Hello, again! I really hope I make some progress with this story. I actually like where it's heading right now, so hopefully I don't screw it up. It was originally supposed to be a one-shot, but I'm not very good at those. The story ends up getting too long for one-shot standards. Haha, anyways, I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1, and I hope now you enjoy Chapter 2! Prepare yourselves, this will be a long chapter!

I Love You, BF!

by iJutsu

Chapter 2

Kari glared at the alarm clock that practically shouted in her ears to get her lazy butt off the bed. She grunted frustratingly and covered her face with her pillow. It didn't seem to work, since the alarm clock seemed to get louder each time she tried to ignore it. Giving up, she sat up and slammed it off. Kari sat up shakily and groaned. She rubbed her head with one hand, and her back with her other. Sleeping on the floor gave her nothing but a sore back and a massive headache. Managing to stand up and stretch, she opened her blinds and walked over to get her poorly abused phone that she threw last night. Kari sighed, remembering last night. She was a jerk, and she was a wimp. TK was just being a good best friend by caring about her, and she neglected that all because of what? She didn't even know. Picking up her phone, her eyes widened in shock.

"53 missed calls?"

She quickly went through the missed calls, and her heart dropped painfully when she realized it was all TK. She knew that he'd end up calling her back once or twice, but 53 times? Now that was guilt. Kari groaned loudly and flopped herself on the bed, feeling as guilty as ever. She couldn't blame herself, however. If she were going to pick up those calls, what was she going to say? That relieved her a bit. Closing the missed calls list, she noticed the voicemail icon near her signal bars. Just one voicemail. Out of 53 calls, there was 1 voicemail. Puzzled, Kari hesitantly called voicemail and placed the phone on her ear. It was TK. She braced herself.

"Kari, please pick up your phone," TK said, almost heart-brokenly, "It's 3 AM, and I'm still extremely worried about you. And you were crying, Kari, don't lie. I know you never lie to me. But I know that if you do, something's really troubling you, and you're scared to tell me. But don't be. I'm your best friend, Kari. I'm here to protect you. Please remember that. Good night. I miss you."

Beep. Kari was still taking in the message through her head, with her phone still glued to her ear. TK always had a way with words. It was almost as if he was her lover. But those words again: Best friend. And the way he said it made it seem was that it was to stay that way forever. Kari shakily let out a breath. "Maybe that's just how it's supposed to be," Kari thought to herself, "Like he said, I have to remember that." She finally removed the phone from her ear and set it aside to charge. Kari glanced at her clock and saw that she had only 10 minutes before the school bell rings. She blinked, not realizing how much time flew by once she woke up.

"No point of getting ready now," Kari said to herself as she walked to the bathroom to wash up, "I won't make it to school in time, so might as well just save myself the trouble of getting a late slip."

After brushing her teeth, she looked at herself in mirror and nearly stuck out her tongue in disgust. She looked pathetic. Her eyes were still a bit red, and her eye bags were easily noticed. All caused by crying herself to sleep over nothing. She washed her face carefully, brushed her hair, and put on something decent. If she was going to miss a day of school, might as well make the most of it. She'll just have to deal with Tai's nagging once he gets back from work. Grabbing her purse and cardigan off the rack, she opened the door and jerked back a little from the sight of her purple-headed friend standing right before her, arms crossed, and with a slightly angry face.

"Yolei? Why aren't you at school?"

"Kari, we have first period together, and if you're not there, I can't already sense something's up. It's like that girl-telepathy thing we have going on."

"Uh…telepathy?"

"Oh, you know what I mean!" she groaned, but then gave her a serious look, "Why are you ditching? Whoa, and what's wrong with your eyes? Did you get any sleep last night? Ugh, let's save the questions for later. C'mon, let's take a walk in the park, grab some breakfast, and theeeen talk about it! Kay? Kay. Let's go."

