Tsuzuki was shocked, and he knew she was nervous - her lips were quivering against his. He could understand why she was nervous, though, so he tried to kiss back gently.

     When he'd reached up to touch her face, he couldn't figure out why she suddenly jerked away. He followed her, confused and trying to apologize through lips that tingled with remembered feeling.

     When she finally told him, cowering, that the other girls had dared her to kiss the boy with the strange eyes, he understood. He turned away and left her to cry alone.

     That night in his bed, he cried too.