Business was slow at work. Was it a bad idea? Would it be too awkward? Would she ever be able to move on from her first love? He obviously had... Yuki shook her head and checked the clock. 4:45.

"Hi, Yuki!" Yuki's sort of friend at work, Brandy, called. She was an intern. Yuki would've been one, but her dad pulled some strings to get her an actual job. Brandy was tall, blonde haired and blue eyed. She was really pretty,

"Hi, Brandy." Yuki greeted.

"Got a hot date tonight?" She asked teasingly.

"You could say that." Yuki did find Nick attractive. Definitely not as attractive as Kyoya, but its what's on the inside that counts. Before Brandy could pester, Yuki changed the subject. "Are you next on shift?"

"Yup. Five to seven with Bruce." She replied as she applied lipgloss. Bruce was an older guy that has been working at the jeweler for thirty years. He was nice and Yuki worked with him often.

"Cool. I'll be right back. I need to grab my coat." Yuki announced as she tied her hair back into a ponytail. She strolled to the back room where employees keep their purses, bags, coats, and other possessions. It was kind of like kindergarten with individual cubbies with a shelf and hook. There was a large table in the middle for employees to eat their lunches, but it wasn't used often.

"Yuki! Your hot date's here with a kitten!" Brandy called from the front of the store. Yuki scowled.

"Brandy! You shouldn't yell those things! And Nick doesn't have a cat!" Yuki yelled as she headed up to the front of the store.

"Well he's here for you!" Brandy shouted as Yuki pushed through the door. Her heart stopped. It wasn't Nick.

It was Kyoya.

God, he was so hot. His hair and his eyes...he was dressed so beautifully casual! She could just melt!

"I, uh, forgot to lock my car. And I left my purse in there. I'll be right back!" Brandy winked at Yuki and walked out the front entrance. Yuki didn't want to be left alone with Kyoya! Technically, she wasn't completely alone with him.

"Oh my god! Look at the little kitty!" Yuki rushed over to him. He was holding a dark grey kitten who nuzzled up to Kyoya. Yuki petted the kitten and and scratched under its chin. The kitten responded with purrs. "What are you doing here? The rock you gave Karen not big enough?"

He chuckled. "This is my cat, Noel. And I think something's wrong. I didn't want to pay all of the money to get him looked at by a vet. You're taking a pre-veterinary classes, could you check him out for me?"

"Wouldn't you want a professional? And didn't you say that money wasn't a problem for you?" Yuki asked suspiciously.

"Your memory is impeccable. I guess you could say your frugalness has rubbed off on me. I told you I've changed over the years." Kyoya explained.

"Still the same four eyed jackass to me..." Yuki grumbled. He smirked. "That I love..." Yuki added under her breath. "I guess I can check him out. I'm just a college student, though. If your worried, I'd go to a vet. Lets go to the back."

Yuki carefully took Noel from Kyoya and continued to pet him affectionately. He purred and warmed right up to Yuki. Yuki walked to the back with Kyoya following. Yuki tried to keep the pieces of her heart from pounding right out of her chest. Her breathing quickened with her heart rate, but it took everything she could to control herself.

"I never imagined you were a cat person. You got along so well with Reika." Yuki remarked as she set Noel down on the table and began to examine him. Kyoya shrugged.

"I don't really have a preference. They don't allow dogs in my apartment complex anyway." He replied. Yuki nodded.

"So..." Yuki began. "How's your relationship with your dad? I didn't ruin it, did I?" Yuki suddenly asked.

"No. I just said you were mentally ill." Yuki sighed. "But it was a wake up call. For both of us. He realized what he has done and what has happened to our relationship. I realized that I was just as bad as Tamaki. Thank you. We are on good terms now because of your loud mouth."

"Loud mouth?" Yuki raised her eyebrows.

"Yes. You speak your mind all the time. And you're very loud about it too." He smirked.

"That's not true..." Yuki muttered. You sexy beast, she thought. If she spoke what was on her mind, she would scream and cry. She would yell to the whole world that she is in love with Kyoya. Ad she would yell at Kyoya and tell him how much she hates how he ripped out her heart and smashed it to pieces.

"I have something for you." He reached into his pocket and produced an old check written for ¥8,000,000 signed by Aoi Hoshizora written years ago. The night Yuki left. Her heart began to ache.

"It's yours." Yuki stated. He pushed it over to Yuki on the table.

"I don't want it." He said simply.

"I broke the vase. There's the money for it. Take it." Yuki commanded.

"I was stupid to trick you like that. I don't want to get money this way. Take your money back." Kyoya urged.

"It's nothing. Just keep the damn money." She snapped, pushing it back towards him.

