Chapter 4

Does Pai Love Minto?

When Pai woke up the next morning he found himself on top of Minto's bed. The events of last night playing through his mind. NO! he must not think about that ! He mustn't fall in love with her! He looked at the sleeping figure before him. She let out a small sigh and turned in her sleep. Pai was now looking at her sleeping face. Her eyelashes graced her lower lids making her look voulnerable. More voulnerable than when she was in my arms. Pai thought. He reached out a hand to stroke her cheek but stopped. NO! You mustn't do this! He mentally yelled at himself. You can not actually fall in love with her! If you do Deep Blue will kill you! another voice in Pai's head said, forget Deep Blue! You obviously love this girl so why not give into it?! Pai shook his head confusedly and started to rise of the bed. He turned back to Minto.

"Maybe I do love you, I don't know yet. But will you wait for me until then?" he turned back around and was about to fly out of the window when he heard a small "yes" come from the bed. Pai stayed where he was. He heard a rustling behind him yet he stayed stalk-still. He continued to be so even when he felt a pair of small arms circle his waist.

"Yes." Minto repeated. "Yes, I will wait for you. Even if it takes a lifetime, I will wait." Minto tightened her grip around Pai's waist. She rested her head against his back and nodded. "I promise." Pai stayed where he was, but this time he brought his arms back and gave her a backwards hug. She wriggled out of the hug and waked over to face him. The morning sun lighting upon her hair like an angel's halo. She gave him a proper hug. She nuzzled her head deep into Pai's chest saying; "I don't care if it takes you forever to figure out if you love me. But it doesn't have to take me forever to say that I love you." Those three words melted the rest of Pai's frozen heart. He returned the hug and rested his head on her's.

"I don't need to wait anymore...Minto. Thank you. Because of you I can come out and say that," he took a deep breath and let it out. "I can say that I-" at that precise moment there came a knock at the door.

"Hello? Minto-San can I come in?" Said the voice of Minto's grandmother. Minto looked frantic.

"Pai hide! You can tell me later!" Pai flew out the window and teleported to the third dimension thingy.

"Come in Obaasan!" Minto said sitting back down on the bed. The door opened and in came Minto's grandmother.

"Minto, you're going to be late for your dance class."

"Hai, Obaasan!"

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Ichigo was running down the street toward her school. She had yet again woken up after the alarm was supposed to go off.

"Hey kitty! Need a lift?" said a certain green haired alien.

"Kisshu! Thank goodness you're here!" Ichigo exclaimed. Kisshu swooped down, picked her up and teleported her to the front gate of her school.

"Thanks so much Kisshu!" Ichigo said giving Kisshu a quick hug good-bye.

"I'm not going anywhere fast Koneko," Ichigo quirked an eyebrow. "I enrolled myself in this school." Kisshu explained. Ichigo's jaw dropped. Kisshu closed it. "Don't worry about my ears." He said, He screwed up his face in a struggled expression and placed his hands on top of his long alien ears and...pressed them into his head until they looked almost human.Then he shoved Ichigo in front of him and said, "Go on! It would look pretty weird if you and the 'new kid' entered the classroom on a 'boyfriend-girlfriend' basis." Ichigo nodded and ran into the school.

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Ichigo collapsed in her seat from the lack of breath. She hopped Kisshu knew what he was doing. She rested her head in her arms and almost fell asleep when she felt someone poke her arm. She elbowed in the direction of the poker and tried to fall asleep again. This time she received a poke in the back.

"Ichigo wake up!" Moe and Miwa shout-whispered to her. Ichigo looked up and saw boy with short green hair standing at the front of the room. He winked at her. Ichigo shook her head, she knew who it was and hid her face in her hands. Kisshu had some how gotten his hands on one of the boys uniforms, and Ichigo had to admit that he looked kind of hot in it. Moe and Miwa poked poked Ichigo in the back and side again.

"Hey, Ichigo! Isn't that new boy really hot?" Moe asked. Miwa shot a kick at Moe.