Not having a chance to object, Yolei linked their arms together and they quickly walked out of the apartment. Surprisingly, Yolei's forceful attitude was something she loved about her, and she was actually glad she came over to pick her up. Being alone with her thoughts would of just been worst. At least now she had somebody to talk about it with. As they walked through the block, Yolei couldn't help but notice how absent-minded Kari looked this morning. Yolei sighed, already having a good feeling about what she's thinking about. They walked over to the local café, which luckily sold pancakes for half off if one is there before 9. Kari grabbed a seat while Yolei ordered. Soon enough, Yolei came back with two plates of pancakes and set one plate in front of Kari. Kari's focus was still out the window. Yolei sighed.

"This is about TK, isn't it?" Yolei asked, as she took her seat facing Kari.

Kari snapped out her personal bubble, and blinked questionably over at Yolei. "Huh? N-no, of course not! Why would you even think that!" Kari stammered with an awkward laugh.

Yolei gave her a dumb look, which obviously told Kari that she wasn't buying it. Kari sighed, and gave up trying to hide it. She just nodded slowly.

"I knew it," Yolei stated, frowning at how troubled Kari looked, "What exactly happened?"

"I asked TK yesterday after school if he was really over the fact that I rejected him," Kari said, looking down at her pancakes sadly, "If he's just pretending to be okay about it just so that I'll be happy."

"Wow, that's a lot to take in then," Yolei said, taking a bite out of her pancake, "Were you that straight forward? What did he say?"

"Pretty much," Kari whispered while stabbing her pancake with her fork lightly before raising her voice a bit, "He didn't say anything. Amber came along while we were talking."

Yolei nearly spat out her pancakes in disgust, "Amber? Are you serious? Talk about bad timing! What did she say?"

"That she was so touched that TK got her the flowers, yada yada yada."

"Ugh, how-"

"And, and I bet you that they're going on a date this Saturday for that dumb carnival thing. I bet my dumb plan to get Amber to talk to TK actually worked."

"What makes you say that?"

"Because in those flowers that I bought, there was a card that asked her out to the carnival. And when I asked TK yesterday how things went with Amber, he said that things went 'great'. AKA she read the card and accepted the date."

"…You did all that? Again? How many times are you going to make a complete fool out of yourself just to make TK get a girl? You can't keep hurting yourself like that, Kari!"

Kari found herself quiet again, thinking back at all the trouble she went through just for TK to get with a girl. She even dressed like a cute bear for Valentines Day in sophomore year to hold up a sign saying: "Be Mine" for a girl that TK ended up dating for just a month. There was probably more embarrassingly things she did, but she really didn't want to think about it. But now here she is, doing it all over again for Amber. Kari found herself fidgeting with her fork, deep in thought. She could feel Yolei's eyes stab right through her, suspecting something. Kari bit her lip. She felt the urge to cry, but she had to fight it. Feeling weak was one thing, but feeling weak over something dumb was another. And her dignity was already falling apart. Pretty soon Kari was sniffling.

"I made a complete idiot of myself, just standing between them all stupid-like," Kari said pitifully, "I think it was some sort of sign, Yolei. If TK was really supposed to answer my questions, then Amber never would of came. A-and there was another sign!"

Kari was now talking non-stop and it all seemed like gibberish to Yolei, "Like, the whole day, all I heard was best friend this, and best friend that! As if that's what I'm supposed to be all the time, because that's what I hear! All. The. Time! Like, Oh, I'm so glad we're best friends. Oh, I'm you're best friend and I'll always protect you. Oh, I'm you're best friend forever and ever and always remember that! So that's what's we're supposed to be, right? If it wasn't, then all of those signs wouldn't have…"

"Kari!" Yolei exclaimed, slamming her fork on the table, "Calm down. Seriously. Take a breather. Just because you always see it and hear it, doesn't mean it's a sign."

Kari knew about Yolei's short temper, and almost everyone feared it, but she had to get her point across.

