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Clannad

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Chapter 5: Confessing isn't easy

"No Ryouta has come home yet. Is something wrong dear?" Chiyuri asked as she looked at Kyou who was standing out of her door with Tomoya standing next to her. "No, can you just tell him to call me when he gets home?" She asked in a polite tone to one of the women she respected the most. "Of course I will dear I'll have him call you as soon as he gets home." She said.

Kyou smiled and with that both she and Tomoya had left Ryouta's house. "Kyou I'm sorry about all of this. I didn't mean for this to happen." Tomoya said. Kyou shook her head as she approached her bike. "It's not your fault, It was a misunderstanding. But I just don't understand why he got so upset." She said.

Tomoya looked down to the ground, he had a pretty good idea what it could be. But he knew that Kyou wouldn't have any clue as to why he ran off because she doesn't know about his feelings towards her. Kyou looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "You know something don't you Okazaki." She stated as she stepped closer to him.

Tomoya stayed silent which confirmed that he knew something. "If you know something tell me Okazaki." She said in slightly worried tone. Tomoya sighed and looked at her, "I think he should tell you that. I don't think it would be right if I just tell you something that he wants to tell you himself. We'll approach him tomorrow and explain everything to him, okay?" Kyou nodded at his suggestion. "Alright, we'll do that then." She said as she got on her bike and started it up. "I'll see you tomorrow, Okazaki." She said as she soon began to drive off. Tomoya waved at her before walking him and sighing disappointed at what happened between him and his close friend.

The next day Tomoya walked into his classroom to see Ryou, Youhei, Rai, Zane and Kyou waiting for him. He looked to Ryouta's chair and noticed that he wasn't there. "He's not here!?" Tomoya asked. Kyou shook his head "No! And he didn't call me last night either." She stated. "I called his cell phone several times to tell him the practice was today but he didn't answer at all. Now I can see why." Rai said.

"He had no reason to get upset. This is confusing to me." Kyou said. "It's not like him to get upset at like that at all." Ryou added. Tomoya and Youhei both looked to the ground knowing that what Ryouta was going through was a broken heart.

"I'm pretty sure I know why he got so upset it's because he-" Youhei started until Tomoya cut him off "That's enough Sunohara it's not for you to tell. You know he'd rather tell her himself!" Tomoya exclaimed. "Well what else can we do Okazaki. Fujibayashi has no clue why her best friend is upset and it's starting to hurt her. Are you okay with that?" Youhei asked. Tomoya was speechless for a second but before he could speak a voice could be heard.

"Big sister!"

"Hey you two you can't be in here!"

Everyone turned to see Katon and Hiei standing at the door way. A teacher soon followed after them. Kyou walked up to the two and the teacher. "Don't worry they're here for me. I'll make sure they head home immediately." She said. The teacher nodded and walked away "Okay you two why aren't you at school?" She asked. Youhei and Tomoya raised an eyebrow "Aren't they Kazuki's little brothers?" Youhei asked. Tomoya nodded. "Big brother didn't come home last night." Katon said. Hiei nodded, "Moms starting to worry about him." Hiei added.

Kyou's eyes widened at their comments "You see! Now do you think it's a good idea to tell her?" Youhei said. Tomoya sighed and finally agreed knowing that the longer they prolong it the worst it was going to get. Kyou put her head down and patted the two on their heads "You guys head to school, I'm going to find your brother." she said. Katon and Hiei nodded and headed out the door. It grew silent for a moment in the entire classroom.

"Tomoya tell me what you know now!" She demanded. Tomoya looked at her and sighed "Kyou I-" He started until Youhei cut him off "He's in love with you Fujibayashi!" He exclaimed. This left everyone in the class room speechless. Tomoya sighed and nodded. "It's true Kyou. Kazuki's in love with you… I had made a plan with him to get you two alone so he can explain it to you but things got messed up, and he might have misunderstood what happened in the storage room." He explained.

"Poor Kazuki" Ryou said. "Look we know the teachers are not going to let us leave, so we'll have to go looking for him as soon as school gets out." Tomoya insisted. Everyone nodded and with that class had started.

Kyou was thinking about what Youhei and Tomoya had said. She looked out the window trying to clear her mind. Finding out that her best friend was in love with her was too much to take. How should she react? She never thought she'd ever be in a situation like this with him. She wasn't totally against the idea but she never thought he felt that way about her.

School had finally ended and everyone met up in front of the school. "So where do you think we should look?" Youhei asked. "He could be anywhere." Ryou stated as she glanced around the school.

"Maybe we can help?"

Everyone turned to see Keiji and Tomoyo standing in front of them. "We heard from Rai and Zane about what happened. We'd like to help you look for him." Tomoyo said. "Thanks but no thanks we'll look for him ourselves." Kyou stated as she began to walk away Tomoya shook his head "We'll take you up on that offer." Tomoya said.

"Tomoya!" Kyou exclaimed. "Stop it Kyou we need to find him and the more people we have looking for him the better chance we have a finding him. You do want to settle this with him right?" He asked. Kyou looked down to the ground and sighed. "Fine I get it, can we just start looking? We'll all split up and in an hour we'll meet up at the coffee shop. Check any place you think he would be at." She stated. Everyone nodded and split up searching for Ryouta.

