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Reina rushed with anticipation out into the gardens when the bell rang. She couldn't wait to see Kyo. It's been a week since the incident and they've been seeing a lot of each other lately at school, well for lunch anyways. As she rounded the doorway, her smile slowly died. Sitting in her spot with Kyo was Suzumi. It looked like they were having a good time. She could see Kyo laugh at something Suzumi said. She couldn't bare to watch as Suzumi brought a piece of food to Kyo's lips, so she turned and walked away as tears gathered in her eyes.

'How could I be so stupid. It's not like I own him or his time. He can be with whoever he wants,' she reprimanded herself, furiously wiping tears away. Head bent down, she didn't notice the two boys standing in her way.

"Sorry!" she apologized, bumping into the boy.

The boy turned around. "It's o-…YOU!," he exclaimed in surprise. "Hey! It's you again! Hi!"

Reina stepped back, eyes widening. 'Crap! It's that one guy!'

"Remember me?! It's Akito," he grinned. "You're Reina, right?"

"Uh… yeah," she replied.

"Nice to see you again. This is my friend, Seijun Nishikado." He pointed to the boy next to him.

"Hi, nice to meet you," Seijun said with a smile.

"Hi," she replied.

"So whatcha doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on a lunch date with Kyo?" Akito asked curiously.

Reina looked down and blinked a couple of times, willing the tears to stay back before giving them a small smile. "Uh, I guess not. Well I'll see you later. Nice meeting you guys," she said quickly before leaving.

"Huh? What's the matter with her?" Akito asked frowning.

Seijun looked at her retreating back before replying. "I don't know, but she seemed upset."

"What?! How do you know?" Akito asked astonished.

Seijun gave a sigh. "Don't you notice anything Akito? Her eyes looked watery when she bumped into you and she blinked a couple of times, I'm sure from trying to hide her tears, before answering you."

"Maybe she had something in her eye?"

Seijun rolled his eyes, shaking his head and sighed.

"About time you got here," Kyo said, eyes still closed as he heard footsteps.

"Oh, were you expecting me, honey?"

Kyo opened his eyes and frowned. "Suzumi?"

"Well who else? Were you expecting someone else?" she demanded, knowing exactly who he expected.

"Actually, yes."

She gave a humph before settling herself down next to him. "Geez, why are you so mean to me, Kyosuke?" she pouted. "I thought I'd eat lunch out here today and happened to see you sleeping here so I thought I'd share my lunch with you and this is what I get?"

"You don't usually eat lunch out here."

"Kyosuke honey! Don't be mean," she said coyly, playfully hitting him in the arm. "Can't I just sit here and eat while you wait for whoever it is you're waiting for?"

Kyo was going to tell her off, but decided not to. He could hear his mother yelling at him for being rude to a girl. He sat up, sighed and said, "I suppose so."

"Yay!," she exclaimed with a little clap. 'Heh, fool, you're so easy to persuade.' She opened her chef made bento box and set a napkin on her lap. "Guess what Kyosuke?"

"Hmm?" he replied uninterested.

"Did you hear about the prank the boys pulled today on the homeroom teacher?"

"Nope."

"It was hilarious. He was yapping so much, he didn't notice the boys putting super glue on his chair. He was so mad at us when he couldn't stand up," she giggled.

Kyo laughed. 'So I guess Akito pulled it off.'

"Here Kyosuke, try this," she said, trying to feed him a piece of sushi.

"Nah, that's okay. I don't want to spoil my appetite," he replied, trying to dodge her.

"But Kyosuke! These were specially made," she whined.

"By you?"

"Well… no, but… I told the chef to make them," she pouted.

"Hmm… sorry, I only eat homemade food made by the people who eats it," he fibbed. 'Where's Reina at?' He glanced towards the door she always came out from. 'She's never usually this late.'

"Kyosuke, please?" she pleaded, trying to look cute.

"Uh…," he hesitated.

Buzzzz buzzzzz buzzzzz… his phone vibrated.

'Ah, yes! Saved!'

"Hello?"

"Hey Kyo, where are you at?" Seijun asked.

"Outside… why? You need me now?"

"Uh… no… I was just calling to let you kn-"

"Oh, alright. That's cool, I'll be there in a sec. Later," he cut Seijun off in a desperate attempt to get away from Suzumi.

