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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

'Flashbacks'

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Chapter 12

"Why did you throw it out?" Misao was panicking.

"Shit, we won't be able to find it in the dark," cursed Niou.

Kiri just ignored the two and laughed playfully. "You guys are gonna stay like that for a while if you two don't find the keys," she warned them.

Misao calmed down a bit from her panic state, "Niou, WHY the hell do YOU have a POOL in your HOUSE?!"

Everyone sweat dropped in at Misao's not calm self.

"Err... I don't ...know?"

"Damn, I guess we have to find it!" she said unhappily.

"Wait Mi-chan, the water is very cold at night, you won't be able to find it," said Yukimura.

"I don't care!" Misao said stubbornly.

She took off towards the pool, forgetting that she was still chained together with the silver haired boy. Niou stood still and didn't let Misao drag her.

"Mi-chan calm down, rushing in like that won't do any good," Niou told her.

"...but... "

Niou sighed and asked Yaguu to grab the torch that was in his bedroom because he couldn't.

"Let's look for it together," Niou said with a grin on his face.

"Stop saying stuff like that... it's suspicious, especially when a trickster is being cooperative," Misao said slowly.

Niou just smirked and stared at the black haired girl. Everyone chuckled at their behaviour.

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Everyone went out into the garden, but all of them refused to go in the pool during a near winter evening. So in the end, Niou and Misao went in together. Misao let Yukimura take care of her glasses as they went under water. Marui helped hold the torch. Of course, they had a tough time finding it; they kept going in opposite directions.

Misao felt cold and she couldn't see well because she was short sighted.

Niou also felt cold, it was not an easy job to look for a small item like a key at night and in the water.

After searching for half an hour, they eventually gave up.

When Niou and Misao came out of the pool, they were shivering cold. Misao wanted to hurry and get inside the house, but she forgot that Niou was still chained to her. So Misao ended up tripping, dragging Niou along with her. Misao felt pain as she contacted the ground, but then she felt something heavy landed on her. She opened her eyes and she blushed when she saw the silver haired boy in front of her.

Niou felt that the ground was not hard at all when he felt it. When he opened his eyes he blinked when he saw the raven haired girl in front of him. Niou knew he was on top of Misao, but he made no effort to move. His eyes met the emerald coloured eyes. He stared at her face, wet trails of water ran to her side, her hair was wet and some strands clung onto her face. Her cheeks were tinted with a blush and well... he thought she looked cute.

When Misao realised that Niou was not planning to move, her blush deepened and she got nervous. She felt his hot breath blow on her face and she diverted her eyes away from him.

Niou felt the urge to kiss those clammy lips that were beneath her, but someone interrupted them.

They quickly tried to get up, but it was a mission to, with someone being handcuffed to them.

After they made their way into the house, Misao pulled Niou along until she reached her tennis bag where she had a set of dry clothes.

She suggested that they should get changed, but everyone else just stared at her strangely.

"Ano... Mi-chan," Kiri called, "How are you going to change?"

Misao then dazed off for a moment until the meaning clicked to her.

"I won't look, I promise," said Niou, "unless you want me to," he added sneakily.

Misao rolled her eyes, "Whatever!"

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Misao got changed first and she made Niou face the opposite direction. Then Niou changed afterwards with Misao looking in the other direction. There was an awkward silence between the two. The only sound came from the clanging of the arm lengthed chain between the two handcuffs.

Misao stared at the ground silently. For some reason, she felt unhappy and tired. Her eyelids felt heavy and her legs felt drained, she knew that she was definitely getting a cold.

After Niou finished changing, he turned around and saw that the girl in front of her was breathing heavily. He quickly reached his arms out to catch her when she looked like she was about to collapse.

"Oi," he yelled.

Misao panted lightly and her cheeks became flushed from the heat.

Niou quickly placed a hand on her forehead and felt for her temperature.

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Everyone who was downstairs heard a noise and quickly hurried up the stairs. "What happened," they asked.

"She has a high temperature," stated Niou.

Everyone looked worried as Niou placed her on his bed and sat beside her because he was still handcuffed to her.

"I'll go get some cold water," announced Kiri, "Where are the towels?" she asked Niou.

"You can find some in the cupboard over there."

Kiri wet the cloth and squeezed out the water before she placed it on Misao's forehead.

Niou looked at the girl with a worried expression. Everyone in the room looked at Niou in a surprising way.

'Who knew Niou could make such a caring and soft expression' they all thought to themselves.

It was getting late and so everyone had to go home despite the problem of Misao. The only ones who stayed behind were Yukimura and Kiri.

"It's my fault that she got sick," Kiri said sadly.

Yukimura knew that Kiri really felt bad so he decided to not say anything.

"Buchou, can you please call Misao's parents and tell them that she's staying over," asked Niou.

After staying for a long time, Kiri had to go home. "Don't you dare do anything to her!" she warned.

"I won't... not when she's like this," he said.

Kiri took one last glance at them before leaving. 'My prank went too far, I should go find that key'

Yukimura left at around eleven; when Niou's parents came back.

Niou's mom took care of Misao very carefully.

'You've grown up, Masaharu.' She thought to herself as she looked at Niou's sleeping figure, sitting on the floor while he used his arms as a pillow which his head rested on, over the bed.

After Niou's mom left the room, he awoke from the clicking sound from the door. He looked tenderly at the sleeping girl. He used his other hand and gently brushed a strand of hair out of her face and kissed her cheek lightly.

'Damn... I'm really falling for her'

A/N: How was it? Hahaha... I'm actually suppose to be studying right now. Please Review!! Just a few more chapters and it's going to end.