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Pairing: KaixMiwa (Request from reviewer)

Time: At the beginning of season 3

"One more time," said Kai after he beat his best friend Miwa for the fifth time that afternoon. Miwa was exhausted, he didn't have the strength to fight Kai 24/7, but Vanguard was all Kai thought about. He never thought about anything else. Miwa admired him because Kai was able to show his real passion about card fighting.

"Come on, Kai. Give me a break. Being beaten up by you isn't really nice."

"One more time."

Miwa sighed. Kai was so stubborn at some times. But somehow Miwa didn't mind his behavior he even liked it a little bit. Well, Kai wouldn't let him leave, since he was Kai's training dummy, so he had to play Kai once again. Of course, he lost.

"You should really train with that Kagero deck more. I don't want to regret giving it to you in the first place," said Kai. That reminded Miwa how touched he was when Kai gave him his Kagero deck with the almighty Dragonic Overlord The End. He couldn't figure out the reason, as why Kai prefers to play the Narukami deck, but Kai's actions cannot by traced back to the reason.

"All right, Captain!"

Kai just frowned. Miwa just let out a nervous laugh. Kai was really scary at times, but Miwa loved him anyway. Yes, Taishi Miwa was in love with Kai. He never told anyone, why would he? They were best buddies in elementary school and after he moved away, Miwa really missed him badly. It was one of the reasons he still kept talking to Kai even after his return to Hitsue High he acted cold and inaccessible.

However, Miwa never knew if Kai felt the same way. He talked to him more, that was for sure, but it didn't really look like he liked him that much. But after Aichi Sendou appeared, everything changed. Yeah, Aichi was nice and a very good friend to him and the others, but he still felt jealous of him, because he could bring the best out of Kai. He asked himself plenty of times, why he didn't have that kind of influence on Kai.

"What's up? Did you zone out?" asked Kai, raising an eyebrow. Miwa shook his head and just started to laugh. That happened lately a lot of times, because he kept thinking about Aichi and Kai, if there wasn't something he wasn't seeing.

"Kai! Do you want to battle me?"

Miwa didn't have to turn around to know that it was Aichi. Now would Aichi challenge Kai to battle and Kai would forget all about him, again. Since Aichi he felt a tad left out in the Kai activities. Kai and Aichi ran off to another table and started a Vanguard match.

"Miwa, are you okay? You seem a little pale," asked Misaki. She was a nice girl, maybe Miwa's favorite female friend. She was strong and stood her ground, she was an awesome friend.

"Don't worry, I never felt better."

He looked over to the table, where Aichi and Kai's match took place. Both of them were so fired up. The glistering in Kai's eyes was something Miwa could only dream of. He never saw that kind of excitement, when Kai played against him. It hurt him, really badly. He walked out of Card Capital and leaned on a tree. Before he knew, he was crying.

"This is so silly. Why am I crying? Stupid Kai, why don't you ever notice?"

"Notice what, Miwa?"

Damn. Miwa cursed himself for saying that out loud, but right then he had just seconds to think of a good lie, which Kai would even believe. But something inside of him suddenly snapped. His self-control broke and now the secrets would all fall out of his mouth.

"Notice that I love you," he said almost in a yell. Miwa was tired of pretending and silent watching of Aichi slowly taking Kai away from him. He turned around so he wouldn't have to look Kai in the eyes, he didn't have the power to do so. He did it. He ruined their friendship forever.

But then he felt two strong arms wrapped around him. Kai rested his head on Miwa's shoulder and just stayed like that for several minutes. Miwa felt embarrassed, since anyone could come out and see them in an awkward position like this.

"I love you too, Miwa."

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