DATE AND TIME: August 3rd 3:30pm

POV: Kaoru

"Hikaru? Are you in here?" I open another classroom door.

He had left shortly after our argument, telling me he'd meet me after school, but it was a rare thing for him to leave my side for so long. I was worried. Sighing, I sit on the floor behind the teachers desk. I had been walking around for over an hour, maybe I needed a little break..

...

My eyes snap open to the classroom door opening and closing.

"What is this about, Hikaru?" I hear Kyoya say.

Hikaru?

And Kyoya?

"I needed to talk to you." Hikaru says, sounding very serious.

"What now?"

"I love you, Kyoya."

I put a hand over my mouth to silence the gasp. I had already known, of course, that he had. But it still came as a shock to me now, knowing that Hikaru has never loved me and never will.

Not the way I love him.

There's a beat of silence.

"Stop kidding around Hikaru. I don't have time for you and your brothers idiotic games."

"I'm not kidding around Kyoya!" he yells. Kyoya sighs.

"I don't have time for-"

His sentence is cut short. I peek around the desk corner to see what had happened.

Hikaru was kissing him.

He was forcing Kyoya's lips onto his and kissing him with such fire that it was impossible not to be stunned. Kyoya pushed against him obviously aggravated, protesting with sounds of struggle. Finally, Hikaru backs away.

Kyoya slaps him hard. The sound seems to echo through the room.

"What...what the hell!?" Kyoya yells, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He backs away, tripping over a desk and falling.

"Kyoya!" Hikaru yells out, grabbing a hold of his shirt. Holding him above the floor, Hikaru gazes at him with such love, such affection.

I couldn't take it anymore.

I stand, running towards the classroom door.

"Ka-kaoru! Wait!" I hear his footsteps as he chases after me down the hallway. Feeling tears streaming down my face, I feel pathetic. This was the second time Hikaru has made me cry today. Was I really so vulnerable to him?

Wiping the tears from my eyes, I turn a corner. My foot turns an odd angle, and I fall to the ground.

"Kaoru!" Hikaru yells. I stay on the ground, not trying to stop the tears anymore. He sits on the ground next to me, pulling me into his arms. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in there."

I cling to him, not saying a word. The pain was building up every second that passed. More and more until I couldn't stand it anymore.

I push Hikaru away from me.

"Wha-"

"I love you!" I shout at him. "I love you so much and you don't even notice, do you?"

He stares at me, obviously confused.

"What are you saying, Kaoru? I love you too! Of course I would notice!" he says, his eyes wide with innocence. I put my hands over my eyes and laugh darkly. I was a fool to think he'd understand.

Without giving myself a moment to hesitate, I smash his lips to mine. He doesn't resist for a second and hope is risen inside of me. Then I feel him try to pull away.

I let him.

"Wait-"

"I love you, Hikaru." I gaze at him, trying to force all the meaning behind those words.

"Kaoru..." he says, voice shaking. "You know we can't. It's not right and I love Kyoya."

I stare at him, not surprised in the least, but the words still piercing me like a knife in the side. I turn away from him.

"I'm sorry." he whispers before standing and walking away from me.