Okay...don't kill me! I can explain! I had writers block...and i was hell busy! Okay! so so so so sorry!!!! gaaaaah!!!! please dont kill me!!!!:((
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High School Sweethearts
Written by:
13ISMYNUMBER
Chapter 17
Ruka's Chance
"You know, pretending you don't feel anything for someone is like convincing yourself that you could probably deny the only thing you can be sure of."
Ruka Nogi
Ruka Nogi stood up and walked in the isle. Everyone was staring…as usual. He had that smirk on his face ever since they started this game. He stopped and turned on his heels to face the class. He slowly slid his hand in the box and got a paper out.
He read it silently then looked at the class. He then called, "Hotaru Imai."
Ruka placed his hands inside his pockets waiting for her to stand. The said girl stood up with no expression seen in her face. She was confident that she'll answer the question. But Ruka Nogi can do anything…now can't he?
Ruka coughed and brought his hands out with the paper and read, "'Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.'"
Hotaru raised a brow and looked at Ruka with a sinister look. She raised her hand and Ms. Yamaka acknowledges her. She then said not tearing her eyes off of Ruka, "I believe I never studied that quote or writer before."
Ms. Yamaka looked at Ruka then at Hotaru again. She cleared her throat, "I believe I have taught this class about that quote."
"But I'm a new student. Ever since I studied here I never heard of that quote nor studied it." Hotaru reasoned out.
Ruka chuckled at Hotaru as she sent daggers at him. Ruka just rolled her eyes at her. Ms. Yamaka took the paper from Ruka and said, "I don't think that is valid reason, since every school had studied this quote as I believe."
Hotaru shook her head, "Ma'am, I, maybe, have heard of it before but…I never encountered it in this class."
"Well, whoever wrote it didn't plan for you to actually have that question. So, it's either you guess, or you lose." Ms. Yamaka said sympathetically at her while shrugging after her sentence.
"Well then," Ruka said to get their attention. "are you willing to guess?"
Hotaru stood tall and breathed in. She held her dignity high as she said, "Imai's don't guess." She sat down with a huff but never took her eyes off of the paper that Ruka was holding.
Ruka placed his hand back in his pocket and made a sound. He smirked at Hotaru's way then announced, "It's my turn to make a dare."
Hotaru showed an irritated face then stood up again with a stomping foot. Ruka's smirked vanished into a Prince Charming smile. Hotaru's irritated face never vanished. Ruka winked at her then said, "I dare you," He paused to have a twinkle in those eyes, "to run 15 laps around the school, after classes."
Hotaru's mouth opened but no words came until….
"KYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
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Creed held the phone in his ear, waiting for someone to answer.
"Hello?" An old yet elegant voice answered.
"Madam, it's me, Creed."
The said woman heaved a sigh and said, "Ow. It's you, glad to finally hear from you for a long time." She paused and then said, "Any news for me?"
"Master Yoichi is here and he is holding a party tomorrow night." He paused to wait for her answer but none came so he said, "The young misses are going with those…boys."
Eleonor rolled her eyes and said in an irritated tone, "Even Hotaru? And Anna? And Misaki?!"
"Yes, Madam. Misaki was forced to go with the Andou successor. And Anna seemed to have a good relationship with Kitsuname."
"By good, what do you mean?" Eleonor said suspiciously.
"It seemed that Anna has accepted Kitsuname's feelings for her…and that she is willing to return it, Madam."
A crash was heard from the other line as Eleonor's grip tightened on the phone. "How about Hotaru? Mikan? Sumire? Nonoko?" She said through gritted teeth. She was becoming desperate.
"Hotaru is, as she said, playing a game with Nogi's only successor. Mikan is doing well with the Young Master of the Hyuuga household. While Sumire is currently just going with the Yome Successor for he is her best friend. Nonoko, on the other hand, is starting to have good terms on the Tobita boy."
"Did you get any dirt on those boys?" Eleonor said.
"Sadly, none. I was focusing on what is happening between the boys and the young misses."
"I see. I want you to keep a closer eye on Hotaru, Misaki and Sumire. I don't think they have fallen too deep yet." She paused to breathe, "As for Nonoko, Anna, and Mikan, keep your eyes on them as well but, I want you to start finding holes in those relationships they got themselves into." Eleonor said in her French accent.
