Disclaimer: I do not own Sakura Wars nor any of their characters. Story is mine though.

Reni sat at the corner of her table, seemingly to others of the Hanagumi to be her usual quiet self as she sipped her glass of orange juice while she was actually observing Ohgami and the usual entourage of girls who were constantly dividing his attention between them.

A trace of envy crept into her mind when she saw how happy her Taichou looked when he was with the other members of the Hanagumi. She secretly longed to be able to converse with her Taichou naturally without letting her robotic personality surface.

Even though Ohgami had spent quite some time with her, she was very insecure of their relationship. In fact, she wasn't even sure if they had any special relationship at all. Ohgami had treated everyone else around him as well as he had treated her

Does he see anything in me at all? Reni began to doubt, not noticing that someone was shouting at her.

"Reni! Look out!"

Reni was still blinking in confusion at Iris' sudden intrusion into her thoughts when the table in front of her was flying towards her face. Acting on instinct, Reni grabbed her juice and leapt sideways out of her chair, avoiding the table in her face but she didn't avoid the person who had pushed her table.

The person collided with Reni, splashing her juice onto her face, hair and shirt before they both went down with the person pinning her below. Trying to wipe the stinging juice from her eyes, she only heard a male voice muttering an apology before he got up and raced away from her. When she finally got enough of the juice off her eyes, she saw the extraordinary scene of three policemen, blowing their whistles and waving their batons around their heads racing pass her.

As Reni sat on the ground, a blinding flash made her notice Kohran snapping her Joukicam at her direction.

"A rare scene! Reni-han stunned with orange juice all over her!" Kohran announced triumphantly.

"Cut it out Kohran. But I do admit that it is quite funny," guffawed Kanna.

"I rarely agree with the baboon over here but this is quite hilarious," agreed Sumire who was barely holding her laughter beside Kanna.

"Reni, are you ok?" Iris, Orihime and Sakura asked simultaneously. Maria who was beside them had an amused look on her face.

"Reni, are you hurt? Here let me help you up," said Ohgami who had suddenly crouched beside her, a concerned look on his face just inches away from hers, his hand outstretched.

Reni, who hadn't been at such close proximity with Ohgami for some time felt her face burned up and gingerly accepted his help to pull her up.

"I'm fine. T-thank you Taichou," Reni replied shyly, feeling Kohran snapping her Joukicam again.

"Ahhhh, Reni-han is blushing, kawaii," squealed Kohran and the others agree. This made Reni felt worse and she immediately released her hand from Ohgami's and turned away, totally embarrassed. She kicked herself mentally. Now Taichou thinks I'm a clumsy clown.

"But really! Why didn't you avoid that hooligan? Kanna-san avoided him even with her back towards him," cried Orihime with a rather dismayed tone as she had always thought of Reni being perfect at these things.

"I was just distracted," Reni, answered quickly, "I'll go and wash up." With that she ran towards the direction of the Teigeki before anyone could question her.

"Reni you'll come find us in the amusement park right?" Iris shouted after Reni who turned and waved to indicate that she had heard before continuing running.

"Reni-han doesn't seem to be herself today," Kohran voiced out loud. "I've never seen her so distracted since last time." Everyone recalled of the time Reni had first lost focus and fell victim to Saki's mind control.

"Distracted huh? I'm a little worried. Maybe I should follow her and check up on her," mused Ohgami.

"Showei-san, are you going to offer to scrub her back again?" Orihime asked suspiciously. Her eyes narrowed when she remembered how Reni once privately told her how Ohgami had at first found out about Reni's gender.

"Eh? But that was-"

"Ohgaaami-san" Sakura's anger-filled voice came from behind Ohgami, making him feel that someone had just lit a bonfire behind him. "What does she mean by again?"

"Sakura-san! It's not what you think! I was jus-"

"Ohgami-san you pervert!" Sakura sent a huge slap across Ohgami's face, making him perform a 720-degree spin before crashing headfirst into the nearby tables of other customers.

Ohgami got up quickly, still trying to explain. He turned to Maria for help but Maria turned to her fellow teammates and said, "Sah! Minna-san, lets go to the amusement park now. Taichou will settle all our bills here."

"Even Maria-san..." Ohgami whined hopelessly.

"Sorry oniichan, Iris is with Maria and the others this time," Iris said cheerfully.

The other members waved goodbye to him while Kohran snapped a few pics before leaving.

"Mi-Minna-san," Ohgami stretched his hand out as he watched the others moved further away from him. He was still wallowing in his misfortune when someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned and saw the outstretched hand of an angry café owner, palms up. Ohgami sighed and felt sorry for his wallet.

Reni was sweating after the jog from the café to the Teigeki. Years of training in sickening conditions had been bearable with her lack of emotions but now for the first time in her life she felt the uncomfortableness of having sticky hair and face mixed with sweat.

The Teigeki was empty today as it was a holiday that day and Reni was glad she did not pass by anyone on her way to the bathroom. It took her only a few seconds to strip off her clothes and started bathing, grateful that the Teigeki have ample supply of hot water.

When she was satisfied that she had removed the smell of orange on her, she dried herself and was about to exit the bathroom when she noticed the standing mirror in the bathroom. She then realised she never really did look at herself in the mirror before and with a little hesitation, she approached it.

Without knowing why, she looked around to make sure no one was looking before she dropped her towel in front of the mirror and observed her reflection.

An attractive young girl with a dancer's figure and a cute face looked back at her. She was one of those late developers, her curves haven't fully formed yet but Reni did not see nor realise these. Unconsciously she had begun comparing herself with the other members of the Hanagumi.

I'm just a child. Reni thought. She suddenly felt extremely depressed when she recalled the excellent figures Maria and the others have. How can Taichou be attracted to me when there are so many others to choose?

The sound of the sliding door opening made Reni jump. When she turned she saw Yuri, wrapped in her towel at the doorway.

"Oh, hi Reni, what are yo-"

Before Yuri could finish her sentence, Reni had grabbed her towel from the floor and hastily covered herself before rushing pass her, leaving the brunette wondering what had just happened. A million theories raced through her mind as she headed to the bath, feeling a hot gossip about to come up.

Still blushing at being found out by Yuri, Reni hurriedly dressed in her usual spring attire before she headed towards the amusement park. She had made up her mind; she would ask Ohgami directly how he sees her. A teammate or something more?

To be continued...

After countless editing and re-editing, I've decided "To hell with it!" and post this fic.

Please R&R so I have the motivation to write on.