Since Hikari and Takishima had their special moment, She hit her head on a wall and the past 5 days never happened, in her mind. That means no 3 Takishima, so he was beside himself. Anyway, They remember what happened, but she doesn't.

SO SAD! Will write what happened soon!

but first, sign meanings! —= large time apart, usually new day. — = less time away.

_ means different POV. Bold means I'm talking to you, out of the story.

means flashback.

Disclaimer: I don't own Special A; if I did I would bring it back!

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"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!"

It was 20 days before school ended, and Hikari was beside herself. No more school meant no more twins, no more Ryuu, no more of her best friend, Akira, and of Tamadi, and fewer chances to beat Takishima at anything. Fewer chances to beat her goal.

"It's alright, Hikari. It's only three months of not seeing each other on a day-to-day basis." Akira said.

"Three months without Akira's cooking? How will I ever survive?!" Tamadi cried.

"SHUT UP!" she yelled, and hit him with a broomstick.

"Don't worry, Tamadi," Takishima said. "We could all use a break from Akira. But Hikari, I'll never leave YOU'RE side…" He smiled slightly, sending a shiver down everyones back except Hikari, who seemed elated.

"Really? Yes! That means I can compete with you, nonstop!" said Hikari.

"No way! He's a monster, Hikari! Stay AWAY from him!" Akira exclaimed.

"Relax. I trust all of you, you'd do nothing to hurt me, right?" everybody nodded. "Good. Nothing to be afraid of, Akira. Don't worry."

"I'll believe that when I see it…" She mumbled. A long silence fell upon the greenhouse before Takishima finally spoke up.

"You know, I'm getting tired of Akira not trusting me with Hikari. I wonder why she doesn't…" Tamadi said.

"Because you're a MONSTER! You'd hurt my poor Hikari. Or worse…" The hair on the back of Akira's neck stood up.

"You mean something like this?" in one swift motion Takishima swung his right arm around her back and pulled her in near to his body, their faces so close they were almost touching noses.

"AAAAAHH! NO! MY POOR HIKARI!" Akira ran over and started punching Takishima as hard as she could, but with no effect. Hikari was still as an opossum playing dead. Being this close to him in an instant was a bit much for her to take in.

"Or like this?" Takishima took his left hand and placed it near her hip. Then Hikari finally realized what was going on, and blushed slightly. "You look so cute when you blush, Miss Rank-Two..." he whispered in her ear, making blood come to her cheeks even more.

"YOU BAD MAN! YOU BAD, BAD MAN!" Akira was shouting; instead of pushing away from him, Hikari moved her mouth over to his ear. Takishama's breath caught, and everyone in Special A watching fell silent, including Akira (But she didn't stop punching him XD).

"Takishima…" She said in her innocent voice.

"Yes?" He managed to choke out.

"…Don't call me Miss Rank-Two."

He wan't sure if he should laugh or pout. He chose to laugh.

"Alright." He let her go, and as soon as Takishima did he whirled around and grabbed both of Akira's fists. "You know, I'm going to have a few back bruises after this… " He released Akira. "But it's a small price to pay for being able to hold Hikari." With that he walked out of the green house, smirking. There was a few moments of silence before Ryuu spoke up.

"That's Kei for you. Always getting on Arika's nerves." he said.

"Yep!" Tamadi exclaimed, nodding nervously. "Hey, maybe Akira will channel her anger into her food!" He licked his lips.

"SHUT UP!" Akira punched him to the other side of the room. "That MONSTER almost killed Hikari! I'm surprised she's still fine, right, Hikari? Hikari?" Akira looked over her shoulder to find Hikari, motionless, staring at the door Takishima walked out of, her cheeks as white as a red rose.

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Twelve minutes till school ended, and Hikari had still not beaten Takishima at any competition.

"Tomorrow there will only be nineteen days before school ends, one less day to see all of you!" Hikari wailed.

"One less day to eat Akira's cooking," Tamadi whimpered.

"SHUT-" Akira started, about to punch him, but after seeing how sad and sincere he looked she blushed and cleared her throat. "Shut up." everyone, including Tamadi, was surprised at this.

"What do you know, Akira doesn't have a heart of steel after all," Takishima remarked.

"But you do, and you're blood is made of liquid lead, you MONSTER!" Akira yelled.

"Ah, that reminds me," he said. "...Hikari, can I walk you home?"

"You can, but will you?" a smile swept across her face. "Man, that never gets old." Takishima sighed.

"Alright, alright. May I walk you home, Miss Rank-Two?" Takishima asked.

"Only if you can catch her!" Tadashi yelled.

"Wha- wait, that wasn't what I was going to..." Hikaru trailed off, seeing a shadow form on his face.

"Challenge accepted." An evil grin formed on his lips. Hikari's hair stood up and began stepping backwards before turning on her heels and sprinting away from him.

"Don't call me Miss Rank Two!" She yelled to Takishima.

They started running around in decagons, and squares, and triangles. Meanwhile, Akira was cracking her knuckles and looking directly at Tadashi.

"What'll I do?" Hikari thought. "He's gaining on me by the second, and my legs can't take this much longer. I can change direction, but then He'd catch me no matter where I go. I could try to go faster, but will i be able to? Probably not. Or maybe… Yeah, what the heck. I'll give up. I didn't really care if he walked me home, anyway." She abruptly stopped, catching Takishima off guard. It would've surprised Tamadi, too, but he had bigger things to think about.

"So I can walk you home because I won the challenge…" Takishima growled. "Perfect…Miss Rank-Two." Akira would have responded to that, but she had something else to do at the time (Tadashi, pain, if you know what I mean).

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! Anyway, I let you win." Hikaru stated. "I was tired of running." He knew that there was more to it then that.

"Well, it's time to go, and I won, Miss Rank Two. Permission to pick you up like a princess?"

"P-permission denied." Was all she said. As he took her hand Hikari winced, but said nothing. With that, they left the greenhouse. There was a small silence

"Ryuu, shouldn't we go?" Megumi wrote on her pad.

"Good idea, Megumi." Ryuu said. The parrot he was feeding flew off. "Hey, Akira, You want to leave? It's time to go."

Akira turned toward Ryuu."Nah, thanks. I have some business to take care of…" she stated evilly. She turned around. "Now where were w-" She looked up to where Tamadi was before, but all there was was a silhouette of where he was standing 30 seconds ago. "EH?!"

"Sorry, Akira," Tamadi smiled gratefully. "But I thing I'd rather go home now. See you tomorrow!"

"RRGH! THIS ISN'T OVER!" Akira waved her fist at Tamadi as he, Ryuu, and the twins left the greenhouse. She sighed. Another long day, and it still wasn't done.

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