"Well I gotta go," he said, dusting his pants off.

"What?! Why?!" she shrieked, losing her cool.

Kyosuke frowned at coldly. "That's none of your business." He walked away, relieved to be out of her presence.

Suzumi sat there fuming. She screamed when Kyo was out of sight and threw her bento as hard as she could to the ground, spilling the contents and denting the bento box.

"I will have you Kyosuke Domyouji. I'll make that little bitch pay for your mistakes. Mark my words, you'll both pay," she sneered menacingly.

Reina hid herself in the library for the remainder of lunch time. Starring aimlessly out the window.

"That must not be a good book."

Reina was pulled back by the voice. Her eyes fell upon a pretty girl with long curly black hair and big brown eyes. Her face was beautifully applied with a touch of light make up. "Excuse me?"

She smiled. "That book. It must not be a good book, if you can have it opened and not be reading it."

Reina blushed. "O-Oh… I was going to read it… but I kind of got distracted."

The girl giggled. "Oh, I know what you mean. I do that sometimes." She put her books on the table. "May I sit here?"

"Sure," Reina replied with a smile.

"My name's Megumi, what's yours?"

"I'm Reina."

"Nice to meet you Reina," Megumi smiled warmly.

"You too." Reina couldn't help but smile back.

"Oh, you're a senior here?"

"Yes, are you?"

"Oh, no, I'm a freshmen here, but my older brother is a senior here."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, he-" she stopped, frowning. Her frown turned into wonderment, as she figured out that this was the girl she overheard Akito and Seijun talking about. 'Kyo's been hanging out with this girl?'

"Uh, are you okay?"

"Yeah, sorry… hey Reina? Can I ask you something?"

"Uh, yeah, sure… what is it?" She asked, wondering what the younger girl wanted.

"What do you think of Kyosuke Domyouji?"

"W-What?! Why?" she asked, surprised. 'How did she know?'

"Oh just asking. I, uh, see him around sometimes and I'm new, so I just wanted to know," she lied, trying not to give herself away.

"Oh…," Reina said relieved. "Well, I don't really know him, so I can't say."

"Oh, I see. You think he's cute?" she asked inquisitively.

"WHAT?!" she exclaimed, two rosy spots forming on her cheeks. She heard a sharp 'Shh', earning a stern look from the librarian.

"Well?" Megumi asked, giggling.

"Uh, well… he's handsome," she replied, blushing.

"Ah I see."

"Do… you like him?" Reina asked hesitantly.

"What? Me? God, no!" she replied disgusted.

Reina was shocked at her strong response.

"Uh, well what I mean to say is… uh I have different taste in men," Megumi replied quickly, trying to cover up.

"Oh… okay," Reina slowly said, giving her a weird look.

"Sorry, you must think I'm weird, asking you all these questions," Megumi laughed.

"No, that's… okay," Reina said, giving a small laugh. 'This girl is weird, but she seems nice,' she thought to herself. 'She looks familiar though.'

The girls sat in the library talking and gabbing about school and gossip. Reina didn't know why she was able to talk to this girl so freely. 'I guess her cheerful attitude must make her easy to talk to.' The bell rang as they were deep in conversation about fashion and make up.

"Hey, well no offense, Reina. Not that you don't look fine the way you are, but if you ever want tips on make up and stuff, just let me know, okay?" Megumi said with a genuine smile.

'Why do I feel like I should be offended, but I'm not?' Reina wondered. 'Hmm, maybe because when she talks to you, she makes you feel like she's genuinely interested in what you have to say.'

"Uh, thanks, Megumi, I'll keep that in mind," Reina replied, smiling back.

"Later, Reina, I'm glad we're friends now," Megumi cheerily said as she waved to Reina.

"Yeah, me too," Reina said waving back.

Reina walked through the quad to her class, feeling a little better after meeting Megumi. She noticed a big group standing to her left as she passed by. She could hear the laughter and artfully flirting of the Eitoku girls as they hung with the boys. She looked over when she heard a girl squeal Kyo's name. She saw him right in the center of all the attention, smiling at the girl next to him as she fawned all over his arm. Reina looked away, feeling more stupid than ever for thinking Kyo was different from the rest of the guys.

