Tanes P.O.V

Tane stood up frowning. She'd never felt so confused. But who was she really confused with, Riku, or herself? She hadn't planned to do that. Ofcourse she hadn't! But she did, and there was no going back now. Atleast he hadn't shouted or insulted her. But his reaction was probably worse considering how confused it had left her. What the hell had he meant by 'if you hadn't, I would' He would what, have kissed her? Her frown deepened and she shook her head to herself. He couldn't have meant that, could he?

Walking towards one of the doors off the hallway, thoughts swimming around her mind, Tane pushed open a door and carried on through. Sure, she could end up anywhere, but right now she didn't care. After replaying the whole event in her head, she realised she was still no closer to getting to Kairi. Well, Riku had got his way with that, but she was sure he hadn't expected her to kiss him. Hell, she hadn't expected to kiss him. Tracing a finger over her lips absently, she glanced around. It had been nice.. not sweet, or sincere, but there was feeling behind it, and she knew Riku had felt the same. Whether he'd admit that to her was another thing. In fact, how would he react to her now. Knowing the older teen, he'd probably ignore her.. 'Great' she though. As much as he annoyed and angered her, the idea of him ignoring her scared him. He'd been the only one that had been there for her in the darkness, even if it was making him act slightly stranger than normal.

Tane sighed loudly, glancing around before taking a door to her right, mildly surprised that she'd found the dinning room from earlier. From there she could probably get back to her room. But to sit in her room, alone and in darkness wasn't her idea of fun. Instead she opted for jumping up onto the table and crossing her legs, her back to the door that would lead her back to her room. For once in her life, Tane had no idea what she was going to do.

Ever since she was little, she'd spent her life trying to be like Kairi, trying to prove herself to her sisters stupid friends. Trying to prove herself to Riku.. but why? She'd never be Kairi, and she was stupid to just realise that fully. Trying to act like her, and be like her wasn't getting her anywhere. If anything she'd had more luck becoming 'friends' with Riku since she'd been away from Kairi. Then again, maybe that was why Riku had kissed her. He'd thought she was her sister.. She frowned thinking that over, and tried to push it to the back of her mind. It wasn't a thought she liked. But it could have been right.. He'd looked so confused afterwards. Aswell as angry, happy, annoyed, thoughtful, sad, grateful, shocked.. Considering Riku was someone who had always had an unreadable face, he sure felt a lot of things when caught off guard.

Tane jumped down from the table, a small scowl covering her features. Why was she letting herself get so worked up over all this. It wasn't like she actually felt anything towards that arrogant jerk. That wouldn't be possible. It had just been a kiss, brought on by such close proximity and frustration, and it was a way to get rid of that. Yes, that was it.

"It meant nothing" she repeated out loud, as if that would make it true.

"Glad you agree"

The voice made her almost fly in the air. How long had Riku been standing there? She frowned trying to remember if she'd heard a door open, but then reminded herself he could have just used a portal. How long had she been sat on that table was probably a better question, and she guessed at atleast a few hours. She couldn't help but wonder where Riku had been. His appearance was.. odd, she noticed as she finally observed him. Leaves and twigs covered his hair, and he had a small cut on his chin, it looked like he'd fallen out of a tree or something. But his face was as unreadable as ever. As Tane took a step forward, she couldn't help but cringe at the bruise that was deepening to a dark purple on his cheek. Looking back, trying to fight Riku to leave and find Kairi all seemed so stupid now.

"I'm sorry" she whispered, gesturing to his cheek, her voice barely audible. A look of confusion flashed across Riku's features as he reached his hand up, prodding his face rather roughly, realisation taking the look of confusion. But he soon went blank again. It was as though he hadn't known it was there. Tane couldn't help the slight annoyance she felt. That had been a damn good punch.

"Don't be" He muttered waving her off, and she was eerily reminded of their earlier conversation. But if he added 'if you hadn't, I would' onto the end, she definitely wouldn't have be pleased.

"Doesn't it hurt?" She questioned instead, finally standing infront of him. She barely reached his chin, so craned her neck upwards to see his face. She really must have stretched up when she kissed him.

Tane continued to look up at Riku, her fingers reaching upward to lightly brush his bruised cheek. To her surprise, he didn't flinch or move away, and instead pressed his cheek against her cool fingers.

"Does it?" She repeated, after five minutes without an answer. Riku frowned slightly,

"Does what?" Great, he wasn't even listening to her. Infact he looked kind of dazed.

"Your cheek. Does it hurt?"

"No" He answered through closed eyes, and Tane felt a mix of annoyance and happiness. She was glad he wasn't hurt by it, but she had no idea how it didn't cause him pain, especially with her hand against it. As she looked away from his bruised face, she noticed the twigs and leaves that were tangled in his hair. Where on earth had he been? Half smiling, Tane used her free hand to brush most of the forest from his hair. It really did look like he'd been attacked by a tree. Still half smiling, she looked from his hair to his face, noticing his eyes were still shut. Was he tired? Shrugging to herself, Tane started to pull her hand from his cheek, causing Riku's eyes to shoot open and for him to take a step back. Whatever daze he had been in, had been broken when she'd moved. His harden gaze was too much for her, and she kept her eyes on the floor, the smile that had started to take over her features gone. Tane sighed, not being able to stand there any longer, and turned to walk back to her room. But before she got further than two steps something had taken hold of her wrist- lighter than before, but still enough to stop her from walking. She turned her head back around to look at him questioningly,

"What?"

But the look she received from him showed he hadn't known why he'd done it either. Sighing again, she tore her bright green eyes from his dark blue and pulled her arm free. He didn't try to stop her this time as she walked out of the room, but she couldn't help looking back as she closed the door behind her. His expression as he gazed at the floor was enough to make her rethink her earlier ideas.

A/N: New chapter xD Back to Tane's p.o.v. Thanks for reading and reviewing, please carry on. Z-Nugget xx