A/N: Hey! I just thought that I'd like to write this in Otani's opinion, so this is just the part of episode 11 where Otani meets up with the recently broken-up Kanzaki and Koizumi leaves, in Otani's point of view. Hope you all like it! :)

Disclaimer: While I don't usually don't do disclaimers, because it's obvious that if you're writing in fanfiction and not in fictionpress, then nothing is yours but the plotline… I don't own the Lovely Complex characters, or most of the things talked and happening in this fic. This fic is made entirely just to see Otani's point of view on the situation that happened in the manga/anime.

Songs: None, but the title of the drabble is "More Than A Feeling", inspired by said song by Boston.
Pairings: Otani/Koizumi, one-sided Kanzaki/Otani
Setting: Episode 11

More Than A Feeling
Otani's POV

"S-So how's the giant… I mean, your boyfriend?" I asked Kanzaki after laughing nervously, trying to brush away the awkwardness of the atmosphere after I accidentally yelled at her.

"…We broke up not long ago" she said. This caught me off-guard. So that's why my idiot middle school friends were forcing me towards her, and why she looked kinda lonely standing on the side of the gym all alone.

"Risa" I heard behind me. It was probably Nobu-chan talking. I wonder if…

"Then I'll…" she talked again. This time, I almost looked back. "Risa…" I heard her say again, and after that I heard the gym doors open, and automatically turned around. Just as I thought, Koizumi was leaving, and she had an expression I couldn't figure out because of the distance between us. She then left the gym and closed the door behind her.

"Atsushi-kun?" Kanzaki asked from behind me, somehow taking me out of a trance. I couldn't help but to ask myself where and why the hell was Koizumi leaving. That idiot…

"Wh-What?" I replied, turning around again to face her. She was blushing madly, which made me wonder why, but at the same time made me realize the apparent reason why Koizumi had left.

"Can we see each other again sometime?" she asked, lowering her head a little and tightening her grip on the jacket that she held on her hands. "There's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Again, I was surprised. Asking for such a thing… But for some reason, I didn't feel anything. I thought my hopes would go up again with Kanzaki, and even more after saying a thing like that, but they didn't. A lot of things went through my head then, for some reason all had to do with Koizumi. That idiot was taking most of the space in my brain lately, but why, I still hadn't figured out. I knew that she liked me, but… but could it be? Could it be… that I was falling for Koizumi? I quickly pushed that thought away, remembering that Kanzaki was still waiting for me to reply. I scratched the back of my head, thinking for a response. "Uh… I don't think I can do that" I said.

"Oh?" she asked, surprised. I quickly thought of how to explain it to her, giving her the most little amount of details possible.

"Well," I started, "there's this one hopeless idiot… who'll probably end up crying if I see you again. So…" I smiled, with my hand still in the back of my head, "Sorry, I don't think I can do that"

"Oh…" she said, and it made me feel kinda bad when her expression changed again to a sad one, but I knew that (and this may sound hard to believe) she just did that face to try to manipulate me and force me into it. As cute as it may seem for everyone else, she didn't fool me. After all, we did date.

"I'm sorry… I have to go" I said, feeling bad again for leaving suddenly, but something inside me was almost begging and forcing me to go after Koizumi. I quickly walked towards the gym doors, opened them and didn't even bother to close them. I walked around outside for a few minutes until I saw Koizumi in a pedestrian bridge, so I went towards the bridge's stairs. She wiped her face with her arm and started walking towards my direction with her face down, although she hadn't seen me yet.

"Oh. So this is where you went." I yelled, succeeding in my goal of making her notice that I was there. She looked up, and I couldn't make up her expression. "If you stay in a place like this, you'll catch a cold" I said, with more concern on my voice than the necessary one. I swear I saw her blush slightly, and her eyes started getting watery.

"What… are you doing here?" she simply asked.

"I was thinking "Maybe Koizumi is crying again", or something among those lines" I replied, with my arms crossed.

"Me?" she asked, and then turned around, making an ugly face. "Why?"

"Ugh. What an ugly expression" I couldn't help myself but to say it out loud, but I was saying it more to myself than to her.

"Why… why…" she asked while I walked towards her. "What about Kanzaki-san?" I sighed, extending one arm up and holding it with the other, and smiling for some reason. "It's been a while since I last spoke to Kanzaki. It was pretty exhausting, for some reason"

"Because you were nervous?" Koizumi asked.

"No, it wasn't that" I said, letting my arms down again and my smile faded away. "Why, huh? I don't really know myself." I looked up. I hadn't noticed that it was snowing.

"It's snowing" I stated, smiling. "I wonder if there'll be snowdrifts tomorrow…" I said, more to myself. I then heard Koizumi sniffling, and was surprised to see her crying in front of me.

"…Why…?" she asked, with a funny voice. I smiled, but ended up laughing out loud. "You idiot" I said, turning a little to face off to the road.

"What's so funny, dammit?" Koizumi asked me, now a little angry. "I don't know" I replied, and kept laughing. After a couple of seconds, I finally stopped laughing, but I kept smiling.

"Maybe someone like you is more suited to me" I stated. I'm not really sure why I said that out loud, but it felt… kinda good saying it. Wait, what am I thinking? This is embarrassing… I did my best not to blush, succeeding.

"What did you say?" Koizumi asked, her voice finally back to normal.

"Just talking to myself…" I said, turning around. 'Good save', I thought. For some reason, I really didn't want to leave things like this, so I turned to face her.

"Before we go home, let's go to that karaoke place by the train station again. Karaoke!" I said smiling, and crossed my arms behind my head. I saw Koizumi wiping her face. I thought I was doing a pretty good job cheering her up.

"You're so annoying!" she randomly yelled at me.

"Huh?" I said, letting my arms down and moving a little forward. "What the hell? I haven't said anything bad!" I yelled back, a little angry now.

"Shut up! You seriously piss me off!"

"I'm inviting you for some fun karaoke… What's that attitude?"

"Shut up! I told you to shut up!"

"You amazon!" I couldn't help but to yell back at her, but then I smiled. Well, at least she had stopped crying…

A/N: …The only thing I own in after Otani says "Sorry, I don't think I can do that" to where he finds Koizumi before he says "Oh. So this is where you went"...his thoughts, too, but that's about it. Anyway, hope you all liked it. The next one will not be a re-write of anything, by the way. I'm pretty sure you'll like it :)