Hey peeps! I've been sick for a whole week, and every time I blow my nose, or try to suck up my snot, it adds to this horrible headache I have. FF brightens my day. I can't wait until a month passes so I can be a beta reader! I never meant for this story to be so long, but here we are! On chapter 4!

Just a reminder:

"Dialogue"

"Dialogue through the phone"

'thoughts'

~Grudge speak~

[me!]

Butt-Dialing

Story 1: Ren-Kyoko

Chapter 4

Ren rubbed his temples and then his eyes and squared his gaze on the kitchen door. Then he purposefully strode towards it.

Ren burst through the swinging door, and looked upon the shocked face of Mogami Kyoko. He pulled out one of the barstools beside the island counter, and sat down. With his elbows on the counter, and his head in his hands he watched Kyoko cook.

She had glanced at him warily when he had burst in the door, but decided to remain silent. It was his kitchen after all, he had every right to be in there.

As Kyoko chopped vegetables and chicken for the soup she was making, her mind was churning. 'I need a lie!' she thought desperately. 'What should I say, what should I say, what. Should. I. SAAAY!'

Her inner turmoil continued, and she was too distracted to think at all. Kyoko kept peeking at Ren who was just blatantly staring and closely scrutinizing her every action.

'The soup is cooking too fast! It's cooking too fast!

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What the hell am I doing? Going freaking nuts trying to think up lies to cover up my feelings? All because I don't want to get hurt again? Denying what's been in my heart this entire time so that I can delude myself into thinking that dying old and alone with a hundred cats is how I want to end my life?'

Kyoko turned off the stove, knowing boiling the soup any longer would turn the vegetables to absolute mush. She poured the soup into two bowls, and set Ren's in front of him with a soup spoon.

She then seated herself in front of him at the island on another stool. The bowl was steaming in her face as she watched Ren. And waited for him to eat.

"Itadakimasu," Ren stated his first word since entering the kitchen.

He took his first sip, marveling once more for the countless time, how delicious Kyoko's food was. How easily she seemed to make an ordinary dish so much better. And how he felt like eating it all.

"It's delicious, Mogami-san. Arigatou," Ren said, smiling.

Kyoko steeled her resolve once more, and gathered up all her strength once more.

"I need to say something Ren."

So I got a review from shizuhoe that said I'm prone to leaving you guys at cliffs. And I suppose that's true. So it makes me a hypocrite because I HATE being left with a cliffhanger at the end of a really AWESOME story.

To milmirjia: I'm sorry. I'm lame, and I'm not a really good writer. I was reading "Immune" by Bobapearl, and realized that: I SUCK. So, sorry. =)

To Victoria: I TOTALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN! When an author wrote my penname in one of their stories to thank me for my review, I was so pumped.

Anyways, thx to u all so much! And I'm still hoping for some challenges!

BTW, if u do send me one, have the victim/caller first, and the recipient second and also THE COUPLE YOU WANT THE STORY TO END WITH!

Example: For this story, it's Ren-Kyoko and ending couple: Ren & Kyoko

REVIEW GUYS! Plus, I always luv a good challenge!

Love mE-chan!