"But it IS, Yolei! Not just the whole best friend deal, but the fact that even after the rejection, we're still best friends. Think about it. I had the CHANCE to finally become his girlfriend, after so many years I waited for that day, but I let go of that chance because the words BEST FRIEND slapped me in the face. It was literally pulling me back, which is why I rejected him. It's practically saying that if I had said yes to TK then, it was going to ruin everything! The whole best friend gut feeling got to me, a-and I just stuck with my instinct…and TK's h-happy and…"

"But YOU'RE not happy, Kari!"

"Yes, I am!" Kari stammered out annoyingly, staying in denial, "Why does everyone say that I'm not? I am happy! I am happy that I'm his best friend!"

"Kari, are you really?" Yolei shot back, equally annoyed from her denial, "I mean, c'mon! Here you are, crying over the fact that you guys are just best friends, yet you claim that it's okay? You claim that you're soo happy with your friendship with TK, yet you're going crazy because that's all you think you guys will ever be? Um. Last time I checked, you still like TK! And newsflash, Kari, he still likes you too! So don't even dare try to say that's all you'll ever be, because in my opinion, you're just scared!"

"Scared?" Kari questioned, almost insulted.

"Yes, scared!" Yolei shot back, temper now rising, "You're scared of taking risks, Kari! You always have been! Especially after TK asked you out!"

Now, Kari was fully insulted. To her, that was just uncalled for, even if it was true. Scoffing in disbelief, she reached over for her purse that was on the ground and threw it across her shoulders. While she stood half-up, she thought of something and looked straight at Yolei. She gave her a sarcastic chuckle and shook her head.

"You know, Yolei? This is all your fault!" she stabbed, eyes now watering, "Everything was perfectly fine before all of this! If-if you haven't told me that…that I wasn't happy with what I have with TK then I would never have even thought about it! N-now I'm starting see our friendship as a bad thing! Yolei, that…I…that's just so wrong! I would have never even spent the whole night crying and thinking about what you said and if you were right! Because you're NOT right, okay? You're not right! I'm happy being TK's best friend! Everything was just fine the way it was!"

Breathing heavily, she stared into Yolei's shocked eyes before she turned on her heel and made her way quickly to the door. Yolei just sat there, stunned, trying to take in all that Kari just threw at her. Yolei was a quick, deep thinker, so realizing Kari was wrong was almost instant. Shaking her head out of her thoughts, she quickly grabbed her stuff and ran after Kari. However, it was when Kari only stepped out of the café when she started to feel guilty. Kari stopped in her tracks and just froze, suddenly feeling the warm embrace of her friend from behind. Kari didn't even need an explanation of why Yolei didn't just leave. Kari knew she was wrong, and obviously, Yolei knew that all along. Kari just covered her face with both her hands and managed to speak.

"Y-you're right, Yolei," Kari choked, trying her hardest not to break down, "I'm sorry. I am scared, and I am a wimp. I…I thought that I can just live with just being best friends because t-that's what we've been for so long. I thought that everything was just perfect the way it was because it never c-changed…"

Yolei sighed, and let go of her embrace. She turned Kari around to face her, and gripped softly on Kari's arm to take it off her face. Kari sniffled and just covered her mouth with her free arm. Yolei looked worriedly into Kari's eyes, hand now on her shoulder for comfort.

"But everything isn't perfect, Kari," Yolei said, as comfortingly as she can, "You shouldn't try living with something that hurts you. And the only reason it never changed is because you won't let anything happen."

Kari gave her a confused look with her wet eyes. Yolei thought of a way to explain it.

"It's true, Kari. You won't let anything happen. Don't say that I'm not right. Because think about it. You have a chance everyday to do something about you and TK. You have a chance everyday to confess about how you feel. You have a chance everyday to make TK yours. Sorry for my repetition girl, but you chance everyday to take away that pain but you DON'T because you're scared. Kari, listen to me. Change is not always bad. Neither is taking a risk."

"But when you don't know what you're getting yourself into, then it just makes it harder to do something about it!" said Kari, leaning against the café walls and wiping away her tears, "I don't want something that's already so good to turn into something so bad."

