Rin: Third chapter. I think I've lost interest in this so I might make this the last chapter. I'll make this chapter uber long for you readers though. If it doesn't end well, then just tell me.

Disclaimer: Hiroki and Sana belong to Yagami-sensei. I own Hayate though.

Hiroki avoided Sana since that day. He didn't want to face her. When he heard those words escape her lips, he knew. Hiroki knew that he loved Sana and that he didn't want anyone to take her away. Once when Hiroki was thinking about it, he almost cut himself. He knew it was selfish of him, so he decided that if Sana was happy, he would be happy. Hiroki went on with his usual life, his famous parents, his cute little twin siblings. The entire time, he never looked at Sana once. Hiroki knew that she would get worried about him, but as long as she was happy, he would be content.

He left earlier again that morning. He decided it was for the best. To avoid his family's business, to avoid Sana. Hiroki walked down the street and sighed loudly. He looked up at the sky and saw the dark winter clouds drift by. It had snowed last night and the clouds had not cleared. Hiroki nuzzled his face into his scarf and sighed again. His class switched seats two months ago and Hiroki switched with some kids to get a seat as far away from Sana as possible.

"Sana," he muttered to himself, "I think I love you." He strolled down the street, continuing in the direction of his school. Hiroki was too oblivious to notice the person running up behind him.

"Hiroki," called a familiar voice. He recognized it, but decided to ignore it.

"Hiroki," the voice grew louder. Hiroki scrunched his eyes together hoping that the owner of the voice would go away.

"Hiroki," shouted the voice as the person glomped him. He cringed and tried to shake the person off. He turned and saw Sana. Hiroki swore in his mind. He had successfully avoided Sana for at least four months now. He stopped swearing at himself and laughed inside. Had it taken Sana at least four months to notice that he was avoiding her? Sana cocked her head to one side, her dark pigtails shifting with the angle of her head. The wound that he made on her forehead was nothing but a mere scar now. Her dark eyes seemed to pierce Hiroki. He bit his lip and turned.

"Leave me alone," Hiroki mumbled. "I hate you." Hiroki waited to hear Sana cry, just like she did when she heard that her friends were using her to get close to Hiroki. Only one of the two actually liked Sana. Hiroki didn't hear Sana's sniffles, but he kept on walking. Hiroki had watched Sana harbour a crush on Hayate-sempai for four months now. He didn't like the guy, but how could he control would Sana had a crush on? Hiroki laughed inside again. If he could control who she liked, Hiroki would've obviously made her have a crush on him. Hiroki continued in the direction of their school. He only stopped when he felt a tugging on his jacket. Hiroki craned his head and saw that it was Sana again. He scowled and snapped his arms away from his grasp.

"Hiroki," Sana said. He ignored her and stomped away. There was another tug on his arm. Hiroki stopped and whirled around and looked Sana directly in the eye.

"Hiroki, I know you've been avoiding me," Sana said courageously. "I want to know why." Hiroki couldn't hold himself back. Hiroki grabbed her shoulder with his right hand and her chin with his left. He leaned in and kissed Sana. Sana tried shoving Hiroki away, but he held onto her shoulder. Hiroki broke the contact. It was his first kiss, and he knew it was hers too. He was happy that he could steal it, but sad that he would have to lie now.

"Thanks for you first kiss Sana," he sneered, "Now I have something to tell you. I never liked you Sana. I only hung out with you because of our parents and because you had no other friends until now. Since you have friends now, I see no need to hang around you any longer. I hope you have good luck with that baka Hayate. I HATE YOU." Hiroki saw the tears in Sana's eyes. He wanted to tell her the truth, but he couldn't. He had to watch her from afar now. Hiroki had to do this to get over her. Hiroki turned and left Sana standing there, tears running down her face. Hiroki set off on his own. Sana had been his only true companion his entire life, but he didn't really mind being alone.

That day at school, Sana was absent. Hiroki daydreamed all day, all about Sana. He wondered if he should go apologize. He shook his head; it would just make everything worse. Hiroki had to get over Sana. He had to let her live her own life. She was becoming more and more independant eveyday, parallel to her beauty in his eyes.

"So slope is Y-two subtract Y-one divided by X-two subtract X-one," said the teacher. It was the middle of class and Hiroki was still daydreaming. His straw-coloured hair sat limply on his head. His chin was rested in his palm and his elbow leaned on the desk. Hiroki closed his eyes and pictured Sana's smiling face. He felt warm inside. Hiroki was happy to see her happy.

"Okita-san," the teacher yelled. Hiroki's eyes snapped open.

"Yes sir," Hiroki said, standing up.

"Can you answer the question I just asked you?" asked the teacher, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry sensei, could you repeat the question?" Hiroki said politely.

"If the co-ordinates of point one are (30, 10) and the co-ordinates of point two are (20, 15), what is the slope of the line that connects these two points?" Hiroki stood there thinking about what his sensei had said. He came up with an answer in his mind and began to speak.

"The slope would be negative 10 over 5 so reduced the slope of the line is negative 2," said Hiroki. The teacher sighed and gestured for Hiroki to sit back down. There was a loud whispering from behind him.

"Wow, Okita-kun is really smart."
"What can you expect, his parents are pretty famous, so they could probably hire him a private tutor!"
"Maybe we can get Hiroki-kun to teach us math!"

Hiroki cringed. He admitted to himself that he didn't want anyone's company except Sana's.