Creed muttered a yes and bid goodbye. He closed his phone and heaved a sigh. He knows what will happen to these girls if they do not stop they're game with those boys. But he can't warn them, because if he does, he will betray the only person who gave him hope to feel that there's still a family for him to come home to.
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Sumire took a step back from Koko and opened her mouth to say something but none came. She blinked a few times trying to get the thoughts in her head out and arranging them once again. She can't believe that she ever thought that Koko was or rather might be in love with her.
'We're best friends! No!!! Best friends don't end up together…that's like… against everything! No, I have to stop thinking of that possibility!'
Koko looked at her as her facial expression changed. 'Did she figure it out? No, she didn't. She couldn't. Right?' he thought.
She took another step backward as she said in a very hasty voice, "I…I'll just return our books." She grabbed Koko's book and turned on her heel to go and return their books on the shelves.
The words she said seemed to be the only thing she could say at that moment. She just couldn't say anything else…what's more to say, right?
Koko sat down again and buried his face on his palm and closed his eyes. He couldn't tell if he made a wrong move…or was it right one. He just wanted to escape…not from her…but with her.
He knew why he can't say what he feels for her. It's because she's been through a lot and if he told her…she might just make up an excuse and run away from him. He couldn't afford that.
Right now, all he wanted to do was for her to stay beside him and…just be there. He knows where he stands in her life…but what she doesn't know is where she stands in his life right now. Because…she means a lot to him that…he just can't decide on where to put her.
Its either she's on the friends or on the special one.
He can't put her on the friends because she's more than a friend for him and not in the special one because…she doesn't feel the same way, or so he said.
Sumire, on the other hand, placed the books on the shelves right away and hugged herself. She leaned against the shelves and breathed. She closed her eyes wishing that whatever she felt right there and then would just go away…but there's a part of her that is stopping her to make those feeling go away…because…at some point, she like it. She loves it.
She grabbed a book from behind her and started to hit herself with the book. She groaned not from pain that her head is receiving but from her thoughts that just won't get out.
Someone cleared their throat. She looked at where the sound was coming from. The person said, "What are you doing?"
"Uhm…" She looked at the book then showed it to him and said, "Testing if the cover is hard enough?"
The person laughed. It was music to her ears. And he said, "Well, I'm sure it is." He walked over to her. He touched her forehead to feel a lump and he said controlling his laughter, "And so is your head."
Sumire laughed and so did he.
But unknown to them…someone was watching…watching and aching.
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Misaki sat on one of the bleachers. She was currently lost in her own world. She didn't know why she was here but her feet dragged her here.
It was lunch time, and she couldn't seem to find her cousins or anybody she was closed to. So, she started walking after buying water. With no direction, she ended up in the gym.
She was so lost in thought that she didn't even see that there were boys coming in and started bouncing the ball against the hard floor. She looked at them and heaved a sigh. Her moment alone to think things through was disturbed…and so her thoughts were washed away.
She stood up, head down and was ready to leave when hands were placed on her shoulder forcing her to sit back down. When she was sat down on the bleacher, she looked up to see…
"Ruka." Misaki muttered under her breath.
Ruka smiled at her and sat down as well. He opened his bottle of water and stared at the court. There was silence.
Misaki didn't look at him but stared at th court. "So, how are things going with Hotaru?" She said trying to start a conversation.
Ruka chuckled. "Great…I'm actually having fun." He answered her.
Misaki looked at him expecting for him to say something more. But he didn't. So she stood up and said, "I better go…I don't think the gym is my type of place to hang out."
Ruka looked up and smirked. "Misaki."
"Hmm?"
"Sit." He ordered and she obliged. "I didn't make you sit down again awhile ago just to give you an awkward moment."
Misaki shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Then why are you here with me?"
"Because," he paused "I wanted to let you know that…Tsubasa…." He trailed off. He wasn't sure if he was gonna tell her the truth about Kendra or not.
"Tsubasa…what?" Misaki said pulling him out if his own world. Ruka looked again at her with pursed lips then averted his gaze at the court once again. He heaved a sigh.
