Hello...I would like to remind you that, all italicized words and phrases that are inside the qutation marks are thoughts and those enclosed by () are additional actions or emotions of the characters. (I do not own any of the characters)Please read and complain if there are mistakes..Tnx
A Confused Tempo
chapter 1
Three nights and Fours days in the camp was finally over. The participants were taking regular classes again...Few weeks had passed and there she was, on that window-seat inside the library. The radiant sun striked her half-closed eyes. It made her sigh and with her palm on her cheeks she wispered:
"Concours..."(She closed her eyes)
"Kaho-chan!"a small voice tried to wake her up."We're not yet done here."
"Nao-chan, I guess she's really tired."another voice wispered.
"But Mio-chan, we can't just allow her to sleep anywhere, especially in the library."
The voices were Nao-chan's and Mio-chan's. Both of them were worried but took pity on their friend so Nao-chan lifted the books on the table and said:
"Let's put these books on their shelves first."
"Okay!"Mio-chan replied."After this, we should wake her up, right?"
"That's right..."
When they where gone, silence cooled the place till the green-haired pianist came and called Kahoko's attention:
"Kahoko,wake up!"He looked at the peaceful face infront of him."She looks tranquil when she sleeps."
The face sparkled by the afternoon sunlight heard the voice calling. She gradually opened her drowsy eyes and abrade her weakened fingers beneath her eyelashes. As she regain her consciousness, she asked feebly:
"Did I fell asleep again?"
The green haired pianist transferred behind Kahoko. He lean his chest against the right side of her back. He wandered his eyes towards the disastrously scattered reviewers on the talbe and calmly said:
"You really are working hard Kahoko."
"He's so warm...I can even feel his heartbit pounding next to mine."(Kahoko was uneasy)"Are those words a compliment, Ryutaro?" She skeptically asked.
"Yuo can tell."Tsuchiura-kun partly smiled and procured the ballpen on top of Kahoko's notebook."Let's see...Based on the instructions, you should use the trigonometric functions in finding the missing side of the right triangle."
(Tsuchiura-kun pant...And then continued)
"It should be done like this..."
(Kahoko blushed like that of the Sakura's in May)
"Why is he always helping me?..Hey Ryu..."
"What is it?"Tsuchiura-kun asked but still writing.
"Um..."She muttered."Please don't show too much concern on me."
"What?"He asked."I didn't catch that."
Kahoko paused. She can still feel Tsuchiura-kun's pounding heart and thought:
"Be careful Ryu, you're stealing my heart effortlessly."
He gave her a convincing smile and said:
"I bet you forgot the words you want to say earlier, am I right?"
"R-Ri-Riight!"She uttered clumsily. "I totally forgot what to say!" She scratch her head and simper. "Thank God!.."
Tsuchiura-kun paused and pout at Kahoko who's laughing. When she found out that he was silent, she paused too. Then, they both laugh again as if they were not inside the library.
Meanwhile, Nao-chan and Mio-chan came back. Mio-chan knew that the library is closing, so she interruped:
"Kaho-chan!Tsuchiura-kun!"
"Sorry to interrupt."Nao-chan added."This is a library guys..."
"Nao-chan! And Mio-chan!"Kahoko exclaimed startled with their prescence."Where have you been?"
"We just returned the books on their shelves."Mio-chan replied.
"Kahoko..."Tsuchiura-kun called her attention once again."You better treat them for helping you out."
"Good idea!"Kahoko agreed."Wanna eat some cake with me at the new cake shop near the bus station?"
"Of course!"Nao-chan happily exclaimed."What do you think Mio-chan?"
"I'll come!"Mio-chan relpied.
Tsuchiura-kun interrupted and said:
"Okay ladies,enjoy!"He smiled."I got to go home now."
"Are you not coming?"Kahoko asked."I'll treat you too."
"It's okay."He answered."I don't want to disturb you three."
After that, he gone home. Before the three ladies departed, they organized the scattered reviewers first. In the midst of what they were doing, Mio-chan suspisciously asked:
"Kaho-chan, do you have spacial feelings towards him?"
"Yeah!"Nao-chan added."We saw how your pale cheeks changed into pink tinged cheeks while you laugh with him."
"Yo-You mean Ryo?!"She tensely said.
"Of course!Silly..."Mio-chan answered.
"What!?"Kahoko denied."It's ridiculous!We're just..."(Interrupted by Nao-chan)
"So, you mean, you choose Tsukimori-kun over Tsuchiura-kun?"
Kahoko stopped. In a single blink of her shimmering eyes eyes, she recalled an incident happened yesterday...
FLASH BACK...
"Oh no!I'm gonna be late!"Kahoko held the banister with her left hand while running vigoriously up-stairs."The physics class is soon to start!"
She felt exhausted little by little but she kept on running. Suddenly, her foot slipped and she was about to hit her face ou the succeeding stairs. Furtunately, someone clutch her arms and said:
"Watch your steps!"
Kahoko hunt her breath as she said:
"So...sorry..." (When she turned her head back, she saw Tsukimori-kun.)
"Tsu...Tsukimori-kun!"She exclaimed."I'm so sorry!"
Suddenly,Tsukimori asked:
"Are you alright?"
"Did I actually heard him asking if I'm alright?"
There were some music students who saw the incident and chattered: (Did you saw that? / What is she doing here? / Did he actually asked? / He's just pretending...) and so on..
Tsukimori-kun somehow heard them but he didn't mind and give more attention to poor Kahoko who was sweating.
"Hino..."
(Kahoko spaced out)
"Hino!"
"Y-yes!?"
"Is something bothering you?"Tsukimori-kun asked."Why are you here in the music building?"
"Stupid me...I must be dreaming that this is the general education building!"(Kahoko didn't know what to do)
She grin humiliatingly and released her hand from holding tight on the banister. Then she replied:
"Haha...I-I-I thought this was the Gen. Ed. building!..."(scratch her head and grin)
"Focus your senses nextime."Tsukimori-kun said."Or you'll end up being embarrassed."
"Thanks for your advice Tsukimori-kun...And shut your mouth before I cut your throat!"
THE BELLS RANG...
Kahoko's glimmering red hair wave in the air as she tuurned away from Tsukimori-kun. Again, she held the banister, cooled herself and said:
"Got to go now."
"Hurry or you'll be late."Tsukimori said.
"Grrr...you're pissing me off!"She holdback her emotions."See you later..."
BACK AT THE LIBRARY...
The setting sun, nearly vertical, drops a flood of dazzling light and heat upon Kahoko's side-view face as she continue recalling the incident. In her silence, her friends changed the topic right away:
"Let's go Kaho-chan."Mio-chan said."Let's just continue this nextime."
"The cake shop will be closing at seven."Nao-chan added."It's already six."
Back in her senses she replied:
"Come on you guys!"Kahoko smiled."Let's go, I'm terribly hungry."
-END-