Hiyah everybody! ^-^ I would have uploaded a few months ago but i was out of country so i didn't have any access to my files. So enjoy. I don't own the song "Hurtful". It belongs to Erik Hassle.
..:~: Reino POV :~:..
This is nice. Everyone's having a good time playing with Hiro. Man that kid is adorable. Right now he was in Dasuku's arms. Hiro pinched Dasuku's nose and in turn playfully swatted Hiro's back. Hiro didn't like that so he full out slapped Dasuku. Everyone cracked up at that. (My nephew actually did that to my sister. ^-^)
"I love this kid!" Sho said, laughing. Dasuku handed Hiro to Sachi who patted his cheek playfully.
She sighed happily and said, "Okay guys. I really should be going."
"So soon?" Mizue asked.
"It's been almost over an hour." She said. Everyone glanced at their phones or watches and realized she was right.
Everyone said goodbye to Hiro and Sachi and hugged Hiro again.
"He's growing up so fast." Mizue said.
"Yeah." I said. There was content silence for a couple minutes before Miroku said, "What's that?" Everyone looked at the exit of the cafeteria where there seemed to be a couple inches of snow on the ground.
…"Why is it snowing?" Mizue asked rather loudly.
"For crying out loud, it's the middle of February!" Kanae exclaimed.
"Man, I am never trusting the weather channel ever again." Sho mumbled.
"I know, right? They said slightly cloudy! I didn't know they meant on the ground!" Kiyora said.
"I want a snow ball fight." Kyoko said. Everyone looked at her. Then Mizue grinned.
"Boys versus girls!" she shouted. In a matter of minutes everyone had jackets and gloves and were running outside. Surprisingly enough the first person to throw a snowball was Ren. And he made the mistake of landing it on Mizue's face. Everyone paused, mid throw, and stared at the two. Mizue stared at him disbelievingly but then she got that smirk on her face. Crap.
"Run, man, run! She's gonna kill you!" I yelled, hiding behind a mound of snow that all the guys built. He ran towards us trying to dodge snow that Kyoko and Kanae threw but the only two that got him were from Mizue who effortlessly dodged every single ball thrown by us.
"This is ridiculous! There are seven guys and three girls! How are we losing?" Sho yelled as one more snowball hit him.
"It's Ren's fault!" the rest if Vie Ghoul declared pointing at him.
"How is it mine?" he asked bewildered.
"Mizue doesn't like unfair advantages. Her back was turned and the moment she turned around you landed one on her. I made that mistake a couple years ago. She pummeled me so bad." I said remembering that day. It was fun but I almost died that day.
"But it's still seven against three. I don't get how-" Ren was cut off by an avalanche of snow hitting his head. He shook it off and looked up to see Mizue and the other two laughing above him. They gleefully shrieked when the rest of us attacked. I ran forward and grabbed Kyoko's waist, spinning her around. When I let her go she was laughing but didn't realize I got a snow ball in my hand.
"Reino, I swear, if you throw-" she blocked her face as I threw it.
"Too late!" I shouted running. She grabbed some snow and started chasing me around the snow covered grass while the others went against each other. Eventually she caught up and all of a sudden she leapt onto my back and rubbed snow into my scalp.
"Agh! Kyoko, that's cold!" I said as she jumped off and ran toward the girls, laughing.
I ran after her and got hit by several more flying snowballs.
"Let me go!" Kanae laughed when Sho got a hold of her.
"Never!" he said laughing with her. Kyoko walked up to me and smiled when she saw them. We looked at each other and back at them.
"Is it just me or do they look like they're flirting?" Kyoko asked, excitedly.
"They are definitely flirting." I said as Sho lifted Kanae up and spun her around, much like I did to Kyoko earlier.
"This is fantastic." Mizue said from next to me. We both glanced at her.
"You're going to try and get them together, aren't you?" Kyoko asked, grinning.
"I might give them a little push if this doesn't already get them started." she said slyly. Then the others stared ganging up on us three and attacked. So much for boys versus girls.
"It is on!" Mizue said grabbing snow and throwing it, supposedly randomly. Not surprisingly she never missed once.
"You mean it wasn't on before?" Ren shouted when one snowball hit him in the neck.
"Honey, you have no idea." she smirked when she aimed for him again.
Then Kyoko grabbed my arm. I looked at her and she was staring at Mizue and Ren.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" she said. I looked at Mizue and Ren again and there was this certain gleam in his eye's when Mizue laughed. Oh…
"Well, well, well. Looks like we might just do some match making as well." I said to her.
"I wonder if Ren is Mizue's type." she thought out loud. I looked at her a bit warily. I forgot that Ren also has feelings for Kyoko. But he obviously is also attracted to Mizue. I should probably still tell Kyoko. Later.