"Tsubasa…plays with people's heart."
"Well…that was unexpected. Shouldn't you be at least rooting for him? After all…you are friends." Misaki said with a raised brow and small smile on her face.
"You didn't let me finish." Ruka said as he looked at her and said, "But…Tsubasa only needs love…and at the oddest way…I think he found that in you."
Misaki felt uncomfortable with the topic. She gulped once, twice…and trice. She felt her mouth dry and so was her throat. She drank her water before managing to say, "What's your point?"
"My point?" Ruka asked like a little boy who never understood the question. "My point is…you should give him a chance."
Misaki blinked then looked at him in disbelief. "Shouldn't you at least be asking me to do you a favour and give him a chance, instead of telling me what to do?"
Ruka's face softened but seriousness was visible in his eyes. "No. I'm telling you what to do. Because…you might regret it," he paused to stand up and looked down at her. "You have this chance given to you…don't waste it."
And with that…he was gone. He started walking away. He left Misaki to ponder his words. Another bother in her head. She closed her eyes and touched the tip of her nose. She had head bent low and her bottle, securely held by both her hands.
She was disturbed again by the dribbling ball that she never realized that was there all along because of what Ruka had said. Once again… she forcedly pulled back to reality.
She looked up as she opened her bottle and drank. She stared at the court to see…the whole basketball team there. She studied them…her eyes landed on a dark blue haired boy.
'Tsubasa.'
Misaki heaved a sigh and stood up and started walking away. 'A chance? Me? Give him a chance? But…he's a playboy…he broke hearts. He ruined lives…so why am I having second thoughts right now? Why do I feel like there is some gravity always pulling me to him? And no matter how much I avoid it…the fact is still there. The fact that…somehow…I think I want him to have a chance because I think…I like him.'
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Nonoko looked at his father in the eye and said, "You're telling me…that…I have to run this company?"
Her father nodded.
"Why so sudden? I thought you and grandmamma haven't decided yet. What…why…how???" Nonoko said breathlessly. She had just take the earliest flight there is for New York only to be greeted by the news that she is now the successor.
"Even Hotaru haven't been chosen….so why? Why am I going to be the successor? I'm like the first successor in my cousins!"
"That's because Hotaru has an older brother that she needs to get rid of." Her father replied.
Nonoko slumped on the couch of her father's office and breathed in and out. She blinked and then managed to say, "But I'm not ready!"
"Neither is Anna…you know how it was for her." He paused, "Look…this is only temporary. We really need to see who works best and the fact that we need a successor to work in our Japan branch."
Nonoko looked at her father and pursed her lips and nodded. Her father smiled a small smile and said, "You can do it…prove to your grandmamma that this is what she had been training you for all those years. Prove to her you learned something already."
Nonoko stood up and breathed. She straightened what she was wearing and flashed a smile. "Okay. I can do this." She said.
"That's my girl." Her father reached out to hug her and she stepped towards the hug.
Nonoko closed her eyes and thought, 'It's time to go home. I'm gonna make it, Yuu. Wait for me.'
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Hotaru entered the boy's locker room without even thinking that there were boys who were almost naked in there. She was so mad.
Ruka just finished his practice during lunch in Basketball. He just took a shower and was now in his boxers. He opened his locker and was rummaging through some stuff when Hotaru tried to slam it, which caused Ruka to withdraw his arms from his locker.
"Look here, Nogi. I don't like games. I hate them." Hotaru stated. "So… I tell you now that I know what you're trying to pull off!"
Ruka smirked and just let her continued.
"And let me tell you this as well…I can play that game too!" Hotaru said with a glare. She spun her hill and was ready to walk out of the locker when Ruka said, "That's if you know what game I'm playing."
Hotaru glared at him and just waited for him to continue.
Ruka didn't budge and said, "I know you like playing evil…but let me tell you this…" He started walking towards her. He stopped when he was right infront of her. He lowered himself and was inches before her face. "I'm a devil…and devils…are dirty players."
Ruka took something out from his back. Two strips of papers. He showed it to her.
Hotaru stared at the papers. "The quote you said to me during our game in Literature."
Ruka nodded and showed her the other paper.