Yolei laughed, smacking herself on the forehead before leaning against the wall right next to Kari. Kari stared at her oddly.

"Helloooo, Earth to Kari, that's what a risk is all about! Of course you won't know what you're getting yourself into! That's what it's called a 'risk', duh!" Yolei's laughter softened, and she flashed Kari a kind smile, "Kari, you'll never know what's going to happen until you give it a chance. And who knows, maybe it'll end up becoming something way better."

Kari took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. Everything Yolei said was right. She always had a chance, but she always has been afraid of putting her friendship at risk. TK was more than just her best friend, and if she lost him, then that would be…well, just devastating. But she had to try.

"…I'm scared."

"So was he."

Kari looked at her for a moment, then sighed. She was right again. Of course it must've been hard and fearful for TK to ask out his best friend. TK, most likely, had the same dilemma Kari was having right now. He was risking his friendship at the time to try to get with her. Plus, he actually took that risk. "And if he was willing to risk all that, and if we were still able to stay friends," thought Kari, "Then I have nothing to lose, right?" Kari stretched off the wall and gave Yolei a finally graceful smile. She hugged Yolei tightly. How lucky she was to have a short-tempered, mood-swinging, straight-forward yet understanding friend like Yolei.

"Thanks for everything," Kari said, happily, "I think I finally know what I'm going to do."

Late afternoon,

Kari threw in a handful of strawberries into the blender to join the sliced bananas. Smoothies always made Kari feel better. Humming cutely to herself, she swayed over to the fridge to get some yogurt. As she opened it, she heard to doorbell ring. Setting that aside and sucking off the yogurt from her fingers, she walked over to the door and opened it. Her eyes widened and her face turned red. It would be him when she looks like a complete mess.

"Good afternoon, pretty lady!" grinned her best friend, holding out a bag filled with baked sweets, "Feeling better? I've brought some banana muffins."

Kari's finger was still in my mouth as she stared up and down at TK. TK was just grinning like the grinning-fool that he was. Her face turned more red, and she found herself too embarrassed too even move. It was even more embarrassing that he wasn't saying anything. TK just chuckled and poked her nose.

"Without the nuts, don't worry!" he said, smiling before letting himself in, "I know you have some strange peanut phobia."

He entered the room, leaving Kari just standing there. After a few long seconds, Kari finally managed her finger out of her mouth and she slowly closed the door. "What the heck?" Kari thought, still a bit surprised from her best friend's randomness (even though that was how TK was on a daily basis). Clearing her throat, she locked the door and walked into the kitchen where TK was. He set the bag on the table and looked around. He looked at the unattended blender and yogurt on the counter, then back at her.

"Making the infamous Kari smoothie?" he asked.

"Y-yeah," she replied, rubbing the back of her neck, "Do you want some?"

TK gave her a dumb look, and a small pout. Kari couldn't help but laugh. She loved that face of his. It was threateningly cute. She started to feel good; it's been a while since she actually felt…happy. And to think, it just took a stupid pout from her best friend. She playfully smacked him on the side of his arm and walked towards the blender.

"Okay, okay, I'll make us some," she said, pouring the yogurt into the blender, "Good thing you brought snacks. Just bring the muffins to my room. We'll just eat in there. The kitchen and living room is dirty. Oh, and don't forget to take off your shoes. I just cleaned my room. Try not to mess anything up!"

"Yes, your highness," TK laughed as he removed his shoes while making his way to Kari's room.

Once Kari heard his footsteps stop, Kari let out a deep breath. "He sure seems happy," Kari thought, a bit confused, "Not that it's a bad thing. Especially after I just left him hanging yesterday. I thought he'd at least be a bit disappointed in me." Kari removed those negative thoughts off her head. She decided to be glad that all is going well for the both of them right now. She smiled. Once she had all the ingredients in the blender, she plugged it in and turned it on.

