For a moment silence fell upon the two in the empty class room as Hisame stared at Kisaki with a puzzled look before finally bursting out in laughter.

"D-Dolce!? Haha and here I was expecting something Mami would say! Knowing Mami it could of easily been something to do with bunny gorou."

Kisaki felt her cheeks burn with embarrassment and anger at Hisame's mockery as she slammed her hand on the desk by her side.

"What's so funny about Dolce!? If it's romance you're writing about Dolce would suit perfectly!" Kisaki stated staring at Hisame with serious look. Unnerved by the look he was getting, Hisame averted his eyes.

"It sounds French?" He queried to stop Kisaki for fuming even more. Not expecting the reaction she got Kisaki felt her heart thump as her cheeks blushed.

"I-it is French…Dolce means for something to be soft and sweet…" Kisaki mumbled shyly hiding her face that was going red.

"So you know French? You're strange, most girls would be into learning English no?"

Kisaki flinched and looked into straight into Hisame's eyes. Her eyes gave off a serious aura as she clenched the bottom of her skirt.

"I didn't have a choice. My parents are really strict and I was forced into learning it," Her voice deflated as she looked away. "If it's okay now Hisame I'd like to go back to my dorm?"

"Ah, sure…" Hisame mumbled suddenly feeling the change of atmosphere around Kisaki.

As Kisaki started to walk off Hisame clenched his fist and called out to her. Stopping her tracks Kisaki turned around with a worried look on her face.

"Wh-what…?" She flustered on her words as Hisame walked over to her. He put his hand out in front of Kisaki making her confused. "Eh?"

"Y…your phone give it to me." Hisame grumbled impatiently.

Fumbling in her skirt pocket she pulled out her phone and placed it into Hisame's hand. Hisame took it and started to input his number when he was done he looked at the screen.

"Ehh…You really only have your parents in your phone? You don't have any friends?"

Kisaki snatched her phone back off Hisame avoiding any eye contact.

"No…I don't have any friends…I've always been alone since that accident…" Kisaki mumbled under her breath as she turned her back to leave the classroom. "Thank you Hisame…for becoming my friend."

"Thank you…? There is no need to thank you idiot…I know exactly where you're coming from…"

Next Day

During classes the next day Kisaki would get notes passed to her from Hisame. Majority of them were still throwing ideas around for his alias until Hisame passed a note saying:

What about they have a sign? The maid would be cleaning in the court yard and when she looks up the prince shows her his watch meaning they'd meet tonight.

Kisaki re-read the note again making sure her eyes didn't deceive her. She felt her lips turn into a smile as she begun to laugh.

"Ahaha! It's cute and sweet!"

"Kisae-san?" The teacher questioned Kisaki with her sudden out burst of laughing. "Is there something you want to share with the class?"

Kisaki felt her cheeks burn in embarrassment as she sunk down into her chair.

"N-no…sorry."

Hisame looked over at Kisaki and passed her another note.

Serves you right for laughing.

Kisaki puffed her cheeks and glared at Hisame who had a smirk on his face.

After school

Walking towards the girl dormitories Kisaki sighed to herself. She only had just met Hisame and he was already changing her. To get suddenly laugh out in class like that irritated her to no end.

"That Hisame…" She grumbled out loud kicking a patch of dirt.

"What about me?" A voice coming from in front of her questioned.

Kisaki looked up and meet the gaze of Hisame. Staring straight back at her with his amber eyes she immeditatley looked away blushing.

"N-nothing! I was just thinking how you got me into trouble in class today!"

"Hah? How was it my fault!? You were the one laughing at my idea!"

"I only laughed because it was seriously pure hearted. PURE! Like an otomen!" Kisaki shouted as she stopped her foot. Hisame was taken back by her comment and turned away flustered.

"…She wouldn't see it that way…"

"Mm?" Kisaki tilted her head in curiosity obviously not hearing what Hisame said.

"Nothing. Anyways here this is for you." Hisame pulled out a single rose from his jacket pocket and handed it to Kisaki. Kisaki took the rose and looked at it blushing a deep crimison.

"Th-thi-this is for?" She stumbled on her words clearly embarrassed at the sudden gesture.

"I wanted to see how you'd react to it." Hisame simply stated shrugging placing his hands in his pockets. "Besides you looked like you could use some cheering up…"

Kisaki stared at Hisame and felt her heart tighten in her chest. She bought the rose up to her face and smiled.

"Mm…Thank you Hisame, you're really kind."

Hisame went to reply but stopped when he saw a woman with brown hair tied up in a bun and cladded in a black and white dress walk towards them. He frowned when she got closer and revealed to my the principal and owner of Kazahana Private Junior High.

"Kisaki!" The woman called out causing Kisaki to freeze. "You should be back in your dorm already you know the rules!"

Kisaki just nodded her head and started to walk towards her dorm again. Satisfied the woman turned around and walked back inside.

"Oi, Kisaki! You're just going to let her do that to you?" Hisame angrily called towards Kisaki.

"It's not like that!" Kisaki snapped stopping in her tracks.

"Then enlighten me, what is it like?"

Taking a deep breath Kisaki turned around to face Hisame. Her face had changed from her warm smile from before to a sullen expression.

"That woman, our principal…she's my mother…"

"Eh…?"

Later that night

Back in her dorm Kisaki kept picking up her phone to dial Hisame's number but would chicken out last minute. She just left him there after telling him their principal was her mother. The look on his face made her feel uneasy that she just took off.

Now she was here regretting for running away like that. After Hisame had tried to make her smile even if it was just something to be used for his novel.

Throwing her phone to the end of her bed she grabbed her pillow and snuggled into it. Since meeting Hisame the other day her heart felt uneasy and throbbed each time she was around him. Today when he gave her the rose she felt for sure her heart had stopped and wouldn't start pumping again.

Her gaze diverted to the rose he gave her sitting on her dresser. If beauty could be described Kisaki thought to herself this rose would be it. It's petals were undamaged even though it was inside Hisame's jacket, the thorns were removed with extra care that one would believe they never existed. Most of all the vibrant colour of red. Looking at it would remind her the colour of Hisame's hair.

As soon as Hisame crossed her mind Kisaki felt her cheeks blush. Embarrassed she buried her face into her pillow and mused to herself.

"I wonder if this is what it's like to a have a crush on someone…? So then do I…have a crush on Hisame…?