"And another quote?" Hotaru raised a brow.
Ruka smiled and said, "The quote I picked from the box."
"What!?" Hotaru shouted. Ruka placed a finger on her lips to silence her and explained. "I made an extra quote in which I was sure you never took. I placed in my pocket. When it was my turn to pick I switched the papers when I placed my hands in my pocket."
Hotaru's jaw dropped. She was so going to murder him! He made her lose! He will be so dead after this!
Hotaru hissed, "You better watch out, Prince Charming…not all princesses are good."
Ruka then smirked as he inched even more to her face, "And not all Prince Charming are only meant to have pretty faces. This prince is different. I got everything."
With that Hotaru turned and strutted out of the locker room. She was so going to get back at him.
Ruka, on the other hand, was smiling and chuckling to himself…ooooh! She was so falling for his little trap.
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Mikan closed her eyes and tried to sleep in her teacher's lecture. God she was so damn sleepy. Last night was great, she and her cousins were all rummaging through one closet to another, from one internet shop to another website. She was just so sleepy!
She then felt a hand grabbed hers as if trying to pull her somewhere. She looked up only to see…
"Yuu?" She said in a sleepy voice. A yawn escaped her lips and she stared at him intently.
"Hey," was all he could say. Why was he here? He didn't know either. All he knew was he has to say something about what happened to them this morning.
The bell rang signalling it was time for their next period. Mikan stood up and was ready to leave but Yuu wont budge and wont make a way for her. So, she sat down again and waited for him to speak.
"Look," he started, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things this morning. I just…just…"
Mikan smiled a small genuine smile at him and said in a low voice, "I understand…somehow."
Yuu looked at her. He pursed his lips into a thin line.
"She'll be back…with all the explanations you need. Just be patient with her. She's not really wise when it comes to relationships just like as wise she is when it comes to chemistry. Okay?" Mikan said.
Yuu hugged her tight and she hugged him back. He mutters thanks and let her go. He let Mikan pass. He turned to see Natsume looking at them with a smirk. Yuu waved at him and he waved back.
Natsume grabbed the books at Mikan's hand and started walking towards their next class together.
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It was the end of the day and everyone was looking forward to the dare given to the one and only ice queen, Hotaru Imai.
Hotaru had just changed to her sweats and Ruka was at the third floor looking outside the window. He had great view of her warming up.
Ruka was staring out intently that he didn't notice Tsubasa seating next to him and the others slowly entering the room. He looked at them and smiled…more like smirked at them.
Tsubasa was holding a ball and passed it to Ruka. "So, how was your game with the ice queen?"
"I can say, I'm finally melting the ice between us." Ruka said as he turned to looke outside once again.
"Or…she'll just start making a new ice kingdom and a war with the prince." Koko said as he pointed at Ruka's cell phone vibrating on the desk.
Ruka grabbed it and said, "Ruka speaking."
"Listen here, Nogi. By the time I finish this little obstacle of yours...you'll be dead." Hotaru hissed through the phone. "I'll be praying if I were you." With that the line was dead.
Nogi chuckled and looked at them. "By the time she finished this obstacle…she'll be very frustrated to even think straight."
Natsume snickered at this along with Tsubasa. Yuu and Koko along with Kitsuname gave a hand shake to each other. Man, this was going to be fun.
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Hotaru stretched and jugged on her place. The girls were coming to her. Mikan heaved a sigh. Anna giggled a little. Sumire was pretending to not notice her state because for sure she'll be laughing so loud, Hotaru will strangle her. Misaki was the one who broke the silence. "Good luck, cuz."
Hotaru glared at the third floor window and said not removing her gaze from it, "You should say that to the man up there…he'll be dead. I swear to all the gods and goddesses in mount Olympus."
Anna giggled and said, "Wow, you really like Greek Mythology."
Hotaru glared at her and said, "Oh shut up."
Mikan and Sumire laughed. It was very rare to see Hotaru very frustrated since she was always the one to always keep calm and act cool even if the world is crashing down.
Mikan got the gun thing for the running. And said, "Ready, set…go!" Hotaru was out of sight. For her, the sooner she finishes this…the better…and the sooner she gets to take care of Ruka.
