Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. None of these characters belong to me, sadly. I am just using them and parts of the plot of Kiss Him, Not Me to relay a story that I love. All characters and parts of the plot belong to Junko, Michiko Yokote and Kodansha.

Chapter Two

The next week passed by slowly. After the lousy amount of chivalry my best friend had performed the other day, I was determined to smooth things over with Serinuma. While the accident was partially her fault, it still wasn't right that Nana was calling her out like that. I was use to smoothing over things that Nana, for a better word, fucked up, over the past few years. I was the dull side to Nana's sharp edge of the blade.

Monday came and went. No Serinuma. Maybe she was sick?

"Nana?" I asked as I flicked the back of his neck to agitate him.

He sighed, "What stupid?"

"She's not here."

"Who is she?"

"You know, Serinuma. I need to fix your mess that you made."

"I apologized." Nana's voice was filled with apathy.

"You said," I squeal my voice up an octave to imitate a Nana, "Sorry. It was like landing on a pillow!" I looked at the back of the blonde head of hair sitting in front of me.

"I did what you asked Iga. It was an accident. Everyone has forgotten about it." Nana turned to look at me over his shoulder, "Can I borrow your –"

I shoved my English homework towards him, "I really should just let you fail. You aren't gonna pass exams at this rate."

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday came and went. Everyone was starting to get worried at this point. Every day as our homeroom teacher called out the roll, no one answered the call of, "Serinuma, Kai". Each day, I became more and more anxious. Had Nana really upset her this much? I shook the thought. No. It was just a snide remark. That couldn't be…or could it?

Friday had similar results and I was starting to become a little frantic. She's just sick, I told myself, she has to be. That's all this is. Just has a fever or something.

"She's probably just sick Iga." Nana said as he leaned back in his chair, balancing against the wall, "Quit being a worry wart. No point in it. She said that she didn't care."

I sighed, "Nana. What you did was just so mean."

Nana nodded softly, "Alright. I'll apologize again on Monday. Okay?"

I looked up at him as I crossed my hands across the desk, "You? Apologize willingly? Are you okay?"

Nana rolled his eyes at me and set his chair down to face me head on, "I'm fine stupid. I just want you to stop worrying. You're gonna get gray hairs at his point if you keep it up."

I smiled slyly to myself. Yes, my best friend was a jerk, but he was definitely a good kind of jerk.

It is times like these when I question reality. The weekend had come and gone in a blurry slide show of homework, lazing around the house and hanging out with Nana. It was now Monday again, (oh joy!) and I was already for it to be Friday again. I had finally started relaxing after the week of stress, and now I was being pushed back into the pit of stress and irritability.

I slid into the classroom along with Nana since we had walked from the train together, both of us were chatting comfortably back and forth.

"Did you get past that one level?" I asked as I glanced over at the blonde next to me.

"No. I can't get past the guards near the entrance portal. I keep dying as soon as they see me." Nana sighed, "I might need your help."

I smiled, "Oh? You need my help, oh Great and Powerful Video Game Master?"

Nana eyed me with irritation, "I take it back. I don't need you Padawan."

Nana went slightly red as I chuckled, "It's okay to admit that I am better at Shadow Slayer X than you are, Master." I wink and chuckled at him before sitting down at my desk. Nana's cheeks went a little redder as he smacked me in the shoulder fondly.

That's when it happened.

The room went silent around me and I felt my chuckle die in my throat as I looked around to see what the reasoning was. Class 2A at Fukuoka High School wasn't necessarily the quiet type. We were probably the loudest class in our year, but that was simply because we all enjoyed each other's company.

"Good Morning." A quieter than quiet voice had mumbled shyly. That's when I spotted her. Standing in the door way was a beautiful slim girl with shoulder length purple hair. She was dressed in a girls' school uniform, a black pleated skirt, pink blouse and a pressed white dress shirt. Under her skirt, you could see beautifully tanned long legs that lead to her black knee high stockings and Doc Martins. But the most shocking and beautiful thing about her was her sea blue eyes. They were big and round and even from across the room, I could feel her eyes pierce into my soul. I glanced over at Nana and he too was gazing at the beautiful girl.

"Who's that?" he mumbled to me.

"Beats me. Maybe she transferred?" I gazed back over to the girl who was now standing next to Nakano Amane, hugging onto her for dear life. I scrunched my eyebrows together thoughtfully. Did A-chan know her? The only person I would know who would do that is –

"There's no way! Kae? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" A-chan cried. Nana and I both whipped around to face both of them like the rest of our class mates. Kae? Kae Serinuma? Serinuma looked frantic as our classmates started coming closer to her and A-chan. Next thing I knew, questions were being thrown at Serinuma left and right.

