Disclaimer: While Koge-Donbo owns the rights to her manga, I own rights to write fanfiction of it. And make stuff up as I see fit.

Warnings: May be semi-spoiler-ish (depending on how one interprets it. Honestly, I have no idea if it is or isn't), OOC-ness? Michiru-centric-angst-rant (if one can deem it warning-worthy)

Still attempting to get out of the writer's slump and get something up. Seeing as it has yet to work, I'll… just be doing random one-shots. Note that these are my interpretations of character's perspectives, and you may not agree with it, so… yes.

… I like Michiru. He's so… random and question-worthy. A good, long analysis on his character is something I'd love to do probably one day. So yeah, he gets first one-shot XD (and I am aware it's fairly short. I think that was the point of it).

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Michiru 01

A part of him can't but feel just a little jealous of the relationship that Kazune and Karin have. Even through they clash and argue a lot, he can see beyond that, and they are quite good friends.

At least, that is what they truly believe.

He knows that the best way to confront it is to be blunt, but curiosity gets the better of him. Hearing from Professor Kujyou, meeting his son and… her. Part of it was surreal, the other exhilarating. Even though he knew there was a lot at stake, he couldn't help but love being around them.

It was true, though, that his relationship with Kazune wasn't the best, to say the least. He wondered if the kiss had really been that bad; okay, so maybe he had been a little overenthusiastic, but he couldn't have helped it, even if he had known before that the Kazune-kun was in his class.

Michiru could not express how… happy he was to see them, even if it had been the first time they had ever met. Karin was cute and seemed to accept him easily, despite his rather odd behaviour (even nicknaming him 'Micchi') and he was grateful for it. Himeka was similar, happy and willing to listen and be friends with, but Kazune had been… well, he was a bit more on the defensive side, for reasons… understandable, but it didn't matter to him.

He had made a promise to the Professor, the one who had saved his life, and he intended to keep it. They might not know, but it wouldn't be long. And when it came… he hoped he would be able to deal with it alongside them.

But until then, he was more than willing to just hang around them, annoy them with his overenthusiastic antics and act like the teen he really was. It was fun to have friends, to have people you wanted to be with and protect, no matter what. Without it, he might as well have been…

He broke out of his musings as the door slid open and Karin stepped in. She seemed distracted as she glanced about suspiciously, and he smirked before launching himself on her.

"Good morning, Hanazono-san!"

As long as there were days like these, he was happy to be alive. It all seemed worth it.

Yeah, that was it.

His parents would have wanted it that way.

Besides, the look on Kazune and Karin's face was more than enough to have him want to tease them endlessly. It was fun, and that was the bottom line. Happiness came in many different forms.