'Well, what did you expect? A few meals and you think he'd be interested in you?' she scoffed. 'Give it up. He'll never see you that way. Look at those girls with their perfected looks and charms. They're the type he dates, not somebody like me,' she thought sadly.

She looked over again, eyes meeting Kyo's. He smiled at her, straightening from his position as if to get up. Reina quickly looked away and rushed to her class, not wanting to talk to him.

Kyo leaned against the wall, trying to chat to Seijun while his friends were chatting to the group of girls that came up to them.

"Thanks for calling me when you did, Jun," he grinned.

"Heh, maybe I shouldn't have. You would've been stuck with the 'princess'," he teased.

"Don't remind me," he replied, shaking his head in disgust.

"Kyosuke, so we're all going to the party later… are you going to come to?" the pretty girl next to him asked, fluttering her lashes.

"Hmm, maybe," he replied playfully, masking his irritation.

"Kyosuke! You have to," she pouted.

"Maybe," he said to her again, tapping her nose.

"Okay, you better be there then," she smiled slyly.

He smiled back, masking his distaste. 'Sorry, sweetie, not my type,' he thought to himself. He glanced across the quad to see Reina looking at him. He smiled at her. He pushed off the wall intending to go to her, but she looked away and practically ran to class. 'What the hell? Is she mad at me or something?' he wondered.

"Kyo, hey Kyo. Dude, you there?" Akito said waving a hand in front of his face.

"Sorry, what was that?" he replied, half listening as Akito gave him their plans for tonight.

Reina took off her shoes and slipped on her slippers when she got home before proceeding to her room. She stopped when she saw her message machine light blinking. 'Hm, probably grandmother again,' she thought, pressing the play button.

"Reina, it's your grandmother. I was planning a little dinner party tonight. I'd like it if you could attend. I'll send a car by tonight at six. Be ready dear. Oh! It's semi formal, so I had one of the maids drop off a dress my stylist picked out for you, since I'm sure you won't have anything suitable to wear."

Reina sighed. 'Another dinner party with snobby and stuck up people. Great… that's just what I wanted to do tonight.' She pressed the button again. There was a moment of silence. She was about to delete the message, thinking it was just a wrong call when a voice she hasn't heard in years spoke.

"…Hey… uh, it's me… your father… just letting you know I'm going to be in town. I'll be at your grandmother's dinner party tonight…. I.. uh… didn't want you to be surprised when you got here… so… I'll see you there…"

Reina stood frozen, shocked. 'After all these years… why now?' Her hand shook as she deleted the message. She longed to mend the bridge between her father, but she was scared that he might not want to. After all these years of silence, she came to realize how cheated she felt not having her father here. She was envious of the way other people talked about their father. She just wanted… acceptance. Firmly putting the thought away, she walked to her room and found the ribbon tied box that read Dior by John Galliano on her bed. The silky, single-sleeved black knee length dress shimmered in the light as she held it up. She sighed. 'If only I had the looks to pull off a dress like this,' she sighed. She took a quick shower and dressed for the party. She coiled her hair into a bun, pining it up with a hair chopstick. She applied on a clear lip gloss before heading out to the waiting car.

Reina's stomach did a somersault as she walked into the gathering room. "I thought she said 'little'," she muttered to herself as she glanced at about 60 people in the room.

"Ah, Reina, there you are," her grandma said, walking to her, giving her one of those fake air kisses

"Grandmother, how are you?" she replied politely.

"Terrific, dear. Aha, I see Alberto was right in picking you a dress," she said, lightly applauding to the Italian stylist beside her.

"Yes, thank you for the lovely dress."

"No need for thanks, my dear. I just knew you wouldn't have a dress. Ah, there's the Prime Minister. Mingle with the other guests, dear," she said as she departed.

"Yes, grandmother," she replied, knowing that she wasn't going to.

She grabbed a bubbly drink as a waiter passed by and sipped it. 'Bleh, I don't care if this does cost a fortune, how can anyone drink this?' she thought, unsuccessfully looking for a place to set the glass down.

"Reina?"

She turned around quickly to find Megumi.

"Megumi? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I came with my parents. I didn't know you come to these dinner parties too."

"Oh, I usually don't, but I kind of had to," she said, shrugging.

"Oh," Megumi giggled. "Yeah, this isn't my kind of thing either, but you know how parents are."

