Well following the reviews, and the fact I've never tried a romance fic before, I've decided to take a plunge and try and continue with this story.

"Sakaki, I- well I" stuttered Kaorin. Within she cursed furiously. She had been so certain she could talk to the girl now. So sure she would finally be able to say the words. She simply couldn't allow herself to stop now…she'd gotten so close now.

"Hmm?" asked Sakaki.

Uh-oh, she didn't like that. Sakaki was now waiting, she'd have to say something quick or the tall beautiful girl would begin to suspect something. But just what would she suspect, what did Kaorin hope she'd suspect…uh oh her thoughts were rambling now, better say something.

"Well Sakaki I-"

"Holy crap!" called out Tomo loudly. "That cloud looks just like a butt!" she said, pointing and rushing to the window. Several people turned, and then joined her, crowding around the confused looking Sakaki and extremely agitated Kaorin who fidgeted with her hands nervously, the pace and rigour of fidgeting growing rapidly as anxiety and anger began to mix.

"No it doesn't" said Yomi.

"Sure it might not look like your butt, I'm talking about a butt that isn't flabby" said Tomo, receiving a karate chop to the head for her outburst. Yomi rearranged her glasses and then walked away in a huff. Slowly the group began to walk away, leaving an unmoving Tomo sprawled across the floor. Kaorin stood perfectly still in horror, now so agitated she didn't quite know what to say.

"Kaorin?" asked Sakaki, touching the girls shoulder to get her attention.

Kaorin swayed slight- Sakaki-san had touched her!

"Y-y-yes!" she said hyperactively.

"You said you wanted to tell me something?"

She was uptight, Sakaki looked confused and Tomo looked unconscious on the floor next to her. Abort! Abort! Abort!

"O-h yeah" she said, before laughing hysterically. "I just wanted to say I'm really looking forward to the trip and…I er I'm personally thanking everyone." Good lie. "Thank you Tomo" she said to the girl who groaned in reply, before walking back to her desk and slowly sitting down. She let out a faint moan and then slammed her head into the desk.

A sharp pain shot across her head. Crap, this wasn't good. Everything was slowly turning black. Definitely not… THUD.

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"Miss Kaori? Miss Kaori?" said the stout woman, standing beside Kaorin who slowly woke up to find herself resting on some kind of bed. Slowly her eyes began to recognize the surroundings, and she saw that she currently sat in the medical room.

"You ok?" asked the woman.

"Me? Oh yeah, I feel ok now." A memory of what had happened earlier returned, and a feeling of nausea slowly passed across the girl. She had had the perfect opportunity to confess to Sakaki, and it had been ruined.

"I'm just going to get your teacher, stay here ok" said the woman, leaving the room.

Kaorin nodded and slowly sat up. She desperately tried to fight the urge to start sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn't allow that to happen- Miss Sakaki would never do something like that, she was too cool. Slowly she became aware of another figure in the room. Tomo sat upon another bed, breathing but still. Tomo! She'd been the one who'd ruined it all! Damn Tomo! With a feeling of extreme anger overcoming her, she slowly climbed off of the bed and walked across to the other girl. Her hands reached out…she was going to throttle the life out of that girl!

As her hands began to close around Tomo's throat the door suddenly swung open. Yukari stepped into the room to find Kaorin caressing Tomo's hair. She looked up at the teacher and just about forced a smile.

"I was really worried about my friend Miss Yukari."

"Don't worry, I'm sure her skull absorbed most of the impact" commented Yukari. "There isn't much in there to damage, so you shouldn't worry yourself."

Kaorin found herself nodding in agreement. Yukari walked across to the girl.

"You feeling ok now?"

She nodded, her head pounding slightly as she did so. Stupid headache.

"Ok, I'd better take you back to class. Word got out about what happened and Mr Kimura was planning on visiting the two of you during his free period."

"Lets go" said a horrified Kaorin. "What about Tomo?"

A Machiavellian like grin crossed her teachers face. "Lets leave her here huh? We don't want Kimura to waste his time do we?"

Kaorin paused. "Hey that cloud looks like a butt!" Stupid Tomo. "Yeah, it like, wouldn't be fair on Mr Kimura would it? Lets go…besides she should enjoy her rest." Yukari nodded and practically pulled Kaorin out of the room, planning on escaping before the man arrived. "Goodbye Tomo, have fun" said Kaorin evilly.

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What had she done?! She tapped her pencil against her desk uneasily, thinking it over and over again. She'd let her anger get the better of her. Tomo, poor Tomo left there on her own. She almost felt sick. Kimura coming to visit- and she was asleep. She couldn't let Tomo face that. The energetic girl may have ruined her chance today, but she was still a friend. A good friend to her. Slowly she raised her hand.

"What is it?" asked Yukari.

"I feel a bit ill again. Can I quickly go to the medical room?"

"Sure fine, and if you're going to throw up, make sure you do it outside Nyamo's room ok."

The girl nodded and walked out of the room, adding in a few faint stumbles for show. Reaching the corridor she promptly broke out into a full sprint, rushing towards the medical room. The nurse was nowhere to be seen as she practically kicked the door open.

She spotted Tomo still asleep on the bed and ran to her, lifting her up. Tomo's eyes slowly opened and she looked towards Kaorin.

"What's going on?"

Kaorin said nothing as she helped Tomo to her feet.

"Ow, that hurts" said Tomo, gripping her head.

"You'll thank me later" replied Kaorin. She suddenly paused. She had heard the familiar sound of shoes against gravel. She glanced out through the window and saw Kimura stepping through the car park, gripping a bouquet of flowers.

"Oh crap." Time was running out quickly. "Come on Tomo, we have to get going."

"Why, what's going on?" asked a groggy Tomo.

"Kimura sensei's coming."

A look of pure panic and horror crossed the girls face and she suddenly seemed much more alert.

"Lets go, lets go!" she said anxiously. Gripping the girl (and blushing when she realized she had her arms tightly wrapped around Tomo's stomach) Kaorin tried to walk as fast as possible towards the door. Tomo stumbled slightly as she tried to walk. Finally she gripped Kaorin's sleeve.

"I'm just slowing you down. Go on…without me" she said weakly.

"Never!" replied Kaorin, feeling a renewed sense of urgent action. The man would be here in under five minutes, if they got going they could be safely back on their way to the haven of Yukari's room. "Now you listen to me Tomo! That's just quitter talk! Just focus, hold onto me and walk damn it! I'm not leaving you behind!"

"T-thank you" said Tomo as they reached the door, Kaorin pushing it open with one of her legs. They stepped out into the corridor, hearing Kimura's shoes squeaking across the polished floor. Trying to keep control of the fear that gripped her, she took hold of Tomo. Both girls used up the last of their strength as they sprinted back towards Yukari's room. Behind them they heard an inhuman yell of pain as Kimura discovered an empty medical room.

Kaorin smiled triumphantly as she pushed open the door and surprised everyone by stepping iside, practically resting a half fainted Tomo on her shoulders. Yukari glanced up, and almost immediately knew what had happened. Besides, the whole class had heard Kimura's yell.

With Kagura's help they rested Tomo in her chair, before Kaorin sat down.

We made it.