Kyoko's PoV

It's been two weeks since the incident at the school. We are now in our backup campus that's further away from the last one.

Jayden's slowly reverting back to his cheerful self. He was deadly silent for the first five days though, it was scary.

Speaking of that ginger, I remember the night he got drunk.

~Flashback~

His eyes bore into mine as he rests his forehead on mine.

"Jayden, you're totally dru—"

He cut me off.

"Why...." He murmurs softly, I can feel his breath on my lips. He's speaking in English....

"Why did you leave me...?" He continued, his head now falling to the crook of my neck. I flinched. No guy has ever been this close to me before.

He let go of my wrist, only to wrap his arms around me tightly. They're shaking.

"I love you so much...!"

My heart throbbed. As much as I'd like to deny that. I knew clearly it was because I wanted to hear him say that, but right now, they are for someone else.

Goddammit.

"Stay with me...please...."

I realize I returned his embrace softly around his back.

~End~

(AHAHAHAHA I BET U GUYS THOUGHT HE KISSED HER HUH)

I bit my lip and looked into the mirror. I never bothered to tame my forever-messy hair, but maybe right now will be a good start, since school doesn't start in three more hours.

Yes, I woke up at 4am. For no reason.

I stick the comb on my hair, moved an inch, and then it won't budge.

This is gonna be more work than I thought.

At 6:30am, I finally got it mostly untangled. Turns out, my hair is onto that short cuz of how curly it is. When I combed it out straight, it piles at my shoulders.

Do I look okay...?

I nearly punch the mirror at myself. I'm so confused. I didn't care about how I looked. I threw on whatever comes in hand first in the closet, ran my fingers through my hair once, stepped into some old sneakers, and out I went. But now, I just spent two and a half hours to do my fricking hair. I actually wore color today, and put on a brand new pair of converse I got last week.

I head downstairs into the main building.

It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the difference in me today.

Yoshiro laughed his head off. Yup, great support.

Jayden's standing at the back of the room and leaning against the wall again. He has a different demeanor today, this might just be the day when he's fully recovered.

I don't notice Takumori watching me as I watched Jayden.

The entire class is to solve a real life crime scene this time. There isn't a solid mark, but I haven't had anything but paperwork for two weeks.

Director Sakai called my name so I walked to the front of the students and stood beside him.

"Everyone, this is Kyoko Kishi, she'll be leading this investigation." He says simply.

I hear murmurs around the room.

"There's a girl in our grade?!"

"She's cute.... Why didn't we ever see her around?"

"Aside from that, can a girl really lead this?"

Sexist bastards.

To be fair, I wouldn't have even noticed myself considering how I used to dress.

Jayden's PoV

That morning I woke up in an unfamiliar living room, on a couch. I then remember the events the day before.

I groaned as my head felt like killer, I don't remember anything after Kyoko got me five more cans of beer. This must be her house, then.

I shuffled around, a blanket fell to the ground. I closed my eyes for two more seconds, then got up.

I knew it's rude, but it was 12 noon, it seemed like Kyoko's out.

Almost right away, I spot a photo frame on the dining table. Kyoko looked around ten years old, and a woman, whom I assumed was her mother, was smiling brightly while holding her.

Did her mother pass away? No, it's a perfectly colored photo. It kinda reminded me of my own mother, I wonder how she's doing.

I took a second to sort out everything that went on, and Hoshimi soon came to mind. Surprisingly, I already feel much better than I thought. A good night's sleep cures everything after all!

I leaned against the wall beside the television. I need to go entirely through what exactly I felt for Hoshimi. I've been subconsciously avoiding it this whole time, thinking everything will be clear and alright once I meet her again. Now there is way around it.

For the time being, I'll just act like a typical heart-broken boy to avoid questions.

I hear the front door unlock. That's probably Kyoko.

With a distant expression, I turned around.

As soon as she saw me, she tensed. Uh, I didn't do anything last night that's out of order, did I?

"Jayden." I felt like she's going to say something.

"Kyoko... thanks." With a small smile, I made my eyes seem as tired as I could. As I thought, she didn't ask any questions nor speak further.

When school started again, I just remained silent for almost all the time. Takumori and Yoshiro kept their distance, probably sensing the vibe I was giving off.

I just need alone time to poke a hole through my cloud of thoughts. It started to become more and more clear to me that it was merely infatuation. I've never really had anything worth keeping in my life, and I've never felt any attraction towards a girl. It was the first time I found someone nice to spend time with, and I had mistaken that feeling for love.

Before I knew it, two weeks has passed. I was still standing at the back of the room until we had to stand in positions to receive our new assignment.

I wasn't really listening until Kyoko's name was mentioned.

I swear a spark flew in front of my eyes when I focused on her. She looks...different. Normally, her hair resembled a popcorn-gone-wrong, but right now, it seems like she put work into brushing it.

