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A/N: So I know I haven't updated in forever. Campus started and ever since I've been loaded with work and generally not knowing how to approach the story's situation since what happened in chapter 14. Anyway, I'm glad that I finally got to post this. Hope everyone's still eager to read.

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Chapter 15: Dreadful Realisations

"So what? You want me to break up with Yuki? What is it?"

"Well like I've said before, I want the two of us to be a couple."

I nodded slowly, "Which means I have to break up with Yuki."

"You see... technically you would be broken up with him but, well... let's just not tell him."

My head started processing what Kagura was saying and I shook it as my head finally got the idea. "You want me to... to just... not tell him I'm breaking up with him?"

Kagura smiled and I realised I'd finally caught up with her thought pattern.

"How would that even work?" I asked, a bit taken back by it all.

"Well, you pitch up to school with me on my arm and act as my boyfriend, I'm sure you'll come around some time soon, and then ignore him."

"I can't just not tell him, he deserves to know, can you imagine how hurt he'd feel if I just left him alone?"

"Exactly!"

"What?" I asked, bewildered.

"Do you know how hard it was to watch you together with that chick and now her brother? I want him to feel what I did, even if it's just a fraction of it."

I gulped and tried to calm myself down, "How would you kno—"

"If I hear about you getting in contact with him in any way, I'll send those delicious pictures faster than you can say his name. We wouldn't want to hurt the poor little Pwince now, would we?" She mocked, her lips forming a fake pout. "If this got out, dear old Yuki-sama would be shattered to shreds. No one will respect him anymore, he'd be broken and bullied for the rest of his existence at Kaibara High. All those little followers will turn their backs on him without a second thought. Do you know how mentally damaging that can be, Kyo-kun?" She asked and after a few moments of silence I realised she wanted an answer.

I merely nodded my head in agreement.

"That's good." She exhaled in what seemed to be relief and continued on talking, "I must admit, I was captured by his good-looks and his brains too, at first. Not to worry though, I'll show you his true colours in no time. I'll see you at school tomorrow, Kyo-kun. Remember, don't do anything stupid, I've got ears and eyes everywhere." She said, turning around and walking away, leaving me to watch her retreat in utter shock.

The next day strolled around far too quickly for my liking. From the moment I had woken up I just lay motionless on my bed, staring up at the ceiling while Kazuki woke up and started to get ready, pestering me every now and then about not getting ready like I was supposed to.

"Kyo! You've got a visitor so I suggest you put some clothes on."

"Oh, he doesn't have to do that for silly old me." My face pulled into disgust at the faux sweetest that was the sickening tone of Kagura's voice.

I reluctantly climbed out of bed and trudged my way to the chair on my side of the room, roughly putting my school clothes on. Kagura entered the room just as I had finished buttoning all the buttons on my school shirt, looking slightly pissed that she had missed the show.

"Good morning, Kyo-kun. Kazu-kun seemed to have run off in a hurry, he said where he was going but I wasn't really paying attention. So, have you decided yet?

I looked towards the entrance of the room and into Kagura's big brown eyes.

"Didn't have much of a choice in the first place, did I?"

"Oh, come on now, Kyo-kun. Sure you did."

I growled under my breath as I readied myself for school. When I was done I looked up to find that Kagura had not moved.

"What do you want, Nidou?" I asked harshly, barely catching the flinch Kagura had at the sound of my cold and detached voice.

"Well, you're my boyfriend, why wouldn't I come to see you first thing in the mo-" Kagura's sentence was cut off with a squeak as I cornered her against the wall, my fist clenching dangerously close to her face.

Leaning down close to make eye contact with her I started whispering menacingly, "You listen now and you listen good, you deceitful little bitch. You may be having me break up with Yuki but I'm in no way your boyfriend. I'm only doing this because you're blackmailing me. I'll go along with your plan right now because you're threatening the person who's been the best thing to me since God knows when but if you do anything and I mean any-fucking-thing at all to hurt him I swear you'll regret ever being born."

I pushed off the wall, picking up my school-bag and made my way out of the room. I heard Kagura's "Wait, Kyo-kun!" trail after me but I paid no attention knowing that she'd follow like the desperate bint that she was.

"Mimi, is everything okay with you and Kyo-kun?"

I looked up to see the worried expression of my friend, Nao. "We're fine, why do you seem so concerned?"

"So you guys haven't broken up or anything?" Nao asked in clarification.

