It's the very first time that I'm swarmed like this. My feelings about it are mixed. I couldn't help but go with the flow with some uncertainty.

In the past few days, I realized that the cow was always in my line of sight or somewhere near me. In the back of my mind, I questioned his motives for doing this, but I could never voice my opinion on it. I thought it was just a coincidence that he was there, but for the fifth time in a row? There must be something wrong.

-x-

I decided that today was the day that I questioned the Ox. There was no going back. I had to have the answers to my questions.

As I was finishing up with my talk between two giggling sophomore girls, I walked up to the Ox who was busily standing quietly against the wall with his arms crossed about his chest. I wondered why he was there for 15 minutes, staring at me!

"Why are you here?" I eyed him suspiciously. Haru just glanced at me through narrowed eyes, pushing himself off the wall and began walking away from me. I jumped at the unexpected reaction,

"Hey! Answer the question, damn it!"

The Ox stopped and turned slightly around, "You should know the answer to that."

Flabbergasted, I watched until he turned the corner. Just what the hell did he mean by that?

-x-

The next day at school, the same exact thing happened. I was there in the hallway after class had ended with a flock of girls and boys around me, and through the gaps of my fellow classmates, I spotted the Ox. I held down the grimace that threatened to show itself on my face. I didn't want to scare my so-called "celebrity crowd". They were the only thing that's keeping me "normal".

So, instead of bothering myself with the Ox, I focused my attention on the people around me. I laughed and smiled with them until they all left. All night last night, I thought about what the cow meant by his comment. It didn't hit me until now. The way the cow glared at the retreating backs of the last two girls, I knew what was up.

I let a smirk grace my lips as I slowly walked up to the cow and placed my hand on the wall right beside his head,

"So . . . this weird behavior of yours . . . Could it be that you're jealous of me?"

The cow stared blankly at me and laughed, "Me? Jealous of you? I could easily swoon fifty girls at the drop of a hat with my bad-ass attitude and charming good looks. Don't get your hopes up, kitten."

I couldn't get angry at what the cow was saying no matter how hard I tried. I was more concerned with why he was around me quite often than most times.

"Then why are you here? Scoping out the competition?" I wondered with a small smile, pushing myself back.

"You could say that," the cow monotone, maneuvering himself so that he was resting his whole body on his left shoulder and stared out of the one of many windows in the hallway.

"Who's your competition? Me?" I asked again. The cow let out an irritated noise,

"As I said before, it isn't you kitten. It's those people that have become attracted to you. They're the ones that make my blood boil, my fingers itch, and cause me to have a snarl on my face," the cow sneered.

"Why are you angry with them? They haven't done any harm to you," I stated with a fact. The cow let out a scoff, his eyes trailing over my form as if undressing me. It was a creepy feeling.

"Harm? Oh yes, they've wounded my pride. They took the attention of my fluttering butterfly and have kept it as their pet. All I want now is the very thing that's keeping them busy. You."

"Wh-Wh- . . ." I'm not sure why my lips aren't working. I couldn't find one sentence to backtalk the cow and Haru just stood there smirking!

"Surprised? I was too. I mean, how could two cousins ever fall in love?" the cow replied airily. My mouth kept flapping open and closed like a fish out of water. The very boy in front of me just confessed that he liked me. Me! The cursed zodiac!

"If you're going to keep your mouth open like that, then you wouldn't mind if I put it to good use?" the Ox chuckled slightly and leaned forward capturing my parted lips. I stood in shock, my mind blank and my body rigid. It was only when the cow decide to draw back, that I finally regained my motor control.

A smirk was on his lips and I just growled in response. Haru began walking away, glancing behind him and at me,

"I better not catch you with those people. You're mine, you hear?"

I turned and walked the opposite, definitely not hearing a word the cow said. Who was he to command me like that? I'd still say he was jealous of me.