Chapter 36: Confiding in Kai.

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"I'm jealous." She smirked.

"Eh?"

"Jealous for not having the capacity of holding on- like you,"

"Oh." He laughed softly.

"Hey!"

"Okay Hils, now just stop freaking around your captain and tell me everything."

"Hmm…" she smiled sadly, "I wasn't supposed to be like that Kai, and it wasn't supposed to be like that."

"What happened?"

"I got issues."

"Say."

"Last night, I don't remember exactly what happened." She began looking at him trustingly. "I'm sure I drink nothing and I was sitting with Tys, and we were looking at Mariam and other dancing and then I drank some soft orange juice offered to us by them and then after sometime, I think I headed upwards, but then" her expressions worried as the lines already appearing got deeper, "I don't remember anything!" she cried wryly, "I just-"

She shifted her glance smoothly from his eyes to the green grass to tell him what happened this morning.

"Tell me." He said a bit commandingly.

"I ended-" she frowned more to herself as the scene replayed in her mind, she retorted in disgust, "up together in morning wit-"she finally met his eyes to interpret his perception in sensitive teen matter.

"Oh." He smiled; "You absolutely don't need to worry so much about the trivial situation like this."

"What are you even saying?"

"Listen," he began looking at the sky pondering in his some advisable thoughts, "You are young Hil, and you need to take care of yourself." He felt like he could take her mind against the champ, he wasn't completely intending that but obviously couldn't miss this opportunity.

"I I-"she muttered frantically.

"You need to stay away from him, just maintain your distance from him. Of course, I'm just trying to help you."

"I do Kai; we even sleep alternating on bed and couch. It's nothing like that like I'm doing the stuff I'm not supposed to be."

Listen oh sacred

Listen oh hearts naked

I'm here entangled in triangle

I'm not a hard heart, just a girl

I don't understand why trust lands here

For your warmth gazes, craving appeals that are mere

Living in a maelstrom that isn't identified

For unknown things that freak I cry

"Yeah, that's right. I hoped that from you. I assumed you didn't."

"What?" she gasped.

"Yah just felt that for long." He admitted.

I'm sure that might make him so jealous and hurt. I guess that clears the frantically spilled mess over his thoughts. Just said what is the truth, no more hissing from you.

"Hil, just try to avoid him. It's better if you start sleeping in hall with everyone else. You know it won't make any difference. It's just like how you did last year." He asserted with sharp eyes, retaining confidence and softness.

"Oh alright," She thought about it. She was trying not to be confused. He kept the silence in accord giving her pace to mingle and stay in her thoughts.

"Yeah, of course you are definitely right." She said once she was convinced still staring at the green grass.

"Hmm." He smirked evilly beneath his breath.

She kept quiet letting get used to the quietness of intervals taking place once again. She felt everything a bit alright after sharing her dilemma and for being convinced at the precaution he offered. Though he wasn't trying to lure her to him, he was careful not to mess up or else it would simply make her think that he has been trying to help her to make up his own spoilt relation. Nevertheless he was thankful that the brunette wasn't still angry with him.

One point he noted was that she had very variable emotions and she reacted according to them, no matter what happened- like he never expected to talk to her at least for a week, but now, he just nodded sharply for the matters getting better.

Well, then, I must say I'm lucky enough for getting an unexpected upper hand in this triangle. I just hope Tyson gets his kick on ass very soon. I wish if I could just make something, do something so that he goes away from all of us. I'm sure no boy will be ever able to take my Hil from me. I'm sure those drinks were mixed with slight tipsy topping or something and they had fallen on each other the last night. I just can't tell her or else she would dismiss her annoyance over this matter and start back over again with him.

"Heeeww," she sighed.

"Well then, shall we head?" he asked as her facial readings changed slowly yet smoothly to a convincing smile.

He smirked slowly which he replaced by normal one. I hate to see her cry; her smile isn't any beautiful lie.

"Yes." She nodded with that cheerful face.

"Just take care. He is immature, he may end up hurting you the way you hadn't expected, so don't try to fight with his emotions while you are fighting yours."

"Oh okay." She said with her smile fading.

"Will he-"she thought deeply as she spoke, " harm me?" she couldn't believe she asked but right then she was eager to see his reaction and response.

He analyzed her briefly, getting over the fact that this naïve girl was quite emotionally disturbed. He wanted to know the real reason which was of course neither Tyson nor him.