I sent her one of my own concerned looks and shook my head slowly, "...No?"

Nao seemed to sigh in relief and her shoulders visibly relaxed. "Thank god, that means the rumours aren't true."

"Nao, what rumours?"

"I just heard a rumour going around that Kyo-kun dumped you for Nidou-sempai."

My eyes widened at the newly received information, "What?"

"Ya, it's been circulating around the school, but I'm glad that you've cleared up the misunderstanding."

I put a smile on my face for Nao, "Ya, I'm glad too. Hey, can you do me a favour?"

Nao smiled and nodded, "Sure, what is it?"

"Could you cover for me for a bit? I forgot that I need to ask my brother something important. I'll just be a sec, just let the teacher know if I don't make it back in time." I said, already starting to make my way to the door.

Nao nodded in agreement, waving her hand as she shouted at me as I left, "Say hi to Yuki-sempai for me!"

I rushed down the hall and up the stairs to the floor that I knew my brother's homeroom was located on. Opening the door and peering in, I caught sight of my brother chatting away with Sou and made my way towards him silently, after making sure no teacher was inside and luckily no Kyon either.

I tapped on his shoulder lightly, "Yuki-nii, could you come outside for a bit. I need to tell you something."

My brother stood up immediately, "Are you okay?" He asked hurriedly, lifting my arms up and seemingly searching for something, "You're not hurt, are you?"

I pulled one of my hands out of his grip and took his wrist in my hand instead, "Just come here for a sec."

Sou watched with amused eyes as I dragged my brother, who had started threatening non-existent people for hurting me, out of the classroom.

"I swear if some gruesome boy put his han—"

"Could you shut it for a moment? This isn't about me, it's about you."

Yuki-nii's eyebrows furrowed. "Me? What about me?"

"Have you heard any strange rumours this morning?"

Yuki-nii's facial expression morphed into disapproval and I knew he was going to start lecturing me before he even started, "Now, Mimi. You should know that ru-"

"Are you and Kyon okay?" I asked suddenly, interrupting him once again, not really wanting to hear another speech about the wrongness of rumours and gossiping.

Yuki-nii's ranting stopped mid-sentence and he looked at me with concern, a slight confused smile on his face.

"Are we okay?" He repeated, shaking his head slightly, no doubt bemused by the spontaneous question. "Of course, we're okay. What's going on, Mimi?"

"Well if you would let me finish without interrupting me then you'd probably know by now." I stated, hotly.

Yuki-nii looked unimpressed with my mood and he stared at me in disapproval, "Proceed." He said simply and I knew I had to get this out as quickly as possible.

"There's a rumour circulating around the school that Kyon's dumped yo—well me actually for Nidou-sempai. It's not true, right?"

"Of course it's not! She's probably not taking Kyo's public rejection too well and now she's trying to rile him up." He placed a gentle hand on my arm and added the next part in a whisper, "Don't worry, Kyo and I are fine."

"I just don't want you to get hurt. Promise me you'll be careful... something just doesn't feel right."

Yuki-nii snorted softly, "I'm sure you're just being a bit paranoid. The rumour will blow over soon. Now come on, I've got to get back to class, the teacher will be arriving soon and no doubt the same applies to you." He gave me a quick one armed hug and kissed me on the side of my temple.

Smiling at me in reassurance one last time, he made his way to the classroom, pausing briefly at the door to turn back to me, "Everything's going to be okay, you'll see."

"What's wrong?" Sou's voice broke through my thoughts and I looked at him as I sat back down into my seat.

"Nothing, just stupid rumours flying around school."

"What rumours?"

"Supposedly Kyo's broken up with Mimi to go out with Nidou."

"Nidou? As in the chick he rejected in front of an entire corridor of seniors?" Sou snorted, "How anyone would believe that garbage is beyond me."

"Right?" I said, nodding in agreement.

There were a few moments of silence before Sou spoke up again. "Why do you seem worried? If something were up then one, you'd know about it and two, Kyo would need to get prepared to have his balls cut off by me." Sou ended, matter of factly.

I sighed and then shook my head slightly, "It's just that something happened last night while we were-"

"Having sexy time?"

"Studying, you idiot! Studying!" I heard Sou mumble a "Yeah right" but I carried on instead of fueling his foolish thoughts.

