NEW LIFE : A SECOND CHANCE

Kyle had to turn his head away a bit, to hide the smile that was threatening to break out.

Sayuri really did play Sarah like a fiddle.

It may not seem like much, but every gesture, look, and words were meant to make Sarah lose control. Sayuri was staking her claim over him while making Sarah feel inferior, causing the latter to fight to stay on top.

"Yes, Sarah, what did you mean when you said that?" Kyle asked, his face clearly unhappy.

Sarah gulped, and stepped forward, her hand up to touch Kyle as she said, "No, that's not what I meant, Kyle. I just meant that ... that you ... "

Sayuri took a step to the side, effectively stopping Sarah from getting close to Kyle.

"You can say what you want to say from over there," Sayuri said, waving her hand and shooing Sarah away like she was some annoying pest, "We can hear you very well from that distance."

Sarah glared at Sayuri, who was practically right in front of her face now.

"What? Are you so insecure that you can't even handle a female friend being in close proximity to him?" Sarah goaded.

Sayuri raised an eyebrow and gave a slow smile as said, "Me? Insecure? Hardly. I've been pampered silly with his love for me."

She then leaned forward to say close to Sarah's ear, "Especially at night, when he's busy?thrusting himself deep inside of me while shouting how much he loves me."

With those words, Sarah's rationality went out the window.

"You slut!!" she screamed, bringing up her hand up to slap Sayuri.

The slap never landed. Instead, Sarah found Sayuri had a firm grip on her wrist. Twisting it aside with one hand, Sayuri slapped Sarah with her other hand.

Sarah's eyes went wide open in shock and she put her hand on the cheek, her eyes glistening with tears. The slap hadn't been that hard, but she felt as if her entire cheek was stinging painfully.

"How dare you," Sayuri said, "That was for calling me a slut."

Before Sarah could pull back her hand that was being held by Sayuri, she received another slap on the other cheek.

"That was for coveting my man," Sayuri said as she let go of Sarah's wrist.

Sarah stood there, feeling the pressure from the figure that stood in front of her. Like some Queen.

She glanced at Kyle, who was looking at her with displeasure and unhappiness. There was a coldness in his eyes that she had never seen before.

"Baby," Sayuri said as she looked at Kyle with loving eyes, "You know I'm not the type to tell you who you can be friends with, but ... "

She then turned to Sarah, "I don't think she's being a true friend right now."

Sarah's mouth was quivering and Kyle's lips opened, making her hear the words she never had wanted to hear ever in her life.

"You're right," Kyle said, wrapping his hands around Sayuri. She hugged him back, leaning on his chest.

Sarah, who had been feeling utterly wretched, couldn't stand the scene in front of her. The smug look on that b*tch's face made her blood boil. Kyle couldn't see it, for he wasn't looking down at her at all.

Sayuri turned to look at Sarah, raising an eyebrow and rubbing her face on Kyle's chest. She leaned up and kissed Kyle's Adam's apple and Sarah saw how Kyle's eyes seem to glaze over as he gulped when those filthy lips touched him.

He was being misled by her! He hadn't heard the way she had goaded her! It wasn't her fault!

That woman was using her body to charm and blind Kyle!

She had to make him see it! She had to rip off that mask of innocence off her face!

Who else would be daring enough and love him enough to do so?!

With a scream that would have put a banshee to shame, Sarah rushed over to them, intending to grab Sayuri and throw her off Kyle.

Kyle reacted quickly, putting Sayuri behind him and using his firm chest to block Sarah. He glared at her, releasing his killer aura towards her. Not a lot, for she was just a normal person but it was enough to incapacitate her.

She stood frozen to the ground, unable to breathe and feeling like the whole world around her was darkening and threatening to swallow her up. Sarah gasped, falling to the ground on her knees.

All this time, Kyle didn't say anything nor do anything.

He just stared indifferently down at Sarah, all semblance of any pity gone. Initially, he had never wanted to be this cruel to her. For the sake of her friendship towards Kay, he had taken the soft route.

However, seeing how she had been acting today - and after his experience with Randall - made Kyle realise that there are times being soft was not helpful at all.

Sarah may be young, and may have had good intentions at first but it was clear that she would pose a danger towards those around him. Especially towards anyone that he would be interested in.

Luckily the girl today was Sayuri.

What if it was someone else? A normal person?

With that thought, Kyle steeled his heart.

"I'm sorry, Sarah," Kyle said firmly, "But this is where we part our ways."

Sarah started crying then, shaking her head as she looked up at him.

Against all odds, she managed to get up. Kyle frowned at this, for it showed how much she was fighting against the pressure he was putting on her.

She reached out and was going to clutch at Kyle's arm but he avoided her easily.

"No, please Kyle," Sarah said, "You have to open your eyes! Look at her! She's just pretending to be all nice. You didn't hear what she whispered to me! She .."

"ENOUGH!" Kyle roared, taking a step back and hugging Sayuri tightly to him.

"On account of the years we have known each other, and for the fact that you were Kay's friend, I am holding back right now," Kyle said, gritting his teeth, "From now on, I am cutting ties with you completely. Do what you want, but leave me and Hanni alone."

He turned to go, picking up the shopping bags around them, "And for the record, even if she was the evilest being on Earth, I wouldn't care," Kyle said, "I love her, and that is all that matters."

He walked off decisively, never looking back.

Sarah watched them go and went back down on her knees, wailing, not caring about the people that had gathered around and who had been watching the whole incident with interest. Most had not heard what was being said in the beginning, but they certainly did towards the end.

Some looked at Sarah in pity, some in disdain. Pity, because of the rather embarrassing play that happened. Disdain, because of the way she called the girl a slut and tried to harm her.

Overall, Kyle's parting words made all the girls giddy and sighed.

When can they ever find a guy as perfect as that?