A/N: Hi and welcome to a new story. This is a collaboration with Anumita .chakrabarty, she's a new writer here and after talking one day we decided on writing something together. I told her to open a new account for this but she's like Reina, so stubborn, that I gave up and complied. Considering that we live in very different time zones it was a really interesting adventure but we managed to write this multi chapter story that I hope you guys enjoy.

Anumita: Hi everybody! Happy New Year! Here's a Kumirei fanfiction written in collaboration with and amazing author. Fran Kaioh-Tenoh has a very unique way of studying and analyzing the characters and that's why it was a really great to work with her. Hope you guys like it.

Fran: Awww stop! she enjoys to make me blush. I'm starting to believe that it's her hobby, lol. Okay so chaps 1,3 and 5 are written by anumita while 2,4 and 6 are written by me. Written in 1st person from Reina and Kumiko's perspectives. Consider this as S02E14 the OVA episode any Kumirei fan would kill for.

Enjoy!

1.- Reflection

Beautiful sunset. I'm sitting on the bench near the river bank. At the distant sky, I see birds flying as the sun is dispersing various shades of orange and red. Although, it's not the season of Sakura petals but still they manage to fall at me like snow. I get reminded of the solo Asuka-senpai played. It was warm and kind in its own way, named as "Sound! Euphonium" by the famous euphonist Masakazu Shindo, which completely portrays the scenery in front of me through musical notes.

I'm sitting alone. I like the solitude being again distant from people and events happening around me. After the graduation ceremony was over, it was as if Asuka-senpai just took a part of me with her.

There's this emptiness in my heart I had dreaded I would feel when senpai would leave me and it just gets stronger as the days pass by. I'm wearing again the good-girl façade which a certain someone tried to peel.

I won't blame her for the events which took place. I guess she was herself confused, broken and embarrassed. But a bitter feeling coils up inside my stomach whenever I look at her now. Jealousy. Betrayal. All these feelings become prominent when our eyes meet.

It was totally a different situation some months ago. When I reflect upon my thoughts, I feel my memories are like roses. Beautiful yet thorny, fragrant yet prickly.

Reina. The beautiful, perfect trumpet player. Whenever I looked at her, butterflies fluttered inside me. During our first Agata Festival together, I couldn't help myself but get mesmerized by her beauty. It was as if Goddess of beauty, Venus had descended from heaven. Alabaster skin, onyx hair and mysterious amethyst gaze intimidated me. Yet I felt excited at the same time. Her snow-white dress flowing and caressing the winds like clouds itself.

After two love confessions and spending many dream-like moments together, my subtle feelings became more palpable. It was as if all the heated touch, embrace and closeness were intentional. But every time it was Reina who ignited the sensual tension between us. It was as if she was being a Sadist as she deprived me of her love and I would very gladly accept this sweet torture and pain.

Until one unfortunate night, when she confessed how much she was attracted to Taki-sensei at the same place she had confessed to me. I felt broken and dumbstruck by her sudden confession.

But I hoped she would get over our teacher after the new found information that he was married and loved his wife a lot even though she was no more.

She again surprised my convictions confessing her love to him at the nationals in front of everyone, twice.

Now that my hopes were completely shattered, I tried to look up to Asuka-senpai to fill the hole in my heart although I knew I was being pathetic and this won't solve my problem. Still I was trying to find some comfort so I confined to my senpai.

I realize, though, pondering upon everything over and over again- it is done, over. Reina and I will never be the same again. The red string of fate is broken and even if we try to fix it, a knot will be formed.

Fran's A/N: I hope you enjoy this little chap, next's mine, review for more?