"Why don't you ask him?" I asked her. "After you're closer to him than the rest of us."
"You're right. But I remember him telling me, while I was Bo, about a girl he liked but she was still in high school." she mused. "I wonder if that'll affect this."
Oh. So she kind of knows. Should I wait till later then?
"Really? What's this girl like?" I asked with mock curiosity.
"Apparently she's kind of like me, high school, she still or used to work with him, and apparently he confessed to her but she was too dense to notice. For some reason that sounds familiar." she said pensively.
…How did she not figure it out yet? I know she was dense before but wow…
Oh God. What'll happen if she finds out right now? That's going to be a big problem. I need to think of something to distract her with.
"Oh my god" Kyoko suddenly said. I looked at her and she seemed pretty shocked. Please don't tell me she just figured it out.
"Was it me?" she asked more to herself. I could practically see all the thoughts run through her head. Maybe going through all the times he looked at her strangely, touched her in a foreign kind of way, possibly tried to confess anything.
"Oh my GOD!" she said again. "It really was me! How did I not see that?" she said loudly. A couple of the others turned to Kyoko when she said that. She started walking inside LME again. I followed her and when the others tried to do the same I just said, "Wait. Just let me talk to her for now."
She was in the Love Me room when I found her pacing madly.
"I am so stupid! All this time! And I figure it out now?" she said. then she turned toward me.
"Did you know?" she asked. She wasn't particularly mad but I should still be careful.
"Yeah." I said tentatively. She sighed and sat on the couch. I sat next to her.
"I'm assuming you didn't tell me because you didn't want me to feel bad and you were concerned about what it would do to us." she said.
"Yeah." I repeated quietly. She grabbed my hand and kissed it.
"You still should have told me." she said smiling a little.
"Well, things have been pretty hectic lately." I said recalling the discussion from last night.
Wow. It's only been one day? (I know, right? Can you believe that ever since chapter 6 this ONE day hasn't even ended yet?)
"Yeah." she murmured remembering.
"I'm sorry." I said playing with her fingers. She smiled and kissed my cheek.
"At least he sort of moved on. I can't imagine how it felt for him to see me take your side. He must have hated me." she said sadly.
"No. He hated me." I said. She grinned and said, "Do you think Mizue likes Ren?" she asked all of a sudden.
"I honestly can't tell. I know she thinks he's attractive but whether or not she's attracted is what we need to know." I said trying to find any hints of whether Mizue liked him.
"It's kind of funny. She's going to try and set up Sho and Kanae while we try to set her up with Ren." she said grinning. I smiled. If Mizue found out that we were trying to set them up them I'd have to hide Kyoko. I can't let my girlfriend get in danger's way like that.
..:~: Mizue POV :~:..
…okay. Should I knock? I mean I heard everything and all but I'm really at a loss here. Thank god I told Ren not to come. The poor guy would have been mortified if he heard this. All of the sudden the door opened.
"Um…" Reino said, trying to get a word out.
"This is…just…too awkward." Kyoko said. It really is too much. I have no idea what to say right now.
"I think I should go find Ren and talk to him." Kyoko said quickly. You can run now Kyoko but you're still coming back to my house at the end of the day.
"You don't need my permission. Go ahead." he assured her when Kyoko looked at him. She smiled and gave me an apologetic look as she walked by. "Check the café!" I called after her. She just gave me a thumbs up and continued walking. Even though Reino was smiling I could tell he was a little nervous about what the outcome of that would be.
"Now we also need to talk." I told him somewhat sternly. He gave me a sheepish glance.
"You are not going to be setting me up with him." I said.
"But you find him interesting! Don't tell me you don't. Maybe you'll like him." he said.
I sighed and told him, "I know I find him interesting but please don't. Okay? I just don't want to be in a relationship right now. And I think that if you want to set me up with someone then at least make it be someone who isn't confused between his feelings for two other girls." Yeah. It's true. I do like Tsuruga Ren.
"So you do like him! But what two girls are you talking about?" he asked. Sometimes he acts like a 12 year old trying to find a good guys for his older sister.
"One is Kyoko, and one is me." I sighed. He thought about that for a minute and then had an 'Oh!' moment.
"Already? Damn. Then there is no way he was completely in love with Kyoko. You can't just move on from her that quick." he thought out loud.
"Which is why I would rather him be sure about me before making any moves or before you push him in my direction. And I will know of you do." I warned him. He held up his hands in surrender and then said, "Fine! Anyway, let's go find the others. I'm in the mood for some hot chocolate." Mm. That would be nice. I wonder how Kyoko and Ren are doing now, though?
I wonder as well...