Meanwhile, with TK…

TK set aside his shoes next to the door before entering her room. He let his school bag slid down his shoulder. He looked around and blinked. "Hm," he thought, surprised, " She really did clean her room." He slowly walked in, swaying the bag of muffins back and forth as he did so. He instantly regretted it, once he felt something round on the bottom of his shoe. Before he could make up what it was, his foot already tried to move, causing him to clumsily lose his balance. Unexpectedly, he slipped and felt his foot hit Kari's drawer. The stack of books on her drawer crumbled down. Grunting, he looked up, not realizing he let go of the muffin bag. His eyes grew wide. Pushing himself up, he skidded towards the box and grabbed it just in time before it hit the ground. He almost grinned in pride. That is, before he looked at the mess he just made. Books were scattered everywhere, and her lamp was pushed down.

"So much for not messing anything up," TK whispered sarcastically, rubbing his head, "How did that happen anyways?"

Suddenly, he heard to noise of the blender stop.

"TK, is everything okay?" Kari yelled from the kitchen, "I heard a thud!"

"E-everything's fine!" TK called back, alarmed, "Don't worry!"

The blender went back on, but knowing Kari, she was going to be there any second now. As if his life depended on it, he quickly got up and gathered all the books that were scattered on the floor. He piled the books as neatly and as quickly as he can back on the drawer. He looked around to see if he forgot any books, and realizing that there was none, he sat down on the floor and let out a deep breath in relief. Although, once he sat, he felt something against his bottom. He pulled out the thing from under him and stared at it funny. It was a pink book. He turned it over and almost dropped it in shock.

"Kari's…diary?" TK whispered, oblivious to the fact that his best friend even owned something like this.

"TK! I'm about to come in! Can you hold the door for me please, I don't want to spill anything!"

Kari's voice literally made him jump to his feet. She was turning the door knob. Panicking, and while keeping eye on the door, he stuffed the diary in some bag near her drawer. He figured that since there were many bags near her drawer, she'll just think it fell in there by mistake. Stumbling up to his feet, he ran towards the door and opened it.

"Heeey, Kari," he said, grinning awkwardly, flipping his hair out of his eyes.

Kari raised a brow, "Took you long enough. What happened?" She then glared, "What did you do?"

"N-nothing!" TK said, waving his arms in front of him for protection, "That thud was me. I slipped."

"Slipped?" Kari asked, tilting her head a bit, "Slipped on what? I just cleaned my floor!"

"I don't even know," TK said slowly, just as confused, but soon forgot all about it once he saw the smoothies, "Wow, Kari! Those look great. Let's go eat now, I'm starving! I haven't eaten at all today."

Kari stared at him oddly as he sat down, grabbed the bag and pulled out the muffin box, "You didn't eat at all? 'Til now? Not even at school?"

"Nope," he replied, pulling out some napkins.

"Why not?"

"I missed you too much."

Kari stared at TK in awe. His response was so quick. She felt her face grow warmer as she stared, by being touched by such simple, yet sweet words. As she stared at TK, she couldn't help but feel waves of emotions crash upon her. She was happy that she had somebody who cared that much about her; somebody who was willing to surprise her with her favorite baked good even after she ignored their call 53 times. Although, she felt guilty for the same reason. She threw him off so many times yesterday, and yet he was treating her the same. She felt like she didn't deserve such kindness. Sighing, she slowly sat on the floor in front of him and set down the smoothies. TK looked up from what he was doing, noticing Kari's sudden change in mood. He looked at her worriedly.

"Why do you look so down," he asked, as he held out a muffin towards her, "I promise there's no nuts-!"

