Aya Shameimaru was a quiet, dainty individual. She always wanted to keep to herself, always wanted to be one in the shadows and cared not for what others thought of her. She had always got straight As within her old school, but she had been recently transferred the Reiko High, far within the city. She walked past the large, blooming cherry tree in the courtyard of the school, unaware of where her classroom was. She nervously held her books in her arms while constantly looking back at the tiny slip of paper in her hands to confirm the room she needed to be in. "Room 2-2" it said, and her first thought was that it had to be on the second floor of the U-shaped school building, but it wasn't. As she looked down to check the paper again, she had bumped into Luki Megurine, one of the most popular boys within the school as well as head of the musical department.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Aya said, blushing "I-I didn't mean to!"

"It's quite alright, miss." Luki said gently, picking up Aya's books for her "You seem... rather distraught. Is something bothering you?"

"Uh.. Um... Yeah... you see well... I'm a little lost and well... I'm new..."

"New to Reiko? Odd. It feels like I've seen you around before. Guess not." Luki scratched his head, then had an idea "You have your paper with you, right? I remember they give all new comers a little slip of paper." Aya nodded and gave him the slip, which was the only thing she had held onto during the run in. "Room... 2-2... Wow."

"Is something wrong with that..?"

"No! Not at all! I'm only surprised you're in my class!" Luki put down his flute case, and extended his free hand for a hand shake "Let me be the first to welcome you to Reiko High school! My name's Luki Megurine, head of the music department and a senior here as well." Aya shyly reached her right hand out, still holding her books with her left, and shook his hand. "What's your name?"

"A-Aya.. Shameimaru. I'm a... a junior."

"Aya... I'll remember that." Luki let go of her hand and picked his case back up "Follow me. We'll get you to the class." Aya followed him with her head down and blushing as Luki walked proudly in front of her, and room 2-2 was near the end of the first floors right side of the blossom tree. As they walked, Aya heard whispers. Luki had no girlfriend, and every girl that he had ask him out he rejected, so everyone thought that he had no interest in girls, because he was so into everything at school. Aya smiled and bumped into Luki again because her head was down when he stopped in front of the room., but Luki ignored it. "Here we are. Room 2-2. Mrs. Yukari. She's really sweet and will help you whenever you need it."

"Th-Thank you very much for helping me." Aya said, bowing "I would have never found this room without your help." Luki smiled.

"Glad to have helped." An idea struck him "Hey, you know, after school, me and a couple of friends of mine are going to be playing our instruments out near the cherry tree. You should really be there. I'm sure you'd like it."

"O-Oh?" Aya loved music. anything that could strum a beat or play a melody she instantly lost herself within the beat. So she was instantly hooked when Luki told her about this. And, of course, she wanted to make it up to Luki for helping her in her time of need. "S-Sure. I'll be waiting for you there."

"Awesome!" Aya and Luki finally entered the classroom, and Luki was immediately greeted by almost everyone in the class and sucked into a distant conversation away from Aya, who was left in a corner desk alone.

"Lukiiii~!" His friend, and bandmate, Miku Hatsune screamed as she threw the door open, ran over to Luki, and hugged him. "We're still on for playing under the tree, right?!"

"Of course, of course." Miku squealed and twirled around, hitting Luki in the face with her teal pig tails that reached literally down to her knees. "You REALLY need to get that hair cut!" Luki said, jokingly.

"Nooo!" Miku said back, clutching her right pig tail "I love my hair too much! Plus I've been growing it for like 8 months!" Luki laughed.

"Just a joke, Miku." She frowned.

"That's not a funny one..." Aya giggled from the corner desk, and Miku took notice "Hey! I didn't see you there!" Miku ran over to her and slammed her hands on the desk, sending Aya's books flying to the ground "What's your name? Are you new? What do you like? What-" Luki grabbed her arm after picking Aya's book up off the the ground. "What...?" Luki pulled her away from the desk, and sat her down in her own. "Luki...? What's the matter...? Is she new?"

