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Izzy and Hotaru walked out of the school building. It was a chilly crisp day. Hotaru could feel her toes getting cold under the thing socks she had on. Thankfully there was very little wind, so the weather was bearable. As usual their class had ended early for the day, and the pair made their way to the group's meeting place at the cherry tree. Izzy , Hotaru observed, had been pretty quiet the whole day. She wished he would just talk to her, and they could go back to being friends again, without feeling awkward around each other.
"So you and Matt?" Izzy said, keeping his gaze focused straight ahead. The grass was become a dull shade of brown. Izzy , who was usually very good at puzzles, had a difficult time wondering how a nice quiet girl like Hotaru could fall for someone like Matt. Hotaru blushed and nodded. She was thinking about her very first kiss last night. The mere thought of Matt just made her body warm up. She now knew what Kari meant when she said TK was her soul mate.
" How did that happen?" Izzy asked her, looking at her from the corner of his eye. Izzy noticed the drastic change in Hotaru over the past few days. Hotaru normally was very tensed, like she was always looking over her shoulders, weighing everything she did and said. Now, She was more relaxed, and she definitely smiled more. It was like the weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
"He asked me out, and then I don't know. I can't explain it Izzy, but it feels right." Hotaru said, still blushing. Izzy guessed, deep inside he knew Matt had feelings for Hotaru. Ever since she arrived at the beginning of the school year, Matt had slow started changing himself. Izzy noticed that he stopped dating every girl, and Matt didn't flirt with people no more as well. Matt focused more on school and picked up a more responsible, and serious attitude. In all the years that Izzy had known Matt, he's never seen him make this much of an effort for anyone before. Well, maybe other than TK.
Maybe Matt is a better choice for Hotaru, Izzy thought. Despite how hard he tried, Izzy could never truly shake his feelings that he felt for Mimi. Even after all these years, and the distance between them, Mimi always made him feel special. He still didn't know where he stood when it came to her.
Like she read his mind, Hotaru asked "how's things with Mimi?" Izzy looked up at Hotaru, startled. He knew Mimi and Hotaru had been spending a lot of time together, but he wasn't aware of how close they were. Then again, Mimi was a very friendly person, able to make even quiet ,shy Hotaru her friend.
" Has Mimi talked you about me?" Izzy asked, already knowing the answer.
Hotaru nodded. "Yes, she told me." She simply stated. "What are you going to tell her?" Izzy took a deep breath. Computers sure were a lot less complicated than girls.
"I don't know Hotaru. Mimi was the first girl I had feelings for. She will always have a special place in my heart." Izzy said, voicing his feelings for the first time. His best friend Joe and him just didn't talk about girls that much.
"But how do you feel about her now?" Hotaru asked.
" I ..… well, I guess I still love her."
"Then what's stopping you?" Izzy stopped and leaned against the tree. "I just don't want a repeat of what happened before. If I open up to her again, I know it'll hurt a lot more if she leaves me again. I don't know if I could handle just seeing her on Skype and her visiting once a year. Living in two different countries makes it hard." Izzy said.
Hotaru shook her head. "Izzy, I'm no expert on relationships, but I know not loving someone because your too afraid to get hurt, isn't good. You don't want to keep wondering what if, you know? You should just tell Mimi how you feel. Maybe there is a very good answer to you dilemma that you could both come up with."
Izzy nodded, deciding that he would take Mimi out for dinner this weekend, and discuss his feeling with her. Maybe they would come up with a good decision. Mimi always had a habit of surprising him.
Two weeks had passed by like lighting. Hotaru had never been happier, and it was mostly thanks to Matt. Hotaru sat on corner of the auditorium stage completing the day's homework as Matt finished up his band practice. Hotaru had started accompanying Matt to his band practices , mostly because she loved to hear him sing. Matt's voice reminded me Hotaru of her grandmothers'. It was very soothing , and mesmerized her. Matt's band mates were initially surprised to find out that the couple were dating/ they were used to Matt dating girls who liked status and power, and whom were high on the drama. However they all like Hotaru, especially since she always helped them with their school work, and was the reason why they were passing math. Once band practice was over and Hotaru and Matt walked towards the parking lot.
"Mimi just told me that she's moving back to Japan once her semester is over." Matt said, taking Hotaru's hand as they walked. Even though it had been over two weeks since they started , Matt still couldn't believe his luck. He enjoyed every moment he spent with Hotaru. She was like a breath of fresh air to his previously stuffy wife.
"I know! She called me yesterday. She was so happy. " Hotaru said smiling. She was ecstatic for her friend."She's going to live with her grandma and go to an international cooking school."
"Izzy is overjoyed. Even thought he tried to play it cool with me." Matt said laughing, laughing at the memory of his conversation.
"Boys!" Hotaru said shaking her head as she too joined her boyfriend in laughing.
