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2-2...
"Hino Kahoko. Please come to the Headmaster's office right now. I repeat, Hino Kahoko come to the Headmaster's office right now." said the P.A. system.
Dammit! Why now? I was getting to the juicy part of the summary for Gossip Girl season three! mused Hino as she stood up and excused herself from her friends.
Headmaster's Office...
"Yes Headmaster?" she said opening the door.
"Ah, Hino. An invitation has been given to you from Goodwin Dance Association. Open it here." said the headmaster giving a letter.
"Arigatou." she opened the letter and read it. In the end of the letter her eyes widened. She was so happy of what it said.
"Yes. You are to represent the school in the Annual Goodwin High School Division Reigonals. Though we consentrate on classical music, they told us that you went under thier summer program for seven years and wanted you to compete. Represent your school whole-heartedly Hino. You are dismissed." he explained.
"Arigatou headmaster!!!!!!" she thanked and left.
2-2...
"Kyaaaa! Mio! Nao! Look!" she said handing the letter. The two pairs of eyes scanned the letter after a few minuites their eyes widen.
"Congrats Kaho-chaaan!" cried Mio hugging her best friend.
"Practice hard 'kay? And hope nothing happens to you." Nao said patting her best friend's back lightly.
"Miooooo! Let gooo! Suf-suffocation!" she muttered.
"Ah gomen Kaho-chan!" cried Mio letting go.
'I'm starting practice today! Good thing I always bring my dance clothes.' she mused while watching Nao tell Mio off.
Studio...
"Kaho, you came back? Well where?" asked the twenty year-old secretary.
"The usual Aya." she said getting the CD player and room key.
Room One...
'Hmm What song? I did Eat You Up...Eien!' she mused. She praticed and practiced for hours. Longer than Tsukimori's practice hours. It was six o' clock and had to go home.
Next Day, School Gate, Dismissal...
She was walking out the gate with all the participants until a limousine parked in front then a goog-looking black haired boy exited the car and advanced towards Hino.
"What do you want now Hasegawa?" she said stepping out of the group.
"I heard that you're competing alongside me at the Koyanagi reigonals. Is that true?" he asked playing with her hair.
"So? I don't care. I kicked your butt the last time we competed against each other. And you were and always will be a disgrace to your dance school!" she said slapping his hand off her hair.
"Why don't we have a bet?" he said cupping her chin.
"Bring it!" she said excited.
"If you win, I will stay away from you."
"Worth it." she said shrugging.
"But if I win...You'll be mine." he said taking his hand off her chin then to her hand almost kissing it.
"Eww. I play the violin with this hand! Don't get you salaiva on it!" she said jerking her hand away.
"Until the Koyanagi Reigonals we meet. Kaho-hime." he said walking away.
"Watch your back Hasegawa! I'll win no matter what!" she shouted at his retreating back.
"Who..was that?" asked Tsuchiura.
"Hasegawa Katou. He is the best at the Takemoto Dance studio. A.K.A. the worst dance school because of it's students." she said not turning around.
"Why was he like that to you sempai?" asked Shimizu wide awake.
"He's intrested at my dance school's way of teaching so he can spill on Takemoto Reina. I'm used to it anyway he's a total flirt." she explained.
"Do you know anything more personal?" asked Yunoki.
"His father is a lawyer while his mom is a pianist." she said.
"Now that you say Hino, my mother has a friend named Morioka Kasumi-Hasegawa." said Tsukimori.
"Well, times are hard now ain't it? But I'll work hard. Harder than in the concours." she said turning around.
"G-g-g-g-g-good l-l-l-l-luck s-s-s-s-s-s-sempai!"bid Fuyuumi.
"Oh, gotta go! Bye!" she said running out of the gate with her famous smile plastered on her face.
Studio...
She kept practicing.
"Kaho, take a break. You've been practicing for three hours straight!" nagged Aya the secretary.
"Can't. Must win against Hasegawa flirt-kun from Takemoto dance studio." she said while dancing.
"You really had to pick a student from Takemoto. You're lucky that this is exclusive for Koyanagi students." she said entering the room.
"Gomen Aya-sempai, he flirted with me in front of the guy I like! And I can't show them that I'm a coward!" she said pressing stop and wiping her face with a towel.
"What's the bet?" she asked.
"If I win, he'l stay away from me. But if he wins, I'll be his girlfriend." she said after taking drink.
"This is your...?" she asked.
"Tenth bet with him and yes I always win."
"Okay. Oh! Kaho wait there!" Aya said speeding off somewhere else.
"Okay..?" she said going out to the vending machine to get a can of Coke. When she got back, Aya was there already.
"Here. Passes for the people you want to invite." she said giving fifteen ID's. "And the theme for the competitons is love." she added.
"Thanks. Love? Like?" she asked.
"How to fall in love, how you fell in love, even heartbreak." she said.
". I have to go home! Promised mom I'll help her with dinner. Ja! Thanks again sempai." she said looking at her watch gathering her stuff and ran out the studio.
Tsukimori's house...
"Oh Len, your father asked if you could leave earlier." asked Hamai Misa.
"Like how early okaasan?" he asked.
"The first of October. Are you okay with that? We could always move that on the thirty-first-"
"I'm fine with that okaasan. Thanks." he said retreating to his room.
Dismissal, Seisou Gakuen Music Department Rooftop...
"Hino?" he asked getting her attention.
"Nani Tsukimori-kun?"she asked facing him.
"What were you supposed to say?" he asked.
"You first." she insisted.
"I-i'm leaving." he said.
"I know. For Vienna. Right?" she asked.
"Earlier." he managed to choke out.
"Like how?" she asked her heart aching.
"The first of October. What were you going to say Hino?" he said looking away from her.
"Oh. Huh? Oh yeah, umm. I've been selected to join a dance competiton. And I was hoping if you were to come. But since you're leaving that day, it's impossible. I already invited the others. And they're coming. I wished that all of you were there. Gook luck Tsukimori-kun." she said with a sad smile and she left. She left a white envelope on the stone bench which said on the back, Tsukimori-kun. He opened it and took out a laminated paper pass that said, VIP pass for team Koyanagi.
She leaned on the door letting the tears flow down her face.