Thirty minutes had passed and there was no sign of Ryouta. Everyone was really starting to get worried they didn't know what to think. They didn't if he was alright or if he was in danger. Kyou found herself going to his house. She thought his mom had the right to know what was going on.

"Mom big sister's here!" Katon explained as he let Kyou inside. Kyou followed Katon to the kitchen where Hiei, Katsu and Chiyuri were at. "Have you heard from him?" Kyou asked. Chiyuri shook her head. "I've tried calling his phone but he won't answer." Chiyuri replied.

"Mrs. Kazuki, this is my fault. I found out why he's doing this." Kyou said in a sad tone. "What do you mean? How could it be your fault?" Katsu asked. Kyou stayed silent for moment before speaking. She had told them everything that she had heard from Tomoya and Youhei and about what happened yesterday.

"So, he was going to confess to you and ended up misunderstanding what happened to between you and Tomoya, huh?" Katsu said. "You can't blame yourself for that Kyou. I did know that Ryouta had feelings for you even when he tried to deny it, but you didn't know at all, so it isn't your fault. Besides, it was all a misunderstanding." Chiyuri explained, letting Kyou know that she wasn't upset.

"But where is big brother?" Hiei asked. Kyou shook her head. "Me and the others are looking for your brother right now… I promise you I'll bring him back home soon." She said.

"Kyou."

Kyou looked up to see Katsu looking at her "Yes?" She asked. "If you do find him, what are you going to say? I mean this situation between you and Ryouta is going to come up. I'm sure you know that." Katsu said.

"Honey, that's not a question you should be asking." Chiyuri scolded. Kyou stayed silent, thinking it over. She looked to the ground and then closed her eyes as she put her right hand to her heart. "I-I don't know..." She said. Everyone looked at her with a sad expression, knowing it was hard for her because she was going to have to make a decision.

"Listen Kyou all I can say from a women to a women, just listen to your heart. If it's telling you to keep him as a best friend and nothing more, then follow your heart. Regardless what you choose to do, you'll always be welcomed here." Chiyuri said with a genuine smile. Kyou looked at her and gave her a warm smile back. "Thanks Mrs. Kazuki. I'll remember that." She said.

Thirty minutes had passed by and Kyou was headed to the Coffee shop to meet up with everyone. It was going on four o'clock and there was still no sign of him. She was really starting to worry about him. "Where could you be Ryouta?" she said to herself.

"Fujibayashi!"

Kyou turned to see Kazuyoshi and Kotomi standing in front of her with bags of Groceries in hand. "Hey guys, now's not really a good time." She said. "Is that so? So your saying you don't have time for us right now?" Kazuyoshi teased.

"Listen, we can talk later. I have to go look for-" She started until she was cut off. "We know where Ryouta is." He called out. Kyou stopped in her tracks when she heard this and ran back over to him. She grabbed him by his collar. "Tell me where he is right now Hiraga." She demanded. "Kyou-chan calm down. He's at my house, he's been there since yesterday." Kotomi said in a worried tone.

Kyou released him and slowly looked at Kotomi "So your saying that he's been at your house the whole time?" She asked. Kotomi nodded "He seemed really down and he asked if he could stay in the guest room for a day. He said he wanted to be alone and I agreed seeing as we are good friends. Although he didn't tell me what got him so down I just thought he'd tell me in time." She explained.

"Please take me to him. I have to go see him." Kyou said. Kotomi looked at Kyou and she could see she was really worried about him. "Okay Kyou-chan, let's go." she said with a smile which made Kyou give her a small smile.

Ten minutes later the had arrived at Kotomi's house and walked inside. Once Kotomi closed the door she led her down the hall to the room with Ryouta in it. "We'll leave you to alone so you can talk. Come on Kazu-chan let's go make dinner." She said. Kazuyoshi nodded and followed her into the kitchen.

Once they were gone Kyou took a deep breath before slowly opening the door. The first thing she saw was Ryouta sitting on a bed and staring out of a window. "Ryouta!" she said but got no response. She closed the door and locked it behind her she knew that this was going to be a long talk, and she didn't want anyone disturbing them. "You're alright! Everyone's really worried about you." She stated.

With a cold tone, he replied, "I'm fine." Which left a feeling of pain in her chest. She could see he was not himself, he wasn't happy like he use to be. "Ryouta, let's go home. Your family is waiting for you." She said in a kind tone.

"I'm not ready to go home yet." He replied. Kyou could feel that she was getting no where she had to do something to snap him out of this. "Then I'll stay here and wait for you" She suggested. "Don't bother just go home. You shouldn't have come here." He said in a harsh manner.

Before he could say anything else Kyou had walked over to him and slapped him hard across the face. The slap echoed throughout the house. Kyou couldn't take it anymore. She was so worried about him and he decided to be a jerk.

