Soory it took so long to update. I had been travelling for the past few weeks and have not had time to write. I'll be updating more often now. So look foward to more! (yay)
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Kaorin fell asleep that night with a smile on her face. She had broken her wont silence with Katsu and asked him on a date as they stood on her doorstep. To her general surprise and glee he accepted her offer. Saturday night, dinner and a movie. He had offered to pay but Kaorin refused. Besides, she had been waiting her whole life for an oppertunity such as this.
Even so, one little thought disturbed her still. Katsu was everything she had ever hoped for. A caring, smart, amazing individual. Yet, what bothered her was that Sakaki was the same way. She couldn't help but feel a bit guilty that she instantly jumped at the opportunity Katsu had allowed her for a budding relationship to occur. She would just have to see this through to the end.
Kaorin let herself pass into the world of dreams with a soft sigh that belied pure contentment.
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Kaorin stood on the twisted rock amidst the field of perfect grasses and flowers. Every beautiful flower imaginable seemed to populate the land around her. Even though the world seemed perfect, she sensed something was not right. Looking down she noticed the apparent problem.
"I'm naked!", she exclaimed. The shock of her nudity was quickly replaced by the bewilderment of why her voice seemed to echo in an open area.
"Glad you could make it, Kaori.", spoke a voice from behind her. She identified the voice immediately and chose not to turn around, she simply hugged herself to cover her exposed flesh.
"Umm...hi...ummm..Katsu. Do you umm...know why I'm...naked?", she asked with a trembling voice. As much as she liked him she didn't want to expose herself to him. At least not yet!
"Don't worry about that, Kaori. The flesh is a beautiful thing. Something to be revered, not perverted by the social context it has been given.", he said, walking into view in front of her. He looked no different, his gentle smile quickly disarmed any worries she had. His eyes held no perverse thoughts, she could feel this.
"Katsu...what's going on?", she asked. He certainly wasn't speaking like himself.
Katsu walked to her and slowly mounted the rock she was standing upon. She had to roise her eyes to look into his.
"I simply wished to show you your inner beauty Kaori. Inside and outside, you are perfect in my eyes. Perfect...we can all strive to be perfect people, but you...you don't need to try."
Upon saying these words he took her chin gingerly with his fingertips and raised her lips to meet his in a pure, passionate kiss. Kaorin's mind seemed to be on fire. Her body wriggled with uncontrolled joy and pure warmth. It felt to her as if she was going to explode with pleasure.
'Finally...someone loves me..for me...'
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Springing awake, Kaorin still felt that warmth in the pit of her stomach. She had felt similar feelings before, but this time it seemed focused and somehow more sincere. Her breathing was laboured and sweat drenched her body, yet the dream was far from a nightmare. She smiled, wished such a thing had been reality.
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Tomo hadn't slept a wink that night. She had spent the time impatiently pacing her room, perplexed by how Katsu had somehow escaped their grasp.
"How the hell!", she raged.
After filing through her mental list of answers that ranged from sudden increase in his speed to kidnapping or a real good hiding spot. She had one more option to peruse.
'Maybe Osaka is right. Maybe he is a freakin' alien.'
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That same night, Sakaki nearly broke into tears. It was not that she cried easily, as a matter of fact it was difficult for her to do so. She was an emotional girl, inwardly yet for some reason she couldn't understand epressing that outwardly was extremely difficult if not impossible. She viewed it as her personal curse. She lay in bed that night and felt the first pangs of jealously come on. She had known for a long while that Kaorin idolized her greatly. It was very obvious at times. She had come to grow accustomed to her praise yet she was slowly gaining the courage to break her shyness and tell Kaorin that such praise was unnessecary, even depressing at times. It made her feel like a monster. Something to be wondered about and paraded to everyone like a show. Yet, she understood how Kaorin must feel. Poor girl was always so lonely, she preoccupied herself with clubs to drive away those feelings. She never had many friends, probably because she was socially awkward. Sakaki felt for the girl. Socially, they were the same. She didn't know enough about her personally to see any deeper yet she knew that if she tried, they could be great friends.
'Maybe...'
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Katsu also lie awake, his eyes fixed on the shadowed ceiling of his room. His breath was ragged with pain. He rubbed his chest softly, knowing that one more bloody line had been etched upon his skin. He had no idea how many more lines were left until his chance would be over. He had been lucky so far. So very lucky.
"Kaori...my beautiful one...", he whispered into the darkness. Those words seemed to soothe his pain.