"Hush! Have you forgotten that Ichigo's dating Aoyama-Kun?" Ichigo shushed Miwa saying that she had unofficially broken up with Aoyama-Kun. The two other girls nodded in understanding.

"Class," said the teacher. "I want you to meet the newest student here, Kisshu Anima. Kisshu where would you like to sit? We have three empty seats." Kisshu pointed to the empty seat next to Ichigo.

"I'll thake the seat next to strawberry haired cutie." Ichigo heared practiclly the whole female population in the class, gasp. Kisshu ignored this and walked over to the empty seat and sat dow in it. Kisshu leaned over towards Ichigo and whispered in her ear.

"Well? What you think?" Ichigo whispered back,

"Anima? That's an alien!" Kisshu shook his finger at her.

"Now now, no fair!" Ichigo turned away from him, rested her head in her arms once again and waited for homeroom to be over.

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"Hey, Ichigo." Moe said eagerly as the walked to gym class. "What did the new guy say to you that made you look so amusedly annoyed?" Ichigo eyed her friend with a look that clearly questioned her friends sanity.

"He said nothing Moe. Just friendly chit-chat."

"Oh, is that what I am?" said a voice from behind. Both girls turned around.

"Kisshu! Don't do that!" Ichigo huffed. Kisshu bent down and kissed her on the cheek...in front of everyone in the hallway! Ichigo took this moment to whisper harshly in his ear;

"Not here baka! Wait until we're alone at the park or in my room!" Kisshu removed his lips from her cheek and whispered back.

"Can't wait." Sure you can sure you can. Thought Ichigo. And they continued on their way to gym

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As Minto was leaving her dance class, a certain purple haired alien appeared. Minto smiled and leapt at him and pinning him to the ground. She quickly removed herself from on top of him.

"Take me home. We can talk there." Pai nodded in agreement. He lifted Minto into his arms and teleported to Minto's house, or more specifically, Minto's room. The two of them sat down on the bed. Minto layed down and looked at the ceiling. Then she sat back up and leaned against Pai's shoulder.

"So what did you want to tell me before my grandmother came into the room?" Minto asked. Pai looked at the ground and mumbled something under his breath.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Minto said. Pai kept looking at his feet.

"I wanted to tell you that I did have to wait anymore to tell you that I love you too." He whispered, but Minto heard. She flung her arms around Pai's neck and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. He turned to face her and kissed her on the mouth. Minto went wide-eyed for a second before returning the kiss, pressing herself closer to Pai. He in urn wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him-if that was even possible. He lay down on the bed, bringing Minto with him. She ran her fingers through his dark purple hair and brought his face closer to hers. Pai maneuvered himself so that he was on top of Minto. He bent down and started kissing along her jaw-line. Minto grabbed a handful of Pai's hair and took a sharp breath in.

"Pai!" she whispered. He bent down even further and gave her a little love bite on her neck. He went back up and kissed her on the lips again with a fiery force of passion that she gave back with equal force.

Knock, knock, knock! The two-er-kids stopped what they were doing and looked up. Minto mouthed the words 'hide!' to Pai. He got off the bed and slipped under it.

"Come in!" Minto called. The door opened and Minto's grandmother entered the room.

"Minto Aizawa! Why weren't you at the dance studio when I came to pick you up?" the old lady demanded. "I was worried sick!"

"Gomen Obaasan!" Minto cried. Her grandmother looked truely worried. "Gomen! I thought is was a nice day and thought that I would walk home!"the grandmother placed a hand on the granddaughter's shoulder.

"Call me next time." Then the old lady left and Pai crawled out from under the bed and sat on it.

"I'll go now if you like." He said. Minto grabbed Pai's wrist in a tight grip.

"Don't leave me," she cried, tears falling out of her eyes. "I don't like making my grandmother worry!" She clutched Pai's shirt and started sobbing into it. Pai held her awkwardly, not knowing how to comfort a crying girl. He patted her gingerly on the back saying;

"I'll be here for as long as you need me." And he let Minto cry.