Well I didn't expect to write this up, but it just sort of happened. I have another story going, but I feel like I might have bitten off more than I can chew at the moment. Then this idea comes along and gets in the way, now I have two stories going :\

"I'm sorry, Kenichi. It's not that I don't like you it's just... I guess I don't really see you THAT way..."

Kenichi hadn't expected things to turn out this way. He had been so sure about it, but now it was like his whole world was crumbling around him.

"Well... Shit..." Kenichi mumbled

Miu looked at him with... Was it pity?

"OK well... Umm... I uh, I'm gonna go now..."

He turned around and started walking away.

"Kenichi, I hope we can... Still be friends..."

Kenichi laughed at this.

"Friends? Yeah, that sounds great... I just need some time to myself..."

He left Miu standing there and walked out the gates of Ryozanpaku. He was surprised he held the tears back this long. How long had they known each other, and this is what happens? He should have seen it if she really hadn't felt the same way about him. Now it seemed as if she had been leading him on all this time. Maybe... He didn't really know her as well as he thought he did.

He had been wandering aimlessly for some time when he came upon something interesting. He saw Kisara crouching behind some bushes looking across the street at a café.

"Hey, Kisara, what are you loo- oh..."

Kenichi paused mid sentence when he saw, across the street, Ukita and Freya sitting at a table. It looked like they were enjoying themselves.

"Oh, I see... I didn't realize they were..."

It was at this point that Kisara looked up at Kenichi. Her eyes were red and wet, but she seemed more pissed than anything.

"She said she was going out on a date, but she wouldn't tell me who with. So I followed her... I didn't expect..."

She broke off and looked back, trying to hide the fresh tears.

"Well hey, they're friends, it's normal for friends to hang out. Maybe it isn't what it looks li-"

As soon as he said this Freya and Ukita leaned towards each other and they started kissing.

"Eh, yikes. Well OK, so it is what it looks like..."

Kisara stood up abruptly and started to walk away.

"Asshole..." She muttered while passing Kenichi.

"Hey wait... What did I do?"

Kisara turned around and sighed,

"Not you." She nodded in the direction of the two across the street.

"Come with me, I need someone to bitch at."

Kenichi took one last glance across the street.

"What a day this has turned out to be." he muttered to himself as he followed her.

They had been walking for a while, stopping only so she could curse loudly and kick some trashcans, and once so she could play with a stray cat. Eventually they came to an apartment complex and she started to head for one of the doors; Kenichi stopped.

"Wait… is this where you live?"

Kisara looked back, "Yeah, why?"

Kenichi didn't move.

"Oh come on you nerd, it's not like I'm going to rape you or something."

She turned around then paused again.

"Maybe…"

She went inside and Kenichi followed her, somewhat timidly.

Inside what Kenichi saw was a fairly standard apartment. No decorations to speak of and just enough furniture for a person living on their own.

"Have a seat… er… somewhere" Kisara said, waving him into the living area before she turned to the kitchen and rummaged through the fridge.

"Fuck, I am gonna get DRUNK! Hey! you want a beer?"

Kenichi didn't have time to decline before she threw a beer at him.

"Are you sure we should be-"

"What? Getting drunk? HA! I'm a delinquent remember? It's part of the job description!"

Kenichi laughed and decided he would have just this one, it would be rude to decline.

Kisara finally came in to the room and sat down, taking a long swig of the beer in her hand, she had brought several others and set them beside her.

"Can you believe those two? And out in broad daylight too! If they didn't want me to find out they could have at least tried to hide a bit better!"

Kenichi thought about that; it did make sense...

"Maybe they did want to get caught. Sometimes that's easier than confronting someone outright."

Kisara scoffed. "Heh, cowards…"

She continued to drink, having already finished one and moved on to another.

"But you know what makes it worse? I should have seen this coming! She was always fuckin' talking about him, or asking me why I hadn't made a move yet… Damn it! I wasn't ready yet!"

More drinks.

"But that bastard Ukita… always fawning over me…"

*drink*

"I guess even he would get tired of waiting…"

She continued to complain for some time. She finished her drinks and got more, giving another to Kenichi. She was clearly quite drunk at this point.

"But ya wanna know somethin'? I didn't REALLY like him all that much anyway! I was jus'... usin' him as way to… to get my mind off of someone el-"

She stopped in the middle of saying this, and let out a tiny burp.

"Stupid milk cow… evrthing goes perfec for her…. dunnit?"

She passed out.

Kenichi sat for a moment staring. Milk cow? Since when was that what she called Freya?

Kenichi decided he probably shouldn't hang around, so he pulled out her futon, picked her up gently, and set her in it. She curled up like a tiny kitten under her blanket, which had kittens printed on it.

"Shit… even I can see how cute that is…"

He picked up the trash she had generated and threw it away, turned out the light, and left.

He stopped outside the door and realized he couldn't lock it from the outside. He would have felt awful if something happened to her because he didn't lock the door, so he sat down in front and leaned against the door frame.

"I didn't really feel like going back anyway."

He sat there for a long time thinking about what had happened that day, it was... eventful. Eventually he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning he woke up to the door opening.

"Hey dummy, why'd you sleep at my door like some weird homeless guy?"

Kisara was standing in her doorway, hair a mess, looking groggy from the night before.

"I couldn't lock your door from the outside and I didn't want to leave like that."

Kisara rubbed her forehead with her hand.

"You could have locked it with my keys and put them back through the mail slot."

He looked at the mail slot on the door and made a face.

"Oh... Yeah I could have... Well shit..."

He sighed and shook his head.

"Well I should be heading back, they're probably worried."

He was walking away when Kisara spoke.

"Hey, did I... say anything weird last night?"

"Huh? No, by the end I could barely tell what you were saying anyway."

"Oh... OK. Well see ya."

Kenichi found Miu standing at the front gate when he got back. When he got close to her she slapped him.

"OUCH! What was that for?!"

"Where were you all night?! We were all worried!"

"I... Stayed at a friend's place..."

"Well after the way you left yesterday... You could have at least called to let us know."

Kenichi shrugged.

"Yeah sorry. I forgot."

"Kenichi... Are we going to be OK?"

Kenichi, who had started walking inside, looked back and said, "Of course we are, we're friends remember?"

As he walked inside Master Sakaki called out to him.

"Hey kid, good timing! Just had a phone call for you!"

"Oh yeah? Who was it?"

"It was that one feisty girl, the one that likes cats"

"Oh Kisara, what did she want?"

A big grin came over his face.

"She said thanks for last night."

Kenichi stopped, blood draining from his face. SHIT. That big grin, he knows how that sounds, and he probably knows what happened with Miu yesterday.

"Stayed with a friend, huh?"

He turned to see her storming off towards her room.