Chapter 7

The walk was silent so far and it was driving Kira insane

'Since when could the world become so quiet?' Kira thought to himself as the journey to Hero's castle continued.

He started to wonder if he should try and to start a conversation but decided against it so he didn't ruin the chance he had to spend time with Kyoko. He just wished that everything was normal and that this wasn't some big deal that was keeping her on edge.

'Tell her idiot!' A voice yelled at him that he recognized as his own.

'No!' Kira yelled back at it shaking his head.

"Kira you ok?" Kyoko asked.

Kira quickly snapped back to reality.

"Yeah I'm fine." He said and felt his face grow hot with embarrassment, but he knew he'd gone pale, at least paler then he usually was.

"You don't look well." Kyoko said walking up to him and putting he hand to his forehead.

He felt his face get even hotter with his closeness to her, he shook his head riding his mind of every thought running through it.

"You're burning up, maybe you should go back." Kyoko said.

"No! I mean no I'm fine really let's just continue shall we." Kira said trying to sound like a gentlemen and then walked ahead of Kyoko.

He was sort of proud he could sound so confident, and then he heard a chuckle come from Kyoko.

"Wow, you must not be feeling too good if you're trying to act like a formal adult." Kyoko said no longer able to contain her laughing any longer.

"What!? I can act like a mature adult." He said trying to look like one which only succeeded in making her laugh harder.

"Oh you kill me you know that." She said finally controlling herself and whipping away tears from her eyes.

Kira felt strangely mad at her for laughing at him.

"Kira what's wrong?" Kyoko asked worriedly.

Kira looked away and began walking without answering her.

"Kira?" Kyoko questioned again and this time it was her who started getting mad.

Kira stopped walking.

"I don't need you laughing at me! I'm just trying my hardest to sound older then I look so everybody can stop thinking of me as a fricking kid!" Kira yelled.

Kyoko took a step back as if she were stabbed by some unseen enemy.

"Kira where did that come from? No one thinks of you as a kid." Kyoko said astounded by what she was hearing.

"Danny thinks of me as a kid but that I understand he adopted me as did Vlad, but Vlad still treats me like a kid where Danny had stopped after a while. And I know you, Miyuki and Cain think of me as a kid to!" Kira shouted.

That statement made Kyoko go wide eyed.

"Miyuki and Cain they never thought of you as a child a neither do I." Kyoko said still in shock.

"Yes you three do!" Kira yelled.

"Miyuki teases everyone even me Kira it doesn't mean she thinks of you as a kid!" Kyoko shouted back her anger out weighing her shock.

"To me it does!" Kira yelled again.

"Well it doesn't! And Cain's an asshole to everyone that's why Miyuki smacks him and has him on a tight leash!" Kyoko yelled.

"Well that explains them!" Kira yelled.

"I never thought of you as a kid Kira! I'd NEVER think that of you! And as for Vlad he thinks of you as his own son eventually he'll stop!" Kyoko yelled back at him.

"You do to think of me as a kid!" Kira shouted as loud as he could.

"No I didn't and nor do I! I laugh because you make me laugh!" Kyoko yelled.

"You're lying!" Kira yelled.

"I wouldn't lie to you Kira! I wouldn't lie because I love you!" Kyoko shouted and then covered her mouth.

'That should have never slipped out.' Kyoko thought to herself.

Kira was wide eyed.

'Did she just say what I think she said?' Kira thought to herself.

Kyoko turned and ran.

"Kyoko?" Kira said.

'Dude you fucked up big time.' Came Kira's voice again.

'Shut up!' He yelled to the other side of his mind.

Kira ran after Kyoko and found her sitting near a river and he felt bad hearing her cry. Quietly he sat down beside Kyoko and put an arm around her but she didn't look up.

"Kyoko?" Kira asked.

"Go away." Kyoko said even though her words sounded mumbled in away since she was hugging her knees close to her chest and kept face hidden by her arms.

"I—I'm sorry, I didn't know." He stuttered.

"I don't care." Kyoko said between sobs.

Kira sighed and stood up; he felt beyond miserable for hurting her so badly he just wanted to jump in the water and drowned so he wouldn't have to deal with seeing her cry. It broke his heart and he felt his own tears rolling down his cheeks.

"I love you too." Kira said looking down as if that would make anything better.

Kyoko fell silent and for a minute he thought that she had fallen asleep, until he saw her standing up. She whipped away some stray tears from her eyes.

"What?" Kyoko asked.

Kira walked up to her and hugged her and she began crying again.

"I love you I'm sorry I hurt you I didn't know that I hurt you that badly." Kira said apologetically.

They stayed like that for a while until she stopped crying.

"Do you want to continue? There's still a long while before the sun will ever touch the earth again, so shouldn't we continue to go get Vlad and return to the coven." Kira asked.

Kyoko nodded Kira held her hand and they walked on.