DATE AND TIME: August 3rd 1:30pm

POV Hikaru

"Hikaru! Hey! Hikaru!"

My eyes snap open and I blink Kaoru's face into focus. He is kneeling on top of me, leaning very close to my own face.

"We're going to be late Hikaru!" he says loudly. He pauses.

"Unless, of course," he smirks, his voice husky. "You want to be even later..." I push him off of me and he falls to the floor with a thump. "Hey!" he groans.

"Knock it off, Kaoru. I'm not in the mood."

"Aw, what's wrong with you?" Sighing, I sit up and run a hand through my auburn hair. The cool air bites at my bare chest.

"You interrupted a really good dream." I grumble.

"What was it about?" he asks, cocking his head to the side in curiosity. I hesitate. I know I am able to tell Kaoru everything but this...it was different.

"Come on, spit it out already." he demands, rolling his eyes in frustration and sitting up. I sigh again, in defeat, and cover my face with my hands.

"Kyoya."

There is a moment of silence. I peek through my fingers and watch Kaoru. He looks downward, face void of any emotion.

"What's wrong?" I ask. Does he not accept the fact that I like a guy? That I like Kyoya?

Well more than like, really.

He looks up, eyes brimming with something that looks like sadness, or pain. But, before I can blink, he is smiling; happy Kaoru once again.

"Nothing at all! I sort of assumed you liked him anyway." he smiles, though it seems a bit tight.

"Are you su-"

"Come on! We're already late." He turns and runs out of the room. I dress quickly, pausing to look at my reflection and part my hair to the left. I am about to walk out the door when, in the corner of my eye, I happen to see Kaoru's school bag.

I stare at it in confusion. Was he really in such a rush that he would forget his own bag? I sigh, for what seemed like the millionth time today, and pick it up.

I walk down the grand staircase, eyes downcast.

"Have a good day at school, Hitachiin-san!" The workers bow as I walk past. I wave to them half heartedly, getting in the car next to Kaoru.

"You forgot your bag." I say, throwing the bag onto his lap.

"Oh, thanks." he mutters, monotone. I stare out of the window, watching trees whiz past as we head toward the academy.

Towards Kyoya.

Kaoru grabs my hand and squeezed it tightly with his. I squeeze his back.

When we reach the school, we climb out of the vehicle, hands still clasped, and walk to our next class.

"Hikaru, Kaoru!" I look over my shoulder to find Haruhi waving to us. "Wait up!" Looking over at Kaoru, I stop.

"Good morning, Haruhi." he says, greeting her with a small smile.

I nod towards her. "Shouldn't you be in class already?" I ask.

"I could...say the same...to you." Haruhi pants. We wait for her to catch her breath. "Why are you guys late?"

"Hikaru overslept." Kaoru looks over at me and rolls his eyes. We walk into class together, giving the teacher dull excuses and sitting at our desks. I try to pay attention, but end up thinking of Kyoya. I could never get him alone, and I had been trying almost all week.

Thinking about getting him alone, I fill my head with wild fantasies. I hear my pulse pounding in my ears and feel my face burning with the inappropriate thoughts. I close my eyes.

"Hikaru.."

Kyoya appears in front of me. He pushes his glasses up, flipping his hair to the side. His face was red, eyes cast downward.

"I...I think...I think I love you." He looks up at me. His eyes are almost pleading for me to say something. I say nothing. Instead, I grab his hair and crush his lips to mine.

The sensation was better than anything on this planet.

They feel like..

They feel like...

Kaoru's.

I force my eyes open to find Kaoru's lips pressed against mine. I push back from my desk and the chair topples to the ground, me with it.

"What..what the hell are you doing!?' I shout at him, righting myself quickly.

"Well, it's time to leave and you were passed out, and I haven't kissed you since 4th grade, and you were just sitting there looking all cute, so I thought-"

"Kaoru, you are getting on my nerves!" I yell. "I already told you, I am not in the mood!"

In a fury, I throw my chair back on the ground, making him jump, and stomp out the door, slamming it behind me. Leaning against the hallway wall, I sigh. I know I was overreacting, and I didn't mean to yell like that, but Kaoru really made me feel like I was kissing Kyoya. How can you not get mad when you realize everything was in your head?

I sigh, and go back into the classroom.

"Look, Kaoru, I'm s-" I stare at his face in surprise. Tears were running down it, his eyes filled with so much hurt, I couldn't stand it.

"Kaoru.." I groan, walking up and wrapping my arms around him. He buries his head in my neck, clinging to me tightly. "I'm sorry." I say, holding him tighter to me. "I'm sorry."