Of course, her secret was saved from the one she doubted right now.

"Nope, he wouldn't." He said coolly, "but don't risk it."

I would comment that the choice of words and flow was perfect. Like first he disagreed to her point and then retorted back to the same point.

"Yeah, I will take care of that." She frantically answered as they headed up to get back to dojo.

…

The champion was quite enjoying the shimmers and lights of the market supposedly. He looked at his own postures near almost every shop, thinking if he would see Hilary in them. She wasn't there in them, rather he saw Kai, Ray, Daichi, Kenny and ….guess what something he didn't expect. He saw Hilary!

But not the way he wanted.

He remembered last year when he won the championships. She ran towards him, swiftly hugged him almost spinning his fatigue body, yet he handled her by swirling in air briefly. That was the scene, when he lifted her. It was unbelievably on the largest poster and it looked quite incredible.

A fan might have printed that. It was not distinct to be visible; the main focus on the scene which'd made him stand like a gasped, shocked man who was told about his love.

"Of course, my fans are quite eager about my life." He sighed.

He walked crossing a crowd of his fangirls whom he ignored wisely by reversing his cap to hide his face, pulling his pony over his shoulder.

When he reached right in front of the posture, he gazed at it with amazement. They both looked awesome. She was winking, with her one hand in air with fingers pointing in air like rather she had won the championships, and the other hand wrapped around his elbow; while he was holding her around her upper thighs to give her an upheaval. He was looking at her as she gasped in an amazement feeling.

He smiled sadly.

I wish if we could be like that again- Fighting with each other, for the simple tentative matters, provoking more proximity. The new feelings had enlarged the distances. All the memories are a part of past.

He finally looked around, realizing that he must return. It was soon going to be sunset. But the thought of going home and acclimatizing to the terrible aura he had left at his home along with her feared him. He absolutely didn't want the perfect accord to be broken down by the tests of feelings and emotions.

I better head back to the riverside. I hope I would watch the sunset over there. A little loneliness or aloof-ness is good for me. I can't believe I'm resisting thinking about her.

Anyhow he paved to his destination and sat chuckling weirdly to himself. He deliberately removed his jacket, baseball cap and his well tied shoes. He remembers very clearly- once when he had a knee fracture and he couldn't bent, she was the one tying his shoes saying that he is lazy enough to try on his own.

'You really are shameless to make a girl who cooks food for you to make your shoes tie.' He remembered her annoying yet sweet face. Since that day, he never untied them, but idly removed his feet with effort rather than untying them.

I wish if you could tie them again.

The clouds had started to take over, only the mild ones, yet the breezes would never cease. He took out his phone and checked for the messages, taken aback a bit for not seeing any. He wondered if he even will be able tell her once in his own life.

What a freaky coward I am!

Shifting frantically those emotionally fatigued fingertips from the navy tangles to back ear side, he checked if he had his earphones along with him.

He could hear soft music of new cover of an old song. The voice wasn't clear since the backwash and billows of the river blend perfectly in the over depressing intone of the cover. As his mind raced swiftly to recognize the music, he could listen to the intensifying backflow, stripping of water adding a maelstrom-ic effect to the aura that was arising.

I know this song. I know it. I know it!

I know it breaks your heart,

Four years no call.

He smirked tentatively as he finally succeeded. He remembered a few days back he was singing it trolling downstairs before his great battle. He felt like it was a bit better that time.

More precisely he remembered her singing the same song on one occasion. It was on a summer two years back. She had invited him along with some of her friends on a sunny Sunday and they all decided to play, 'truth or dare' and though the game flowed smoothly, Margot dared her to sing this song. Firstly she just simply refused. After everyone pleaded saying that they would treat her if she allowed them to hear her, she tentatively accepted but her smile was shifted to shooting glare to the champ telling him to leave the room for her dare as kindly as possible. He gasped in shocked unbelieving state. But because all the girls opposed, he left along with little red head who simply insulted the brunette,

'Who is interested in hearing Grandma's song?'

Hilary growled at him but before it would kill they stormed off.

He still remember almost kissing the wall of ceramic paint to listen the intone of the sweet melody as she picked the flare of the chorus and pre chorus quite amazingly.

The masculine voice was missing, but even that was compensated as the girls played the part altering her singing.

'Aww lovely dovey!' he muttered in dream struck feeling.