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Those words burned Sana's heart. Sana always went to Hiroki for emotional support. Had it been all a lie? All those years they had been friends. Was it really just because Hiroki pitied her? Sana shook her head. After Hiroki left her standing there, Sana went home. She had lied to her mother and her father, saying she had felt really ill. Her brother went to elementary school and her parents had went to work. When Sana was absolutely sure that no one was left in the house, she wept in her bedroom. Sana sobbed so hard that even after she cried all she could, she managed to find more tears to cry. She pulled out some daifuku from her freezer and began to consume it. Sana certainly didn't worry about getting fat. She sat on her couch and watched some chick flicks. Sana hated how they always ended up the same.

The two main characters would just end up together some how. Though it was quite the same for Juno, Sana still liked it the best. It was a case of love going in the wrong order. She managed to relate Juno to herself, except for the pregnancy, and Bleaker to, well, to no one. Her dream man, Sana had concluded. After watching all of these movies, she heard a knock on her front door. Being polite, and old enough, Sana went to get it.

"One second," she yelled. Sana grabbed the doorknob and twisted it. She practically threw the door open and almost hit the person standing there in the face. The person had managed to dodge the incoming door and regain his/her posture. The person adjust the glasses on their face and Sana immediately recognized who it was.

"Sana," Hayate smiled, "glad to see that you're feeling well enough to almost kill me with the door." Sana's heart skipped a beat. This was amazing. Hayate was at her house.

"I brought your homework," Hayate said, holding up a small duotang. Sana tilted her head; Hayate was a year older than her, so why would he be bringing her homework?

"Oh, if you were wondering about why I'm bringing your homework, Hiroki was originally supposed to," explained Hayate and Sana shuddered at the sound of his name, "but Hiroki said it wouls be too troublesome for him and asked me to bring it to you." Sana suddenly felt a tear roll down her cheek. The mere mention of Hiroki's name made her cry.

"Sana?" asked Hayate.

"I'm sorry, senpai," blubblered Sana. "I'm sorry you have to see me like this." Then, there was an arm around her. A hand came up and wiped the tears from her face. Sana's saw Hayate's face mere inches from hers.

"Sana, please tell me what's going on between you and Hiroki," he pleaded. Then Sana remembered all his words, his facial expressions, his stealing of her first kiss. Her eyes widened and she wept even more. Hayate kept his arm around her and they went into her house. He forgot to take off his shoes at the front door and they went into the living room. Hayate tried to calm the broken down Sana. Many minutes passed and Sana had calmed down greatly, thanks to Hayate. Her parents worked late, and Sana realized that she had to go pick up her brother from elementary school.

"Senpai, I have to go pick up my brother from kidergarten, but I don't really want to go alone, so-" said Sana. Hayate held up a hand to stop her chattering.

"I understand, I'll go with you," he smiled. Sana felt a pang of relief. Both of them got their jackets on and headed out the door. They walked along the suburbarn streets. Sana saw the middle school children and their old sailor uniforms. She smirked and wondered if those middle-schoolers dreamed of wearing a uniform that was completely different from what they wore. Continuing their stroll to Kazuma's current and Sana's old elementary school, Sana kept on sneaking looks at Hayate. He caught her once, and Hayate only smirked. Then Sana had to look at him more sneakily. She succeeded too. They came to the elementary school and Yamase was standing there, holding Kazuma's hand. Her brother started to wave at her as soon as he saw her. Sana waved cheerfully to him.

"Onee-chan! Yamase-sensei is the coolest teacher ever," Kazuma smiled, taking Sana's hand. Kazuma then looked up at Hayate, who only smiled.

"Are you onee-chan's boyfriend?" asked Kazuma. For a seven year old, Kazuma was really smart. Sana blushed and bonked him on the head.

"Oh, don't listen to him," she laughed uneasily, leaning in she whispered into Kazuma's ear, "Don't say things like that in front of him." Her brother scoffed, then stopped, looking as if he were thinking.

"So you like him, onee-chan?" he whispered. The one little comment made Sana's face turn completely red as she bonked him on the head again.

"Oww," Kazuma whined, rubbing his head.

"See you tomorrow, Kazuma-kun," Yamase yelled. Sana, Hayate, and Kazuma headed toward their home. Kazuma was always one, no three steps behind Sana and Hayate.

"Hurry up Kazuma, or we'll leave you behind," Sana shouted. Then, Kazuma ran up to his sister and took her hand. Sana looked down at her brother, who nuzzled his head against her arm.

"Kazuma," growled Sana. Kazuma just smirked and leaned forward to look at Hayate. Hayate adjusted the glasses on his face and moved beside Kazuma, taking his other hand. Hayate lifted his arm and started swinging him playfully.

"Whee," giggled Kazuma. Sana copied Hayate and soon Kazuma was swinging between the two teens, smiling like the small child he was. This went on until they reached Sana's house. Sana let Kazuma inside the house and went to say goodbye to Hayate. They stood there for a minute, silence rearing its ugly head.

"So," said Sana, "Thanks for everything."

"No problem," Hayate nodded.

"Umm," Sana dragged, unable to find any words. Before she knew it, Hayate had leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"I just want to tell you Sana," he grinned, "that I like you." Sana blushed and turned her head away. She cheered in her mind, setting off firework after firework. Sana quickly pumped her fist and turned back to Hayate.

"Well?" proded Hayate.

"Sempai, I like you too," Sana smiled.

"So, now it's official?" asked Hayate. He had asked this because neither of them felt any different from what they had just said.

"I guess," Sana shrugged. Hayate pulled her into an embrace, then let her go.

"See you tomorrow," he said, taking off in some direction, probably the direction of his house.

"Yes," mutter Sana as she waved to him.

Rin: Right. So writing this chapter has instilled a new fire in my heart! YOSH! Well, I'll continue to write this, but the updates won't come very fast. I have other things to write.
-Cough-Harvest Moon-Cough-Naruto-Cough-

Anyways, please read and review. BYEEEEEEEE