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Chapter Eight

-Qualms-

Natsumi sat at the end of her lunch table on Monday morning, pushing around the food in her bowl. Her sister and Kyo were talking to one another, though it was mostly Kyo talking to Satomi, and Minako was sitting beside Tomoyo, who had recently joined their table. She glanced off, not really having anything to contribute to the group. Despite the advice she had received, she'd yet to speak to either her sister or Kyo about the whole matter, since they had been busy on Sunday, and Kyo hadn't come over since their day at the water park.

Thoughts of the adventure made her smile as she thought of Akito. She had had so much fun with him. It was hard to believe they had actually spent the entire day together. And it wasn't awkward. And they had almost kissed. He wanted to kiss her. The thought alone made a small blush come to her face.

The whole day had been so amazing, she had completely forgotten to call darkfalcon when she went up to bed. And had spent all Sunday apologizing, though he had told her it was alright and he understood. But for some reason, she didn't tell him about Akito. Or the small kiss she'd given him. She found that she didn't want to. Which worried her.

The pink haired girl looked down and sighed. She still didn't know what to do. She had thought it was darkfalcon she wanted, but now that Akito was giving her all this attention she didn't know. No…she did know. She wanted both their attention, and that just destroyed her. How could she be so awful and wishy washy?

Her thoughts were broken when someone stopped in front of her. They placed their hands down on the table in front of her tray, and her eyes widened. She would recognize those hands anywhere. They had spent all of Saturday touching her, after all. She looked up, and sure enough, it was Akito. "So, I was thinking, and you and I should hang out." He stated. "I'll pick you up this Saturday at one. And don't say that you're busy, because I already asked Toshiro, and he said you weren't. And now you can't make plans to get out of it." he smirked and straightened. "See you Saturday Natty. Just dress casual." He told her, before walking away.

Natsumi blinked, not fully registering what was happening. "Wait…" she paused and looked after him. "What?" she asked, noticing that every eye was on her at the moment.

"You're going over to Akito's house!" Minako said, smiling at her friend. "Like a casual date type thing!"

"I am?" Natsumi breathed out, still trying to process the whole ordeal.

Satomi sighed and stuck a grape in her mouth. "Apparently so."

"So be ready to go at one o'clock on Saturday." Kyo smiled, giving her a wink.

Natsumi rolled her eyes, getting up and grabbed her tray, walking away from the group and dumping it. She was still beyond pissed at her friend and her sister. But she didn't want to deal with it then, so it would just be best to avoid it. Besides, she didn't want her mood to be dampened. After all, she smirked, she had a date with Uchiha Akito.

Tomoyo stared after her and then looked back at the group, her spoonful of pudding in her mouth. "What's up with her?"

"I'm not sure." Minako frowned. "She hasn't really said that anything was bothering her."

Kyo let out a sigh. "Well she won't talk to me." He said, his usual happy demeanor dampened. "I mean, really talk to me."

"Probably cause' you're a douche bag liar." Satomi said simply, picking up her apple and biting into it.

"What?" he gasped, looking at her. "But…but…" his head dropped forward and hit the table. "I am." He said sadly, letting it roll from side to side in his misery. "And Natty hates liars."

Satomi nodded. "With a fiery hot passion. She probably hates your guts." She smirked then. "Liar."

Kyo sat up and frowned at her. "It's not funny. You know how I feel about lying, and I did it anyways. For you." He said, before standing up from the table and walking in the direction Natsumi had gone in, completely forgetting about his lunch tray.

The elder twin smirked somewhat and looked after him, "Which is why I changed my facebook status." She said mostly to herself, though both the girls with her went wide eyed.

"No way Satomi! I thought you were all freaky about that." Minako said, her eyes wide. "And you didn't tell Kyo?"

"He'll find out eventually won't he?" she shrugged, tossing another grape in her mouth.

The ebony haired girl nodded. "Well, yeah, but you know how he gets about big news, and-" she was interrupted then by a loud yell. They looked towards the doors to the cafeteria and saw Kyo with a happy smile on his face and his hands up in the air. "And I think he just checked faebook." Minako smiled, seeing the blackberry in his right hand.

Kyo shoved his phone in his pocket and ran back over to their table, grabbing Satomi by the shoulders and dipping her a bit, before lowering his head and kissing her, right there in front of everyone present. When they parted, he smiled down at her. "I love you. And I'm sorry about my little outburst." He said.

"I know." She said, giving him a small smile before it quickly disappeared. "Now let go of me. You're ruining my image." She said seriously, only causing him to laugh once more.

"Okay baby." He said, giving her a chaste kiss before setting her back in her seat properly. He straightened and looked out at all the people staring at him oddly. And for once it wasn't because of his costume, which was of the Riddler. "Everyone, this is my woman." He declared. "It's facebook official. So hands off." He warned, before looking down at Satomi once more. "I'm gonna go talk to Natty, so I'll see you later."

"Okay." Said girl sighed and shook her head, resting her chin in her palm. "You can stop dressing up now. Since I finally admitted it aloud."

