Chapter 46: Rue, Angst and Battles.

"So, are you satisfied after erupting everything that you heartedly wanted to say?" Hiro asked, in casual tone and hidden anger. Tyson knew it but he was just staring at the ground holding his head in his hands.

What have I done…

"I-" He was speechless.

"You know what, that's why she's afraid of confessing you. If you'd a little brain, you'd have control on your emotions. You knew it wasn't her fault, so why did you took your frustration on her?"

"I'm a fool." He answered his knees hitting the floor. He grabbed Dragoon and slid it inside.

"I must say, you should apologize her." He said walking away, "And, don't be late tomorrow."

This is it. That ends here. I didn't want to say her, hell, I dint mean even a word. I swear I can never deserve her. I'm such a pain in the ass! I am good for nothing. She was already upset, why did I have to add more!

He slapped his forehead with his palm and sighed.

They both showed up in class but didn't care to spare a glance at each other, though he did whenever she was unaware.

She skipped dancing class, for the first time, she was forced to bunk with Delia. Tyson hid under the desk and had a good sleep for full forty minutes compensating for the last night.

Hilary had her mood lit up and Delia kept her busy cracking up jokes or casually flirting with their seniors. Hilary was less embarrassed but enjoyed the interactions though she didn't completely try stopping her.

"You are so mischievous." She chuckled.

"You got that late." She smirked, "Unlike you, I flirt."

"What did I do?" Hilary gasped

"Haaha, nothing." She glanced around and noticed that there were five more minutes for their next class, "C'mon, we should be heading."

"Yeah, I guess."

What did she mean?

"So, you have decided you aren't going to talk to Tyson?" Deles asked finally as they strolled in the corridor.

"I won't, what I've been told is unforgivable!" she said folding her arms across her chest.

"You should have been over it." She shook her head slowly, giving a forlorn look.

"Over it? OVER IT?"

"Yeah." She said impervious to her shout out.

"H-How do you expect me after-"

"He was frustrated. That's ALL. No big deal." She shrugged with neutral expressions.

"You think it's that simple? 'That's it' "

"Yeah, you are exaggerating it. Okay, he shouldn't have been that rude but c'mon, if I blabber stuff on your face, you know I don't mean it, you'll talk to me."

"No, I wouldn't." Hilary protested.

Delia rolled her eyes, "Okay, but can't you see, he has been stealing glances while you were not even bothered and perhaps busy. I've noticed it. That was just an eruption of buried frustration, don't take it to heart. You aren't into it."

The brunette sighed, mentally slapping herself for saying her everything.

"Honestly Hil, if I were in your place, I'd have even minded, I'd have rather confessed him, hell, rather in front of Kai!"

"That's a little lot rude." Hilary mumbled.

"I mean, obviously not, but I'd have done that long back."

"I'm not into him. No, you're wrong." Hilary snorted.

"Alright, I agree," she said as she entered in the class only glad because everyone were back and they were at time, "only because you'd not believe."

"Oh please." Hilary rolled her eyes.

"Bet? Margot will come tomorrow, we'll ask her honestly."

"Not interested." She walked past her and took her seat.

Margot lifted her water bottle and gulped a few sips glancing sideways to decipher what the ruby eyed girl was thinking.

"Okay, there is something important coming up this month and.." she smirked, "I said you already and you'll be informed about it by him first and if he doesn't, I won't bug you anymore."

"What's so important coming up?" she sighed, "It is Valentine's day. Oh fish, its not even February."

Delia giggled but kept quiet when Hilary shot her a glare.

"Why don't we prepare for tomorrow's test? I'm pretty bad at Thermochemistry. You've to help me."

"Sure, genius."

"Stop calling me that."

They were spared with two last free periods and they had carefully occupied the last benches, away from the pandemonium of the class, and involved in writing, practicing perhaps?

Hilary sighed hopelessly when she saw Tyson sleeping peacefully or rather deeply in the middle of such noises in which she found hard to concentrate.

"Argh, can't they shut for a while?"

"They won't, why don't you ignore them?"

"Tryin'."

Ten minutes later, they ended to be the last two girls leaving.

"C'mon, let's go."

"Haa, " Hilary sighed, "Finally, the end have ended."

"So, you are going dojo?"

"Eh why?'

"C'mon, you should talk them now." Delia rolled her eyes.

"Argh, I'm done arguing now. I don't care his intentions. All I know is I'm not going ever to speak a word to him." Hilary said stubbornly.

"Alright.." Delia sighed giving up.

