Disclaimer: the characters in this story are created by Tomoko Ninomiya..

Prologue

"Senpai no Baka!" Nodame screamed. "Let go of Nodame!! Let go off Nodame!!" she shouted as she tried to escape from Chiaki's tight grip.

"Can you stop whining!! We're nearly there!!" Chiaki's big and string voice shut Nodame to silence. Can this night get any worse!! He silently murmured to himself. Everything should be perfect!!

But the silence only lasted for five minutes.

"Senpai-"Nodame cleared her voice. "Ano- senpai-"

"What!"

"Ano- senpai, why do nodame's eyes have to be covered?" Nodame asked. "Mukya! NOdame cant even see you!! You're so unfair!! Nodame wants to see you!!" she almost uncovered her eyes but Chiaki quickly hit her hands.

"Gyabo!! That hurts!!" Nodame blew her hands. " Senpai you're getting more vilent!! Nodame's your wife!! Y-you shouldn't do that!"

"You're not my wife…" Chiaki corrected. "However-"

Nodame wondered, "What are you trying to say Chiaki senpai?"

"Forget it." Chiaki answered. "We're here," he slowly turned back.

"Nodame-" he whispered her name sweetly as he slowly step forward to her. "You look lovely," he tenderly touched her face as he gently removed her blind fold.

"S-senpai..ano…y-you're weird…" Nodame chuckled. She even slightly blushed making her cuter. "Why are you.." What she saw made her jaws dropped.

The ambiance was heavenly. Flowers of all kinds accentuate the night. At the center was an enormous fountain shining with little candles floating around it. Trees and shrubs were like gold. And beside the fountain was a huge gorgeous white grand piano.

Chiaki smiled, "Do you like it?"

"No…Nodame…Nodame love it!! But-"Nodame giggled with joy. "What is this all about?" she asked.

But to her surprise, Chiaki answered her question with a light kiss. Then he walked to the piano leaving her like a stone. The kiss was too shocking for her to take.

"Oi!! Nodame! What's your request?"

"Huh?!" Nodame was feeling her lips. She was still spacing out due that surprise kiss. " Request?" she murmured. "Ano.." she giggled and gave him a weird funny look. " Nodame wants senpai to play… ano.. moja moja—"

"Do you want to die?" Chiaki immediately cut her line.

"Fart exercise?" she hoped.

Chiaki's face became even gloomier, " Nodame"

"Okay..Okay.. How about…Pachelbel's canon…"

Chiaki nodded, "That's better"

Pachelbel's canon in D Major. One of the most loved piano pieces of all time. Breathtaking is one of the words that can describe it. And Chiaki surely took Nodame's breath as he played it. His music was soulful. It opened a new world filled with warm, tender and soft love. It reflected his deep passion for her. Certainly, it completed the entire evening.

"Nodame, do you know why I brought you here?" Chiaki beamed at her.

"Speaking of that, Nodame is really wondering about it Chiaki-senpai!!" Nodame pouted her lips. "Nodame doesn't have any idea why Chiaki senpai is doing this!"

Chiaki laughed. "That's why I can't get enough of you." He looked up in the magnificent dark sky which was glittered with millions of stars. "I used to believe that I'm hopeless. That my dream would never become true. That it's over. I nearly even gave up music. And when you came, my life has started to become worse."

" Gyabo!! Senpai!!" Nodame pouted.

"That's what I thought…" Chiaki continued. "I thought you were just another pain in my life.. but.." he stood up and walked towards her. "You made everything right for me. When I met you, my life changed. Everything started to fall in their places. But at first, I tried to lie to myself. It was difficult for me to accept the fact that I'm beginning to like a weirdo like you. Someone who steals other's lunch, who doesn't take a bath—"

"Are you insulting or complimenting Nodame?" Nodame was obviously flattered but somehow pissed off. "What are you trying to say?"

"What I want to say is..." Chiaki was just a few steps from Nodame. Close enough to see how her eyes shined more due to little tears, how her cheeks turned even red, and how her cute little mouth pouted a bit more. "You are my life now," he cleared his throat. "I can't live with out you. You helped me complete my past and my present... and now... I want to build my future together with you. I know it will be hard... but it doesn't matter as long as... you're with me...Nodame," he took a box out from his pocket and hand it over to her.

Nodame was speechless. His confession totally knocked her out of her senses. That was the first time he told him about his real feelings. She was shivering as she reached out the box. And when she opened it, "Senpai..." she quivered. "This is.."

Chiaki just looked down.

"This is… PURI GOROTA'S LIMITED COLLECTION MINI MUG!! GYABO!! KAZUO!!" she exclaimed. Tears of joy were racing down from her eyes. "NODAME REALLY WANTS TO HAVE THIS! Arigatou senpai!" she hugged him tightly that almost suffocated him.

Chiaki hit her head, "Idiot! Look inside the mug!!" he ordered. Just like I expected.

Nodame brushed her head. "Senpai that hurts!!" she complained. "Okay..okay..Nodame will take a look! Hmm…another box?...ano.." she wondered. But this time, Chiaki took the box and opened it."

"Nodame… let's get married.." Chiaki directly asked. I should have knelt!! Idiot!!

"Huh?!" Nodame was shocked. " Did Nodame h-hear you right? C-Chiaki senpai wants Nodame to..ma..marry him.." she stammered. Her mind couldn't carry all the surprises at once. "Senpai.."

"Yes" Chiaki grinned and nodded. "Will..you..be..my..partner..for.,.the,rest..of..my..life?"

Nodame just jumped towards him and squeezed him tightly. It was more intense than the earlier yet Chiaki didn't stop her. "YES!YES!" Nodame cried out of happiness. "Nodame has always wanted to be your wife"

"And you'll be..very soon," Chiaki assured. He cuddled her even more showing that he would never let go of her. " Nodame.."

"I LOVE YOU" Nodame smiled. "Thank you for making happy.."

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"NODAME!!"Chiaki squealed. It was exactly three o clock in the morning. He was sweating like a pig even if his room was fully airconditioned.

That dream!! Again! After so many years!? Why do I have to remember it. Chiaki feverishly hit one of his pillows. "NODAME!! Do you know how hard it is to forget you!!" he shouted.

Still mad, he got up and went to the kitchen. He drank two glasses of water and washed his face to freshen up.

As he walked back to his room, he saw the Puri Gorota mug that he bought for her. It is the last memory of her that he had. He sent all of her things back to her family . It was his best choice to easily recover from her.

He took the mug out of the glass cabinet. "Nodame.." he quivered. "Why? Why do you have to leave me?! It has been FIVE YEARS! Do you know how difficult it is to move on! To get over from you!! After everything that I planned! It's slowly killing me to live alone! That no matter what I do.." He didn't even notice that tears were flowing form his eyes. The sober of the past returned because of the dream. " You..will...never..come..back!! There's no point of thinking that..that..be..because you've been long gone..long gone in this world.."

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(AN) hi!! hope you like my first chapter. i hope you'll give me reviews because it will absolutely help me in writing the story. thank you..