Lunch bell rings. 

They're annoying, the gang of guys outside the classroom. I feel really annoyed today. But I can't just shoo them all away, I have an image to maintain. I don't even feel like eating at all right now.

I feel like I'd rather go to--the place I've never even set foot in--the cafeteria today. 

Beau's PoV

"What's up with your mood swings lately?" Yuuta asked with concern in his usual casual tone, he then mumbled, "You on your man period or something?" 

"Yeah. Last time you were chucking food down your throat, but today you're hardly eating anything." Ryou added, ignoring Yuuta's comment. I played with my fork in my cup of mashed potato. My shoulders drop. I can't believe this.... Misaki is giving me such a huge effect on everything.

Then, the entrance suddenly became twice as noisy as it was. All three of us look up from our table.

"Misaki Kisaki?! What's she doing here?! In the cafeteria?!" Yuuta shouted first before I could even realize what's going on in the huge crowd.

"Seriously, Miu? I know a place that's a million times better than the school cafeteria!" I heard one of the guys who are surrounding her say. She's eating here today? 

"No, sorry, but really. I'm alright." she says, trying to avoid them.

"But you won't even have anywhere to sit! Do you even know where to get the food?" another one asked. I guess he's right. Misaki looked a bit lost, fidgeting her fingers. 

I've never even seen her anywhere near the cafeteria door before. A feeling of lightness spread through me so quickly at the fact that she isn't going with some other guy today.

"Hey, Misaki! Sit with us!" I blurted out without thinking, the two boys looked at me in shock, this was always Ryou's, Yuuta's and my table. 

She looked startled for an instant, but her quick reflexes immediately covered for her and she skipped over, seated right beside me on the two-sided bench. With Ryou and Yuuta across from us. 

All the other boys left with sighs or shrugs. She let out a breath, "thanks for saving me back there."

"What're you doing here, Misaki?" Yuuta aske, his jaw still open. She gave him a glare and corrected, "Miu."

He puts his hands up in surrender. "How come it's okay when Beau says it?"

"Because he's him, and you're you." she says and picks up one of my french fries. 

That wasn't a reason at all, but she really is only okay with it when I call her by her name. I know this is stupid, but a clear feeling spread through me knowing that I have some sort of special treatment. A grin was getting harder and harder to keep in.

"Why are you here?" once again, Ryou saved my butt. He really knows how to talk. 

She shrugged. Completely avoiding the question. In fact, she threw a question back at me, "where's Nathalie?"

"Huh?" the sudden mention of her swept me off, "she's probably at her grandma's. Why?"

"You two just seem... too close to be childhood friends...." she says as her cheeks tint the faintest shade of pink. 

Is she...jealous?

"You haven't met people in Paris, they're way more open than Japanese." I leaned in just a little bit closer, and she didn't look away. 

"And what? You jealous?" I whispered in her ear. After the first encounter in the music room, I figured this was her weak spot.

"WHAT?!" she choked and yelled so loudly it was out of her character, people around start to notice us. 

"Hey... isn't that..? She never comes here!"  "Right? I saw her come in, rejecting a bunch'a hot guys!"  "Ugh! I wish she won't be that smug."  "She thinks that all the men in the world should fall in love with because she's blonde, hmph!"

"What're you talking about! Of course not! I was just wondering!" Misaki said again, still louder than her usual tone. 

I chuckled awkwardly and put two hands up, "Alright, okay."  

Why the humongous reaction? Her body was entirely turned to me at this point.

"S-so she's just a friend?" she asked quietly this time. I nod with certainty, I've never seen Nathalie as more than a good friend. And she doesn't, either. Misaki seems somehow relieved, despite her desperately trying to hide it. 

"Seriously, why were you so worried?" I press again wiggling my eyebrows. I can tell she's getting flustered. I've never thought teasing the girl I liked was so much fun.

"C-curiosity!" her voice raised unnaturally again. She almost seemed uncomfortable. 