After two laps, Hotaru still kept her calm expression. Until that is she got eggs falling from a tree to her head.
"What the heeeellll!?" Hotaru shouted but kept running. If she stops…she'll have to start again. And hell that won't happen.
Fourth lap
She was passing by the field when the sprinkles went on…but instead of water…it was…eew…Mud.
"Fucking shit! Nogiiiii!!" Hotaru shouted.
The said boy looked at her from the third floor. Ruka was smiling wildly. He looked behind him and said, "I am loving this."
Fifth lap
Hotaru became very aware of her surroundings. But…something passed her…
There were cockroaches racing out from the bush. She ran so fast…shouting. She couldn't believe this was happening. She kept on running, jumping and shouting.
"I hate you, Nogi!"
Sixth Lap
Hotaru was really tired. She was panting like there was no tomorrow. She slowed down a little but not stopping. After a minute she started jugging with her really pace. She was turning left when…
Sticky notes fell on her…not just a few but…more than a million. She grabbed one from her arm and looked at the note…
"Giving up?" She read aloud. She crumpled the paper and growled. Giving up was never ion her vocabulary. She dind't have time to remove the notes, so she started running.
Seventh Lap
She was nearing the end of the seventh lap when this guy stopped her. It was a mime. She moved to the left and so did he...to the right and he moved too. He was copying her in every way.
That was it. Her patience was running very low. She punched the mime and said, "Damn it. Never do that to me…stupid mime."
Ruka laughed aloud. "Man, that girl can punch!" Kitsuname said as he did some boxing moves in the air.
Eighth Lap
Hotaru was waiting but nothing came. Did Ruka finally give up on her? Finally!
That is until…"Shit! Its slime!!" And with that Hotaru had a hard time standing up. Let's just say…she'll be stuck in this lap for quiet sometime.
Ninth Lap
She was almost there but she was really tired. She jugged on her place before starting the ninth lap. She grabbed a water from Sumire jugged it down until the last drop and she goes.
Turning left…going straight…
"Ouch! That hurts! No stinging! Ow! Stop! Damn it!" She shouted. There was like some invisible sting ray in there…but she kept running. She was still feeling the pain. Ouch!
Tenth Lap
Finally! She was half way through. She kept on jugging…and jugging. She was nearing the end of her tenth lap…but nothing…there was nothing.
She reached the end…and she heaved the sigh. She started jugging again and started the eleventh lap.
"No game?" Yuu asked Ruka.
"I'll give her a rest until the twelfth lap. I am not that heartless." Ruka explained. But… he was really enjoying this.
Twelfth Lap
Hotaru has relaxed seeing that there were no so-called obstacles in her way since the tenth lap.
Hotaru kep jugging although she really wanted so badly a rest, then ahead she saw… "Koko?" She shouted.
Koko waved and said when she was nearing him, "Ruka would like to say…" Koko looked up and Hotaru followed his gaze. And splash…honey was all over her body. "That he thinks your really sweet and needs more honey."
"Eew! It is not a good feeling to have sticky notes, and mud then honey all together!" Hotaru shouted. He shot a glare at Koko who was smiling at her wildly. She pointed a finger at him and said, "Tell that Ruka that I swear…he'll have a painful death!"
Thirteenth Lap
Two more laps her head shouted. Man, if only she could dance she would right now…Nogi is gonna lose this game. In his face!
That was what she was thinking until…flowers were flying on her and..tada…she looks like a week old unfinished candy and had been dragged down by a train. Terrible isn't it? But what's more terrible is the feeling? She can't stop…but those icky feelings she has she wanted to…and she want it now!!!!!!!
Hotaru glared at the third floor windows knowing Ruka will be watching her. He was damn enjoying this but this will be the last thing he will be enjoying! He is a dead prince charming…and no…no one is gonna kiss him to wake him up cause…it will be a sure and painful death for him.
Fourteenth Lap
Almost there! At the end of this lap just one more turn. The dirt in her body along with the sweat, mud, honey, sticky notes, and flowers were stuck in her body like glue. And she can't remove it. Damn! She turned and she was gonna start new lap until… "Fuck you, Nogi!" She shouted.
Guess what? She just had been poured by cold water with honey and mud and…oh shit…eew…slime!
