Shame on me for not updating this story since AUGUST! 2008! It's February 2009 for goodness sake. So here's six months of delay for you. Author's note at end.

Kagura was going insane. Five days ago, she was normal. Today she was a mess. All because of a simple, innocent question asked by Kaiya. Do you have anyone you like? It was not that big of a deal. Or at least she thought it wasn't. So why was she making it a big deal?

Then again, it was like Kagura to make a big deal over what most other people would regard as "nothing." It was like Kagura to over-think the simplest of questions. It was like Kagura to get distracted by something so small. Her mother told her if she concentrated this much on her school work, she'd have been a child prodigy.

So she sat at her desk alone. Which was uncommon. For one she rarely arrived at the school early for any reason besides swimming practice or homework copying. And two, she was always attacked by her fan group if she was at the school. They didn't approach her. She figured they got the hint that she didn't feel like talking when she walked right past them without so much as an acknowledgement.

She wasn't mad at them. She just didn't feel like talking. Instead she read. No not a book. Another love letter. It was from a boy. A guy she called "Smudge", because she couldn't read his name, had gotten one of his female friends to give the note to her. A few other guys had done this before. She was popular at other schools also, her swimming abilities were not a secret to anyone in junior high.

As she read the note that detailed his infatuation with her, she became concerned as she realized something. She didn't care for this guys feelings. In fact, she never cared for any of the other guys' feelings either. She always thought it was funny, weird and out-of-place when a boy gave her a love note. She figured it was because she rarely got them. But now she's noticed something else. She always thought it was cute, adorable and "totally awesome" when she received a note from a girl.

"Crap," she muttered to herself. She folded up Smudge's letter and placed it in the pocket of the skirt she was forced to wear every school day. A quick glance at her three, ever loyal fans confirmed they were looking at her. (They pretended not to be by looking away as soon as Kagura shot her head in their direction, horrible actresses they are) Kagura laughed to herself and decided to take a nap before school started. After all she had thirty more minutes of waiting.

zzZZzz

When Kagura got home, she went straight to her room. She was pleasantly surprised when she had arrived from school a few days ago and, like her father promised, Mortal Kombat was in the mailbox. An hour of playing and she was already bored.

"Yu-chan! Come eat!"

"Ok mom."

Of course, Kagura didn't automatically go. Instead, she sat in silence for a few minutes before taking Smudge's letter out. Unlike all the other letters she had received before from "love-struck" boys, she didn't feel the need to throw it away. Nor did she want to. In all honesty, it was probably the nicest, most heart-felt letter she had ever received out of all the ones she gotten before. (From boys and girls) But Kagura felt no inclination to find out who this boy was. Nothing to make her want to go out with him. Nothing.

The only thing she felt was sadness. Why couldn't she like this boy? He seemed nice enough and any other girl would've been swooned and won over by the words printed on the paper she held in her hands. So what was stopping her from feeling that way? Before she could find answer, her thoughts were interrupted.

"Yu-chan, hurry up and come eat!"

Kagura just sighed and put the note in her desk. She'd think more about this later.

Ok, so it has been a while since I updated. And I know this chapter it short. But I didn't want to write a really long chapter and people have forgotten what this story is about. (If you don't remember, I don't blame you. I barely remembered what this story was about when I started writing this chapter. Haha.)
A few reasons I haven't updated:
Workload is a bit much. I'm balancing school, band, cooking, cleaning, taking care of my little brother, getting a job and getting my license.
Lack of motivation. I didn't really feel like writing for a while. But I'm starting to remember why I love it so much.
Plain old lazyness. I do have some free time. But I choose to spend it either sleeping or playing guitar hero.
I'm not putting a guarantee on when the next chapter will be up. But I don't intend on waiting six months to update again.