Hello friends and readers! I finally found time to post this chapter..! Our internet connection is still temporarily dead or rather, mummified..whatever..So, want to know what happened in the plane? Well, here goes..

Disclaimer: I do not own S.A.

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Section 11: The Wrong Move

~The plane~

Hikari was staring with awe at the surroundings. They were circling at a big river. She was enjoying the view and the ride.

'Whoa, she's sparkling.' Kei thought while looking at Hikari. He decided to start his plan.

"Hikari." Kei started. Hikari looked at him.

"Yeah?" Hikari asked.

"Do you remember the thing I asked you before?" Kei asked. Hikari frowned.

"What was it again?" Hikari asked.

Kei sweat dropped. 'She really did forget.' Kei thought.

"You know, about dating." Kei said. Hikari blushed.

She looked away and decided to open the door behind them to escape and go to Akira, but when she pressed the button and looked behind, there was no one there.

"What?! Where is everyone?!" Hikari shouted. Kei was still calm.

"They didn't come."

"Why?! I want to go down!"

"Hikari, it's been how many days and you haven't answered me yet." Kei said. Hikari looked at him.

"What are you going to do if I say no?" Hikari asked. Kei looked at her, wide-eyed but it turned to an evil smile. Hikari stared at Kei.

"I'm going to make a landing." Kei said.

Hikari sighed in relief but Kei had something different in mind.

"A crash landing."

Hikari gasped but she returned to normal and smiled.

"You wouldn't do that."

"Try me, ni-san."

Hikari saw a different glint in his eyes, a glint that doesn't usually belong to Kei. Kei smirked and he turned the autopilot off and let go of the steering wheel of the plane. The plane slowly started to fall down.

"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!" Hikari shouted. Kei was still calm, he was looking at Hikari.

"So, your answer please?" Kei asked. Hikari saw that they were passing the clouds, she can see the ground little by little.

"Just please, take us up first!!" Hikari shouted, grabbing the seat. Kei smiled.

"Answer me." Kei said. He looked forward and saw that they were nearing the ground. "You should hurry up. We're gonna crash any minute." Kei said, looking at Hikari.

Hikari didn't have a choice.

"FINE!! YES!!"

She closed her eyes, expecting to die any moment. Kei smiled and he grabbed the wheel and pulled it down for the plane to go up. Hikari wasn't looking. Before they reached the ground, Kei managed to pull the plane up and he made it hover over the river again, putting it in autopilot.

"See, it's not that bad to say yes." Kei said, smiling. Hikari wasn't looking at him. "Hikari?" he said, he touched her shoulder and she trembled.

He grabbed her shoulders and made her face him. "Hikari?" he said but a hand welcomed his face with a slap. Kei held his left cheek and looked up. Hikari was crying, anger and sadness evident in her eyes.

"You dare scare me like that?!" Hikari shouted at him in between sobs.

Kei stared at her and realized she was crying.

'What am I doing?' Kei thought as he stared at Hikari's crying face. 'I made her cry.' Kei thought as his hand unconsciously found its way to her face. Hikari continued crying. Kei looked at her.

"I….I….uhm..Hikari.." Kei started, holding her right cheek. Hikari cried and cried on his hand.

"Takishima." Hikari cried. "Please don't do these things." She added, looking at Kei. "You're scaring me." She said, putting Kei's hand away from her face and turning her back on him. It was as if Kei was awakened from a deep sleep.

'It's my fault.' Kei thought. 'Blame it all on me.' He continued.

"I'm sorry." Kei said quietly. "I'm really sorry. I didn't know what's gotten into me. Maybe I just became desperate on getting a clear answer." Kei explained.

Hikari decided to turn around. She saw Kei holding his head with his hands, as if struggling in a really bad headache.

"Takishima."

She wanted to hold his hand. She wanted to hug him and tell him that it's alright but she can't. She's too disappointed and hurt to even talk to him properly. Hikari heard Kei heave a deep sigh.

"I'm really sorry. I said I won't allow anyone to make you cry, but it was me who did it. I'm sorry." Kei whispered.

'I guess, it will be difficult to bring everything back to normal now, right?' Hikari thought, remembering how they argued on the ranking and about all things in and out of school.

Hikari faced the window of the plane and just looked at the sunset. She didn't want to talk because she was afraid that she'll say something terrible that will hurt Kei more. Kei looked at her and forced a smile on his sad face.

"It's okay if you don't talk to me." Kei said, turning his attention back to the wheel and switching the plane to manual. "After all, I did a terrible thing." He added.

The trip back was quiet. They landed and they got off the plane. Kei sent Hikari home and bid her goodbye. Hikari just turned her back on Kei and walked inside her house silently.

~Her House~

It was 8 p.m. Hikari entered her house and she was definitely feeling down. Her eyes were tired and her lips were dry because of lack of talking.

"Hikari! Why are you so glum? I was informed that you had a private date on a private jet with Takishima's son!" Mr. Hanazono said enthusiastically.

"I'll eat later." Hikari replied, not really listening to what her father was saying. Everyone looked at her as she went up the stairs and into her room.

"What's up with that girl?" Mrs. Hanazono asked her husband.

"How should I know? Maybe it's her time of the month." Mr. Hanazono replied. Atsushi, Hikari's brother, sighed.

"I'll talk to her dad." Atsushi said as he headed towards Hikari's bedroom.

~Her Room~

She entered her room and she lay down on her bed. She thought of what happened for the past few weeks. Starting from the confession up to what happened earlier.