"If you say so." my shoulders shook in suppressing laughter. Her face burned red as she continued staring at me--angry--and pursed her lips. That expression is so cute on her, so much better than the fake smile she shows every day.

Ha, just seeing her brightens me up. At this point I don't even care who she was with. 

At the sound of a tick, I got a text from Nathalie:

"Bonjour~~ :) Vois-tu après l'école?" (Hello~~ see you after school?)

Even in a text she sounds so upbeat. Just as I click the reply box and the keyboard pops up, I felt something funny beside me and jumped when Misaki was staring at me with a very. scary. aura.

"Just friends, eh?" she asked sarcastically. Why's she being difficult again?

"What? Can't friends text each other?" I ask back. She shook her head, "then how come I don't have your number?" Is she asking for my phone number? How sneaky of her to slip it in like that.

I held out my hand, and without words, she understood and took out her phone from her pocket. I exchanged our numbers, "happy now?"

"Whoa look! She's giving him his number!" whispers can be heard around us.

She gave me a look, smiling but her brows are creased just a little, after slipping her phone back into her pocket, she stood up, "walk back with me, will ya? Don't let her come." she winked and flipped around, nearly skipping out. 

Though I'd rather die than admit it, it always works on me when she's trying to be sexy.

"Earth to love-sick-idiot." I snapped out when Yuuta and Ryou laughed. They'd kept quiet the entire time Misaki and I were talking, at least.  

"Shut up." I said. I reply to Nathalie saying I'll be walking with Misaki. She wasn't mad at all, in fact...

"C'est fantastique!!! xD Tu dois gagner son coeur! Bonne chance! (that's fantastic! You must win her heart! Good luck!)"

I smiled to myself and shook my head. That's her. 

Misaki's PoV

Now I can grasp what I was feeling then. It's what they call 'jealousy'. I've never understood it, but this is it. It's not a pretty feeling. It's VERY sour. I felt like crashing his phone on the ground when he was looking at Nathalie's text.

Grr...even if my mind doesn't want to admit it. I myself know I'm in love with him. I huffed.

 "Je t'aime...(I love you...) Je t'aime." I mumbled over and over. I've always thought it was a romantic language, then it has to be the most when proposed to by it.

~~

I open the door to the music room. I knew he'd be here, first.

"Misaki?" he noticed me as soon as I opened the door. Students were still getting ready to go home. Murmurs could be heard around me as I head to Beau's seat.

"Looks like the rumours are all right. The hottest girl and guy in school are dating!" 

"With that girl dating Beau? I'll give their relationship a week."

"What? I'll say three days tops. She's always like that, she never lasts."

It kinda hurt when a guy said that. I'd broken a hundred of hearts before even starting junior high. Even though he's hurt, he'll still come back each time he leaves. That means he still hasn't learned!

"Hey." Beau greeted as I walk up to him.

"You gonna stay back and practice? I wanna hear... please?" I added a 'please', which is what I don't usually do.

He grinned, "Anything for you."

Ryou and Yuuta left us alone with Yuuta grinning the entire time. What does he think'll happen?

I stayed back with Beau and listened to his piano and violin. He had said he played so many instruments before, what else can he play fluently? 

I peer at his face while he held the violin and slid the bow across the strings. He's making his musician face. So handsome....

My eyes were glued to him. When suddenly, he looked my way with a smile and our eyes met.

"You just had a really dreamy look in your eyes." he teased while putting the instrument down.

"I was just admiring your skills!" I deny in a rather flustered manner. This isn't like me at all. Ever since this guy showed up in my life there were a lot of moments when I'm beet red.

We stayed late until almost eight, when both of us were starving. We grabbed a quick sandwich at a store across from the school and start making our way back.

He's walking me to the hotel. I probably have a stupid grin on my face right about now. I glance up at the shady sky, it kinda looks like there will be rainfall soon. I quickly stuffed the sandwich in my mouth to suppress the grin as much as possible.