"He suddenly got a text and when I asked who it was from he said that it was from Nidou. He was out of his seat and out the door before I could even say his name. Then this rumour with Nidou starting up this morning... It seems too closely related to seem coincidental."

"Well maybe you're just being paranoid, I mean... maybe Mimi-chan said something that made you doubtful."

I shook my head, a frown plastered on my face, "I was the one trying to calm her down, saying that I was sure it was nothing but now... I don't know. I guess we'll just have to see how he is today. I wasn't planning to meet up with him but I'll try and see if I can get him alone somehow."

"Just don't jump to any conclusions beforehand, all right? Find out what's going on before you attack. If he's causing shit, let me know. I'll attack him for you." Sou said with a grin plastered on his face and I chuckled in response at his idiocy.

The classroom door opened and in came, Kyo, looking incredibly pissed.

Red eyes met mine and I saw him visibly relax, his eyes softening before he went completely rigid and broke eye contact, making his way to his desk almost dejectedly.

"Something's definitely wrong. What was up with that reaction?" I whispered to Sou who now had a very prominent frown on his face while he nodded in agreement.

"He's coming around the corner soon. You pull him into the classroom and I'll stand outside as a guard."

I nodded even though I knew Sou couldn't see. "Thanks, Sou. I just want a few minutes."

"No problem, he'll be there in a few seconds. Bye."

"Bye." I switched the call off and stuffed my cell in my pocket, getting ready to pounce on Kyo as soon as he made the corner.

Seeing that familiar head of orange hair, I quickly grabbed onto Kyo's arm and pulled him into the empty classroom, locking the door swiftly behind me.

"What the fu—" I cut Kyo off, my lips crashing onto his. Kyo's hands made their way around my back pulling me closer as I moaned in appreciation, my hands winding around his neck.

Just as things were heating up, Kyo pulled away, a pissed look on his face. He unwrapped my arms from his neck and pushed me away from him, holding me at a distance.

"Yuki, I can't."

"...What?"

"I can't do this anymore."

"What do you mean?" I asked, utterly confused.

"I didn't mean for it to get this far."

My eyes widened in shock and I tried to look Kyo in his eyes but he was stubbornly avoiding my gaze.

I snorted a bit before grabbing Kyo's arm, "You're kidding, right?"

Kyo's reluctant gaze met mine and instead of saying anything he merely shook his head.

I let go of Kyo's arm as if it has suddenly caught alight.

"But..."

"Look, I know this can't be ea—"

"Is it Nidou?" I asked just a breath above a whisper, my eyes on the floor again.

"What?" Kyo asked and I could hear the slight panic in his voice.

"Is it Nidou?" I asked with more determination, looking at Kyo with hurt and slight anger in my eyes.

Kyo's silence was the clearest answer that could've ever come to my ears.

I laughed soullessly, wondering how in the world we got to such a horrible place, before breathing in shakily and breathing out slowly. I took a step towards Kyo, laying my fist on his chest before bringing it down harder, my other fist joining in, beating on Kyo's chest one by one.

"How could you? How could you?"

"Yuki."

"Don't 'Yuki' me in that pathetic voice! How the fuck could yo-" My words were cut off by my sobs and I grabbed tightly onto the front of Kyo's shirt before sliding gradually to the floor, the tears starting to fall down my face freely. "Is this what you wanted?" I asked softly, "Was this some game between the two of you? Some... some sick plot to get me to like you and then break me when you knew that you had me?"

It was Kyo's turn to widen his eyes and he shook his head furiously, "No! Yuki! It's not like that."

"Get out." I whispered but Kyo didn't move. "I said, get the fuck out!" I yelled, not caring if anyone was likely to hear.

I watched Kyo's shoes remain standing before me for a while longer before he turned around and walked out of the classroom.

"Get in there." I heard Kyo's rough voice from afar and the next thing I knew someone was kneeling before me.

"What the fuck happened?" Sou's voice was hard but it was laced with worry and concern.

I looked up at him with my tear-stained face and the next thing I knew I was sobbing into Sou's chest, clinging onto him for dear life.

"That fucking douchebag. I'm going to slaughter him."

I held tighter onto Sou, shaking my head vigorously. "Don't Sou... he's... he's made his decision."

So I know this is short but I'm starting to work on it again :) Hopefully I'll get more time to write when the public holidays come up. I just felt that I had to leave it here... don't you think it builds suspense?

Review and let me know what you're thinking! All constructive feedback is welcome :)