Izumi strolled into the closest stall, closing the door behind her before she leaned against it.

"This isn't going to work out… it just doesn't feel right to be with him. I just don't feel the same thing I feel when I'm talking Fai." She mumbled. Then it hit her. She was in love with Fai. "He had admitted he liked me, but… as friends or more than that? However… Takuya and I… it's just not right." she debated mentally. "What should I do?"

Sighing, she finally came to her decision.

"I have to tell Takuya. I'll tell him tonight. After the movie." She told herself confidently although the butterflies had yet to leave her stomach. "I'll tell him. For sure."

"So, how was the movie? Did you like it?" Takuya asked cheerfully as they stood outside her house.

"It was okay I guess…" Izumi answered, her mind still nervous about telling him.

"So maybe we could go somewhere together again?" he asked hopefully, wearing his usual lop-sided grin. "How about-"

"Takuya." She interrupted him. "I… I need to tell you something."

"What is it?" he asked, the smile leaving as he saw the serious look in her eyes.

"I…" she drifted off. She couldn't bring herself to say it. His eyes. They were so full of hope. She couldn't ruin it for him.

"Never mind." She lied once more. But she knew she couldn't keep lying to him forever.

"Well then… how about it? The mall? Next week?" he asked, the smile returning.

"Yeah… okay." She forced herself to smile. She'll tell him next time. "Bye." She waved as she headed into her house.

Closing the door behind her, she let out a sigh of relief before hiking up the stairs to her bedroom once more.

"This is getting so confusing!" she muttered to herself after she shut her bedroom door. "I have to tell Takuya! But what do I do about Kouji? Do I tell him? What on earth do I say? Just walk up to him and declare 'Hi I'm Zuki, your pen pal'? That wouldn't work! What do I do?" she grumbled in frustration. All this was making it very hard for her.

"Okay. Next week, I'll have to tell Takuya that we shouldn't be together. But then what do I do about Kouji?" she growled.

"Oh my god! What should I do?" she kept asking herself as she paced around her room in circles. "Should I tell him?"

"Who's him?" her mother asked skeptically, prodding her head into Izumi's room through the slightly opened door.

"Kouji!" she answered unconsciously, still unaware of her mother's presence as she continued to pace around the room

"Whose Kouji?" her mother asked again, now opening to door fully to observe her daughter's strange behavior.

"My pen pal!" Izumi answered, once again still oblivious to her surroundings.

"What do you want to tell him?"

"That I'm Zuki, he's my pen pal and that I-" she rambled before her eyes finally widened with realization. "Mom! Go away!" she screamed; throwing the closest object she could grab at the retreating figure as well as the now closing door.

"I want to tell him that I'm Zuki, he's Fai and that I… I love him." She whispered.

Letting out another sigh, before her eyes flared with determination once more, her hand curling into a fist.

"Okay then, I'll call Kouji out to meet him somewhere. I'll bring all the letters I got from him. Then I'll show him the letters, let him know I'm Zuki. Then I just go out and tell him I'm Zuki and I know he's Fai." She listed to herself slowly.

Walking to her bag to pull out her old cell phone, she untied the key chain that Fai had given her. Pulling the knot loose, she slid it off easily before pulling out her new cell phone and tying the key chain to the top of it.

"I'll tell Kouji. I'm not going to mess up this time."

"Here, let me help you." Takuya offered, taking the one and only bag from Izumi's hands. They were just about to leave the mall.

"No it's fine." She insisted, pulling harder onto the bag, causing him to release his grip, frowning.

"Well then I'll walk you home." He offered again, the determination in his eyes seeming to be endless.

"You don't have to Takuya, I'll be fine." She rejected again, doing her best to sound polite as she did so.

"But I insist! Besides, it's getting dark." He smiled again.

Sighing, she gave in, allowing him to walk with her as they strolled back to her place.

After minutes of walking in complete silence, they turned down her street, taking only a few more paces before they came upon her front lawn.

"Thanks for walking me." She told him, working hard to force a smile.

"It's no problem. I have to head home now. I'll call you later." He told her, turning to leave. She was just about to call for him to wait when he decided to turn around, placing a soft kiss on her forehead before muttering 'bye' and turning to leave once more.

Her eyes widened at his sudden gesture of appreciation, leaving her shocked and unable to respond or call to him as he sauntered off her front steps and down the street.

"Oh no." she thought, panicking. "Now it'll be even harder for me to tell him!" she mentally screamed. There was too much on her mind. She had to cool off.

Quickly pulling out her keys and unlocking the front door, she threw her bag into the house before locking the door once more and running down the front steps. Sprinting the rest of her way to the park, she sat down on one of the swings, kicking her legs slightly to rock with the rhythms of the trees as the wind blew against them.

Looking up to the sky, she stared at the few stars that were visible tonight. The stars almost seemed to glow.

Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her cell phone to look at the small key chain tied to it. A beam from the street light behind her shot off the small metal piece, making it look as though it was glowing, just as the stars were.

"It's been three whole weeks! Why hasn't Zuki replied to my letter?" thought the dark haired boy. Getting up and out of his sitting position, he wandered down the stairs, heading towards the front door.

"Where are you going Kouji? It's late!" his stepmother called to him.

"I'll be back in a while. I need to go somewhere." He told her, strolling out the door before closing it behind him.

Making his way down the road, he took a few random turns before finding himself at the entrance of the local park. Deciding to go elsewhere, he proceeded to walk past it until his midnight blue eyes caught sight of a small light. Curious as to what it was, he followed the source of it to find himself looking at a familiar figure, sitting on the park swings. In her hands was a very familiar looking item, it seeming to glow against the streetlight behind it.

His eyes widened in realization as it finally registered in his mind what the item was.

It was a key chain.

A small metal piece, painted pink.

And it was shaped like a cat.

Kaze Chibi: Kami Chibi isn't even here anymore… anyways, that's the third chapter! How was it? It's getting sort of corny isn't it? Takuya was so out of character here… but I couldn't think of a better way to put it… so here it is anyway XD. Please review!