Sweet Secret Smile ー THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE.

ー Part 9.

"Are you okay, Kanon-chan?" He asked once again but suddenly, Kanon started to cry her heart out and hugged him tightly.

"What's wrong, Kanon?" He quickly hugged her back, caressing her hair.

"Why is it like this? Why? I hate it. I hate it so much. I hate the fact that I love you since we were kids. I hate that I love you." Kanon pouring all her pain out from her heart.

Hokuto and Kanon are childhood bestfriends and sometimes, they are mistaken as childhood sweethearts. From grade school until middle school, they were classmates. The two were supposed to go to the same high school but Hokuto's parents sent him to an all-boys school.

They are always celebrating their birthdays together. They are always going out together whenever they have family outings. In every holiday, especially Christmas and New Year, their families are celebrating it together.

For Hokuto, Kanon is like a little sister. He is the one who is always taking care of her whenever they are in school or wherever they go. Whenever Kanon is stealing a kiss on his lips or cheeks, he will think that it is only a friendly kiss or a brotherly kiss. Kanon may be confessing to him whenever she wants to but he didn't think that it is her true feelings because she is just a little sister to him. He became an ignorant of Kanon's true feelings.

"Kanon, you always know that you're like a little sister to me." He said but Kanon shook her head many times.

"I don't want to accept it. I'm here for you since we were kids. Why it can't be me?" Kanon asked, wiping her tears but it keeps on falling down from her eyes.

"If I can teach my heart, I want it to be you because we are together since we were kids but I can't teach it. My heart chose Riku. It chose him." He said and more tears fell down from Kanon's eyes.

"Someday, you will be able to find the right guy for it. It may not be me but you will be able to find him." He continued, hugging her tightly again.

"If that guy hurt you, I will make sure that you will be mine." Kanon said while sobbing.

He chuckled softly and nodded. He wiped her tears and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"I'll be there if you need me." He said with a smile.