"Oh… yeah…," Reina gave a half smile. 'No, I wouldn't know.'

"So who'd you come here with?"

"Oh… I came by myself."

"What? What do you mean? You're parents didn't come?" Megumi asked, frowning.

"Uh well, my grandmother's the one hosting this party."

"Oh… OH! This is your grandmother's party?!" Megumi asked, shocked.

"Yes," Reina replied, frowning at the her. "Is that a problem?"

"Uh, no, no, it isn't. I'm just… surprised, that's all," Megumi said quickly. "Come on I'll introduce you to my parents."

"Uh, w-wait, that's okay," she said, being dragged away by Megumi.

"Come on, they don't bite. I just want to introduce my new friend to them," she said smiling.

Reina unwillingly followed her through the crowd of people, smiling as she caught the eyes of the few who looked.

"There they are. Mama, Papa, this is Reina Hanazawa. Reina, meet my parents, Tsukasa and Tsukushi Domyouji. Oh, and this guy is my brother, Kyosuke."

Reina's eyes widened in shock as she saw Kyo. "D-Did you just say D-Domyouji?"

"Reina Hanazawa?!" Tsukushi asked in amazement.

"H-Hanazawa?" Kyo's face paled with shock.

"Yes," Megumi said, confused at her parent's and Reina's reactions. "Am I missing something here?"

"I… uh…" Reina started. She glanced at Kyo's ashen face.

"It's so nice to see you again, sweetie," Tsukushi said, embracing Reina in a tight hug. "How have you been?"

"Uh, I've been great," Reina managed to get out.

Tsukasa cleared his throat. "The last time I saw you, you were knee high. Now, you've grown to be a fine lady," he smiled, patting her on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Mr. Domyouji," Reina replied politely.

"Wait, how do you all know each other?" Megumi asked, looking from her parents to Reina.

"I lived with your family for a week… when I was younger," Reina replied, smiling fondly.

"You did? How come I don't remember?" she asked even more confused now.

"You were only 4 years old, I believe. So you probably don't remember, Meggie," Tsukasa said.

"Oh… do you remember her Kyo? Kyo?!" she said, nudging her brother. Kyo mumbled an apology and strode off in the opposite direction.

"Kyosuke?" Tsukushi called out. "What's the matter with him?" She asked Tsukasa when Kyo didn't turn around. Tsukasa shrugged.

"Well, I'm glad we finally get to meet again, Mr. and Mrs. Domyouji. I never got a chance to thank you for your hospitality and kindness towards me," she said quickly.

"No thanks needed, Reina. You're like family to us," Tsukasa replied.

"What's with the Mr. and Mrs.? It's still Auntie and Uncle to you," Tsukushi told her, hugging her again.

"Okay… Auntie," Reina said, happiness filling her.

"Whoa, this is weird in a good way," Megumi said, laughing.

"How's your father, Reina?" Tsukushi asked.

"Oh… uh… I haven't seen him in awhile, so I don't know," Reina replied uncomfortably.

"Oh," Tsukushi said frowning. She looked over to her husband with a questioning look. He just shrugged at her, not knowing what's up with Rui and his daughter. "Well that's alright. I think I saw him earlier, so I'll ask him later."

"Anyways, we're going to go," Megumi said, dragging Reina away from the awkwardness.

"Uh, it was nice to see you again," Reina called out.

"You too, sweetie. Come visit us when you have the chance. You're always welcomed in our home."

"Thank you," she said bowing before letting Meg take her away.

"Wow, this is cool. It's like some soap opera drama," Meg giggled.

Reina smiled. 'Tell me about it,' she thought to herself. 'What was wrong with Kyo?' She glanced around unable to find him. Reina spent the entire evening with Meg. Chatting and meeting new people that she wouldn't have met if she had been alone. She smiled and waved Meg off as she bounced off with a man to dance.

Reina gave a sigh of relief as she headed towards the balcony. Once outside she stared at the lit garden her grandma set up.

"Reina?"

She turned at the sound of her name.

"Whoa, it is you. Cool. I didn't know you came to these things," Akito said.

She saw Akito standing with Seijun, Kyo, and two other boys.

"I didn't know you guys came to these things either," she replied. 'If I did, I wouldn't have came,' she thought silently to herself.

"Yeah, we had to come. Mrs. Hanazawa is like a grandma to us," Akito replied.

