Chapter 3

The door slowly opened, Kasai and Mizore appeared. Kasai, looking a little insecure stroking his burned shirt, and looking anywhere but the people staring at him. Tsukune stood and greeted him

"pleased to meet ya, my name is Aono Tsukune, but everyone calls me Tsukune"

"hi, I'm Kasai" the bleached hair boy replied.

"hang on! Aren't you that fre... I mean new student here" Kurumu yelled at him. defiantly Kasai, glared up at her.

"got a problem with that? I can go if you want!" he turned to leave but Mizore, who was still standing still, grabbed his collar and didn't let him go as she also glared at Kurumu.

"she doesn't mean anything by it, you'll get used to her" Mizore Explained

"yeah, don't let that brat get in the way!" Yukari screeched. "you're so cuter up close" she ran up to embrace him but he held her back "hey what's up?" she protested.

"sorry, but for the time being do you think that you couldn't get so close..."

"huh?"

"it's just my form, ok?"

"oh, so you are a freak then? A monster who can't control their form! How ridiculous!" this time Mizore Iced his hand to stop any flame getting out, this brought a lot of pain to Kasai. But brought him to calm down a little. While Tsukune and Moka shouted at her telling her to "be nice!"

Kasai was made to feel welcome, but something was bothering him. It felt forced, only Mizore was the one who really understood him, and spent the most time with him.

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He sat alone on his bed, hunched over looking down at his photos. He liked to pounder these even if it brought him to tears or worse flames. Flicked to one he liked inparticualar. One of his family in front of and old house. Kasai once had a family, but a rouge monster soon sorted that out. He had a little sister to care for; she was living at her grandmothers. But his parents... gone... he was left to fend for himself. he shook his hand trying to put out the roaring fire from his right hand. As he wiped away a tear.

"what are you doing?" a voice said behind him. A female's voice. From above him!

"Mizore!" he called out from his bed. He jumped up and shouted

"look away! I haven't got a shirt on!"

"that doesn't bother me" she said As she climbed through the window and landed softly on his bed.

"what are you doing here?!" Kasai said in a hushed voice careful not to alert anyone in the neighbouring rooms.

"I'm allowed to visit a friend..."

"this is the boy's dormitory!"

"oh, is it?" she said off-handedly noticing he sparks from his hand. "besides, are you rejecting my help with making friends?"

"I don't know, earlier I thought that I was forced welcomed..."

"what makes you say that"

"the fact that everyone's was almost too polite, even Kurumu thinks in a freak" his hand caught fire, Kasai didn't notice

"Tsukune and Moka like you really... even Yukari likes you. Kurumu can be a bit spoiled every now and then but she'll soon turn around and... I like you" Kasai was shocked by this. He'd never had a girl come up confessing so soon to him. How should he react? This was... not right...was it?

"ummm. Thanks...I like you to" he said the fire getting slightly worse.

"here, sit down" she gestured towards the bed. Kasai was about to put out the fire on his arm. "no, leave it. come here close your eyes" he did. Now he could only hear the voice and heard the tone of the fire by his hand. "take five deep breathes for me?"

"this is stupid!" he protested

"please?" one breathes, two breaths, three breaths he heard something creek but Kasai was too busy keeping his breathing level. Four breaths. Another scuffling sounds. Five.

"ok, take a look at your hand" she instructed he opened his eyes and the fire had died. There was still a slight tingling from the fire but still that was the first time he'd actually be able to control it. all thanks to Mizore.

"Mizore... I..." he looked up, she wasn't there "Mizore?... Ahhh!" she was standing to the side of him no more than a couple of inches away, just taking in every detail of his handsome face.

"I like you... Kasai"

"Mizore! So soon?"

"oh, did I give the wrong impression? I thought you thought me beautiful."

"mizore! I do. but this is so quick."

"I'm sorry. But I have to. In my world, I'm arranged to be married at my 18th birthday, if I don't find my love by then, I'll... I'll..."

The room became ice cold, as she sobbed. Kasai looked on as she put her hands over her eyes and cried. Kasai rested his arm on her shoulders

"Mizore, I do like you. but let's take it one step at a time. Firstly, let me confess my love, to you" she dried her tear

"are you...?"

"yes, Mizore. Let's take it slow, ok?" she nodded and slowly reached in closer and closer and gently, they kissed.