Where'd she suddenly get that motivation from?

I didn't mind her usual appearance, but she's stunning just simply like this.

I realized I was staring when the director left and she opened a folder.

"There are four pictures of the crime scene and photographs and descriptions of evidence." She says professionally as she proceeds to put the images on the projector.

A dark hallway even during day time, a clean stairway, a bedroom with signs of battle left, and a muddy footprint on the window frame. Specks of blood are seen on the floor of the bedroom, all locks of the townhouse were perfectly fine, but there are no drips of blood outside the window.

"The foot print on the window frame points only out, which means the intruder didn't go inside that way. It's a shame that the only stairway has no footprints, the rain has washed it away." Kyoko says, giving us the base analysis, for once I'm actually listening to the work, "Seeing as the lock of the door has no signs of being busted open, the intruder is either not just a normal thief, or came in through another window, which is less likely seeing as they were all locked with no traces of being forced open."

And that's as long as my attention span goes, the rest of the words were just muffled and tuned out of my head.

This exact moment when Kyoko's speaking, I remember just two weeks ago, our lives were in danger. Hold up, that kid she rescued must've been staying in the boys' dorm. Why was she at the boys' dorm?

Did she think someone might've been left behind? But she knows at that time everybody were working on their cases and out doing interviews and research, no one could be at the dorm!

My eyes widen in sudden realization. No one but me. I would've been stuck there if I hadn't gone out that day. And Kyoko...she went to the boys' dorm with that possibility in mind...?

S-She could've just reported to a teacher or better yet, think that I'd be able to escape on my own. It was part of my first-day training after all, even though I didn't listen.

I-I'm stuttering in my thoughts.

"Jayden!!"

I shot up to Kyoko's voice and everyone in the entire room looking at me, muffling their laughter.

With a sheepish smile, I answered, "Yeah?"

"What do you think should be done first in this case with no leads?"

Why is she asking ME that?!

My head spun fast. I gathered all my knowledge from previous TV shows.

"Umm... an examination for the speck of blood that's by the wall and blanket searches for any possible DNA identifications...?"

Another random student said, "No, man. Check the security cameras first!"

"I don't think so." I respond, "A building like that really doesn't seem like they'll have those things, which could be partially why the intruder targeted it in the first place."

Kyoko's PoV

I nod and write on my notepad, seeming like taking notes, but I'm actually evaluating them. The director gave me this case yesterday, I solved it this morning, and therefore he let me mark the rest of the grade.

Jayden was spacing out so much I just had to call him.

Is he going to leave Japan now that his purpose has sunk? I hope he at least tells me if he does plan on leaving.

I got used to him around so fast I already expect to see him every day without fail. He's more attachable than I gave him credit for.

"We shall now head to the crime scene." I say, "Professionals will come with us, however we make the decisions, since it is what we're evaluated on."

I stand back while I watch everyone getting around the place. The footprints on the stairs outside are surely not recoverable, so most people are working in the room.

Except that one guy who's still pretending he's just broke up. I started to realize today that he wasn't just thinking about that girl. He's meditating on random things.

I never would've guessed that at that moment, he was thinking about me.

Just like I was thinking about him.

When it was time to return, I trailed behind the group that's chatting while along the way. Jayden popped up beside me with his camera in hand. The first time I saw that camera was when he was trying to take a picture of the auctions.

Wait! Speaking of that! Now that his purpose is gone, what if he reports it?!

Mom's smiling face immediately flashed in my mind. I've been a terrible daughter, and I haven't spoken to her in nearly a month. I swallowed. Maybe a phone call is overdue.

"Will you look at that." Jayden's voice made me turn to him. He's focusing his lens on the small patch of trees that's a little away from the building we just investigated.

Someone once said a person is at their most attractive when they're focusing on doing something, whether it be studying or sports.

They are absolutely correct.

He looks so happy about photography, and his dimples show when he smiles as he takes a perfect photo.

When I realize I was staring again, I blinked hard and faced up front. My eyes locked with Takumori's. The rest of the group, including Yoshiro, were just strolling along, already way ahead of us.

Takumori somehow looked at me with sadness in his eyes, although he put on a small smile.

"C'mon! We're gonna get left behind!" Jayden dashed past us with a goofy grin, both his hands still gripping onto his camera tightly.

"O-Oh." I stutter as I keep walking. Taku waits for me until we walk side-by-side.

Awkward was an understatement as Taku and I walked behind the group, which Jayden caught up to. I haven't ever really felt awkward around Takumori, even though he's really quiet. But this time, it seems like he's seen something I'd rather keep a secret to myself for now.

"Kyoko." He says suddenly, "Do you like him? Romantically?"

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My schedule is also kinda packed this weekend, but I'd die for sure if I don't update for three weeks ahahahaha

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April 24, 2016

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