"Nothing?" He questioned. He picked up the check. "Fine. It's nothing." Kyoya ripped p the check and tossed the pieces in the recycling bin.

"Are you Kyoya Ohtori?"

"Yes."

"No. You can't be. You just threw away money." Yuki said teasingly.

"I hate that money. I hate how I got it. I hate what it did." He growled. His face was impassive, but his gaze was cold. Yuki had to change the subject. And quick.

Yuki shook her head and continuing examining Noel. "How did you meet Karen?"

"A dinner my father was hosting. He introduced me to her family. They're quite wealthy and their business is very productive." He replied curtly.

"Um, about what happened at the party..." Yuki began, unable to meet him in the eye. She focused more intently on Noel. "I never really got a chance to talk to you privately and apologize for my behavior... The wine got to my head..."

"You're nineteen. You're not supposed to drink." He stated firmly. Yuki scowled.

"You're not my father." Yuki pointed out irritably. "It's your fault you had the open bar anyway and no one asked for an ID."

"It wasn't the wine." He growled. Crap. He's mad. Why? "Why did you write to everyone except for me? Why did you communicate with everyone except for me?" Kyoya demanded. Oh. That's why.

"I wrote to you almost every single damn day!" Yuki snapped. "I bought you classic American novels! I bought you clothes I thought you'd like because you're really hard to shop for and I ran out of ideas! But I still got you presents for your birthday and Christmas. I bought cheesy cards and said in every one of those goddamn letters that I love you! But everything I sent to you, the letters and the presents...they call got sent back to me! And I never got a freaking response from everyone else! But at least they were never sent back to me. I asked about you. I asked for their numbers. I asked to Skype. I asked for email addresses. Facebooks. Twitters. Tumblrs. But I didn't get a single response! I figured all of you hated me and wanted nothing to do with me. I finally gave up when I graduated high school."

"What happened to your phone? You have all of our contacts in them." Kyoya pointed out.

"Did you get my voicemail?" Yuki asked. Kyoya produced his cellphone from his pocket. After pressing several buttons, he set it on the table.

"Kyoya, its me." Yuki's heart stopped. Her tearful voicemail on speaker...he had gotten it... "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't think. This is the stupidest thing I've ever done. I love you. I love you so much. I don't want to leave you. I want to be by your side forever. I want to work with the host club with you. I want to do everything with you. I want to cook for you again and clean for you and kiss you and hug you. I can't get off this plane. We'll be landing in-"

"Yuki! Who are you talking to in there!?" Daichi and Michio demanded.

"No one!" Yuki called.

"We're coming in!" There was the sound of the door opening. The memory was flashing painfully before Yuki.

"Yuki, that is a hazard. This jet can crash because of you." Daichi said.

"How? How exactly can this tiny call make this plane crash? It's not even a call. I'm leaving a voicemail!" Yuki protested.

"The interference from you cell phone sending waves to towers causes problems with the planes controls and functions which could result in a crash." Michio replied.

"Hand it over." Daichi commanded.

"No! I love Kyoya. Haven't you ever been in love? I have to tell him I love him!" Yuki pleaded.

"If you don't hand it over now, we'll have to take it by force." The sounds of a struggle between Yuki and her brothers.

"I'm sorry, but you're a hazard." Daichi said apologetically. Michio cried out on the other line. Yuki remembered that she had stomped on his foot.

"Give it back! Please, Daichi!" A cry of pain from Daichi. Yuki smirked. She remembered kicking him in the golden spot. The line went dead.

"My phone fell in the toilet. Daichi dropped it when I kicked him in the balls and because of how lucky I am, it fell into the toilet and broke." Yuki explained quietly. "As for Hazuki, she left her phone in the airport...I didn't have your number memorized..."

"Do you still have those feelings for me even after you discovered in engaged?" Kyoya asked. Yuki stopped. Yes. It was true. She loved him with all of the broken pieces of her heart. Each and every little piece she loved Kyoya more than anything... Her chest started to ache horribly. She was on the verge of tears again.

"It doesn't matter now. It wouldn't make any difference. You're engaged to Karen. That's it. End of story." Yuki snapped coldly. "And there's nothing wrong with Noel. I'm no professional, but he seems perfectly fine. If you're worried, take him to a real vet. Money was never a problem for you." She explained as she straightened up. Her heart was hurting so bad...Yuki didn't want to do anything but cry. She couldn't look at him in the sexy eye of his. It was taking everything in her to hold herself together.

Without any warning, Kyoya grabbed Yuki's wrists and pinned her against the wall. Before she could react, he pressed his lips against hers.