"Start running, Imai! You really want to kill Ruka so soon? Better start running and stop whining," shouted Kitsuname from the third floor window.
Hotaru glared furiously and started muttering curses endlessly under her breath…and started jugging. Damn!
Fifteenth lap
Hotaru was already planning in her head. Visions of painful revenge will happen to these boys…and they'll wish they never messed with her.
She was nearing it…she was almost there…wait…shit is that a cat!?
Hotaru's eyes widen and she suddenly didn't know what to do…and by reflex, she ran the other way around. When she was turning to the other side of the building, some girl was carrying a cat. And then she turned her head to see a boy playing with one. She kept on running…until she was back where she started…she once again saw the end to her suffering…she saw Mikan fanning herself, Anna playing with Kitsuname, Misaki rolling her eyes at the corny jokes of Tsubasa, and Sumire telling Koko stories.
Hotaru took a deep breath and fastened a little only to be stopped by a cat running beside her. She turned to her right and bumped a masculine chest who hugged her so she wouldn't bounce and fall. Hotaru pushed away to see who it was.
"Ruka?" Hotaru said with a little gentle in her voice. She turned to see the cat slowly approaching them. She looked terrified. "Move out of the way, there's a deadly animal!!!!"
Ruka smirked at her…Hotaru hid behind Ruka and was cursing. Then…that cat died…died..…Died!?
"What the hell!?" Hotaru shouted. "What the heck did you do!?" Hotaru shouted behind Ruka who was laughing now.
Everybody was laughing. Laughing their guts out. Even her cousins! "What's going on!?"
Koko tried to tell Hotaru but he just can't stop laughing. So, Ruka was the one who did. "It was a toy, Hotaru. A toy."
"But…but…but…who was controlling it?!"
Natsume came out of nowhere and waved the controller. And Ruka laughed again. Hotaru's face was priceless. It was hell priceless! Hotaru took a breath and closed her eyes. Counted one to ten then said, "Ruka Nogi, you are a dead man!"
Ruka looked at her and waited for her to burst. Which she did. "You…you! You spoiled little arrogant brat! You sneaky little ass! You horrible, horrible bitch!"
"I am not a female dog, Hotaru. You can say I'm a dog but…I don't fuck everyday like other kids…maybe once a week?" Ruka said calmly. He was no virgin he can say that but he can prove to everyone that he only take girls with poise and those who are presentable at least. Not whores!
"Do I look like I care, you non-virgin ass?! I will murder you!" She jumped on him. She started hitting him. But Ruka got her wrists but it didn't stop her from wiggling like a little girl who can't have her doll back.
"I am gonna cut you head off! Then I will feed your hands to the sharks at my house! After that your feet are going to the tigers in my family zoo! But it doesn't end there you, Bastard-excuse for a man! I will then—" But she was cut off…
And yes it was a kiss.
Hotaru tried pushing him away but he was stronger. And he got her wrists in his hands anyway. He kissed her deep…and then deeper until she finally gave in and danced with his tongue. He wrapped his hands around her waste and her hands were on his chest. She was lost…lost in that wonderful kiss.
He parted slowly with a smirk. Hotaru looked down and gulped the lump in her throat slowly. Man was she gonna be dead.
Ruka circled her with a hand on his chin. Then he stopped in front of her and placed a hand on her chin and lifted her head up so she was looking at him straight in the eyes. "Looks like I win." Ruka stated.
Hotaru's eyes widened and she started to rant again. "Why you! You stole my first, took advantage of the second and now you're forcing me to go with you tomorrow in Youichi's party?! No way! No way! No way!!!"
Ruka closed their gap which made Hotaru quiet. Her pride was being shattered slowly but she stood her ground. She licked her lips and opened her mouth but was stopped by a small peck in the lips.
"Damn it! Stop doing that!" Hotaru shouted trying to push him away but failed miserably.
"Make me." Ruka said seductively as he neared her again and aimed for another kiss. He kissed her slowly and she was caught up again.
'Oh the things you do to me, Ruka Nogi. They are just simply amazing. You are just simply amazing!'