"Wait! Are you really Serinuma?"

"You're like a totally different person!"

"How did you do it?"

"That's crazy!"

My feet then moved of their own accord. Serinuma was in trouble and after the trouble that Nana had caused, I was more than willing to step in in front of her. As she backed slowly towards the back of the classroom, I made my way behind her and grabbed her gently by the arm. With a soft firmness, I pulled her closer to me and put an arm around her waist.

"Hey. Give it a rest! Can't you all see that you're freaking her out? Back off!" I shouted as I held her firmly next to my side. The last thing this girl needed was another whole day of humiliation.

Our class mates started backing away and when I felt they weren't going to bother her again while I was standing next to her, I let go of her waist and moved my hand up to rest on her shoulder.

She turned to face me, "You okay?"

She smiled softly and blushed as she nodded, "Thanks for the help, Igarashi."

I chuckled awkwardly as I let go of her shoulder, "Uhm. No problem."

With one final smile, she turned away from me as A-chan came walking up to us, "Kae? You alright?"

"I'm fine. Just a bit flustered is all." I stood there awkwardly not quite knowing what to do. I didn't want people hounding her more, but I also didn't want to eaves drop. That's when I spotted Nana. He too had moved from his desk but was now standing beside Natsuma and Mako. The two of them were mumbling something to each other as Nana just stared at me. His eyes were hazy and were hyper focused on something. I looked at him and felt something churning inside of me. Was there something wrong? I followed his gaze and that's when I realized Nana was not staring at me. He was staring at the beautiful purple haired girl next to me.

I turned back to Nana, only to see him mumble something to the other two guys before smiling and walking over to us. Is he gonna do it? He's finally gonna apologize.

His grin turned into a devilish smirk and I knew I was suddenly moving further away from mutual forgiveness than closer. Please, Nana, use your head.

"I guess you think you're pretty hot stuff, huh?" he eyed the girl next to me as she turned to look at him.

"Please don't start." I looked at him and shook my head. Dammit, Nana.

"But, we'll never forget what you use to be. Got that?" Nana's eyes were lighting up in excitement as he uttered those fateful words. It felt as if I was falling, my stomach felt like I dropped a few feet below me as my eyes widened. Turning to Serinuma, I noticed the tears welling in her big beautiful blue eyes. Turning back to Nana, I glared at him. Thinking my best friend would still be wearing his asshole smirk, I was surprised to see that Nana was…blushing. Good. Bastard deserves to be embarrassed.

Turning back to apologize to Serinuma, I stopped halfway before I even got to face her. Serinuma was running from the room, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Kae! Come back!" A-chan cried and reached out for her friend. I gasped in surprise as I watched her run from the room. Nana's face filled with sudden surprise and watched as she ran from the room as well. That's when the class noticed what was going on too.

"What?"

"Woah. You made her cry!"

"Hey. She was only here for like five seconds."

A girl in the front of the class stood and turned to face Nana, "You're the worst!"

"Me?!" Nana pointed at himself, "No way. I was just reminding her that we wouldn't forget what she looked like before she went all anorexic on us."

"Kae isn't anorexic stupid." A-chan countered at Nana, "If she was anorexic, she'd be unhealthy and she looks pretty healthy to me. What does it matter is she has suddenly lost some weight? What do you think we live in? A hurt/comfort yaoi manga?" With that, A-chan spun on her heel and strode out of the classroom leaving us behind.

(A/N: Hey everyone! I am so sorry I didn't update in the past couple weeks. I had family in town who I had to share my room with (note to self: don't ever share a bed with your 21-year-old cousin, no matter how much your mom begs you.) and I was also in the middle of finals week in school. I'm so happy to finally be home from college. No more roommate for a few months and no more stress. Thank GOD! I can fangirl in peace.

Anyways, I just wanted to take a few minutes to comment on some reviews and give you guys some news.

SimplyDeadInside: Aww. Thank you! I think it's cute too.

The Planetta Club: It is close to the anime for right now. It actually for these first two chapters follows very closely to the anime. Things start shifting next chapter. There will be some mild Serinuma/Igarashi and Serinuma/Nanashima shipping, but don't forget this is gonna be a yaoi fic. Thanks for your support.

Also, guys, not writing some hardcore yaoi right now is killing me, so I think I'm gonna write a KHNM one shot here soon. Keep your eyes posted. I have a few cute ideas for it.

Don't forget to R&R. Stay happy! S.A.M. : ) )