The girls inside were almost swirling each other at her singing. She smiled under her intone encouraging them to entertain.

Ahmn- back to now,

There was nothing like that, almost each thing had to remind him about his past how beautiful or at least sweet it had been or more precisely the maturation of the naïve souls.

As he came back to his present state, he smiled sarcastically as the music shifted to 'Edward Maya's' hit one.

He stood up unexpected to the familiar voice that called him. He turned to look at the caller.

"Hi there Tys!" a pink shirted teen rushed over him.

"Zeo?"

"Hey there! How are ya!" the cyber blader hastened to the champ happily as he breathed hard when he stopped. Tyson gazed at him looking for an answer as Zeo held his knees with his hands gasping out in catching up his breath.

"Hmm, you said you will play that game with me - you didn't show up since then?"

"Uhmmn," Oh yeah, I have promised this guy, I guess I should have remembered that. Now what am I gonna say to him. I absolutely have no time for playing some video or 3D game when I have so much to deal with. Oh my god, just help me if you can! Wheew

"Sure Zeo. I promise I will very soon play with you and I am sure I can defeat you as well" he smirked forcefully.

"Huh? It means you are serious, aren't you?"

"Yes I am…Just a bit busy and kinda…" he passed his fingers over his head as if comforting the ached mind.

"Uh, is everything alright Tyson?"

"Yeah, actually…" he sighed as he lowered his gaze and shifted it from Zeo's worried eyes to the green turf which wasn't going to soothe him anyway. I don't want to fake more any promises. Shall I tell him that I can't play? Nope! I think I should rather go and distract myself and unwind briefly before going to home. Argh! Why does she have to create so many complications in everyone's life! He was mentally and inwardly yelling while Zeo figured him in a brief notational manner. Wait… He gasped slightly as a sorta realization unfolded upon him. She isn't the one who is creating all this. Oh my! How can I be this stupid to blame "her"? Ugh!

"Well Tyson, I don't know what are you beholding in your tensed mind, but I can ensure that you can disclose anything to me." Zeo half smiled with a sensation if Tyson would freak at him.

The champ gasped, now looking at his friend with the sort of unbelievable expressions on his face, but slowly his pools got blend casually in those trusting eyes and he eventually neutralized his expressions.

"Hmm, maybe Zee." He uttered looking down at his shoes.

"Sure you can Tys."

"I don't know how to begin this." He began his doleful tale that Zeo was patiently listening. Of course, he hadn't spoken about the entire thing since the last time they met but just mentioned about the mysterious unsolved night.

Zeo nodded and his expressions dint reveals any shock or that gasp. Zeo was sure he shouldn't display that would cause more agony and regret for Tyson.

"I can understand you bud." He smiled and began cheerfully! "But you know what-"he smiled in true pleasure as he gazed at the deep amber golden water waves and the mumbled sounds of their billows and the swift air around for a second lasting moment.

"Huh?" he blinked.

"I think I can help you in some way."

"Like what?" the impatient blunette uttered.

"I was just strolling around a few minutes ago and I saw her and your captain having some conversation near the riverside." He said him honestly with his face showing the expressions as he reminded what he had just encountered.

"You mean Kai and Hilary?"

"Yes."

"But when?'

"Like I already said; near the river side."

He heaved involuntarily with unsettled mind as his thoughts sped through his head and he was initiating another confused and turbulent state.

Zeo gazed at him as he was lost in those thoughts that he refused to accept. He just couldn't handle that. I mean, is this really happening? How could she? It's just been a day or two we have fought so badly and she…

He had no words to think ahead, he just couldn't understand and was in deep train of gushing sentiments.

"Hey,"

"Uhmn," he was disrupted, "Uh, I'm , I-m alright."

"What did you exactly hear, Zeo?"

"Oh, nothing much, just a few things I couldn't understand. They seemed so unrelated."

"In what way?" asked the curios teen.

"Like Kai was saying her to stay away from you and like she would be secure and some other stuff while she seemed to be convinced in some way at whatsoever he was saying… I don't remember the other stuff. I was hurrying."

"Oh-" he gasped shortly as his mind traumatized.

"Okay then, shall we go?"

Tyson thought for a few seconds before figuring out his question.

"Oh alright, I will come soon."

"Okay then, I will see you later!" The green haired teen waved goodbye as he walked off.

"Bye." He mumbled looking at him.

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