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UtCT is a contest held by the Pita Ten fanfiction site known as "Angelic Tales". Actually, it's a series of contests, held every two weeks. I've promised everyone that I would write a story for every contest. I also wanted to post 'em up on here. Of course, AT has also expanded to include Kamichama Karin, so it will appear on here that I miss some of the stories. Go to the main site if you want to read everything.

Under the Cherry Trees

Fandom: Pita Ten
Pairing: Kotarou/Koboshi
Line: "Is that a monkey?"

"I hope Misha-san isn't going to be over, too."

Koboshi Uematsu sighed. It was not often that she got the chance to visit Kotarou's home, and being completely honest to herself, she would enjoy it the most if Misha was not there. The pink-haired girl just frustrated her.

She always did.

But that hardly mattered.

Today was a special day. This was a date, even if neither of them had used that word when they agreed on it. A movie marathon. She felt grateful to Takashi Ayanokoji for setting it up. If it wasn't for his ability to make situations where Kotarou and herself could be alone, she wasn't sure that she wouldn't be able to stand Takashi's near-constant teasing as often as she did.

Koboshi sighed again. I know that they're neighbors, but Misha-san just pushes it! She always does!

Fuming, Koboshi just stood at Kotarou's door for a few moments. Normally she wouldn't have minded giving the door a little bang, but it was early, and more than likely Misha wasn't over just yet. If she hit the door too hard, then the girl would hear, and she would come over. That was a lot of "if"s to think about, but Koboshi knew that it had to be done. Otherwise, she could attract the one person that she didn't want around.

When she calmed down, she put her best smile on and knocked on the door. She knew that she was a little early, by maybe half an hour or so, so it was very possible that he was not awake yet. But whenever she thought of Kotarou in the mornings, he seemed to be awake. So he was probably a morning person. And if so, then he really was awake now.

Why was she making such a big deal out of it, anyways?

If he was awake, then he was awake. If not… Well, if he wasn't awake, there was no harm in standing out here for the rest of the time.

Strange noises came from the other side of the door: banging, shuffling, something hitting the ground, and the ever familiar "tee hee hee".

Koboshi's eye twitched.

Misha was there.

Why's she here? Koboshi silently screamed. She forced the same, tight-lipped smile that she always wore when Misha was around at an inconvenient time, or when the girl was draped all over Kotarou. Why…?

Koboshi had little time to find an answer when the door suddenly flung open. She barely had the time to jump back and out of the way.

"Aah!" she squeaked, startled. Breathing hard and safely out of the way, she placed a hand over her racing heart and stared at the one who had open the door so dramatically.

Of course. It was Misha.

"Tee hee hee. Suu," Misha laughed nervously. "Sorry, Koboshi-chan! Su!"

"Misha-san!" Koboshi forced herself not to scream at her. She was insane. She had to be. That, or trying to kill her. But before she could at least scold the girl on her wayward behavior in the hopes that something could be understood and done about it, something caught her eye.

"I… Is that a monkey?"

Along with the two bunny clips that Misha always wore hung a new hair accessory. It was brown, furry, and help a misshapen yellow object that Koboshi could only identify as a banana. What other brown and furry animal would be holding on to a banana?

If that was an animal… With Misha, she had come to know not to expect the obvious. Or normal.

"Yup yup! Su!" Misha chimed. She giggled again.

"Are you okay, Koboshi-chan?" Kotarou's concerned voice came from inside the apartment suddenly. He came into view and walked out. "I heard a scream…"

Koboshi blushed deeply.

"Uh… y-yeah. That was me…"

His eyes widened a little and filled with even more concern for her. "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah," she managed to choke out. She could feel her face burning. Just being around Kotarou got her flustered. When he acted like this, it made her even worse. "I'm okay."

"Good." He smiled a little at her.

"Kotarou-kun! Suu!" Misha squealed as she glomped him suddenly, as if she hadn't probably been with him all morning. The action sent them both tumbling to the ground.

"Misha-san!" Koboshi growled, back to her old self again. She proceeded to peel the girl off of him. "Get off of him! Misha-saaan!"

Misha suddenly let go, and Koboshi swore that she heard a pop.

"This is what you were talking about, right? Su?" Misha asked Kotarou. "Okay! Su! I'll see you later! Su! Bye, Koboshi-chan!"

With that, Misha disappeared into her own apartment.

That was… pretty easy… Koboshi thought as she stared after her.

Kotarou sighed heavily as he pushed himself up to his feet.

"I just don't get that girl, angel or not," Koboshi sighed. "I thought she'd give us more of a problem before leaving."

"Ah, I explained to her that it was just going to be the two of us and that she shouldn't bother us," Kotarou said with a smile. "She said she understood."

"Oh… 'Kay."

At first, Koboshi didn't know what to make of his smile, but quickly it brought a flush out on her face. She squeaked and looked away. It was going to be "just the two of them", and he seemed happy about that.

"Ko-Kotarou-chan," she said softly. She began to smile back at him. That smile of his was cuter that any words could describe. She was sure that is was for her right now. But even if that wasn't true, that was what she wanted to believe. So she would.

Kotarou-chan, I really, really like you, she told him in her mind as she smiled. Right now, she was too shy to say those words out loud. As much as she wanted to tell him, to tell the world, she was okay with it being her little secret.

For now.