Urameshi looked down at Kuwabara from the monkey bars. "Huh?"
Feeling awkward, Kuwabara repeated his question.
Urameshi dropped down to the ground. "Why shouldn't I be friends with her?"
"Well," Kuwabara said, "she's a girl. Girls are…different."
"Says who?" Urameshi asked with a scowl.
Kuwabara gaped at him. Says who? Did it need to be said? All a guy had to do was watch them and it was obvious. "They are!"
Urameshi rolled his eyes. "They're just people, y'know? They nag a bit more than us, but they're cool."
Kuwabara eyed the girls, doubting they were as simple as Urameshi seemed to think.
"Hey," Urameshi said. "You're not scared to talk to a girl, are you?" he asked with a grin.
"No!" Kuwabara answered even though the thought of talking to a girl made his palms sweaty and his stomach nauseous.
"Then I dare you to go talk to one," Urameshi said.
Kuwabara gulped and looked at them. His honor demanded that he accept the dare, but he couldn't help but think that he was about to be humiliated. "Fine," he said through gritted teeth. Stiffly he began to walk towards the group of girls when a new girl that he recognized arrived.
That's Yukimura, he thought with relief. He'd talked to her before, if only briefly, and she'd been nice. Confidence restored, Kuwabara walked up to her and said, "Hey, Yukimura."
She looked up in surprise, and then smiled, and Kuwabara was struck by how pretty she was. "Hello, Kuwabara. How's your summer been?"
"It's been fun," Kuwabara said returning her smile. "Yours?"
"Mine's been fun too," Yukimura said. "Are you here with Yusuke?"
"Yeah," Kuwabara said. "He's right over there." Kuwabara turned to point to him and froze when he saw Urameshi glaring furiously.
What I do now?
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AN: I have no excuses for not posting Thursday...I was just being lazy...