Initial D, A Night Kids Love Story *Remastered*

Confusion or Confession

Takeshi

After a while of driving around not really talking about much Kai speaks up, "Can I ask if there is a destination?" A smile comes to my face, "Uh, actually yeah," I answer vaguely, "Is this like earlier and you're not gonna share?" he quizzes farther, making me turn m head, "Maybe," I say smirk evident on my face, "I can guarantee that you'll like it," I say returning my attention to the road and traffic ahead of me.

I take the long way back to Myogi, and I start up the pass, glancing at Kai, who seems to have figured out where we are. We make it about halfway up the mountain before I pull off the road to a clearing that is just wide enough for two, maybe three cars, most people would miss it if they didn't know it was there. I drive farther as the clearing opens more, now being able to see some lights from the town below.

"Come on," I encourage stepping out of the car, waiting to hear the car door open before continuing to walk towards the edge of the clearing, "Oh," I look over and see a smile start to form on his lips, making me feel a twinge of tightness in my chest again, "Beautiful, right?" I ask forcing myself to look down the cliff, "Mhm," he hums an agreement. We stand in silence as we look on, my heart starts to pound faster in my chest as time starts to feel like it's stopped. I glance to my left, watching Kailyn look over the town, his features only visible from the faint glow of light coming from afar, making this moment feel even more surreal, He's a guy!' I remind myself.

I look back to my car as a clear my throat to try and push the weird thoughts away from me, "I come here a lot," I say turning around and look up at the night sky, "Helps to clear my head when there's a lot going on," I take slow steps towards the front of my car, 'Except today where apparently, it's making things worse,' I lean against my car before slowly bringing my sight back to the person I was talking to. Even in the dark I could make out the blush that painted his cheeks, causing an uneasy twist in my stomach as he walks towards me.

With every step I feel my heart beat faster and louder, beginning to drown out the sounds around me, I almost miss when he speaks, "Th-thank you," he says reaching me and looking down, "And I, I'm so-sorry a-about..." he trails of, "What!?" I ask more confused than shocked, "I should be apologizing to you," I say, and his head shoots up to look at me, "I basically dragged you off earlier," I admit, feeling a bit awkward but more or less back to normal, "I'm sorry for that," I rub the back of my neck.

"It's okay," his eyes drift from mine, "I-I thought yo-you might..." he takes hold of his own hands and starts to pull the fabric of his sleeves, "Be ma-mad at me," his voice a whisper as he looks back to the ground. Instinctively I place a hand over his to help stop the fidgeting, "You did nothing wrong," I tell him, 'If anyone was in the wrong it was me, for overeating,' "I was never mad at you," I turn to fully face Kai, 'I'm mad that you had to go through all that you did,' I feel my chest tighten, as he nods but doesn't look up.

I take my free hand and pull his chin up, locking eyes, "..." I don't remember what I was going to say as I stare into the blue irises that are staring back, finally not looking away. My eyes flick to his lips, which he is chewing on, the sight gives me a fluttering feeling in my core. Unsure if it is an involuntary habit, I run my thumb over this bottom lip, pulling it from his teeth, "Don't," the whisper is a plea, for both him to not inflict harm to himself and in hopes that stopping would extinguish whatever my insides were doing.

It doesn't. If anything, his compliance makes it so much worse. Taking a half step closer, my eyes move back up to his, he's now looking at my lips. I begin to lean towards him, waiting for him to show any sort of resistance, anything that would indicate I should stop. I need to stop, 'He's a guy... I shouldn't... want...' I gently pull him closer as my stomach begins to flipflop and my chest becomes so tight I think it's affecting my breathing. He closes his eyes as I feel his warm breath dance across my skin just before my lips meet his, my eyes close.