" Kurata, when I get my black belt, I'll tell you,"

Those were the only words that were ringing in Sana's head, "I have to tell him this time, no doubts or interruptions….I have to. Today was Akito's black belt re-test today after school," AH! How the heck should I tell him my feelings? She walks up to her mirror "Akito I've been meaning to tell you this for some time now," (no too casual) Hayama, I want -no- need you, please tell me you feel the same way,"

"UGH! NO" "Oh well I'll see what comes out of my mouth today if he passes, Sana tries to smile, "can't be late for school! Again….." so she skips to eat breakfast,

"So you have something important to do today, Sana?" asks Mama

"No!," says Sana quickly, "I mean uh, why do you ask?"

"I was just wondering," just then the editor comes up and says once again,

"Misako please, the editor begs, " I need your manuscript to go home"

"Can't you see I'm trying to spend with my daughter!" says Mama with a deadly voice.

"yes, I'm sorry….Misako," the editor walks away depressingly

"Well, bye Mama I have to go!" says Sana in a rush. "Rei! I'll be walking to school!"

Shortly after, Akito, tall, blonde, and gloomy, walks outside and runs into Sana, "I have to tell her today, I can't regret it this time, I'll pass and I'll tell her, Akito says to himself

"HEY, AKITO!" yells Sana, interrupting his train of thought, he looks up to see the beautiful red head running to him, breath taken, all he says,

"Yo," covering his staggered breath nicely. Sana comes and suddenly stops awkwardly,

"Are you ready to tell me your thing after you pass?" asks Sana reassuringly with a hint of awkwardness. Akito, surprised by the question,

"Uh yeah, I guess so, then suddenly Akito smirks, remembering something, "Are you?"

Sana, surprised he remembered what she said, blushes and says, "yes"

After a few moments of silence while walking to school Akito asks Sana quietly while they pass the old pine tree by the school,

"Kurata….is what you have to say…..important?…"

Sana understands what he means by "important", slightly blushes, and answers,

"Uh yeah to me it is."

After that they arrive at school,

"Sana!" someone calls just as they enter the hallway

"See ya.., says Akito like always and walks off

"Huh? No, wait," protests Sana but Akito just ignores and continues walking. Disappointed, Sana turns around with fake enthusiasm to find her best friend that she met in the bathroom, Fuuka,

"Hey Fuuka! What's up?" asks Sana halfheartedly

"Nothing really, did you study for the test today?"

"TESSST?" Sana asks, taken off gaurd

"Sana…"says Fuuka disappointingly

(Oh no! I was so involved in what I was gonna say to Hayama that I forgot that there was a test!)

thought Sana, and just her luck, the bell rings and its time for class, "UGGHHH!" says Sana in frustration while she walks to class. She plumped in her chair while trying to think of what the test was even on. In mid concentration she got interrupted by Tsuyoshi,

"uh Sana?"

"WHAT?" screams Sana

"I'm sorry don't hurt me!" Tsuyoshi squeals

"Oh I'm sorry Tsuyoshi, what do you need?" asks Sana in the nicest way possible

"I was just wondering what you were so worked up about,"

"This test, I got so worked up about something that I forgot to study the test and I don't even know what subject the test is on ugh!"

"Oh, its easy its about-" just then the teacher walked in and Tsyoushi runs to take his seat.

"No! Tsyoushi!" suddenly she hears a whisper beside her,

"The test is about square roots stupid," Sana then turns around to find Akito sitting in a desk beside her

"What the- you don't sit there" Sana whispers loudly.

"Yeah I do, I got moved after suspension, remember?"

"Oh," was all that Sana said

The tests were being passed out and Sana didn't know a thing about square roots and Akito knew that, she was out filming a new movie when the class was learning it

(maybe I should help her) thought Akito. He looked at the troubled beauty beside him, her face was sorrowful, he didn't like seeing her like that, Akito looked at her paper, she was on question 3? (ugh what should I do?)

"number 3's answer is 7." says Akito quietly

"huh?

"I'm helping you Sana"

Sana was surprised, (he called me Sana…..he never calls me by my first name and he's actually helping me on my work at school…..I have to tell him how feel today, today for sure…)

After school it was time for the re-test for Akito she ran to the Dojo as fast as she could getting a little hurt in the process because she tripped on jagged road that led to the Dojo. When she got there she saw Aya and Tsyoushi watching through the window

"Hey guys!"

"Hi Sana!" said Tsuyoshi and Aya simultaneously

"Oh my gosh, Sana what happened?" Aya asked concerned noticing the blood run down her leg.

"Oh nothing happened," said Sana trying to hide the pain of the sting, "How's Akito doing so far?"

"Pretty well, just look at him!" said Aya in amazement.

Sana looks in the window and she saw what Aya was talking about, he was working so hard. She watched as he focused his punches and his golden hair lay lightly on his forehead from the sweat and hard work, the judges looked pleased. Just then, the test was done. Akito had a straight face but Sana could tell he was worried, she knew him too well. As soon as the judges spoke that straight face turned into a smile, kind of, more like a smirk than a smile, and just by that look all three of them looking in the window could tell what happened.

"HE PASSED!" Tsyoushi screamed, Aya and Tsyoushi start celebrating but Sana…Sana's heart

starts racing, feeling like its going to come out of her chest and plop on the floor, "He did it…he passed…today is the day….I can say my feelings…I can do it now…..

Then Akito comes out of the Dojo with pride marked on his face

"Congratulations Akito!" says Tsuyoshi

"Thanks," Akito looks at Sana with a smirk on his face, "I did it," he says to her

"Heck yeah you did!" Sana says enthusiastically, "I knew you could do it! I was rooting for you the whole-"

"Walk with me…you want to tell me something right?" Akito quietly asks interrupting her

Sana's heart almost stops

"Uh…yeah…I do," says Sana as low as Akito's voice was

"Tsuyoshi I'll meet up with you later ok?"

"Okay, see ya!" says Tsyoushi. So Akito leads Sana to walk to the park under the gazebo, just them, the place where Sana changed Akito's life and mended his broken family

"Sana, what do you have to say?" Akito asks, his eyes softening, "I want to hear it."

"Okay aren't you impatient today, I was waiting until-"

"Kurata…" Akito says softly with a straight face. Then Sana truly looks at him, noticing his seriousness,

"Okay then," says Sana,

"Akito Hayama….

~to be continued~