Ruka and Hotaru parted. Ruka looked at her expectantly. "No way! That's it! No more kissing me so slo…then getting me lost…then making me want more…oh shit! See what you made me do! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Hotaru shouted as she started pulling her hair and making faces. Ruka laughed lightly. He went near her ears and said, "No."
Hotaru have had enough. She can't take it anymore. She wants a kiss and she knows it. She wants to go with him. She likes him…she damn likes him!
"Fine! You got me! I am going with you!!!! I damn am! And I damn like you! You so caught me!"
Ruka's eyes widened as he listened to her shout things he never heard her say before. A little cursing…but a lot of like was said.
'She like me? She's going with me, right?' Ruka thought confused.
Hotaru stopped ranting and breathed a little. She looked at Ruka…and he looked at her. Ruka's mind snapped and his smirk was back again. He lowered himself and neared Hotaru's face. She closed her eyes…but nothing came. Instead she can feel Ruka's breath on her neck as he said, "I'll pick you up at seven, babe."
'Babe…babe….babe…babe…Babe!? what the hell did I got myself into!?'
Ruka walked off…and he was nowhere in sight. Hotaru then fell on the ground. God she feels like an idiot right now!
"Hotaru?" Mikan asked in a small voice.
Hotaru looked at them not realizing they were there the whole time. She felt even more like an idiot. She closed her eyes and started walking, "Do not say anything." She said deadly.
She disappeared and as she was nearing her cars with her keys in her hand. She looked around to see Ruka following closely behind her.
He passed by her and started unlocking his car. Hotaru watched him. She took a dee breath and said, "Ruka."
"Yes, babe?" Ruka looked up at her. Hotaru twitched at the name he gave her but let it go.
"Look, whatever stupid thing I said awhile ago, they were just something I said because…because…They're not true, okay? They just suddenly came out. And I wasn't in control. And I wasn't thinking straight, okay? But. But I will go with you tomorrow. And I will not kill you or do anything that will embarrass you. Think of it as truce. And…uhm…that truce is uhm…well…a truce. And you uhm…well…you must stay as a good boy!" Hotaru said as she fiddled with her keys. She wasn't ready. This, falling thing, wasn't in her plan. And getting heart broken and not expecting things was not her. She needs to stop this insanity before things get out of hand.
Ruka neared her and said, "You, Hotaru, are an amazingly smart girl." He stopped in front of her with a small smile. He paused there looking into her amethyst eyes. Sapphire and Amethyst clashed! "You can convince a thousand people that humans did come from Apes without trying too hard. But that's just the mind. Can you convince their hearts to feel as strong as you do when it comes to it?" Ruka asked with a brow lifted. He smirked. "You can't because when it comes to the heart, you are just as clueless and as fearful like the any other girl. You convince the mind with scientific bla blas but you can't convince your heart by just one spark."
"I do not! And I am not like any other girl! I am unique!" Hotaru defended herself. Ruka still continued.
"Your heart doesn't need experiments or proven data…your heart is a heart. It doesn't have IQ tests or whatever. It beats millions of times in your life, it gives you life. But how come you look lifeless?" Ruka said. Hotaru's eyes became soft. She knew what he was talking about. "I may sound corny but you need love and a little spark."
"What do you know!" Hotaru said as she pushed him out of her way to get inside her car. Ruka didn't budge. He stood his guard.
"You may be the smartest girl in Alice Academy,"—Ruka closed their gap once again. He looked deep in her eyes—"But all you have is common sense. Things you got from a book or learned from someone. Things you proven or things that everybody believes. You don't have experience. You have your common sense and your common sense is the only thing you'll have." Ruka stepped aside and turned around. He headed for his car and opened it. Hotaru was standing there nearly in tears. Ruka looked at her with soft eyes and he said in a soft voice loud enough for her to hear, "You know, pretending you don't feel anything for someone is like convincing yourself that you could probably deny the only thing you can be sure of."
Yes. i know you want to all kill me...but...I've been really busy with school. The activities never stop. Anyway, i know this chapter is not the best chapter but...I tried. I updated, didn't i? and it's long enough, right?
PLease do review this chapter! I gave my whole heart in the ending. Anyway, thanks for the people who reviewed last chapter!
Toodles.
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