'I can't think straight.'

She remembered Kei's sad face when he was apologizing.

'I don't want to see that sad face anymore.'

Then, she remembered the evil glint in his eyes and the smirk that was plastered on Kei's face when he was threatening her. Her heart was filled with anger, sadness, disappointment and fear.

'I also don't want to see that other side of Takishima again.'

She sighed and slapped her cheeks three times. She looked around her room and saw the poster that was invaded by Kei's handwriting. She went to get it, she wanted to tear it apart but she can't. A tear fell from her eye again. She heard a knock on her door and allowed the person to enter. It was her brother.

"Nii-chan.." Hikari said with a sad tone. Atsushi looked at her and sat beside her.

"Something happened right?" he said. Hikari nodded. "Do you want to tell me?"

"Nii-chan, how would you know if you truly love a person?"

"You will just feel it, right there." Atsushi said, pointing at Hikari's heart. Hikari put a hand over her heart.

"It was slowly falling for him but it was hurt. Do you think, the feelings I had before will come back?" Hikari asked.

"It takes time to heal a wound. So, Hikari, don't force yourself, ok? I'm sure he will understand." Atsushi smiled.

"Thanks nii-chan. You always make me feel better." Hikari smiled as she hugged her brother.

"Go on and sleep. Relax your mind." Atsushi said as he got up and walked out of Hikari's room.

~His House~

It was 8:05 pm when he arrived at his house. He entered the house and as usual, no one was there. Then, he saw his younger brother come out of his room and said hi to him. He smiled and walked towards his own room. He laid down on his bed and thought of what he did. Hikari's crying face kept on disturbing his mind.

'I messed up, big time.' He thought.

He remembered what Hikari said with her sad face. '"Takishima." "Don't do these things." "You're scaring me."'

"I guess I just have to be the old Kei again in front of Hikari." Kei said to himself. He searched for his cellphone and dialed Ryuu's number.

"Hey. Can you come over for a bit?" Kei asked.

"Sure. Is something wrong?" Ryuu asked.

"You'll know when you get here. Bring Tadashi with you." Kei said. He turned his phone off and went down to the house's dining room.

After a while, Tadashi and Ryuu arrived. They entered the house and were led by the maids towards the dining room, they saw Kei sitting there, drinking wine.

"Whoa. What's the occasion?" Tadashi smiled. Kei glared at him.

"Shut up, sit down and drink." Kei ordered them and they did as they were told.

"What's up?" Tadashi asked, pouring wine in his glass.

"I can feel that this involves Hikari." Ryuu said as Tadashi was giving him wine to drink.

"I'm such a jerk." Kei said, refilling his glass and drowning himself with wine.

"So, what happened?" Ryuu asked.

Kei started to recount everything that happened while he and Hikari were on the jet. When he was finished, Tadashi and Ryuu were just finishing their 2nd glass of wine while Kei was on his 2nd bottle.

"Man, you messed up big time." Tadashi said.

"Yeah. Thanks for reminding me." Kei said, sarcastically.

"Well, that's love." Ryuu smiled, patting Kei's shoulder. Kei shrugged.

"What if I didn't plan all those things? What if I didn't confess? What if I hadn't known Hikari in my life? Will I feel better?" Kei asked more to himself, rather than to his friends.

"Well, you should forget those 'what ifs' of yours." Tadashi said.

"What?"

"Well, because, the more you ask yourself these things, the more you're making yourself feel that you made the wrong choice, right?"

"I did make a wrong choice! I shouldn't have done that to Hikari!"

"Ok, that's true but let me ask you this; did you feel any better when you ask yourself those things?" Ryuu asked Kei.

"No."

"So, there's no point in asking those questions."

"GOD! You two are making me feel like an idiot." Kei said.

"It's good to experience new things." Tadashi laughed.

"You should be thankful that I'm quite drunk or else I would've strangled you to death now." Kei said, laughing.

They continued to drink. Tadashi and Ryuu finished one bottle while Kei drank all 5 bottles in one go. It was already 12 mn.

"Kei, you should get some sleep. I want to sleep too." Tadashi whined.

"Right Kei, I still need to get up early tomorrow for the twins. I need to go home." Ryuu said.

"Ok. You two go home and get some sleep. Thanks." Kei said.

"Ok. Bye." Tadashi and Ryuu said as they went out and headed home.

Kei stayed up all night and waited for morning to come. When the sun arose, he sighed and stared at it.

'I hope everything turns out alright.' Kei thought.

He got up and walked towards his bathroom. He took a bath and got ready for school.

~Hikari's house~

"HIKARI!!! GET UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE!"

Hikari heard her mom shout downstairs. She slowly got up from her bed and stretched her numb body. She stood up and looked at the mirror.

"Whoa. I look funny." Hikari laughed as she saw her puffed eyes.

She went directly to her bathroom and took a bath. She headed downstairs and ate her breakfast. Her brother watched her and he smiled.

"You look ok." Atsushi said.

"Yup. Nothing can ruin my day!" Hikari said enthusiastically.

"Yeah, you just hold on to that." Atsushi smiled.

"Ok, thanks for the food! Ittekimasu!" Hikari said as she went out of the house and towards school.

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This is kind of a bad chapter for Hikari and Kei...well, that's love...^_^..please don't hate me! I need to go early 'coz I still have classes in the morning tomorrow...midterms exams are coming..! Wish me good luck! Love you guys! ^_^

August 11, 2009 [Tuesday; 7:06 p.m.]

Philippines