Not As Simple As It Seems

Chapter 9: Confessions, a Visit, a Love

Hana sat on her bed, the tears gone from her face, her mask up again. She couldn't help but continue to think about him. She knew she loved him, and she knew she liked that kiss. But the fact that they could never be together… that hurt. Hana had no more tears to cry by the time Arisa had finally returned.

Arisa took one look at her friend and demanded the whole story. Hana refused to tell her for almost two hours, but that's when she broke. She knew that if she didn't tell someone soon her waves would be off. With a sigh, she decided she would let her best friend know… as soon as she came back from popping the popcorn.

The moment Arisa walked in Hana said quickly, "He kissed me."

Arisa stared at her friend for about five minutes before deciding her friend wouldn't lie to her about something like this. There was only one question in Arisa's mind, who was he?

"Who kissed you?" Arisa asked gently.

"Yuki."

Arisa eyes got big as she considered jumping up and down and screaming like most teenage girls would do when their friends crush kissed them. But, Arisa was Arisa and choose not to scare her friend like that.

"That's great."

"No it wasn't because Yuki and Tohru are supposed to be together." Hana told her friend in a monotone voice.

"Hana you need to get over that, he obviously likes you and not her." Arisa told her friend.

"Maybe right now, but later when they do get together then I don't want to be in the way." Hana said back.

"Hana they are never going to get together!" Arisa yelled at Hana, finally snapping.

She was getting pretty tired of Hana always saying the Tohru and Yuki were going to be together in the end. Hana has a strange way about her, allowing others feelings and wants to come before her own. Normally she was right, but this time Arisa knew she was way off.

Hana stayed silent after her friends out burst, knowing in her heart that she was probably right. It didn't matter though; Hana knew that she and Yuki would never be allowed to be together, if not but the fan girls, then by their families.

"Look Hana maybe if you talk to him…"

"No."

"You're going to have to talk to him during Home and Family."

"Not if I drop the class."

"But that's one of the only classes you're passing!"

"Oh well."

"You might not pass without it!"

"That's okay… maybe I can rearrange my schedule so that I can have it and have Yuki in none of my classes."

"You're crazy."

Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by the ringing of the doorbell. Both turned and looked at the clock… 11:30, who would come at this time?

Yuki

Yuki stood behind the doors that lead to the inside of Hana's house. He felt pretty stupid for coming over at this time, but he really needed to talk to Hana. Kyo stood beside him looking very annoyed. When Yuki told Kyo where he was going, Kyo insisting on coming too. Something having to do with talk to Arisa, or at least that's what Yuki thought. Kyo was grumbling about many things. None of which could be understood by the rat. It didn't take long until a young boy answered the door. He looked almost exactly like Hana.

"Yuki I'm guessing." The boy said looking directly at Yuki.

"Yes…" Yuki said a little bit afraid of the boy.

"If she gets mad at you, I shall curse you." Was all he said as the two went into the house, and the boy left going up the stairs to where his 'dogs' were.

Kyo and Yuki exchanged looks. 'Curse you?' what was that suppose to mean? The thought left their mind as Arisa walked down the stairs, surprised at what she saw.

"Hey Prince, Bastard." She said nodding at them. "What do you want?"

"I need to talk to Hana." Yuki said simply.

Arisa nodded and walked further down the stairs, coming up to Yuki whispering "Second room on the left."

As Yuki walked up the stairs following Arisa's… complicated instructions she glared at Kyo.

"What do you want Orange-top?" She asked him with an annoyed look on her face.

Kyo suddenly scared of the Yankee mumbled, "I need to talk to you…"

Kyo and Arisa made their way to the kitchen where Yuki and Hana wouldn't hear their screams.

Hana and Yuki

Yuki knocked lightly on Hana's door. At first he was scared she didn't hear him knock, but in only a moment the door opened. Hana looked at Yuki, her mask up and her eyes locked. No emotion was going to seep through during this conversations… none at all.

Yuki stared at her for only a moment, finding the ground or ceiling much more interesting then the purple eyes on the girls face.

"You may come in if you wish."

There was no friendliness to the tone; actually there was nothing in the tone. She sounded like a robot from one of the movies Kyo watched. It scared him in a way to see the girl he lov-liked act this way especially to him…

Yuki walked in sitting on her bed. Hana soon followed in suit and sat beside him. Close enough for Yuki's breathe to quicken, far enough away to never touch and to get away if she so needed to.

"Hana… we need to talk." Yuki started.

"About what?" Hana asked playing stupid.

"The kiss." Yuki told her with a sigh.

"It meant nothing, we can just forget about it." Hana told him simply, thinking the conversation was over.

This angered Yuki for some reason. Other than the fact that she said what he felt for her wasn't worth anything. Yuki knew that it would probably never work out, and that Akito probably wouldn't allow it… but that didn't matter at this moment. All Yuki knew was that he really lov-liked, yes liked the girl before him.

Hana watched Yuki's expression closely wondering what he was going to do. Yuki said nothing for a minute, but Hana could see the looks of fear, and rejection on his face. That and perhaps a hint of anger, mixed with… something else.

Yuki looked at her and said, "No we can't just forget about it, it may have meant nothing to you, but it meant something to me."

Hana could feel her emotional barriers cracking as the object of her desire said this to her. As long as her mask didn't fall perhaps she could continue to pretend she didn't care.

Yuki looked at Hana, a little emotion appeared in her eyes as he said this, but it quickly disappeared. "I think that it may have meant something to you too." Yuki tried, hoping that was the truth.

"It meant nothing." Hana said as her mask started slipping.

Hana wouldn't let it go that easily. She had learned to keep her mask up no matter what, yet here this sliver haired boy was shattering it, with only a few words.

Yuki saw the emotions, at least he saw what he thought were emotions. Yuki sighed. All he wanted at this moment was to hug the black haired girl, yet he couldn't. That alone told Yuki that this… relationship would never work as anything but friends.

"Hana… please tell me the truth and I'll leave."

Hana stayed perfectly quite. She didn't even move. Hana didn't want the kiss to mean anything, but she wasn't one to lie to someone's face either. So she choose an alternative. Silence.

Yuki took her silence as a form of rejection. He never should've let himself feel that way in the first place. It was stupid and out of character for 'Prince' Yuki. He wasn't suppose to let himself feel like this… especially with his family problems.

Yuki finally decided that for once in his life, he was going to try and do something that would make him happy, not the family or Akito, but him. First he had to find out if Hana felt the same way.

Giving himself no time to think about it Yuki did the first thing that came to his mind. Something that may have been a bad idea...

He kissed her.

End of Chapter 9

Preview for Chapter 10: How will Hana react? How will Arisa take what Kyo has to say to her? What will Cupcake do to help the 'relationship'?

I feel so bad you guys! I haven't had any time to type and I haven't updated this story in… months. Please forgive me! I started playing basketball and it took up all my time. It ends in a week and a half so no worries there… until softball starts…

I'm hoping to up-date this again very soon. Please don't give up on me! I didn't mean to be such a slow up-dater… but I guess that what I get for having 5-7 stories going at once… I'm hoping to write my first Naruto fanfic soon. I have no idea what it'll be about but I really want to!

Anywho, if you can find it in your heart to forgive me, please do. If not… would a cookie help? I'll make you whatever kind of cookie you want just please forgive me! Thanks for all of those who reviewed and actually came back to read this even though my lack of up-dating may have lead you to believe I was dead… I'm not!

By the way, so sorry I left out Shigure's little scene this chapter, but I felt that was a good place to end. To make I up to ya'all I'm going to make it longer than usual next chapter!

See ya all soon! (Promise!)

Emily