Hilary approached her home, on her way buying some pork, vegetables, mustard and some Yorkshire pudding. She has saved her part mainly for it. After arriving, she patiently arranged her kitchen, doing the pork first and filled her empty belly that was starving since afternoon. After a warm shower, she changed her curtains, sheets, covers and arranged the couches, though they were only two and folded her few clothes stacking them cleanly in her closet. By the hour, she was done, she was tired and her back without delay hit the soft bed.

In her haste, she has forgotten about the alarm and had a good sleep for three hours. She only stirred when her phone vibrated around her ear. Picking up in her half-sleep, she answered,

"Hello."

"Hils!"

She abruptly sat up and blinked twice to think who the speaker is.

"This is Margot!"

"What happened? Is everything alright?" Hilary asked still confused.

"I'm alright. How are you?"

"Is this what you've called for?" She asked unbelievingly.

"Yeah, I had a mild headache, so I thought to skip classes."

"You know, you've done a good job calling me," Hilary sighed, "I have been sleeping since three hours, and dead to the world."

"Uh why, wasn't Tyson too sleeping along with you?"

"WHY WOULD TYSON SLEEP ALONG WITH ME!" Hilary screamed her brows vibrating furiously.

"Uh! I dint mean that. I mean, was there no body to wake you up?" Margot corrected quickly.

"I am not at his home. I'm at my room." She said narrowing her eyes.

"And why is that so?" she asked amazed.

"Girl, I'll tell ya the story later. Right now, I've lot to study. Gosh, I'm living hell."

"Guess, I'll be asking Delia later."

"Sure." Hilary smiled sarcastically before shutting her phone.

….

"Huh? Did Hilary say something?" Kai asked to the navy haired blader who was holding his one hand in head and other on his forehead.

"Nah, I don't know why she isn't here." Tyson lied. Kai sighed before he spared one last glance to Tyson before ambling out.

"I guess I've escaped."

Tyson wasn't well the entire day. He was expiating about everything he said and perhaps she would never come to see him. But what can he do? Just sit and think about it over and over and still regret that there's nothing he's ever gonna do about it. There was one thing he still Remember but he wasn't sure that this little distances and their egoistic attitudes would ever allow him to express or realize her that.

Shit. Shit. This is completely a sick situation! What do I do! I'm the biggest fool here to say that.

He swiftly grabbed his half falling cap and stormed upstairs crashing his bed and keeping an alarm of sharp three twenty, not bothered that it was just eight right then.

Do somebody need to remind you that you can't skip your dinner!

A voice echoed in his head. That was Hilary, but he ignored sliding deeper beneath the sheets as the voice pitched in his ears.

The girl has got a real nerve to vex me in my thoughts too! He kindly ushered his mind to sleep which never followed his displeasing orders.

Kai wasn't aware about the reason of her absence. She was usually here, oh come on, she stayed here and never bothered much to go to her home. What was the reason now? He was sure that he couldn't be the reason for her resentment, so what is it?

He thought of going to her home. Perhaps that was a good idea. Fortunately, he never made it. He actually never knew the way of her home. He'd have asked Tyson or max, but he didn't dared, simply.

A few hours later, they were all done of practicing minus Tyson and had peacefully slept, convinced by the fact that the state has declared a holiday tomorrow. Oh wow, I'm jealous.

Deep in the bushes of middle darkness, a nocturnal blader was blading carelessly among the juvenile sugar canes, waiting for his brother. His midnight blue hair was swinging freely in the air, just like his jacket that was half out of his body.

He lifted his maroon pools to find his brother ambling in an eerie aura from back. He stopped and wished a casual, 'hi', after they started practicing.

"Don't say me again that you're tired."

"Oh. I am not." He simply answered, launching his blade. Fine, now just concentrate building all your focus and finish it off.

"3…."

"2..."

"1!" Tyson roared as he launched his blade.

"Let it rip!" they clamored in unison as they blades started effective collision, hitting each other with all their might.

Tyson sighed as his blade was backing off. That was quite normal. It happened everytime they played. But the game was often a tie or sometimes won by Hiro. Rarely did Tyson make out.

"Concentrate." Hiro said sharply making the younger teen wince back at his sudden order.

"I'm." Tyson said in a dangerously low voice.

The battle ended quick with Hiro flipping out Dragoon which landed in far dust. Tyson picked it impervious to his downfall and re-launched it.

"You don't seem interested."

"It's nothing. I'll try once again."

He was not able to stand more than a minute and was thrown out each time. He pulled out some good moves in middle two to three battles but that wasn't actually counted. It simply happened.

They stopped at quarter to five. Tyson was panting helplessly, his entire body shivering.

"We are done Tyson."

He turned to leave without saying anything.

