• I did not use any of my powers in the race. Hinata was fast and knew the woods like the back of her hand. So in the end I was second. As it turns out, the teachers didn't mind a little competition becouse they thought it would be good entertainment for the kids. Well, they were right. When I finished there was a huge crowd in front of the stage. The guy with piercings (Who's name is Kazune) announced the whole thing, and this is how it happened. "Look, here's Snow!" he said. I went up the stage next to Hinata. "Now it's time for Ikuto to choose. Is he truly in love or Hinata? Or Was Hinata wrong and he's truly in love with Snow?" Ikuto looked embarresed as he jumped onto the stage. "Who will it be Ikuto? Hinata, the winner of the race? Or Snow, the girl you have been going out with for weeks now?" Ikuto went to Hinata then me, then Hinata, then me. I closed my eyes, not becouse I was scared, becouse the lights warmed my skin. It hurt me and gave me a headace. Suddenly, I felt someone kiss me. I opened my eyes and saw Ikuto. I put my arms around his neck and he put his arm around my waist. We kissed and the whole crowd cheered the whole time. Hinata didn't look too happy, but not mad either. I stopped kissing him, grabbed his hand, and ran back to our room. I colapsed on the floor as soon as we got inside. I breathed heavily. "Too hot!" I said. Ikuto turned on our room's air conditioner and laid me down on the bed. He got me bag of ice and put it on my forehead. "What's wrong?" he sat down next to me. "If I get too hot, I get sick. Or I get hurt. Remember, when Ruka took me hostage?" Ikuto nodded, hatred boiling in his eyes. "He sent flames into my body, it paralyzed me, and that time I screamed, he sent a blast of fire into my body." He looked at me eyes burning with hatred "He WHAT?!?" I saw faces apear on our window and shadows appeared under our door. "I'm gunna kill him! I'm gunna kill him! I'm gunna kill him!" he said over and over again. I grabbed his wrist. "Stop. Please stop." I said. He looked at me and nailed my shoulders down on the bed with his hands "How can you be so calm about this?! He touched you, he hurt you, he could've killed you!" "Your scaring me." I said. His eyes widened, he lifted up his hands and sat down on the floor, his back resting on the bed frame. He covered his face "I'm sorry" he said. "It's okay. You're just mad" I said. I pulled him up to sit next to me on the bed. I hugged him and put my chin on top of his head. I wrapped my arms around his head and on his back. "Don't worry. I believe in you, not only becouse your my soulmate, becouse I love you" I told him. He went over me like he did in the woods when we were behind the bush. He was blushing. I lifted myself a bit to get close to his face and put one of my arms around his neck. I pulled him down and we kissed like the way we did on our first kiss. He began to lift me up into sitting position. He said "Um, we better get back to everyone." I grabbed the front of his shirt and continued kissing him. I put my head on his chest "Let's stay here." I said "But if we stay here our classmates will come to spy on us." he said. "Your a bit too late. Look out the window" He did, and blushed "One has a camcorder. They've been recording this whole thing" he said. "Hey, Ikuto" He looked down at me and I looked up at him. "Yes?" he asked. "Don't ever leave me." I told him. He looked down at me and smiled "Never." and we ended up sleeping on Ikuto's bed. We woke up the next morning to the sun, shining through the window.

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