"Oh hi, Hotaru! Hi Matt." Damien said, as the two teens approached. Damien was leaning light pole on the side walk in front of the parking lot. He had a heavy book bag leaning against his leg.
"Hi Damien. What are you still doing at school?" Matt asked the teenage boy. Matt didn't know Damien too well. Tai had introduced them before, saying he was the son of a family friend.
"I'm waiting for my dad. ,"Damien answered. "And here he comes." He said nodding towards the blue beemer that was pulling up the drive way.
The Beemer swiftly parked, and Akihiro emerged out of the car. Damien wondered why his dad parked and got out of the car. Earlier in the morning he was lecturing Damien on being on time for dinner.
"Hi dad?" Damien said, suspiciously at his father.
"Hey son, "he said smiling at his son. " Hello Hotaru." The doctor said, smiling at the black haired teen. "It's been a while. How is your mother and father?"
"They're good." Hotaru said quietly. Hotaru couldn't explain it, but Akihiro always made her feel uneasy.
Akihiro then shifted his gaze to the tall blond who stool holding Hotaru's hand. "Yamato was it?" He asked frowning at the musician.
" Yes sir. It's good to see you again, I hope work is well." Matt answered politely. He could feel Hotaru tensing up beside him.
"Yes, yes work is well. I'm just here to pick up Damien before I head home. " Akihiro said, as he placed his arm around his son. "He's been working day and night on his research paper for college entrance. How is yours coming along Hotaru? I hope you're not getting side tracked." He said, glancing at Matt. Damien shook his head, embarrassed with his dad's behavior. His dad was usually a very laid back, cool person. "Actually dad, Hotaru finished her essay before the semester. She's even gotten offers." Damien explained. Matt beamed at his girlfriend, proud of her achievements, and Hotaru blushed, not enjoying the attention.
"Really? That's wonderful! Where have you been excepted to?" Akihiro said beaming.
"Kyoto University, Keio University, and University of Tokyo, to study medicine" Hotaru said shyly. Akhiro's face lit up with pride. "Those are great universities. You're father and I went to Keio U together . "
"I've also been accepted to Harvard. " Hotaru said sheepishly. Akihiro's face lit up. "That's a wonderful school! You'll be studying Pre-med.?"
Hotaru shook her head. "Actually I wanted to study genetics there." Akihiro's face fell a little.
"So have you decided where you want to go?"
"No not, yet."
"Dad, we should get going. I still have to finish my essay." Damien said impatiently, and then he turned to Hotaru. " I'll be done by this weekend. So we'll meet at your house and finish the biology project then?"
Hotaru nodded "Sounds good."
"You two are working on a project together?" Akihiro asked unware of the impatience in Damien's tone.
Damien nodded."Yeah it's for biology. The school is hosting a science fair for the district, and we are entering." He explained quickly.
"That sounds very interesting. Hotaru and you should work on it at our house. Your mom and I would love to lend any help." Akihiro said smiling at Hotaru.
"uhhh-" Damien stared at his dad, confused.
"I'll have to ask my dad." Hotaru said, feeling awkward. Damien smiled at Hotaru. "I'll see you at school tomorrow then." Damien said to Hotaru. "Take care, Matt." And the father and son left.
"He's a little too enthusiastic isn't he?" Matt said as they approached Matt's car. Hotaru smiled.
"So Hotaru, I get the feeling you don't want to really do medicine." Matt said quietly as he started up the car. Hotaru smiled. Matt always knew what was on his mind.
"No, not really. I don't think I could be patient enough to use medicine to heal, when I could just do it with my hands." She said, gesturing at her hands. " I really want to study genetics though. I want to know what alteration causes humans to have different abilities. I want to know more about my self too."
"Then I think you know where you should go next year."
Hotaru looked up "where"
"You should go to Harvard!"
"I don't know. . ." Hotaru said
"why not!"
"Well for starters I think my dad really wants to me to study medicine at Keio, and most importantly, I'll be leaving you and my family behind. "
"Hotaru, if this is what you want to do , then you got to do it. And don't worry about leaving me or your family behind. "He took Hotaru's hand in one of his own. " Plus , I've always wanted to study astronomy. Maybe I'll study that in America. My marks should be good enough to get in thanks to you." Hotaru looked up at him unsure.
"Hotaru, I know you love living with your family, but I also know, you don't want to study medicine. Your heart is set on genetics."
" Yeah, but my dad." Hotaru mumbled. Matt interrupted her. "Hotaru, your father wants to be happy above everything. However, I know you, and you want to make everyone happy. Why not go to Keio, but study genetics instead?" Matt said, smiling at his brilliant solution.
There is my chapter 13 sorry it's been taking a while to update. Been busy with work, etc. Please R & R , it really does mean a lot, and it also motivates me to update faster. I hope you all like it. I'm actually planning to reveal a really big secret of the kamiya family in the next two chapters.