"If your this attitude has something to do with Hilary, then I better advice you to cope it up quick. That's only taking you down and ruining all your efforts. Hope you remember that since five months we are doing it!" Hiro said coldly as he folded his arms. His expressions were stern as ever.

Tyson turned to his brother, his eyes rimmed black and pale skin growing cold. More than normal panting, he seemed to have heavy unusual unhealthy beats, signifying signs of dejection and fear. Fear of losing. Losing so much more to cope with.

"Am I-" he asked feebly, feeling quite oppressed, "Am I too unworthy?" His voice was low and on the verge of breaking.

Hiro quietly approached him, embracing his little brother by placing his arms around him.

"No you are not. You are worthy of more than what you are thinking you are unworthy of." Hiro said softly, his expressions softening.

The young blader tried to restrict his tears from falling hard.

"Is it her?"Hiro asked.

Tyson nodded, fighting back tears.

"You can't lose; neither you in the course of losing her nor your anything." Hiro advised. "Brave it, brave your problem if you can, if you are Tyson who never gives up."

Tyson nodded softly before breaking the embrace.

He had decided, he was going to make up with her no matter she liked it or not and convincing her how strongly she was important to him.

She'll see too. Holding the better cards, but every stroke of luck has gotta bleed through, gotta bleed through. Why.. .

He was really depressed for messing up with her in his frustrated state. What's the difference between me and Kai? He didn't keep the patience of controlling his anger that day and I've done the same. I was jealous. Yeah! Yeah! I was, what can I do? What….

He reached the dojo two hours before the time for the college, and lied down on the bed staring at the ceiling thinking of what he was going to buy. Oh, why would he forget such an important thing?

He was thinking about himself as well. He had changed as well. He used to be so stubborn, loud mouth, jovial, expressing his thoughts openly. Truly, his romance life wasn't a good one; it had got to bleed at many points, just like now, when he thinks about Kai, he sometimes feels how utterly they had been distant with him. He used to be like him as a friend and he was special to him in a way he had always had him alright whenever he was pissed off. Kai just knew Tyson kinda really well. But now? Oh right, he knows him, the thing is, he's just too furious with him when Hilary's in the way.

Maybe I should leave her…Stop waiting for her and stop worrying Kai and being a jerk in his way. Oh my…

He just couldn't get off the heated scene of few days back when in the heat of his tension or say developing chemistry in between them, he had kissed her. He still doesn't figure if it was a right thing. She still didn't say him that she loved him back. How can someone be so blind? What does the word 'Love' even mean to her? How does she think about it? Has she ever thought about it? Is it Kai? Or perhaps someone else? I'm sure if I ever get into a successful relation with her, I'd write a novel of hurdles and things in our way!

He fell into a slumber from his thoughts drifting into deep. And guess what, he had missed the college. Kai, Max and Ray had gone but for some reason, they assumed that Tyson was with them. The later part of the day, around afternoon, when Tyson woke up, his dreamy eyes wandered to his watch and he received a mild shock that he missed the day. His password was long back changed. It wasn't 'Hilary' anymore. Rather, he has set up an L pattern.

So what…Its just today...I'll catch up tomorrow. Oh no! WAITTTT! How can I forget!

He immediately got from his bed, bumping down, grabbing yens from his closet, changing into something better. Oh yeah, he wore a black T shirt, a grey jacket and dark grey jeans removing his cap for once.

There was just 35 minutes before the college would end. He couldn't be late and he won't..

Hilary finished packing her bag and laid her head against the smooth desk, wanting to get a little sleep.

"Are you okay?" Delia asked.

"Hmm…"

"Hils, look at me, what happened?" she asked, worried for her friend.

"Nothing. I'm just tired."

"Oh..." she gave a sad look and patted her softly, "Get some sleep, I'll wake you when the time's up."

Hilary was about to drift in her sleep when her phone vibrated. She checked the notification only to get a message from someone she really wasn't expecting. Meet me in the IC lab, near the left corridor. I'm waiting.

-Kai.

A/N: Wuhhu! We are finally at it? Ain't we? Actually, I was very busy with my own self and feeling unwell so I just had to drop FC for some time. Anyway thanks to everyone for their support, seriously, that means a lot. I just couldn't express my joys on realizing that this story is finally coming to an end. :D I don't know but there Is something I think I know and I don't know that's emotionally and mentally and now physically as well pestering me. I'm just feeling insecure sometimes- I guess it's because of winters…

I've always had a deep profound connection with this story, most of the time, me treating this story as an emotional punching bag.

Oh, and please review, seriously, if you're reading it, please let me know through your reviews.