He smirked at her. "If that's what you want, then I will." He said, leaning down and kissing her cheek. "I'll dress normal tomorrow." He promised, before walking off to find Natsumi.

He turned down the hall and headed to where her locker was, since that was her usual location after lunch. Sure enough, he found her there, getting out her last book that she would need. He stopped next to her just as she was closing the door. "Natty…I'm sorry." He said in all sincerity.

"Whatever." She snapped, slamming her locker shut and heading down the hall to her next class.

"Wait." He called, following after her. "Please, I really am sorry. I didn't want to lie to you about me and Satomi, I swear. But it was what she wanted, and I wanted her to be happy." He explained.

Natsumi stopped and turned on him, glaring up into his hazel eyes. "What the hell do you want Kyo? For me to say, 'Oh okay Kyo. That's no problem, you only fucked my sister every time you were at my house and then came and slept in my bed. Didn't tell me ever.' Who the hell do you think you are? I've been having to deal with this, my psycho brother, and Akito being all freaky flirty out of nowhere. Not to mention my mystery man, who I still don't know in person! Plus, Taka is biting my head off every fucking day at practice. You're one of the people I shouldn't have to worry about. But looks like that's changed. You're a liar just like every other ass wipe."

He looked wounded by her words, hurt entering his eyes. "Well…it wasn't always sex, sometimes we legitly only hung out…I do come over every day after all." He tried to give her a smile, but her glare didn't let up, so he sighed. "I know I messed up in keeping it a secret from you Natty. But I love your sister, more than you, my best friend. And that's not to hurt your feelings or upset you even more," he shook his head, "it's to tell you that while I regret what I did, it brought me a relationship with Satomi. One that she made facebook official. And I understand if you stay mad at me and don't want to be friends anymore, but you are my best friend, and it will always be that way. So whenever you need someone to talk to, whom will always be on your side, I'll be there for you." He said.

She stared at him for a while before shaking her head. "No you won't." she sighed, turning back around and walking off. "Please leave me alone. I'm stuck with my sister, but I don't want to see you at my house again."

"I'm not Akito." He stated, causing her to halt in her tracks.

Natsumi grimaced and closed her eyes, doing everything in her power to keep in the tears. She turned around and walked back to him, slapping him clear across the face. "Don't ever speak to me again." She said tersely, silent tears streaming down her face. She walked off then, not wanting to hear anything more. She just wanted to go to class and burry herself in her ignorant bliss of the weekend to come.

Kyo sighed, the sad look coming back to his face as he turned around and headed back to the cafeteria. The best person to talk to right now was Satomi, because he didn't know what to do, or if he had even done the right thing at all.

"I just want today to be over and it be Saturday already." Natsumi sighed, pulling the top of her cheerleading outfit on.

Tomoyo gave the girl a small smile and shrugged. "I'm sure the week will fly by, and then you'll get to hang out with Akito."

They heard the door to the locker room close and both girls looked over to see Satomi come in. She stopped and glanced at the dark haired girl. "Get out." She ordered, making Tomoyo blink, but then hurriedly grab her pompoms.

"See you guys outside." She waved and disappeared out the door. Satomi watched her leave and once she was sure Tomoyo was gone, she returned her pale jade gaze on her sister.

"We need to talk."

"I don't want to talk to you." Natsumi said, pulling her skirt up and zipping up the side.

"Well that's too damn bad." The elder twin said, crossing her arms over her chest. "Look, I'm sorry I lied to you. But I didn't want people to be all up in my business. And you know you can't keep a secret to save your life. This was between me and Kyo, and had nothing to do with you."

Natsumi shifted her glare to her sister. "You lied to me! And now you're justifying it!"

"I'm not justifying it. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kept it from you. But you have to just relax and breathe. You're handling this just like you did when you were little and that's not fair! I'm not Akito Natsumi, I'm your sister, and there are times when I won't want to tell you things and that has to be okay." Satomi walked towards her, stopping when she was in front of her twin. "It has to, or you're just going to get hurt again. I'm so sorry Natsumi. I didn't know you would be so hurt, and had I known, I would have told you sooner. But Kyo is my boyfriend and I love him, and I don't want you to hate him because he did what I asked. And I know you love him too."

The younger girl looked off, not wanting to meet her sister's gaze anymore. "He lied to me…"

"But he won't do it again, not like this. I promise."

Natsumi continued to look off, but finally met her sister's gaze once more. "You love him?"

Satomi blinked, a small blush actually adorning her cheeks. "Well…um…yeah." She said softly, poking her fingers together nervously. "I do…I wanted to handle it myself before letting everyone know."

The remained silent after that, Natsumi still having her arms crossed over her chest. "I just don't want you to lie to me is all. Or keep these secrets."

"I know." Satomi nodded, reaching forward and taking her sister's hands. "And I promise I will try not to, to the best of my abilities."

Natsumi smiled finally and hugged Satomi, both mirroring the same expression. "Alright, well I'll talk to Kyo later. You better get changed, you know how Taka gets."

The elder twin sighed and nodded, "Yeah, yeah. I know."