"I'm sorry," Kari blurted out shyly, spinning her muffin around with her fingers, "For missing so many of your calls. A-and for just leaving you hanging like that. I…I just didn't know what to say. B-but I am happy for you, I really am. And I'm sorry for after school that day. I know that's pretty rude of me to ask, especially now that…"

Kari restrained herself from saying Amber's name. She knew it would just make things more awkward than it already was. She cleared her throat and decided to leave it at that. She figured if she continued, she'd break down again. She hesitantly looked up towards TK, who was also fidgeting around with his muffin. He looked deep in thought, causing Kari to feel a bit nervous. Kari looked down. She hated looking straight at people if she senses something bad is going to happen. She heard TK softly chuckle, which confused her. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she felt a muffin get shoved against her lips from under her face. Once she raised up her head, she saw TK playfully pushing the muffin into her mouth. Kari glared and opened her mouth to yell.

Mistake.

The top part of the muffin got into her mouth, and when it just stayed there, TK finally let go, grinning stupidly. Kari twitched and glared at him. TK gave her an innocent smile and took another muffin from the box and tossed it up and down in his hand. He took a bite and laughed.

"It really suits you, Kari," he laughed, tossing his bitten muffin up and down again, "You look really-mmph!"

Kari grabbed the muffin when it was in the air, and jabbed it into his mouth. Lucky for Kari he talks a lot; makes it easier for the muffin to shut him up. She grinned evilly as she let go of the muffin and wiped her hands on his shirt.

"Touché," Kari smiled.

TK bit the muffin to let it fall, chewed and swallowed. After, he gave Kari a weird smile that sort of freaked her out. He picked up his muffin, and took another bite. Kari raised her eyebrows. Now he was teasing her. He takes advantage of the fact that she's easily paranoid, and she knows that. She bit her lip, and now looked a bit scared. TK just smirked. Kari couldn't take it anymore.

"TK! Oh my god! If you're going to do something, just do it already!" she whined, swaying her hands up, accidentally hitting TK with her muffin, "Oh my gosh! Are you okay? I…I didn't meant to! Y-you know I tend to panic with things like this a-and…ugh! This is all your fault! Gah, don't hurt me!"

Kari covered her face with her arms in self defense in case of a muffin war. She closed her eyes shut and prepared herself. She heard some type of rustling, which indicated that TK was now moving. She braced herself. She felt his presence get close. Really close. She felt his breath tickling her arm. Now that was a bit too close for comfort. Before Kari was able to bring down her arms to see what TK was up too, TK used both hands and poked both her sides. Kari gasped and before she knew it, she got herself stuck in a tickle war. Kari was super ticklish, which made this an automatic win for TK.

"T-TK! Ahaha s-s-stop! Ahaha T-TK! C'mon!" Kari laughed, trying to push him off, "Y-You win! Ahaha! Stop!"

"You asked for this," TK laughed, "No one throws a muffin at me and gets away with it!"

Kari laughed uncontrollably as she struggled to wiggle out of his grip. As hard as she could, she pushed against his grip, causing him to lean back. Seeing that it was working, and that the tickling started to decrease, she found an opening to victory. She, with all her might, pushed harder against his grip. Surprisingly, it seemed simpler to do, for his body leaned back much easier this time. "As if he's not even trying anymore," Kari thought, confusingly. TK looked at her softly in the eyes, causing her to suddenly feel weak. She felt her body slowly fall towards his, with his hands still gripped on her arms. Before she could end her thoughts, Kari had already 'pushed' TK straight to the ground and 'pinned' him. Their eyes remained locked. Kari's hair slowly fell upon her shoulder, tickling TK's cheek as she held her body slightly above his with her grip now on TK's arms. As awkward as the position was, no one moved. Both teens just stared into each other's eyes, speechless. Kari and TK were catching their breath from all the laughing, and abruptly the room seemed quiet. No noise were present except the sound of their breathing, and their rapid heart beats. Kari stared deeply into TK's cool, misty blue eyes and quickly found herself lost in them. She opened her mouth to speak, but she was at a loss of words. She was literally face to face with her best friend; face to face with the only one she would ever allow to hold her heart. And most importantly, face to face with the boy she is hopelessly in love with. Her emotions became harder to bear as seconds passed. She felt her face become warm as TK continued to stare into her eyes, steadily breathing. He slowly raised his forearm and softly stroked her cheek with a sweet smile.

