Kotori refused to be shot down that quickly. "I wanted to talk to you," she said, inhaling and holding her breath. Surely, Takuya wouldn't accept. This wasn't a joke anymore. This was serious.
The young Mizuki stayed quiet. She was in the back of the class, behind all the others as they talked. She did want to know what they were talking about, but her bruise killed her. She moved in her chair lightly, trying not to make any noises so that no one would see, nor hear her. She looked around that the others and just smiled, hiding her pain. She wished there wasn't school today. Something was wrong with Kotori. She didn't wanna get into anyone's buisness so kept quiet and tried getting her mind off the others. She honestly didn't wanna bug them, nor did she wanna loose her breath, or have to move around so much. She looked down, maybe if she hadn't stayed at Takuya's things would be different... maybe if she went with her brother and Daisuke and Takuya didn't get involved, maybe things would have been different. The girl tried to stay in her head.
"Okay, we can talk, do you want to just chat or is this a private thing?" Takuya was genuinely curious as to why Kotori wanted to talk to him, he was pretty sure she was holding onto a bit of hate from the situation from before but he was trying his best to maintain peace between them; at least in his own obnoxious way.
"Private," Kotori said, jabbing a finger into his wrist. "But it doesn't have to be now," she added, hastily. "It can be whenever. But it's important, and I can't keep avoiding it."
"I always have time for you Kotori..." Takuya said gazing into her eyes but then snickered unable to take himself seriously, "Okay, I'll stop with the cheesy remarks. Lead the way and we can talk". Takuya stood up and put his bag on his back after putting his things in there and then waited for Kotori to show him where she wanted to talk.
Kotori headed to the one place she could think of - the roof. The door, it seemed, was unlocked. Kotori headed onto the roof and made sure Takuya got onto it to before blocking the door by leaning against it. "I need to know why you do it. Why you blame yourself," she started.
Mizuki snapped out of her daydream and finished writing her notes. Being so short she could run off before getting seen. She pushe dher hair back so it wouldn't cause to much attention and pushed her way past the others. "Sorry." She said in a soft tone of voice and winced, running out of the classroom. She grabbed her stomach and ran outside. The girl had no other choice but to be away from others. She kept hold of her bag and walked out into the ope grass area, pulling up her skirt slowly and looked at the bruise before she quickly put it down and sat in a shady area, away from everyone. She grabbed out her math book and laid it on her lap, closing her eyes.
"Kotori...I-I don't feel comfortable telling you that, I hardly know you so I hope you can respect that. It's nothing against you but I just can't." Takuya had lost all sense of happiness and joy from his face, he just looked at Kotori with a blank expression while scratching the back of his neck.
Kotori bit her lip. She'd never been told that before, and to be honest, it kind of hurt. "Okay," she said, after a moment of thinking. "I can respect that. But you should know... that I never really did mean to say all that. I've said - or written this - before once already, but I just didn't know. And I'm really, really, insanely sorry. I can probably say it a million times if I could, but I know you'd get sick of me, more than you already are. But, just in case you ever feel like telling me, I just want to tell you that I'm here for you." She looked up at him to see his response. "And one last thing - you better not act like a grouch forever."
Kyo was daydreaming while Katsuro and Takuya were talking. Takuya now had gone into a different conversation with Kotori. That left Katsuro, who'd returned to studying his textbook. He decided to invite him over. "Hey Katsuro, wanna come over to my house after school today? Me and Takuya are going to play video games and study. You can also catch up on your math.." He trailed off. He wanted Katsuro to act normal. He was acting weird these days, and keeping everything to himself. Kyo wished he'd open up more. "If there's anything you wish to tell me, you can. Don't be so concealed. It makes you seem like a stranger to me."
"Oh, uh, I was actually going to study on my own tonight," Katsuro lied. He needed an excuse to have the day to move. If he was going to stay at Kotori's place, He was going to need his clothes at the very least. At the moment, he didn't feel like broadcasting to the world that him and Kotori were going to live together starting today. "So what's up, Kyo?"
Ryukaa walked out of the classroom and started to walk around and soon after he saw Mizuki sitting alone and approched her. "Hey, Mizuki i umm wanted to talk to you about s-something.
"I over-reacted really, it wasn't your fault at all, I'm just extremely sensitive when it comes to the topic of my family so I lost it." Takuya gave Kotori a weak smile and then patted her on the head, "I already said I forgave you but we never got to hang out like I said, we need to plan that soon". Takuya then grinned at her trying to return to his usual self and change the topic, "Kotori, are you saying you miss how I normally act? Your making me blush".
Kotori nodded and smiled. "We do need to hang out more often. And yeah, maybe I do miss how you act normally. What's wrong with that?" she said, defensively. She stopped leaning against the door, thankful that he hadn't tried to pull something stupid like running away.
Mizuki looked up at made sure her leg and stomach weren't showing... at all. She smiled up at Ryukaa and moved over a little, patting next to her. "Hey! I haven't see you in a while. Sorry. I honestly had things come up with my family... and Yeah, I would rather not talk about that. B-but! We should definitely hang out some time. I need a study buddy, but it has to be when my dad and step-mom are gone... they'd kill me." She didn't mean in really, but sometimes if felt like they would. She smiled happily and shook her head, trying to get the thought of what happened over the weekend, not just with her family, but with Takuya, it was interesting.
"When we hangout, that is when we can get to know each other more, what kind of stuff do you like to do? And of course there is nothing wrong with missing the way I act, I'm amazing, who wouldn't?" Takuya smirked and then tried to pull some sleight of hand, he attempted to grab Kotori by the waist and spin her around away from the door to free up an escape option in case she wanted to attack him for being his usual self; Takuya just hoped she wouldn't be able to react in time.
Kotori whacked him on the head out of shock, but laughed. "I don't care what we do as long as we hang out," she said, quite cheerfully. "You know? I mean, spending time is what matters. And getting to know you."
"Oh, okay. Well if you want to join us, you can." He walked away. Not because the conversation was over. Because he knew Katsuro had lied. He knew his usual tone, and this sounded extremely fake to Kyo. If Katsuro, of all people, had to lie, then it had to be a for a good reason. He let it go by, like it never happened. Lunch was over, and he went back to class.
"Owww..." Takuya exclaimed while rubbing his head, "Kotori that is some strength you have there for such a petite girl..." He laughed before continuing his sentence, "Instead of planning to do something as we hangout I suppose just the sheer pleasure and rush you get from being around me is enough right?" Takuya grinned before motioning his hand for her to follow him back to class.
Kotori laughed and knocked him on the head, lighter than this time. "Better? Oh, I'm sorry, was that too hard for you?" she joked. "AND NO, being around you doesn't make me happy. Okay, well, a little."
"Hmm this is the first time you havent been mean to me." He said with a laugh. He sat down next to her and becoming serious. "The note i gave you before was stupid, and i wanted to say it in person. I like you. And i umm hope you like me too." He said very nervously.
Takuya nudged her lightly while they walked back to class, "Unlike you Kotori, I'm not used to hard things hitting me..." He laughed and then ran a hand through his hair, "Only a little? Don't lie to me." Takuya smirked, he liked to tease Kotori as he thought she was an easy target and her reactions were funny to him.
"You're mean!" Kotori exclaimed, trying to hit him again but missing miserably. "Uh, that was supposed to happen," she protested, making an excuse for her lame aiming skills.