A flurry of people passed by as Kiyoko found herself alone. "Great, I lost them." She seemed to take a sigh of relief. Quickly she shuffled to the nearest wall and looked on from there. The stampede of shoppers started to thin out just as she spotted the two. The twins stood upon a bench calling her name as if she were some minor child lost within the chaos of which we call time.

Taking this as a sign Kiyoko ducked and slipped into the closest safe haven, which just happened to be the book store. Taking another sigh of relief, she slid down the glass wall onto the floor just barely out of sight. A thurndering pair of footsteps frantically ran up and down the mall with cells phones in hand, the twins ran up to people flashing pictures of their cousin in hopes of being reunited.

"Good luck." She muttered as she stood up brushing herself off. Upon her feet once again, carefully she fixed her hat and made her way to the closest manga book shelf. She wasn't obsessed as you can say, she just would rather live in a world that didn't exist. You know, like those worlds that were always so beautifully created where the prince save the princess and they fall happily in love. Such things weren't possible in the real world.

Carefully, she slipped a few books from the self and turned around, only to find them slowly falling to the ground below her. "Oh, I'm sorry." She apologized once she realized she had bumped into someone. She fell to her knees to pick of the numerous books she had dropped. "No I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention." A figure kneeled beside her, and helped by handing her a book.

Kiyoko turned and her eyes met a pair of dark grey ones masked behind a thin pair of glasses. Once she realized she was starring, she quickly looked away entrance. "That's alright. I'm Hikaru Kiyoko."

The new figure brushed his raven black hair with his right hand. He was dressed in clothes that reminded her of a business man, with the tie, polo shirt and everything. "I'm Ootori Kyoya. Nice to meet you." Her shook her hand, and she could see his posture stiffen. There was just something about this girl that sent a shiver down Kyoya's spine. Something about he was just so entrancing. Her mouth began to move and then it stopped. Kyoya hadn't realized she had spoken until she had stopped.

"Nice to meet you too. You look really familiar. I think I've seen you before, maybe at my cousins' parties or something?"

Kyoya snapped out of it, barely enough to answer. "I'm not sure. Who are you're cousins exactly?"

"The Hitachiin twins." She answered with a gleaming smile. But something caught the corner of his eye. He looked past her for a moment only to see the twins themselves plastered against the storefront window trying to fet a glimpse of what was going on. "Really now? They're good friends of mine. But I don't seem to remember you at all."

"I don't really get out much."

The twins found their prize and walked right into the store. "Speaking of the devil. Or well devils." Kyoya found himself saying.

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"I told you she'd like my choice better." Kaoru nudged Hikaru as their faces were pressed against the glass trying to see how heir cousin fared.

"So it was Kyoya all along?"

"Nah, it was going to be Mori, but it seems she ran into Mother so I'm changing my contestant to him. Afterall they seem to like each other." Thge younger of the twins smiled.

"That's not fair, you can't do that!" Hikaru protested.

"As I've told you before my brother, all's fair in love and war. It's a relationship bound by books."

Well that's the end of another chapter. I hope you guys liked it.

The next one should be up soon. And I guess this will become one of those, your reviews determine the winner. I don't know who she should end up with, but I really like Kyoya. We'll see how the two fare against each other.

Preview of what's to come..

"Take her, she's mine."

"The truth about you is you were trouble to begin with.."

"You promised me that you were true. She's just better than you."

"Wasting all my time again, but you're not listening.."