The younger of the two grabbed her pompoms and headed out of the locker room, feeling much better now that she'd had the chance to speak with her sister. She walked out of the locker room and then the gym. Once she was outside she took a deep breath and smiled, glad for the fresh air. "Alright! Let's get some cheering done!"

At the sound of her cheer, Akito looked over at her from across the field, where he was getting ready to start soccer practice. Meeting her gaze, he smiled slightly and nodded to her.

Natsumi stopped, a small blush appearing on her face as she waved back at him. She still couldn't believe she had a date with him. And finally, for the first time that day, she felt her excitement bubbling over.

"You guys are so cute." Tomoyo said from beside her, making the pink haired girl jump with surprise.

Minako nodded. "I really hope things work out for you Natsumi." She said, standing on the pink haired girl's other side.

"Yeah well, something's different about him." Natsumi smiled. "I don't know, a couple weeks ago he was his old awful self and now…it's just weird."

"He really has been acting different." Tomoyo pointed out.

"Well, maybe he's doing it for you." The ebony haired woman smiled, elbowing Natsumi playfully.

She laughed and shrugged. "I won't get my hopes up, but that would be nice." Natsumi glanced over, catching a spot of blonde and turned around, seeing Kyo wrapping his hands with bandages to protect his hands while he threw them. She sighed and excused herself from the two and walked over to him, stopping when she was before him.

Noticing her, he glanced up, surprise evident in his hazel orbs. "Hey." He said, not really sure what he should say.

"You're a lying douche bag." She said crossing her arms and giving him a small glare. "But…my sister loves you. And so long as you never lie to me again, I think I can give you another chance."

"Really?" he asked, seeming hopeful as a small smile came to his face. He hugged her then. "Thank you Natsumi. I promise I will never lie to you ever again, and I'm really sorry for hurting you." He said, pulling away from her.

"It's okay. But you can't sleep with me anymore." She laughed, holding up a pointed finger. "That's your punishment."

He laughed. "Well I figured since everyone knows now I probably shouldn't stay the night at your house as often. Especially with your freaky brother wanting to chop my balls off."

Natsumi shrugged. "I think he's finally calming down a bit."

"I hope so." The blonde said. They were all called to practice then, where they spent the entire time going over a new cheer that Taka had created for them to do. It was actually a pretty good one, with complicated moves and everything. Occasionally Natsumi would glance over in Akito's direction, and when she wasn't looking, Akito would glance over at her. A few times they happened to glance at the same time, and Akito would smile as Natsumi blushed.

Icy blue eyes noticed all of this, for she had been watching Natsumi for most of the practice. When it was over, everyone walked to their bags to get some water before heading off to the showers. Taka grabbed her water bottle and headed over to the pink haired girl. "So Natsumi, I hear Akito invited you over to his house this weekend." She said casually, the domineering tone not present in her voice for once.

Said girl looked up from her own bag and straightened, uncapping her water bottle. "Oh…um," she paused. Why did she feel so bad now? It wasn't like Taka didn't deserve to get dumped. "Yeah. He asked, well told me, at lunch."

"You know the real reason he invited you over, right?" the brunette asked, concern marring her brow.

Natsumi blinked. "Um…because he likes me?"

Taka chuckled slightly. "Wow, you're naïve." She shook her head. "Natsumi, he wants to have sex with you." At the confused look on Natsumi's face, she sighed. "You didn't think you were the first girl that he'd invited over, did you?"

"Well no…I didn't think that but I don't think he already wants to go there. I mean…" she paused and then glared at the brunette. "You're just trying to freak me out cause' you're jealous. I know Akito a lot better than you think and I know he wouldn't try something like that with me so quickly."

Taka sighed once more. "Fine, don't listen to my advice. But I can tell you exactly how it's going to go on Saturday." She said, crossing her arms. "He's going to pick you up, and give you the most charming smile you've ever seen. You'll go to his house, hang out a bit, and have a good time. He'll flirt with you, make you smile and laugh, and feel like the most beautiful woman in the entire world. Then, when the moment is right, he'll make his move." She told the other girl. "It will be the most mind-blowing kiss you've ever gotten, and before you know it, his hands will be all over you and you'll be naked beneath him." she shrugged. "I just thought I would keep that from happening to you."

Natsumi stared at her and then stole a glance over her shoulder to see Akito talking with her brother as soccer practice wrapped up. "Akito wouldn't do that…" Natsumi said firmly. "At least…he wouldn't to me."

"That's exactly why you're the perfect target." The brunette said. "Because you'd be unsuspecting, and that much easier to coerce into sleeping with him. You probably already know this, but Akito is great at manipulating people into doing what he wants."

Her eyes widened slightly and dread washed over Natsumi as she thought about it. Was Akito just doing all the things he was because he wanted to sleep with her? She shook the thoughts from her mind and grabbed her bag. She had no idea why she was listening to Taka. She was just trying to freak her out. "Well thanks Taka. But I think I can handle myself." She said before walking off, though the doubt crawling around in her head did nothing but grow. She had to trust Akito. She just had to.