"So...uh... I, um saw you with someone... when you came to school this morning...?" he started clumsily. 

"Hm? What're you trying to say?" I ask. Walk with someone...oh! He means that jet-black haired boy? What was his name again? Darn it. He told me, guess I forgot again.

[She can't remember names even if they told her directly but she did remember Beau's just at the first mention from another person \(^o^)/~]

"I-I-I got a little jealous...!" he suddenly semi-shouted. I look towards him. I had only understood that feeling today. And he got jealous...of me? That kinda makes me happy.... It shows that I mean something to him, right? I finish my last few bites of the large sandwich.

"Y-you were walking with him, l-laughing and stuff..." he trailed off, his cheeks tint red.

"Glad I'm not the only one." I blurted out, then quickly shut up. But it's too late, the tables have turned.

 "You? Jealous?" he says, amused. With an I-can't-even-imagine-that face. It's my turn to blush now.

 "Shut up...." 

He let out a laugh, then came to a halt and reached out a hand into mid-air.

"What?" I ask, then I felt it too. A raindrop landed on my arm. I looked up, and another drop fell onto my forehead.

"It's raining." he comments.

"Thanks for the weather report." I say sarcastically and looked around for a quick shelter since we're still six blocks away from the hotel.

"Maybe there's some shack over there." he start to head towards the back of an apartment building, and I follow.

Luckily, we found a small warehouse at the back of the building. There were some gardening tools and stuff here, but thankfully the door was not locked.

Almost as soon as we close the door behind us, it started pouring outside. 

"Whew, barely made it." Beau sighed and took in our surroundings.

"It's eight thirty..." I mumbled and took out my phone.

"Two percent?!"  It was a hundred this morning! How?!

It's dangerous to make a call when the battery is lower than five, so I quickly send mom a text saying I'm alright while there's still some battery.

"I'm alright."

"rain storm. prob cant mak it bac 2day"

Just as I'm about to text my relative location so maybe she can come get me, the screen went black. Great. The battery's dead. 

I turn to Beau who was standing next to me. He shook his head and showed me his black screen. Are you frickin kidding me...?

And the GPS is still off on my phone so she can't track me either. I haven't turned it on since I tried to avoid her for two days.

"If we can't make it back we'll have to spend the night here." I said. The rain didn't look like it was stopping anytime soon.

"Way ahead of ya." I turn and see that he has already laid out a blanket somehow. "You can sleep here. I'll find a shelf."

"No!" I say and pull him back. Whoa. muscular biceps alert. His eyes widened and looked at me, "You can't sleep on a hard shelf can you?"

I felt heat rush to my face as I reply, "N-no, but you can't, either. W-we'll just have to share this."

Pure shock crossed his face before he formed an assuring smile. I stared as he laid down on the blanket and left out a space for me.

"Don't worry. I'm not gonna bite." he joked as I felt a bit more relaxed and lay down next to him. 

Mmm...he's warm....

Beau's PoV

She was shivering so I took her in my arms. restraint... restrain... hold back... control yourself... come on you can do this.... I distract myself furiously trying not to kiss her. Alone in a shed, with the rainstorm outside to cover any sound, it'll be almost impossible to stop. 

Not until I know what she's feeling. 

"Hehehe." her ever so soft giggling took me by curiosity and I look down at her face. A small smile played on her lips but she was indeed asleep.

"Beau...." she murmured, my ears popped up at the sound of my name.

"Je t'aime." she says softly before snuggling into my chest.

Huh...? Still in a daze. I process her words like a dummy: I love you. 

She loves me...? 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

O.O wow its already fourteen i gotta finish things up quickly.

thnx for reading~ stay tuned!

Oh right btw i might not be able to update for four or more days since tomorrow I'm going to Philadelphia :D and I won't have time to type since I do my work on my laptop. 

2245 words.

Lillie, signing out XP

Published: March, 2015

Edited: May 25, 2016