"Yeah, she is. ANd I really don't think bugging someone like that is the best way to welcome them to the school." Luki sounded serious, and Miku knew when he did too.

"Oh... You're right... I'm sorry..." Miku put her head down.

"Don't worry. Just let her be." Luki looked over to Aya, who was writing in her small, Touhou themed notebook, and he smiled. Miku rolled her eyes.

"You're still coming over my house after this... right?" Miku asked Luki while she was getting her violin out if the case underneath the cherry tree.

"Of course." Luki said back. "Help with you Trig work, right?" Miku nodded, then blushed.

"Yeah... My work..." Luki stood up and called his band mates around him to give them their roles and to tell them what they were going to play after they all either sat down or took a knee in front of him, but Miku was the only one sitting beside him. Luki scanned the crowd of people that had come to watch them, and he didn't see any trace of Aya. Luki sighed in disappointment, but then shrugged it off to play the music. His entrancing melodies with his flute during his flute solo of the second song couldn't have been timed more perfectly; a sudden winds gusted by as it started, sending cheery blossom petals fluttering around him as his pink hair gently flew around. Miku couldn't help but stare at him.

After it was all over, Luki received the most praise for setting up the entire show. It was through his planning that it went as well as it did, and some of the girls that came gave him a basket filled with candy and treats for him, and a card to go with it. He was going to open it when he got to Miku's house.

"Luki..." Miku started as they both finished packing "Are you ready..?"

"Yeah." Luki said, holding his bag, flute case, and gift basket. "Lets go." They both followed their usual path home, because they lived directly across the street from each other, and they passed the romantic restaurant, Daisuki, as they walked, well known for having the most dates and proposals of love in the city. Luki and Miku walked into her empty house, as Miku's parents were out at Daisuki and were not going to be home until very late. Miku got dressed into her more comfortable clothes in her room, a white nighttime blouse, as Luki set up the dining room table with books and note cards to help Miku, but Miku understood everything just fine. Over the past year, as Miku and Luki grew closer as friends, she began to feel something in her heart for him. A spark of love. She had never even remotely felt this way about any boy before, even about Luki himself at the beginning of their sophmore year, but she felt something this year. And after seeing Luki protect a girl he had not even met before today, she went over the edge and needed to talk to him. Miku stood in front of the mirror in her room, and just stared at herself, blushing.

"Tell him..." She thought "Do it... If you don't... then... He might fall for the new girl in your class!" Miku shook her head "What am I saying?! That's Luki out there! My friend! I don't want to lose him... And I'm sure he'd run away if... I confessed... I don't want that..." Miku felt a tear roll down her face, and she quickly swept it away. "I-"

"Miku! I don't mean to rush you but we should get this done as fast as we can.." Luki called to her from the dining room.

"Y-Yeah! I'm coming!" Miku took a deep breath. She went out to the room with Luki, after putting her slippers on, and Luki was not expecting to see her in her blouse. He blushed.

"Yo-I never saw you in that before..." Miku looked down and finally realized that she was in her blouse, and ran into her bathroom. "I-It's fine, Miku! You look great!" Luki didn't want her to feel uncomfortable.

"Y-You mean that..?" Miku asked after opening the door a little.

"Of course I do." Luki sat down on her couch.

"I... I don't know if I want to... Work anymore..." Miku came out of the bathroom, holding her hair, shyly.

"That's alright, Miku. We can do it tomorrow morning. But I guess that's the only reason I came over here though, right? I should be going." Luki stood up and gathered his belongings, and before he could get his hand on the door handle, Miku grabbed his arm and they both locked eyes. They stood in silence for what felt like an eternity to the both of them, then Luki finally spoke up. "I should..." Miku had a slight tear in her eye. She wanted him to stay, but she didn't want to beg him to stay "...be going now..." Miku let go of his arm and let him leave, but her heart ached, and she threw herself to her couch, the part where Luki sat down, and wept softly.

"I... I'm in love with Luki..." She repeated to herself. "I can't believe it... I'm... in love..."