"Oh, that's nice."

"So how do you know the Hanazawas?" Seijun asked. He knew who she was already, but wanted to see if she would admit who she was.

"Uh, well…," she started.

"She's Uncle Rui's daughter," Kyo said coldly.

"What?! Really?" Akito asked astounded.

Reina glanced at Kyo and frowned at his tone. 'Why is he so angry?'

"Wow, that's weird. How come we never saw you when he came to visit us?" Akito asked.

"Well… I ki-"

"She doesn't get along with her dad," Kyo cut her off.

"Wow. Hey Kyo, how do you know?" Akito questioned.

Kyo remained silent, glaring at Reina.

Seijun looked from Kyo to Reina, wondering what was wrong with these two. "They knew each other when she lived with them," he answered Akito's question.

"What?! No way! This is cool. It's like old friends reuniting," Akito grinned stupidly.

"Miss Hanazawa, your grandmother's looking for you," the maid interrupted.

"Okay, thanks, Reiko. Excuse me," she said to the boys before leaving.

"One would think you'd be overjoyed to see her, Kyo," Seijun said to him.

"Shut up, Jun," Kyo said coldly before storming off.

"What? What do you mean?" Akito asked.

Seijun sighed. "Nothing, Kito. Nothing."

Reina stood next to her grandmother as she was introduced to some of her grandmother's friends. Her face was starting to hurt from all the smiling she had to do.

"Ah, Rui, there you are. Take your daughter out to dance. How could you not have done so before?" she chastised her son.

Reina stared up into her father's face. He aged a little since the last time she's seen him. There were silver threads of hair at his temple and one or two wrinkle lining his forehead.

"I'm sorry, Mama," he said. He nervously glanced at Reina and held out his hand.

Reina hesitated before taking it. They walked onto the dance floor, all eyes directed towards them. She could hear the faint murmurs of ladies gossiping.

"Just ignore them," Rui said to his daughter.

"I intend to," she replied.

Rui, cleared his throat. "So how have you been?" he asked, attempting to make conversation.

"Fine."

"How's school?"

"It's okay."

"You okay living by yourself?"

"Yeah."

They fell silent. Reina couldn't stand it. She had so many questions to ask her dad, but didn't know where to begin.

"How come-"

"Your grand-"

The both stopped. "You go first," they said in unison. Reina and Rui looked at each other before they both gave a small laugh. To outsiders, it would seem like they shared a private joke, but to them, it was their first laugh together.

"Go ahead, Reina," Rui said to her.

She hesitated before asking. "How come you never came to visit me?"

Rui was silent for a moment. "Because I didn't think you'd want to see me."

"Why wouldn't I?" she replied softly.

He cleared his throat before answering her. "Well when we first met, I didn't exactly give you a good first impression. I took away what you were familiar with and turned your world upside down. After months of not being able to get through to you, I figured you would probably get along better without me."

Reina's eyes teared up. "Did you ever… love me?" she asked, tears clogging her throat.

Rui looked at her shocked. "Of course I loved you. I just didn't know how to show you. I'm sorry, Reina. I haven't been the best father to you," he said with remorse.

Reina wiped the tears from her eyes. "That's okay… I know I made it hard for you to be a father to me. I guess we both made mistakes that we regret."

"No, Reina, I'm supposed to be your father… and I messed up," Rui said looking away, blinking back tears.

"It's not your fault. I'm sure it was hard for you to find out that you had a daughter out of the blue."

"Yeah, but… can you forgive me, Reina? You don't have to say anything right now, but I… just want you to know how sorry I am for not being there for you like I should have been."

Reina felt the anger and sadness she felt as a child lift from her shoulder. The bridge that was broken mended as she felt her father's sorrow reach her. She smiled at her dad through tear filled eyes.

"Of course I forgive you… daddy," she cried as she threw her arms around him.

"Oh, Reina. I'm so sorry," Rui said, voice thick with tears as he hugged her back. They moved off the dance floor and walked towards her grandma. Reina caught Tsukushi's eyes and smiled as Tsukushi blew her kisses. She remained with her father for the rest of the night catching up on the last 10 years.

Okay... I know.. kinda boring, but I needed to get Rui and Reina's relationship out of the way if I'm going to progress with the story... please leave a review!