"I am really lucky to have you, Kari," TK whispered genuinely, "I really am."

Her emotions crashed. She could no longer hold and bear the many voices going through her head. Kari was no longer in control of her mind. She slowly closed her eyes and moved her face closer to his. Her face inched in closer, and closer. She then felt his calm, warm breathing hit against her lips. TK's hands slowly slid down from her cheek, and before he was even able to blink…

She kissed him.

Kari's lips softly pressed against his own, suddenly feeling an army of butterflies flutter around her stomach. A warm, shocking sensation traveled along her body, and it only made her want more of that strange, but wonderful, feeling. Her lips gradually kissed his, and if she wasn't going crazy, she could feel him kissing her back just as lovingly. She felt…amazing. Everything just seemed perfect. Kari, after so long, was finally kissing her best friend.

…She was kissing her best friend.

Kari's eyes shot wide open in shock. She just now realized what she was doing. She quickly pushed herself off TK, and stumbled back against the wall, still feeling light headed and dizzy over everything that just happened. Kari covered her mouth in daze, feeling completely, and utterly ashamed of herself. TK, who was just as shocked, stood up and looked at Kari. Kari again looked in his eyes, but the moment after, she swiftly turned around with her back facing him. She couldn't look at him. She just couldn't. Especially not after what she just did. She couldn't handle this anymore. She couldn't look at him, and she didn't want him to look at like this, like a complete fool. TK automatically felt her pain, and he reached for her shoulder, but she unexpectedly shrugged it off.

"Go away," Kari whispered through her hands.

"W-what?" TK asked, appalled.

"J-just leave!" Kari said a bit louder, now covering her eyes as she felt the tears coming on.

"Kari, calm down-"

"Leave me alone, TK!" Kari cried, "J-just go and..and…"

TK didn't leave. He couldn't find the will-power to move, especially seeing his best friend in this sort of state. Kari was now covering her mouth to prevent her cries. Her muffled cries made TK feel like the worst, for it seemed like he's the reason why she's in so much pain. He took a step towards her, but Kari again managed to speak.

"I'm…I'm so sorry, TK," Kari slowly said, "B-but please leave. P-please…I need to…I need some time to…I don't know what came over me, I…P-please T-TK, just l-leave. I…I don't know w-what else to…just please…"

At this point, TK had no other choice. His presence only gave her more pain, and that was something he could no longer afford. He quietly grabbed his bag and made his way towards the door. He paused and took a small look at Kari, who was covering her mouth and staring straight at the wall to avoid eye-contact. TK sighed shamefully at the sight at his pained friend, and with nothing else to say, he left the room. Once Kari heard the front door close, she just broke down on the spot. She leaned against the wall and slid down, hand still covering her mouth as she cried. "I just kissed my best friend," Kari thought, "I just kissed my best friend and I'm crying. I thought this is what I wanted…I thought this is what's supposed to make me happy. B-but I did feel extremely happy. More than happy."

"Then why am I pushing him away?" Kari whispered, completing her thoughts.

Kari shakily made her way to the muffins to clean up. As she sat down, her thoughts came back again to answer her question. An instant wave of regret hit her. She regretted telling TK to leave. She regretted breaking off the kiss. There was no point. He likes her. She likes him. She kissed him. He kissed her back. This was one of those chances that Yolei told her about that she has, and she yet again let go of that chance. All because the words 'best friend' slapped her in the face all over again. She messed up that chance to finally win his heart, and she only had herself to blame.

TBC

Woo, that took me a while. Starting to sound like a soap opera, no? Well, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and that you're willing to wait for the next. Hopefully I'm doing alright with this. It may take me longer to update on the next, and LAST (maybe), chapter because I really want to make it great. So I'll need some time to think. (dramatic voice: TK is lucky to have Kari. As what? A best friend or as the girl he can always love? Stay tuned and find out in the next chapter of "I Love You, BF!" )

…Sorry, that sounded much cooler in my head.

R&R please and thank you!