Chapter 5: I Think I Love You.-Karia.
Karia sat in her hospital bed looking at the ceiling and desperately waiting for Masamune to get back from school. She wanted to know why he kissed her forehead last night. It was sudden and random and she didn't understand it. She didn't even understand why she said thank you.
She had no clue what happened yesterday and some part of her said that he didn't either. She heard the door knob turn and she looked over to see Masamune walk in. She noticed that his head was down and his long shaggy brown hair was blocking his face from her view. She looked down to see his hands clenched into fist and he slowly made his way over to the chair next to her bed.
"Masamune what is it? Are you okay?" He took a deep breath and forced his hands to open. He looked up at her slowly his bangs still hiding his face. "Karia…..about last night…..I….I'm….sorry"
She blinked a couple of times before she smiled. She couldn't help but smile. "Masamune what are you sorry for?" His head jerked up and he looked at her now with his bangs out of his face.
"It's just that I didn't know what I was doing a-and I thought that…..oh I don't know what I thought I-I just" He ran a hand through his hair in frustration. Whatever it was he was trying to say he was having a hard time doing it. Finally he took another deep breath and said, "I think I'm in love with you."
She didn't respond right away and she could tell that was making him nervous but she had no clue what to say. Karia then got a nice idea; she didn't have to say anything did she. She reached over with her good arm and placed her hand on the side of his face and pulled his head closer to hers. He let her pull him close without any hesitation or resistance.
Then she slid her hand down to his chin and lifted his head up. His lone blue eye was looking anxiously into hers. She leaned down and kissed his cheek. He looked at her with a more intense anxiousness after she released her hand from his face.
"I think…I'm in love with you to." She was glad to see all of the tension leave his shoulders as they dropped. She smiled and put her finger on his nose to get his attention. "You know what?" Seemingly more comfortable than when he first walked in he smirked. "What?" Then she tapped his nose and smiled wider. "I was told this morning that I could go back to school in two days." He smirked again. "That's good to hear." Then he kissed her cheek.
"So does this mean that I'm-, " Masamune smiled. "My girlfriend…I guess so." She playfully punched his shoulder. "What do you mean 'I guess so'?" Masamune shrugged his shoulders. "I just didn't know if that was the word you were looking for."
"Hmmm I bet Sasuke is going t find me having a boyfriend humorous." Masamune chuckled. "Why is that?" She shrugged. "Just cause he's Sasuke," she mused. "So I think if we are going to be dating we should actually try to get to know each other a little bit don't you?"
He laughed. "How about we try a guessing game?" The corners of her mouth quirked up into a devious smile. "Okay you go first." He sat back in the chair and thought about it for a moment. "Your favorite color is red." Karia clapped. "Correct. And yours is blue." Masamune nodded his head. "Okay so your favorite thing to do during the day is writing." Karia bursted out laughing. "What are you some kind of stalker?"
Masamune couldn't help but laugh right along with her. "No way I'm not like that. Just a lucky guess." Her laughing settled down and she sat there smiling. "Let's see. Your favorite thing to do is bug Kojuro." Masamune continued to laugh. "How'd ya know," he said sarcastically between laughs. She grinned and laughed again. "Lucky guess." She said in a playful yet mocking tone.
Once they had settled down he asked. "And I bet your brother is the person you look up to the most right?" She was silent for a moment. No one, not even Motochika had mentioned her brother to her for a long time. "Yea my brother meant a lot to me. He was the one who looked after me and protected me. And even when my parents were in the worst moods and they would yell at Itamaru and each other he would always smile when he saw me listening at the top of the stairs. He was everything to me until I met Motochika and Sasuke."
She was prepared to hold back tears but to her surprise none came. "You look up to Kojuro a lot don't you?" He nodded. "Yea I can't tell you how many times he's save my stupid ass self from getting in trouble. I guess he looks out for me lot." Karia smiled. "It's nice to have those kinds of people around. Motochika is the same way with me except he isn't getting me out of trouble he right there with me getting in trouble."
The two laughed for a little while longer. Masamune's phone started to buzz in his pocket. "Hello?" He nodded and closed the phone. "Hey I gotta head down to the restaurant for a little while but I'll be back later." He kissed her forehead and stood up. "See you later then." He gave her a backhanded wave and as soon as he got halfway out the door turned his head to flash a half smirk. Karia laughed and watched him disappear. "Idiot."
"Who's an idiot?" Motochika walked in and sat down in the chair Masamune had just left. "Masamune." Motochika laughed. "I thought that was who I saw in the hallway. So where was he going?" Karia looked back over to the door. "To the restaurant." Motochika nodded his head. "He's been heading there a lot lately." Now that she thought about it Karia realized that he was right.
"Yea Mr. Teramune has been calling him over there a lot. Hey there's something I need to tell you because if I don't you get all upset about it." Motochika raised an eyebrow. "Am I really that bad?" Karia laughed. "Yes you are but anyway Masamune is my boyfriend now."