"I can't believe you right now! Here I am worried sick about you and your acting like this!?" She exclaimed. Ryouta gritted his teeth as he held his cheek from the slight pain the slap gave him. "What am I suppose to be happy!? Tomoya betrayed me, is that something to smile about Kyou?!" He asked.

Kyou sat down on the bed and tried her hardest to work it out with him. "Ryouta, it was a misunderstanding. Tomoya doesn't have any romantic feelings for me, you should know that better than anyone." She informed. Ryouta looked at her with a small glare "I saw him with his shirt off, and to top it off you guys were talking about how it's your first time." Ryouta explained "We weren't going to do anything like that, he was babbling on about some spell he accidentally used and I had jumped to conclusion thinking that he was planning something else." she explained.

Ryouta stayed silent for a moment not having a comeback to the whole confusion. "Ryouta, I understand why you're upset… It's because you're in love with me, right?" She said. This made his eyes turn wide. "But how did you find-" He said until she cut him off. "Sunohara and Tomoya told me all about it." She said.

"I'm going to thrash them when I see-" He started until she cut him off. "No your not Ryouta!" She exclaimed. He looked at her and knew that she was serious so he decided to keep his mouth shut. "I didn't understand why you were so upset so they thought I had a right to know." She explained.

"Well what does it matter! I know you better than anyone Kyou. I didn't tell you because I knew I was going to rejected." He said. Kyou looked at him as he looked back to the window knowing that this was hurting him a lot.

"Ryouta do you remember the promise you made to me when we were kids?" She asked. Ryouta turned to look at her with a confused look on his face "Promise?" He asked. Kyou nodded her head remembering the fateful day.

(Flash back)

Seven year old Ryouta and Seven year old Kyou were playing in a local park on a snowy day. Their parents had took them outside to play with each other because they loved to be around one another. They had just finished building a snowman and were putting on the finishing touches.

"We did it Ry Ry we made a snowman. Doesn't he look so cute?" She said with a cute voice. Ryouta smiled and stuck carrot between the mouth and the eyes to give it a nose. "There we go! Now it's perfect." he said.

"It's so amazing I don't think I could have done it by myself." She said. Ryouta smiled "Of course you could. You can do anything if you put your mind to it." He said.

"So your saying that I could grow up and get married like mom and dad if I wanted too?" She asked. Ryouta looked at her and smiled. "Yeah I'm sure you can. Your a really nice person I'm sure a lot of people will want to marry you." He said in a kind tone.

Kyou looked at him as he was looking at the snow man. She loved how sweet he could be at times like this. It made her heart thump but she was too young to understand what that feeling was.

"Do you think you'll get married when you grow up?" She asked. Ryouta looked at her and smiled. "Yeah, if there's someone out there who would want to marry me." He replied not knowing what he was getting himself into. She looked at him once more as he looked back at the snowman.

"Ry Ry." Kyou called out. He turned to look at her as little flakes of snow started to hit his face. "When we grow up will you be by my side forever?" She asked. Ryouta thought for a moment and nodded with a genuine smile. "Promise?" She asked. Ryouta nodded "I promise" he replied as the two then looked back at the snowman enjoying the moment.

(End Of Flashback)

Ryouta looked at her as he remembered everything that happened that day. "You promised me that you'll stay by my side forever. That means until the day we die Ryouta." She explained. Ryouta looked at her with a confused look. "Kyou what does that have to do with-" He started to asked but was cut off once again. "It has everything to do with this situation Ryouta. When I asked you to be by my side forever I meant it. I wasn't sure about my feelings at first but now I can see." She explained.

"Now you can see what?" Ryouta asked. Kyou leaned closer to him so they could be eye to eye "Now I can see that I've been in love with you since we were kids. I asked you if you would ever think to get married when we grew up because at that point in time I wanted you to be in my life forever. Me worrying about you this much made me realize that those feelings never left." She confessed.

Ryouta was speechless he couldn't say a word. The girl he was in love with just admitted that she had been in love with him for a long time. "I didn't know if you would ever feel that way because we were best friends but now I know that you do and have been for a long time." Kyou stated.

"Kyou..." He said as he gazed into her eyes. It was silent for a moment as the two didn't make any movements. Both of their face was turning shades of red as the looked at one another. "Kyou I… I have been wanting to-" He started until she cut him off once more. "Ry Ry… Stop talking." She said as she slowly leaned towards him and pressed her lips against his.

Ryouta's eyes widened from the shock of the kiss. Her lips were soft and sweet it was pure bliss to him. Once the broke apart Ryouta and Kyou stared into each others eyes "I love you, Ryouta." She said softly. "I love you too, Kyou." He replied.

She planted a quick kiss on his lips and then looked at him once more. "You do know that this means your mine now right?" She said with a evil smirk. This made him a little nervous. "Um Yeah?" he said. Kyou smiled "Good as long as you know. Now let's go. Just because we just got together doesn't excuse the fact that you worried everyone half to death. It's time for you to face your mother." She laughed as his face turn to fear forgetting the fact that he had not told her where he was. "Oh no." He whined as Kyou continued to laugh. Ryouta scratched his head and looked at Kyou with a smile. 'Oh well so be it. At least she's finally mine' He thought to himself.

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