Diclaimer: I don't own Knb or the picture.

Few weeks later:

"Kise-kun?" School ended and as I was walking down the halls, I stumbled upon a familiar person. But something was off about him. "Are you okay?"

He turned around from the wall he was facing and smiled at me, "Mae-cchi." My heart wrenched in pain as I looked at him. His eyes were swollen and red with tears streaming down his face. Even so he tried to smile, tried to cover up the hurt he was feeling. But his smile was fake, like a plastic smile on a Barbie doll.

Hesitantly, my hand reached out, before I pulled it back. "Kise-kun..." Silently, I let my bag drop and pulled Kise into a warm embrace.

"Mae-cchi?" His voice cracked slightly.

"Shh. It's alright, you can cry," I whispered. I could feel him stiffen, before his tense form relaxed. He gripped my shirt tightly in one hand, the other around my torso. I hugged him close to me, muttering comforting words into his ear. Even though I could feel my shirt get wet from his tears, I didn't say anything about it, and hugged him tighter. His tall form was trembling, shaking as he cried silently. My heart cracked a little bit. I couldn't do anything to help him….

Kise finally stopped crying after a while. As of now, we were walking home together, which was strange, as he usually walked home with Kashiwagi-san. We were walking in silence before Kise blurted out the sentence that caused me to have mixed feelings. "Yuriko broke up with me. She said she wanted a break."

I stood there in shocked silence. Part of me was absolutely heartbroken for Kise. He was so in love with her, why could she ever break up with him? But another part of me was relieved, happy even. Mentally, I slapped that part of me. I felt disgusted that I could even think that. Quicky, I ignored both parts of me. My main concern now was Kise.

Even now, he looked as if he were to burst out into tears again. As if he could sense that he weakly smiled at me, "Don't worry Mae-cchi. I promise I won't cry myself to sleep tonight." He winced slightly. Seemed that that lie of his sounded as fake to him, as it did to me. A really stupid idea popped into my head and I sighed before I walked up to him. "Mae-cchi?"

Leaning on my tiptoes, I leaned in and pulled his cheeks with my hands. (A/N: Did anyone think that she was going to kiss him?) "Baka," I said teasingly, a wisp of a smile on my face. "You don't have to pretend around me."

His facade seemed to crack a little bit and he gave me a sad smile, "Thanks Mae-cchi."

"Let's hang out tomorrow," I declared softly. Kise gave me a confused look, "You're still sad right? We can go to the amusement park like old times and hang out. I'll help you forget about her, even if it's only for a moment." He grinned at me as we stopped in front of our houses.

"Arigatou Mae-cchi. I mean it," Kise quickly leaned in a kissed my cheek before grinning and running into his house. Im sure I stood there for at least 30 minutes, just gaping at where he stood, my hand on where he kissed me. I felt my face burn up, but I couldn't control the flush.

"I hate it when you do that," I whispered, "You're so cruel, being so nice to me. Why can't you just ignore me? If you keep on doing that, I'm going to fall in love with you more." Tears were welling up in my eyes as I walked up the stairs to my room. Falling onto the bed, I hugged the pillow close to me, closing my eyes. It was hard, trying to ignore the way my heart was wrenching in pain, screaming for the concealed feelings to be set free. I took a deep breath, but even that didn't help. Tears were streaming down my face onto my pillow, as I sobbed into it. The world was so unfair. Out of all the people in the world, why did I have to fall in love with him? Why did I have to be so selfish? One more day, one more day. After tomorrow, I'll give up on my feelings, forever. With that thought, I drifted off to sleep.